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“House Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Transportation was published in the in the Daily Digest section section on pages D493-D495 on May 10.
The Department handles nearly all infrastructure crisscrossing the country. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the Department should be privatized to save money, reduce congestion and spur innovation.
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Committee Meetings
APPROPRIATIONS--DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies held a budget hearing on the Department of Transportation. Testimony was heard from Pete Buttigieg, Secretary, Department of Transportation.
RIGHTS FOR THE TSA WORKFORCE ACT OF 2021; FEDERAL FIREFIGHTERS FAIRNESS ACT OF 2022; COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2022
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 903, the
``Rights for the TSA Workforce Act of 2021''; H.R. 2499, the ``Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2022''; H.R. 5129, the ``Community Services Block Grant Modernization Act of 2022''; and H.R. 7691, the
``Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022''. The Committee granted, by record vote of 8-2, a rule providing for consideration of H.R. 903, the ``Rights for the TSA Workforce Act of 2021'', H.R. 2499, the ``Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2022'', H.R. 5129, the ``Community Services Block Grant Modernization Act of 2022'' and H.R. 7691, the ``Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022''. The rule provides for consideration of H.R. 903, the ``Rights for the TSA Workforce Act of 2022'' under a structured rule. The rule provides one hour of general debate on the bill equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Homeland Security or their designees. 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 117-40, 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 that following debate, each further amendment printed in part B of the Rules Committee report not earlier considered as part of amendments en bloc pursuant to section 3 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, may be withdrawn by the proponent at any time before the question is put thereon, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question. Section 3 of the rule provides that at any time after debate the chair of the Committee on Homeland Security or his designee may offer amendments en bloc consisting of further 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 Homeland Security or their designees, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question. The rule waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part B of the report and amendments en bloc described in section 3 of the resolution. The rule provides one motion to recommit. The rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2499, the ``Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2022'', under a structured rule. The rule provides one hour of general debate on the bill equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and Labor or their designees. 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 117-41, 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 provides that following debate, each further amendment printed in part D of the Rules Committee report not earlier considered as part of amendments en bloc pursuant to section 7 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, may be withdrawn by the proponent at any time before the question is put thereon, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question. Section 7 of the rule provides that at any time after debate the chair of the Committee on Education and Labor or his designee may offer amendments en bloc consisting of further 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 Education and Labor or their designees, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question. The rule waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part D of the report and amendments en bloc described in section 7 of the resolution. The rule provides one motion to recommit. The rule provides for consideration of H.R. 5129, the ``Community Services Block Grant Modernization Act of 2022'', under a structured rule. The rule provides one hour of general debate on the bill equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and Labor or their designees. 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 117-42, modified by 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 provides that following debate, each further amendment printed in part F of the Rules Committee report not earlier considered as part of amendments en bloc pursuant to section 11 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, may be withdrawn by the proponent at any time before the question is put thereon, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question. Section 11 of the rule provides that at any time after debate the chair of the Committee on Education and Labor or his designee may offer amendments en bloc consisting of further 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 Education and Labor or their designees, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question. The rule waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part F of the report and amendments en bloc described in section 11 of the resolution. The rule provides one motion to recommit. The rule provides that House Resolution 1096 is hereby adopted. The rule provides that House Resolution 188, agreed to March 8, 2021, is amended by striking ``May 13, 2022'' each place it appears and inserting ``June 10, 2022''. The rule provides that proceedings may be postponed through May 18, 2022, on measures that were the object of motions to suspend the rules on the legislative day of May 10 and 11, 2022, and on which the yeas and nays were ordered. The rule provides for consideration of H.R. 7691, the
``Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022'', under a closed rule. The rule provides one hour of general debate on the bill equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their designees. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that the amendment printed in part G 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 motion to recommit. Testimony was heard from Chairman DeLauro, and Representatives Aderholt, Foxx, Carbajal, DeSaulnier, Watson Coleman, and Guest.
Joint Meetings
No joint committee meetings were held.
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