[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 288 Engrossed in House (EH)]


                 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 Education and the 
Workforce. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill to 
final passage without intervening 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 Secondary Education Act of 
1965 to improve and expand charter schools. The first reading of the bill shall 
be dispensed with. General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall 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 
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 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 
accompanying this resolution, if offered by Representative Goodling of 
Pennsylvania or his designee. That amendment shall be considered as read, shall 
be debatable for ten minutes 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. 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 purpose 
of further amendment. During consideration of the bill for further amendment, 
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 
printed 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 
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 questions shall be fifteen minutes. 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. 3. (a) In the engrossment of H.R. 2616, the Clerk shall--
            (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 addition 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 engrossment.
    (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.