03/26/09 12:04 PM
On agreeing to the Minnick amendment Agreed to by recorded vote: 422 - 0 (Roll no. 159).
03/26/09 11:56 AM
On agreeing to the Hastings (WA) amendment Agreed to by recorded vote: 420 - 0 (Roll no. 158).
03/26/09 11:48 AM
On agreeing to the Perlmutter amendment Agreed to by recorded vote: 420 - 0 (Roll no. 157).
03/26/09 11:21 AM
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
03/26/09 11:20 AM
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Goodlatte amendment the Chair put the question of adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Goodlatte demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
03/26/09 11:09 AM
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 281, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Goodlatte amendment.
Amendment offered by Mr. Goodlatte.
03/26/09 11:09 AM
Amendment numbered 13 printed in House Report 111-52 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with a State Forester to prepare and implement `good neighbor' projects on National Forest System land to complement any similar project being performed on bordering or adjacent non-Federal land. Would provide that the decision to proceed with a good neighbor project is in the Secretary's sole discretion. Defines good neighbor projects to include certain fuels reduction projects.
03/26/09 11:08 AM
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Kirkpatrick (AZ) amendment, the Chair put the question of adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Ms. Kirkpatrick (AZ) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
03/26/09 11:03 AM
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 281, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Kirkpatrick amendment.
Amendment offered by Mrs. Kirkpatrick (AZ).
03/26/09 11:03 AM
Amendment numbered 12 printed in House Report 111-52 to amend the definition of `fire-ready community' in the bill to provide that a community satisfies the definition if it is located within a priority area identified by the fire risk maps required by the bill, and meets two of the other four criteria listed in the bill for `fire-ready communities.'
