[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 180 (Monday, November 6, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1175-D1176]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
HYDROPOWER POLICY MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2017; SAVE LOCAL BUSINESS ACT
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 3043, the 
``Hydropower Policy Modernization Act of 2017''; and H.R. 3441, the 
``Save Local Business Act''. The Committee granted, by record vote of 
9-2, a structured rule for H.R. 3043. The rule provides one hour of 
general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 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 
Energy and Commerce 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

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rule waives all points of order against the amendments printed in the 
report. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions. In section 2, the rule provides for consideration of H.R. 
3441 under a closed rule. The rule provides one hour of debate equally 
divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce. 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 
Education and the Workforce now printed in the bill shall be considered 
as adopted and 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 provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions. Testimony was heard from Chairman Walden and Foxx, and 
Representatives Rush, Babin, Garamendi, LaMalfa, Grothman, and Scott of 
Virginia. -
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Ways and Means: Full Committee began a markup on H.R. 1, 
the ``Tax Cuts and Jobs Act''.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.