[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 176 (Tuesday, October 31, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1148]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
RESILIENT FEDERAL FORESTS ACT OF 2017
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 2936, the 
``Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017''. The Committee granted, by 
record vote of 7-3, a structured rule for H.R. 2936. The rule provides 
one hour of general debate equally divided among and controlled by the 
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Agriculture and 
the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Natural 
Resources. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of 
the bill. The rule makes in order as original text for the purpose of 
amendment an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the 
text of Rules Committee Print 115-36 and provides that it shall be 
considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against that 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. The rule makes in order only 
those further amendments printed in the Rules Committee report. Each 
such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, 
may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be 
considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the 
report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 
shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand 
for division of the question. The rule waives all points of order 
against the amendments printed in the report. The rule provides one 
motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard 
from Chairman Bishop of Utah and Representative Lucas.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.