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An amendment, offered by Mr. Biggs, numbered 1 printed in House Report 118-830 to transfer funds from the BLM Land acquisition account to the NPS Parks Maintenance Backlog.

Mr. Newhouse filed a report from the Committee on Rules on H. Res. 1001.

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 412 - 0 (Roll no. 335).

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 406 - 5 (Roll no. 334).

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 406 - 4 (Roll no. 333).

GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 6147.

The Speaker designated the Honorable Liz Cheney to act as Chairwoman of the Committee.

House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 996 and Rule XVIII.

Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 6147 with 1 hour of general debate. Motion to recommit with or without instructions allowed. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 6147 under a structured rule. Rule makes in order only those further amendments printed in the Rules Committee report.

Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 996. H.R. 6147 — "Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes."

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Considered as unfinished business. H.R. 4989 — "To require the Department of State to establish a policy regarding the use of location-tracking consumer devices by employees at diplomatic and consular facilities, and for other purposes."

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Considered as unfinished business. H.R. 3030 — "To help prevent acts of genocide and other atrocity crimes, which threaten national and international security, by enhancing United States Government capacities to prevent, mitigate, and respond to such crises."

The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Considered as unfinished business. S. 488 — "To increase the threshold for disclosures required by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to compensatory benefit plans, and for other purposes."

UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was on motions to suspend the rules, which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.