[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 112 (Monday, June 28, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D712-D714]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies held a markup on the Fiscal Year 2022 Subcommittee on 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. The 
Fiscal Year 2022 Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Bill was forwarded to the full Committee, 
without amendment.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs held a markup on the Fiscal Year 2022 Subcommittee 
on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Bill. 
The Fiscal Year 2022 Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Bill was forwarded to the full 
Committee, without amendment.
INVEST IN AMERICA ACT; IG INDEPENDENCE AND EMPOWERMENT ACT; TO REPLACE 
THE BUST OF ROGER BROOKE TANEY IN THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL WITH A BUST 
OF THURGOOD MARSHALL AND TO REMOVE CERTAIN STATUES FROM AREAS OF THE 
UNITED STATES CAPITOL WHICH ARE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC, TO REMOVE ALL 
STATUES OF INDIVIDUALS WHO VOLUNTARILY SERVED THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF 
AMERICA FROM DISPLAY IN THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL; ESTABLISHING THE 
SELECT COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE JANUARY 6TH ATTACK ON THE UNITED 
STATES CAPITOL
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 3684, the 
``INVEST in America Act'' [General Debate]; H.R. 2662, the ``IG 
Independence and Empowerment Act''; H.R. 3005, to direct the Joint 
Committee on the Library to replace the bust of Roger Brooke Taney in 
the Old Supreme Court Chamber of the United States Capitol with a bust 
of Thurgood Marshall to be obtained by the Joint Committee on the 
Library and to remove certain statues from areas of the United States 
Capitol which are accessible to the public, to remove all statues of 
individuals who voluntarily served the Confederate States of America 
from display in the United States Capitol, and for other purposes; and 
H. Res. 503, establishing the Select Committee to Investigate the 
January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. The Committee granted, 
by record vote of 9-4, a rule providing for consideration of H.R. 2662, 
the ``IG Independence and Empowerment Act'', H.R. 3005, To direct the 
Joint Committee on the Library to replace the bust of Roger Brooke 
Taney in the Old Supreme Court Chamber of the United States Capitol 
with a bust of Thurgood Marshall to be obtained by the Joint Committee 
on the Library and to remove certain statues from areas of the United 
States Capitol which are accessible to the public, to remove all 
statues of individuals who voluntarily served the Confederate States of 
America from display in the United States Capitol, and for other 
purposes, H.R. 3684, the ``INVEST in America Act'', and H. Res. 503, 
Establishing the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack 
on the United States Capitol. The rule provides for consideration of 
H.R. 2662, the ``IG Independence and Empowerment Act'', under a 
structured rule. The rule provides one hour of general debate equally 
divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Oversight and Reform or their designees. The rule waives 
all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule 
provides

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that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the 
Committee on Oversight and Reform now printed in the bill 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 A 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 Oversight and Reform or 
her designee may offer amendments en bloc consisting of further 
amendments printed in part A 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 Oversight and Reform 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 A of the Rules 
Committee report or amendments en bloc described in section 3 of the 
resolution. The rule provides one motion to recommit. The rule provides 
for consideration of H.R. 3005, To direct the Joint Committee on the 
Library to replace the bust of Roger Brooke Taney in the Old Supreme 
Court Chamber of the United States Capitol with a bust of Thurgood 
Marshall to be obtained by the Joint Committee on the Library and to 
remove certain statues from areas of the United States Capitol which 
are accessible to the public, to remove all statues of individuals who 
voluntarily served the Confederate States of America from display in 
the United States Capitol, and for other purposes, 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 
House Administration or their designees. The rule waives all points of 
order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that the 
bill shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order 
against provisions in the bill. The rule provides one motion to 
recommit. The rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3684, the 
``INVEST in America Act''. The rule provides 90 minutes of general 
debate with 60 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure or their designees and 30 minutes equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce or their designees. The rule waives all points of 
order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that in lieu 
of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure now printed in the bill, 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of 
Rules Committee Print 117-8, modified by Rules Committee Print 117-9 
and the amendment printed in part B of the report of the Committee on 
Rules accompanying this resolution, 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. The rule provides for consideration of 
H. Res. 503, Establishing the Select Committee to Investigate the 
January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, 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 
Rules or their designees. The rule waives all points of order against 
consideration of the resolution. The rule provides that the resolution 
shall be considered as read. The rule provides that at any time through 
the legislative day of Thursday, July 1, 2021, the Speaker may 
entertain motions offered by the Majority Leader or a designee that the 
House suspend the rules with respect to multiple measures that were the 
object of motions to suspend the rules on the legislative days of June 
28 or 29, 2021, and on which the yeas and nays were ordered and further 
proceedings postponed. The Chair shall put the question on any such 
motion without debate or intervening motion, and the ordering of the 
yeas and nays on postponed motions to suspend the rules with respect to 
such measures is vacated. Testimony was heard from Chairman McGovern, 
Chairman DeFazio, Chairman Lofgren, and Representatives Tonko, Rodgers 
of Washington, Rodney Davis of Illinois, Keller, Burgess, Connolly, and 
Comer.


                             Joint Meetings

  No joint committee meetings were held.

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