IV 
House Calendar No. 8
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 126
[Report No. 109–11] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 27) to enhance the workforce 
investment system of the Nation by strengthening one-stop career cen-
ters, providing for more effective governance arrangements, promoting 
access to a more comprehensive array of employment, training, and 
related services, establishing a targeted approach to serving youth, and 
improving performance accountability, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 1, 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. 27) to enhance 
the workforce investment system of the Nation by 
strengthening one-stop career centers, providing for more 
effective governance arrangements, promoting access to 
a more comprehensive array of employment, training, 
and related services, establishing a targeted approach 
to serving youth, and improving performance account-
ability, and for other purposes.
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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. 27) to enhance the workforce invest-
ment system of the Nation by strengthening one-stop ca-
reer centers, providing for more effective governance ar-
rangements, promoting access to a more comprehensive 
array of employment, training, and related services, estab-
lishing a targeted approach to serving youth, and improv-
ing performance accountability, and for other purposes. 
The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. 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. 
No amendment to the committee amendment in the nature 
of a substitute shall be in order except those printed in
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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 debatable 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 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 con-
clusion of consideration 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 on any amend-
ment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill 
or to the committee amendment in the nature of a sub-
stitute. The previous question shall be considered as or-
dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage 
without intervening motion except one motion to recommit 
with or without instructions.