[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 114 (Tuesday, July 9, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D794-D795]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 2500, the 
``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020''. The 
Committee granted, by record vote of 8-4, a structured rule providing 
for consideration of H.R. 2500, the ``National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2020''. The rule provides one hour of general 
debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Armed Services. 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 116-19, 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 makes in order 
only those further amendments printed in part B of the report and 
amendments en bloc described in section 3 of the resolution. Each 
amendment in part B 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may be withdrawn by the proponent at any time before action thereon, 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, and shall not be subject to a demand 
for division of the question. The rule waives all points of order 
against the further amendments printed in part B of the report or 
amendments en bloc described in section 3 of the resolution. The rule 
provides that the chair of the Committee on Armed Services or his 
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 Armed Services or their designees, shall not be subject to 
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 
question. 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 amendments' adoption shall be put to

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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 clause 7(a)(1) of rule XV shall not apply with respect to 
H.R. 553. Finally, the rule provides that it shall be in order at any 
time on the legislative day of July 11, 2019, or July 12, 2019, for the 
Speaker to entertain motions that the House suspend the rules, as 
though under clause 1 of rule XV, relating to the bill (H.R. 1327) to 
extend authorization for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 
2001 through fiscal year 2090, and for other purposes. Testimony was 
heard from Chairman Smith of Washington, and Representatives 
Thornberry, Garamendi, Armstrong, Bacon, Barr, Bishop of Utah, Dunn, 
Gallagher, Hartzler, Lesko, Mast, Olson, Pence, Smith of New Jersey, 
Shimkus, Stauber, Yoho, Stivers, Wilson of South Carolina, and 
Wenstrup.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.