[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 173 (Monday, November 14, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1217]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
NATIONAL RIGHT-TO-CARRY RECIPROCITY ACT OF 2011
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 822, the 
``National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011.'' The Committee 
granted, by voice vote, a structured rule providing one hour of general 
debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on the Judiciary. The rule waives all points of 
order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that the 
amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on 
the Judiciary now printed in the bill shall be considered as original 
text for the purpose of amendment and shall be considered as read. The 
rule waives all points of order against the committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. The rule makes in order only those amendments 
printed in the Rules Committee report. Each such amendment 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 division of the 
question. The rule waives all points of order against the amendments 
printed in the report. Finally, the rule provides one motion to 
recommit with or without instructions.
  Testimony was heard from Chairman Smith of Texas; Rep. Scott of 
Virginia; Rep. Nadler; Rep. Jackson Lee of Texas; Rep. Johnson of 
Illinois; and Rep. Maloney.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.