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House Calendar No. 58 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 392 

[Report No. 115–186] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1873) to amend the Federal 

Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to enhance the reliability 

of the electricity grid and reduce the threat of wildfires to and from 

electric transmission and distribution facilities on Federal lands by facilitating vegetation management on such lands, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1654) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 

to coordinate Federal and State permitting processes related to the 

construction of new surface water storage projects on lands under the 

jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture and to designate the Bureau of Reclamation as the lead agency 

for permit processing, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 20, 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. 1873) to amend 

the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 

to enhance the reliability of the electricity grid and reduce the threat of wildfires to and from electric transmission and distribution facilities on Federal lands by 

facilitating vegetation management on such lands, and 

providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1654) to 


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authorize the Secretary of the Interior to coordinate Federal and State permitting processes related to the construction of new surface water storage projects on lands 

under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior 

and the Secretary of Agriculture and to designate the 

Bureau of Reclamation as the lead agency for permit 

processing, 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 

3 XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of 

4 the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider5 ation of the bill (H.R. 1873) to amend the Federal Land 

6 Policy and Management Act of 1976 to enhance the reli7 ability of the electricity grid and reduce the threat of 

8 wildfires to and from electric transmission and distribu9 tion facilities on Federal lands by facilitating vegetation 

10 management on such lands. The first reading of the bill 

11 shall be dispensed with. All points of order against consid12 eration of the bill are waived. General debate shall be con13 fined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally di14 vided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 

15 member of the Committee on Natural Resources. After 

16 general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment 

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

18 as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under 

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1 sources now printed in the bill. The committee amendment 

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

3 All points of order against the committee amendment in 

4 the nature of a substitute are waived. No amendment to 

5 the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute 

6 shall be in order except those printed in part A of the 

7 report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this reso8 lution. Each such amendment may be offered only in the 

9 order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Mem10 ber designated in the report, shall be considered as read, 

11 shall be debatable for the time specified in the report 

12 equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 

13 opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall 

14 not be subject to a demand for division of the question 

15 in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. All points 

16 of order against such amendments are waived. At the con17 clusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the 

18 Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with 

19 such amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member 

20 may demand a separate vote in the House on any amend21 ment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill 

22 or to the committee amendment in the nature of a sub23 stitute. The previous question shall be considered as or24 dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage 


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1 without intervening motion except one motion to recommit 

2 with or without instructions. 

3 SEC. 2. At any time after adoption of this resolution 

4 the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, 

5 declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 

6 Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration 

7 of the bill (H.R. 1654) to authorize the Secretary of the 

8 Interior to coordinate Federal and State permitting proc9 esses related to the construction of new surface water stor10 age projects on lands under the jurisdiction of the Sec11 retary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture and 

12 to designate the Bureau of Reclamation as the lead agency 

13 for permit processing, and for other purposes. The first 

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

15 order against consideration of the bill are waived. General 

16 debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed 

17 one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and 

18 ranking minority member of the Committee on Natural 

19 Resources. After general debate the bill shall be considered 

20 for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be in 

21 order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of 

22 amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in 

23 the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee 

24 on Natural Resources now printed in the bill. The com25 mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be 


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1 considered as read. All points of order against the com2 mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute are 

3 waived. No amendment to the committee amendment in 

4 the nature of a substitute shall be in order except those 

5 printed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules 

6 accompanying this resolution. Each such amendment may 

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

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

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

10 specified in the report equally divided and controlled by 

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

12 amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for divi13 sion of the question in the House or in the Committee 

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

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

16 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the 

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

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

19 House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 

20 the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in 

21 the nature of a substitute. The previous question shall be 

22 considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto 

23 to final passage without intervening motion except one 

24 motion to recommit with or without instructions. 


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House Calendar No. 58 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 392 

[Report No. 115–186] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1873) 

permit processing, and for other purposes. Bureau of Reclamation as the lead agency for Secretary of Agriculture and to designate the diction of the Secretary of the Interior and the water storage projects on lands under the jurisesses related to the construction of new surface to coordinate Federal and State permitting proc1654) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. tating vegetation management on such lands, and distribution facilities on Federal lands by faciliwildfires to and from electric transmission and the electricity grid and reduce the threat of ment Act of 1976 to enhance the reliability of to amend the Federal Land Policy and ManageJUNE 20, 2017 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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