/ News ItemsThe Committee on Rules may meet the week of May 20th to grant a rule that could limit the amendment process for floor consideration of H.R. 3, the Northern Route Approval Act.
H.R. 1062 requires the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) to perform a cost-benefit analysis of proposed regulations, identify and assess alternatives to those regulations, tailor regulations to impose the least burden on society, choose the regulatory approach that maximizes net benefits, and review existing regulations within one year of enactment.
The Committee on Rules will meet on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 1:00 PM in H-313 The Capitol on H.R. 1062, the SEC Regulatory Accountability Act and H.R. 45, To Repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.
The Committee on Rules may meet the week of May 13th to grant a rule that could limit the amendment process for floor consideration of H.R. 1062, the SEC Regulatory Accountability Act.
H.R. 807 authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, in the event of the federal government reaching the statutory debt limit, to issue new debt for the sole purpose of making payments on the principal and interest earned on the debt, and payments from the Social Security Trust Fund only.
H.R. 1406 allows private-sector workers to choose paid time off instead of cash wages as compensation for working overtime hours. Currently, the Fair Labor Standards Act requires that overtime pay for private-sector employees be in the form of cash wages.