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administration, and unauthorized expenditures for ad-
ministration and execution of those Acts, and for other
purposes.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this
resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of
rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee
of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 3671) to amend the Acts popularly
known as the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act
and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to
enhance the funds available for grants to states for fish
and wildlife conservation projects and increase opportuni-
ties for recreational hunting, bow hunting, trapping, arch-
ery, and fishing, by eliminating opportunities for waste,
fraud, abuse, maladministration, and unauthorized ex-
penditures for opportunities for recreational hunting, how
hunting, trapping, archery, and fishing, by eliminating op-
portunities for waste, fraud, abuse, maladministration,
and unauthorized expenditures for administration and exe-
cution of those acts, and for other purposes. The first
reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. Points of order
against consideration of the bill for failure to comply with
clause 4(a) of rule XIII are waived. General debate shall
be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equal-
ly divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi-
nority member of the Committee on Resources. After gen-
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eral debate the bill shall be considered for amendment
under the five-minute rule. It shall be in order to consider
as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under
the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a sub-
stitute recommended by the Committee on Resources now
printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the na-
ture of a substitute shall be considered as read. Points
of order against the committee amendment in the nature
of a substitute for failure to comply with clause 4 of rule
XXI are waived. The amendment printed in the report of
the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution
shall be considered as read, shall not be subject to amend-
ment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division
of the question in the House or in the Committee of the
Whole. All points of order against the amendment printed
in the report are waived. During consideration of the bill
for amendment, the Chairman of the Committee of the
Whole may accord priority in recognition on the basis of
whether the Member offering an amendment has caused
it to be printed in the portion of the Congressional Record
designated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII.
Amendments so printed shall be considered as read. The
Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may: (1) post-
pone until a time during further consideration in the Com-
mittee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any
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amendment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum
time for electronic voting on any postponed question that
follows another electronic vote without intervening busi-
ness, provided that the minimum time for electronic voting
on the first in any series of questions shall be 15 minutes.
At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amend-
ment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the
House with such amendments as may have been adopted.
Any Member may demand a separate vote in the House
on any amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole
to the bill or to the committee amendment in the nature
of a substitute. The previous question shall be considered
as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final
passage without intervening motion except one motion to
recommit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 197
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 455
[Report No. 106–558]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3671)
to amend the Acts popularly known as the Pitt-
man-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and the
Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to
enhance the funds available for grants to States
for fish and wildlife conservation projects and in-
crease opportunities for recreational hunting, bow
hunting, trapping, archery, and fishing, by elimi-
nating opportunities for waste, fraud, abuse, mal-
administration, and unauthorized expenditures
for administration and execution of those Acts,
and for other purposes.
APRIL 3, 2000
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed