[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 119 (Monday, July 27, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D886]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
REGULATIONS FROM THE EXECUTIVE IN NEED OF SCRUTINY ACT OF 2015
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 427, the 
``Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015''. The 
committee granted, by record vote of 8-3, a structured rule for H.R. 
427. The rule provides one hour of general debate equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
the Judiciary. 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 the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill 
modified by the amendment printed in part A 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 B of the 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 2, the rule provides 
that on any legislative day during the period from July 30, 2015 
through September 7, 2015: the Journal of the proceedings of the 
previous day shall be considered as approved; and the Chair may at any 
time declare the House adjourned to meet at a date and time to be 
announced by the Chair in declaring the adjournment. In section 3, the 
rule provides that the Speaker may appoint Members to perform the 
duties of the Chair for the duration of the period addressed by section 
2. In section 4, the rule provides that each day during the period 
addressed by section 2 of the resolution shall not constitute a 
calendar day for purposes of section 7 of the War Powers Resolution (50 
U.S.C. 1546). In section 5, the rule provides that each day during the 
period addressed by section 2 of the resolution shall not constitute a 
legislative day for purposes of clause 7 of rule XIII (resolutions of 
inquiry). In section 6, the rule provides that it shall be in order at 
any time on the legislative day of July 30, 2015, for the Speaker to 
entertain motions that the House suspend the rules and that the Speaker 
or his designee shall consult with the Minority Leader or her designee 
on the designation of any matter for consideration pursuant to this 
section. In section 7, the rule waives the requirement of clause 6(a) 
of rule XIII (requiring a two-thirds vote to consider a rule on the 
same day it is reported from the Rules Committee) with respect to any 
resolution reported through the legislative day of July 30, 2015. 
Finally, in section 8, the rule addresses access to the Chamber for the 
joint meeting to be held on September 24, 2015. Testimony was heard 
from Representatives Marino, Johnson of Georgia, and Young of Iowa.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.