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House Calendar No. 265

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 573

[Report No. 105–776]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4570) to provide for certain

boundary adjustments and conveyances involving public lands, to establish and improve the management of certain heritage areas, historic

areas, National Parks, wild and scenic rivers, and national trails, to

protect communities by reducing hazardous fuels levels on public lands,

and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 5, 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. 4570) to provide

for certain boundary adjustments and conveyances involving public lands, to establish and improve the management of certain heritage areas, historic areas, National Parks, wild and scenic rivers, and national trails,

to protect communities by reducing hazardous fuels levels

on public lands, and for other purposes.

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

2 resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of
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1 the rule XXIII, declare the House resolved into the Com2 mittee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for

3 consideration of the bill (H.R. 4570) to provide for certain

4 boundary adjustments and conveyances involving public

5 lands, to establish and improve the management of certain

6 heritage areas, historic areas, National Parks, wild and

7 scenic rivers, and national trails, to protect communities

8 by reducing hazardous fuels levels on public lands, and

9 for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be

10 dispensed with. General debate shall be confined to the

11 bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and con12 trolled by the chairman and ranking minority member of

13 the Committee on Resources. After general debate the bill

14 shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute

15 rule and shall be considered as read. No amendment to

16 the bill shall be in order except those specified in section

17 2 of this resolution. Each amendment may be offered only

18 in the order specified, may be offered only by a Member

19 specified or his designee, shall be considered as read, shall

20 be debatable for the time specified equally divided and

21 controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not

22 be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a

23 demand for division of the question in the House or in

24 the Committee of the Whole. All points of order against

25 the first amendment specified in section 2 are waived. The
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1 chairman of the Committee of the Whole may: (1) post2 pone until a time during further consideration in the Com3 mittee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any

4 amendment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum

5 time for electronic voting on any postponed question that

6 follows another electronic vote without intervening busi7 ness, provided that the minimum time for electronic voting

8 on the first in any series of questions shall be 15 minutes.

9 At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amend10 ment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the

11 House with such amendments as may have been adopted.

12 The previous question shall be considered as ordered on

13 the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without

14 intervening motion except one motion to recommit with

15 our without instructions.

16 SEC. 2. The amendments described in the first sec17 tion of this resolution are as follows:

18 (1) the amendments by Representative Hansen

19 of Utah printed in the Congressional Record and

20 numbered 1 pursuant to clause 6 of rule XXIII,

21 which shall be debatable for twenty minutes; and

22 (2) an amendment by Representative Miller of

23 California if printed in the portion of the Congres24 sional Record designated for that purpose in clause
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1 6 of rule XXIII on October 5, 1998, which shall be

2 debatable for one hour.

House Calendar No. 265

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 573

[Report No. 105–776]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4570)

public lands, and for other purposes.munities by reducing hazardous fuels levels onscenic rivers, and national trails, to protect comareas, historic areas, National Parks, wild andand improve the management of certain heritageconveyances involving public lands, to establishto provide for certain boundary adjustments and

OCTOBER 5, 1998

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed