[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 25, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D169-D170]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
ALL ECONOMIC REGULATIONS ARE TRANSPARENT ACT OF 2013; AND STOP 
TARGETING OF POLITICAL BELIEFS BY THE IRS ACT OF 2014
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 2804, the 
``All Economic Regulations are Transparent Act of 2013''; and H.R. 
3865, the ``Stop Targeting of Political Beliefs by the IRS Act of 
2014''. The Committee granted, by record vote of 8-2, a closed rule for 
H.R. 3865. The rule provides one hour of debate equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Ways and Means. 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 Committee on Ways and Means 
now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as 
amended, shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of 
order against provisions in the bill, as amended. The rule provides one 
motion to recommit with or without instructions. In section 2, the rule 
provides a structured rule for H.R. 2804. The rule provides one hour of 
general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary. 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 
113-38 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. 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. In section 3, the rule provides that it shall be 
in order at any time on the legislative day of February 27, 2014, for 
the Speaker to entertain motions that the House suspend the rules, as 
though under clause 1 of rule XV, relating to H.R. 3370, the Homeowner 
Flood Insurance Affordability Act. Testimony was heard from Chairman 
Goodlatte; and Representatives Boustany;

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Levin; Lujan Grisham; Collins (GA); Cartwright; and Johnson (GA).

Joint Meetings
SWITZERLAND'S LEADERSHIP OF THE OSCE
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: Commission concluded 
a hearing to examine Switzerland's leadership of the Organization for 
Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), focusing on the role of the 
OSCE in assisting to resolve the crisis in Ukraine, after receiving 
testimony from Didier Burkhalter, President of the Swiss Confederation, 
Foreign Minister and Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Bern, Switzerland.
LEGISLATIVE PRESENTATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Senate committee concluded a joint 
hearing with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine a 
legislative presentation of the Disabled American Veterans, after 
receiving testimony from Joseph W. Johnston, Disabled American 
Veterans, Cincinnati, Ohio.