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House Calendar No. 52 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 427 

[Report No. 111–106] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2187) to direct the Secretary 

of Education to make grants to State educational agencies for the modernization, renovation, or repair of public school facilities, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 12, 2009 

Mr. POLIS of Colorado, 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. 2187) to direct 

the Secretary of Education to make grants to State 

educational agencies for the modernization, renovation, 

or repair of public school facilities, and for other purposes. 

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 

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1 ation of the bill (H.R. 2187) to direct the Secretary of 

2 Education to make grants to State educational agencies 

3 for the modernization, renovation, or repair of public 

4 school facilities, and for other purposes. The first reading 

5 of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order 

6 against consideration of the bill are waived except those 

7 arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. General debate 

8 shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour 

9 equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 

10 minority member of the Committee on Education and 

11 Labor. After general debate the bill shall be considered 

12 for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be in 

13 order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of 

14 amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in 

15 the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee 

16 on Education and Labor now printed in the bill. The com17 mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be 

18 considered as read. All points of order against the com19 mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived 

20 except those arising under clause 10 of rule XXI. Notwith21 standing clause 11 of rule XVIII, no amendment to the 

22 committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall 

23 be in order except those printed in the report of the Com24 mittee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each such 

25 amendment may be offered only in the order printed in 


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1 the report, may be offered only by a Member designated 

2 in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debat3 able for the time specified in the report equally divided 

4 and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall 

5 not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to 

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

7 the Committee of the Whole. All points of order against 

8 such amendments are waived except those arising under 

9 clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. At the conclusion of consider10 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise 

11 and report the bill to the House with such amendments 

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

13 separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted 

14 in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the com15 mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute. The pre16 vious question shall be considered as ordered on the bill 

17 and amendments thereto to final passage without inter18 vening motion except one motion to recommit with or 

19 without instructions. 


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House Calendar No. 52 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 427 

[Report No. 111–106] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2187) 

facilities, and for other purposes. ernization, renovation, or repair of public school grants to State educational agencies for the modto direct the Secretary of Education to make 

MAY 12, 2009 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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