[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 5, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D216]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
FOR THE PEOPLE ACT OF 2019
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 1, the ``For 
the People Act of 2019''. The Committee granted, by record vote of 9-4, 
a structured rule providing for consideration of H.R. 1, the ``For the 
People Act of 2019''. The rule provides two hours of general debate 
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member 
of the Committee on House Administration. 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 116-7, modified by the amendment printed in part A of 
the Rules 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. Section 2 
of the rule makes in order only those further amendments printed in 
part B of the Rules Committee report and amendments en bloc described 
in section 3 of the rule. Each such amendment printed in part B of the 
report 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 or against amendments en 
bloc as described in section 3 of the rule. Section 3 of the rule 
provides that the chair of the Committee on House Administration or her 
designee may offer amendments en bloc at any time consisting of 
amendments not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc shall be 
considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided 
and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on House Administration or their designees, 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. Section 
4 of the rule provides, upon the conclusion of consideration of the 
bill for amendment, a final period of general debate, which shall not 
exceed 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on House Administration. The 
rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 
Section 5 of the rule provides that it shall be in order at any time 
through the legislative day of March 8, 2019, for the Speaker to 
entertain motions that the House suspend the rules as though under 
clause 1 of rule XV, and that the Speaker or her designee shall consult 
with the Minority Leader or his designee on the designation of any 
matter for consideration pursuant to this section. Testimony was heard 
from Chairman Lofgren, Chairman Takano, and Representatives Rodney 
Davis of Illinois, Suozzi, Lesko, Green of Texas, Davidson of Ohio, 
Meng, Hice of Georgia, Meadows, Pressley, and Rouda. -

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.