[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 5 (Tuesday, January 19, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D16-D17]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
H.R. 3254, TAOS PUEBLO INDIAN WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT ACT;
H.R. 3342, AAMDOT LITIGATION SETTLEMENT ACT;
H.R. 1065, WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE WATER RIGHTS QUANTIFICATION ACT 
OF 2009
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a non-record vote, a structured rule 
providing for consideration of H.R. 3254, the Taos Pueblo Indian Water 
Rights Settlement Act. The rule provides one hour of debate in the 
House equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Natural Resources. The rule waives all 
points of order against consideration of the bill except clauses 9 or 
10 of rule XXI. The rule provides that the committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Natural 
Resources, now printed in the bill, shall be considered as adopted and 
that the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. The rule waives 
all points of order against provisions of the bill, as amended. The 
rule makes in order only the further amendment printed in part A of the 
report of the Committee on Rules if offered by Representative 
McClintock or his designee which shall be in order without intervention 
of any point of order except clauses 9 and 10 of rule XXI, which shall 
be considered as read, shall be separately debatable for 10 minutes 
equally divided and controlled by the proponent and opponent, and shall 
not be subject to a demand for a division of the question. The rule 
provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony 
was heard from Chairman Rahall and Representatives Hastings of 
Washington and McClintock.
The rule also provides for consideration of H.R. 3342, the Aamodt 
Litigation Settlement Act, under a structured rule. The rule provides 
one hour of debate in the House equally divided and controlled by the 
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Natural 
Resources. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of 
the bill except clauses 9 or 10 of rule XXI. The rule provides that the 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the 
Committee on Natural Resources, now printed in the bill, shall be 
considered as adopted and that the bill, as amended, shall be 
considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against 
provisions of the bill, as amended. The rule makes in order only the 
further

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amendment printed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules if 
offered by Representative McClintock or his designee which shall be in 
order without intervention of any point of order except clauses 9 and 
10 of rule XXI, which shall be considered as read, shall be separately 
debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the 
proponent and an opponent, and shall not be subject to a demand for a 
division of the question. The rule provides one motion to recommit with 
or without instructions. Testimony was heard from Chairman Rahall and 
Representatives Hastings of Washington and McClintock.
The rule further provides for consideration of H.R. 1065, the White 
Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2009, under a 
structured rule. The rule provides one hour of debate in the House 
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member 
of the Committee on Natural Resources. The rule waives all points of 
order against consideration of the bill except clauses 9 or 10 of rule 
XXI. The rule provides that the committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on Natural Resources, now 
printed in the bill, modified by the amendment printed in part C of the 
report of the Committee on Rules shall be considered as adopted and 
provides that the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. The 
rule waives all points of order against provisions of the bill, as 
amended. The rule makes in order only the further amendment printed in 
part D of the report of the Committee on Rules if offered by 
Representative McClintock or his designee which shall be in order 
without intervention of any point of order except clauses 9 and 10 of 
rule XXI, which shall be considered as read, shall be separately 
debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the 
proponent and an opponent, and shall not be subject to a demand for a 
division of the question. Finally the rule provides one motion to 
recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from 
Chairman Rahall and Representatives Hastings of Washington and 
McClintock.