[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 99 (Monday, July 14, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D749-D750]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
PROTECTING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AFTER BOERNE v. FLORES
Committee on the Judiciary: Held a hearing on Protecting Religious 
Freedom after Boerne v. Flores. Testimony was heard from Jeff Sutton, 
Solicitor, State of Ohio; and public witnesses.
VA-HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted a rule, by voice vote, providing 1 hour of 
debate on H.R. 2158, making appropriations for the Department of 
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry 
independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1998. Points of order against 
consideration of the bill for failure to comply with clause 2(l)(6) of 
rule XI (relating to the three day availability of the report); clause 
7 of rule XXI (relating to the three day availability of printed 
hearings on appropriations bills); or Section 306 of the Budget Act 
(relating to the prohibition on including matters within the 
jurisdiction of the Budget Committee in a measure not reported by it).
  The rule waives points of order against provisions in the bill for 
failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized 
appropriations and legislative provisions in an appropriation bill) and 
clause 6 of rule XXI (prohibiting reappropriations in an appropriations 
bill), except as specified in the rule.
  The rule waives all points of order against the amendments printed in 
the report of the Committee on Rules which may only be offered by a 
Member designated in the report and only at the appropriate point in 
the reading of the bill, shall be considered as read, and shall not be 
subject to further amendment or a demand for a division of the 
question. The rule permits the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole 
to accord priority in recognition to those Members who have pre-printed 
their amendments in the Congressional Record prior to their 
consideration. The rule allows the Chairman to postpone recorded votes 
and reduce to five minutes the voting time on any postponed question, 
provided that the voting time on the first in any series of questions 
is not less than 15 minutes. Finally, the rule provides

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one motion to recommit, with or without instructions. Testimony was 
heard from Representatives Lewis of California and Stokes.