[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 96 (Monday, June 10, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D640-D641]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
        AUTHORIZING THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY TO INITIATE OR 
             INTERVENE IN JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS TO ENFORCE CERTAIN 
          SUBPOENAS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, 
            HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED 
                                 AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a markup and hearing on H. Res. 
    430, authorizing the Committee on the Judiciary to initiate or 
intervene in judicial proceedings to enforce certain subpoenas and for 
  other purposes [ORIGINAL JURISDICTION MARKUP]; and began hearing on 
  H.R. 2740, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
             Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations

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  Act, 2020 [Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Legislative 
   Branch, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water 
Development Appropriations Act, 2020]. The Committee granted, by record 
   vote of 8-4, a rule providing for consideration of H.R. 2740, the 
  ``Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Legislative Branch, 
 Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development 
Appropriations Act, 2020'', and H. Res. 430, authorizing the Committee 
 on the Judiciary to initiate or intervene in judicial proceedings to 
enforce certain subpoenas and for other purposes. Section 1 of the rule 
provides for consideration of H.R. 2740, the ``Labor, Health and Human 
   Services, Education, Legislative Branch, Defense, State, Foreign 
   Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 
2020'', 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 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 116-17, modified by the amendment printed in Part A of 
 the 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, for failure to comply with 
clause 2 of rule twenty one. The rule makes in order only those further 
amendments printed in Part B of the Rules Committee report, amendments 
 en bloc described in section 3, and pro forma amendments described in 
section 4. Each amendment printed in 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, may be withdrawn by the 
 proponent at any time before action thereon, shall not be subject to 
amendment except as provided by Section 4, 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 described in section 3. Section 3 of the rule 
   provides that the chair of the Committee on Appropriations or her 
  designee may offer amendments en bloc 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 Appropriations, 
shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand 
 for division of the question. Section 4 of the rule provides that the 
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or 
 their designees may offer up to fifteen pro forma amendments each for 
   the purpose of debate. Section 5 of the rule provides that at the 
conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment, the Committee of 
the Whole shall rise without motion and no further consideration of the 
  bill shall be in order except pursuant to a subsequent order of the 
House. Section 6 of the rule provides that during consideration of H.R. 
     2740, it shall not be in order to use a decrease in Overseas 
 Contingency Operations funds to offset an amendment that increases an 
 appropriation not designated as Overseas Contingency Operations funds 
   or vice versa, but this does not apply to amendments between the 
  Houses. Section 7 of the rule provides for consideration of H. Res. 
    430, authorizing the Committee on the Judiciary to initiate or 
intervene in judicial proceedings to enforce certain subpoenas and for 
 other purposes, under a closed rule. The amendment in the nature of a 
  substitute recommended by the Committee on Rules now printed in the 
resolution shall be considered as adopted. The resolution, as amended, 
shall be considered as read. The previous question shall be considered 
     as ordered on the resolution, as amended, to adoption without 
 intervening motion or demand for division of the question except one 
hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
  minority member of the Committee on Rules. Testimony was heard from 
Chairman Lowey, and Representatives Rogers of Kentucky, DeLauro, Cole, 
                Kaptur, Simpson, Visclosky, and Calvert.
     LESSONS FROM THE MUELLER REPORT: PRESIDENTIAL OBSTRUCTION AND 
                                                      OTHER CRIMES
  Committee on the Judiciary: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
 ``Lessons from the Mueller Report: Presidential Obstruction and Other 
          Crimes''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Joint Meetings
       No joint committee meetings were held.

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