H. Res. 274

In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

October 13, 1993.

Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of rule

XXIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the

Whole House on the state of the Union 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 educational 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. The first reading of the bill

shall be dispensed with. General debate shall be confined to

the bill and the amendments made in order by this resolution

and shall not exceed eighty minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the

Committee on Education and Labor. After general debate the
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bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute

rule. In lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute

recommended by the Committee on Education and Labor now

printed in the bill, it shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute

rule an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting

of the text of H.R. 3210. The amendment in the nature of

a substitute shall be considered as read. No amendment to

the amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order

except those printed in the report of the Committee on Rules

accompanying this resolution and amendments en bloc described in section 2 of this resolution. Except as specified in

section 2, each amendment may be offered only in the order

printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided

and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not

be subject to amendment (except that pro forma amendments

for the purpose of debate may be offered by the chairman or

ranking minority member of the Committee on Education

and Labor), and shall not be subject to a demand for division

of the question in the House or in the Committee of the

Whole. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for

amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to

the House with such amendments as may have been adopted.
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Any Member may demand a separate vote in the House on

any amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to

the bill or to the amendment in the nature of a substitute

made in order as original text. 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.

SEC. 2. It shall be in order at any time for the chairman

of the Committee on Education and Labor or a designee to

offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed

in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this

resolution or germane modifications thereof. Amendments en

bloc shall be considered as read except that modifications

shall be reported. Amendments en bloc shall be debatable for

twenty minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and Labor, 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. All points

of order against amendments en bloc are waived. The original

proponent of an amendment included in amendments en bloc
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may insert a statement in the Congressional Record immediately before the disposition of the amendments en bloc.

Attest:

Clerk.