eaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from missouri rise? mr. skelton: i request a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a

recorded vote is requested. those favoring a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a five opinion minute vote. -- five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. without objection, the title is amended. for what purpose does the gentleman from missouri rise?

mr. skelton: i ask unanimous consent that in the engrossment of the bill h.r. 2647, the clerk be authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, cross references and the table of contents and to make other technical and contorming changes as may be necessary to reflect the house and the clerk be authorized to make the technical corrections. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. skelton: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from missouri rise? mr. skelton: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and in which to insert extraneous materials in the bill that was just passed. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? >> i ask for a unanimous consent request. mr. speaker, because of attending a conference at the white house on immigration

reform i was detained and would like to state for the record that had i been present i would have voted yes on the mcgovern amendment, would have voted no on the frank amendment, would have voted know on the akin amendment. voted yes on the connolly month no. and ask that be inserted at the proper points in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. >> to ask unanimous consent to be recognized to note that i also was at a meeting for the last two hours with the president at the white house on immigration and had i been present, i would have voted yes on the mcgovern-jones amendment, yes on the mcgovern-sestak, no on the akin amendment, yes on the connolly amendment and no on the motion to recommit and i ask

that this be inserted. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. ms. jackson lee: i ask unanimous consent to place in the record how i would have voted because i was detained at a two-hour meeting with the president on the issue of immigration. i would have voted yes on the adoption of the mcgovern-jones, voted yes on the adoption of the mcgovern-sestak. no on the franks-cantor. voted no on the akin-forbes amendment. and i would have voted yes on the holt amendment. i would have voted yes on the connolly amendment. no on the republican motion to recommit and i ask unanimous consent that this be placed in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered.

the speaker pro tempore: by direction of the committee on rules i call up house resolution 578 and ask for its immediate consideration. the clerk: house calendar number 81, house resolution 578, resolved that at any time after the adoption of this resolution, the speaker may, pursuant to clause 2b of rule 18, declare the house resolved into the committee of the whole house and the state of the union for consideration of the bill h.r. 2996, making appropriations for the department of the interior, environment and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2010 and for other purposes. the first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. all points of order against consideration of the bill are waed except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule 10. general date shall be confined

to the bill and not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking member of the committee on appropriations. after general debate, the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. points of order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule 21 are waived. notwithstanding clause 11 of rule 18, except as provided in section 2, no amendment shall be in order except, one, the amendment printed in part a of the report on the committee of rules accompanying this resolution. two, the amendments printed in part b of the report of the committee on rules. three, not to exceed three of the amendments printed in part b of the report of the committee on rules if offered by representative flake of arizona or his designee. four, not to exceed one of the amendments printed in part b in the report of the committee of rules if offered by mr. campbell

of california or his designee and five, not to the report of the committee of rules if offered by representative hensarling of texas or his designee. each such amendment shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the house or the committee of the whole. all points of order against such amendments are waived except those arising under clause 9 and 10 of rule 21 except that amendment printed in part b, c, d or e, may be offered at the appropriate points in the reading. at the conclusion of the bill for amendment, the committee shall rise and report the bill to the house with such amendments as may have been adopted. in case of amendments reported from the committee, the question of their adoption shall be put to the house in gross and

without intervening demand for division of the question. 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. section 2, after consideration of the bill for amendments, the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on appropriations or their designee each may offer one pro forma amendment for the purpose of debate which shall be controlled by the proponent. section three, the chair may entertain a motion that the committee rise only if offered by the chair of the committee on appropriations, or his designee. the chair may not entertain a motion to strike out the enacting words of the bill as described in clause 9 of rule 18. section four, during consideration of h.r. 2996, the chair may reduce to two minutes the minimum time for electronic voting under clause 6 of rule 18 and clauses 8 and 9 of rule 20.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from colorado is recognized for one hour. mr. polis: thank you madam speaker. for the purposes of debate only i yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentlelady from north carolina, dr. foxx. all time yielded for consideration is for debate only and i yield myself such time as i may consume and all members may be given five legislative days to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. polis: whose resolution 538 provides for consideration of h.r. 2996, the department of interior, environment and related agencies appropriations bill for fiscal year 2010. i rise in support of the rule and the underlying bill. the interior, environment and related agencies appropriations bill for fiscal year 2010. i thank chairman obey and chairman dicks and the appropriations staff for their hard work and dedication on bringing this bill to us. madam speaker, i am a lucky man. i'm truly blessed to represent communities in colorado like

vail, breckenridge and bowled, some of the most awe inspiring forests and wilderness that our country has to offer. visitors from across the globe come to my district in colorado and others like it across the nation year round to get a taste of what we experience every day. amid this beauty, the people of colorado grow up understanding the great responsibility we all share to protect our precious natural resources for generations of americans to enjoy. this bill, i'm proud to say, reflects that great responsibility and priority by providing a total of $32.3 billion for the department of interior, the environmental protection agency, the forest service, the indian health service and related agencies. it increases $4.7 billion over the 2009 enacted levels. these funds are absolutely critical in addressing the problems that have come with