[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 103 (Tuesday, July 13, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D780]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
MINER SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Held a hearing on H.R. 5663, Miner 
Safety and Health Act of 2010. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Labor: Joe Main, Assistant Secretary, 
Mine Safety and Health; David Michaels, Assistant Secretary, 
Occupational Safety and Health; and Patricia Smith, Solicitor of Labor; 
and public witnesses.
CHINA'S ANTITRUST LAW/COMPETITION POLICIES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts and Competition 
Policy held a hearing on the Impact of China's Antitrust Law and Other 
Competition Policies on U.S. Companies. Testimony was heard from Thomas 
O. Barnett, former Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, 
Department of Justice; and public witnesses.
THE ``TELEWORK IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF 2009''
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a record vote of 6-2, a closed rule 
providing for consideration of H.R. 1722, the ``Telework Improvements 
Act of 2009.'' The rule provides one hour of general debate equally 
divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 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 that the amendment 
in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Oversight 
and Government Reform, now printed in the bill, modified by the 
amendment printed in the Rules Committee report shall be considered as 
adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. The rule 
waives all points of order against provision in the bill, as amended. 
The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 
The rule tables House Resolution 1496. Testimony was heard from 
Chairman Towns.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.