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House Calendar No. 59

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 180

[Report No. 106–151]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 883) to preserve the sovereignty

of the United States over public lands and acquired lands owned by

the United States, and to preserve State sovereignty and private property

rights in non-Federal lands surrounding those public lands and acquired

lands.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 19, 1999

Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered

to be printed

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 883) to preserve

the sovereignty of the United States over public lands

and acquired lands owned by the United States, and

to preserve State sovereignty and private property rights

in non-Federal lands surrounding those public lands and

acquired lands.

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

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

3 rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee
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1 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider2 ation of the bill (H.R. 833) to preserve the sovereignty

3 of the United States over public lands and acquired lands

4 owned by the United States, and to preserve State sov5 ereignty and private property rights in non-Federal lands

6 surrounding those public lands and acquired lands. The

7 first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. General

8 debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed

9 one hour equally divided and controlled by the chairman

10 and ranking minority member of the Committee on Re11 sources. After general debate, the bill shall be considered

12 for amendment under the five-minute rule for a period not

13 to exceed four hours. The bill shall be considered as read.

14 No amendment to the bill shall be in order except those

15 printed in the portion of the Congressional Record des16 ignated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII and

17 except pro forma amendments for the purpose of debate.

18 Each amendment so printed may be offered only by the

19 Member who caused it to be printed or his designee and

20 shall be considered as read. The chairman of the Com21 mittee of the Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during

22 further consideration in the Committee of the Whole a re23 quest for a recorded vote on any amendment; and (2) re24 duce to five minutes the minimum time for electronic vot25 ing on any postponed question that follows another elec-
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1 tronic vote without intervening business, provided that the

2 minimum time for electronic voting on the first in any se3 ries of questions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion

4 of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee

5 shall rise and report the bill to the House with such

6 amendments as may have been adopted. The previous

7 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and

8 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening

9 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in10 structions.
House Calendar No. 59

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 180

[Report No. 106–151]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 883)

quired lands.eral lands surrounding those public lands and acereignty and private property rights in non-Fedthe United States, and to preserve State sovover public lands and acquired lands owned byto preserve the sovereignty of the United States

MAY 19, 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed