[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 13, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D156-D157]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 3978, the 
``TRID Improvement Act of 2017''; H.R. 3299, the ``Protecting 
Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2017''; and H.R. 620, the ``ADA 
Education and Reform Act of 2017''. The Committee granted, by record 
vote of 7-4, a structured rule for H.R. 620. 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 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, 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. 3299 closed 
rule. The rule provides one hour of debate equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Financial Services. 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 provides one motion to recommit. In 
section 3, the rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3978 under a 
structured rule. The rule provides one hour of debate equally divided 
and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Financial Services. 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 115-59, modified by the amendment printed in part B of the Rules 
Committee report, shall be considered

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as adopted and 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 the further amendment printed in 
part C of the Rules Committee report, if offered by the Member 
designated in the report, which 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 amendment 
printed in part C of the report. The rule provides one motion to 
recommit with or without instructions. In section 4, the rule provides 
that on any legislative day during the period from February 16, 2018, 
through February 23, 2018: the Journal of the proceedings of the 
previous day shall be considered as approved; and the Chair may at any 
time declare the House adjourned to meet at a date and time to be 
announced by the Chair in declaring the adjournment. In section 5, the 
rule provides that the Speaker may appoint Members to perform the 
duties of the Chair for the duration of the period addressed by section 
4. Testimony was heard from Representatives Hill, Maxine Waters of 
California, Marino, Nadler, Poe of Texas, and Langevin.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.