[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 47 (Monday, March 19, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D303-D304]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
ALLEVIATING STRESS TEST BURDENS TO HELP INVESTORS ACT; TRICKETT 
WENDLER, FRANK MONGIELLO, JORDAN MCLINN, AND MATTHEW BELLINA RIGHT TO 
TRY ACT OF 2018
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 4566, the 
``Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act''; and H.R. 
5247, the ``Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and 
Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2018''. The Committee granted, by a 
voice vote, a structured rule for H.R. 4566. 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 115-65, shall be considered 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 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 the report. The rule 
provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. In 
section 2, the rule provides for the consideration of H.R. 5247 under a 
closed rule. The rule

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provides one hour of 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 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 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 March 23, 2018. In 
section 4, the rule provides that it shall be in order at any time on 
the legislative day of March 22, 2018, or March 23, 2018, 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. Finally, in section 5, the rule extends the 
Holman Rule standing order provided in H. Res. 5 through the end of the 
115th Congress. Testimony was heard from Representatives Poliquin, 
Maxine Waters of California, Griffith, and Pallone.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.