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House Calendar No. 144
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 352
[Report No. 106–437]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2389) to restore stability and
predictability to the annual payments made to States and counties con-
taining National Forest System lands and public domain lands managed
by the Bureau of Land Management for use by the counties for the
benefit of public schools, roads, and other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 2, 1999
Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following reso-
lution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2389) to restore
stability and predictability to the annual payments made
to States and counties containing National Forest Sys-
tem lands and public domain lands managed by the
Bureau of Land Management for use by the counties
for the benefit of public schools, roads, and other pur-
poses.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this
resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of
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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. 2389) to restore stability and pre-
dictability to the annual payments made to States and
counties containing National Forest System lands and
public domain lands managed by the Bureau of Land
Management for use by the counties for the benefit of pub-
lic schools, roads, and other purposes. The first reading
of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order
against consideration of the bill are waived. General de-
bate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one
hour equally divided and controlled by the chairman and
ranking minority member of the Committee on Agri-
culture. After general debate the bill shall be considered
for amendment under the five-minute rule. In lieu of the
amendment recommended by the Committee on Agri-
culture now printed in the bill, it shall be in order to con-
sider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment
under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature
of a substitute printed in the Congressional Record and
numbered 1 pursuant to clause 8 of rule XVIII, modified
by the amendments printed in the report of the Committee
on Rules accompanying this resolution. That amendment
in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read.
All points of order against that amendment in the nature
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of a substitute 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
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 amendment in the nature of a sub-
stitute made in order as original text. The previous ques-
tion shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amend-
ments thereto to final passage without intervening motion
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except one motion to recommit with or without instruc-
tions.
House Calendar No. 144
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 352
[Report No. 106–437]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2389)
to restore stability and predictability to the an-
nual payments made to States and counties con-
taining National Forest System lands and public
domain lands managed by the Bureau of Land
Management for use by the counties for the ben-
efit of public schools, roads, and other purposes.
NOVEMBER 2, 1999
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed