IV 
House Calendar No. 178 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 816 
[Report No. 109–467] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4200) to improve the ability 
of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to 
promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic 
events affecting Federal lands under their jurisdiction, including the 
removal of dead and damaged trees and the implementation of reforest-
ation treatments, to support the recovery of non-Federal lands damaged 
by catastrophic events, to revitalize Forest Service experimental forests, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 16, 2006 
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following 
resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4200) to im-
prove the ability of the Secretary of Agriculture and 
the Secretary of the Interior to promptly implement re-
covery treatments in response to catastrophic events af-
fecting Federal lands under their jurisdiction, including 
the removal of dead and damaged trees and the imple-
mentation of reforestation treatments, to support the 
recovery of non-Federal lands damaged by catastrophic 
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events, to revitalize Forest Service experimental forests, 
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. 4200) to improve the ability of the 
Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior 
to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to 
catastrophic events affecting Federal lands under their ju-
risdiction, including the removal of dead and damaged 
trees and the implementation of reforestation treatments, 
to support the recovery of non-Federal lands damaged by 
catastrophic events, to revitalize Forest Service experi-
mental forests, 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 de-
bate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one 
hour, with 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by 
the chairman and ranking minority member of the Com-
mittee on Resources, 20 minutes equally divided and con-
trolled by the chairman and ranking minority member of 
the Committee on Agriculture, and 20 minutes equally di-
vided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minor-
ity member of the Committee on Transportation and In-
frastructure. After general debate the bill shall be consid-
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ered for amendment under the five-minute rule. In lieu 
of the amendment recommended by the Committee on Re-
sources 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 an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute consisting of the text of the amendment 
in the nature of a substitute printed in the Congressional 
Record and numbered 1 pursuant to clause 8 of rule 
XVIII. That amendment in the nature of a substitute shall 
be considered as read. All points of order against that 
amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived. Not-
withstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, no amendment to 
that amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in 
order except those printed in the report of the Committee 
on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each such amend-
ment may be offered only in the order printed in the re-
port, 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 con-
trolled 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. All points of order against such 
amendments are waived. At the conclusion of consider-
ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise 
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