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114TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 114–300 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 10) TO REAUTHORIZE 

THE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR OPPORTUNITY AND RESULTS ACT, AND FOR 

OTHER PURPOSES, AND PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL 

(H.R. 692) TO ENSURE THE PAYMENT OF INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL OF 

THE DEBT OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 20, 2015.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Ms. FOXX, from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 480] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 480, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to the House 

with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted. 

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 10, the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Reauthorization Act, under a 

structured rule. The resolution provides one hour of general debate 

equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 

member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 

The resolution waives all points of order against consideration of 

the bill. The resolution provides that the amendments recommended by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted, and the 

bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. The resolution waives 

all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended. The 

resolution makes in order only those further amendments printed 

in this report. Each such amendment may be offered only in the 

order printed in this report, may be offered only by a Member designated in this report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in this report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 

amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of 

the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. The 

resolution waives all points of order against the amendments printed in this report. The resolution provides one motion to recommit 

with or without instructions. 


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Section 2 of the resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 692, 

the Default Prevention Act, under a closed rule. The resolution provides one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair 

and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and 

Means. The resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The resolution provides that the bill shall be considered as read. The resolution waives all points of order against 

provisions in the bill. The resolution provides one motion to recommit. 

EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

The waiver of all points of order against consideration of the bill 

includes a waiver of clause 3(e)(1) of rule XIII (‘‘Ramseyer’’), requiring a committee report accompanying a bill amending or repealing 

statutes to show, by typographical device, parts of statute affected. 

The waiver is provided because the submission provided by the 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform was insufficient 

to meet the standards established by the rule in its current form. 

The Committee on Rules continues to work with the House Office 

of Legislative Counsel and committees to determine the steps necessary to comply with the updated rule. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against provisions in H.R. 10, as amended, the Committee is not aware of any 

points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against amendments to H.R. 10 printed in this report, the Committee is not 

aware of any points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against consideration of H.R. 692, the Committee is not aware of any points of 

order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against provisions in H.R. 692, the Committee is not aware of any points of 

order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

COMMITTEE VOTES

The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion to 

report, together with the names of those voting for and against, are 

printed below: 

Rules Committee record vote No. 113 

Motion by Ms. Slaughter to report open rules for H.R. 10 and 

H.R. 692. Defeated: 3–6 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Ms. Foxx ............................................................ Nay Ms. Slaughter .................................................. Yea 

Mr. Cole ............................................................ ................... Mr. McGovern ................................................... Yea 

Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida ................................... Yea 

Mr. Burgess ...................................................... ................... Mr. Polis ........................................................... ...................

Mr. Stivers ........................................................ Nay 

Mr. Collins ........................................................ Nay 

Mr. Byrne .......................................................... Nay 

Mr. Newhouse ................................................... ...................

Mr. Sessions, Chairman ................................... Nay 


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SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 10 MADE IN ORDER

1. Chaffetz (UT): MANAGER’S Makes small, technical changes to 

the bill. (10 minutes) 

2. Norton (DC): Restores the requirement that the voucher program be evaluated using the strongest possible research design, 

and would limit voucher students to no more than 50% of a school’s 

total enrollment. (10 minutes) 

TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 10 MADE IN ORDER

1. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE CHAFFETZ

OF UTAH OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 9, beginning line 5, strike ‘‘identified as a low-achieving 

school according to the Office of the State Superintendent of Education of the District of Columbia’’ and insert ‘‘identified as one of 

the lowest-performing schools under the District of Columbia’s accountability system’’. 

Page 10, beginning line 25, strike ‘‘, or by any other accrediting 

body determined appropriate by the District of Columbia Office of 

the State Superintendent for Schools for the purpose of accrediting 

an elementary or secondary school’’. 

Page 16, beginning line 7, strike ‘‘identified as a low-achieving 

school according to the Office of the State Superintendent of Education of the District of Columbia’’ and insert ‘‘identified as one of 

the lowest-performing schools under the District of Columbia’s accountability system’’. 

Page 18, line 10, strike ‘‘evaluate’’ and insert ‘‘report on’’. 

Page 21, line 12, strike ‘‘A comparison of’’ and insert ‘‘A report 

on’’. 

Page 21, line 18, strike ‘‘with the rates’’ and insert ‘‘as well as 

the rates’’. 

Page 21, line 22, after the period add the following: ‘‘Nothing in 

this subparagraph may be construed to waive section 

3004(a)(3)(A)(iii) with respect to any such student.’’. 

Page 25, beginning line 20, strike ‘‘may direct the funds provided 

for any fiscal year, or any portion thereof,’’ and insert ‘‘shall direct 

the funds provided for any fiscal year’’. 

2. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE NORTON OF

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 

MINUTES

Add at the end of section 6 the following new subsection: 

(f) LIMIT ON PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL STUDENT POPULATION OF

SCHOOL WHO RECEIVE OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIPS.—Section 

3007(a) (sec. 38-1853.07(a), D.C. Official Code), as amended by subsection (b), is further amended— 

(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraphs (2), (3), and (5)’’ 

and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2), (3), (5), and (6)’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

‘‘(6) LIMIT ON PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL STUDENT POPULATION

RECEIVING OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIPS.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds provided under this 

Act for opportunity scholarships may be used by an eligible 


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student to enroll in a participating school for a school year 

unless the school certifies to the eligible entity that, for the 

school year, the number of students enrolled in the school 

who receive opportunity scholarships under this Act does 

not exceed the number of students enrolled in the school 

who do not receive opportunity scholarships under this 

Act. 

‘‘(B) EXCEPTIONS.—In determining the number of students enrolled in a school who receive opportunity scholarships under this Act for a school year under subparagraph 

(A), there shall be excluded any student who was receiving 

an opportunity scholarship as of the date of the enactment 

of the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Reauthorization Act and any student who is the sibling of a student 

who was receiving an opportunity scholarship as of the 

date of the enactment of such Act.’’. 

Page 18, strike line 23 and all that follows through page 19, line 

5 and insert the following: 

‘‘(i) is conducted using the strongest possible research design for determining the effectiveness of the 

opportunity scholarship program under this Act; and’’. 

Page 20, strike lines 4 through 9 and insert the following: 

‘‘(C) work with the eligible entities to ensure that the 

parents of each student who applies for a scholarship 

under this Act (regardless of whether the student receives 

the scholarship) and the parents of each student participating in the scholarship program under this Act, agree 

that the student will participate, if requested by the Institute, in the measurements given annually by the Institute 

for the period for which the student applied for or received 

the scholarship, respectively, except that nothing in this 

subparagraph shall affect a student’s priority for an opportunity scholarship as provided under section 3006.’’. 

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