[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 2 (Tuesday, January 5, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D7]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
SUNSHINE FOR REGULATORY DECREES AND SETTLEMENTS ACT OF 2015; SCRUB ACT 
OF 2015; AND SENATE AMENDMENT TO RESTORING AMERICANS' HEALTHCARE 
FREEDOM RECONCILIATION ACT OF 2015
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 712, the 
``Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2015''; H.R. 
1155, the ``SCRUB Act of 2015''; and Senate amendment to H.R. 3762, the 
``Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015''. 
The committee granted, by record vote of 8-4, a rule that provides for 
consideration of the Senate amendment to H.R. 3762. The rule makes in 
order a motion offered by the chair of the Committee on the Budget or 
his designee that the House concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 
3762. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the 
motion. The rule provides that the Senate amendment and the motion 
shall be considered as read. The rule provides one hour of debate on 
the motion equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on the Budget or their respective 
designees. In section 2, the rule extends the staff deposition 
authority provided in H. Res. 5 to the Committees on Energy and 
Commerce; Financial Services; Science, Space, and Technology; and Ways 
and Means through the end of the 114th Congress. The Committee granted, 
by record vote of 8-4, a structured rule for H.R. 712. The rule 
provides one hour of general debate with 40 minutes equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
the Judiciary and 20 minutes 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 makes in order as original text for 
the purpose of amendment an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 114-37 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 A 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 A of 
the report. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions. Additionally, the rule grants a structured rule for H.R. 
1155. The rule provides one hour of general debate equally divided 
among and controlled by the chairs and ranking minority members of the 
Committee on the Judiciary and Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform. 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 part B 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 B of 
the report. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions. Testimony was heard from Chairman Price of Georgia, 
Chairman Chaffetz, and Representatives Yarmuth, Marino, Johnson of 
Georgia, and Connolly.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.