Title: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2936) to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on Tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 2936 (the Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017).

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 595 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                  House Calendar No. 95
115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 595

                          [Report No. 115-378]

 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2936) to expedite under 
   the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest 
management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands 
under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on Tribal 
lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 31, 2017

   Mr. Newhouse, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following 
resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2936) to expedite under 
   the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest 
management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands 
under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on Tribal 
lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Resolved, That at any time after 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 consideration of the bill (H.R. 2936) to expedite under the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management 
activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the 
jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on Tribal lands to 
return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, 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 debate shall be confined to the bill and amendments specified 
in this resolution and shall not exceed one hour equally divided among 
and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Agriculture and the chair and ranking minority member of 
the Committee on Natural Resources. After general debate the bill shall 
be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. In lieu of the 
amendments in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committees 
on Agriculture and Natural Resources now printed in the bill, it shall 
be in order to consider 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 Rules Committee Print 115-36. 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. 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 
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 demand 
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 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 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 
motion except one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
                                                  House Calendar No. 95

115th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                              H. RES. 595

                          [Report No. 115-378]

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                               RESOLUTION

 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2936) to expedite under 
   the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest 
management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands 
under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on Tribal 
lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and 
                          for other purposes.

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                            October 31, 2017

        Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed