[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 145 (Monday, September 18, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H9074-H9075]
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    PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 39, FISHER CONSERVATION AND 
                     MANAGEMENT AMENDMENTS OF 1995

  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Speaker, I offer a unanimous-consent 
request.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Foley). The Clerk will report the 
unanimous consent request.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mr. YOUNG of Alaska asks unanimous consent that at any time 
     hereafter 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. 39) to amend the Magnuson Fishery Conservation 
     and Management Act to improve fisheries management, and that 
     consideration of the bill proceed according to the following 
     order. 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 1 hour equally divided and controlled by the 
     chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
     Resources. After general debate the bill shall be considered 
     for amendment under the 5-minute rule. It shall be in order 
     to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment 
     under the 5-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a 
     substitute recommended by the Committee on Resources now 
     printed in the bill. Each section of the committee amendment 
     in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. 
     All points of order against the committee amendment in the 
     nature of a substitute 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 committee amendment in the nature 
     of a substitute. 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.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Alaska?
  Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, 
if I might, I would enter into a colloquy with the gentleman from 
Alaska [Mr. Young]. I would like to have the gentleman clarify a point 
on H.R. 39 of the Magnuson Act reauthorization.
  Is it the intention of the Chairman of the Committee that we will 
only consider the bill under general debate today, and rise to consider 
the bill for amendment at some later date?

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  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. MILLER of California. I yield to the gentleman from Alaska.
  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman is correct. Some 
Members are interested in offering amendments to H.R. 39 who would be 
unable to participate this afternoon. Therefore, it is my intent to ask 
that the Committee rise after conclusion of general debate and, if I 
may continue, with my understanding with my good friend, the gentleman 
from California, that eventually this bill will pass this House to get 
over to the Senate after we consider all amendments that are to be 
offered. We must proceed, because this has been sunsetted now for 1\1/
2\ years, so we would like to get it done.
  Mr. MILLER of California. I thank the gentleman.
  Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Alaska?
  There was no objection.

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