H. Res. 246
In the House of Representatives, U. S.,
September 8, 1993.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this res-
olution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of rule
XXIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the
Whole House on the state of the Union for further consider-
ation 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. After further general de-
bate, which shall be confined to the bill and the amendments
made in order by this resolution and shall not exceed one
hour equally divided and controlled by the chairman and
ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed Serv-
ices, the bill shall be considered for amendment under the
five-minute rule. It shall be in order to consider as an origi-
nal bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute
rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute rec-
ommended by the Committee on Armed Services now printed
in the bill. The committee amendment in the nature of a sub-
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stitute shall be considered as read. All points of order against
the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute are
waived. No amendment to the committee amendment in the
nature of a substitute shall be in order except those printed
in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this
resolution or specified by a subsequent order of the House.
Except as specified in section 2 of this resolution, the amend-
ments printed in the report shall be considered in the order
printed. Unless otherwise specified in the report, each amend-
ment may be offered only by the named proponent or a des-
ignee, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the
time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by
the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division
of the question in the House or in the Committee of the
Whole. All points of order against amendments printed in the
report are waived.
SEC. 2. The chairman of the Committee of the Whole
may postpone until a time during further consideration in the
Committee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any
amendment made in order by this resolution. The chairman
of the Committee of the Whole may reduce to not less than
five minutes the time for voting by electronic device on any
postponed question that immediately follows another vote by
electronic device without intervening business: Provided, That
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the time for voting by electronic device on the first in any
series of questions shall be not less than fifteen minutes. The
chairman of the Committee of the Whole may recognize for
consideration of amendments printed within a numbered part
of the report of the Committee on Rules (other than part 1)
out of the order in which they are printed, but not sooner
than one hour after the chairman of the Committee on
Armed Services or a designee announces from the floor a re-
quest to that effect.
SEC. 3. (a) After designation of the committee amend-
ment in the nature of a substitute, an additional period of
general debate shall be confined to funding levels for ballistic
missile defense and shall not exceed forty minutes equally di-
vided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority
member of the Committee on Armed Services. It shall then
be in order to consider the amendments printed in part 1 of
the report of the Committee on Rules. If more than one of
the amendments printed in part 1 of the report is adopted,
only the last to be adopted shall be considered as finally
adopted and reported to the House.
(b) After disposition of or postponement of further pro-
ceedings on the amendments printed in part 1 of the report,
an additional period of general debate shall be confined to the
Trident II (D–5) missile and shall not exceed thirty minutes
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking