[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 5 (Monday, January 9, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D24-D25]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
REGULATORY ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2017; HALOS ACT
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 5, the 
``Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017''; and H.R. 79, the ``HALOS 
Act''. The committee granted, by voice vote, a structured rule for H.R. 
5. The rule provides one hour of general debate equally divided and 
controlled by the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader or their 
respective designees. 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 part A of 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,

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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 Part A of the report. The rule provides one motion to 
recommit with or without instructions. Additionally, the rule granted a 
structured rule for H.R. 79. The rule provides one hour of general 
debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Financial Services or their respective 
designees. 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 part B of 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 part B of 
the report. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions. Testimony was heard from Representatives Huizenga, 
Marino, Johnson of Georgia, Graves of Louisiana, Jackson Lee, Young of 
Iowa, and Krishnamoorthi.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.