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House Calendar No. 142

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 348

[Report No. 105–413]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2846) to prohibit spending

Federal education funds on national testing without explicit and specific

legislation.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 4, 1998

Mr. LINDER, 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. 2846) to prohibit spending Federal education funds on national testing without explicit and specific legislation.

1 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this

2 resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of

3 rule XXIII, 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. 2846) to prohibit spending Federal

6 education funds on national testing without explicit and

7 specific legislation. The first reading of the bill shall be
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1 dispensed with. General debate shall be confined to the

2 bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and con3 trolled by the chairman and ranking minority member of

4 the Committee on Education and the Workforce. After

5 general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment

6 under the five-minute rule. It shall be in order to consider

7 as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under

8 the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a sub9 stitute recommended by the Committee on Education and

10 the Workforce now printed in the bill. The committee

11 amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be consid12 ered as read. During consideration of the bill for amend13 ment, the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may

14 accord priority in recognition on the basis of whether the

15 Member offering an amendment has caused it to be print16 ed in the portion of the Congressional Record designated

17 for that purpose in clause 6 of rule XXIII. Amendments

18 so printed shall be considered as read. The Chairman of

19 the Committee of the Whole may: (1) postpone until a

20 time during further consideration in the Committee of the

21 Whole a request for a recorded vote on any amendment;

22 and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum time for elec23 tronic voting on any postponed question that follows an24 other electronic vote without intervening business, pro25 vided that the minimum time for electronic voting on the
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1 first in any series of questions shall be fifteen minutes.

2 At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amend3 ment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the

4 House with such amendments as may have been adopted.

5 Any Member may demand a separate vote in the House

6 on any amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole

7 to the bill or to the committee amendment in the nature

8 of a substitute. The previous question shall be considered

9 as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final

10 passage without intervening motion except one motion to

11 recommit with or without instructions.
House Calendar No. 142

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 348

[Report No. 105–413]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2846)

islation.national testing without explicit and specific legto prohibit spending Federal education funds on

FEBRUARY 4, 1998

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed