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House Calendar No. 62

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 189

[Report No. 106–164]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 150) to amend the Act popularly

known as the Recreation and Public Purposes Act to authorize disposal

of certain public lands or national forest lands to local education agencies

for use for elementary or secondary schools, including public charter

schools, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 25, 1999

Mr. SESSIONS, 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. 150) to amend

the Act popularly known as the Recreation and Public

Purposes Act to authorize disposal of certain public lands

or national forest lands to local education agencies for

use for elementary or secondary schools, including public

charter schools, and for other purposes.

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. 150) to amend the Act popularly

3 known as the Recreation and Public Purposes Act to au4 thorize disposal of certain public lands or national forest

5 lands to local education agencies for use for elementary

6 or secondary schools, including public charter schools, and

7 for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be

8 dispensed with. General debate shall be confined to the

9 bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and con10 trolled by the chairman and ranking minority member of

11 the Committee on Resources. After general debate the bill

12 shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute

13 rule. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill

14 for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule

15 the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended

16 by the Committee on Resources now printed in the bill.

17 The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute

18 shall be considered as read. During consideration of the

19 bill for amendment, the chairman of the Committee of the

20 Whole may accord priority in recognition on the basis of

21 whether the Member offering an amendment has caused

22 it to be printed in the portion of the Congressional Record

23 designated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII.

24 Amendments so printed shall be considered as read. The

25 chairman of the Committee of the Whole may: (1) post-
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1 pone until a time during further consideration in the Com2 mittee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any

3 amendment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum

4 time for electronic voting on any postponed question that

5 follows another electronic vote without intervening busi6 ness, provided that the minimum time for electronic voting

7 on the first in any series of question shall be 15 minutes.

8 At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amend9 ment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the

10 House with such amendments as may have been adopted.

11 Any Member may demand a separate vote in the House

12 on any amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole

13 to the bill or to the committee amendment in the nature

14 of a substitute. The previous question shall be considered

15 as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final

16 passage without intervening motion except one motion to

17 recommit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 62

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 189

[Report No. 106–164]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 150)

charter schools, and for other purposes.mentary or secondary schools, including publiclands to local education agencies for use for eleposal of certain public lands or national forestation and Public Purposes Act to authorize disto amend the Act popularly known as the RecreMAY 25, 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed