H. Res. 254
In the House of Representatives, U. S.,
September 28, 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. No further amendment to
the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall
be in order except the amendments printed in the report of
the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution and
amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution.
Pro forma amendments for the purpose of debate may be of-
fered only by the chairman or ranking minority member of
the Committee on Armed Services. Except as specified in sec-
tions 2 through 4 of this resolution, each amendment may be
offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered
only by a Member designated in the report, shall be consid-
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ered as read, shall not be subject to amendment except as
specified in the report, and shall not be subject to a demand
for division of the question in the House or in the Committee
of the Whole. Except as otherwise specified in the report,
each amendment printed in the report shall be debatable for
ten minutes equally divided and controlled by the proponent
and an opponent. All points of order against amendments
printed in the report are waived.
SEC. 2. It shall be in order at any time to consider the
amendments printed in part 1 of the report of the Committee
on Rules in the order printed. Such consideration shall begin
with an additional period of general debate, which shall be
confined to section 575 of the committee amendment in the
nature of a substitute and the amendments printed in part
1 of the report and shall not exceed one hour equally divided
and controlled among the chairman of the Committee on
Armed Services, the ranking minority member of the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, and Representative Skelton of
Missouri. 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.
SEC. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chairman
of the Committee on Armed Services or his designee to offer
amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed in
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part 4 of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying
this resolution or in House Report 103–236 or germane
modifications thereof. Amendments en bloc shall be consid-
ered as read except that modifications shall be reported.
Amendments en bloc shall be debatable for twenty minutes
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking
minority member of the Committee on Armed Services, 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. For the purpose of inclusion in
amendments en bloc, an amendment printed in the form of
a motion to strike may be modified to the form of a germane
perfecting amendment to the text originally proposed to be
stricken. All points of order against amendments en bloc are
waived. The original proponent of an amendment included in
amendments en bloc may insert a statement in the Congres-
sional Record immediately before the disposition of the
amendments en bloc.
SEC. 4. 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
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electronic device without intervening business, provided that
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 an amendment printed in parts 2 through 4
of the report of the Committee on Rules out of the order
printed, but not sooner than one hour after the chairman of
the Committee on Armed Services announces from the floor
a request to that effect.
SEC. 5. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for
amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to
the House with such amendments as may have been finally
adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote in the
House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of the
Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in the na-
ture of a substitute. The previous question shall be consid-
ered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final
passage without intervening motion except one motion to re-
commit with or without instructions.
Attest:
Clerk.