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House Calendar No. 101

105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 256

[Report No. 105–283]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1127) to amend the Antiquities

Act to require an Act of Congress and the concurrence of the Governor

and State legislature for the establishment by the President of national

monuments in excess of 5,000 acres.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 29, 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. 1127) to amend

the Antiquities Act to require an Act of Congress and

the concurrence of the Governor and State legislature

for the establishment by the President of national monuments in excess of 5,000 acres.

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. 1127) to amend the Antiquities Act
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1 to require an Act of Congress and the concurrence of the

2 Governor and State legislature for the establishment by

3 the President of national monuments in excess of 5,000

4 acres. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with.

5 General debate shall be confined to the bill and the amend6 ments made in order by this resolution and shall not ex7 ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair8 man and ranking minority member of the Committee on

9 Resources. After general debate the bill shall be considered

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

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

12 amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in

13 the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee

14 on Resources now printed in the bill. The committee

15 amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be consid16 ered as read. No amendment to the committee amendment

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

18 printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accom19 panying this resolution. Each amendment may be offered

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

21 only by a Member designated in the report, shall be con22 sidered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified

23 in the report equally divided and controlled by the pro24 ponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amend25 ment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division
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1 of the question in the House or in the Committee of the

2 Whole. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may:

3 (1) postpone until a time during further consideration in

4 the Committee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote

5 on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the

6 minimum time for electronic voting on any postponed

7 question that follows another electronic vote without inter8 vening business, provided that the minimum time for elec9 tronic voting on the first in any series of questions shall

10 be fifteen minutes. At the conclusion of consideration of

11 the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and re12 port the bill to the House with such amendments as may

13 have been adopted. Any Member may demand a separate

14 vote in the House on any amendment adopted in the Com15 mittee of the Whole to the bill or to the committee amend16 ment in the nature of a substitute. The previous question

17 shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments

18 thereto to final passage without intervening motion except

19 one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 101

105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 256

[Report No. 105–283]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1127)

5,000 acres.President of national monuments in excess ofand State legislature for the establishment by theof Congress and the concurrence of the Governorto amend the Antiquities Act to require an Act

SEPTEMBER 29, 1997

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed