[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 67 (Tuesday, May 6, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D467-D468]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
AMERICAN RESEARCH AND COMPETITIVENESS ACT OF 2014; CALLING ON ATTORNEY 
GENERAL ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., TO APPOINT A SPECIAL COUNSEL TO 
INVESTIGATE THE TARGETING OF CONSERVATIVE NON-PROFIT GROUPS BY THE 
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; AND RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING THAT THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES FIND LOIS G. LERNER, FORMER DIRECTOR, EXEMPT 
ORGANIZATIONS, INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS FOR 
REFUSAL TO COMPLY WITH A SUBPOENA DULY ISSUED BY THE COMMITTEE ON 
OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 4438, the 
``American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2014''; resolution 
recommending that the House of Representatives find Lois G. Lerner, 
Former Director, Exempt Organizations, Internal Revenue Service, in 
contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena duly issued 
by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; and H. Res. 565, 
calling on Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., to appoint a special 
counsel to investigate the targeting of conservative non-profit groups 
by the Internal Revenue Service. The Committee granted, by voice vote, 
a closed rule for H.R. 4438. The rule provides 90 minutes 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. The 
Committee granted, by record vote of 8-3, a rule that provides that if 
H. Rept. 113-415 is called up by direction of the Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform, all points of order against the report 
shall be waived and it shall be considered as read. The rule grants a 
closed rule for the resolution accompanying H. Rept. 113-415. The

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rule provides 50 minutes of debate equally divided and controlled by 
the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform or their respective designees. The rule waives all 
points of order against consideration of the resolution accompanying 
the report. The rule provides that the resolution accompanying the 
report shall be considered as read and shall not be subject to a demand 
for division of the question. The rule provides one motion to refer at 
the conclusion of debate if offered by Rep. Cummings of Maryland or his 
designee, which shall be debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and 
controlled by the proponent and an opponent. The rule provides one 
motion to recommit the resolution accompanying the report with or 
without instructions. The rule additionally grants a closed rule for H. 
Res. 565. The rule provides 40 minutes of 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 resolution. The rule provides that the resolution 
shall be considered as read and shall not be subject to a demand for 
division of the question. Testimony was heard from Chairmen Issa and 
Goodlatte, and Representatives Brady (TX), Levin, Cardenas, Jackson 
Lee, Cummings, and Connolly.

Joint Meetings
GEORGIA 2008, UKRAINE 2014, AND MOLDOVA
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: Commission received a 
briefing on Georgia 2008, and Ukraine 2014, focusing on if Moldova is 
next, and to examine Russia's intentions with regard to Transnistria 
and Moldova from Eugen Carpov, Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova for 
Reintegration, Chisinau; Stephen Blank, American Foreign Policy 
Council, Washington, DC; and Paul Goble, Winchester, Virginia.