[House Report 104-627]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



104th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 2d Session                                                     104-627
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          PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 3662,
 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 1997

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   June 18, 1996.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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    Ms. Pryce, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 455]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 455, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

               brief summary of provisions of resolution

    The resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 3662, 
the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Bill, 1997 under an open rule. The rule provides 
one hour of general debate equally divided between the chairman 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations.
    The rule waives points of order against consideration of 
the bill for failure to comply with clause 2(l)(6) of rule XI 
(the three-day availability of the report) or clause 7 of rule 
XXI (the three-day availability of printed hearings and reports 
on appropriations bills).
    The rule waives points of order against the provisions in 
the bill (other than section 117 and the first two provisos 
under the heading ``Strategic Petroleum Reserve'') for failure 
to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized 
appropriations and legislation on general appropriations bills) 
or clause 6 of rule XXI (prohibiting transfers of unobligated 
balances). Where points of order are waived against part of a 
paragraph, points of order against a provision in another part 
of such paragraph may be made only against such provision and 
not against the entire paragraph. The rule provides that an 
amendment striking the last proviso under the heading 
``Strategic Petroleum Reserve'' shall be considered as adopted 
in the House and in the Committee of the Whole.
    The rule provides for priority in recognition to those 
amendments that are preprinted in the Congressional Record. The 
rule allows 
for the chairman of the Committee of the Whole to postpone 
votes during consideration of the bill, and to reduce votes to 
5 minutes on a postponed question if the vote follows a 15 
minute vote.
    The rule also provides that a motion to rise and report the 
bill to the House with such amendments as may have been adopted 
shall have precedence over a motion to amend if offered by the 
Majority Leader or a designee after the reading of the final 
lines of the bill. Finally, the rule provides one motion to 
recommit with or without instructions.

                    rules committee rollcall no. 322

    Date: June 18, 1996.
    Measure: Rule for H.R. 3662, Interior Appropriations for 
Fiscal Year 1997.
    Motion by: Mr. Beilenson.
    Summary of motion: Make in order an amendment by 
Representatives Furse and Porter to repeal emergency salvage 
timber sale program.
    Results: Rejected, 5 to 7.
    Vote by Members:
    Quillen--Nay;
    Dreier--Nay;
    Goss--Yea;
    Linder--Nay;
    Pryce--Nay;
    Diaz-Balart--Nay;
    McInnis--Nay;
    Greene--Nay;
    Moakley--Yea;
    Beilenson--Yea;
    Frost--Yea;
    Hall--Yea.

                                
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