[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 196 (Monday, December 9, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1340-D1341]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
THE IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY INTO PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP: PRESENTATIONS 
FROM THE HOUSE PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE AND HOUSE 
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Committee on the Judiciary: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``The Impeachment Inquiry into President Donald J. Trump: Presentations 
from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and House 
Judiciary Committee''. Testimony was heard from Berry Berke, Majority 
Counsel, House Committee on the Judiciary; Stephen Castor, Minority 
Counsel, House Committee on the Judiciary and House Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence; and Daniel Goldman, Majority Counsel, House 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
TRIBAL COASTAL RESILIENCY ACT
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 729, the 
``Tribal Coastal Resiliency Act'' [Coastal and Great Lakes Communities 
Enhancement Act]. The Committee granted, by nonrecord vote, a

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structured rule providing for consideration of H.R. 729, the ``Tribal 
Coastal Resiliency Act''. The rule provides one hour of general debate 
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member 
of the Committee on Natural Resources. 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 116-40 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 the Rules Committee 
report and amendments en bloc described in section 3 of the resolution. 
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, 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 
or amendments en bloc described in section 3 of the resolution. The 
rule provides that the chair of the Committee on Natural Resources or 
his designee may offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments 
printed in the Rules Committee 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 Natural Resources 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 one motion to recommit 
with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from Representatives 
Case, Bishop of Utah, and Morelle.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.