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House Calendar No. 241

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 516

[Report No. 105–675]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3892) to amend the Elementary

and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a program to help

children and youth learn English, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

AUGUST 4, 1998

Mr. GOSS, 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. 3892) to amend

the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965

to establish a program to help children and youth learn

English, and for other purposes.

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. 3892) to amend the Elementary

6 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a pro-
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1 gram to help children and youth learn English, and for

2 other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dis3 pensed with. General debate shall be confined to the bill

4 and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and con5 trolled by the chairman and ranking minority member of

6 the Committee on Education and the Workforce. After

7 general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment

8 under the five-minute rule for a period not to exceed three

9 hours and, thereafter, as provided in section 2 of this reso10 lution. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill

11 for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule

12 the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended

13 by the Committee on Education and the Workforce now

14 printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the na15 ture of a substitute shall be considered as read. Before

16 consideration of any other amendment it shall be in order

17 to consider the amendment printed in the Congressional

18 Record and numbered 1 pursuant to clause 6 of rule

19 XXIII, if offered by Representative Riggs of California or

20 his designee. That amendment shall be considered as read,

21 be debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and controlled

22 by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject

23 to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for

24 division of the question in the House or in the Committee

25 of the Whole. If that amendment is adopted, the provisions
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1 of the amendment in the nature of a substitute as then

2 perfected shall be considered as original text for the pur3 pose of further amendment under the five-minute rule.

4 After disposition of the amendment numbered 1, it shall

5 be in order to consider the amendment printed in the Con6 gressional Record and numbered 2 pursuant to clause 6

7 of rule XXIII, if offered by Representative Riggs of Cali8 fornia or his designee, which shall be considered as read.

9 That amendment and all amendments thereto shall be de10 batable for 30 minutes equally divided and controlled by

11 the proponent and an opponent. During consideration of

12 the bill for further amendment, the Chairman of the Com13 mittee of the Whole may accord priority in recognition on

14 the basis of whether the Member offering an amendment

15 has caused it to be printed in the portion of the Congres16 sional Record designated for that purpose in clause 6 of

17 rule XXIII. Amendments so printed shall be considered

18 as read. The chairman of the Committee of the Whole

19 may: (1) postpone until a time during further consider20 ation in the Committee of the Whole a request for a re21 corded vote on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five

22 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any

23 postponed question that follows another electronic vote

24 without intervening business, provided that the minimum

25 time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques-
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1 tions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consider2 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise

3 and report the bill to the House with such amendments

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

5 separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted

6 in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the amend7 ment in the nature of a substitute made in order as origi8 nal text. The previous question shall be considered as or9 dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage

10 without intervening motion except one motion to recommit

11 with or without instructions.

12 SEC. 2. After consideration of the bill for amendment

13 under the five minute rule for three hours pursuant to

14 the first section of this resolution, no further amendment

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

16 order as original text shall be in order except those printed

17 in the portion of the Congressional Record designated for

18 that purpose in clause 6 of rule XXIII. Each further

19 amendment may be offered only by the Member who

20 caused it to be printed or a designee and shall be consid21 ered as read. Each further amendment and all amend22 ments thereto shall be debatable for 10 minutes equally

23 divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent.

House Calendar No. 241

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 516

[Report No. 105–675]

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3892)

purposes.children and youth learn English, and for othercation Act of 1965 to establish a program to helpto amend the Elementary and Secondary EduAUGUST 4, 1998

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed