H. Res. 256
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
October 1, 1997.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this res-
olution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of rule
XXIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the
Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of
the bill (H.R. 1127) to amend the Antiquities Act to require
an Act of Congress and the concurrence of the Governor and
State legislature for the establishment by the President of na-
tional monuments in excess of 5,000 acres. The first reading
of the bill shall be dispensed with. General debate shall be
confined to the bill and the amendments made in order by
this resolution and shall not exceed one hour equally divided
and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member
of the Committee on Resources. After general 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 substitute recommended by the
Committee on Resources now printed in the bill. The commit-
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tee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be consid-
ered as read. No amendment to the committee amendment in
the nature of a substitute shall be in order except those print-
ed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying
this resolution. Each 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 de-
mand for division of the question in the House or in the
Committee of the Whole. The Chairman of the Committee of
the Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during further con-
sideration in the Committee of the Whole a request for a re-
corded vote on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five min-
utes the minimum time for electronic voting on any post-
poned question that follows another electronic vote without
intervening business, provided that the minimum time for
electronic voting on the first in any series of questions shall
be fifteen minutes. 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 committee amendment in the na-
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ture of a substitute. The previous question shall be consid-
ered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final
passage without intervening motion except one motion to re-
commit with or without instructions.
SEC. 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this res-
olution, it shall be in order to consider the amendment speci-
fied in section 3 of this resolution as though it were amend-
ment numbered 6 in House Report 105–283. That amend-
ment may be offered only by Representative Hansen of Utah
or his designee and shall be debatable for 10 minutes.
SEC. 3. The amendment described in section 2 of this
resolution is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Monument Fair-
ness Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF NATIONAL MONUMENT
STATUS AND CONSULTATION.
Section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906, commonly referred
to as the ‘‘Antiquities Act’’ (34 Stat. 225; 16 U.S.C. 431)
is amended by adding the following at the end thereof: ‘‘A
proclamation of the President under this section that results
in the designation of a total acreage in excess of 50,000 acres
in a single State in a single calendar year as a national
monument may not be issued until 30 days after the Presi-
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dent has transmitted the proposed proclamation to the Gov-
ernor of the State in which such acreage is located and solic-
ited such Governor’s written comments, and any such procla-
mation shall cease to be effective on the date 2 years after
issuance unless the Congress has approved such proclamation
by joint resolution.’’.
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to amend the An-
tiquities Act regarding the establishment by the President of
certain national monuments.’’.
Attest:
Clerk.