[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 199 (Wednesday, December 21, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1262-D1263]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
PRESIDENTIAL TAX FILING AND AUDIT TRANSPARENCY ACT OF 2022; NATIONAL 
HERITAGE AREA ACT
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 9640, the 
``Presidential Tax Filing and Audit

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Transparency Act of 2022''; and S. 1942, the ``National Heritage Area 
Act''. The Committee granted, by record vote of 8-3, a rule providing 
for consideration of H.R. 9460, the ``Presidential Tax Filing and Audit 
Transparency Act of 2022'', and S. 1942, the ``National Heritage Area 
Act''. The rule provides for consideration of H.R. 9640, the 
``Presidential Tax Filings and Audit Transparency Act of 2022'', under 
a closed rule. The rule provides one hour of debate equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Ways and Means 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 consideration of S. 1942, the 
``National Heritage Area Act'', under a closed rule. The rule provides 
one hour of 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 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 693 is hereby adopted. The rule provides that House 
Resolution 1434 is hereby adopted. The rule provides that at any time 
through the legislative day of December 23, 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 21, December 22, or December 23, 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. Section 6 
of the rule provides that on any legislative day of the second session 
of the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress after December 22, 2022, the 
Journal of the proceedings of the previous day shall be considered as 
approved. For the duration of the period addressed by section 6: the 
Speaker may appoint Members to perform the duties of the Chair; and 
each day shall not constitute a calendar day for the purposes of 
section 7 of the War Powers Resolution, a legislative day for purposes 
of clause 7 of rule XIII, or a calendar or legislative day for purposes 
of clause 7(c)(1) of rule XXII. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Tonko, Westerman, Chu, and Smith of Nebraska.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.