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House Calendar No. 108 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 746 

[Report No. 111–256] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3221) to amend the Higher 

Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 15, 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. 3221) to amend 

the Higher Education Act of 1965, 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 

4 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider5 ation of the bill (H.R. 3221) to amend the Higher Edu6 cation Act of 1965, and for other purposes. The first read7 ing of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order 


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1 against consideration of the bill are waived except those 

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

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

4 equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 

5 minority member of the Committee on Education and 

6 Labor. After general debate the bill shall be considered 

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

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

9 amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in 

10 the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee 

11 on Education and Labor now printed in the bill. The com12 mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be 

13 considered as read. All points of order against the com14 mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived 

15 except those arising under clause 10 of rule XXI. Notwith16 standing clause 11 of rule XVIII, no amendment to the 

17 committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall 

18 be in order except those printed in the report of the Com19 mittee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each such 

20 amendment may be offered only in the order printed in 

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

22 in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debat23 able for the time specified in the report equally divided 

24 and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall 

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


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

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

3 such amendments are waived except those arising under 

4 clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. At the conclusion of consider5 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise 

6 and report the bill to the House with such amendments 

7 as may have been adopted. The previous question shall 

8 be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments 

9 thereto to final passage without intervening motion except 

10 one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

11 SEC. 2. The Chair may entertain a motion that the 

12 Committee rise only if offered by the chair of the Com13 mittee on Education and Labor or his designee. The Chair 

14 may not entertain a motion to strike out the enacting 

15 words of the bill (as described in clause 9 of rule XVIII). 


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House Calendar No. 108 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 746 

[Report No. 111–256] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3221) 

for other purposes. to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and 

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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