[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 25525]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



ANNOUNCEMENT OF INTENTION TO OFFER MOTION TO INSTRUCT CONFEREES ON H.R. 
 4577, DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, 
              AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT 2001

  Mr. SCHAFFER. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 7(c) of rule XXII, I 
hereby serve notice to the House of my intention tomorrow to offer the 
following motion to instruct House conferees on H.R. 4577, a bill 
making appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for the Departments of 
Labor, Health and Human Services and Education.
  The form of the motion is as follows:

       Mr. Schaffer moves that the managers on the part of the 
     House at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two 
     Houses on the Senate amendment to the bill H.R. 4577 be 
     instructed to insist on those provisions that--
       (1) maintain the utmost flexibility possible for the grant 
     program under title VI of the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965; and
       (2) provide local educational agencies the maximum 
     discretion within the scope of conference to spend Federal 
     education funds to improve the education of their students.

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