[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 125 (Monday, September 24, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D929-D930]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSED ANTI-TERRORISM ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Held a hearing on the Administration's 
proposed Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Justice: John D. Ashcroft, The 
Attorney General; Michael Chertoff, Assistant Attorney General, 
Criminal Division; Viet Dinh, Assistant Attorney General, Office of 
Legal Policy; and Larry Thompson, Deputy Attorney General.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: The Committee granted, by voice vote, an open rule 
providing one hour of debate on H.R. 2994, making appropriations for 
the government of the District of Columbia and other activities 
chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002. The rule waives all 
points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule waives 
clause 2 of rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized appropriations or 
legislative provisions in a general appropriations bill) against 
provisions in the bill. The rule provides that the bill shall be 
considered for amendment by paragraph.
  The rule provides that the amendments printed in part A of the Rules 
Committee report accompanying the resolution shall be considered as 
adopted. The rule waives all points of order against the amendment 
printed in part B of the Rules Committee report, which may be offered 
only by a Member designated in the report and only at the appropriate 
point in the reading of the bill, shall be considered as read, shall be 
debatable for the time specified in the 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 rule allows 
the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole to accord priority in 
recognition to Members who have pre-printed their amendments in the 
Congressional Record. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit 
with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from Representatives 
Knollenberg, Kolbe and Fattah.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Rules: The Committee granted, by voice vote, a rule 
providing for further consideration of H.R. 2586, National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002. The rule makes in order only 
those amendments printed in the Rules Committee report accompanying the 
resolution, which may be offered only in the order printed in the 
report accompanying the resolution, which may be offered only in the 
order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated 
in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the 
time specified in the 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 rule waives all points

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of order against such amendments. Finally, the rule provides one motion 
to recommit with or without instructions.