[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 105 (Wednesday, August 3, 1994)]
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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF S. 1066, RESTORATION OF FEDERAL SERVICES 
               TO THE POKAGON BAND OF POTAWATOMI INDIANS

  Mr. HALL of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, by direction of the House Committee on 
Rules, I call up House Resolution 502 and ask for its immediate 
consideration.
  The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

                              H. Res. 502

       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 (S. 1066) to restore Federal services to the Pokagon 
     Band of Potawatomi Indians. 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 Natural Resources. After general debate the bill 
     shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. 
     Each section of the bill shall be considered as read. 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.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Hall] is 
recognized for 1 hour.
  Mr. HALL of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 minutes to the gentleman 
from California [Mr. Dreier], pending which I yield myself such time as 
I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time 
yielded is for the purpose of debate only.
  (Mr. HALL of Ohio asked and was given permission to revise and extend 
his remarks.)
  Mr. HALL of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, House Resolution 502 is an open rule 
providing for the consideration of S.1066, the restoration of Federal 
Services to the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians. The rule provides 
for 1 hour of general debate to be equally divided and controlled by 
the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Natural 
Resources. Under the rule, the bill shall be considered for amendment 
under the 5-minute rule and each section shall be considered as having 
been read. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit.
  Mr. Speaker, S. 1066, is an important bill which restores Federal 
services to the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians. This small band of 
approximately 1,500 Indians is the only one of several Potawatomi Bands 
that is not treated as a federally recognized tribe, and its members 
are not eligible for services provided by the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
and the Indian Health Service. This bill simply provides that Federal 
laws and regulations generally applicable to Indian tribes will also 
apply to them, when funds are specifically appropriated for this 
purpose.
  Mr. Speaker, S. 1066, which has already passed the other body, is the 
result of hearings and many careful consultations. I am pleased that we 
have an open rule which was unanimously passed in the Rules Committee 
by a voice vote. I urge my colleagues to adopt it.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I might consume.
  (Mr. DREIER asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, as with the past rule, this is an open 
amendment process and there are no waivers. I congratulate my 
colleagues on the Committee on Rules for reporting out a rule that does 
that. While I oppose the legislation, I strongly support the rule, and 
would like the Record to show I greatly appreciate the fact that my 
friend from Dayton has gone to the trouble of specifically naming the 
certain bands, which I am not mentioning in my statement.
  With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. HALL of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests for time; I 
yield back the balance of my time, and I move the previous question on 
the resolution.
  The previous question as ordered.
  The resolution as agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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