House Calendar No. 78

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 246

[Report No. 103–223]

RESOLUTION

Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R.

for fiscal year 1994, and for other purposes.Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths1994 for military activities of the Department of2401) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year

AUGUST 6, 1993

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed
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House Calendar No. 78

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 246

[Report No. 103–223]

Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 2401) to authorize

appropriations for fiscal year 1994 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal

year 1994, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

AUGUST 6, 1993

Mr. FROST, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution;

which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

RESOLUTION

Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 2401)

to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1994 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe

military personnel strengths for fiscal year 1994, and

for other purposes.

1 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this

2 resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of

3 rule XXIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee

4 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further

5 consideration of the bill (H.R. 2401) to authorize appro-
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1 priations for fiscal year 1994 for military activities of the

2 Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel

3 strengths for fiscal year 1994, and for other purposes.

4 After further general debate, which shall be confined to

5 the bill and the amendments made in order by this resolu6 tion and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and con7 trolled by the chairman and ranking minority member of

8 the Committee on Armed Services, the bill shall be consid9 ered for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall

10 be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose

11 of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment

12 in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Commit13 tee on Armed Services now printed in the bill. The com14 mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be

15 considered as read. All points of order against the commit16 tee amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived.

17 No amendment to the committee amendment in the nature

18 of a substitute shall be in order except those printed in

19 the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this

20 resolution or specified by a subsequent order of the House.

21 Except as specified in section 2 of this resolution, the

22 amendments printed in the report shall be considered in

23 the order printed. Unless otherwise specified in the report,

24 each amendment may be offered only by the named pro25 ponent or a designee, shall be considered as read, shall
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1 be debatable for the time specified in the report equally

2 divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent,

3 shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub4 ject to a demand for division of the question in the House

5 or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of order

6 against amendments printed in the report are waived.

7 SEC. 2. The chairman of the Committee of the Whole

8 may postpone until a time during further consideration

9 in the Committee of the Whole a request for a recorded

10 vote on any amendment made in order by this resolution.

11 The chairman of the Committee of the Whole may reduce

12 to not less than five minutes the time for voting by elec13 tronic device on any postponed question that immediately

14 follows another vote by electronic device without interven15 ing business: Provided, That the time for voting by elec16 tronic device on the first in any series of questions shall

17 be not less than fifteen minutes. The chairman of the

18 Committee of the Whole may recognize for consideration

19 of amendments printed within a numbered part of the re20 port of the Committee on Rules (other than part 1) out

21 of the order in which they are printed, but not sooner than

22 one hour after the chairman of the Committee on Armed

23 Services or a designee announces from the floor a request

24 to that effect.
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1 SEC. 3. (a) After designation of the committee

2 amendment in the nature of a substitute, an additional

3 period of general debate shall be confined to funding levels

4 for ballistic missile defense and shall not exceed forty min5 utes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and

6 ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed

7 Services. It shall then be in order to consider the amend8 ments printed in part 1 of the report of the Committee

9 on Rules. If more than one of the amendments printed

10 in part 1 of the report is adopted, only the last to be

11 adopted shall be considered as finally adopted and re12 ported to the House.

13 (b) After disposition of or postponement of further

14 proceedings on the amendments printed in part 1 of the

15 report, an additional period of general debate shall be con16 fined to the Trident II (D–5) missile and shall not exceed

17 thirty minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair18 man and ranking minority member of the Committee on

19 Armed Services. It shall then be in order to consider the

20 amendments printed in part 2 of the report.

21 (c) After disposition of or postponement of further

22 proceedings on the amendments printed in part 2 of the

23 report, an additional period of general debate shall be con24 fined to burdensharing and shall not exceed twenty min25 utes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and
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1 ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed

2 Services. It shall then be in order to consider the amend3 ments printed in part 3 of the report.

4 (d) After disposition of or postponement of further

5 proceedings on the amendments printed in part 3 of the

6 report, an additional period of general debate shall be con7 fined to economic conversion and shall not exceed thirty

8 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman

9 and ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed

10 Services. It shall then be in order to consider the amend11 ments printed in part 4 of the report.

12 SEC. 4. After disposition of the amendments printed

13 in part 4 of the report of the Committee on Rules and

14 any other amendment on which further proceedings were

15 earlier postponed, the Committee shall rise without mo16 tion. No further consideration of the bill shall be in order

17 except pursuant to a subsequent order of the House.