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House Calendar No. 121

105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 284

[Report No. 105–355]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2493) to establish a mechanism

by which the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior

can provide for uniform management of livestock grazing on Federal

lands.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 28, 1997

Mr. MCINNIS, 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. 2493) to establish a mechanism by which the Secretary of Agriculture

and the Secretary of the Interior can provide for uniform

management of livestock grazing on Federal lands.

1 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this

2 resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of

3 rule XXIII, 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. 2493) to establish a mechanism
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1 by which the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary

2 of the Interior can provide for uniform management of

3 livestock grazing on Federal lands. The first reading of

4 the bill shall be dispensed with. General debate shall be

5 confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour, with

6 thirty minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair7 man and ranking minority member of the Committee on

8 Resources and thirty minutes equally divided and con9 trolled by the chairman and ranking minority member of

10 the Committee on Agriculture. After general debate the

11 bill shall be considered for amendment under the five12 minute rule for a period not to exceed three hours. It shall

13 be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose

14 of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment

15 in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Commit16 tee on Resources now printed in the bill. The committee

17 amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be consid18 ered as read. Before consideration of any other amend19 ment it shall be in order to consider the amendment print20 ed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying

21 this resolution, if offered by Representative Smith of Or22 egon or his designee. That amendment shall be considered

23 as read, shall be debatable for ten minutes equally divided

24 and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, and

25 shall not be subject to a demand for division of the ques-
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1 tion in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. If

2 that amendment is adopted, the committee amendment in

3 the nature of a substitute, as amended, shall be considered

4 as the original bill for the purpose of further amendment.

5 During consideration of the bill for further amendment,

6 the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may accord

7 priority in recognition on the basis of whether the Member

8 offering an amendment has caused it to be printed in the

9 portion of the Congressional Record designated for that

10 purpose in clause 6 of rule XXIII. Amendments so printed

11 shall be considered as read. The Chairman of the Commit12 tee of the Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during

13 further consideration in the Committee of the Whole a re14 quest for a recorded vote on any amendment; and (2) re15 duce to five minutes the minimum time for electronic vot16 ing on any postponed question that follows another elec17 tronic vote without intervening business, provided that the

18 minimum time for electronic voting on the first in any se19 ries of questions shall be fifteen minutes. At the conclusion

20 of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee

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

22 amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member may

23 demand a separate vote in the House on any amendment

24 adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to

25 the amendment in the nature of a substitute made in order
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1 as original text. The previous question shall be considered

2 as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final

3 passage without intervening motion except one motion to

4 recommit with our without instructions.

House Calendar No. 121

105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 284

[Report No. 105–355]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2493)

grazing on Federal lands.can provide for uniform management of livestockof Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interiorto establish a mechanism by which the Secretary

OCTOBER 28, 1997

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed