[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 69 (Monday, May 17, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D515-D516]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
CHILD CREDIT PRESERVATION AND EXPANSION ACT OF 2004
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a modified closed rule 
providing one hour of debate in the House on H.R. 4359, Child Credit 
Preservation and Expansion Act of 2004, equally divided and controlled 
by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways 
and Means. The rule provides for consideration of the amendment in the 
nature of a substitute printed in the Rules Committee report 
accompanying the resolution, if offered by Representative Rangel of New 
York or his designee, which shall be considered as read, and shall be 
separately debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the 
proponent and an opponent. The rule waives all point of order against 
the amendment printed in the report. Finally, the rule provides one 
motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard 
from Representatives Camp and Levin.
OSHA AMENDMENTS AND PAPERWORK AND REGULATORY IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF 2003
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a closed rule providing for 
consideration of H.R. 2728, Occupational Safety and Health Small 
Business Day in Court Act of 2004, with one hour of debate in the House 
on H.R. 2728 equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce. The 
rule provides that the amendment recommended by the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce now printed in the bill shall be considered 
as adopted. The rule provides one motion to recommit H.R. 2728 with or 
without instructions.
  Section 2 of the resolution provides for considerations of H.R. 2729, 
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Efficiency Act of 
2004, under a closed rule. The rule provides one hour of debate in the 
House on H.R. 2729 equally divided and controlled by the chairman and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce. The rule provides that the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
now printed in the bill, modified by the amendment printed in part A of 
the Rules Committee report accompanying the resolution, shall be 
considered as adopted. The rule provides one motion to recommit H.R. 
2729 with or without instructions.
  Section 3 of the resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2730, 
Occupational Safety and Health Independent Review of OSHA Citations Act 
of 2004, under a closed rule. The rule provides one hour of debate in 
the House on H.R. 2730 equally divided and controlled by the chairman 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce. The rule provides that the amendment recommended by the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce, now printed in the bill, 
modified by the amendment printed in part B of the Rules Committee 
report accompanying the resolution, shall be considered as adopted. The 
rule provides one motion to recommit H.R. 2730 with or without 
instructions.
  Section 4 of the resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2731, 
Occupational Safety and Health Small Employer Access to Justice Act of 
2004, under a closed rule. The rule provides one hour of debate in the 
House on H.R. 2731 equally divided and controlled by the chairman and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce. The rule provides that the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
now printed in the bill, modified by the amendment printed in part C of 
the Rules Committee report accompanying the resolution, shall be 
considered as adopted. The rule provides one motion to recommit H.R. 
2731 with or without instructions.
  Section 5 of the resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2432, 
Paperwork and Regulatory Improvements Act of 2003, under a structured 
rule providing one hour of general debate in the Committee of the Whole 
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Government Reform. The rule

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waives points of order against consideration of the bill for failure to 
comply with clause 4(a) of Rule XIII (regarding the three-day 
availability of committee reports). The rule provides that the 
amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on 
Government Reform now printed in the bill shall be considered as an 
original bill for the purpose of amendment, and shall be considered as 
read.
  The rule makes in order only those amendments to the Committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute which are printed in part D of 
the Rules Committee report accompanying the resolution. The rule 
provides that the amendments made in order 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 on the Whole. The rule waives all points of order 
against the amendments printed in the report. The rule provides one 
motion to recommit H.R. 2432 with or without instructions.
  Section 6 of the resolution provides that in the engrossment of H.R. 
2728 the Clerk shall add the texts of H.R. 2729, H.R. 2730, H.R. 2731, 
and H.R. 2432, as passed by the House, as new matter at the end of H.R. 
2728, and then lay on the table H.R. 2729, H.R. 2730, H.R. 2731, and 
H.R. 2432.
  Finally, the rule provides that if H.R. 2728 is disposed of without 
reaching the stage of engrossment, then whichever of H.R. 2729, H.R. 
2730, H.R. 2731, or H.R. 2432 that first passes the House shall be 
treated in the manner specified for H.R. 2728 and all other bills that 
have passed the House shall be laid on the table. Testimony was heard 
from Chairman Boehner and Representatives Ose, Kildee, and Tierney.