IV
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 308
Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1220) and certain
amendments thereto relating to specified criminal justice system reforms.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 10, 1993
Mr. GEKAS submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on Rules
RESOLUTION
Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1220) and
certain amendments thereto relating to specified criminal
justice system reforms.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this
resolution it shall be in order for Representative Gekas
of Pennsylvania to move that the House resolve into the
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union
for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1220) to provide for
penalty of death for certain Federal crimes. The first read-
ing of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order
against the bill and against its consideration are waived.
General debate shall be confined to the bill and the amend-
ments made in order by this resolution and shall not ex-
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ceed two hours equally divided among and controlled by
the chairman and ranking minority member of the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary and Representative Gekas of
Pennsylvania. After general debate the bill shall be consid-
ered for amendment under the five-minute rule. The bill
shall be considered as read. No amendment shall be in
order in the House or in the Committee of the Whole ex-
cept those designated in section 2 of this resolution. Each
amendment may be offered only in the order designated,
may be offered only by the named proponent or a designee,
may be offered only in a form printed in the portion of
the Congressional Record designated for amendments in
clause 6 of rule XXIII at least two calendar days before
the beginning of consideration of the bill (except as speci-
fied in sections 2(a)(6) and 2(a)(7) of this resolution),
shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 30 min-
utes equally divided and controlled by the proponent and
an opponent, and shall not be subject to amendment ex-
cept as designated. All points of order against the amend-
ments are waived. If on any day the Committee of the
Whole rises and reports that it has come to no resolution
on the bill, then on the next legislative day the House
shall, immediately after the approval of the Journal, re-
solve into the Committee of the Whole for further consid-
eration of the bill. At the conclusion of consideration of
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the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and re-
port the bill to the House with such amendments as may
have been adopted. The previous question shall be consid-
ered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to
final passage without intervening motion except one mo-
tion to recommit. After passage of H.R. 1220, it shall be
in order to take from the Speaker’s table the bill S. 1607,
and to consider the Senate bill in the House. All points
of order against the Senate bill and against its consider-
ation are waived. It shall be in order to move to strike
all after the enacting clause of the Senate bill and to insert
in lieu thereof the provisions of H.R. 1220, as passed by
the House. All points of order against that motion are
waived. If the motion is adopted and the Senate bill, as
amended, is passed, then it shall be in order to move that
the House insist on its amendments to S. 1607 and to
request a conference with the Senate thereon.
SEC. 2. (a) Each of the following amendments (or
a germane modification thereof) relating exclusively to the
topic specified shall be in order:
(1) Relating to the exclusionary rule, an amend-
ment by the chairman of the Committee on the Ju-
diciary consisting of text contained in H.R. 3131
and a germane amendment thereto by the ranking
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minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary
consisting of text contained in H.R. 2872.
(2) Relating to habeas corpus, an amendment
by the chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary
consisting of text contained in H.R. 3131 and an
amendment by the ranking minority member of the
Committee on the Judiciary consisting of text con-
tained in H.R. 2872.
(3) Relating to prison construction, an amend-
ment by the chairman of the Committee on the Ju-
diciary consisting of text contained in H.R. 3131
and a germane amendment thereto by the ranking
minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary
consisting of text contained in H.R. 2872.
(4) Relating to offenders three times convicted
of felonies, an amendment by the chairman of the
Committee on the Judiciary consisting of text con-
tained in H.R. 3131 and an amendment by the
ranking minority member of the Committee on the
Judiciary consisting of text contained in H.R. 2872.
(5) Relating to felons in possession of a fire-
arm, an amendment by the chairman of the Commit-
tee on the Judiciary consisting of text contained in
H.R. 3131 and an amendment by the ranking mi-
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nority member of the Committee on the Judiciary
consisting of text contained in H.R. 2872.
(6) Relating to the death penalty, an amend-
ment by the chairman of the Committee on the Ju-
diciary consisting of text contained in H.R. 3131
and a germane amendment thereto by the ranking
minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary,
which amendment to the amendment shall not be
subject to the printing requirement of the first sec-
tion of this resolution.
(7) Relating to the problems of crime generally,
an amendment offered by the ranking minority
member of the Committee on the Judiciary, with the
concurrence of the chairman of the Committee on
the Judiciary, which amendment shall not be subject
to the printing requirement of the first section of
this resolution.
(b) If both of the amendments relating to a topic des-
ignated in one of the first five paragraphs of subsection
(a) are adopted, only the last to be adopted shall be con-
sidered as finally adopted and reported to the House.
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