[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 188 (Monday, December 5, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1175-D1176]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
SENATE AMENDMENT TO THE WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2022; SENATE 
AMENDMENT TO THE RESPECT FOR MARRIAGE ACT; EAGLE ACT OF 2022; VETERAN 
SERVICE RECOGNITION ACT OF 2022
Committee on Rules: Full Committee began a hearing on the Senate 
Amendment to H.R. 7776, the ``Water Resources Development Act of 2022'' 
[James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2023]; the Senate Amendment to H.R. 8404, the ``Respect for Marriage 
Act''; H.R. 3648, the ``EAGLE Act of 2022''; and H.R. 7946, the 
``Veteran Service Recognition Act of 2022''. The Committee granted, by 
record vote of 8-4, a rule providing for consideration of H.R. 3648, 
the ``EAGLE Act of 2022'', and H.R. 7946, the ``Veteran Service 
Recognition Act of 2022''. The rule provides for consideration of H.R. 
3648, the ``EAGLE Act of 2022'', 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 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, 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 
makes in order only the further amendment printed in part B of the 
Rules Committee report. The amendment 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, 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 amendment 
printed in Part B of the report. The rule provides one motion to 
recommit. The rule provides for consideration of H.R. 7946, the 
``Veteran Service Recognition Act of 2022'', 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 
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 
makes in order only the further amendment printed in part C of the 
Rules Committee report. The amendment 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, 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 amendment 
printed in part C of the report. The rule provides one motion to 
recommit. The rule provides that at any time through the legislative 
day of December 8, 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 the legislative day of December 5 through December 8, 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 proceedings may be postponed through December 8, 
2022, on measures that were the object of motions to suspend the rules 
on the legislative day of December 5, and on which the yeas and nays 
were ordered. Section 5 of the rule waives the requirement of clause 
6(a) of rule XIII for a two-thirds vote to consider a report from the 
Committee on Rules on the same day it is presented to the House with 
respect to any resolution reported through the remainder of the 117th 
Congress. Testimony was

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heard from Chairman Nadler, Chairman Lofgren, and Representatives 
Fitzgerald and Roy.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.