[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 115 (Tuesday, July 10, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D785]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
UNFUNDED MANDATES INFORMATION AND TRANSPARENCY ACT OF 2017; RECLAMATION 
TITLE TRANSFER AND NON-FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE INCENTIVIZATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 50, the 
``Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2017''; and 
H.R. 3281, the ``Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-Federal 
Infrastructure Incentivization Act''. The Committee granted, by record 
vote of 6-3, a rule providing for the consideration of H.R. 50 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 Oversight and Government Reform. The rule waives all 
points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides 
that the amendment recommended by the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform now printed in the bill 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 those further amendments printed in 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 one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions. In section 2, the rule provides for the consideration of 
H.R. 3281 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 Natural Resources. 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. Testimony was heard from Chairman Foxx and Representative 
Lamborn.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.