[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 124 (Tuesday, July 26, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D853-D854]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
ADVANCING TELEHEALTH BEYOND COVID-19 ACT OF 2021; BIG CAT PUBLIC SAFETY 
ACT
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 4040, the 
``Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act of 2021''; and H.R. 263, the 
``Big Cat Public Safety Act''. The Committee granted, by record vote of 
8-4, a rule providing for consideration of H.R. 263, the ``Big Cat 
Public Safety Act'', and H.R. 4040, the ``Advancing Telehealth Beyond 
COVID-19 Act of 2021''. The rule provides for consideration of H.R. 
263, the ``Big Cat Public Safety Act'', 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 Natural 
Resources 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 Natural 
Resources now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted and 
the bill, as amended, shall be considered as

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read. The rule waives all points of order against provisions in the 
bill, as amended. The rule makes in order the further amendment printed 
in part A of the Rules Committee report, if offered by the Member 
designated in the report, which 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, and shall not be subject 
to a demand for division of the question. The rule waives all points of 
order against the amendment printed in the report. The rule provides 
one motion to recommit. The rule provides for consideration of H.R. 
4040, the ``Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 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 an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of 
the text of Rules Committee Print 117-59, modified by 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 that House 
Resolution 517 is hereby adopted. Testimony was heard from Chairman 
Pallone, Carter of Georgia, Case, and Westerman.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.