[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 274 Engrossed in House (EH)]

H. Res. 274

                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                      October 13, 1993.
    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 consideration of the 
bill (H.R. 1804) to improve learning and teaching by providing a national 
framework for education reform; to promote the research, consensus building, and 
systemic changes needed to ensure equitable educational opportunities and high 
levels of educational achievement for all American students; to provide a 
framework for reauthorization of all Federal education programs; to promote the 
development and adoption of a voluntary national system of skill standards and 
certifications; and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be 
dispensed with. General debate shall be confined to the bill and the amendments 
made in order by this resolution and shall not exceed eighty minutes equally 
divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Education and Labor. After general debate the bill shall be 
considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. In lieu of the amendment in 
the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and Labor 
now printed in the bill, it shall be in order to consider as an original bill 
for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute consisting of the text of H.R. 3210. The amendment in the 
nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. No amendment to the 
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 and 
amendments en bloc described in section 2 of this resolution. Except as 
specified in section 2, each 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 (except that pro forma amendments for the purpose of debate 
may be offered by the chairman or ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Education and Labor), and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 
question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. At the conclusion 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 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 motion 
except one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
    Sec. 2. It shall be in order at any time for the chairman of the Committee 
on Education and Labor or a designee to offer amendments en bloc consisting of 
amendments printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 
resolution or germane modifications thereof. Amendments en bloc shall be 
considered as read except that modifications shall be reported. Amendments en 
bloc shall be debatable for twenty minutes equally divided and controlled by the 
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and Labor, 
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 amendments en bloc are waived. The original proponent of 
an amendment included in amendments en bloc may insert a statement in the 
Congressional Record immediately before the disposition of the amendments en 
bloc.
            Attest:






                                                                          Clerk.