[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 86 (Monday, June 1, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D618-D619]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016; COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 2577, the 
``Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2016''; and H.R. 2578, the ``Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016''. The committee 
granted, by record vote of 9-3, modified-open rules for H.R. 2577 and 
H.R. 2578. The rule provides one hour of general debate on each bill 
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 each bill. The rule waives points of order 
against provisions in each bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of 
rule XXI. The rule provides that after general debate each bill shall 
be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule except that: 1) 
amendments shall be debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and 
controlled by the proponent and an opponent and shall not be subject to 
amendment; and 2) no pro forma amendments shall be in order except that 
the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Appropriations or their respective designees may offer up to 10 pro 
forma amendments each at any point for the purpose of debate. 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 each bill with or without instructions. 
Testimony

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was heard from Representatives Culberson, Fattah, Diaz-Balart, and 
Price of North Carolina.
CIRCUMVENTION OF CONTRACTS IN THE PROVISION OF NON-VA HEALTHCARE
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Circumvention of Contracts in 
the Provision of Non-VA Healthcare''. Testimony was heard from Edward 
J. Murray, Acting Assistant Secretary for Management and Interim Chief 
Financial Officer, Office of Management, Department of Veterans 
Affairs; Jan Frye, Deputy Assistant Secretary and Senior Procurement 
Executive, Office of Acquisition and Logistics, Department of Veterans 
Affairs; Randall Williamson, Director, Healthcare, Government 
Accountability Office; and a public witness.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.