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  PERMISSION TO HAVE UNTIL 3 P.M., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1994, TO FILE 
  REPORT TO ACCOMPANY H.R. 6, IMPROVING AMERICA'S SCHOOLS ACT OF 1994

  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Education and Labor may have until 3 p.m. Friday, February 18, 1994, 
to file the report to accompany H.R. 6, Improving America's Schools Act 
of 1994.
  The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Michigan?
  Mr. CUNNINGHAM. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I would 
like to state that my friend, the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. Kildee] 
and I have worked this out, but I would like to submit a letter from 
the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. Ford], the chairman of the Committee 
on Education and Labor, in which he affords no special status to any 
particular amendment, and that is his position in the Committee on 
Rules. Finally, I would request that that correspondence be included in 
the committee's report acknowledging that the Committee on Armed 
Services has jurisdictional claim.
  Mr. Speaker, I would ask if the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. Kildee] 
agreed to that?
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. CUNNINGHAM. I yield to the gentleman from Michigan.
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I agree and include a copy of the letter 
from the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. Ford] for the Record. The 
gentleman from Michigan [Mr. Ford] and I feel morally obligated by the 
letter:

                             Committee on Education and Labor,

                                Washington, DC, February 11, 1994.
     Hon. Ronald V. Dellums,
     Chairman, Committee on Armed Services, House of 
         Representatives, Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Chairman: Thank you for your letter of February 8, 
     1994, concerning the provision in H.R. 6, the Improving 
     America's Schools Act of 1994, as ordered reported, which 
     seeks to make the Department of Defense responsible for 
     funding Impact Aid.
       I acknowledge the jurisdictional interest of the Committee 
     on Armed Services in this provision as evidenced by my letter 
     to you of February 3. I do, however, continue to urge you to 
     forego requesting sequential referral of the bill as that 
     would necessarily delay its consideration in the House. I 
     will be pleased to support a request that the Committee on 
     Rules, in fashioning a rule for H.R. 6, provide that the 
     provision in question be stricken prior to House 
     consideration of the bill. In other words, the text before 
     the House would not contain that language. In addition, it is 
     my intention to seek a rule for consideration of the bill 
     which permits all amendments otherwise in order under the 
     Rules of the House, and affords no special status to any 
     particular amendment. The only limitation on amendments I 
     might request would be a reprinting requirement. Finally, our 
     correspondence would be included in this Committee's report 
     to acknowledge the Committee on Armed Services' 
     jurisdictional claim.
       Thank you for your consideration and cooperation. I look 
     forward to hearing from you.
       With kind regards,
           Sincerely,
                                                  William D. Ford,
                                                         Chairman.
  Mr. CUNNINGHAM. Mr. Speaker, I would further include that the 
questionable amendment would be removed. I would also like to state 
that the gentlewoman that offered that amendment did so in good faith. 
It was on impact aid. We just have a jurisdictional problem of where it 
is paid for.
  Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Michigan?
  There was no objection.

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