[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 133 (Wednesday, September 16, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D979-D980]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
REVIEW OF USDA ORGANIZATION AND PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION, PART II
Committee on Agriculture: Full Committee held a hearing to review USDA 
organization and program administration, part II. Testimony was heard 
from the following Department of Agriculture officials: Lisa Mensah, 
Under Secretary, Rural Development; Edward Avalos, Under Secretary, 
Marketing and Regulatory Programs; Alfred V. Almanza, Deputy Under 
Secretary, Food Safety; and Kevin W. Concannon, Under Secretary, Food, 
Nutrition, and Consumer Service.
OVERSIGHT OF FEDERAL FACILITY CLEANUP UNDER CERCLA
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Environment and the 
Economy concluded a hearing entitled ``Oversight of Federal Facility 
Cleanup under CERCLA''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
RAPID ACT; LAWSUIT ABUSE REDUCTION ACT OF 2015; DEFUND PLANNED 
PARENTHOOD ACT OF 2015; AND BORN-LIVE ABORTION SURVIVORS PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 348, the 
``RAPID Act''; H.R. 758, the ``Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2015''; 
H.R. 3134, the ``Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015''; and H.R. 
3504, the ``Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act''. The 
Committee granted, by record vote of 9-4, a structured rule for H.R. 
348. 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 an original bill 
for purpose of amendment an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 114-26 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. Additionally, the rule grants a closed rule for H.R. 758. 
The rule provides one hour of 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 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. Lastly, in section 3, the rule 
provides that it shall be in order at any time on the legislative day 
of September 24, 2015, for the Speaker to entertain motions that the 
House suspend the rules and that the Speaker or his designee shall 
consult

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with the Minority Leader or her designee on the designation of any 
matter for consideration pursuant to this section. The Committee 
granted, by record vote of 9-4, a closed rule for H.R. 3134. The rule 
provides one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce or 
their respective designees. The rule waives all points of order against 
consideration of the bill. The rule provides that the amendment printed 
in the Rules Committee report shall be considered as adopted and the 
bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. The rule waives all 
points of order against provisions in the bill as amended. The rule 
provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 
Additionally, the rule grants a closed rule for H.R. 3504. The rule 
provides one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their 
respective designees. 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. The 
rule provides that upon passage of H.R. 3134 the House shall be 
considered to have stricken all after the enacting clause of S. 764 and 
inserted the provisions of H.R. 3134, as passed by the House, and 
passed the Senate bill as so amended. The rule provides that upon 
passage of H.R. 3504 the House shall be considered to have stricken all 
after the enacting clause of S. 1603 and inserted the provisions of 
H.R. 3504, as passed by the House, and passed the Senate bill as so 
amended. Lastly, the rule provides that H. Res. 408 shall be laid on 
the table. Testimony was heard from Representatives Franks of Arizona, 
Cohen, Johnson of Georgia, Schakowsky, and Black.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.