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Committee Meetings
NO TIME TO LOSE: SOLUTIONS TO INCREASE COVID-19 VACCINATIONS IN THE STATES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing entitled ``No Time to Lose: Solutions to Increase COVID-19 Vaccinations in the States''. Testimony was heard from Ngozi Ezike, M.D., Director, Department of Public Health, Illinois; Joneigh S. Khaldun, M.D., Chief Medical Executive and Chief Deputy Director, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services; Clay Marsh, M.D., COVID-19/Coronavirus Czar, West Virginia; Courtney N. Phillips, Secretary, Department of Health, Louisiana; and Jill Hunsaker Ryan, Executive Director, Department of Public Health and Environment, Colorado.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on Oversight and Reform: On February 1, 2021, Full Committee held an organizational meeting. The Committee adopted its rules for the 117th Congress, without amendment. Subcommittee Chairs and the Full Committee Vice Chair were agreed to.
BUSINESS MEETING; NATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP ACT OF 2021; ESTABLISHING THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET FOR THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 AND SETTING FORTH THE APPROPRIATE BUDGETARY LEVELS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2022 THROUGH 2030
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a business meeting and a hearing on H.R. 447, the ``National Apprenticeship Act of 2021''; and H. Con. Res. 11, establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2021 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030. The Committee adopted revised rules for the 117th Congress. Representative Hastings was designated the Vice Chair of the Committee. The subcommittee ratios and subcommittee appointments were adopted. The Committee granted, by record vote of 8-3, a rule providing for consideration of H.R. 447, the ``National Apprenticeship Act of 2021'', and H. Con. Res. 111, Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2021 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030. The rule provides for consideration of H.R. 447, the ``National Apprenticeship Act of 2021'', under a structured rule. 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 Labor. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that 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 of the rule 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 Education and Labor 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 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 the Rules Committee report or amendments en bloc described in section 3 of the rule. The rule provides one motion to recommit. The rule provides for consideration of H. Con. Res. 11, Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2021 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030, under a closed rule. The rule provides three hours of general debate, with two hours equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Budget, and one hour, on the subject of economic goals and policies, divided and controlled by Representatives Beyer of Virginia and Schweikert of Arizona or their respective designees. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the concurrent resolution. The rule provides that the amendment printed in part C of the Rules Committee report shall be considered as adopted and the concurrent resolution, as amended, shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against provisions in the concurrent resolution, as amended. The rule provides that rule XXVIII shall not apply with respect to the adoption by the House of a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2021. The rule provides that House Resolution 73 is hereby adopted. The rule amends Clause 3(g)(3)(C) of rule 2 to read as follows: ``(C) Upon receipt of an appeal pursuant to subdivision (B), the Committee on Ethics shall have 30 calendar days or five legislative days, whichever is later, to consider the appeal. The fine will be upheld unless the appeal is agreed to by a majority of the Committee. Upon a determination regarding the appeal or if no appeal has been filed at the expiration of the period specified as subdivision (B), the chair of the Committee on Ethics shall promptly notify the Member, Delegate, or the Resident Commissioner, the Speaker, the Sergeant-at-Arms, and the Chief Administrative Officer and make such notification publicly available. The Speaker shall promptly lay such notification before the House.'' The rule amends section 4(a)(2) of House Resolution 38 to read as follows: ``(2) a fine imposed pursuant to this section shall be treated as though imposed under clause 3(g) of rule 2, and shall be administered as though pursuant to clause 4(d) of rule 2, except that the time periods described in clause 3(g)(3)(C) of rule 2 shall not commence until the Committee on Ethics has adopted written rules, and the chair of the Committee on Ethics shall notify all Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner with pending appeals upon such commencement.'' The rule amends House Resolution 8, agreed to January 4, 2021 (as amended by House Resolution 41, agreed to January 13, 2021), by striking ``February 11'' each place that it appears and inserting ``March 12''. Testimony was heard from Chairman Scott of Virginia, Chairman Yarmuth, and Representatives Foxx and Smith of Missouri.
Joint Meetings
No joint committee meetings were held.
SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 19
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