[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 14, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D115-D116]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
Securing Annuities for Federal Employees Act of 2012; Protecting 
Investment in Oil Shale the Next Generation of Environmental, Energy, & 
Resource Security Act; American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act of 
2012
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a record vote of 8 to 4, a structured 
rule for H.R. 3408. The rule provides one hour of general debate with 
40 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Natural Resources and 20 minutes 
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member 
of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. The rule waives all points of 
order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of 
titles XIV and XVII of Rules Committee print 112-14 shall be considered 
as adopted, and provides that the bill, as amended, shall be considered 
as read. The rule waives all points of order against provisions in the 
bill, as amended. The rule makes in order only those further amendments 
to H.R. 3408 printed in part A of the Rules Committee report 
accompanying the resolution. 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 be not subject to a demand for division of the 
question. The rule waives all points of order against the amendments 
printed in part A of the Rules Committee report. The rule provides one 
motion to recommit H.R. 3408 with or without instructions. The 
resolution further provides for a structured rule for H.R. 3813 and 
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. The rule provides that an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute consisting of the text of title XVI of Rules 
Committee Print

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112-14 shall be considered as adopted, and provides that the bill, as 
amended, shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of 
order against provisions in the bill, as amended. The rule makes in 
order only those further amendments to H.R. 3813 printed in part B of 
the Rules Committee report accompanying the resolution. 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 part B of the Rules Committee report. 
The rule provides one motion to recommit H.R. 3813 with or without 
instructions. The resolution provides general debate for H.R. 7. The 
rule provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled 
by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure. The rule waives all points of order 
against consideration of H.R. 7. The rule provides that an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of titles I through 
XIII and XV of Rules Committee Print 112-14 shall be considered as 
adopted. The rule provides that no further consideration of the bill 
shall occur except pursuant to a subsequent order of the House. The 
rule directs the Clerk to retain title and section designations as they 
appear in Rules Committee Print 112-14 when preparing an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute to H.R. 7, H.R. 3408, H.R. 3813. The rule 
authorizes the Clerk to make technical and conforming changes to 
amendatory instructions in the engrossment of H.R. 3408 and H.R. 3813. 
The rule directs the Clerk to, in the engrossment of H.R. 7, add the 
texts of H.R. 3408 and H.R. 3813, as passed by the House, retaining the 
title and section designations as they appear in Rules Committee Print 
112-14 to the extent possible, and to make technical and conforming 
changes. The rule provides that upon the addition of the text of H.R. 
3408 or H.R. 3813, as passed by the House, to the engrossment of H.R. 
7, H.R. 3408 or H.R. 3813 (as the case may be) shall be laid on the 
table. Finally, the rule authorizes the chair of each of the following 
committees to file a supplemental report to accompany any of the 
following measures: Natural Resources, with respect to H.R. 3407, 3408, 
and 3410; Ways and Means, with respect to H.R. 3864; and Oversight and 
Government Reform, with respect to H.R. 3813. Testimony was heard from 
Chairman Mica, Chairman Issa, Chairman Hastings of Washington, 
Representatives Southerland, Franks of Arizona, Scalise, Rahall, 
Connolly of Virginia, Markey, Garamendi, Hanabusa and Polis.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.