[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 146 (Tuesday, September 4, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D969]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
EMPOWERING STUDENTS THROUGH ENHANCED FINANCIAL COUNSELING ACT; ENSURING 
SMALL SCALE LNG CERTAINTY AND ACCESS ACT
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 1635, the 
``Empowering Students Through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act''; and 
H.R. 4606, the ``Ensuring Small Scale LNG Certainty and Access Act''. 
The Committee granted, by record vote of 8-4, a rule providing for the 
consideration of H.R. 1635 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 Education and the 
Workforce. 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 those 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. 4606 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 Energy and Commerce. 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 
Energy and Commerce now printed in the bill 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 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. Testimony 
was heard from Representatives Johnson of Ohio, Pallone, Garamendi, 
Guthrie, Takano, and Lamb.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.