[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 126 (Monday, July 19, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D788-D789]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
ALLIES ACT OF 2021; PFAS ACTION ACT OF 2021; CONSUMER PROTECTION AND 
RECOVERY ACT
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 3985, the 
``Allies Act of 2021''; H.R. 2467, the ``PFAS Action Act of 2021''; and 
H.R. 2668, the ``Consumer Protection and Recovery Act''. The Committee 
granted, by record vote of 9-4, a rule

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providing for consideration of H.R. 2467, the ``PFAS Action Act of 
2021'', H.R. 2668, the ``Consumer Protection and Recovery Act'', and 
H.R. 3985, the ``Allies Act of 2021''. The rule provides for 
consideration of H.R. 2467, the ``PFAS Action Act of 2021'', under a 
structured rule. 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 or their designees. 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 117-10, 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and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, may be withdrawn by 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 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. 2668, the ``Consumer Protection and Recovery 
Act'', under a closed rule. 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 or 
their designees. 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 
117-11 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.R. 3985, the 
``Allies Act of 2021'', under a closed rule. 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 the Judiciary or 
their designees. The rule waives all points of order against 
consideration of the bill. The rule provides that the amendment printed 
in part C 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 one motion to recommit. The rule provides that at any 
time through the legislative day of Thursday, July 22, 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 July 19 or 20, 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 Representatives Raskin, Jordan, Dingell, Carter of Georgia, 
Schakowsky, and Bilirakis.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.