[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 105 (Monday, July 22, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D738-D739]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health began a markup 
on Committee print to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to 
reform the sustainable growth rate and Medicare payment for physicians' 
services, and for other purposes.
TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2014; AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
2014
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 2610, the 
``Transportation Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2014''; and H.R. 2397, the ``Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2014''. The Committee granted, by record vote of 8-
4, a structured rule for H.R. 2397. The rule provides one hour of 
general debate 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 the bill. The rule provides 
that the bill shall be considered as read through page 157, line 2. The 
rule waives points of order against provisions in the bill for failure 
to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI. The rule makes in order only those 
amendments printed in the Rules Committee report, the amendment 
described in section 2 of the resolution, and amendments en bloc 
described in section 3 of the resolution. The rule waives all points of 
order against amendments printed in the Rules Committee report and 
against amendments en bloc described in section 3 of the resolution. 
Each amendment printed in the Rules Committee report shall be 
considered 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and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, may be withdrawn by 
the proponent at any

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time before action thereon, shall not be subject to amendment, and 
shall not be subject to a demand for divisions of the question. In 
section 2, the rule provides that after disposition of amendments 
printed in the report and amendments en bloc described in section 3 of 
the resolution, it shall be in order for the chair of the Committee on 
Appropriations or his designee to offer an amendment reducing funding 
levels in the bill. In section 3, the rule provides that it shall be in 
order at any time for the chair of the Committee on Appropriations or 
his designee to offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments 
printed in the report not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc shall 
be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally 
divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Appropriations or their designees, shall not be subject to 
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 
question. The original proponent of an amendment included in such 
amendments en bloc may insert a statement in the Congressional Record. 
In section 4, the rule provides that after the conclusion of 
consideration of the bill for amendment, there shall be in order a 
final period of general debate, which shall not exceed 10 minutes 
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member 
of the Committee on Appropriations. In section 5, the rule provides one 
motion to recommit with or without instructions. In section 6, the rule 
provides an open rule for H.R. 2610. The rule provides one hour of 
general debate 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 the bill. The rule waives 
points of order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply 
with clause 2 of rule XXI. The rule provides that the bill shall be 
considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. The rule 
authorizes the Chair to accord priority in recognition to Members who 
have pre-printed their amendments in the Congressional Record. The rule 
provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
  Testimony was heard from Chairman Young (FL) and Representatives 
Visclosky, Latham, Price (NC), Polis, Gohmert, Welch, Fleming, Gabbard, 
Amash, O'Rourke, Gibson, Mulvaney, Bridenstine, and Scalise.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.