[House Report 107-577]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



107th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     107-577

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 PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 5093, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
             AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2003

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    July 15, 2002.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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Mr. Hastings of Washington, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the 
                               following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 483]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 483, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

                SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

    The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 5093, the 
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2003, under an open rule. The rule provides one hour of 
general debate equally divided and controlled by the chairman 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations.
    The rule waives all points of order against consideration 
of the bill. The rule provides that amendments printed in this 
report shall be considered as adopted in the House and in the 
Committee of the Whole. The rule waives points of order against 
provisions in the bill, as amended, for failure to comply with 
clause 2 of rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized appropriations 
or legislative provisions in an appropriations bill), except as 
specified in the resolution.
    The rule provides that the bill shall be considered for 
amendment by paragraph. The rule waives points of order during 
consideration of the bill against amendments for failure to 
comply with clause 2(e) of rule XXI (prohibiting non-emergency 
designated amendments to be offered to an appropriations bill 
containing an emergency designation). The rule allows the 
Chairman of the Committee of the Whole to accord priority in 
recognition to Members who have preprinted their amendments in 
the Congressional Record. Finally, the rule provides one motion 
to recommit with or without instructions.
    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
the bill includes a waiver of section 306 of the Congressional 
Budget Act (prohibiting consideration of legislation within the 
Budget Committee's jurisdiction, unless reported by the Budget 
Committee), which is needed because of several budget transfers 
included in the bill. The waiver of clause 2 of rule XXI 
(prohibiting unauthorized appropriations or legislative 
provisions in an appropriations bill) is needed because there 
are numerous legislative provisions included in the bill.

               SUMMARY OF AMENDMENT CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

    Skeen: Manager's Amendment. Corrects language included in 
the bill that makes $200,000,000 for the Bureau of Land 
Management's wildland fire management program and $500,000,000 
for the Forest Service's wildland fire management program as 
contingent emergency appropriations for fiscal year 2002, 
consistent with the Committee-adopted provisions.

                TEXT OF AMENDMENT CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

    On page 6 line 12 after ``agement'' insert ``for fiscal 
year 2002 in addition to the amounts made available by Public 
Law 107-63'' and after ``$200,000,000,'' insert ``to remain 
available until December 31, 2002,''.
    And on page 82 line 8 after ``agement'' insert ``for fiscal 
year 2002 in addition to the amounts made available by Public 
Law 107-63'' and after ``$500,000,000,'' insert `to remain 
available until December 31, 2002,''.

                                  
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