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House Calendar No. 185 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 956 

[Report No. 110–523] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4137) to amend and extend 

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 6, 2008 

Ms. SUTTON, 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. 4137) to amend 

and extend 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 consid5 eration of the bill (H.R. 4137) to amend and extend the 

6 Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes. 

7 The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All 


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1 points of order against consideration of the bill are waived 

2 except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. 

3 General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not 

4 exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the 

5 chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee 

6 on Education and Labor. After general debate the bill 

7 shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute 

8 rule. 

9 SEC. 2. (a) It shall be in order to consider as an origi10 nal bill for the purpose of amendment under the five11 minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute 

12 recommended by the Committee on Education and Labor 

13 now printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the 

14 nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. All 

15 points of order against the committee amendment in the 

16 nature of a substitute are waived except those arising 

17 under clause 10 of rule XXI. 

18 (b) Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, no 

19 amendment to the committee amendment in the nature 

20 of a substitute shall be in order except those printed in 

21 the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 

22 resolution and amendments en bloc described in section 

23 3 of this resolution. 

24 (c) Each amendment printed in the report of the 

25 Committee on Rules shall be considered only in the order 


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

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

3 be debatable for the time specified in the report equally 

4 divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 

5 shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub6 ject to a demand for division of the question in the House 

7 or in the Committee of the Whole. 

8 (d) All points of order against amendments printed 

9 in the report of the Committee on Rules or amendments 

10 en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution are waived 

11 except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. 

12 SEC. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chair13 man of the Committee on Education and Labor or his des14 ignee to offer amendments en bloc consisting of amend15 ments printed in the report of the Committee on Rules 

16 not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc offered pur17 suant to this section shall be considered as read, shall be 

18 debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and controlled 

19 by the chairman and ranking minority member of the 

20 Committee on Education and Labor or their designees, 

21 shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub22 ject to a demand for division of the question in the House 

23 or in the Committee of the Whole. The original proponent 

24 of an amendment included in such amendments en bloc 


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1 may insert a statement in the Congressional Record imme2 diately before the disposition of the amendments en bloc. 

3 SEC. 4. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill 

4 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the 

5 bill to the House with such amendments as may have been 

6 adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote in the 

7 House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 

8 the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in 

9 the nature of a substitute. The previous question shall be 

10 considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto 

11 to final passage without intervening motion except one 

12 motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

13 SEC. 5. During consideration in the House of H.R. 

14 4137 pursuant to this resolution, notwithstanding the op15 eration of the previous question, the Chair may postpone 

16 further consideration of the bill to such time as may be 

17 designated by the Speaker. 

18 SEC. 6. House Resolution 941 is laid upon the table. 


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House Calendar No. 185 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 956 

[Report No. 110

–523] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4137) 

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

FEBRUARY 6, 2008 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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