[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 170 (Monday, November 5, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1475-D1476]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
EMPLOYMENT NON-DISCRIMINATION ACT OF 2007
Committee on Rules: Committee granted, by a vote of 9 to 3, a 
structured rule providing 1 hour of general debate on H. R. 3685, 
Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2007, equally divided and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee 
on Education and Labor. The rule waives all points of order against 
consideration of the bill except clauses 9 and 10 of rule XXI. The rule 
provides that the bill shall be considered as read. All points of order 
against provisions of the bill are waived.
  The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in the Rules 
Committee report. 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 a division of the 
question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of 
order against the amendments except for clauses 9 and 10 of rule XXI 
are waived. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions. Finally the rule provides that, notwithstanding the 
operation of the previous question, the Chair may postpone further 
consideration of the bill to a time designated by the Speaker. 
Testimony was heard from Chairman George Miller of California, and 
Representatives Andrews, Frank of Massachusetts, Baldwin, and McKeon.
LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS--CONFERENCE REPORT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a vote of 8 to 3, a conference report 
rule waiving all points of order against the conference report and 
providing that the conference report shall be considered as read. The 
rule also provides that any motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 
3688 pursuant to section 151 of the Trade Act of 1974 shall be in order 
only if offered by the Majority Leader or his designee. The rule 
provides that, upon receipt of a message from the Senate transmitting 
H.R. 3042, with a Senate amendment thereto, it shall be in order to 
take the same from the Speaker's table and to consider in the House a 
motion offered by the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations that 
the House concur in such amendment. The Senate amendment and the

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motion shall be considered as read and shall be debatable for one hour. 
The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the motion to 
its adoption without intervening motion. Testimony was heard from 
Chairman Obey and Representative Walsh.
YOUTH LEADERSHIP FOR CLEAN ENERGY AND A HEALTHY CLIMATE
Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global warming: Held a 
hearing on Youth Leadership for Clean Energy and a Healthy Climate. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Joint Meetings
SECURITY IN THE OSCE REGION
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: Commission concluded 
a hearing to examine the twenty-first century security in the 
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) region, 
focusing on challenges among member states, protracted and unresolved 
conflicts, shifting political and military alliances, while still 
confronting the threat of terrorism, after receiving testimony from 
David Kramer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and 
Eurasian Affairs; Daniel Fata, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense 
for Europe and NATO; Nicolae Chirtoaca, Ambassador of the Republic of 
Moldova to the United States, Chisinsau, Moldova; and Vasil 
Sikharulidze, Ambassador of Georgia to the United States, Tbilisi, 
Georgia.


                            NEW PUBLIC LAWS

      (For last listing of Public Laws, see Daily Digest, p. D1464)
  H.R. 327, to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop and implement a comprehensive 
program designed to reduce the incidence of suicide among veterans. 
Signed on November 5, 2007. (Public Law 110-110)
  H.R. 1284, to increase, effective as of December 1, 2007, the rates 
of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and 
the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of 
certain disabled veterans. Signed on November 5, 2007. (Public Law 110-
111)