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House Calendar No. 251

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 543

[Report No. 105–726]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3248) to provide dollars to

the classroom.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 16, 1998

Mr. DIAZ-BALART, 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. 3248) to provide

dollars to the classroom.

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. 3248) to provide dollars to the

6 classroom. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed

7 with. General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall
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1 not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the

2 chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee

3 on Education and the Workforce. After general debate the

4 bill shall be considered for amendment under the five5 minute rule. It shall be in order to consider as an original

6 bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute

7 rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute rec8 ommended by the Committee on Education and the Work9 force now printed in the bill. The committee amendment

10 in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read.

11 Points of order against the committee in the nature of

12 a substitute for failure to comply with clause 7 of rule

13 XVI are waived. No amendment to the committee amend14 ment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order except

15 those printed in the report of the Committee on Rules ac16 companying this resolution. Each amendment may be of17 fered only in the order printed in the report, may be of18 fered only by a Member designated in the report, shall

19 be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time spec20 ified in the report equally divided and controlled by the

21 proponent and an opponent, and shall not be subject to

22 amendment. The chairman of the Committee of the Whole

23 may: (1) postpone until a time during further consider24 ation in the Committee of the Whole a request for a re25 corded vote on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five
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1 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any

2 postponed question that follows another electronic vote

3 without intervening business, provided that the minimum

4 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques5 tions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consider6 ation of the bill for amendments the Committee shall rise

7 and report the bill to the House with such amendments

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

9 separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted

10 in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the commit11 tee amendment in the nature of a substitute. The previous

12 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and

13 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening

14 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in15 structions.
House Calendar No. 251

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 543

[Report No. 105–726]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3248)

to provide dollars to the classroom.

SEPTEMBER 16, 1998

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed