[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 3 (Tuesday, January 7, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D15]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
PFAS ACTION ACT OF 2019
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 535, the 
``PFAS Action Act of 2019''. The Committee granted, by record vote of 
9-4, a structured rule providing for consideration of the H.R. 535, the 
``PFAS Action Act of 2019''. 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 Energy and Commerce. 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 116-45, modified by the 
amendment printed in Part A of the Rules Committee 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 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 Part B of 
the report. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions. Testimony was heard from Chairman Pallone, and 
Representatives Shimkus, Balderson, and Burgess.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.