[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 73 (Tuesday, May 10, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D480]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
WILL PRESIDENT OBAMA PRIORITIZE THE RELEASE OF PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE 
IN VIETNAM?
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, 
Global Human Rights, and International Organizations held a hearing 
entitled ``Will President Obama Prioritize the Release of Prisoners of 
Conscience in Vietnam?''. Testimony was heard from a public witness.
A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTER-AGENCY TASK FORCE 
TO REVIEW, MODIFY, AND UPDATE BEST PRACTICES FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT AND 
PRESCRIBING PAIN MEDICATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; COMPREHENSIVE 
OPIOID ABUSE REDUCTION ACT OF 2016
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 4641, to 
provide for the establishment of an inter-agency task force to review, 
modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing 
pain medication, and for other purposes; and H.R. 5046, the 
``Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Reduction Act of 2016''. The committee 
granted, by voice vote, a structured rule for H.R. 4641. 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 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. 5046. 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 an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 114-52 
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 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 
Representatives Issa, Jackson Lee, Donovan, Danny K. Davis of Illinois, 
Mica, Keating, Rothfus, Levin, Brooks of Indiana, Kennedy, and Carter 
of Georgia.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.