[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 57 (Thursday, May 11, 2006)]
[House]
[Pages H2553-H2554]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




AMENDMENT PROCESS FOR H.R. 4200, FOREST EMERGENCY RECOVERY AND RESEARCH 
                                  ACT

  Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, the Committee on Rules may meet the 
week of May 15 to grant a rule which could limit the amendment process 
for floor consideration of H.R. 4200, the Forest Emergency Recovery and 
Research Act. The bill was ordered reported by both the Committee on 
Resources and the Committee on Agriculture.
  Any Member wishing to offer an amendment should submit 55 copies of 
the amendment and one copy of a brief explanation to the Committee on 
Rules in room H-312 of the Capitol by 2 p.m. on Tuesday, May 16, 2006. 
Members should draft their amendments to the

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amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 4200 which will be 
printed in the Congressional Record and available on the Web sites of 
both the Committee on Resources and the Committee on Rules by tomorrow. 
The amendment in the nature of a substitute consists of the text of the 
bill ordered reported by the Committee on Agriculture with additional 
language for section 404 of the bill negotiated between the Committee 
on Agriculture and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
  Members should use the Office of Legislative Counsel to ensure that 
their amendments are drafted in the most appropriate format 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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