What does “considered under suspension of the rules” mean?
The House’s consensus fast lane: 40 minutes, no amendments, two-thirds to pass.
The short version
Suspension is a fast-track House procedure for broadly supported legislation. Debate is limited to 40 minutes, floor amendments are barred, and passage requires two-thirds of those voting.
What it signals
Scheduling a bill under suspension means leadership expects overwhelming support. A failure may still reveal majority support, just not the required supermajority.
Current examples
- HR 8205: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Reauthorization Act of 2026
- HR 3747: Accelerating Access to Dementia and Alzheimer’s Provider Training Act
- HR 6238: NIH IMPROVE Act
- HR 5362: To name the Department of Veterans Affairs multispecialty clinic in Marietta, Georgia, as the "Colonel Michael H. Boyce Department of Veterans Affairs Multispecialty Clinic".
- HR 7574: ELO Realignment and Strategic Engagement Reform Act of 2026
- HR 8535: Measuring Illicit Fentanyl Trafficking Act