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House Calendar No. 95 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 595 

[Report No. 115–378] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2936) to expedite under the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under 

the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on Tribal 

lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 31, 2017 

Mr. NEWHOUSE, 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. 2936) to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the 

jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and 

on Tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fireprone forested lands, and for other purposes. 

1 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this reso2 lution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule 


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1 XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of 

2 the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider3 ation of the bill (H.R. 2936) to expedite under the Na4 tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve for5 est management activities on National Forest System 

6 lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau 

7 of Land Management, and on Tribal lands to return resil8 ience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other 

9 purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed 

10 with. All points of order against consideration of the bill 

11 are waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill 

12 and amendments specified in this resolution and shall not 

13 exceed one hour equally divided among and controlled by 

14 the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee 

15 on Agriculture and the chair and ranking minority mem16 ber of the Committee on Natural Resources. After general 

17 debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under 

18 the five-minute rule. In lieu of the amendments in the na19 ture of a substitute recommended by the Committees on 

20 Agriculture and Natural Resources now printed in the bill, 

21 it shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the 

22 purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule an 

23 amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the 

24 text of Rules Committee Print 115-36. That amendment 

25 in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. 


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1 All points of order against that amendment in the nature 

2 of a substitute are waived. No amendment to that amend3 ment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order except 

4 those printed in the report of the Committee on Rules ac5 companying this resolution. Each such amendment may 

6 be offered only in the order printed in the report, may 

7 be offered only by a Member designated in the report, 

8 shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time 

9 specified in the report equally divided and controlled by 

10 the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 

11 amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for divi12 sion of the question in the House or in the Committee 

13 of the Whole. All points of order against such amendments 

14 are waived. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill 

15 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the 

16 bill to the House with such amendments as may have been 

17 adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote in the 

18 House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 

19 the Whole to the bill or to the amendment in the nature 

20 of a substitute made in order as original text. The previous 

21 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 

22 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 

23 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in24 structions. 


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House Calendar No. 95 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 595 

[Report No. 115–378] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2936) 

ested lands, and for other purposes. to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forreau of Land Management, and on Tribal lands on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bument activities on National Forest System lands, Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest manageto expedite under the National Environmental 

OCTOBER 31, 2017 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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