[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 536 Engrossed in House (EH)]

H. Res. 536

                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                    September 20, 1994.
    Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution 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. 2866) to provide for the sound management and protection of Redwood 
forest areas in Humboldt County, California, by adding certain lands and waters 
to the Six Rivers National Forest and by including a portion of such lands in 
the national wilderness preservation system. 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 Agriculture and thirty 
minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman 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. Each section shall 
be considered as read. Points of order against provisions in the bill for 
failure to comply with clause 5(a) of rule XXI are waived. Except as provided in 
section 2 of this resolution, no amendment shall be in order except those 
printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. 
Each 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 
except as specified in the report, 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 the amendments printed in the report 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. 
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.
    Sec. 2. It shall be in order at any time for the chairman of the Committee 
on Agriculture or a designee to offer amendments en bloc consisting of 
amendments printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 
resolution or germane modifications of any such amendment. Amendments en bloc 
offered pursuant to this section shall be considered as read (except that 
modifications shall be reported), shall be debatable for ten minutes equally 
divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Agriculture or their designees, 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 en 
bloc are waived. For the purpose of inclusion in such amendments en bloc, an 
amendment printed in the form of a motion to strike may be modified to the form 
of a germane perfecting amendment to the text originally proposed to be 
stricken. The original proponent of an amendment included in such amendments en 
bloc may insert a statement in the Congressional Record immediately before the 
disposition of the amendments en bloc.
            Attest:






                                                                          Clerk.