[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 816 Engrossed in House (EH)]


H. Res. 816

                 In the House of Representatives, U.S.,

                                                          May 17, 2006.
    Resolved, That at any time after the 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. 4200) to improve the ability of the Secretary of Agriculture and the 
Secretary of the Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response 
to catastrophic events affecting Federal lands under their jurisdiction, 
including the removal of dead and damaged trees and the implementation of 
reforestation treatments, to support the recovery of non-Federal lands damaged 
by catastrophic events, to revitalize Forest Service experimental forests, 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 shall not exceed one hour, with 20 minutes 
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of 
the Committee on Resources, 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the 
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Agriculture, and 20 
minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 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 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 the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
printed in the Congressional Record and numbered 1 pursuant to clause 8 of rule 
XVIII. 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. Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, 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.



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                                                                 Clerk.