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House Calendar No. 197

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 455

[Report No. 106–558]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3671) to amend the Acts popularly known as the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and the

Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to enhance the funds available for grants to States for fish and wildlife conservation projects

and increase opportunities for recreational hunting, bow hunting, trapping, archery, and fishing, by eliminating opportunities for waste, fraud,

abuse, maladministration, and unauthorized expenditures for administration and execution of those Acts, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 3, 2000

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. 3671) to amend

the Acts popularly known as the Pittman-Robertson

Wildlife Restoration Act and the Dingell-Johnson Sport

Fish Restoration Act to enhance the funds available for

grants to States for fish and wildlife conservation

projects and increase opportunities for recreational hunting, bow hunting, trapping, archery, and fishing, by

eliminating opportunities for waste, fraud, abuse, mal-
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administration, and unauthorized expenditures for administration and execution of those Acts, 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

4 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider5 ation of the bill (H.R. 3671) to amend the Acts popularly

6 known as the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act

7 and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to

8 enhance the funds available for grants to states for fish

9 and wildlife conservation projects and increase opportuni10 ties for recreational hunting, bow hunting, trapping, arch11 ery, and fishing, by eliminating opportunities for waste,

12 fraud, abuse, maladministration, and unauthorized ex13 penditures for opportunities for recreational hunting, how

14 hunting, trapping, archery, and fishing, by eliminating op15 portunities for waste, fraud, abuse, maladministration,

16 and unauthorized expenditures for administration and exe17 cution of those acts, and for other purposes. The first

18 reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. Points of order

19 against consideration of the bill for failure to comply with

20 clause 4(a) of rule XIII are waived. General debate shall

21 be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equal22 ly divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi23 nority member of the Committee on Resources. After gen-
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1 eral debate the bill shall be considered for amendment

2 under the five-minute rule. It shall be in order to consider

3 as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under

4 the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a sub5 stitute recommended by the Committee on Resources now

6 printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the na7 ture of a substitute shall be considered as read. Points

8 of order against the committee amendment in the nature

9 of a substitute for failure to comply with clause 4 of rule

10 XXI are waived. The amendment printed in the report of

11 the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution

12 shall be considered as read, shall not be subject to amend13 ment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division

14 of the question in the House or in the Committee of the

15 Whole. All points of order against the amendment printed

16 in the report are waived. During consideration of the bill

17 for amendment, the Chairman of the Committee of the

18 Whole may accord priority in recognition on the basis of

19 whether the Member offering an amendment has caused

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

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

22 Amendments so printed shall be considered as read. The

23 Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may: (1) post24 pone until a time during further consideration in the Com25 mittee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any
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1 amendment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum

2 time for electronic voting on any postponed question that

3 follows another electronic vote without intervening busi4 ness, provided that the minimum time for electronic voting

5 on the first in any series of questions shall be 15 minutes.

6 At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amend7 ment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the

8 House with such amendments as may have been adopted.

9 Any Member may demand a separate vote in the House

10 on any amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole

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

12 of a substitute. The previous question shall be considered

13 as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final

14 passage without intervening motion except one motion to

15 recommit with or without instructions.

House Calendar No. 197

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 455

[Report No. 106–558]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3671)

to amend the Acts popularly known as the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and theDingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act toenhance the funds available for grants to Statesfor fish and wildlife conservation projects and increase opportunities for recreational hunting, bowhunting, trapping, archery, and fishing, by eliminating opportunities for waste, fraud, abuse, maladministration, and unauthorized expendituresfor administration and execution of those Acts,and for other purposes.

APRIL 3, 2000

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed