[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 79 (Tuesday, May 15, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D525-D526]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies held a markup on the FY 2019 Interior, Environment, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. The FY 2019 Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill was forwarded to 
the full Committee, without amendment.
AGRICULTURE AND NUTRITION ACT OF 2018; PROTECT AND SERVE ACT OF 2018; 
VETERANS CEMETERY BENEFIT CORRECTION ACT
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 2, the 
``Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018'' [General Debate]; H.R. 5698, 
the ``Protect and Serve Act of 2018''; and S. 2372, the ``Veterans 
Cemetery Benefit Correction Act''. The Committee granted, by record 
vote of 6-3, a structured rule providing for the consideration of H.R. 
5698. Provides one hour of 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 the further amendment printed in part A 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 A of 
the report. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions. In section 2, the rule provides for the consideration of 
S. 2372 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 Veterans' Affairs. 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 H.R. 
5674, as reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, modified by 
the amendment printed in part B of the Rules Committee report, 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 provides one motion to recommit with or 
without instructions. Finally, in section 3, the rule provides for the 
consideration of H.R. 2 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 Agriculture. 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 
Agriculture now printed in the bill and provides that it shall be 
considered as read. The rule waives all

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points of order against that amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
The rule makes in order only those further amendments printed in part C 
of the report. Each such amendment may be offered only in the order 
printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in 
this 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 C of 
the report. The rule provides that no further consideration of the bill 
shall be in order except pursuant to a subsequent order of the House. 
Testimony was heard from Chairman Conaway, and Representatives 
Rutherford, Jackson Lee, Roe of Tennessee, Takano, and Gonzalez of 
Texas.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.