[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 163 (Monday, September 21, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D822-D823]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021 AND OTHER EXTENSIONS ACT; EXPANDING 
ACCESS TO SUSTAINABLE ENERGY ACT OF 2019; UYGHUR FORCED LABOR 
PREVENTION ACT; UYGHUR FORCED LABOR DISCLOSURE ACT OF 2020
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 8019, the 
``Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act''; H.R. 
4447, the

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``Expanding Access to Sustainable Energy Act of 2019'' [Clean Economy 
Jobs and Innovation Act]; H.R. 6210, the ``Uyghur Forced Labor 
Prevention Act''; and H.R. 6270, the ``Uyghur Forced Labor Disclosure 
Act of 2020''. The Committee granted, by record vote of 7-3, a rule 
providing for consideration of H.R. 4447, the ``Expanding Access to 
Sustainable Energy Act of 2019'' [Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation 
Act], H.R. 6270, the ``Uyghur Forced Labor Disclosure Act of 2020'', 
and H.R. 8019, the ``Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other 
Extensions Act''. The rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4447, the 
``Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act'', under a structured rule. The 
rule provides 90 minutes of general debate equally divided among and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce and the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. 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 116-63, 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 
provides that following debate, each further amendment printed in part 
B of the Rules Committee report not earlier considered as part of 
amendments en bloc pursuant to section 3 shall be considered 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controlled by the proponent and an opponent, may be withdrawn by the 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 the question is put thereon, shall not be 
subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division 
of the question. Section 3 of the rule provides that at any time after 
debate the chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce or his 
designee may offer amendments en bloc consisting of further amendments 
printed in part B of 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 on Energy and Commerce or their 
designees, 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 Rules Committee 
report and amendments en bloc described in section 3. The rule provides 
one motion to recommit with or without instructions. The rule provides 
for consideration of H.R. 6270, the ``Uyghur Forced Labor Disclosure 
Act of 2020'', 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 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 116-64 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 provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. The 
rule provides for consideration of H.R. 8319, the ``Continuing 
Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act'', 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 
Appropriations. The rule waives all points of order against 
consideration of the bill and provides that the bill shall not be 
subject to a question of consideration. The rule provides that the bill 
shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order 
against provisions in the bill and provides that clause 2(e) of Rule 
XXI shall not apply during consideration of the bill. The rule provides 
one motion to recommit. Testimony was heard from Chairman Pallone, 
Chairman Johnson of Texas, Chairman Grijalva, and Representatives 
Shimkus, Weber of Texas, Graves of Louisiana, Bera, Smith of New 
Jersey, Wexton, Timmons, Suozzi, Visclosky, Cole, Gonzalez-Colon of 
Puerto Rico, Grothman, and Conaway.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.