[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 114 (Tuesday, July 12, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D737-D738]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023; WOMEN'S HEALTH 
PROTECTION ACT OF 2022; ENSURING ACCESS TO ABORTION ACT OF 2022; ACTIVE 
SHOOTER ALERT ACT OF 2022; PROTECTING OUR GOLD STAR FAMILIES EDUCATION 
ACT
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 7900, the 
``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023''; H.R. 8296, 
the ``Women's Health Protection Act of 2022''; H.R. 8297, the 
``Ensuring Access to Abortion Act of 2022''; H.R. 6538, the ``Active 
Shooter Alert Act of 2022'' Rule Markup Only; and S. 3373, protecting 
Our Gold Star Families Education Act Sergeant First Class Heath 
Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 
2022. The Committee granted, by record vote of 9-4, a rule providing 
for consideration of H.R. 7900, the ``National Defense Authorization 
Act of Fiscal Year 2023'', S. 3373, the ``Sergeant First Class Heath 
Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 
2022'', H.R. 8296, the ``Women's Health Protection Act of 2022'', H.R. 
8297, the ``Ensuring Women's Right to Reproductive Freedom Act'', and 
H.R. 6538, the ``Active Shooter Alert Act of 2022''. The rule provides 
for consideration of H.R. 7900, the ``National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2023'', 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 Armed Services 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 117-54 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 Armed Services or his 
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 30 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Armed Services 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 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 S. 3373, the 
``Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address 
Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022'', 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 Veterans' 
Affairs 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 
117-56 shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall 
be considered as read. The rules waives all points of order against 
provisions in the bill, as amended. The rule provides one motion to 
commit. The rule provides for the consideration of H.R. 8296, the 
``Women's Health Protection Act of 2022'', 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 Energy and 
Commerce 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 the consideration of H.R. 8297, the 
``Ensuring Women's Right to Reproductive Freedom Act'', 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 
Energy and Commerce or their designees. The rule waives all points of 
order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that the 
amendment printed in part B 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 
further provides for consideration of H.R. 6538, the ``Active Shooter 
Alert Act of 2022'', under a closed rule. The rule provides one hour of 
general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member

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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 in the nature of a substitute recommended 
by the Committee on the Judiciary 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 one motion to recommit. The rule 
provides that at any time through the legislative day of Friday, July 
15, 2022, 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 June 21, 2022, or July 12, 2022, 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. The rule provides that 
House Resolution 188 is amended by striking ``July 13, 2022'' each 
place it appears and inserting ``July 19, 2022''. Testimony was heard 
from Chairman Takano, Chairman Smith of Washington, and Representatives 
Rogers of Alabama, Fletcher, Rodgers of Washington, Bost, Jackson Lee, 
Foster, Bilirakis, Burgess, Crenshaw, Fleischmann, Gaetz, Gimenez, 
Gonzalez-Colon, Grothman, Rose, Roy, Smith of New Jersey, Stauber, 
Waltz, and Wenstrup.
JANUARY 6TH INVESTIGATION
Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United 
States Capitol: Full Committee held a hearing entitled ``January 6th 
Investigation''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.