[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 102 (Friday, July 28, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D867]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
ESTATE TAX AND EXTENSION OF TAX RELIEF ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a closed rule providing for 
consideration of H.R. 5970. The rule provides one hour of debate on 
H.R. 5970, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the 
unified credit against estate tax to an exclusion equivalent of 
$5,000,000, to repeal the sunset provision for the estate and 
generation-skipping taxes, and to extend expiring provisions, and for 
other purposes, in the House equally divided and controlled by the 
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and 
Means. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of 
H.R. 5970. The rule provides one motion to recommit H.R. 5970.
PENSION PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a closed rule on H.R. 4, to 
provide economic security for all Americans, and for other purposes, in 
the House equally divided among and controlled by the chairman and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means and the 
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and 
the Workforce. The rule waives all points of order against 
consideration of H.R. 4. Finally, the rule provides one motion to 
recommit H.R. 4. Testimony was heard from Representatives Kline, George 
Miller of California and Hoyer.