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House Calendar No. 95 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 595 
[Report No. 115–378] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2936) to expedite under the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest manage-
ment activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under 
the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on Tribal 
lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 31, 2017 
Mr. NEWHOUSE, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2936) to expe-
dite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 and improve forest management activities on Na-
tional Forest System lands, on public lands under the 
jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and 
on Tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire- 
prone forested lands, and for other purposes. 
Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this reso-
lution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule 
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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. 2936) to expedite under the Na-
tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve for-
est management activities on National Forest System 
lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau 
of Land Management, and on Tribal lands to return resil-
ience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other 
purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed 
with. All points of order against consideration of the bill 
are waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill 
and amendments specified in this resolution and shall not 
exceed one hour equally divided among and controlled by 
the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee 
on Agriculture and the chair and ranking minority mem-
ber of the Committee on Natural Resources. After general 
debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under 
the five-minute rule. In lieu of the amendments in the na-
ture of a substitute recommended by the Committees on 
Agriculture and Natural Resources now printed in the bill, 
it shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the 
purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the 
text of Rules Committee Print 115-36. That amendment 
in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. 
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All points of order against that amendment in the nature 
of a substitute are waived. No amendment to that amend-
ment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order except 
those printed in the report of the Committee on Rules ac-
companying this resolution. Each such amendment may 
be offered only in the order printed in the report, may 
be offered only by a Member designated in the report, 
shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time 
specified in the report equally divided and controlled by 
the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for divi-
sion of the question in the House or in the Committee 
of the Whole. All points of order against such amendments 
are waived. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill 
for amendment 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 amendment in the nature 
of a substitute made in order as original text. 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 in-
structions. 
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House Calendar No. 95 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 595 
[Report No. 115–378] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2936) 
to expedite under the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest manage-
ment activities on National Forest System lands, 
on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bu-
reau of Land Management, and on Tribal lands 
to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone for-
ested lands, and for other purposes. 
OCTOBER 31, 2017 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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