[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 78 (Tuesday, May 10, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D493-D495]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
APPROPRIATIONS--DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, and 
Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies held a budget 
hearing on the Department of Transportation. Testimony was heard from 
Pete Buttigieg, Secretary, Department of Transportation.
RIGHTS FOR THE TSA WORKFORCE ACT OF 2021; FEDERAL FIREFIGHTERS FAIRNESS 
ACT OF 2022; COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2022
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 903, the 
``Rights for the TSA Workforce Act of 2021''; H.R. 2499, the ``Federal 
Firefighters Fairness Act of 2022''; H.R. 5129, the ``Community 
Services Block Grant Modernization Act of 2022''; and H.R. 7691, the 
``Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022''. The 
Committee granted, by record vote of 8-2, a rule providing for 
consideration of H.R. 903, the ``Rights for the TSA Workforce Act of 
2021'', H.R. 2499, the ``Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2022'', 
H.R. 5129, the ``Community Services Block Grant Modernization Act of 
2022'' and H.R. 7691, the ``Additional Ukraine Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 2022''. The rule provides for consideration of H.R. 
903, the ``Rights for the TSA Workforce Act of 2022'' 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 Homeland Security 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 117-40, 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 Homeland Security 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 Homeland Security 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 report 
and 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. 2499, the ``Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 
2022'', under a structured rule. The rule provides one hour of general 
debate on the bill equally divided and controlled by

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the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and 
Labor 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 
117-41, modified by 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 
that following debate, each further amendment printed in part D of the 
Rules Committee report not earlier considered as part of amendments en 
bloc pursuant to section 7 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 7 of the rule provides that at any time after debate 
the chair of the Committee on Education and Labor or his designee may 
offer amendments en bloc consisting of further amendments printed in 
part D 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 Education and Labor 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 D of the report and 
amendments en bloc described in section 7 of the resolution. The rule 
provides one motion to recommit. The rule provides for consideration of 
H.R. 5129, the ``Community Services Block Grant Modernization Act of 
2022'', 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 Education and Labor 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 
117-42, modified by the amendment printed in part E 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 F of the 
Rules Committee report not earlier considered as part of amendments en 
bloc pursuant to section 11 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 11 of the rule provides that at any time after debate 
the chair of the Committee on Education and Labor or his designee may 
offer amendments en bloc consisting of further amendments printed in 
part F 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 Education and Labor 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 F of the report and 
amendments en bloc described in section 11 of the resolution. The rule 
provides one motion to recommit. The rule provides that House 
Resolution 1096 is hereby adopted. The rule provides that House 
Resolution 188, agreed to March 8, 2021, is amended by striking ``May 
13, 2022'' each place it appears and inserting ``June 10, 2022''. The 
rule provides that proceedings may be postponed through May 18, 2022, 
on measures that were the object of motions to suspend the rules on the 
legislative day of May 10 and 11, 2022, and on which the yeas and nays 
were ordered. The rule provides for consideration of H.R. 7691, the 
``Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022'', 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 Appropriations or their designees. The rule waives 
all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule 
provides that the amendment printed in part G 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. Testimony was heard from Chairman DeLauro, and 
Representatives Aderholt, Foxx, Carbajal, DeSaulnier, Watson Coleman, 
and Guest.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.

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