[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 76 (Monday, May 18, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D558-D559]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
AMERICA COMPETES REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2015; LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016; HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION FUNDING ACT OF 
2015
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 1806, the 
``America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2015''; H.R. 2250, the 
``Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2016''; and H.R. 2353, the 
``Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015''. The committee 
granted, by a record vote of 9-4, a structured rule for H.R. 1806. The 
rule provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled 
by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Science, 
Space, and Technology. 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 114-15 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 part A 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 grants a structured rule for H.R. 
2250. 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 and provides that the bill shall be 
considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against 
provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI. 
The rule makes in order only those 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

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points of order against the amendments printed in part B of the report. 
The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 
Lastly, the rule grants a closed rule for H.R. 2353. The rule provides 
one hour of 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 provides that the bill shall be 
considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against 
provisions in the bill. The rule provides one motion to recommit. 
Testimony was heard from Chairman Shuster, Chairman Smith of Texas, and 
Representatives Graves of Georgia, Wasserman Schultz, Farr, Black, 
Gosar, Blum, Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Veasey, Griffith, and Ted 
Lieu of California.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.