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House Calendar No. 178 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 816 

[Report No. 109–467] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4200) to improve the ability 

of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to 

promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic 

events affecting Federal lands under their jurisdiction, including the 

removal of dead and damaged trees and the implementation of reforestation treatments, to support the recovery of non-Federal lands damaged 

by catastrophic events, to revitalize Forest Service experimental forests, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 16, 2006 

Mr. BISHOP of Utah, 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. 4200) to improve the ability of the Secretary of Agriculture and 

the Secretary of the Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting Federal lands under their jurisdiction, including 

the removal of dead and damaged trees and the implementation of reforestation treatments, to support the 

recovery of non-Federal lands damaged by catastrophic 


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events, to revitalize Forest Service experimental forests, 

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. 4200) to improve the ability of the 

6 Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior 

7 to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to 

8 catastrophic events affecting Federal lands under their ju9 risdiction, including the removal of dead and damaged 

10 trees and the implementation of reforestation treatments, 

11 to support the recovery of non-Federal lands damaged by 

12 catastrophic events, to revitalize Forest Service experi13 mental forests, and for other purposes. The first reading 

14 of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order 

15 against consideration of the bill are waived. General de16 bate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one 

17 hour, with 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by 

18 the chairman and ranking minority member of the Com19 mittee on Resources, 20 minutes equally divided and con20 trolled by the chairman and ranking minority member of 

21 the Committee on Agriculture, and 20 minutes equally di22 vided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minor23 ity member of the Committee on Transportation and In24 frastructure. After general debate the bill shall be considVerDate Aug 31 2005 03:06 May 17, 2006 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR816.RH HR816

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1 ered for amendment under the five-minute rule. In lieu 

2 of the amendment recommended by the Committee on Re3 sources now printed in the bill, it shall be in order to con4 sider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment 

5 under the five-minute rule an amendment in the nature 

6 of a substitute consisting of the text of the amendment 

7 in the nature of a substitute printed in the Congressional 

8 Record and numbered 1 pursuant to clause 8 of rule 

9 XVIII. That amendment in the nature of a substitute shall 

10 be considered as read. All points of order against that 

11 amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived. Not12 withstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, no amendment to 

13 that amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in 

14 order except those printed in the report of the Committee 

15 on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each such amend16 ment may be offered only in the order printed in the re17 port, may be offered only by a Member designated in the 

18 report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 

19 the time specified in the report equally divided and con20 trolled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be 

21 subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a de22 mand for division of the question in the House or in the 

23 Committee of the Whole. All points of order against such 

24 amendments are waived. At the conclusion of consider25 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise 


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1 and report the bill to the House with such amendments 

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

3 separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted 

4 in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the amend5 ment in the nature of a substitute made in order as origi6 nal text. The previous question shall be considered as or7 dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage 

8 without intervening motion except one motion to recommit 

9 with or without instructions. 


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House Calendar No. 178 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 816 

[Report No. 109

–467] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4200) 

experimental forests, and for other purposes. catastrophic events, to revitalize Forest Service the recovery of non-Federal lands damaged by mentation of reforestation treatments, to support moval of dead and damaged trees and the implelands under their jurisdiction, including the response to catastrophic events affecting Federal promptly implement recovery treatments in reculture and the Secretary of the Interior to to improve the ability of the Secretary of AgriMAY 16, 2006 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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