[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 153 (Tuesday, October 20, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1103-D1104]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
EXAMINING LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS TO COMBAT OUR NATION'S DRUG ABUSE 
CRISIS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health reconvened a 
hearing entitled ``Examining Legislative Proposals to Combat Our 
Nation's Drug Abuse Crisis''. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
SOAR REAUTHORIZATION ACT; DEFAULT PREVENTION ACT; AND NATIONAL 
STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS PRODUCTION ACT OF 2015
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 10, the 
``SOAR Reauthorization Act''; H.R. 692, the ``Default Prevention Act''; 
and H.R. 1937, the ``National Strategic and Critical Minerals 
Production Act of 2015''. The committee granted, by voice vote, a 
structured rule for H.R. 10. The rule provides one hour of general 
debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The rule 
waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule 
provides that the amendments recommended by the Committee on Oversight 
and Government Reform now printed in the bill 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 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. 692. The rule provides one hour of debate equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Ways and Means. 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 
Committee granted, by voice vote, a structured rule for H.R. 1937. The 
rule provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled 
by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Natural 
Resources. 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 makes in order only those 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

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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 the report. The rule provides one 
motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard 
from Chairman Chaffetz and Representatives Norton, Hastings, Brady of 
Texas, Levin, Lamborn, and Lowenthal.

Joint Meetings
EUROPE'S REFUGEE CRISIS
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: Commission concluded 
a hearing to examine Europe's refugee crisis, focusing on how the 
United States, European Union, and the Organization for Security and 
Cooperation in Europe should respond, after receiving testimony from 
Anne C. Richard, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Population, 
Refugees, and Migration; Shelly Pitterman, Regional Representative to 
the United States and Caribbean, Office of the United Nations High 
Commissioner for Refugees, David O'Sullivan, Ambassador of the European 
Union to the United States, and Djerdj Matkovic, Ambassador of the 
Republic of Serbia to the United States, all of Washington, D.C.; and 
Sean Callahan, Catholic Relief Services, Baltimore, Maryland.