[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 218 (Monday, December 21, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1124-D1125]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
SENATE AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES-MEXICO ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP ACT
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on the Senate 
Amendment to H.R. 133, the ``United States-Mexico Economic Partnership 
Act'' [Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021]. The Committee granted, 
by record vote of 8-4, a rule providing for the consideration of the 
Senate amendment to H.R. 133, the ``Consolidated Appropriations Act of 
2021''. The rule makes in order a motion offered by the chair of the 
Committee on Appropriations or her designee that the House concur in 
the Senate amendment with an amendment consisting of the text of Rules 
Committee Print 116-68. The rule waives all points of order against 
consideration of the motion. The rule provides that the Senate 
amendment and the motion shall be considered as read. The rule provides 
one hour of debate on the motion equally divided and controlled by the 
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. 
The rule provides that the question of adoption of the motion shall be 
divided for a separate vote on the matter proposed to be inserted as 
divisions B, C, E, and F, and the Chair shall first put the question on 
such portion of the divided question. The rule provides that if either 
portion of the divided question fails of adoption, then the motion 
shall immediately be considered to have failed of adoption. Section two 
of the rule provides that upon adoption of the rule, the House shall be 
considered to have concurred in the Senate amendment to H.R. 1520 with 
an amendment consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 116-69. 
The rule provides that the Clerk shall be authorized to make necessary 
technical and conforming changes in the engrossment of the House 
amendments specified in the first two sections of the resolution. The 
rule provides that if a veto message is laid before the House on H.R. 
6395, then after the message is read, further consideration of the veto 
message and the bill shall be postponed until the legislative day of 
Monday, December 28, 2020; and on that legislative day, the House shall 
proceed to reconsideration and dispose of such question without 
intervening motion. The rule provides that the chair of the Committee 
on Appropriations and the chair of the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence may insert in the Congressional Record not later than 
December 28, 2020, such material as they may deem explanatory of the 
Senate amendment and the motion specified in the first section of the 
rule. Testimony was heard from Chairman Lowey and Representative 
Granger.

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Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.