[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 88 (Monday, July 10, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D741-D742]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
MIDDLE EAST RELIGIOUS MINORITIES PLIGHT
Committee on International Relations: On June 30, the Subcommittee on 
Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations held a hearing 
on The Plight of Religious Minorities: Can Religious Pluralism Survive? 
Testimony was heard from Chairman Hyde; John V. Hanford III, 
Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, Department of 
State; Nina Shea, Vice Chair, U.S. Commission on International 
Religious Freedom; and public witnesses.
CREDIT RATING AGENCY DUOPOLY RELIEF ACT OF 2006
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule providing 
1 hour of general debate on H.R. 2990, Credit Rating Agency Duopoly 
Relief Act of 2006, 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 and shall be considered as read. 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 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 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 Representatives Baker, Kanjorski 
and Frank of Massachusetts.
UNLAWFUL INTERNET GAMBLING ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 2006
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule providing 
1 hour of debate in the House on H.R. 4411, Unlawful Internet Gambling 
Enforcement Act of 2006, equally divided among and controlled by the 
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Financial 
Services and the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee 
on the Judiciary. The rule waives all points of order against 
consideration of the bill. The rule provides that, in lieu of the 
amendments recommended by the Committees on Financial Services and the 
Judiciary now printed in the bill, the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute depicted in the Rules Committee Print dated July 5, 2006, 
shall be considered as adopted. The rule makes in order

[[Page D742]]

the amendment printed in the Rules Committee report accompanying the 
resolution, if offered by Representative Berkley of Nevada or her 
designee, which shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 
minutes equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent 
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 amendment printed in the Rules Committee report. 
Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions. Testimony was heard from Representatives Leach, 
Goodlatte, Frank of Massachusetts, and Conyers.