[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 35 (Monday, March 2, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D205]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
LEGISLATIVE HEARING
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, 
Commercial and Antitrust Law held a hearing on H.R. 348, the 
``Responsibly And Professionally Invigorating Development Act of 
2015''; H.R. 712, the ``Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements 
Act of 2015''; and H.R. 1155, the ``Searching for and Cutting 
Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act of 2015''. Testimony 
was heard from public witnesses.
PASSENGER RAIL REFORM AND INVESTMENT ACT OF 2015
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 749, the 
``Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015''. The committee 
granted, by voice vote, a structured rule for H.R. 749. 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 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 114-9 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 2, the rule provides that on any legislative 
day during the period from March 6, 2015, through March 13, 2015: the 
Journal of the proceedings of the previous day shall be considered as 
approved; and the Chair may at any time declare the House adjourned to 
meet at a date and time to be announced by the Chair in declaring the 
adjournment. In section 3, the rule provides that the Speaker may 
appoint Members to perform the duties of the Chair for the duration of 
the period addressed by section 2. In section 4, the rule provides that 
at any time through the legislative day of March 13, 2015, the Chair 
may postpone further consideration of a measure in the House to such 
time as may be designated by the Speaker. Testimony was heard from 
Chairman Shuster and Representatives Mica and Fitzpatrick.
ONGOING INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Full Committee held a 
hearing entitled ``Ongoing Intelligence Activities''. This hearing was 
closed.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.