[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 55 (Tuesday, April 12, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D354-D355]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
NO RATE REGULATION OF BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS ACT; FINANCIAL 
STABILITY OVERSIGHT COUNCIL REFORM ACT; AND A BILL TO RAISE THE 
CONSOLIDATED ASSETS THRESHOLD UNDER THE SMALL BANK HOLDING COMPANY 
POLICY STATEMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 2666, the 
``No Rate Regulation of Broadband Internet Access Act''; H.R. 3340, the 
``Financial Stability Oversight Council Reform Act''; and H.R. 3791, to 
raise the consolidated assets threshold under the small bank holding 
company policy statement, and for other purposes. The committee 
granted, by voice vote, a structured rule. The rule provides one hour 
of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 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 
Energy and Commerce 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

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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 granted, by voice vote a structured rule 
for H.R. 3340. The rule provides one hour of debate equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Financial Services. The rule waives all points of order against 
consideration of the bill. The rule provides that the amendment in the 
nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Financial 
Services 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 the further amendment printed in part A of the 
Rules Committee report, if offered by the Member designated in the 
report, which 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 amendment printed in part A of 
the report. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions. The rule also granted a structured rule for H.R. 3791. 
The rule provides one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by 
the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Financial 
Services. 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 the amendment printed in part B of the Rules 
Committee report, if offered by the Member designated in the report, 
which 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 amendment printed in part B of the report. 
The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 
Testimony was heard from Chairman Hensarling, Chairman Price of 
Georgia, and Representatives Kinzinger of Illinois, Eshoo, Yarmuth, and 
Maxine Waters of California.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.