[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[H. Res. 394 Reported in House (RH)]






                                                 House Calendar No. 162
105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 394

                          [Report No. 105-464]

  Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2515) to address the 
   declining health of forests on Federal lands in the United States 
   through a program of recovery and protection consistent with the 
requirements of existing public land management and environmental laws, 
 to establish a program to inventory, monitor, and analyze public and 
      private forests and their resources, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 25, 1998

 Mr. Hastings of Washington, 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. 2515) to address the 
   declining health of forests on Federal lands in the United States 
   through a program of recovery and protection consistent with the 
requirements of existing public land management and environmental laws, 
 to establish a program to inventory, monitor, and analyze public and 
      private forests and their resources, and for other purposes.

    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. 2515) to address the 
declining health of forests on Federal lands in the United States 
through a program of recovery and protection consistent with the 
requirements of existing public land management and environmental laws, 
to establish a program to inventory, monitor, and analyze public and 
private forests and their resources, and for other purposes. The first 
reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. General debate shall be 
confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee 
on Agriculture. After general debate the bill shall be considered for 
amendment under the five-minute rule. In lieu of the amendment 
recommended by the Committee on Agriculture 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 H.R. 3530. Each section of that 
amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. 
Points of order against that amendment in the nature of a substitute 
for failure to comply with clause 7 of rule XVI or clause 5(a) of rule 
XXI are waived. During consideration of the bill for 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 
designated for that purpose in clause 6 of rule XXIII. Amendments 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 reduce to five minutes the minimum time for electronic 
voting 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 questions shall be 15 
minutes. 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. 162

105th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                              H. RES. 394

                          [Report No. 105-464]

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                               RESOLUTION

  Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2515) to address the 
   declining health of forests on Federal lands in the United States 
   through a program of recovery and protection consistent with the 
requirements of existing public land management and environmental laws, 
 to establish a program to inventory, monitor, and analyze public and 
      private forests and their resources, and for other purposes.

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                             March 25, 1998

        Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed