The subsidiary motion to amend may be applied to which undebatable, privileged motion?

• A. Adjourn
• B. Recess
• C. Extend Debate
• D. Point of Order

Answer: (B)

The main idea is that a subsidiary motion to amend is used to modify certain motions, including some privileged ones that aren’t debated. Among undebatable, privileged motions, a recess is the one that can be amended to specify its details—most commonly its duration or when members will reconvene. You can move to amend the recess to say, for example, “recess for 10 minutes and reconvene at 2:10,” which changes how long the pause lasts and when business resumes.

Adjournment ends the meeting immediately, and that kind of action isn’t amended to add more specifics; it’s a final step. A motion to extend debate is itself a different type of subsidiary motion and isn’t an undebatable privileged motion you amend in this way. A point of order is an incidental motion, not a privileged motion that gets amended with a subsidiary motion.

So, the only option that fits as an undebatable, privileged motion that can be amended to add specifics like duration is the recess.