[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 34 (Monday, February 25, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D177-D178]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
RELATING TO A NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED BY THE PRESIDENT ON FEBRUARY 
15, 2019; BIPARTISAN BACKGROUND CHECKS ACT OF 2019; ENHANCED BACKGROUND 
CHECKS ACT OF 2019
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.J. Res. 46, 
relating to a national emergency declared by the President on February 
15, 2019; H.R. 8, the ``Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019''; and 
H.R. 1112, the ``Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019''. The 
Committee granted, by record vote of 8-4, a structured rule providing 
for consideration of H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 
2019, and H.R. 1112, the Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019. The 
rule provides one hour of general debate on the bill 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 
purpose of amendment an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 116-5 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 A of the Rules Committee 
report accompanying the resolution. 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. Section 2 of the rule provides 
for consideration of H.R. 1112, the Enhanced Background Checks Act of 
2019, under a structured rule. The rule provides one hour of general 
debate on the bill 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 
provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of 
the text of Rules Committee Print 116-6 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 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. The Committee granted, by record 
vote of 8-4, a closed rule providing for consideration of H.J. Res. 46, 
relating to a national emergency declared by the President on February 
15, 2019. The rule provides one hour of debate equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure. The rule waives all points of order 
against consideration of the joint resolution. The rule provides that 
the joint resolution shall be considered as read. The rule waives all

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points of order against provisions in the joint resolution. The rule 
provides one motion to recommit. Finally, the rule provides that the 
provisions of section 202 of the National Emergencies Act shall not 
apply during the remainder of the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress to a 
joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared by the 
President on February 15, 2019. Testimony was heard by Chairman Nadler 
and Representatives Collins, Lesko, Armstrong, Cline, and Gianforte.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.