[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 192 (Tuesday, December 3, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1316]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
INSIDER TRADING PROHIBITION ACT; EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES REGARDING UNITED STATES EFFORTS TO RESOLVE THE ISRAELI-
PALESTINIAN CONFLICT THROUGH A NEGOTIATED TWO-STATE SOLUTION
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 2534, the 
``Insider Trading Prohibition Act''; and began a hearing on H. Res. 
326, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding 
United States efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 
through a negotiated two-state solution. The Committee granted, by 
record vote of 7-4, a structured rule providing for consideration of 
H.R. 2534, the ``Insider Trading Prohibition Act''. The rule provides 
one hour of general debate on the bill equally divided and controlled 
by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Financial 
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 116-39 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 amendments printed 
in the Rules Committee report accompanying the resolution. 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 the report. The rule provides one 
motion to recommit with or without instructions. The rule provides that 
a motion to discharge House Concurrent Resolution 77 shall be in order 
on December 11, 2019, if offered by Representative Gabbard, with 20 
minutes of debate equally divided and controlled by Representative 
Gabbard and an opponent. The rule provides that the provisions of 
section 7 of the War Powers Resolution shall not apply during the 
remainder of the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress to House Concurrent 
Resolution 77. Testimony was heard from Representatives Himes, 
Huizenga, Levin, Zeldin, and Lowenthal.


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  December 3, 2019, on page D1316, the following language appears: 
INSIDER TRADING PROHIBITION ACT; EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE 
OF REPRESENTATIVES REGARDING UNITED STATES EFFORTS TO RESOLVE THE 
ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT THROUGH A NEGOTIATED TWO-STATE 
SOLUTION Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 
2534, the ``Insider Trading Prohibition Act''; and H. Res. 326, 
expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding 
United States efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 
through a negotiated two-state solution. The Committee granted, by 
record vote of 7-4, a structured rule providing for consideration 
of H.R. 2534, the ``Insider Trading Prohibition Act''. The rule 
provides one hour of general debate on the bill equally divided 
and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Financial 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 116-39 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 amendments printed in the Rules 
Committee report accompanying the resolution. 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 the report. 
The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions. The rule provides that a motion to discharge House 
Concurrent Resolution 77 shall be in order on December 11, 2019, 
if offered by Representative Gabbard, with 20 minutes of debate 
equally divided and controlled by Representative Gabbard and an 
opponent. The rule provides that the provisions of section 7 of 
the War Powers Resolution shall not apply during the remainder of 
the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress to House Concurrent Resolution 
77. Testimony was heard from Representatives Himes, Huizenga, 
Levin, Zeldin, and Lowenthal.
  
  The online version has been corrected to read: INSIDER TRADING 
PROHIBITION ACT; EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES REGARDING UNITED STATES EFFORTS TO RESOLVE THE 
ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT THROUGH A NEGOTIATED TWO-STATE 
SOLUTION Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 
2534, the ``Insider Trading Prohibition Act''; and began a hearing 
on H. Res. 326, expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives regarding United States efforts to resolve the 
Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a negotiated two-state 
solution. The Committee granted, by record vote of 7-4, a 
structured rule providing for consideration of H.R. 2534, the 
``Insider Trading Prohibition Act''. The rule provides one hour of 
general debate on the bill equally divided and controlled by the 
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Financial 
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 116-39 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 amendments printed in the Rules 
Committee report accompanying the resolution. 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 the report. 
The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions. The rule provides that a motion to discharge House 
Concurrent Resolution 77 shall be in order on December 11, 2019, 
if offered by Representative Gabbard, with 20 minutes of debate 
equally divided and controlled by Representative Gabbard and an 
opponent. The rule provides that the provisions of section 7 of 
the War Powers Resolution shall not apply during the remainder of 
the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress to House Concurrent Resolution 
77. Testimony was heard from Representatives Himes, Huizenga, 
Levin, Zeldin, and Lowenthal.


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                                                  BUSINESS MEETING
   Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Full Committee held a 
business meeting on the Report Issued by the Chair, Pursuant to Section 
2, Paragraph 6 of H. Res. 660, as Part of the House of Representatives' 
   Impeachment Inquiry. The Report Issued by the Chair, Pursuant to 
    Section 2, Paragraph 6 of H. Res. 660, as Part of the House of 
    Representatives' Impeachment Inquiry passed, without amendment.
Joint Meetings
                                                   BALKAN RECOVERY
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: Commission received a 
 briefing on Balkan recovery, focusing on corruption, after receiving 
   testimony from Martina Hrvolova, Center for International Private 
    Enterprise, Washington, D.C.; Igor Novakovic, International and 
 Security Affairs Centre, Belgrade, Serbia; Misha Popovikj, Institute 
   for Democracy Societas Civilis, Skopje, North Macedonia; and Igor 
Stojanovic, Center for Civic Initiatives, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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