[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 73 (Monday, April 29, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D411-D412]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
WESTERN ECONOMIC SECURITY TODAY ACT OF 2024; ALASKA'S RIGHT TO PRODUCE 
ACT OF 2023; SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST RESTORATION ACT; MINING 
REGULATORY CLARITY ACT OF 2024; PROTECTING ACCESS FOR HUNTERS AND 
ANGLERS ACT OF 2023; TRUST THE SCIENCE ACT; ANTISEMITISM AWARENESS ACT 
OF 2023
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 3397, the 
``Western Economic Security Today Act of 2024''; H.R. 6285, the 
``Alaska's Right to Produce Act of 2023''; H.R. 3195, the ``Superior 
National Forest Restoration Act''; H.R. 2925, the ``Mining Regulatory 
Clarity Act of 2024''; H.R. 615, the ``Protecting Access for Hunters 
and Anglers Act of 2023''; H.R. 764, the ``Trust the Science Act''; and 
H.R. 6090, the ``Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023''. The Committee 
granted, by a record vote of 7-4, a rule providing for consideration of 
H.R. 615, the ``Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 
2023'', H.R. 2925, the ``Mining Regulatory Clarity Act of 2024'', H.R. 
3195, the ``Superior National Forest Restoration Act'', H.R. 764, the 
``Trust the Science Act'', H.R. 3397, the ``Western Economic Security 
Today Act of 2024'', H.R. 6285, the ``Alaska's Right to Produce Act of 
2023'', and H.R. 6090, the ``Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023''. The 
rule provides for consideration provides for consideration of H.R. 615, 
the ``Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2023'', H.R. 
2925, the ``Mining Regulatory Clarity Act of 2024'', and H.R. 3195, the 
``Superior National Forest Restoration Act'', under closed rules. The 
rule waives all points of order against consideration of each bill. The 
rule provides that the respective amendments in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on Natural Resources now 
printed in each bill shall be considered as adopted and each bill, as 
amended, shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of 
order against provisions in each bill, as amended. The rule provides 
one hour of general debate on each bill equally divided and controlled 
by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Natural 
Resources or their respective designees. The rule

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provides each bill one motion to recommit. The rule further provides 
for consideration of H.R. 764, the ``Trust the Science Act'', under a 
closed rule. 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 hour of general debate equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Natural Resources or their respective designees. The rule provides one 
motion to recommit. The rule further provides for consideration of H.R. 
3397, the ``WEST Act of 2023'', a closed rule. The rule waives all 
points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides 
that in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended 
by the Committee on Natural Resources now printed in the bill that an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules 
Committee Print 118-32 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 
hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Natural Resources or their 
respective designees. The rule provides one motion to recommit. The 
rule further provides for consideration of H.R. 6285, the ``Alaska's 
Right to Produce Act of 2023'', under a structured rule. 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 Natural Resources 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 provides one hour of general debate equally 
divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Natural Resources or their respective designees. The rule 
further makes in order only the amendment printed in part B of the 
Rules Committee report. 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, and shall 
not be subject to a demand for division of the question. All points of 
order against the amendment 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. 6090, the ``Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023'', 
under a closed rule. 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 hour of general debate 
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member 
of the Committee on the Judiciary or their respective designees. 
Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit. Testimony was heard 
from Chairman Westerman, and Representatives Ocasio-Cortez, Fry, 
Nadler, Graves of Louisiana, and Stauber.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.