[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 70 (Tuesday, May 11, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D515-D516]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
THE STOCK MARKET PLUNGE: WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT IS NEXT
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capitol Markets, 
Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing entitled 
``The Stock Market Plunge: What Happened and What is Next?'' Testimony 
was heard from Mary L. Schapiro, Chairman, SEC; Gary Gensler, Chairman, 
CFTC; and public witnesses.
TARP OVERSIGHT
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``TARP Oversight: An Update on 
Warrant Repurchases and Benefits to Taxpayers.'' Testimony was heard 
from David Miller, Chief Investment Officer, Office of Financial 
Stability, Department of the Treasury; Kevin R. Puvalowski, Deputy 
Special Inspector General, Office of Special Inspector General for 
TARP; Paul Atkins, member, Congressional Oversight Panel, and former 
Commissioner, SEC; and public witnesses.
DEMOCRACY IS STRENGTHENED BY CASTING LIGHT ON SPENDING IN ELECTIONS ACT
Committee on House Administration: Continued hearings on H.R. 5175, 
Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections 
Act. Testimony was heard from the following former Commissioners of the 
FEC: Trevor Potter, and Michael Toner; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland 
Security held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 4080, Criminal 
Justice Reinvestment Act of 2009; and H.R. 4055, Honest Opportunity 
Probation with Enforcement (HOPE) Initiative Act of 2009. Testimony was 
heard from Representative Schiff; John T. Broderick, Jr., Chief 
Justice, Supreme Court, State of New Hampshire; Jerry Madden, member, 
House of Representatives, State of Texas; Steven Alm, Judge, Second 
Division, Circuit Court of the First Judicial Circuit, State of Hawaii; 
and public witnesses.
AMERICA COMPETES REAUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a non-record vote, a structured rule 
providing for consideration of H.R. 5116, the ``America COMPETES 
Reauthorization Act of 2010.'' 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 provides

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1 hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Science and Technology. 
The rule provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Science and Technology modified by the 
amendment printed in part A of the Rules Committee report shall be 
considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment and shall 
be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against the 
amendment in the nature of a substitute except those arising under 
clause 10 of rule XXI. The rule makes in order only those amendments 
printed in part B of this report, and the amendments en bloc described 
in section 3. 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 opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall 
not be subject to a demand for division of the question. All points of 
order against the amendments printed in part B of the report or 
amendments en bloc are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 
of rule XXI. The rule provides that the chair of the Committee on 
Committee on Science and Technology or his designee may offer 
amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed in part B of the 
report not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc shall be considered 
as read, shall be debatable for 40 minutes equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Committee on Science and Technology or their designees, shall not be 
subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division 
of the question. The original proponent of an amendment included in 
such amendments en bloc may insert a statement in the Congressional 
Record immediately before the disposition of the amendments en bloc. 
The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 
The rule provides that the Chair may entertain a motion that the 
Committee rise only if offered by the chair of the Committee on Science 
and Technology or his designee. Finally, the rule provides that the 
Chair may not entertain a motion to strike out the enacting words of 
the bill. Testimony was heard from Chairman Bart Gordon and 
Representatives Hall (TX), Mario Diaz-Balart (FL), Bilbray, and 
Gingrey.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.