[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 49 (Wednesday, April 17, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H3493]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING AMENDMENTS TO NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE 
                            IMPROVEMENT ACT

  (Mr. SOLOMON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, the Rules Committee will be meeting at the 
beginning of next week to grant a rule on H.R. 1675, the National 
Wildlife Refuge Improvement Act.
  Resources Committee Chairman Young has requested an open rule. He has 
further requested that the rule make in order as original text for the 
purpose of amendment a new amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  This amendment in the nature of a substitute by Chairman Young 
reflects negotiations the Resources Committee has held with both the 
Department of the Interior and the Department of Defense.
  Amendments should be drafted to the text of the amendment in the 
nature of a substitute offered by Chairman Young, which has been 
printed in the Congressional Record of April 16, 1996, numbered 1. 
Priority in recognition may be given to those amendments which are 
preprinted in the Congressional Record. However, preprinting of 
amendments is optional.
  Members should use the Office of Legislative Counsel to ensure that 
their amendments are properly drafted and should check with the Office 
of the Parliamentarian to be certain their amendments comply with the 
rules of the House.

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