[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 104 (Tuesday, July 7, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D783]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
ASSURING NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE: INVESTING IN AMERICAN INDUSTRY TO END 
RELIANCE ON RUSSIAN ROCKET ENGINES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces held a 
hearing on June 26, 2015, entitled ``Assuring National Security Space: 
Investing in American Industry to End Reliance on Russian Rocket 
Engines''. Testimony was heard from Katrina G. McFarland, Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Department of Defense; General 
John E. Hyten, USAF, Commander, Air Force Space Command; Lieutenant 
General Samuel A. Greaves, USAF, Commander, Air Force Space and Missile 
Systems Center; and public witnesses.
STUDENT SUCCESS ACT; RESILIENT FEDERAL FORESTS ACT OF 2015
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 5, the 
``Student Success Act'' [meeting II]; and H.R. 2647, the ``Resilient 
Federal Forests Act of 2015''. The committee granted, by record vote of 
9-4, a rule that provides for further consideration of H.R. 5 under a 
structured rule. The rule makes in order pursuant to H. Res. 125 the 
further amendments to H.R. 5 printed in part A of the Rules Committee 
Report. The rule also grants a structured rule for H.R. 2647. The rule 
provides one hour of general debate equally divided among and 
controlled by the chairs and ranking minority members of the Committee 
on Agriculture and the Committee on Natural Resources. 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 
114-21, modified by the amendment printed in part B of the Rules 
Committee report, 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 C 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 C of the report. The rule provides one motion to 
recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from 
Chairman Bishop of Utah, and Representatives Thompson of Pennsylvania, 
Westerman, Polis, Huelskamp, Walker, and Buck.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.