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Reports and Hearings
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[Sample of "Report" Skeleton]

110th Congress
2d Session
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Report
110–590


PROVIDING[1] FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 5715) TO ENSURE

CONTINUED AVAILABILITY OF ACCESS TO THE FEDERAL STUDENT

LOAN PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES[2]

April 15, 2008.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed


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

REPORT

[To accompany H. Res. 1107]

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House Resolution 1107, by a record vote of 8—4, 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. 5715, the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008, 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 Labor. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill except clauses 9 and 10 of rule XXI. The rule provides that the amendment printed in Part A of the Rules Committee report accompanying the resolution shall be considered as adopted and that the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against provisions of the bill, as amended. (This waiver does not affect the point of order available under clause 9 of rule XXI (regarding earmark disclosure).

The rule provides that no further amendments to the bill, as amended, shall be in order except those amendments printed in Part B of this report. The further amendments made in order 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

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