06/25/09 10:46 AM
An amendment numbered 3 printed in House Report 111-182 to require the Defense Secretary to report to Congress, not later than December 31, 2009, on a U.S. exit strategy for U.S. military forces in Afghanistan participating in Operation Enduring Freedom.
06/25/09 10:45 AM
On agreeing to the Skelton amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
06/25/09 10:38 AM
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 572, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Skelton amendment number 1.
06/25/09 10:37 AM
An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 111-182 to (1) make technical fixes to the Bright-Hunter amendment adopted at full committee mark-up, is a technical fix for the Rep. Ortiz request, (2) make a conforming change to statutory limitation of non-dual status technicians, (3) extend the deadline from 30 days to 90 days after the date of enactment for the report on Miranda warning required by SEC 1036, (4) disaggregate NAVY/Marine Corps Procurement in SEC 1505 in line with similar disaggregation for ARMY (SEC 1502) and Air Force (SEC 1506) Procurement, and (5) fix other technical issues.
06/25/09 10:37 AM
Amendment offered by Mr. Skelton.
06/25/09 10:35 AM
The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
06/25/09 10:33 AM
Mr. Skelton asked unanimous consent that during futher consideration of H.R. 2647 pursuant to H.Res. 572, debate on amendments 3 and 9 be extended to 20 minutes each, and that amendment 2 be modified. Agreed to without objection.
Considered as unfinished business.
06/25/09 10:05 AM
H. Res. 580:
providing for the election of certain minority members to a standing committee
06/25/09 10:05 AM
ONE MINUTE SPEECHES - The House proceeded with one minute speeches, which by direction of the Chair would be limited to ten per side of the aisle.
06/25/09 10:04 AM
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.
Considered as privileged matter.
