VII. HOUSE DEBATE AND PASSAGE OF H.R. 3981, AND 

 PASSAGE OF S. 586 IN LIEU, MARCH 11, 1976 



Mr. Matsunaga. Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on 

 Rules, I call up House Resolution 1083 and ask for its immediate 

 consideration. 



The Clerk read the resolution as follows : 



H. BES. 1083 



Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to 

 move that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on 

 the State of the Union for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 3981) to amend 

 the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to authorize and assist the coastal 

 States to study, plan for, manage, and control the impact of energy resource 

 development and production which affects the coastal zone, and for other pur- 

 poses. After general debate, which shall be confined to the bill and shall continue 

 not to exceed one hour to be equally divided and controlled by the chairman and 

 ranking minority member of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, 

 the bill shall be read for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be in 

 order to consider the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by 

 the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries now printed in the bill as an 

 original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five minute rule, and all 

 points of order against said substitute for failure to comply with the provisions 

 of clause 7, rule XVI and clause 5, rule XXI are hereby waived. At the conclu- 

 sion of such consideration, the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the 

 House with such amendments as may have been adopted, and any Member may 

 demand a separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted in the Commit- 

 tee of the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in the nature of a 

 sul)stitute. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill 

 and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one 

 motion to recommit with or without instructions. After the passage of H.R. 

 3;)S1. the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries shall be discharged from 

 the further consideration of the bill S. 586, and it shall then be in order in the 

 House to move to strike out all after the enacting clause of the said Senate bill 

 and insert in lieu thereof the provisions contained in H.R. 3981 as passed by the 

 House. 



The Speaker. The gentleman from Hawaii (Mr. Matsunaga) is 

 recognized for 1 hour. 



Mr. Matsunaga. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 minutes to the gentleman 

 fi'oni California (Mr. Del Clawson), pending which I yield myself 

 sucli time as I may consume. 



(Mr. Matsunaga asked and was given permission to revise and 

 extend his remarks.) 



Mr. Matsuxaga. Mr. Speaker, House Resolution 1083 provides for 

 tlie consideration of H.R. 3981, the Coastal Zone Management Act 

 Amendments of 1975, a bill reported by the House Committee on Mer- 

 chant Marine and Fisheries. The rules would permit one hour of gen- 

 eral debate. 



House Resolution 1083 further provides that the committee amend- 

 uKMit in the nature of a substitute bill may be considered as an original 

 bill for purposes of amendment under the 5-minute rule. In addition, 

 the rule would waive points of order against the committee substitute 



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