[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 118 (Monday, July 15, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D840-D842]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
OVERCROWDING AND PROLONGED DETENTION AT CBP FACILITIES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship 
held a hearing entitled ``Overcrowding and Prolonged Detention at CBP 
Facilities''. Testimony was heard from Diana R. Shaw, Assistant 
Inspector General for Special Reviews and Evaluations, Office of 
Inspector General, Department of Homeland Security.
VIOLATIONS OF THE HATCH ACT UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, PART II: 
KELLYANNE CONWAY
Committee on Oversight and Reform: Full Committee held a hearing 
entitled ``Violations of the Hatch Act Under the Trump Administration, 
Part II: Kellyanne Conway''.
DAMON PAUL NELSON AND MATTHEW YOUNG POLLARD INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION 
ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020; RAISE THE WAGE ACT; RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING 
THAT THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FIND WILLIAM P. BARR, ATTORNEY 
GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES, AND WILBUR L. ROSS, JR., SECRETARY OF 
COMMERCE, IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS FOR REFUSAL TO COMPLY WITH SUBPOENAS 
DULY ISSUED BY THE COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND REFORM; CONDEMNING 
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S RACIST COMMENTS DIRECTED AT MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 3494, the 
``Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020''; H.R. 582, the ``Raise the 
Wage Act''; a Resolution Recommending that the House of Representatives 
find William P. Barr, Attorney General of the United States, and Wilbur 
L. Ross, Jr., Secretary of Commerce, in Contempt of Congress for 
Refusal to Comply with Subpoenas Duly Issued by the Committee on 
Oversight and Reform; and H. Res. 489, condemning President Trump's 
racist comments directed at Members of Congress. The Committee granted, 
by record vote of 8-4, a rule providing for consideration of H.R. 3494, 
the ``Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020'', H. Res.--(H. 
Rept. 116-125), the Resolution Recommending that the House of 
Representatives find William P. Barr, Attorney General

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of the United States, and Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., Secretary of Commerce, 
in Contempt of Congress for Refusal to Comply with Subpoenas Duly 
Issued by the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and H. Res. 489, 
Condemning President Trump's racist comments directed at Members of 
Congress. The rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3494, the ``Damon 
Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 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 Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence. 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 116-22, 
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 Rules Committee report. Each such amendment 
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. The rule provides one motion to 
recommit with or without instructions. The rule provides that if House 
Report 116-125 is called up by direction of the Committee on Oversight 
and Reform, all points of order against the report shall be waived and 
it shall be considered as read. The rule provides for consideration of 
the resolution accompanying House Report 116-125 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 Oversight and 
Reform. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of 
the resolution accompanying the report. The rule provides that the 
resolution accompanying the report shall be considered as read. The 
rule provides that a Senate joint resolution, or a House joint 
resolution reported by the Committee on Foreign Affairs, prohibiting a 
proposed sale, export, or approval under section 36 of the Arms Export 
Control Act shall be privileged if called up by the chair of the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs one day after the Majority Leader 
announces an intention that the House consider it. The joint resolution 
shall be considered as read. All points of order against the joint 
resolution and against its consideration are waived. The joint 
resolution is debatable for 20 minutes, or for one hour on demand of 
the chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, in each case equally 
divided and controlled by the chair and ranking member of the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs. One motion to recommit is provided. The rule 
provides that Sections 36(b)(3), 36(c)(3)(B), and 36(d)(5)(B) of the 
Arms Export Control Act shall not apply in the House during the 
remainder of the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress. The rule provides for 
consideration of H. Res. 489, Condemning President Trump's racist 
comments directed at Members of Congress, under a closed rule. The rule 
provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by 
the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the 
Judiciary. Finally, the rule provides that the resolution shall be 
considered as read. The Committee granted, by record vote of 8-4, a 
structured rule providing for consideration of H.R. 582, the ``Raise 
the Wage Act''. The rule provides one hour of general debate equally 
divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Education and Labor. The rule waives all points of order 
against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that the amendment 
in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Education 
and Labor now printed in the bill, modified by the amendment printed in 
part A of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 
resolution, shall be considered as adopted. The rule provides that 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 the further amendment printed in Part B of the report, 
if offered by the member designated in the report, which 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, 
and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question. The 
rule waives all points of order against the amendment printed in the 
report. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or 
without instructions. Testimony was heard from Chairman Schiff, 
Chairman Cummings, Chairman Scott of Virginia, and Representatives 
Nunes, Pence, Jordan, Foxx, Rooney of Florida, Collins of Georgia, and 
Raskin.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.

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