Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 234, after line 21, insert the following (and redesignate subsequent provisions accordingly): TITLE VII--PROTECTION FROM HIGH RISK OF WILDFIRE SEC. 701. PROTECTION FROM HIGH RISK OF WILDFIRE. The Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior, as appropriate, may exempt from any wilderness designated under this Act any area determined by that Secretary to be at high risk for wildfire. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 844, the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Westerman) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Arkansas.
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