[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 95 (Monday, June 15, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D703-D704]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016; PROTECT MEDICAL 
INNOVATION ACT OF 2015; PROTECTING SENIORS' ACCESS TO MEDICARE ACT OF 
2015
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 2596, the 
``Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016''; H.R. 160, the 
``Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2015''; and H.R. 1190, the 
``Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015''. The committee 
granted, by record vote of 7-3, a structured rule for H.R. 2596. 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 
purpose of amendment an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 114-19 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 the motion to 
reconsider the vote on the question of concurring in the matter 
comprising the remainder of title 2 (TAA) of the Senate amendment to 
H.R. 1314 may continue to be postponed through the legislative day of 
Thursday, July 30, 2015. Testimony was heard from Chairman Nunes, 
Chairman Ryan of Wisconsin, and Representatives Schiff, Amash, Farr, 
Pitts, and Pallone.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.

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