[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 155 (Saturday, September 23, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D919-D921]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2024; DEPARTMENT 
OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
2024; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024; AGRICULTURE, 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024
Committee on Rules: Full Committee concluded a hearing on H.R. 4367, 
the ``Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Bill, 2024''; H.R. 
4665, the ``Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2024''; H.R. 4365, the ``Department of 
Defense Appropriations Act, 2024'' [Rule Markup Only]; and H.R. 4368, 
the ``Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024'' [Rule Markup Only]. The 
Committee granted, by a record vote of 9-2, a rule providing for 
consideration of H.R. 4365, the ``Department of Defense Appropriations 
Act, 2024'',

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H.R. 4367, the ``Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Bill, 
2024'', H.R. 4368, the ``Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024'', and 
H.R. 4665, the ``Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2024''. The rule provides for 
consideration of H.R. 4365, the ``Department of Defense Appropriations 
Act, 2024'', 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 Appropriations or their respective 
designees. 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 makes in order only those amendments printed in part A of the 
Rules Committee report, amendments en bloc described in section 3 and 
pro forma amendments described in section 13. Each amendment shall be 
considered 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 except as provided by section 13 of the rule, and shall 
not be subject to a demand for division of the question. All points of 
order against the amendments printed in part A of the Rules Committee 
report or amendments en bloc described in section 3 of the resolution 
are waived. The rule provides that the chair of the Committee on 
Appropriations or her designee may offer amendments en bloc consisting 
of amendments printed in part A of the Rules Committee report not 
earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc shall be considered as read, 
shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the 
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or 
their respective designees, shall not be subject to amendment except as 
provided by section 13 of the rule, and shall not be subject to a 
demand for division of the question. The rule further provides for 
consideration of H.R. 4367, the ``Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, 2024'', 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 
Appropriations or their respective designees. 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 makes in order only 
those amendments printed in part B of the Rules Committee report, 
amendments en bloc described in section 6 and pro forma amendments 
described in section 13. Each amendment shall be considered 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 except as 
provided by section 13 of the rule, and shall not be subject to a 
demand for division of the question. All points of order against the 
amendments printed in part B of the Rules Committee report or 
amendments en bloc described in section 6 of the resolution are waived. 
The rule provides that the chair of the Committee on Appropriations or 
her designee may offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments 
printed in part B of the Rules Committee report not earlier disposed 
of. Amendments en bloc shall be considered as read, shall be debatable 
for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective 
designees, shall not be subject to amendment except as provided by 
section 13 of the rule, and shall not be subject to a demand for 
division of the question. The rule further provides for consideration 
of H.R. 4665, the ``Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024'', 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 
Appropriations or their respective designees. The rule provides that 
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 makes in order only those amendments printed 
in part D of the Rules Committee report, amendments en bloc described 
in section 9 and pro forma amendments described in section 13. Each 
amendment shall be considered 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 except as provided by section 13 of 
the rule, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 
question. All points of order against the amendments printed in part D 
of the Rules Committee report or amendments en bloc described in 
section 9 of the resolution are waived. The rule provides that the 
chair of the Committee on Appropriations or her designee may offer 
amendments en

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bloc consisting of amendments printed in part D of the Rules Committee 
report not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc shall be considered 
as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Appropriations or their respective designees, shall not be subject to 
amendment except as provided by section 13 of the rule, and shall not 
be subject to a demand for division of the question. The rule further 
provides for consideration of H.R. 4368, the ``Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2024'', 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 
Appropriations or their respective designees. The rule provides that 
the amendment printed in part E 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 those amendments printed 
in part F of the Rules Committee report, amendments en bloc described 
in section 12 and pro forma amendments described in section 13. Each 
amendment shall be considered 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 except as provided by section 13 of 
the rule, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 
question. All points of order against the amendments printed in part F 
of the Rules Committee report or amendments en bloc described in 
section 12 of the resolution are waived. The rule provides that the 
chair of the Committee on Appropriations or her designee may offer 
amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed in part F of the 
Rules Committee report not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc 
shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally 
divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Appropriations or their respective designees, shall not be 
subject to amendment except as provided by section 13 of the rule, and 
shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question. The rule 
provides that, during consideration of each bill--H.R. 4365, H.R. 4367, 
H.R. 4665, and H.R. 4368--for amendment the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective designees 
may offer up to 10 pro forma amendments each at any point for the 
purpose of debate. The rule provides that at the conclusion of 
consideration of each bill--H.R. 4365, H.R. 4367, H.R. 4665, and H.R. 
4368--for amendment, the Committee shall rise and report such bill to 
the House with such amendments as may have been adopted. The previous 
question shall be considered as ordered on such bill and amendments 
thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion 
to recommit. Finally, the rule provides that the Clerk shall not 
transmit to the Senate a message that the House has passed H.R. 4367 
until notified by the Speaker that H.R. 2, as passed by the House on 
May 11, 2023, has been enacted into law.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.