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House Calendar No. 8

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 126

[Report No. 109–11] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 27) to enhance the workforce 

investment system of the Nation by strengthening one-stop career centers, providing for more effective governance arrangements, promoting 

access to a more comprehensive array of employment, training, and 

related services, establishing a targeted approach to serving youth, and 

improving performance accountability, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 1, 2005

Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following 

resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 27) to enhance 

the workforce investment system of the Nation by 

strengthening one-stop career centers, providing for more 

effective governance arrangements, promoting access to 

a more comprehensive array of employment, training, 

and related services, establishing a targeted approach 

to serving youth, and improving performance accountability, and for other purposes.
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1 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this 

2 resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of 

3 rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee 

4 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider5 ation of the bill (H.R. 27) to enhance the workforce invest6 ment system of the Nation by strengthening one-stop ca7 reer centers, providing for more effective governance ar8 rangements, promoting access to a more comprehensive 

9 array of employment, training, and related services, estab10 lishing a targeted approach to serving youth, and improv11 ing performance accountability, and for other purposes. 

12 The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. Gen13 eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex14 ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair15 man and ranking minority member of the Committee on 

16 Education and the Workforce. After general debate the 

17 bill shall be considered for amendment under the five18 minute rule. It shall be in order to consider as an original 

19 bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute 

20 rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute rec21 ommended by the Committee on Education and the Work22 force now printed in the bill. The committee amendment 

23 in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. 

24 No amendment to the committee amendment in the nature 

25 of a substitute shall be in order except those printed in 
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1 the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 

2 resolution. Each such amendment may be offered only in 

3 the order printed in the report, may be offered only by 

4 a Member designated in the report, shall be considered 

5 as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the 

6 report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 

7 an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall 

8 not be subject to a demand for division of the question 

9 in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. All points 

10 of order against such amendments are waived. At the con11 clusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the 

12 Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with 

13 such amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member 

14 may demand a separate vote in the House on any amend15 ment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill 

16 or to the committee amendment in the nature of a sub17 stitute. The previous question shall be considered as or18 dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage 

19 without intervening motion except one motion to recommit 

20 with or without instructions. 
House Calendar No. 8

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 126

[Report No. 109–11] 

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 27) to 

ability, and for other purposes. ing youth, and improving performance accountservices, establishing a targeted approach to servsive array of employment, training, and related ments, promoting access to a more comprehenproviding for more effective governance arrangeNation by strengthening one-stop career centers, enhance the workforce investment system of the 

MARCH 1, 2005

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed