[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 127 (Monday, September 8, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D920]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES REGULATORY OVERREACH PROTECTION ACT OF 
2014; RESOLUTION CONDEMNING AND DISAPPROVING OF THE OBAMA 
ADMINISTRATION'S FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE LAWFUL STATUTORY 
REQUIREMENT TO NOTIFY CONGRESS BEFORE RELEASING INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT 
UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA, AND EXPRESSING 
NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS OVER THE RELEASE OF FIVE TALIBAN LEADERS AND 
THE REPERCUSSIONS OF NEGOTIATING WITH TERRORISTS
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 5078, the 
``Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act of 
2014''; and H. Res. 644, condemning and disapproving of the Obama 
administration's failure to comply with the lawful statutory 
requirement to notify Congress before releasing individuals detained at 
United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and expressing 
national security concerns over the release of five Taliban leaders and 
the repercussions of negotiating with terrorists. The committee 
granted, by record vote of 7-3, a structured rule for H.R. 5078. 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. The rule waives all points of order 
against provisions in the bill. The rule makes in order only those 
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. Additionally, the rule grants a closed rule for 
H. Res. 644. The rule provides one hour of 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 resolution. The rule provides that the amendments 
to the resolution and the preamble recommended by the Committee on 
Armed Services now printed in the resolution shall be considered as 
adopted and the resolution, as amended, shall be considered as read. 
The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 
Testimony was heard from the following: Chairman Shuster, Chairman 
McKeon, and Representatives Smith of Washington, and Jackson Lee.
ONGOING INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Full Committee held a 
hearing entitled ``Ongoing Intelligence Activities''. This was a closed 
hearing.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.