[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 142 (Tuesday, September 20, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D951-D952]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Full Committee began a markup on H.R. 
2566, the ``Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act of 2016''; 
H.R. 2669, the ``Anti-Spoofing Act of 2016''; H.R. 1192, the ``National 
Diabetes Clinical Care Commission Act''; H.R. 1209, the ``Improving 
Access to Maternity Care Act''; H.R. 1877, the ``Mental Health First 
Aid Act of 2015''; H.R. 2713, the ``Title VIII Nursing Workforce 
Reauthorization Act of 2015''; H.R. 3537, the ``Synthetic Drug Control 
Act of 2015''; and H.R. 4365, the ``Protecting Patient Access to 
Emergency Medications Act of 2016''.
CLASSIFICATIONS AND REDACTIONS IN FBI'S INVESTIGATIVE FILE
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Full Committee concluded 
a hearing entitled ``Classifications and Redactions in FBI's 
Investigative File''.
REVIEW ACT OF 2016; IRANIAN LEADERSHIP ASSET TRANSPARENCY ACT; 
EMPOWERING EMPLOYEES THROUGH STOCK OWNERSHIP ACT
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 3438, the 
``REVIEW Act of 2016''; H.R. 5461, the ``Iranian Leadership Asset 
Transparency Act''; H.R. 5719, the ``Empowering Employees through Stock 
Ownership Act''. The committee granted, by voice vote, a structured 
rule for H.R. 3438. 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 the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary 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 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. The Committee also granted a closed rule for H.R. 
5719. 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 the amendment in the 
nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means 
now printed in the bill 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. Finally, in section 3 
the rule provides that it shall be in order at any time on the 
legislative day of September 22, 2016, or September 23, 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. The Committee granted, by voice vote, a 
structured rule for H.R. 5461. The rule provides

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one hour of general 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 
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 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. Testimony was 
heard from Chairman Hensarling, and Representatives Paulsen, Crowley, 
Marino, Johnson of Georgia, and Maxine Waters of California.
VA PROCUREMENT: IDENTIFYING OBSTACLES TO REFORM
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``VA Procurement: Identifying 
Obstacles to Reform''. Testimony was heard from Greg Giddens, Executive 
Director, Acquisition, Logistics and Construction, Department of 
Veterans Affairs; and Michele Mackin, Director, Acquisition and 
Sourcing Management, Government Accountability Office.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.