[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 106 (Monday, June 25, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D726-D727]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
STRENGTHENING FISHING COMMUNITIES AND INCREASING FLEXIBILITY IN 
FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT; ENDANGERED SALMON AND FISHERIES PREDATION 
PREVENTION ACT; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 200, the 
``Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in 
Fisheries Management Act''; H.R. 2083, the ``Endangered Salmon and 
Fisheries Predation Prevention Act''; and H.R. 6157, the ``Department 
of Defense Appropriations Act, 2019'' [General Debate]. The Committee 
granted, by record vote of 8-3, a rule providing for the consideration 
of H.R. 6157 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 Appropriations. 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 115-77 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, for failure 
to comply with clause 2 rule XXI, except beginning on page 86, line 1, 
through page 86, line 7. 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 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. In section 3, the rule provides that 
the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Appropriations or their respective designees may offer up to 10 pro 
forma amendments each at any point for the purpose of debate. In 
section 4, the rule provides that during consideration of H.R. 6157, it 
shall not be in order to use a decrease in Overseas Contingency 
Operations funds to offset an amendment that increases an appropriation 
not designated as Overseas Contingency Operations funds or vice versa, 
but does not apply to amendments between the Houses. In section 2, the 
rule provides for the consideration of H.R. 2083 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 
Natural Resources. 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 115-79 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 5, the rule provides that H. Res. 952 
is laid on the table. Testimony was

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heard from Chairman Royce of California, and Representatives Young of 
Alaska, Graves of Louisiana, Huffman, Gaetz, Granger, and Visclosky.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.