[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 142 (Tuesday, September 5, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D914-D915]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018
Committee on Rules: Full Committee began a hearing on H.R. 3354, the 
``Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2018'' [Make America Secure and Prosperous 
Appropriations Act, 2018]. The Committee granted, by record vote of 9-
3, a structured rule for H.R. 3354. The rule provides two hours 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 an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text 
of Rules Committee Print 115-31, modified by Rules Committee Print 115-
32 and the amendment printed in part A of the Rules Committee report, 
shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be 
considered as read. The rule waives points of order against provisions 
in the bill, as amended, for failure to comply with clause 2 or clause 
5(a) of rule XXI, except beginning with the colon on page 327, line 22, 
through ``crime'' on page 328, line 2; beginning with the semicolon on 
page 535, line 12, through ``(12 U.S.C. 3907(b)(2).'' on page 536, line 
14; and section 7080. The rule provides that where points of order are 
waived against part of a section, a point of order may only be raised 
against the exposed provision and not the entire section. The rule 
makes in order only those further amendments printed in part B of the 
Rules Committee report, amendments en bloc described in section 3 of 
the resolution, and pro forma amendments described in section 4 of the 
resolution. Each further 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controlled by the proponent and an opponent, may be withdrawn by the 
proponent at any time before action thereon, 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 or against amendments en bloc described 
in section 3 of the resolution. The rule provides that 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, except as provided by section 4 of the resolution, and shall 
not be subject to a demand for division of the question. The rule 
provides that the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Appropriations or their respective designees may offer up to 20 pro 
forma amendments each at any point for the purpose of debate. The rule 
provides that no further consideration of the bill shall be in order 
except pursuant to a subsequent order of the House. The rule provides 
that during consideration of H.R. 3354, 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. The rule provides that it shall be in 
order at any time through the legislative day of September 9, 2017, 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 rule Waives clause 6(a) of rule XIII 
(requiring a two-thirds vote to consider a rule on the same day it is 
reported from the Rules Committee) against any resolution reported 
through the legislative day of September 9, 2017. Testimony was heard 
from Chairman Frelinghuysen and Representatives Lowey, Rogers of 
Kentucky, Roybal-Allard, Carter of Texas, Diaz-Balart, Price of North 
Carolina, Aderholt, Bishop of Georgia, Hastings, Polis, Lee, Barr, 
Bass, Buchanan, Blumenauer, Budd, Jackson Lee, Gaetz, Schiff, Mitchell, 
Perry, and Rothfus.

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