[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 118 (Monday, July 18, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D792-D793]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023; RIGHT TO CONTRACEPTION ACT; RESPECT FOR 
MARRIAGE ACT
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 8294, the 
``Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2023'' [Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, Agriculture, Rural Development, Energy and Water 
Development, Financial Services and General Government, Interior, 
Environment, Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs Appropriations 
Act, 2023]; H.R. 8373, the ``Right to Contraception Act''; and H.R. 
8404, the ``Respect for Marriage Act''. The Committee granted, by 
record vote of 9-4, a rule providing for consideration of H.R. 8294, 
the ``Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and 
General Government, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, and 
Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2023'', H.R. 8373, the ``Right to 
Contraception Act'', and H.R. 8404, the ``Respect for Marriage Act''. 
The rule provides for consideration of H.R. 8294, the ``Transportation, 
Housing and Urban Development, Agriculture, Rural Development, Energy 
and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, 
Interior, Environment, Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs 
Appropriations Act, 2023'', 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 Appropriations 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 117-55 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, for failure to comply with clause 2 or clause 5(a) of 
rule 21. The rule makes in order only those further amendments printed 
in Part A of the Rules Committee report not considered as part of 
amendments en bloc, amendments en bloc described in section 3, and pro 
forma amendments described in section 4. Each amendment printed in the 
report not considered as part of amendments en bloc may be offered 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

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divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, may be 
withdrawn by the proponent at any time before action thereon, shall not 
be subject to amendment except as provided by Section 4, and shall not 
be subject to a demand for division of the question. Section 3 of the 
rule provides that the chair of the Committee on Appropriations or her 
designee may offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed 
in part A of the 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 Appropriations or their designees, shall not be subject to 
amendment except as provided by section 4, 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. 
Section 4 of the rule provides that the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Appropriations or their designees may offer 
up to 5 pro forma amendments each at any point for the purpose of 
debate. The rule provides that at the conclusion of consideration of 
the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill, as 
amended, to the House with such further amendments as may have been 
adopted. The question of such further amendments' adoption shall be put 
to the House en gros and without division of the question. The rule 
provides one motion to recommit. The rule provides that during 
consideration of H.R. 8294, the Chair may entertain a motion that the 
Committee rise only if offered by the chair of the Committee on 
Appropriations or her designee. The Chair may not entertain a motion to 
strike out the enacting words of the bill. The rule further provides 
for consideration of H.R. 8373, the Right to Contraception 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 provides for consideration of H.R. 8404, the Respect 
for Marriage 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 the Judiciary 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 that at any time 
through the legislative day of Thursday, July 21, 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 July 18, 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 1230 is hereby adopted. The rule 
provides that clause 7 of rule XIII shall not apply to any resolution 
introduced prior to the date of adoption of this resolution. Testimony 
was heard from Representatives Jackson Lee, Burgess, Duncan, Grothman, 
Miller-Meeks, Rose, Valadao, Westerman, Cicilline, Roy, Schrier, 
Rodgers of Washington, Wasserman Schultz, Pingree, Joyce of Ohio, 
Quigley, Womack, Kaptur, Simpson, Price of North Carolina, Diaz-Balart, 
Bishop of Georgia, and Harris.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.