[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 79 (Wednesday, May 30, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D534]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013; DEPARTMENT OF 
HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2013; MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND 
VETERANS AFFAIRS AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2013; AND 
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
2013
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 5743, the 
``Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013''; H.R. 5855, the 
``Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013''; H.R. 
5854, the ``Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act of 2013''; and H.R. 5325, the ``Energy and 
Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013''. The 
Committee granted, by a record vote, a structured rule for H.R. 5743. 
The rule provides one hour of general debate equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Permanent 
Select Committee on Intelligence. 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 Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence 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 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. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or 
without instructions. Testimony was heard from Representative Rogers 
(MI).
  The resolution further provides open rules for H.R. 5854, H.R. 5855, 
and H.R. 5325. The rule provides one hour of general debate on each 
bill equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Appropriations. The rule waives all points 
of order against consideration of each bill. The rule waives points of 
order against provisions in each bill for failure to comply with clause 
2 of rule XXI. The rule provides that each bill shall be considered for 
amendment under the five-minute rule. The rule provides that the Chair 
may accord priority in recognition to Members who have preprinted their 
amendments in the Congressional Record. Finally, the rule provides one 
motion to recommit each bill with or without instructions. Testimony 
was heard from Representatives Frelinghuysen, Visclosky, Culberson, 
Bishop (GA), Aderholt, and Price (NC).
PURCHASING PERSPECTIVE: VA'S PROSTHETICS PARADOX
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Purchasing Perspective: VA's 
Prosthetics Paradox''. Testimony was heard from Charles Scoville, Chief 
of Amputee Patient Care Service, Walter Reed National Military Medical 
Center, Department of Defense; Linda Halliday, Assistant Inspector 
General for Audits and Evaluations, Office of Inspector General, 
Department of Veterans Affairs; Philip Matkovsky, Assistant Deputy 
Under-Secretary for Health for Administrative Operations, Veterans 
Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; and public 
witnesses.

Joint Meetings

  No joint committee meetings were held.