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House Calendar No. 78

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 232

[Report No. 106–210]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 791) to amend the National

Trails System Act to designate the route of the War of 1812 British

invasion of Maryland and Washington, District of Columbia, and the

route of the American defense, for study for potential addition to the

national trails system.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 29, 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. 791) to amend

the National Trails System Act to designate the route

of the War of 1812 British invasion of Maryland and

Washington, District of Columbia, and the route of the

American defense, for study for potential addition to

the national trails system.

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. 791) to amend the National Trails

3 System Act to designate the route of the War of 1812

4 British invasion of Maryland and Washington, District of

5 Columbia, and the route of the American defense, for

6 study for potential addition to the national trails system.

7 The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. Gen8 eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex9 ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair10 man and ranking minority member of the Committee on

11 Resources. After general debate the bill shall be considered

12 for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be in

13 order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of

14 amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in

15 the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee

16 on Resources now printed in the bill. The committee

17 amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be consid18 ered as read. During consideration of the bill for amend19 ment, the chairman of the Committee of the Whole may

20 accord priority in recognition on the basis of whether the

21 Member offering an amendment has caused it to be print22 ed in the portion of the Congressional Record designated

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

24 so printed shall be considered as read. The chairman of

25 the Committee of the Whole may: (1) postpone until a
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1 time during further consideration in the Committee of the

2 Whole a request for a recorded vote on any amendment;

3 and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum time for elec4 tronic voting on any postponed question that follows an5 other electronic vote without intervening business, pro6 vided that the minimum time for electronic voting on the

7 first in any series of questions shall be 15 minutes. At

8 the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment

9 the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House

10 with such amendments as may have been adopted. Any

11 Member may demand a separate vote in the House on any

12 amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the

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

14 substitute. The previous question shall be considered as

15 ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final pas16 sage without intervening motion except one motion to re17 commit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 78

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 232

[Report No. 106–210]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 791)

tional trails system.fense, for study for potential addition to the naColumbia, and the route of the American desion of Maryland and Washington, District ofignate the route of the War of 1812 British invato amend the National Trails System Act to desJUNE 29, 1999

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed