[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 88 (Monday, May 22, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D559]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
REDUCING REGULATORY BURDENS ACT OF 2017
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 953, the 
``Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2017''. The Committee granted, by 
record vote of 7-3, a structured rule for H.R. 953. The rule provides 
one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure. 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 115-21 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. Testimony was heard from Representative Gibbs.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.