[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 90 (Wednesday, June 8, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D625-D626]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
                                            MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
 Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health concluded a 
   markup on H.R. 3299, the ``Strengthening Public Health Emergency 
 Response Act of 2015''; and H.R. 921, the ``Sports Medicine Licensure 
  Clarity Act of 2015''. H.R. 3299 and H.R. 921 were forwarded to the 
                      full committee, as amended.
                                            MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
      Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, 
   Manufacturing, and Trade began a markup on the ``FTC Process and 
  Transparency Reform Act of 2016''; H.R. 5111, the ``Consumer Review 
  Fairness Act''; H.R. 5092, the ``Reinforcing American Made Products 
     Act''; and H.R. 5104, the ``Better Online Ticket Sales Act''.
      THE ENEMY IN OUR BACKYARD: EXAMINING TERROR FUNDING STREAMS 
                                                FROM SOUTH AMERICA
 Committee on Financial Services: Task Force to Investigate Terrorism 
    Financing held a hearing entitled ``The Enemy in Our Backyard: 
 Examining Terror Funding Streams from South America''. Testimony was 
                      heard from public witnesses.
                                            MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
 Committee on Homeland Security: Full Committee held a markup on H.R. 
5064, the ``Improving Small Business Cyber Security Act of 2016''; H.R. 
5253, the ``Strong Visa Integrity Secures America Act''; H.R. 5390, the 
  ``Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Agency Act of 2016''; 
H.R. 5388, the ``Support for Rapid Innovation Act of 2016''; H.R. 5389, 
 the ``Leveraging Emerging Technologies Act of 2016''; H.R. 5391, the 
``Gains in Global Nuclear Detection Architecture Act''; and H.R. 5385, 
the ``Quadrennial Homeland Security Review Technical Correction Act of 
  2016''. The following bills were ordered reported, as amended: H.R. 
  5064, H.R. 5253, H.R. 5385, and H.R. 5390. The following bills were 
  ordered reported, without amendment: H.R. 5388, H.R. 5389, and H.R. 
                                 5391.
                                             MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on the Judiciary: Full Committee held a markup on H.R. 4768, 
  the ``Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2016''. H.R. 4768 was 
                     ordered reported, as amended.
        PUERTO RICO OVERSIGHT, MANAGEMENT, AND ECONOMIC STABILITY 
                  ACT; LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017
  Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 5278, the 
``Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act''; and 
  H.R. 5325, the ``Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017''. The 
 committee granted, by record vote of 9-2, a structured rule for H.R. 
5325. 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 and provides that it shall be considered as 
  read. The rule waives all points of order against provisions in the 
bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI. The rule makes in 
order only those 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

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   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. In section 2, the 
 rule provides that during consideration of H.R. 5325, section 3304 of 
Senate Concurrent Resolution 11 shall not apply. The Committee granted, 
 by voice vote, a structured rule for H.R. 5278. 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 purpose of amendment an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee 
Print 114-57 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. In section 2, the rule provides that upon passage 
 of H.R. 5278, the House shall be considered to have: (1) stricken all 
 after the enacting clause of S. 2328 and inserted in lieu thereof the 
  provisions of H.R. 5278, as passed by the House; and (2) passed the 
Senate bill as so amended. Testimony was heard from Chairman Bishop of 
Utah, and Representatives Graves of Georgia, Wasserman Schultz, Jones, 
    Castro of Texas, Massie, Welch, Grijalva, Graves of Louisiana, 
Bordallo, Sablan, Polis, Barr, Gutierrez, Fleming, Palmer, and Sanford.
       PRIVATE SECTOR WEATHER FORECASTING: ASSESSING PRODUCTS AND 
                                                      TECHNOLOGIES
     Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on 
     Environment held a hearing entitled ``Private Sector Weather 
Forecasting: Assessing Products and Technologies''. Testimony was heard 
                         from public witnesses.
      MEMBER PROPOSALS TO IMPROVE AND SUSTAIN THE MEDICARE PROGRAM
 Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on 
Member proposals to improve and sustain the Medicare program. Testimony 
was heard from Representatives Boustany, Dold, Noem, Reichert, Crowley, 
Larson of Connecticut, Meehan, Renacci, Mooney of West Virginia, Smith 
                       of New Jersey, and Zeldin.
Joint Meetings
       No joint committee meetings were held.

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