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House Calendar No. 28

105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 142

[Report No. 105–88]

Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 478) to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to improve the ability of individuals and

local, State, and Federal agencies to comply with that Act in building,

operating, maintaining, or repairing flood control projects, facilities, or

structures.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 6, 1997

Mr. LINDER, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution;

which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

RESOLUTION

Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 478) to

amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to improve

the ability of individuals and local, State, and Federal

agencies to comply with that Act in building, operating,

maintaining, or repairing flood control projects, facilities,

or structures.

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
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1 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider2 ation of the bill (H.R. 478) to amend the Endangered Spe3 cies Act of 1973 to improve the ability of individuals and

4 local, State, and Federal agencies to comply with that Act

5 in building, operating, maintaining, or repairing flood con6 trol projects, facilities, or structures. The first reading of

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

8 confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally

9 divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi10 nority member of the Committee on Resources. After gen11 eral debate the bill shall be considered for amendment

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

13 as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under

14 the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a sub15 stitute recommended by the Committee on Resources now

16 printed in the bill. Each section of the committee amend17 ment in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as

18 read. During consideration of the bill for amendment, the

19 Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may accord pri20 ority in recognition on the basis of whether the Member

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

22 portion of the Congressional Record designated for that

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

24 shall be considered as read. 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 commit5 tee amendment in the nature of a substitute. The previous

6 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and

7 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening

8 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in9 structions.
House Calendar No. 28

105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 142

[Report No. 105–88]

RESOLUTION

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

structures.repairing flood control projects, facilities, orthat Act in building, operating, maintaining, orlocal, State, and Federal agencies to comply with1973 to improve the ability of individuals and478) to amend the Endangered Species Act of

MAY 6, 1997

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed