[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 111 (Monday, July 11, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D773-D774]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
UNITED STATES FINANCIAL SYSTEM PROTECTION ACT OF 2016; NO \2\H2O FROM 
IRAN ACT; A BILL TO HOLD IRAN ACCOUNTABLE FOR ITS STATE SPONSORSHIP OF 
TERRORISM AND OTHER THREATENING ACTIVITIES AND FOR ITS HUMAN RIGHTS 
ABUSES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 4992, the 
``United States Financial System Protection Act of 2016''; H.R. 5119, 
the ``No \2\H2O from Iran Act''; H.R. 5631, to hold Iran accountable 
for its state sponsorship of terrorism and other threatening activities 
and for its human rights abuses, and for other purposes; and H.R. 5538, 
the ``Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2017. The committee granted, by voice vote, a 
closed rule for H.R. 4992. 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 provides one motion to 
recommit. The rule also grants a closed rule for H.R. 5119. The rule 
provides one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 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 
provides one motion to recommit. Finally, the rule grants a closed rule 
for H.R. 5631. The rule provides one hour of debate equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs. 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

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waives all points of order against provisions in the bill. The rule 
provides one motion to recommit. The Committee granted, by record vote 
of 7-2, 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 Appropriations. The rule waives all points of order 
against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that the bill 
shall be considered as read through page 184, line 21. The rule waives 
points of order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply 
with clause 2 of rule XXI, except on page 71, line 19, through page 71, 
line 25. The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in the 
Rules Committee report, amendments en bloc described in section 3 of 
the rule, and pro forma amendments described in section 4 of the rule. 
Each amendment printed in the report 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 
or against amendments en bloc described in section 3 of the rule. In 
section 3, the rule provides that it shall be in order at any time for 
the chair of the Committee on Appropriations or his designee to offer 
amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed in the report not 
earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc shall be considered as read, 
shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the 
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or 
their designees, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be 
subject to a demand for division of the question. In section 4, the 
rule provides 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 provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 
In section 6, the rule provides that section 454 of H.R. 5538 shall be 
considered to be a spending reduction account for purposes of section 
3(d) of House Resolution 5. In section 7, the rule provides that during 
consideration of H.R. 5538, section 3304 of Senate Concurrent 
Resolution 11 shall not apply. In section 8, the rule provides that on 
any legislative day during the period from July 15, 2016, through 
September 5, 2016: the Journal of the proceedings of the previous day 
shall be considered as approved; and the Chair may at any time declare 
the House adjourned to meet at a date and time to be announced by the 
Chair in declaring the adjournment. In section 9, the rule provides 
that the Speaker may appoint Members to perform the duties of the Chair 
for the duration of the period addressed by section 8. In section 10, 
the rule provides that each day during the period addressed by sections 
8 of the resolution shall not constitute calendar days for the purposes 
of section 7 of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1546). In section 
11, the rule provides that each day during the period addressed by 
section 8 of the resolution shall not constitute a legislative day for 
purposes of clause 7 of rule XIII (resolutions of inquiry). In section 
12, the rule provides that for each day during the period addressed by 
section 8 shall not constitute a calendar or legislative day for 
purposes of clause 7(c)(1) of rule XXII (motions to instruct 
conferees). In section 13, the rule provides that it shall be in order 
at any time on the legislative day of July 14, 2016 or July 15, 2016, 
for the Speaker to entertain motions that the House suspend the rules 
and that the Speaker or his designee shall consult with the Minority 
Leader or her designee on the designation of any matter for 
consideration pursuant to this section. In section 14, the rule 
provides that the Committee on Appropriations may, at any time before 5 
p.m. on Friday, July 29, 2016, file privileged reports to accompany 
measures making appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2017. Testimony was heard from Chairman Royce, and Representatives 
Engel, Maxine Waters of California, Calvert, McCollum, Polis, Boustany, 
Cleaver, Griffith, Johnson of Georgia, Rohrabacher, Ben Ray Lujan of 
New Mexico, and Yoho.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.