[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 94 (Monday, June 3, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D566-D567]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
A HEARING WITH DR. ANTHONY FAUCI
Committee on Oversight and Accountability: Select Subcommittee on the 
Coronavirus Pandemic held a hearing entitled ``A Hearing with Dr. 
Anthony Fauci''. Testimony was heard from a public witness.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2025; ILLEGITIMATE COURT COUNTERACTION ACT
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 8580, the 
``Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2025''; and H.R. 8282, the ``Illegitimate Court 
Counteraction Act''. The Committee granted, by a record vote of 9-3, a 
rule providing for consideration of H.R. 8580, the ``Military 
Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2025'', and H.R. 8282, the ``Illegitimate Court Counteraction 
Act''. The rule provides for consideration of H.R. 8580, the ``Military 
Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2025'', 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 an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118-35, 
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 makes in order only those 
amendments printed in part B of the Rules Committee report, amendments 
en bloc described in section 3, and pro forma amendments described in 
section 4. 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,

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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 4 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 3 of the rule are 
waived. The rule provides that the chair of the Committee on 
Appropriations or his 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 4 of the rule, and shall not be subject to a demand 
for division of the question. The rule provides that 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 one motion to 
recommit. The rule further provides for consideration of H.R. 8282, the 
``Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act'', under a closed rule. 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 118-37 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 Foreign 
Affairs or their respective designees. Finally, the rule provides one 
motion to recommit. Testimony was heard from Representatives Carter of 
Texas, Wasserman Schultz, Self, Crow, Bergman, Correa, and Rosendale.

Joint Meetings
UKRAINIAN CULTURE IN WARTIME
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: On Wednesday, May 29, 
2024, Commission received a briefing on Ukrainian culture in wartime 
from Richard Kurin, Smithsonian Institution; Peter Doroshenko, The 
Ukrainian Museum; and Ieva Gudaityte, University of Oslo.