[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 36 (Thursday, March 26, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H1623]
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     PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2515, FOREST RECOVERY AND 
  PROTECTION ACT OF 1998, AND LIMITATION OF TIME FOR AMENDMENT PROCESS

  Mr. SMITH of Oregon. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that House 
Resolution 394, the rule, be considered as adopted, and that during 
consideration of H.R. 2515, the forestry bill, in the Committee of the 
Whole, pursuant to that resolution, 1, that the amendment in the nature 
of a substitute made in order as original text be considered as read; 
and 2, after general debate, the bill be considered for amendment under 
the 5-minute rule for a period not to extend beyond 1:30 p.m. on 
Friday, March 27, 1997.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Oregon?
  There was no objection.
  The text of House Resolution 394 is as follows:

                              H. Res. 394

       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.

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