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House Calendar No. 122

105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 288

[Report No. 105–357]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2746) to amend title VI of

the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to give parents

with low-incomes the opportunity to choose the appropriate school for

their children and for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2616) to amend

titles VI and X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of

1965 to improve and expand charter schools.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 29, 1997

Mrs. MYRICK, 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. 2746) to amend

title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education

Act of 1965 to give parents with low-incomes the opportunity to choose the appropriate school for their children

and for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2616) to amend

titles VI and X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve and expand charter

schools.
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1 Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution

2 it shall be in order without intervention of any point of

3 order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 2746) to

4 amend title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Edu5 cation Act of 1965 to give parents with low-incomes the

6 opportunity to choose the appropriate school for their chil7 dren. The bill shall be considered as read for amendment.

8 The bill shall be debatable for two hours equally divided

9 and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority

10 member of the Committee on Education and the

11 Workforce. The previous question shall be considered as

12 ordered on the bill to final passage without intervening

13 motion except one motion to recommit.

14 SEC. 2. After disposition of the bill (H.R. 2746), the

15 Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of rule XXIII, de16 clare the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole

17 House on the state of the Union for consideration of the

18 bill (H.R. 2616) to amend titles VI and X of the Elemen19 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve and

20 expand charter schools. The first reading of the bill shall

21 be dispensed with. General debate shall be confined to the

22 bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and con23 trolled by the chairman and ranking minority member of

24 the Committee on Education and the Workforce. After

25 general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment
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1 under the five-minute rule. It shall be in order to consider

2 as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under

3 the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a sub4 stitute recommended by the Committee on Education and

5 the Workforce now printed in the bill. The committee

6 amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be consid7 ered as read. Before consideration of any other amend8 ment it shall be in order to consider the amendment print9 ed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying

10 this resolution, if offered by Representative Goodling of

11 Pennsylvania or his designee. That amendment shall be

12 considered as read, shall be debatable for ten minutes

13 equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an

14 opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall

15 not be subject to a demand for division of the question

16 in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. If that

17 amendment is adopted, the committee amendment in the

18 nature of a substitute, as amended, shall be considered

19 as the original bill for the purpose of further amendment.

20 During consideration of the bill for further amendment,

21 the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may accord

22 priority in recognition on the basis of whether the Member

23 offering an amendment has caused it to be printed in the

24 portion of the Congressional Record designated for that

25 purpose in clause 6 of rule XXIII. Amendments so printed
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1 shall be considered as read. The Chairman of the Commit2 tee of the Whole may: (1) postpone until a time during

3 further consideration in the Committee of the Whole a re4 quest for a recorded vote on any amendment; and (2) re5 duce to five minutes the minimum time for electronic vot6 ing on any postponed question that follows another elec7 tronic vote without intervening business, provided that the

8 minimum time for electronic voting on the first in any se9 ries of questions shall be fifteen minutes. At the conclusion

10 of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee

11 shall rise and report the bill to the House with such

12 amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member may

13 demand a separate vote in the House on any amendment

14 adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to

15 the amendment in the nature of a substitute made in order

16 as original text. The previous question shall be considered

17 as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final

18 passage without intervening motion except one motion to

19 recommit with or without instructions.

20 SEC. 3. (a) In the engrossment of H.R. 2616, the

21 Clerk shall—

22 (1) add the text of H.R. 2746, as passed by the

23 House, as new matter at the end of H.R. 2616;
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1 (2) conform the title of H.R. 2616 to reflect the

2 addition of the text of H.R. 2746 to the engross3 ment;

4 (3) assign appropriate designations to provi5 sions within the engrossment; and

6 (4) conform provisions for short titles within

7 the engrossment.

8 (b) Upon the addition of the text of H.R. 2746 to

9 the engrossment of H.R. 2616, H.R. 2746 shall be laid

10 on the table.

11 SEC. 4. House Resolution 280 is laid on the table.
House Calendar No. 122

105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 288

[Report No. 105–357]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2746)

ter schools.cation Act of 1965 to improve and expand charand X of the Elementary and Secondary Eduation of the bill (H.R. 2616) to amend titles VIpriate school for their children and for considerlow-incomes the opportunity to choose the approary Education Act of 1965 to give parents withto amend title VI of the Elementary and SecondOCTOBER 29, 1997

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed