[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 81 (Monday, May 23, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D562-D563]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
REDUCING REGULATORY BURDENS ACT OF 2015; SENATE AMENDMENT TO TSCA 
MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2015; ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 897, the 
``Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2015''; Senate amendment to H.R. 
2576, the ``TSCA Modernization Act of 2015''; and H.R. 5055, the 
``Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2017''. The committee granted, by voice vote, a rule that provides for 
the consideration of the Senate amendment to H.R. 2576. The rule makes 
in order a motion offered by the chair of the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce or his designee that the House concur in the Senate amendment 
to H.R. 2576 with an amendment inserting the text of Rules Committee 
Print 114-54, modified by the amendment printed in the Rules Committee 
report, in lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate. 
The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the motion 
and provides that the motion is not subject to a demand for division of 
the question. 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 Energy and Commerce. 
Additionally, the Committee granted a closed rule for H.R. 897. The 
rule provides one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the 
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure. The rule waives all points of order against 
consideration of the bill. The rule provides that an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 
114-53 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 provides one motion to 
recommit with or without instructions. The Committee granted, by voice 
vote, a modified-open rule for H.R. 5055. The rule provides one hour of 
general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. The rule waives all 
points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule

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waives points of order against provisions in the bill for failure to 
comply with clause 2 of rule XXI. The rule provides that after general 
debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute 
rule except that: (1) amendments shall be debatable for 10 minutes 
equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent; and 
(2) no pro forma amendments shall be in order except that the chair and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their 
respective designees may offer up to 10 pro forma amendments each at 
any point for the purpose of debate. The rule authorizes the Chair to 
accord priority in recognition to Members who have pre-printed their 
amendments in the Congressional Record. The rule provides one motion to 
recommit with or without instructions. In section 2, the rule provides 
that section 508 of H.R. 5055 shall be considered to be a spending 
reduction account for purposes of section 3(d) of House Resolution 5. 
In section 3, the rule provides that during consideration of H.R. 5055, 
section 3304 of Senate Concurrent Resolution 11 shall not apply. 
Testimony was heard from Chairman Upton and Representatives Pallone, 
Shimkus, Gene Green of Texas, Rouzer, Simpson, and Kaptur.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.