[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 56 (Tuesday, April 23, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D361]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF DRUG-RESISTANT DISEASES IN DEVELOPING 
COUNTRIES
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, 
Global Human Rights, and International Organizations held a hearing 
entitled ``Meeting the Challenge of Drug-Resistant Diseases in 
Developing Countries''. Testimony was heard from Tom Frieden, M.D., 
Director, Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
HELPING SICK AMERICANS NOW ACT
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 1549, the 
``Helping Sick Americans Now Act''. The Committee granted, by record 
vote of 9-2, a structured rule for H.R. 1549. The rule provides one 
hour of general debate 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 makes in order as original text for the purpose of amendment an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules 
Committee Print 113-8 and provides that it shall be considered as read. 
The rule waives all points of order against the amendment in a nature 
of a substitute. The rule makes in order only those further 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 Pitts and 
Pallone.
ONGOING INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Full Committee held a 
hearing entitled ``Ongoing Intelligence Activities''. This was a closed 
hearing.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.