[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 170 (Monday, October 23, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1109-D1110]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
SUNSHINE FOR REGULATIONS AND REGULATORY DECREES AND SETTLEMENTS ACT OF 
2017; STOP SETTLEMENT SLUSH FUNDS ACT OF 2017
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 469, the 
``Sunshine for Regulations and Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act 
of 2017''; and H.R. 732, the ``Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 
2017''. The Committee granted, by record vote of 8-4, a structured rule 
for H.R. 469. 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 an amendment in the nature

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of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 115-34 
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 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, 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. In section 2, the rule provides 
for consideration of H.R. 732 under 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 the 
Judiciary. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of 
the bill. The rule provides that the amendments recommended by the 
Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill shall be considered 
as adopted, and provides that 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 makes in order only those further 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 
Chairman Goodlatte, and Representatives Raskin and Jackson Lee.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.