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House Calendar No. 114

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 296

[Report No. 106–327]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1487) to provide for public

participation in the declaration of national monuments under the Act

popularly known as the Antiquities Act of 1906.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 21, 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. 1487) to provide

for public participation in the declaration of national

monuments under the Act popularly known as the Antiquities Act of 1906.

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

4 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider5 ation of the bill (H.R. 1487) to provide for public partici-
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1 pation in the declaration of national monuments under the

2 Act popularly known as the Antiquities Act of 1906. The

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

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

5 one hour equally divided and controlled by the chairman

6 and ranking minority member of the Committee on Re7 sources. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill

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

9 the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended

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

11 The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute

12 shall be considered as read. During consideration of the

13 bill for amendment, the Chairman of the Committee of

14 the Whole may accord priority in recognition on the basis

15 of whether the Member offering an amendment has caused

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

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

18 Amendments so printed shall be considered as read. The

19 Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may: (1) post20 pone until a time during further consideration in the Com21 mittee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any

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

23 time for electronic voting on any postponed question that

24 follows another electronic vote without intervening busi25 ness, provided that the minimum time for electronic voting
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1 on the first in any series of questions shall be 15 minutes.

2 At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amend3 ment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the

4 House with such amendments as may have been adopted.

5 Any Member may demand a separate vote in the House

6 on any amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole

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

8 of a substitute. The previous question shall be considered

9 as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final

10 passage without intervening motion except one motion to

11 recommit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 114

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 296

[Report No. 106–327]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1487)

to provide for public participation in the declaration of national monuments under the Act popularly known as the Antiquities Act of 1906.

SEPTEMBER 21, 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed