[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 95 (Tuesday, June 23, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D748-D750]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS/MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, 
APPROPRIATIONS FY 2010
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the following 
appropriations for fiscal year 2010: State, Foreign Operations and 
Related Programs; and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and 
Related Agencies.
HEALTHCARE REFORM
Committee on Education and Labor: Held a hearing on The Tri-Committee 
Draft Proposal for Health Care Reform. Testimony was heard from 
Christina Romer, Chair, Council of Economic Advisers; and public 
witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
HEALTHCARE REFORM
Committee on Energy and Commerce: and the Subcommittee on Health held a 
hearing on draft health reform legislation. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
CHEMICAL FACILITY ANTITERRORISM ACT OF 2009
Committee on Homeland Security: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 
2868, Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009.
V-22 OSPREY'S FUTURE
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Held an oversight hearing 
entitled ``The Future of the V-22

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Osprey: Costs, Capabilities, and Challenges.'' Testimony was heard from 
Mike Sullivan, Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management, GAO; the 
following officials of the U.S. Marine Corps, Department of Defense: 
LTG George Trautman, USMC, Deputy Commandant, Aviation; and COL Karsten 
Heckl, USMC, Commander, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 162 (VMM-162); 
and public witnesses.
THE ``DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2010''
Committee on Rules: Granted by a non-record vote, a structured rule 
providing for consideration of H.R. 2892, the Department of Homeland 
Security Appropriations Act, 2010. The rule provides one hour of 
general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. The rule waives all 
points of order against consideration of the bill except for clauses 9 
and 10 of rule XXI. The rule waives all points of order against 
provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 or 5 of rule 
XXI. The rule makes in order the following amendments: (1) the 
amendment printed in part A of the Rules Committee report; (2) the 
amendments printed in part B of the report; (3) not to exceed four of 
the amendments printed in part C of the report, if offered by 
Representative Flake of Arizona or his designee; and (4) not to exceed 
one of the amendments printed in part D of the report, if offered by 
Representative Campbell of California or his designee. The rule 
provides that each such amendment shall be considered as read, shall be 
debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the 
proponent and an opponent, and shall not be subject to a demand for 
division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. 
All points of order against such amendments are waived except those 
arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. The rule also provides that 
the amendments printed in part B, C, or D of the report may be offered 
only at the appropriate point in the reading. The rule provides that 
for those amendments reported from the Committee of the Whole, the 
question of their adoption shall be put to the House en gros and 
without intervening demand for division of the question. The rule 
provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. The rule 
provides that after consideration of the bill for amendment, the chair 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their 
designees each may offer one pro forma amendment to the bill for the 
purpose of debate, which shall be controlled by the proponent. The rule 
provides that the Chair may entertain a motion that the Committee rise 
only if offered by the chair of the Committee on Appropriations or his 
designee and that the Chair may not entertain a motion to strike out 
the enacting words of the bill (as described in clause 9 of rule 
XVIII). Finally, the rule provides that during consideration of H.R. 
2892, the Chair may reduce to two minutes the minimum time for 
electronic voting under clause 6 of rule XVIII and clauses 8 and 9 of 
rule XX. Testimony was heard from Representatives Thompson of 
Mississippi; Waters; Jackson-Lee of Texas; Loretta Sanchez of 
California; Bean; Altmire; Clarke; Minnick; Rogers of Kentucky; King of 
New York; King of Iowa; Neugebauer; Poe and Latta.
THE ``NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010''
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a record vote of 8 to 3, a structured 
rule providing for consideration of H.R. 2647, the ``National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010.'' The rule provides one hour of 
general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Armed Services. The rule waives all 
points of order against consideration of the bill except those arising 
under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. The rule considers as an original 
bill for the purpose of amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Armed Services. The committee amendment 
shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order 
against the committee amendment except those arising under clause 10 of 
rule XXI. The rule makes in order those amendments printed in the 
report of the Committee on Rules and amendments en bloc. The amendments 
made in order may be offered only in the order printed in the Rules 
Committee report except that the amendments may be offered out of order 
provided the chair of the Committee on Armed Services announces from 
the floor a request to that effect, 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. The rule also 
permits the chair of the Committee on Armed Services or his designee to 
offer amendments en bloc if those amendments have been printed in the 
Rules Committee report and not earlier disposed of. The Chair of the 
Committee of the Whole may recognize for consideration any amendment 
printed in the report out of the order printed but not sooner than 30 
minutes after the chair of the Committee on Armed Services announces 
from the floor a request

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to that effect. Proponents of amendments to be considered en bloc may 
submitted a statement in the Congressional Record immediately prior to 
the disposition of the amendments en bloc. The rule provides one motion 
to recommit with or without instructions. The rule provides for two 
minute voting during consideration of H.R. 2647. Finally, the rule 
provides that, in the engrossment of H.R. 2647, the text of H.R. 2990, 
as passed the House, shall be added as new matter at the end of H.R. 
2647. H.R. 2990 shall be laid on the table upon addition of its text of 
H.R. 2647. Testimony was heard from Chairman Skelton, Representatives 
Taylor, Loretta Sanchez of California; Sestak; Bordallo; Frank of 
Massachusetts; Moran of Virginia; Cummings; Blumenauer; Lee; 
Schakowsky; Miller of North Carolina; Boren; Lipinski; Hall of New 
York; Walz; McKeon; LoBiondo; Conaway; Franks of Arizona; Sessions; 
Smith of New Jersey; Gallegly; Kirk; Gingrey; King of Iowa and 
Bilirakis.

Joint Meetings
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN RUSSIA
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe. Commission concluded 
a hearing to examine religious liberty, media freedom, and the rule of 
law in Russia, after receiving testimony from Sergey Cherepanov, Watch 
Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, St. Petersburg, Russia; 
Musa Klebnikov, The Paul Klebnikov Fund, New York, New York; William 
Browder, Hermitage Capital Management, London, United Kingdom; and 
Sarah Mendelson, Center for Strategic and International Studies, 
Washington, DC.