[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 102 (Tuesday, June 18, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D692-D694]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
2020
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 3055, the 
``Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2020'' [Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military 
Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban 
Development Appropriations Act, 2020]. The Committee granted, by record 
vote of 8-4, a structured rule providing for consideration of H.R. 
3055, the ``Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military 
Construction, Veterans Affairs,

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Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 
2020''. 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 116-18, 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 XXI. 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 Rules Committee 
report not considered as part of amendments en bloc, amendments en bloc 
described in section 3, and pro forma amendments described in section 
4. Each amendment printed in the report not considered as part of 
amendments en bloc 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may be withdrawn by the proponent at any time before action thereon, 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. The 
rule provides that the chair of the Committee on Appropriations or her 
designee may offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed 
in the report 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 or their designees, 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 provides that the chair 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their 
designees may offer up to 15 pro forma amendments each at any point for 
the purpose of debate. The rule provides that at the conclusion of 
consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and 
report the bill, as amended, to the House with such further amendments 
as may have been adopted. The question of such further amendments' 
adoption shall be put to the House en gros and without division of the 
question. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions. The rule provides that during consideration of H.R. 3055, 
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. 
This does not apply to amendments between the Houses. The rule provides 
that during the further consideration of H.R. 2740, the amendment 
printed in part C of the Rules Committee report shall be considered as 
adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. The question of 
the adoption of further amendments to H.R. 2740 reported from the 
Committee of the Whole shall be put to the House en gros and without 
division of the question. The rule provides that during consideration 
of H.R. 3055 or during the further consideration of H.R. 2740, the 
Chair may entertain a motion that the Committee rise only if offered by 
the chair of the Committee on Appropriations or her designee. The Chair 
may not entertain a motion to strike out the enacting words of the 
bill. The rule provides that on any legislative day during the period 
from June 28, 2019, through July 8, 2019: the Journal of the 
proceedings of the previous day shall be considered as approved; and 
the Chair may at any time declare the House adjourned to meet at a date 
and time to be announced by the Chair in declaring the adjournment. The 
rule provides that the Speaker may appoint Members to perform the 
duties of the Chair for the duration of the period addressed by section 
9 of the resolution. The rule provides that each day during the period 
addressed by section 9 of the resolution shall not constitute a 
legislative day for the purposes of clause 7 of rule XV. The rule 
provides for consideration of concurrent resolutions providing for 
adjournment during the month of July, 2019. The rule provides that it 
shall be in order at any time on the legislative day of June 27, 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 Representatives Serrano, Aderholt, Price of 
North Carolina, Diaz-Balart, Bishop of Georgia, Fortenberry, McCollum, 
Joyce of Ohio, Wasserman Schultz, Carter of Texas, Allen, Balderson, 
Barr, Gianforte, Sablan, Grothman, Schneider, Lesko, Pence, Rutherford, 
Schweikert, and Stauber.

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Joint Meetings
NON-ASYLUM PROTECTION
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: On Friday, June 14, 
2019, Commission received a briefing on non-asylum protection in the 
United States and the European Union from Jill H. Wilson, Analyst in 
Immigration Policy, Congressional Research Service, Library of 
Congress; Sui Chung, Immigration Law and Litigation Group, on behalf of 
the American Immigration Lawyers Association, and Marleine Bastien, 
Haitian Women of Miami, Inc., both of Miami, Florida; and Catherine 
Woollard, European Council on Refugees and Exiles, Brussels, Belgium.