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House Calendar No. 295

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 609

[Report No. 106–930]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4828) to designate wilderness

areas and a cooperative management and protection area in the vicinity

of Steens Mountain in Harney County, Oregon, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 3, 2000

Mrs. MYRICK, 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. 4828) to designate wilderness areas and a cooperative management

and protection area in the vicinity of Steens Mountain

in Harney County, Oregon, 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. 4828) to designate wilderness areas

6 and a cooperative management and protection area in the
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1 vicinity of Steens Mountain in Harney County, Oregon,

2 and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall

3 be dispensed with. All points of order against consider4 ation of the bill are waived. General debate shall be con5 fined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally di6 vided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minor7 ity member of the Committee on Resources. After general

8 debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under

9 the five-minute rule. In lieu of the amendment rec10 ommended by the Committee on Resources now printed

11 in the bill, it shall be in order to consider as an original

12 bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute

13 rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute printed

14 in the Congressional Record and numbered 1 pursuant to

15 clause 8 of rule XVIII. That amendment in the nature

16 of a substitute shall be considered as read. During consid17 eration of the bill for amendment, the Chairman of the

18 Committee of the Whole may accord priority in recognition

19 on the basis of whether the Member offering an amend20 ment has caused it to be printed in the portion of the Con21 gressional Record designated for that purpose in clause

22 8 of rule XVIII. Amendments so printed shall be consid23 ered as read. The Chairman of the Committee of the

24 Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during further con25 sideration in the Committee of the Whole a request for
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1 a recorded vote on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five

2 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any

3 postponed question that follows another electronic vote

4 without intervening business, provided that the minimum

5 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques6 tions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consider7 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise

8 and report the bill to the House with such amendments

9 as may have been adopted. Any Member may demand a

10 separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted

11 in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the amend12 ment in the nature of a substitute made in order as origi13 nal text. The previous question shall be considered as or14 dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage

15 without intervening motion except one motion to recommit

16 with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 295

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 609

[Report No. 106–930]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4828)

to designate wilderness areas and a cooperativemanagement and protection area in the vicinityof Steens Mountain in Harney County, Oregon,and for other purposes.

OCTOBER 3, 2000

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed