[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 22 (Monday, February 22, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D118]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
NATIVE HAWAIIAN GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION ACT
The Committee on Rules: granted, by a non-record vote, a structured 
rule providing for consideration of H.R. 2314, the Native Hawaiian 
Government Reorganization Act of 2009. The rule provides one hour of 
general debate in the House equally divided and controlled by the 
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Natural 
Resources. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of 
the bill except for clauses 9 and 10 of rule XXI. The rule provides 
that the bill shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points 
of order against provisions of the bill. The rule makes in order the 
amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in part A of the report 
of the Committee on Rules, if offered by Representative Abercrombie or 
his designee, which shall be separately debatable for 30 minutes 
equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent. The 
rule waives all points of order against the amendment in the nature of 
a substitute in part A except for clauses 9 and 10 of rule XXI. The 
rule makes in order the amendments printed in part B of the report to 
the amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in part A of the 
report. The amendments may be offered only by a Member designated in 
the report, shall be in order without intervention of any point of 
order except those arising under clause 10 of rule XXI, shall be 
considered as read, and shall be separately debatable for 10 minutes 
equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent. The 
rule waives all points of order against the amendments in part B of the 
report except for clause 10 of rule XXI. The rule provides that during 
consideration of an amendment printed in part B of the report, the 
Chair may postpone the question of adoption as though under clause 8 of 
rule XX. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or 
without instructions. Testimony was heard from Chairman Rahall and 
Representatives Abercrombie and Hirono.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.