The House adjourned. The next meeting is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. on March 30, 2009.

Ms. Edwards (MD) moved that the House do now adjourn.

Mr. Burton of IN requested that Mr. Guthrie be allowed to address the House for 5 minutes on March 31.

H.R. 1404:

to authorize a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities on Department of the Interior and National Forest System lands, to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy, and for other purposes

On passage Passed by recorded vote: 412 - 3 (Roll no. 162).

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

The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

On agreeing to the Goodlatte amendment Failed by recorded vote: 148 - 272 (Roll no. 161).

Amendment offered by Mr. Goodlatte.

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.

Amendment offered by Mrs. Kirkpatrick (AZ).

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.'

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 281, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Rahall amendment.

Amendment offered by Mr. Rahall.

Amendment numbered 10 printed in House Report 111-52 to require the cohesive wildland fire management strategy required in the bill to include among its elements a plan, developed in coordination with the National Guard Bureau, to maximize the use of National Guard resources to fight wildfires.

Amendment numbered 9 printed in House Report 111-52 to require the cohesive wildland fire management strategy required in the bill to include among its elements a system to study the effects of invasive species on wildland fire risk. Would add to the list of eligible uses for cost-share grants provided for in the bill implementation of fire-safety programs focused on the eradication or control of invasive species.

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Minnick amendment, the Chair put the question of adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Minnick demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.

Amendment offered by Mr. Minnick.

Amendment numbered 8 printed in House Report 111-52 to require that the Secretaries, in considering severity of and threat posed by a fire for the purposes of determining whether to declare that a wildland fire suppression activity is eligible for funding from the Flame Fund, take into account areas where insect infestation has created an extreme risk for wildfire.

Amendment offered by Mr. Heinrich.

Amendment numbered 7 printed in House Report 111-52 to require the cohesive wildland fire management strategy required in the bill to include among its elements a system to assess the impacts of climate change on the frequency and severity of wildland fire.

Amendment numbered 6 printed in House Report 111-52 to require the review of certain wildfires specified in the bill to include an assessment of the quantity of greenhouse gases produced as a result of the fire.

On agreeing to the Hastings (WA) amendment Agreed to by voice vote.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 281, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hastings (WA) amendment.

Amendment numbered 5 printed in House Report 111-52 to require the review of certain wildfires specified in the bill to include an assessment of what actions, if any, could have been taken in advance of the fire that may have prevented the fire or at least reduced the severity of the fire.

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Hastings (WA) amendment, the Chair put the question of adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Hastings (WA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.

Amendment numbered 4 printed in House Report 111-52 to require advance notice, in writing, to adjacent landowners whenever the Department of Agriculture sets a prescribed fire on National Forest System land.

On agreeing to the Polis (CO) amendment Agreed to by voice vote.

Amendment numbered 3 printed in House Report 111-52 to require revisions of the cohesive wildland fire management strategy at least once every five years.

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Perlmutter amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Hastings (WA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.

Amendment numbered 2 printed in House Report 111-52 to clarify that authorized suppression activities for the Flame Fund include containment activities in response to crisis insect infestations to reduce the likelihood of wildfires.

On agreeing to the Rahall amendment Agreed to by voice vote.

Amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 111-52 to strike from the bill the Sense of Congress language on the designation of Flame Fund appropriations as emergency spending.

Considered as unfinished business.