[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 15, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D43]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 268, the 
``Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019''. The Committee granted, by 
record vote of 8-4, a structured rule providing for consideration of 
H.R. 268. 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 116-2, modified by the amendment printed in part A of the 
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 
that clause 2(e) of rule XXI shall not apply during consideration of 
the bill. The rule makes in order only those further amendments printed 
in part B of the Committee report. Each such further amendment may be 
offered only in the order printed in this 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 this 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 in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. The rule 
waives all points of order against the amendments printed in this 
report. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions. The rule waives clause 6(a) of rule XIII (requiring a 
two-thirds vote to consider a rule on the same day it is reported from 
the Rules Committee) with respect to resolutions reported from the 
Rules Committee through the legislative day of January 23, 2019, making 
or continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2019. Testimony was heard from Chairman Lowey, and Representatives 
Granger, Garamendi, Dunn, Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico, Panetta, 
Graves of Louisiana, Mullin, and Westerman.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.