[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 23, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D157-D158]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
APPROPRIATIONS--OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and 
General Government held a budget hearing on the Office of Management 
and Budget. Testimony was heard from Shaun Donovan, Director, Office of 
Management and Budget.
APPROPRIATIONS--DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies held a budget hearing on the Department 
of Commerce. Testimony was heard from Penny Pritzker, Secretary, 
Department of Commerce.
SHARE ACT; FRAUDULENT JOINDER PREVENTION ACT OF 2015
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 2406, the 
``SHARE Act''; H.R. 3624, the ``Fraudulent Joinder Prevention Act of 
2015''. The committee granted, by record vote of 7-3, a structured rule 
for H.R. 3624. 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 
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. The Committee on Rules, by record vote of 8-3, granted a 
structured rule for H.R. 2406. 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 makes in 
order as original text for the purpose of amendment the amendment in 
the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Natural 
Resources now printed in the bill 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. Testimony was heard 
from Representatives Buck, Cicilline, Wittman, Dingell, Lummis, 
Griffith of Virginia, Garamendi, and Ribble.
PERSIAN GULF WAR: AN ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH OUTCOMES ON THE 25TH 
ANNIVERSARY
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled

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``Persian Gulf War: An Assessment of Health Outcomes on the 25th 
Anniversary''. Testimony was heard from Carolyn Clancy, Deputy Under 
Secretary for Health for Organizational Excellence, Department of 
Veterans Affairs; and public witnesses.

Joint Meetings
DAV LEGISLATIVE PRESENTATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Senate Committee concluded a joint 
hearing with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the 
legislative presentation of the Disabled American Veterans, after 
receiving testimony from Moses A. McIntosh, Jr., Disabled American 
Veterans, Hephzibah, Georgia.