[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 58 (Tuesday, April 21, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D421-D422]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Full Committee held a 
markup on H.J. Res. 43, disapproving the action of the District of 
Columbia Council in approving the Reproductive Health Non-
Discrimination Amendment Act of 2014. H.J. Res. 43 was ordered 
reported, without amendment.
PROTECTING CYBER NETWORKS ACT; NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY PROTECTION 
ADVANCEMENT ACT OF 2015
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 1560, the 
``Protecting Cyber Networks Act''; and H.R. 1731, the ``National 
Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015''. The committee 
granted, by voice vote, a structured rule for H.R. 1560. The rule 
provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by 
the chair and ranking minority member of the Permanent Select Committee 
on Intelligence. The rule waives all points of order against 
consideration of the bill. The rule makes in order as original text for 
the purposes of amendment the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence now 
printed in the bill and provides that it shall be considered as read. 
The rule waives all points of order against the amendment in a nature 
of a substitute. The rule makes in order only those further amendments 
printed in part A of 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 part A of the report. The rule provides one motion to 
recommit with or without instructions. Additionally, the rule granted a 
structured rule for H.R. 1731. The rule provides one hour of general 
debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Homeland Security. 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 
114-12 and provides that it shall be considered as read. The rule 
waives all points of

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order against that amendment in the nature of a substitute. The rule 
makes in order only those further amendments printed in part B of 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 part B of 
the report. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions. In section 3, the rule directs the Clerk to, in the 
engrossment of H.R. 1560, add the text of H.R. 1731, as passed by the 
House, as a new matter at the end of H.R. 1560 and make conforming 
modifications in the engrossment. The rule provides that upon the 
addition of the text of H.R. 1731, as passed by the House, to the 
engrossment of H.R. 1560, H.R. 1731 shall be laid on the table. 
Testimony was heard from Chairman Nunes, Chairman McCaul, and 
Representatives Schiff, Himes, Polis, Yoder, and Thompson of 
Mississippi.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a markup on H.R. 571, the ``Veterans Affairs 
Retaliation Prevention Act of 2015''; H.R. 1015, the ``Protecting 
Business Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2015''; H.R. 1016, the 
``Biological Implant Tracking and Veteran Safety Act of 2015''; and 
H.R. 1017, the ``Veterans Information Security Improvement Act''. The 
following bills were forwarded to the full committee, as amended: H.R. 
571, H.R. 1015, H.R. 1016, and H.R. 1017.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.