[House Report 109-11]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



109th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                     109-11

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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 27, JOB TRAINING IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 
                                  2005

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   March 1, 2005.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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    Mr. Bishop  of Utah, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the 
                               following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 126]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 126, by a non-record vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

                SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

    The resolution provides for consideration H.R. 27, the Job 
Training Improvement Act of 2005, under a structured rule. The 
rule provides one hour of general debate equally divided and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce.
    The rule provides that the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce now printed in the bill shall be considered as an 
original bill for the purpose of amendment and shall be 
considered as read.
    The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in 
this report. The rule provides that the amendments printed in 
this report may be considered only in the order printed in this 
report, may be offered only by a Member designated in this 
report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the 
time specified in this report 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 a division 
of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. 
The rule waives all points of order against the amendments 
printed in this report. The rule provides one motion to 
recommit with or without instructions.

                            COMMITTEE VOTES

    Pursuant to clause 3(b) of House rule XIII the results of 
each record vote on an amendment or motion to report, together 
with the names of those voting for and against, are printed 
below:

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 6

    Date: March 1, 2005.
    Measure: H.R. 27, Job Training Improvement Act of 2005.
    Motion by: Mrs. Slaughter.
    Summary of motion: To report an open rule.
    Results: Defeated 3 to 7.
    Vote by Members: Hastings (WA)--Nay; Putnam--Nay; Capito--
Nay; Cole--Nay; Bishop--Nay; Gingrey--Nay; Slaughter--Yea; 
McGovern--Yea; Hastings (FL)--Yea; Dreier--Nay.

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 7

    Date: March 1, 2005.
    Measure: H.R. 27, Job Training Improvement Act of 2005.
    Motion by: Mrs. Slaughter.
    Summary of motion: To make in order and provide the 
appropriate waivers for the amendment offered by Mr. Kildee 
which creates a separate authorization for infrastructure 
funding of one stop centers.
    Results: Defeated 3 to 7.
    Vote by Members: Hastings (WA)--Nay; Putnam--Nay; Capito--
Nay; Cole--Nay; Bishop--Nay; Gingrey--Nay; Slaughter--Yea; 
McGovern--Yea; Hastings (FL)--Yea; Dreier--Nay.

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 8

    Date: March 1, 2005.
    Measure H.R. 27, Job Training Improvement Act of 2005.
    Motion by: Mr. McGovern.
    Summary of motion: To make in order and provide the 
appropriate waivers for the amendment offered by Mr. Tierney 
which strikes the provisions that would consolidate the funding 
of Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Employment Service.
    Results: Defeated 3 to 7.
    Vote by Members: Hastings (WA)--Nay; Putnam--Nay; Capito--
Nay; Cole--Nay; Bishop--Nay; Gingrey--Nay; Slaughter--Yea; 
McGovern--Yea; Hastings (FL)--Yea; Dreier--Nay.

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 9

    Date: March 1, 2005.
    Measure: H.R. 27, Job Training Improving Act of 2005.
    Motion by: Mr. Hastings of Florida.
    Summary of motion: To make in order and provide the 
appropriate waivers for the amendment offered by Mr. Kildee 
which strikes the provisions regarding Personal Reemployment 
Accounts.
    Results: Defeated 3 to 7.
    Vote by Members: Hastings (WA)--Nay; Putnam--Nay; Capito--
Nay; Cole--Nay; Bishop--Nay; Gingrey--Nay; Slaughter--Yea; 
McGovern--Yea; Hastings (FL)--Yea; Dreier--Nay.

                  SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER

    1. Tierney: Strikes all provisions related to youth. (10 
minutes)
    2. Velazquez: Allows unemployed workers to use their 
Personal Reemployment Account funds to cover the borrower 
guarantee costs of 7(a) loans. (10 minutes)
    3. Scott (VA)/Woolsey/Van Hollen/Frank/Edwards/Nadler: 
Strikes the provision that protects the hiring rights of faith-
based organizations when they participate in WIA program. (60 
minutes)

                    TEXT OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER


1. Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Tierney of Massachusetts, 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Strike sections 111 and 119.
  In section 101(1), strike ``paragraphs (13) and'' and all 
that follows through ``through (24)'' and insert ``paragraph 
(24) and redesignating paragraphs (1) through (23) as 
paragraphs (3) through (25)''.
  In section 101(8), strike ``; and'' and insert a period.
  Strike paragraph (9) of section 101.
  In the table of contents in section 2 of the bill, strike the 
items related to section 111 and redesignate succeeding items 
accordingly.
  In the table of contents in section 2 of the bill, strike the 
item related to section 119 and redesignate succeeding items 
accordingly.
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2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Velazquez of New York, 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  In subsection (e)(7)(A)(i) of the matter proposed to be 
inserted by section 123, add at the end the following:
                                  ``(IV) Borrower guarantee 
                                fees for loans made pursuant to 
                                section 7(a) of the Small 
                                Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
                                636(a)).''.
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 2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Scott of Virginia, or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 60 Minutes

  Strike section 129.
  In the table of contents in section 2 of the bill, strike the 
item relating to section 129, and redesignate succeeding 
sections accordingly.

                                  
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