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Version 36 · Passed House amended · Jul 10, 2008
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail Designation Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to designate a corridor of approximately 600 miles following the route taken by the armies of General George Washington and Count Rochambeau between Newport, Rhode Island, and Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781 and 1782, as the "Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail."
Requires the Trail to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with: (1) other federal, state, tribal, and local agencies; and (2) the private sector.
Prohibits the United States from acquiring for the Trail any land or interest in land: (1) outside the exterior boundary of any federally-managed area without the owner's consent; and (2) acquired from a state or local government if that land was acquired by such government through eminent domain.
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Prohibits anything in this Act from affecting: (1) the development, production, conveyance, and transmission of energy; (2) state management, control, and regulation of fish and resident wildlife; and (3) access for hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy and private industry, to submit a report which: (1) contains a description of the energy resources available on such land and report on the amount of energy withdrawn from possible development; and (2) identifies the oil, natural gas, geothermal, wind, and solar energy that could be commercially produced, the annual available biomass for energy production, and any hydropower resources available, including tidal, dams, and in-stream flow turbines, and any impact on electricity transmission.
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Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22] · D–NY
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 1286.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On passage Passed by recorded vote: 345 - 69 (Roll No. 484).
House roll call 484 · Individual votesPassed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 345 - 69 (Roll No. 484).
House roll call 484 · Individual votesOn motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 202 - 211 (Roll no. 483). (consideration: CR H6376)
House roll call 483 · Individual votesThe previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H6376)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Fallin motion to recommit H.R. 1286. The instructions contained in the motion seek to report the same back to the House with an amendment to state that relevant State and local laws shall govern lands within the trail with regards to possession or use of a weapon.
Ms. Fallin moved to recommit with instructions to Natural Resources. (consideration: CR H6375; text: CR H6375)
Point of order sustained against the motion to recommit with instructions.
Mr. Rahall raised a point of order against the motion to recommit with instructions. Mr. Rahall stated that the provisions contained in the motion to recommit were not germane to the bill. Sustained by the Chair.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Fallin motion to recommit H.R. 1286 pending reservation of a point of order. The instructions contained in the motion seek to report the same back to the House with an amendment to prohibit or hinder the development, production, conveyance, or transmission of energy.
Ms. Fallin moved to recommit with instructions to Natural Resources. (consideration: CR H6374-6375; text: CR H6374)
The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. (text: CR H6371)
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H6373)
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 1286.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1317, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Pearce amendment.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1317 the Committee of the Whole proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Bishop (UT) amendment.
GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 1286.
The Speaker designated the Honorable Mike Ross to act as Chairman of the Committee.
House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 1317 and Rule XVIII.
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1286 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill except clauses 9 and 10 of rule XXI. The 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 A of the report, shall be considered as an orginial bill for the purpose of amendment.
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1317. (consideration: CR H6364-6373, H6374-6377)
Rule H. Res. 1317 passed House.
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1317 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1286 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill except clauses 9 and 10 of rule XXI. The 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 A of the report, shall be considered as an orginial bill for the purpose of amendment.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 467.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-736.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-736.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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