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House Calendar No. 142
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 348
[Report No. 105–413]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2846) to prohibit spending
Federal education funds on national testing without explicit and specific
legislation.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 4, 1998
Mr. LINDER, 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. 2846) to pro-
hibit spending Federal education funds on national test-
ing without explicit and specific legislation.
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. 2846) to prohibit spending Federal
education funds on national testing without explicit and
specific legislation. The first reading of the bill shall be
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dispensed with. General debate shall be confined to the
bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and con-
trolled 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 sub-
stitute recommended by the Committee on Education and
the Workforce now printed in the bill. The committee
amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be consid-
ered as read. During consideration of the bill for amend-
ment, the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may
accord priority in recognition on the basis of whether the
Member offering an amendment has caused it to be print-
ed in the portion of the Congressional Record designated
for that purpose in clause 6 of rule XXIII. Amendments
so printed shall be considered as read. The Chairman of
the Committee of the Whole may: (1) postpone until a
time during further consideration in the Committee of the
Whole a request for a recorded vote on any amendment;
and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum time for elec-
tronic voting on any postponed question that follows an-
other electronic vote without intervening business, pro-
vided that the minimum time for electronic voting on the
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first in any series of questions shall be fifteen minutes.
At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amend-
ment 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 committee 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 instructions.
House Calendar No. 142
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 348
[Report No. 105–413]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2846)
to prohibit spending Federal education funds on
national testing without explicit and specific leg-
islation.
FEBRUARY 4, 1998
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed