[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 106 (Monday, June 24, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D742-D743]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020; 
SECURING AMERICA'S FEDERAL ELECTIONS ACT; EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL 
APPROPRIATIONS FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND SECURITY AT THE SOUTHERN 
BORDER ACT, 2019
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 3351, the 
``Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2020''; 
H.R. 2722, the ``Securing America's Federal Elections Act''; and H.R. 
3401, the ``Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian 
Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act, 2019''. The 
Committee granted, by record vote of 8-4, a rule providing for 
consideration of H.R. 2722, the ``Securing America's Federal Elections 
Act'', and H.R. 3351, the ``Financial Services and General Government 
Appropriations Act, 2020''. Section 1 of the rule provides for 
consideration of H.R. 2722, the ``Securing America's Federal Elections 
Act'', under a closed rule. The rule provides one hour of 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 116-20, 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. The rule provides one 
motion to recommit with or without instructions. Section 2 of the rule 
waives the requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII for a two-thirds 
vote to consider a report from the Committee on Rules on the same day 
it is presented to the House with respect to any resolution reported 
through the legislative day of June 27, 2019, relating to a measure 
making appropriations. Section 3 of the rule provides for consideration 
of H.R. 3351, the ``Financial Services and General Government 
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 the bill shall be considered as read. The rule 
waives all points of order against provisions in the bill for failure 
to comply with clause 2 or clause 5(a) of rule XXI. Section 4 of the 
rule makes in order only those amendments printed in part B of the 
report, amendments en bloc described in section 5, and pro forma 
amendments described in section 6. 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 6, and shall not be subject 
to a demand for division of the question. All points of order against 
the amendments printed in Part B of the report or against amendments en 
bloc described in section 5 of the rule are waived. Section 5 of the 
rule provides that the chair of the Committee on Appropriations or her 
designee may offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed 
in Part B of 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 6, and shall not be subject to 
a demand for division of the question. Section 6 provides that during 
consideration of the bill for amendment, the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Appropriations or their designees each may 
offer up to five pro forma amendments each to the bill at any point for 
the purpose of debate. Section 7 of the rule provides that at the 
conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee 
shall rise and report the bill to the House with such amendments as may 
have been adopted. In the case of sundry

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amendments reported from the Committee, the question of their 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. 
Testimony was heard from Chairman Lowey, Chairman Lofgren, and 
Representatives Granger, DeLauro, Cole, Roybal-Allard, Fleischmann, 
Burgess, Stivers, Roy, Rodney Davis of Illinois, Quigley, Graves of 
Georgia, and Grothman.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.