H. Res. 288
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
October 31, 1997.
Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution it
shall be in order without intervention of any point of order
to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 2746) to amend title
VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
to give parents with low-incomes the opportunity to choose
the appropriate school for their children. The bill shall be
considered as read for amendment. The bill shall be debatable
for two hours equally divided and controlled by the chairman
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce. The previous question shall be con-
sidered as ordered on the bill to final passage without inter-
vening motion except one motion to recommit.
SEC. 2. After disposition of the bill (H.R. 2746), 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 consideration of the bill (H.R.
2616) to amend titles VI and X of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 to improve and expand charter
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schools. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with.
General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex-
ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chairman
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Edu-
cation 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 pur-
pose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amend-
ment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce now printed in the
bill. The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute
shall be considered as read. Before consideration of any other
amendment it shall be in order to consider the amendment
printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompany-
ing this resolution, if offered by Representative Goodling of
Pennsylvania or his designee. That amendment shall be con-
sidered as read, shall be debatable for ten minutes equally di-
vided 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. If that amendment is adopted, the
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, as
amended, shall be considered as the original bill for the pur-
pose of further amendment. During consideration of the bill
for further amendment, the Chairman of the Committee of
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the Whole may accord priority in recognition on the basis of
whether the Member offering an amendment has caused it to
be printed in the portion of the Congressional Record des-
ignated for that purpose in clause 6 of rule XXIII. Amend-
ments 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) re-
duce to five 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 fifteen minutes. At the conclusion of consider-
ation 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 amendment adopted in the Committee
of the Whole to the bill or to the amendment in the nature
of a substitute made in order as original text. The previous
question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and
amendments thereto to final passage without intervening mo-
tion except one motion to recommit with or without instruc-
tions.
SEC. 3. (a) In the engrossment of H.R. 2616, the Clerk
shall—
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(1) add the text of H.R. 2746, as passed by the
House, as new matter at the end of H.R. 2616;
(2) conform the title of H.R. 2616 to reflect the ad-
dition of the text of H.R. 2746 to the engrossment;
(3) assign appropriate designations to provisions
within the engrossment; and
(4) conform provisions for short titles within the en-
grossment.
(b) Upon the addition of the text of H.R. 2746 to the
engrossment of H.R. 2616, H.R. 2746 shall be laid on the
table.
SEC. 4. House Resolution 280 is laid on the table.
Attest:
Clerk.