[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 20, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D632-D633]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
CHOICE ARRANGEMENT ACT; CONDEMNING THE USE OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
SCHOOL FACILITIES TO PROVIDE SHELTER FOR ALIENS WHO ARE NOT ADMITTED TO 
THE UNITED STATES; CLASS BORROWER PROTECTION ACT OF 2023
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 3799, the 
``CHOICE Arrangement Act''; H. Res. 461, condemning the use of 
elementary and secondary school facilities to provide shelter for 
aliens who are not admitted to the United States; H.R. 3564, the 
``Middle Class Borrower Protection Act of 2023''. The Committee 
granted, by record vote of 9-4, a rule providing for consideration of 
H.R. 3564, the ``Middle Class Borrower Protection Act of 2023'', H.R. 
3799, the ``CHOICE Arrangement Act'', and H. Res. 461, Condemning the 
use of elementary and secondary school facilities to provide shelter 
for aliens who are not admitted to the United States. The rule provides 
for consideration of H.R. 3564, the ``Middle Class Borrower Protection 
Act of 2023'', under a structured rule. The rule waives all points of 
order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides one hour of 
general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Financial Services or their 
respective designees. The rule provides that an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118-8 
as 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 further makes in order 
only those amendments printed in part B of the Rules Committee report. 
Each amendment made in order 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 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 in the House or in the 
Committee of the Whole. All points of order against the amendments 
printed in part B of the report are waived. The rule provides one 
motion to recommit. The rule further provides for consideration of H.R. 
3799, the ``CHOICE Arrangement Act'', under a structured rule. The rule 
waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule 
provides eighty minutes of general debate equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committees 
on Education and the Workforce or their respective designees and Ways 
and Means or their respective designees. The rule provides that an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules 
Committee Print 118-9 as modified by the amendment printed in part C 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 
further makes in order only those amendments printed in part D of the 
Rules Committee report. Each amendment made in order 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 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 in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of 
order against the amendments printed in part D of the report are 
waived. The rule provides one motion to recommit. The rule further 
provides for consideration of H. Res. 461, Condemning the use of 
elementary and secondary school facilities to provide shelter for 
aliens who are not admitted to the United States, under a closed rule. 
The rule provides that upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in 
order without intervention of any point of order to consider H. Res. 
461. The rule provides that the amendments to the resolution and the 
preamble recommended by the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted and the 
resolution, as amended, shall be considered as read. The rule provides 
one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce or their respective designees. Testimony was heard from 
Chairman Smith of Missouri, Chairman Foxx, and Representatives Scott of 
Virginia, Davidson, and Waters.
THE STATUS OF VA FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Technology 
Modernization held a hearing entitled ``The Status of VA Financial 
Management Business Transformation''. Testimony was heard from Teresa 
Riffel, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Management Business 
Transformation, Department of Veterans Affairs; Nick Dahl, Deputy 
Assistant Inspector General for Audits and Evaluations, Department of 
Veterans Affairs; and a public witness.
SPECIAL COUNSEL JOHN DURHAM
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Full Committee held a 
hearing entitled ``Special Counsel John Durham''. This hearing was 
closed.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.