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House Calendar No. 186

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 427

[Report No. 105–530]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 512) to prohibit the expenditure

of funds from the Land and Water Conservation Fund for the creation

of new National Wildlife Refuges without specific authorization from

Congress pursuant to a recommendation from the United States Fish

and Wildlife Service to create the refuge.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 12, 1998

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. 512) to prohibit

the expenditure of funds from the Land and Water Conservation Fund for the creation of new National Wildlife

Refuges without specific authorization from Congress

pursuant to a recommendation from the United States

Fish and Wildlife Service to create the refuge.

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. 512) to prohibit the expenditure

3 of funds from the Land and Water Conservation Fund

4 for the creation of new National Wildlife Refuges without

5 specific authorization from Congress pursuant to a rec6 ommendation from the United States Fish and Wildlife

7 Service to create the refuge. The first reading of the bill

8 shall be dispensed with. General debate shall be confined

9 to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided

10 and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority

11 member of the Committee on Resources. After general de12 bate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the

13 five-minute rule. It shall be in order to consider as an

14 original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five15 minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute

16 printed in the Congressional Record and numbered 1 pur17 suant to clause 6 of rule XXIII. That amendment shall

18 be considered as read. Points of order against that amend19 ment for failure to comply with clause 7 of rule XVI are

20 waived. During consideration of the bill for amendment,

21 the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may accord

22 priority in recognition on the basis of whether the Member

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

24 portion of the Congressional Record designated for that

25 purpose in clause 6 of rule XXIII. Amendments so printed
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1 shall be considered as read. The chairman of the Commit2 tee of the Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during

3 further consideration in the Committee of the Whole a re4 quest for a recorded vote on any amendment; and (2) re5 duce to five minutes the minimum time for electronic vot6 ing on any postponed question that follows another elec7 tronic vote without intervening business, provided that the

8 minimum time for electronic voting on the first in any se9 ries of questions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion

10 of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee

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

12 amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member may

13 demand a separate vote in the House on any amendment

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

15 the amendment in the nature of a substitute made in order

16 as original text. The previous question shall be considered

17 as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final

18 passage without intervening motion except one motion to

19 recommit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 186

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 427

[Report No. 105–530]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 512)

and Wildlife Service to create the refuge.a recommendation from the United States Fishspecific authorization from Congress pursuant toation of new National Wildlife Refuges withoutLand and Water Conservation Fund for the creto prohibit the expenditure of funds from the

MAY 12, 1998

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed