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House Calendar No. 162

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 394

[Report No. 105–464]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2515) to address the declining

health of forests on Federal lands in the United States through a

program of recovery and protection consistent with the requirements

of existing public land management and environmental laws, to establish

a program to inventory, monitor, and analyze public and private forests

and their resources, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 25, 1998

Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, 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. 2515) to address

the declining health of forests on Federal lands in the

United States through a program of recovery and protection consistent with the requirements of existing public

land management and environmental laws, to establish

a program to inventory, monitor, and analyze public and

private forests and their resources, and for other purposes.
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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. 2515) to address the declining

6 health of forests on Federal lands in the United States

7 through a program of recovery and protection consistent

8 with the requirements of existing public land management

9 and environmental laws, to establish a program to inven10 tory, monitor, and analyze public and private forests and

11 their resources, and for other purposes. The first reading

12 of the bill shall be dispensed with. General debate shall

13 be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equal14 ly divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi15 nority member of the Committee on Agriculture. After

16 general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment

17 under the five-minute rule. In lieu of the amendment rec18 ommended by the Committee on Agriculture now printed

19 in the bill, it shall be in order to consider as an original

20 bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute

21 rule an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting

22 of the text of H.R. 3530. Each section of that amendment

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

24 Points of order against that amendment in the nature of

25 a substitute for failure to comply with clause 7 of rule
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1 XVI or clause 5(a) of rule XXI are waived. During consid2 eration of the bill for amendment, the chairman of the

3 Committee of the Whole may accord priority in recognition

4 on the basis of whether the Member offering an amend5 ment has caused it to be printed in the portion of the Con6 gressional Record designated for that purpose in clause

7 6 of rule XXIII. Amendments so printed shall be consid8 ered as read. The chairman of the Committee of the Whole

9 may: (1) postpone until a time during further consider10 ation in the Committee of the Whole a request for a re11 corded vote on any amendment; and reduce to five minutes

12 the minimum time for electronic voting on any postponed

13 question that follows another electronic vote without inter14 vening business, provided that the minimum time for elec15 tronic voting on the first in any series of questions shall

16 be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consideration of the

17 bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and report

18 the bill to the House with such amendments as may have

19 been adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote

20 in the House on any amendment adopted in the Commit21 tee of the Whole to the bill or to the amendment in the

22 nature of a substitute made in order as original text. The

23 previous question shall be considered as ordered on the

24 bill and amendments thereto to final passage without in-
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1 tervening motion except one motion to recommit with or

2 without instructions.
House Calendar No. 162

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 394

[Report No. 105–464]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2515)

other purposes.and private forests and their resources, and forgram to inventory, monitor, and analyze publicment and environmental laws, to establish a prothe requirements of existing public land managegram of recovery and protection consistent witheral lands in the United States through a proto address the declining health of forests on FedMARCH 25, 1998

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed