[House Report 114-300]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


114th Congress    }                                     {       Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session      }                                     {      114-300

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 PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 10) TO REAUTHORIZE THE 
 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR OPPORTUNITY AND RESULTS ACT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, 
 AND PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 692) TO ENSURE THE 
   PAYMENT OF INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL OF THE DEBT OF THE UNITED STATES

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  October 20, 2015.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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                Ms. Foxx, from the Committee on Rules, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 480]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 480, by a nonrecord 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 of H.R. 10, the 
Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Reauthorization Act, 
under a structured rule. The resolution provides one hour of 
general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform. The resolution waives all points of order 
against consideration of the bill. The resolution provides that 
the amendments recommended by the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform now printed in the bill shall be considered 
as adopted, and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as 
read. The resolution waives all points of order against 
provisions in the bill, as amended. The resolution makes in 
order only those further amendments printed in this report. 
Each such amendment may be offered 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 division of 
the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. The 
resolution waives all points of order against the amendments 
printed in this report. The resolution provides one motion to 
recommit with or without instructions.
    Section 2 of the resolution provides for consideration of 
H.R. 692, the Default Prevention Act, under a closed rule. The 
resolution provides one hour of debate equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Ways and Means. The resolution waives all points 
of order against consideration of the bill. The resolution 
provides that the bill shall be considered as read. The 
resolution waives all points of order against provisions in the 
bill. The resolution provides one motion to recommit.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
the bill includes a waiver of clause 3(e)(1) of rule XIII 
(``Ramseyer''), requiring a committee report accompanying a 
bill amending or repealing statutes to show, by typographical 
device, parts of statute affected. The waiver is provided 
because the submission provided by the Committee on Oversight 
and Government Reform was insufficient to meet the standards 
established by the rule in its current form. The Committee on 
Rules continues to work with the House Office of Legislative 
Counsel and committees to determine the steps necessary to 
comply with the updated rule.
    Although the resolution waives all points of order against 
provisions in H.R. 10, as amended, the Committee is not aware 
of any points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.
    Although the resolution waives all points of order against 
amendments to H.R. 10 printed in this report, the Committee is 
not aware of any points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in 
nature.
    Although the resolution waives all points of order against 
consideration of H.R. 692, the Committee is not aware of any 
points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.
    Although the resolution waives all points of order against 
provisions in H.R. 692, the Committee is not aware of any 
points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.

                            COMMITTEE VOTES

    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. 113

    Motion by Ms. Slaughter to report open rules for H.R. 10 
and H.R. 692. Defeated: 3-6

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................          Nay   Ms. Slaughter.....................          Yea
Mr. Cole........................................  ............  Mr. McGovern......................          Yea
Mr. Woodall.....................................          Nay   Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Yea
Mr. Burgess.....................................  ............  Mr. Polis.........................  ............
Mr. Stivers.....................................          Nay
Mr. Collins.....................................          Nay
Mr. Byrne.......................................          Nay
Mr. Newhouse....................................  ............
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Nay
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           SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 10 MADE IN ORDER

    1. Chaffetz (UT): MANAGER'S Makes small, technical changes 
to the bill. (10 minutes)
    2. Norton (DC): Restores the requirement that the voucher 
program be evaluated using the strongest possible research 
design, and would limit voucher students to no more than 50% of 
a school's total enrollment. (10 minutes)

              TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 10 MADE IN ORDER

1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Chaffetz of Utah or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 9, beginning line 5, strike ``identified as a low-
achieving school according to the Office of the State 
Superintendent of Education of the District of Columbia'' and 
insert ``identified as one of the lowest-performing schools 
under the District of Columbia's accountability system''.
  Page 10, beginning line 25, strike ``, or by any other 
accrediting body determined appropriate by the District of 
Columbia Office of the State Superintendent for Schools for the 
purpose of accrediting an elementary or secondary school''.
  Page 16, beginning line 7, strike ``identified as a low-
achieving school according to the Office of the State 
Superintendent of Education of the District of Columbia'' and 
insert ``identified as one of the lowest-performing schools 
under the District of Columbia's accountability system''.
  Page 18, line 10, strike ``evaluate'' and insert ``report 
on''.
  Page 21, line 12, strike ``A comparison of'' and insert ``A 
report on''.
  Page 21, line 18, strike ``with the rates'' and insert ``as 
well as the rates''.
  Page 21, line 22, after the period add the following: 
``Nothing in this subparagraph may be construed to waive 
section 3004(a)(3)(A)(iii) with respect to any such student.''.
  Page 25, beginning line 20, strike ``may direct the funds 
provided for any fiscal year, or any portion thereof,'' and 
insert ``shall direct the funds provided for any fiscal year''.
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 2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Norton of District of 
           Columbia or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end of section 6 the following new subsection:
  (f) Limit on Percentage of Total Student Population of School 
Who Receive Opportunity Scholarships.--Section 3007(a) (sec. 
38-1853.07(a), D.C. Official Code), as amended by subsection 
(b), is further amended--
          (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``paragraphs (2), 
        (3), and (5)'' and inserting ``paragraphs (2), (3), 
        (5), and (6)''; and
          (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
          ``(6) Limit on percentage of total student population 
        receiving opportunity scholarships.--
                  ``(A) In general.--None of the funds provided 
                under this Act for opportunity scholarships may 
                be used by an eligible student to enroll in a 
                participating school for a school year unless 
                the school certifies to the eligible entity 
                that, for the school year, the number of 
                students enrolled in the school who receive 
                opportunity scholarships under this Act does 
                not exceed the number of students enrolled in 
                the school who do not receive opportunity 
                scholarships under this Act.
                  ``(B) Exceptions.--In determining the number 
                of students enrolled in a school who receive 
                opportunity scholarships under this Act for a 
                school year under subparagraph (A), there shall 
                be excluded any student who was receiving an 
                opportunity scholarship as of the date of the 
                enactment of the Scholarships for Opportunity 
                and Results Reauthorization Act and any student 
                who is the sibling of a student who was 
                receiving an opportunity scholarship as of the 
                date of the enactment of such Act.''.
  Page 18, strike line 23 and all that follows through page 19, 
line 5 and insert the following:
                          ``(i) is conducted using the 
                        strongest possible research design for 
                        determining the effectiveness of the 
                        opportunity scholarship program under 
                        this Act; and''.
  Page 20, strike lines 4 through 9 and insert the following:
                  ``(C) work with the eligible entities to 
                ensure that the parents of each student who 
                applies for a scholarship under this Act 
                (regardless of whether the student receives the 
                scholarship) and the parents of each student 
                participating in the scholarship program under 
                this Act, agree that the student will 
                participate, if requested by the Institute, in 
                the measurements given annually by the 
                Institute for the period for which the student 
                applied for or received the scholarship, 
                respectively, except that nothing in this 
                subparagraph shall affect a student's priority 
                for an opportunity scholarship as provided 
                under section 3006.''.

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