The House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 7, to amend the Carl D. Perkins Vocations Education Act to improve the provision of services. The House passed H.R. 4330, to establish school-based and higher education community service programs; agreed to five amendments and rejected four amendments. The Goodling amendment regarding loans to students was rejected. The Porter amendment to prevent the creation of certain grants was adopted. The Solomon amendment that requires random drug testing was adopted. The Petri amendment regarding student loans was rejected. The Traficant amendment providing awards to domestic firm contracts was adopted. The Solomon amendment regarding volunteer service was adopted. The Walker amendment regarding volunteer service was also adopted.

10:00AM - 6:59PM ETHouse Session