Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5544) to authorize and expedite a land exchange involving National Forest System land in the Laurentian District of the Superior National Forest and certain other National Forest System land in the State of Minnesota that has limited recreational and conservation resources and lands owned by the State of Minnesota in trust for the public school system that are largely scattered in checkerboard fashion within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and have important recreational, scenic, and conservation resources, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5949) to extend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 for five years.

Bill: 112-hres-773
Sponsor: Rep. Nugent, Richard B. [R-FL-5]
Introduced: 2012-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2012-09-10
text: Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5544) to authorize and expedite a land exchange involving National Forest System land in the Laurentian District of the Superior National Forest and certain other National Forest System land in the State of Minnesota that has limited recreational and conservation resources and lands owned by the State of Minnesota in trust for the public school system that are largely scattered in checkerboard fashion within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and have important recreational, scenic, and conservation resources, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5949) to extend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 for five years.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-11
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2012-09-11
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 233 - 179 (Roll no. 561). (text: CR H5780)
action_date: 2012-09-11
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 233 - 179 (Roll no. 561).(text: CR H5780)
action_date: 2012-09-11
text: On ordering the previous question Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 232 - 177 (Roll no. 560). (consideration: CR H5676-5787)
action_date: 2012-09-11
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5785-5787)
action_date: 2012-09-11
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H. Res. 773, the Chair put the question on ordering the previous question and by voice vote announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Polis (CO) demanded the yeas and nays, and the Chair postponed further proceedings on ordering the previous question until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2012-09-11
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H. Res. 773.
action_date: 2012-09-11
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H5780-5785)
action_date: 2012-09-10
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 158.
action_date: 2012-09-10
text: Resolution provides for consideration of both H.R. 5544 and H.R. 5949. Both measures are debatable for one hour each. For H.R. 5544, specified amendments are in order. For H.R. 5949, the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill, shall be considered as adopted. For each bill, one motion to recommit is in order, with or without instructions.
action_date: 2012-09-10
text: The House Committee on Rules reported an original measure, H. Rept. 112-660, by Mr. Nugent.
action_date: 2012-09-10
text: The House Committee on Rules reported an original measure, H. Rept. 112-660, by Mr. Nugent.
action_date: 2012-09-10
text: Introduced in House