[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 135 (Thursday, October 3, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D946-D947]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
AL-SHABAAB: HOW GREAT A THREAT?
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``Al-Shabaab: How Great a Threat?''. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands and 
Environmental Regulations held a hearing on the following legislation: 
H.R. 3188, to expedite the planning and implementation of salvage 
timber sales as part of Forest Service and Department of the Interior 
restoration and rehabilitation activities for lands within the 
Stanislaus National Forest and Yosemite National park and Bureau of 
Land management lands adversely impacted by the 2013 Rim Fire in 
California; H.R. 298, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
conduct a special resource study to evaluate the significance of the 
Mill Springs Battlefield located in Pulaski and Wayne Counties, 
Kentucky, and the feasibility of its inclusion in the

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National Park System, and for other purposes; H.R. 1167, the 
``Restoring Storey County Act''; H.R. 1259, the ``Coltsville National 
Historical Park Act''; H.R. 1633, the ``Small Lands Tracts Conveyance 
Act''; H.R. 1846, the ``Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site 
Amendments Act''; H.R. 2015, the ``Las Vegas Valley Public Land and 
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Act of 2013''; H.R. 2259, 
the ``North Fork Watershed Protection Act of 2013''; H.R. 2657, the 
``Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2013''; and H.R. 2954, to 
authorize Escambia County, Florida, to convey certain property that was 
formerly part of Santa Rosa Island National Monument and that was 
conveyed to Escambia County subject to restrictions on use and 
reconveyance. Testimony was heard from Chairman Rogers (KY); and 
Representatives Larson (CT); Velazquez; Chaffetz; and Miller (FL); 
Pedro Segarra, Mayor, City of Hartford, CT; John Anderson, Councilman, 
Whitefish, MT; Pat Whitten, County Manager, Storey County, NV; John 
Lee, Mayor, City of Las Vegas, NV; Steve Ross, Councilman, City of Las 
Vegas, NV; and public witnesses.
Committee on Rules: The Committee, granted, by record vote of 9-4, 
closed rules for: H.J. Res. 75, the ``Nutrition Assistance for Low-
Income Women and Children Act''; H.J. Res. 76, the ``Nuclear Weapons 
Security and Non-Proliferation Act''; H.J. Res. 77, the ``Food and Drug 
Safety Act''; H.J. Res. 78, the ``Preserving Our Intelligence 
Capabilities Act''; H.J. Res. 79, the ``Border Safety and Security 
Act''; H.J. Res. 80, the ``American Indian and Alaska Native, Health, 
Education, and Safety Act''; H.J. Res. 82, the ``National Weather 
Monitoring Act''; H.J. Res. 83, the ``Impact Aid for Local Schools 
Act''; H.J. Res. 84, the ``Head Start for Low-Income Children Act''; 
H.J. Res. 85, the ``National Emergency and Disaster Recovery Act''; and 
H.R. 3223, the ``Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act''. The 
rule provides 40 minutes of debate on each joint resolution 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 joint resolution and provides that each 
joint resolution shall be considered as read. The rule waives all 
points of order against provisions in each joint resolution. The rule 
provides one motion to recommit each joint resolution. In Section 3, 
the rule provides a closed rule for H.R. 3223. The rule provides 40 
minutes of 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 the bill shall be considered as read. 
The rule waives all points of order against provisions in the bill. The 
rule provides one motion to recommit. In Section 4, the rule waives 
clause 6(a) of rule XIII (requiring a two-thirds vote to consider a 
rule on the same day it is reported from the Rules Committee) against 
any resolution reported from the Rules Committee through the 
legislative day of October 21, 2013. In Section 5, the rule provides 
that it shall be in order at any time through the calendar day of 
October 20, 2013, for the Speaker to entertain motions that the House 
suspend the rules and that the Speaker or his designee shall consult 
with the Minority Leader or her designee on the designation of any 
matter for consideration pursuant to this section. Testimony was heard 
from Representatives Wolf, Kingston, and Moran.

Joint Meetings

  No joint committee meetings were held.