[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 36 (Monday, February 28, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D199-D200]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
HONORING OUR PACT ACT OF 2021
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 3967, the 
``Honoring our PACT Act of 2021''. The Committee granted, by record 
vote of 9-4, a structured rule providing for consideration of H.R. 
3967, the ``Honoring our PACT Act of 2021''. 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 Veterans' 
Affairs. 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 117-33, 
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may be withdrawn by the proponent at any time before the question is 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 
Veterans' Affairs 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 Veterans' Affairs or their designees,

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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 and amendments 
en bloc described in section 3 of the resolution. The rule provides one 
motion to recommit. Testimony was heard from Chairman Takano and 
Representative Bost.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.