Announcements

October 7, 2019

AMENDMENT PROCESS FOR

H.R. 1815–SEC Disclosure Effectiveness Testing Act

Dear Colleague:                          

The Committee on Rules is likely to meet the week of October 14 to grant a rule that may provide a structured amendment process for floor consideration of H.R. 1815 – SEC Disclosure Effectiveness Testing Act.

Any Member wishing to offer an amendment must submit a searchable electronic copy of the amendment, which should be provided by the Office of Legislative Counsel, via the Rules Committee’s website. Members must also submit 20 hard copies of the amendment, one copy of a brief factual summary of the amendment, and an amendment login form to the Rules Committee in room H-312 of the Capitol by 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 10, 2019. Both electronic and hard copies must be received by the date and time specified. Members should draft their amendments to the text of Rules Committee Print 116-34 which contains the text of H.R. 1815, as reported by the Committee on the Financial Services, with modifications, and is available on the Rules Committee website.

Members should use the Office of Legislative Counsel to ensure that their amendments are drafted in the most appropriate format. Members should also check with the Congressional Budget Office for a preliminary assessment of their amendments’ budgetary effects. Finally, Members should check with the Office of the Parliamentarian and the Committee on the Budget to be certain their amendments comply with the rules of the House and the Congressional Budget Act. If you have any questions, please contact Eric Delaney of the Committee staff at 225-9091.

Sincerely,

James P. McGovern

Chairman

Committee on Rules

The Committee on Rules will also meet on Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at 5:00 PM in H-313, The Capitol on the following emergency measures:

• H. Res. 576 — Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the whistleblower complaint of August 12, 2019, made to the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community.

The Committee on Rules will meet on Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at 5:00 PM in H-313, The Capitol on the following measures:

• H.R. 2203 — Homeland Security Improvement Act [Further consideration]
• H.R. 3525 — U.S. Border Patrol Medical Screening Standards Act

Due to a change in the House schedule, this hearing will now take place at 2:45 PM, still on Tuesday, September 24, 2019 in H-313, The Capitol.

The Committee on Rules’ Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process will meet on Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at 10:00 AM in H-313, The Capitol on the following:

• Building Resilient Communities for America’s Future [Original Jurisdiction Hearing]

**PLEASE NOTE: Witnesses for this hearing will be by invitation only.

The Committee on Rules will meet on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at 5:00 PM in H-313, The Capitol on the following measure:

• H.R. 1423—Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act

This Committee on Rules’ consideration of the following measure is postponed subject to the call of the Chair:

• H.R. ___—Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2020, and for other purposes.

The Committee on Rules will meet on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at 5:00 PM in H-313, The Capitol on the following measures:

• H.R. 1423—Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act
• H.R. ___—Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2020, and for other purposes.