[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 193 (Tuesday, December 13, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1219-D1221]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Armed Services: Full Committee held a markup on H. Res. 
1475, of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary 
of Defense to transmit to the House of Representatives any record 
created on or after January 21, 2021, under the control of the 
President or the Secretary, respectively, that refers to the Department 
of Defense and includes certain terms and phrases relating to gender. 
H. Res. 1475 was ordered reported, as amended.


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  December 13, 2022, on page D1219, the following language 
appears: MISCELLANEOUS MEASURESCOMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES: Full 
Committee held a markup on H. Res. 1475, of inquiry requesting the 
President and directing the Secretary of Defense to transmit to 
the House of Representatives any record created on or after 
January 21, 2021, under the control of the President or the 
Secretary, respectively, that refers to the Department of Defense 
and includes certain terms and phrases relating to gender. H. Res. 
1475 was ordered reported, as amended.
  
  The online version has been corrected to read: MISCELLANEOUS 
MEASURECOMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES: Full Committee held a markup 
on H. Res. 1475, of inquiry requesting the President and directing 
the Secretary of Defense to transmit to the House of 
Representatives any record created on or after January 21, 2021, 
under the control of the President or the Secretary, respectively, 
that refers to the Department of Defense and includes certain 
terms and phrases relating to gender. H. Res. 1475 was ordered 
reported, as amended.


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                         INVESTIGATING THE COLLAPSE OF FTX, PART I
Committee on Financial Services: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``Investigating the Collapse of FTX, Part I''. Testimony was heard from 
                           public witnesses.
                MODERNIZING INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE: 
                                      OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
      Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International 
 Development, International Organizations and Global Corporate Social 
Impact held a hearing entitled ``Modernizing International Development 
 Assistance: Opportunities and Challenges''. Testimony was heard from 
                           public witnesses.
       EXAMINING THE OPERATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF INTELLIGENCE AND 
                                                          ANALYSIS
   Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Intelligence and 
Counterterrorism held a hearing entitled ``Examining the Operations of 
  the Office of Intelligence and Analysis''. Testimony was heard from 
 Kenneth L. Wainstein, Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, 
 Office of Intelligence and Analysis, Department of Homeland Security.
         CONFRONTING WHITE SUPREMACY (PART VII): THE EVOLUTION OF 
       ANTI-DEMOCRATIC EXTREMIST GROUPS AND THE ONGOING THREAT TO 
                                                         DEMOCRACY
  Committee on Oversight and Reform: Subcommittee on Civil Rights and 
 Civil Liberties held a hearing entitled ``Confronting White Supremacy 
 (Part VII): The Evolution of Anti-Democratic Extremist Groups and the 
    Ongoing Threat to Democracy''. Testimony was heard from public 
                               witnesses.
       PREVENTING ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN FEDERAL 
           ACQUISITION ACT; VA EMPLOYEE FAIRNESS ACT OF 2021; LAW 
           ENFORCEMENT DE-ESCALATION TRAINING ACT OF 2022; SENATE 
                                       AMENDMENT TO THE PRECIP ACT
   Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on S. 3905, the 
     ``Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal 
Acquisition Act''; H.R. 1948, the ``VA Employee Fairness Act of 2021''; 
  S. 4003, the ``Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act of 2022'' 
[Rule Markup Only]; and the Senate Amendment to H.R. 1437, the ``PRECIP 
                             Act'' [Further

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  Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2023]. The Committee 
 granted, by record vote of 7-4, a rule providing for consideration of 
   H.R. 1948, the ``VA Employee Fairness Act of 2021'', S. 3905, the 
     ``Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal 
    Acquisition Act'', S. 4003, the ``Law Enforcement De-Escalation 
  Training Act of 2022'', and the Senate Amendment to H.R. 1437, the 
 Further Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2023. The rule 
provides for consideration of H.R. 1948, the ``VA Employee Fairness Act 
 of 2021'', 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 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 117-71 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 S. 3905, the ``Preventing Organizational 
  Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition Act'', 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 Oversight and Reform 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 commit. The rule provides for consideration of S. 4003, the 
``Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training 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 
                   the Judiciary or their designees.


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  December 13, 2022, on page D1220, midway down the first column, 
the following language appears: 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 
commit. The rule provides for consideration of S. 4003, the ``Law 
Enforcement De-Escalation Training 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 the Judiciary or their designees.
  
  The online version has been corrected to read: 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 commit. The rule provides for consideration of S. 
4003, the ``Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training 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 the Judiciary or their designees.


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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 commit. The rule provides that House Resolution 
1516 is hereby adopted. The rule provides that at any time through the 
legislative day of December 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 the legislative day of December 12, December 
13, December 14, or December 15, 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 
  proceedings may be postponed through December 15, 2022, on measures 
that were the object of motions to suspend the rules on the legislative 
 day of December 12, and on which the yeas and nays were ordered. The 
  rule provides for the consideration of the Senate amendment to H.R. 
  1437. The rule makes in order a motion offered by the chair of the 
 Committee on Appropriations or her designee that the House concur in 
the Senate amendment with an amendment consisting of the text of Rules 
  Committee Print 117-72. The rule waives all points of order against 
    consideration of the motion. The rule provides that the Senate 
amendment and the motion shall be considered as read. The rule provides 
one hour of debate on the motion equally divided and controlled by the 
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or 
 their designees. The rule provides that the House shall be considered 
   to have taken from the Speaker's table H.R. 2617, with the Senate 
amendments thereto, to have concurred in the Senate amendments numbered 
1, 2, 3, and 5, and to have concurred in the Senate amendment numbered 
  4 with an amendment consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 
   117-73. The rule provides that House Concurrent Resolution 124 is 
  hereby adopted. Testimony was heard from Chairman Takano, Chairman 
     Carolyn B. Maloney of New York; and Representatives Comer and Bost.
           REVIEW OF THE ROLE OF VA'S FOURTH MISSION AND PANDEMIC 
                                                          RESPONSE
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
 ``Review of the Role of VA's Fourth Mission and Pandemic Response''. 
 Testimony was heard from Steve Lieberman, Deputy Under Secretary for 
Health, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; 
   Tammy Czarnecki, Deputy Assistant Under Secretary for Health for 
  Operations, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans 
   Affairs; Jane Kim, Executive Director for Preventative Medicine, 
 Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; Carla 
   Boyce, Executive Director Operations, Security and Preparedness, 
 Department of Veterans Affairs; Roselyn Tso, Director, Indian Health 
Service, Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.

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Joint Meetings
RUSSIA SANCTIONS
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: Commission received a 
briefing on the United States-Europe Coalition on Russia Sanctions from 
Representatives Steve Cohen and Joe Wilson, both Co-Chairman of the 
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; Oleksii Goncharenko, 
Member of the Ukrainian Parliament; Robert Seely, Member of the British 
Parliament; Eerik Kross, Member of the Estonian Parliament; Petras 
Austrevicius, Member of the European Union Parliament; and Arkadius 
Mularczyk, Member of the Polish Sejm.
ANTISEMITISM
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: Commission concluded 
a hearing to examine the alarming rise in Antisemitism and its threat 
to democracy, after receiving testimony from Deborah Lipstadt, Special 
Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, Department of State; and 
Rabbi Andrew Baker, Organization for Security and Co-operation in 
Europe, and American Jewish Committee.