[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 56 (Tuesday, May 3, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D433-D434]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
Committee on Appropriations: Held a hearing on the Architect of the 
Capitol. Testimony was heard from Alan Hantman, Architect of the 
Capitol.
OVERSIGHT--USA PATRIOT ACT IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and the 
Committee on Homeland Security held an oversight hearing on the 
Implementation of the USA PATRIOT Act: Sections 201, 202, 223 of the 
Act that Address Criminal Wiretaps, and Section 213 of the Act that 
Addresses Delayed Notice. Testimony was heard from Chuck Rosenberg, 
Chief of Staff, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice; Michael 
Sullivan, U.S. Attorney, District of Massachusetts; former 
Representative Bob Barr of Georgia; and a public witness.
VOCATION AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOR THE FUTURE ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule providing 
one hour of general debate on H.R. 366, Vocational and Technical 
Education for the Future Act, equally divided and controlled by the 
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and 
the Workforce. The rule waives all points of order against 
consideration of the bill. 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 shall be considered as an 
original bill for the purpose of amendment. The rule makes in order 
only those amendments printed in the Rules Committee report 
accompanying the resolution. The rule provides that the amendments 
printed in the report may be considered only in the order printed in 
the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, 
shall be considered as read,

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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 a 
division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. 
The rule waives all points of order against the amendments printed in 
the report. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or 
without instructions. Testimony was heard from Chairman Boehner and 
Representatives Castle, Woolsey and Wu.
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE REFORM ACT OF 2005
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing one 
hour of general debate on H.R. 1185, Federal Deposit Insurance Reform 
Act of 2005, equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Financial Services. The rule waives 
all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule 
provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended 
by the Committee on Financial Services now printed in the bill shall be 
considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment. The rule 
provides that the bill shall be considered for amendment by section and 
that each section shall be considered as read. The rule authorized the 
Chair 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 Chairman Oxley and Representatives Rohrabacher and 
Maloney.
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