[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 93 (Monday, June 13, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D648]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
PREVENTING IRS ABUSE AND PROTECTING FREE SPEECH ACT; DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 5053, the 
``Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act''; and H.R. 5293, 
the ``Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017'' [general debate 
only]. The committee granted, by voice vote, a closed rule for H.R. 
5053. The rule provides one hour of debate equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Ways and Means. 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 
114-58 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. Additionally, the rule grants a 
general debate rule for H.R. 5293. 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 provides 
that no further consideration of the bill shall be in order except 
pursuant to a subsequent order of the House. In section 3, the rule 
provides that section 10002 of H.R. 5293 shall be considered to be a 
spending reduction account for purposes of section 3(d) of House 
Resolution 5. In section 4, the rule provides that during consideration 
of H.R. 5293, it shall not be in order to use a decrease in Overseas 
Contingency Operations funds to offset an amendment that increases an 
appropriation not designated as Overseas Contingency Operations funds 
or vice versa, but does not apply to amendments between the Houses. 
Finally, in section 5, the rule provides that during consideration of 
H.R. 5293, section 3304 of Senate Concurrent Resolution 11 shall not 
apply. Testimony was heard from Representatives Roskam, Frelinghuysen, 
and Visclosky.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.