H. Res. 284
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
October 30, 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. 2493) to establish a mechanism by which the
Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior can
provide for uniform management of livestock grazing on Fed-
eral lands. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed
with. General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall
not exceed one hour, with thirty minutes equally divided and
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of
the Committee on Resources and thirty minutes equally di-
vided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority
member of the Committee on Agriculture. After general de-
bate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the
five-minute rule for a period not to exceed three hours. It
shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the pur-
pose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amend-
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ment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Com-
mittee on Resources now printed in the bill. The committee
amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be considered
as read. Before consideration of any other amendment it shall
be in order to consider the amendment printed in the report
of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, if
offered by Representative Smith of Oregon or his designee.
That amendment shall be considered as read, shall be debat-
able for ten minutes equally divided and controlled by the
proponent and an opponent, and shall not be subject to a de-
mand for division of the question in the House or in the
Committee of the Whole. If that amendment is adopted, the
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, as
amended, shall be considered as the original bill for the pur-
pose of further amendment. During consideration of the bill
for further 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 des-
ignated for that purpose in clause 6 of rule XXIII. Amend-
ments so printed shall be considered as read. The Chairman
of the Committee of the Whole may: (1) postpone until a time
during further consideration in the Committee of the Whole
a request for a recorded vote on any amendment; and (2) re-
duce to five minutes the minimum time for electronic voting
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on any postponed question that follows another electronic
vote without intervening business, provided that the minimum
time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques-
tions shall be fifteen minutes. At the conclusion of consider-
ation 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 mo-
tion except one motion to recommit with our without instruc-
tions.
Attest:
Clerk.