House Calendar No. 99

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 274

[Report No. 103–288]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1804)

for other purposes.system of skill standards and certifications; andvelopment and adoption of a voluntary nationalFederal education programs; to promote the deto provide a framework for reauthorization of allcational achievement for all American students;cation opportunities and high levels of edutemic changes needed to ensure equitable edumote the research, consensus building, and sysnational framework for education reform; to proto improve learning and teaching by providing a

OCTOBER 12, 1993

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed
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House Calendar No. 99

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 274

[Report No. 103–288]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1804) to improve learning and

teaching by providing a national framework for education reform; to

promote the research, consensus building, and systemic changes needed

to ensure equitable education opportunities and high levels of educational

achievement for all American students; to provide a framework for reauthorization of all Federal education programs; to promote the development and adoption of a voluntary national system of skill standards

and certifications; and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 12, 1993

Mr. DERRICK, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution;

which was referred to the House Calendar and order to be printed

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1804) to improve learning and teaching by providing a national

framework for education reform; to promote the research,

consensus building, and systemic changes needed to ensure equitable education opportunities and high levels

of educational achievement for all American students;

to provide a framework for reauthorization of all Federal

education programs; to promote the development and
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adoption of a voluntary national system of skill standards

and certifications; and for other purposes.

1 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this

2 resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of

3 rule XXIII, 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. 1804) to improve learning and

6 teaching by providing a national framework for education

7 reform; to promote the research, consensus building, and

8 systemic changes needed to ensure equitable educational

9 opportunities and high levels of educational achievement

10 for all American students; to provide a framework for re11 authorization of all Federal education programs; to pro12 mote the development and adoption of a voluntary na13 tional system of skill standards and certifications; and for

14 other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dis15 pensed with. General debate shall be confined to the bill

16 and the amendments made in order by this resolution and

17 shall not exceed eighty minutes equally divided and con18 trolled by the chairman and ranking minority member of

19 the Committee on Education and Labor. After general de20 bate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the

21 five-minute rule. In lieu of the amendment in the nature

22 of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Edu23 cation and Labor now printed in the bill, it shall be in

24 order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of
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1 amendment under the five-minute rule an amendment in

2 the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of H.R.

3 3210. The amendment in the nature of a substitute shall

4 be considered as read. No amendment to the amendment

5 in the nature of a substitute shall be in order except those

6 printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accom7 panying this resolution and amendments en bloc described

8 in section 2 of this resolution. Except as specified in sec9 tion 2, each amendment may be offered only in the order

10 printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member

11 designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall

12 be debatable for the time specified in the report equally

13 divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent,

14 shall not be subject to amendment (except that pro forma

15 amendments for the purpose of debate may be offered by

16 the chairman or ranking minority member of the Commit17 tee on Education and Labor), and shall not be subject to

18 a demand for division of the question in the House or in

19 the Committee of the Whole. At the conclusion of consider20 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise

21 and report the bill to the House with such amendments

22 as may have been adopted. Any Member may demand a

23 separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted

24 in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the amend25 ment in the nature of a substitute made in order as origi-
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1 nal text. The previous question shall be considered as or2 dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage

3 without intervening motion except one motion to recommit

4 with or without instructions.

5 SEC. 2. It shall be in order at any time for the chair6 man of the Committee on Education and Labor or a des7 ignee to offer amendments en bloc consisting of amend8 ments printed in the report of the Committee on Rules

9 accompanying this resolution or germane modifications

10 thereof. Amendments en bloc shall be considered as read

11 except that modifications shall be reported. Amendments

12 en bloc shall be debatable for twenty minutes equally di13 vided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minor14 ity member of the Committee on Education and Labor,

15 shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub16 ject to a demand for division of the question in the House

17 or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of order

18 against amendments en bloc are waived. The original pro19 ponent of an amendment included in amendments en bloc

20 may insert a statement in the Congressional Record imme21 diately before the disposition of the amendments en bloc.