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HRES 5 · Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, and for other purposes.

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Introduced
Jan 3, 2025
Latest action
Jan 3, 2025
Sponsor
Rep. Michelle Fischbach [R-MN-7]
Policy area
Congress
Cosponsors
0

Summary

This resolution establishes rules for the House of Representatives for the 119th Congress. The resolution adopts the rules from the 118th Congress with specified changes, including providing that a resolution vacating the Office of Speaker is only privileged (takes precedence over all matters other than motions to adjourn) if it is offered by a sponsor of the majority party joined by eight cosponsors from the majority party; providing that the Speaker may only entertain a motion to suspend the rules on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays; prohibiting waiver (by rule or by order) of the germaneness rule (which requires amendments to be of the same subject matter as the measure under consideration); and prohibiting consideration of measures that exceed a specified long-term budget impact according to the Congressional Budget Office. Additional changes include authorizing the use of electronic voting within a committee; authorizing remote appearances by non-executive branch witnesses and their counsel in committee proceedings; eliminating the House Office of Diversity and Inclusion; eliminating certain collective bargaining rights for employees of the House of Representatives; reauthorizing the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party; reauthorizing the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission; and reauthorizing the House Democracy Assistance Commission (an entity that advises democratic parliaments in other countries) and renaming it the House Democracy Partnership. The resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 21, H.R. 22, H.R. 23, H.R. 26, H.R. 27, H.R. 28, H.R. 29, H.R. 30, H.R. 31, H.R. 32, H.R. 33, and H.R. 35.

Recent actions

  1. Jan 3, 2025 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  2. Jan 3, 2025 On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 215 - 209 (Roll no. 5). (text: CR H8-14)
  3. Jan 3, 2025 Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 215 - 209 (Roll no. 5). (text: CR H8-14)
  4. Jan 3, 2025 On motion to commit the resolution to a select committee with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 209 - 214 (Roll no. 4).
  5. Jan 3, 2025 The previous question on the motion to commit was ordered without objection.
  6. Jan 3, 2025 Ms. DeLauro moved to commit the resolution to a select committee composed of the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader with instructions to report the same back to the House forthwith with an amendment.
  7. Jan 3, 2025 On ordering the previous question Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 216 - 210 (Roll no. 3).
  8. Jan 3, 2025 DEBATE - The House resumed debate on H. Res. 5.

Votes

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