[House Report 106-402]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]





106th Congress                                                   Report
  1st Session           HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                106-402

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   PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2, THE STUDENT RESULTS ACT

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  October 19, 1999.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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Ms. Pryce of Ohio, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 336]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 336, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

                  summary of provisions of resolution

    The resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 2, 
the ``Student Results Act,'' under a modified open rule. The 
rule provides ninety minutes of general debate divided equally 
between the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce.
    The rule waives all points of order against consideration 
of the bill. The rule makes in order the Committee on Education 
and the Workforce amendment in the nature of a substitute now 
printed in the bill as an original bill for purpose of 
amendment, which shall be open for amendment at any point. The 
rule further waives all points of order against the amendment 
in the nature of a substitute.
    The amendment process shall not exceed 6 hours. The rule 
makes in order only those amendments printed in the 
Congressional Record, which may be offered only by the Member 
who caused it to be printed or his designee. Each amendment 
shall be considered as read.
    The rule provides that amendment number 5 printed in the 
Congressional Record shall not be subject to amendment and 
shall not be subject to a demand for a division of the 
question.
    The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may postpone 
votes during consideration of the bill, and reduce voting time 
to five minutes on a postponed question if the vote follows a 
fifteen minute vote. Finally, the rule provides for one motion 
to recommit with or without instructions.
    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
the bill and the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
include: (1) a waiver of clause 4(a) of Rule XIII (requiring a 
three-day layover of the committee report) because the report 
was not filed until Monday, October 18, and the bill may be 
considered as early as Wednesday, October 20; and (2) a waiver 
of sections 308 (requiring a CBO cost estimate in the committee 
report on any legislation containing new spending authority) 
and 401 (prohibiting consideration of budget-related 
legislation, as reported, that is not subject to appropriation) 
of the Congressional Budget Act because the provision 
concerning Indian education benefits is direct spending that 
takes effect during the current fiscal year. The waiver of all 
points of order against the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute includes a waiver of clause 7 of rule XVI 
(prohibiting nongermane amendments), which is necessary because 
several provisions in the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute were not germane to the bill as introduced, such as 
the provisions concerning homeless education and teacher 
liability.

                                

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