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House Calendar No. 114
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 296
[Report No. 106–327]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1487) to provide for public
participation in the declaration of national monuments under the Act
popularly known as the Antiquities Act of 1906.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 21, 1999
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, from the Committee on Rules, reported the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered
to be printed
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1487) to provide
for public participation in the declaration of national
monuments under the Act popularly known as the Antiq-
uities Act of 1906.
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. 1487) to provide for public partici-
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pation in the declaration of national monuments under the
Act popularly known as the Antiquities Act of 1906. The
first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. General
debate 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 Re-
sources. 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 committee amendment in the nature of a substitute
shall be considered as read. 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
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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. 114
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 296
[Report No. 106–327]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1487)
to provide for public participation in the declara-
tion of national monuments under the Act popu-
larly known as the Antiquities Act of 1906.
SEPTEMBER 21, 1999
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed