[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 97 (Tuesday, June 12, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D662-D663]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR RECOVERY IN VIABLE ENVIRONMENTS DEMONSTRATION 
PROGRAM ACT; STOP THE IMPORTATION AND TRAFFICKING OF SYNTHETIC 
ANALOGUES ACT OF 2017; SECURING THE INTERNATIONAL MAIL AGAINST OPIOIDS 
ACT OF 2018
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 5735, the 
``Transitional Housing for Recovery in Viable Environments 
Demonstration Program

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Act''; H.R. 2851, the ``Stop the Importation and Trafficking of 
Synthetic Analogues Act of 2017''; and H.R. 5788, the ``Securing the 
International Mail Against Opioids Act of 2018''. The Committee 
granted, by record vote of 7-4, a rule providing for the consideration 
of H.R. 2851 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 makes in 
order as original text for the purpose of amendment an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 
115-74 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 the consideration of H.R. 5735 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 Financial 
Services. 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 of a substitute consisting of the 
text of Rules Committee Print 115-73 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 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. Finally, 
in section 3, the rule provides for the consideration of H.R. 5788 
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 Ways and Means. The rule waives all points of order 
against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that the amendment 
printed in part C of the Rules Committee report, modified by the 
amendment printed in part D of the 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. 
Testimony was heard from Chairman Goodlatte, Chairman Brady of Texas, 
and Representatives Jackson Lee, Griffith, Barr, Rohrabacher, Maxine 
Waters of California, Bishop of Michigan, Faso, and Pascrell.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.