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House Calendar No. 33 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 254 
[Report No. 109–69] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 366) to amend the Carl D. 
Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 to strengthen 
and improve programs under that Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 3, 2005 
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, 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. 366) to amend 
the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education 
Act of 1998 to strengthen and improve programs under 
that Act. 
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this 
resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of 
rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee 
of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 366) to amend the Carl D. Perkins
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Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 to 
strengthen and improve programs under that Act. The 
first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points 
of order against consideration of the bill are waived. Gen-
eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex-
ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair-
man and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce. After general debate the 
bill shall be considered for amendment under the five- 
minute rule. It shall be in order to consider as an original 
bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute 
rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute rec-
ommended by the Committee on Education and the Work-
force now printed in the bill. The committee amendment 
in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. 
Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, no amendment 
to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute 
shall be in order except those printed in the report of the 
Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each 
such amendment may be offered only in the order printed 
in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated 
in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debat-
able for the time specified in the report equally divided 
and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall 
not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to
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a demand for division of the question in the House or in 
the Committee of the Whole. All points of order against 
such amendments are waived. At the conclusion of consid-
eration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise 
and report the bill to the House with such amendments 
as may have been adopted. Any Member may demand a 
separate vote in the House or any amendment adopted 
in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the com-
mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute. The pre-
vious question shall be considered as ordered on the bill 
and amendments thereto to final passage without inter-
vening motion except one motion to recommit with or 
without instructions.
House Calendar No. 33 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 254 
[Report No. 109–69] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 366) 
to amend the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and 
Technical Education Act of 1998 to strengthen 
and improve programs under that Act. 
MAY 3, 2005 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed