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House Calendar No. 31 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 281 

[Report No. 111–52] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1404) to authorize a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities on Department of the Interior and National Forest System 

lands, to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 

Agriculture to develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 24, 2009 

Mr. POLIS of Colorado, 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. 1404) to authorize a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities on Department 

of the Interior and National Forest System lands, to 

require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 

of Agriculture to develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy, 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 


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1 rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee 

2 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider3 ation of the bill (H.R. 1404) to authorize a supplemental 

4 funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire 

5 suppression activities on Department of the Interior and 

6 National Forest System lands, to require the Secretary of 

7 the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to develop 

8 a cohesive wildland fire management strategy, and for 

9 other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dis10 pensed with. All points of order against consideration of 

11 the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 

12 10 of rule XXI. General debate shall be confined to the 

13 bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and con14 trolled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 

15 Committee on Natural Resources. After general debate the 

16 bill shall be considered for amendment under the five17 minute rule. The bill shall be considered as read. All points 

18 of order against provisions in the bill are waived. Notwith19 standing clause 11 of rule XVIII, no amendment to the 

20 bill shall be in order except those printed in the report 

21 of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. 

22 Each such amendment may be offered only in the order 

23 printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member 

24 designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall 

25 be debatable for the time specified in the report equally 


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1 divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 

2 shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub3 ject to a demand for division of the question in the House 

4 or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of order 

5 against such amendments are waived except those arising 

6 under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. At the conclusion of 

7 consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee 

8 shall rise and report the bill to the House with such 

9 amendments as may have been adopted. The previous 

10 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 

11 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 

12 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in13 structions. 


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House Calendar No. 31 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 281 

[Report No. 111–52] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1404) 

agement strategy, and for other purposes. culture to develop a cohesive wildland fire manretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agritional Forest System lands, to require the Secactivities on Department of the Interior and Nacatastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression to authorize a supplemental funding source for 

MARCH 24, 2009 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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