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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 reso-
lution; 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.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this
resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of
rule XXIII, 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. 3248) to provide dollars to the
classroom. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed
with. General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall
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not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the
chairman 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.
Points of order against the committee in the nature of
a substitute for failure to comply with clause 7 of rule
XVI are waived. No amendment to the committee amend-
ment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order except
those printed in the report of the Committee on Rules ac-
companying this resolution. Each amendment may be of-
fered only in the order printed in the report, may be of-
fered only by a Member designated in the report, shall
be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time spec-
ified in the report equally divided and controlled by the
proponent and an opponent, and shall not be subject to
amendment. The chairman of the Committee of the Whole
may: (1) postpone until a time during further consider-
ation in the Committee of the Whole a request for a re-
corded vote on any amendment; and (2) reduce to five
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minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any
postponed question that follows another electronic vote
without intervening business, provided that the minimum
time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques-
tions shall be 15 minutes. At the conclusion of consider-
ation of the bill for amendments 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 amendment adopted
in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the commit-
tee amendment in the nature of a substitute. The previous
question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and
amendments thereto to final passage without intervening
motion except one motion to recommit with or without in-
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