[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 148 (Tuesday, October 22, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1000-D1001]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
WATER RESOURCES REFORM AND DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2013
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 3080, the 
``Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2013''. The Committee 
granted, by voice vote, a structure rule for H.R. 3080. 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 the bill. In section 2, the rule makes in 
order as original text for purpose of amendment an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 
113-24 and provides that it shall be considered as read. The rule 
waives all points of order against that amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. The rule makes in order only those further amendments 
printed in the Rules Committee report and amendments en bloc described 
in section 3 of the rule. Each amendment printed in the report 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 or against amendments en bloc. In section 3, the 
rule provides that it shall be in order at any time for the chair of 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 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 10 minutes equally divided and controlled 
by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure 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 immediately before the disposition of the amendments en bloc. -
In section 4, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions. Testimony was heard from Chairman Shuster; and 
Representatives Young (AK); Gibbs; Rahall; Brown (FL); Bishop (NY); 
Hahn; Frankel; Hastings (FL); Polis; King (IA); Murphy

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(PA); Salmon; Stutzman; Collins (GA); Cooper; Carolyn B. Maloney (NY); 
Jackson Lee; Huffman; Jeffries.

Joint Meetings

  No joint committee meetings were held.