[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 75 (Monday, May 19, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D518-D519]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015; AND COMMERCE, 
JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL FY 2015
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 4435, the 
``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015'' (general 
debate); and H.R. 4660, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Bill FY 2015. The Committee granted, by a voice 
vote, an open rule H.R. 4660. 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. In section 2, the rule provides 
a structured rule for H.R. 4435. The rule provides for one hour of 
general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Armed Services. The rule waives all 
points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides 
that the amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text 
of Rules Committee Print 113-44 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 
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 that no further consideration of the bill 
shall be in order except pursuant to a subsequent order of the House. 
Testimony was heard from Chairman McKeon; and Representatives Wolf; 
Fattah; and Smith (WA).

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Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.