Survey of Activities of the House Committee on Rules for the 116th Congress: Report 116-722
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House Report 116-722 of the 116th Congress, 2d Session, Union Calendar No. 606, dated January 3, 2021, a survey of the activities of the House Committee on Rules for the 116th Congress, together with minority views. The roster names James P. McGovern of Massachusetts as Chairman and lists the Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process. In the closing minority views, Tom Cole, Rob Woodall, Michael C. Burgess and Debbie Lesko say they hope the views serve as a condemnation of the Committee's actions in the 116th Congress and as a request to Democratic colleagues to return to regular order.
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Union Calendar No. 606
116TH CONGRESS REPORT
" HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES !
2d Session 116–722
SURVEY OF ACTIVITIES OF THE HOUSE
COMMITTEE ON RULES FOR THE 116TH
CONGRESS
R E P O R T
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON RULES
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
together with
MINORITY VIEWS
JANUARY 3, 2021.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on
the State of the Union and Ordered to be Printed
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COMMITTEE ON RULES
JAMES P. MCGOVERN, Massachusetts, Chairman
ALCEE L. HASTINGS, Florida TOM COLE, Oklahoma
NORMA J. TORRES, California Ranking Member
ED PERLMUTTER, Colorado ROB WOODALL, Georgia
JAMIE RASKIN, Maryland MICHAEL C. BURGESS, Texas
MARY GAY SCANLON, Pennsylvania DEBBIE LESKO, Arizona
JOSEPH D. MORELLE, New York
DONNA E. SHALALA, Florida
DORIS MATSUI, California *
DONALD C. SISSON, Staff Director
KELLY DIXON CHAMBERS, Minority Staff Director
SUBCOMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE AND BUDGET PROCESS
ALCEE L. HASTINGS, Florida, Chairman
JOSEPH D. MORELLE, New York ROB WOODALL, Georgia
MARY GAY SCANLON, Pennsylvania Ranking Member
DONNA E. SHALALA, Florida MICHAEL C. BURGESS, Texas
JAMES P. MCGOVERN, Massachusetts
SUBCOMMITTEE ON RULES AND ORGANIZATION OF THE HOUSE
NORMA J. TORRES, California, Chair
ED PERLMUTTER, Colorado DEBBIE LESKO, Arizona
MARY GAY SCANLON, Pennsylvania Ranking Member
JOSEPH D. MORELLE, New York ROB WOODALL, Georgia
JAMES P. MCGOVERN, Massachusetts
SUBCOMMITTEE ON EXPEDITED PROCEDURES
JAMIE RASKIN, Maryland, Chairman
DONNA E. SHALALA, Florida MICHAEL C. BURGESS, Texas
NORMA J. TORRES, California Ranking Member
MARK DESAULNIER, California DEBBIE LESKO, Arizona
JAMES P. MCGOVERN, Massachusetts
* Doris Matsui of California was elected to the Committee on January 8, 2019 and served
until she resigned on February 13, 2019. Mark DeSaulnier of California was elected to the
Committee on February 13, 2019. On April 21, 2020 Mark DeSaulnier requested a leave
of absence from the Committee and on April 22, 2020, Doris Matsui was re-elected to the
Committee on Rules.
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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
COMMITTEE ON RULES,
Washington, DC, January 3, 2021.
Hon. KAREN L. HAAS,
Clerk, House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
DEAR MADAM CLERK: Pursuant to clause 1(d) of rule XI of the
Rules of the House of Representatives for the 116th Congress, I
transmit herewith a report entitled ‘‘Survey of Activities of the
House Committee on Rules for the 116th Congress.’’
Sincerely,
JAMES P. MCGOVERN,
Chairman.
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CONTENTS
Page
I. History, Function, and Organization of the Committee on Rules .................... 1
A. Introduction ..................................................................................................... 1
B. History and Function ...................................................................................... 2
C. Committee Organization During the 116th Congress .................................. 5
D. Information Transparency for the Rules Committee ................................... 6
E. Rules of the Committee on Rules for the 116th Congress ........................... 7
II. House Rules Changes Adopted at the Beginning of the 116th Congress ...... 18
A. Introduction ..................................................................................................... 18
B. Summary of Substantive Changes Contained in H. Res. 6, Adopting
House Rules for the 116th Congress ............................................................... 18
III. Committee Jurisdiction and Activities ............................................................ 25
A. Introduction ..................................................................................................... 25
B. Special Orders or Rules .................................................................................. 26
1. Rule Requests ............................................................................................... 26
2. Hearings ........................................................................................................ 26
3. Special Orders Or Rules .............................................................................. 27
a. Background ............................................................................................... 27
b. Categories of Rules Granted with Amendment Structures ................... 28
c. Categories of Rules Granted with Certain Floor Management Tools ... 29
d. Categories of Rules Granted to Resolve Differences Among and Re-
sponding to the Legislative Actions of Committees ................................ 30
e. Categories of Rules Granted Dealing with House-Senate Relations .... 31
f. Categories of Rules Granted with Certain Housekeeping Tools ............ 32
4. Floor Consideration of a Special Rule ........................................................ 32
5. Rules Rejected, Tabled, or Pending ............................................................ 33
6. Explanation of Waivers of All Points of Order .......................................... 33
7. Waivers of House Rules ............................................................................... 33
8. Waivers of Budget Enforcement .................................................................. 45
C. Original Jurisdiction Matter .......................................................................... 49
1. Committee Consideration of Original Jurisdiction Measures ................... 49
2. Original Jurisdiction Full Committee Hearings ........................................ 50
3. Original Jurisdiction Measures Reported ................................................... 52
IV. Activities of the Subcommittees ....................................................................... 72
A. Activities of the Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process ............ 72
1. Jurisdiction and Purpose ............................................................................. 72
2. Summary of Activities in the 116th Congress ........................................... 73
3. Legislation Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget
Process ........................................................................................................... 73
B. Activities of the Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House .. 74
1. Jurisdiction and Purpose ............................................................................. 74
2. Summary of Activities in the 116th Congress ........................................... 74
3. Legislation Referred to the Subcommittee on Rules and Organization
of the House .................................................................................................. 74
C. Activities of the Subcommittee on Expedited Procedures ............................ 74
1. Jurisdiction and Purpose ............................................................................. 74
2. Summary of Activities in the 116th Congress ........................................... 75
3. Legislation Referred to the Subcommittee on Expedited Procedures ...... 75
V. Statistical Profile of the Committee on Rules in the 116th Congress ............ 76
VI. Publications ........................................................................................................ 79
VII. Appendices ........................................................................................................ 82
VIII. Minority Views ................................................................................................ 123
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Union Calendar No. 606
116TH CONGRESS REPORT
" HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES !
2d Session 116–722
SURVEY OF ACTIVITIES OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON
RULES FOR THE 116TH CONGRESS
JANUARY 3, 2021.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. MCGOVERN, from the Committee on Rules,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
together with
MINORITY VIEWS
Pursuant to clause 1(d) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of
Representatives, the Committee on Rules transmits herewith its
Survey of Activities for the 116th Congress.
I. HISTORY, FUNCTION, AND ORGANIZATION OF THE
COMMITTEE ON RULES
A. INTRODUCTION
In the 116th Congress, the Committee on Rules retained its tra-
ditional structure and purpose in the House of Representatives. Its
size and super majority party ratio remained the same as in pre-
vious Congresses, under both Democratic and Republican control.
Its central function continued to be setting the conditions under
which major legislation is considered on the House floor, particu-
larly regarding the terms of debate and the process for consider-
ation of amendments.
Underscoring this role, scholars of Congress and Members have
described the Rules Committee as a ‘‘traffic cop,’’ ‘‘gatekeeper,’’ and
‘‘the Speaker’s Committee.’’ All of these terms highlight the critical
role the Committee plays in the conduct of legislative business in
the House. While the primary responsibility of the Committee is to
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be the scheduling arm of the majority leadership, it also exercises
‘‘original jurisdiction’’ over the rules of the House, joint rules of the
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House and Senate, the order of business in the House, and the
budget process. Although the principal purpose of this report is to
summarize the activities of the Rules Committee in the 116th Con-
gress, its secondary purpose is to view these activities in the con-
text of the evolution of the Committee and the House of Represent-
atives since the First Congress in 1789.
B. HISTORY AND FUNCTION
The Rules Committee has a long and storied history. The first
Rules Committee was established as a select committee of the
House on the second day of the First Congress, April 2, 1789, pur-
suant to the Constitutional mandate in Article I, section 5, clause
2 that, ‘‘[e]ach House may determine the rules of its proceedings.’’
The House order creating the Committee stated that a committee
be appointed ‘‘to prepare and report such standing rules and orders
of proceedings as may be proper to be observed in the House.’’
Since the moment of its inception, the Committee has followed
these mandates.
The Members serving on the Rules Committee have included
some of the most prominent Members of the House. Of the first 11
Members on the Committee, several were Founding Fathers of the
nation. These included: (1) Representative James Madison of Vir-
ginia, the ‘‘Father of the Constitution’’ and future President of the
United States; (2) Representative Roger Sherman of Connecticut,
the only one of the Founding Fathers to help prepare and sign all
four of the most important documents of the early nation: the Arti-
cles of Association, the Articles of Confederation, the Declaration of
Independence, and the Constitution; (3) Representative Elias
Boudinot of New Jersey, President of the Continental Congress
from November 1782 to November 1783; and (4) Representative El-
bridge Gerry of Massachusetts, a future Vice President of the
United States and a signer of both the Declaration of Independence
and the Articles of Confederation.
Five days after its appointment, the first Select Committee on
Rules began exercising its responsibilities. It reported four rules
on: (1) the duties of the Speaker, (2) decorum and debate, (3) the
disposition of bills, and (4) the operations of the Committee of the
Whole. Six days later, on April 13, 1789 the Select Committee re-
ported an additional eight rules dealing with such matters as the
service of Members on committees, Members’ attendance during
floor proceedings, the creation of a standing Committee on Elec-
tions, the duties of the Clerk, and the duties of the Sergeant-at
Arms. Following the adoption of these rules by the House, the Se-
lect Committee was dissolved.
During the first 90 years of the House, this pattern continued.
At the beginning of each Congress, the House would establish a Se-
lect Committee on Rules, which would report any recommended re-
visions in the standing rules of the House from those of the pre-
vious, and then dissolve. In some Congresses, the House did not
appoint a Select Committee on Rules and instead operated under
the rules adopted in the preceding Congress.
Although in its early years the House relied primarily on select
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committees to draft legislation, by the mid-nineteenth century this
system evolved to include 34 standing committees, which assumed
such responsibilities. The House briefly converted the Rules Com-
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mittee into a standing committee between 1849 and 1853. In 1880,
the House permanently converted the Rules Committee into a
standing committee chaired by the Speaker of the House. It was
this Speaker-Chair position, combined with the newly-emerging
role of the Committee to report rules managing consideration of
legislation on the floor, that cement the Committee’s place in legis-
lative history.
In 1883, the modern Rules Committee began to emerge when the
House upheld the right of the Committee to issue ‘‘special orders
of business’’ or ‘‘special rules’’ providing for the consideration of leg-
islation from other committees. By 1890, this new role had become
the exclusive prerogative of the Rules Committee.
Special rules, which were and are House resolutions, also known
as simple resolutions reported from the Rules Committee, were im-
portant because they required only a majority vote of the House to
provide for the consideration of bills out of the order in which they
appeared on the floor Calendar. This is notable because, until the
use of special rules, a two-thirds vote was required to suspend the
rules and consider a bill out of order. A simple majority could now
accomplish what previously required a super-majority. Special
rules gained importance because they gave the House flexibility in
its legislative agenda, which in turn, allowed for House leadership
to respond to changing judgments about the nation’s needs at any
given time.
Speaker Thomas Brackett Reed of Maine was the individual most
responsible for recognizing and utilizing the full potential of the
combined powers of Speaker and Rules Committee Chairman; this
is because he served in those two roles from 1889 to 1891 and then
again from l895 to 1899. Not only did he use his authority as
Speaker to make rulings from the Chair that outlawed certain ob-
structionist tactics on the House floor; he also proceeded to codify
these rulings, known as ‘‘Reed’s Rules,’’ in the standing rules of the
House through his capacity as Rules Committee Chairman. Speak-
er Reed also made regular use of the Rules Committee to report
special rules, enabling him to schedule bills to be considered on the
floor when he wished and under his terms of debate and amend-
ment.
This powerful Speaker-Chairman position ended in 1910 in a re-
volt against Speaker Joseph Cannon of Illinois. Speaker Cannon
had served as Speaker and Rules Committee Chairman since 1903.
Disaffected by Speaker Cannon’s autocratic rule, a group of Repub-
lican insurgents joined with the Democratic minority to bypass the
Rules Committee and directly amend House Rules from the floor.
The group amended the Rules to strip the Speaker of his chairman-
ship and membership on the Rules Committee, as well as his power
to appoint Members to the Committee. They also voted to enlarge
the Committee from five to ten members elected by the House. The
following year, a new Democratic majority completed the revolution
by taking away the Speaker’s power to appoint embers to all of the
other committees of the House. Since then, the House has elected
all Members to standing committees.
This revolt had far-reaching and long-lasting consequences.
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While the Rules Committee continued to serve as the scheduling
arm of the House leadership, it illustrated its independence when
reaction set in against the New Deal in 1937, when many Rules
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Committee members were opposed to the policies of President Roo-
sevelt. From that time until 1961, the Committee was dominated
by a conservative coalition of Southern Democrats and Republicans
who sometimes would refuse to report rules on bills that the major-
ity leadership wanted on the floor, or they would report such rules
only under their own terms and timing. In 1961, Speaker Sam Ray-
burn of Texas and President John F. Kennedy led a successful ef-
fort to enlarge the membership of the Committee, from 12 to 15
Members, however this did not produce the desired effect. It was
not until the mid-1970s, with a large influx of new Democratic
Members, that the Rules Committee was fully restored as an arm
of the majority leadership.
The reform movement of the mid-1970s also produced further de-
centralization in the House with the emergence of more inde-
pendent Members and the proliferation of semi-autonomous sub-
committees. This decentralization soon led to pressures to give the
majority leadership, in particular the Speaker acting through the
Rules Committee, more authority to direct the business of the
House.
In 1975, with a Democratic majority in the House, Democratic
Caucus rules, which govern how the Democratic Members will
carry out their roles, gave the Democratic Speaker the authority to
appoint all Rules Committee Democrats, subject to Caucus ratifica-
tion. In 1989, with a Republican minority in the House, the Repub-
lican Conference, which governs how Republican Members exercise
their duties, gave the Minority Leader the same authority to ap-
point Republican Members to the Rules Committee.
Today, the slates of appointees recommended by the Speaker and
Minority Leader are still subject to approval by the whole House
in the form of a simple resolution. In the 116th Congress, the
Democratic Members were appointed to the Rules Committee
through the adoption of H. Res. 7, H. Res. 24, H. Res. 26, H. Res.
125, and H. Res. 934. The Republican Members of the Committee
were appointed through the adoption of H. Res. 8 and H. Res. 25.
While the most high-profile role of the Rules Committee is to di-
rect legislative traffic to the House floor, the Committee is also re-
sponsible for other important business. For instance, as part of its
gate-keeping work, the Committee must help resolve jurisdictional
disputes between other standing committees. As is often the case,
committees will report legislation with amendments that impact
the jurisdiction of other committees. When legislation with such
cross-jurisdictional language comes to the Rules Committee, the
Committee must resolve these disputes to ensure that legislation
reaches the floor without controversy between House committees.
Finally, with the aid of the Office of the Parliamentarian, the
Committee plays a role in ensuring compliance with the House
Rules. Authorizing and appropriating committees often seek guid-
ance in how to conduct their oversight and legislative responsibil-
ities in accordance with the Rules. When questions arise regarding
the propriety of certain courses of action, they turn to the Rules
Committee or the Parliamentarian for the answer.
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Overall, and notwithstanding changes in majority control, the
Rules Committee continues its role of facilitating the deliberation
and amending of legislation in the House.
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C. COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION DURING THE 116TH CONGRESS
At the beginning of the 94th Congress, the Committee member-
ship was increased from fifteen Members (ten Democrats and five
Republicans) to sixteen Members (eleven Democrats and five Re-
publicans). This ratio remained until the 98th Congress, when the
membership was reduced to thirteen Members (nine Democrats
and four Republicans). The membership has remained at thirteen,
through the 116th Congress. The ratio of majority party Members
to minority party Members also has remained the same. However,
in the 112th through the 115th Congresses, Republicans were in
the majority and Democrats were in the minority. During the
116th Congress, Democrats were in the majority.
Six of the thirteen members of the Rules Committee in the 116th
Congress served on the Committee during the previous Congress.
The returning Democratic Representatives were James McGovern
of Massachusetts, Alcee Hastings of Florida, and Norma Torres of
California. The new Democratic Representatives on the Committee
for the 116th Congress were Ed Perlmutter of Colorado, Jamie
Raskin of Maryland, Mary Gay Scanlon of Pennsylvania, Joe
Morelle of New York, Donna Shalala of Florida, and Mark
DeSaulnier of California. Doris Matsui of California was elected to
the Committee on January 8, 2019 and served until she resigned
on February 13, 2019. Mark DeSaulnier of California was elected
to the Committee on February 13, 2019. On April 21, 2020, Mark
DeSaulnier requested a leave of absence from the Committee, and
on April 22, 2020, Doris Matsui was re-elected to the Committee
on Rules. The returning Republican Representatives were Tom
Cole of Oklahoma, Rob Woodall of Georgia, and Michael Burgess
of Texas. The new Republican Representative on the Committee for
the 116th Congress was Debbie Lesko of Arizona.
The Committee held its organizational meeting on January 8,
2019. Chairman James McGovern of Massachusetts opened the
meeting and welcomed all of the Committee Members.
Chairman McGovern announced that the proposed Rules Com-
mittee rules would be considered as read and open for amendment
at any point. He explained that the proposal called for the adoption
of the Committee’s rules for the previous Congress with no modi-
fications.
Mr. Hastings offered a motion that the Rules Committee adopt
the proposed Committee rules for the 116th Congress. Two amend-
ments were considered by voice vote. Amendment #1, offered by
Mr. Raskin, would create a Subcommittee on Expedited Proce-
dures, which would have general responsibility for measures or
matters related to expedited procedures for floor consideration in
law or in the Rules of the House, and was agreed to by voice vote.
Amendment #2, offered by Mr. Cole, would require that the Rules
Committee Survey of Activities include all waivers of points of
order previously disclosed in Rules Committee reports, and was
agreed to by voice vote. Mr. Hastings’ motion to adopt the Com-
mittee rules, as amended, was agreed to by voice vote.
Pursuant to clause 2(d) of rule XI of the Rules of the House,
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Chairman McGovern designated Alcee Hastings as the Vice Chair
of the Rules Committee to act on the Chair’s behalf during a tem-
porary absence of the Chair.
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Mr. Hastings offered a motion that pursuant to rule 5(c) of the
Committee on Rules, the Subcommittee on Rules and Organization
of the House, the Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process,
and the Subcommittee on Expedited Procedures continued to be
composed of five majority and two minority Members, identical to
the ratio used in recent Congresses. Mr. Hastings’ motion was
agreed to by voice vote. Chairman McGovern asked unanimous con-
sent that any appointments to the subcommittees be postponed
until the chair and ranking member had time to consult with mem-
bers and each other.
Finally, the majority and minority staff of the Committee on
Rules was approved and the committee staff was authorized to
make technical and conforming changes to rules reported by the
Committee for the duration of the 116th Congress.
On April 1, 2019, Chairman McGovern proposed and the Com-
mittee adopted by unanimous consent the appointment of Mrs.
Torres as Chair of the Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of
the House, Mr. Hastings as Chair of the Subcommittee on Legisla-
tive and Budget Process, and Mr. Raskin as Chair of the Sub-
committee on Expedited Procedures. Chairman McGovern and
Ranking Member Cole appointed the majority and minority Mem-
bers of the three subcommittees as follows:
Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House: Mrs.
Torres (Chair), Mr. Perlmutter, Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Morelle, Mr.
McGovern, Mrs. Lesko (Ranking Member), and Mr. Woodall.
Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process: Mr. Hastings
(Chairman), Mr. Morelle, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Shalala, Mr. McGovern,
Mr. Woodall (Ranking Member), and Mr. Burgess.
Subcommittee on Expedited Procedures: Mr. Raskin (Chairman),
Ms. Shalala, Mrs. Torres, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Bur-
gess (Ranking Member), and Mrs. Lesko.
D. INFORMATION TRANSPARENCY FOR THE RULES COMMITTEE
Due to its unique role in the legislative process, the Committee
on Rules has traditionally assumed the role as the portal through
which Members and the public access major legislation in the
House. Whether it is early access to legislation or conference re-
ports, or the text of amendments submitted to the Committee or
made in order for the floor, the Rules Committee has always served
as the central repository for those documents.
H. Res. 5 of the 112th Congress dictated the establishment of an
official central location for the posting of electronic legislative docu-
ments. This electronic repository was launched at docs.house.gov
on January 13, 2012 (beginning of the 112th Congress, Second Ses-
sion). Along with the Majority Leader’s office, the Committee on
Rules still maintains its data.
With the transition to a new majority this Congress, the Rules
Committee website was modernized and improved through a rede-
sign process completed in partnership with House Information Re-
sources (HIR). This work represents the largest update to the site
since its overhaul at the beginning of the 112th Congress. Among
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the key features of the redesigned site are:
• Live-streamed video of Committee meetings embedded on
the homepage;
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• Dates and times for meetings and amendment deadlines
highlighted on the homepage;
• Mobile-ready versions of all pages on the site;
• A new ‘‘Special Rules’’ page, listing in one place all rules
reported by the Committee in recent Congresses; and
• A new ‘‘Original Jurisdiction’’ page, listing all such hear-
ings and mark-ups conducted by the Committee.
Additionally, the redesign process was specially completed to
maintain links to the historical and educational material that
Members, staff, citizens, and academics find useful in under-
standing the legislative process in the House, in addition to all
records posted to the majority website since the beginning of the
112th Congress.
The website also maintains links to much of the historical and
educational material that Members, staff, citizens, and academics
find useful in understanding the legislative process in the House.
The Committee continues to make critical use of the Committee
on Rules Electronic Database (CORE Database) that was originally
developed in the 109th Congress to assist with amendment intake,
tracking, and production of draft rules and reports on an expedited
basis.
This system serves as the interface through which Member of-
fices submit amendments to the Committee. Once submitted,
CORE allows the Committee to quickly process amendments, as
well as track them throughout the Rules Committee process. Ulti-
mately, CORE is responsible for producing the templates of each
resolution and report needed for filing with the House. CORE also
streamlines the posting of amendments and other information on
the Committee’s public website.
Following the majority change, the Committee made a significant
investment to repair and improve the system, adding new
functionality to:
• Accommodate fully electronic amendment submissions dur-
ing the COVID–19 pandemic;
• Print the texts of amendments directly into the body of
each report to be filed, avoiding the traditional process of
hand-collating paper submissions;
• Upgrade the system from a Windows 2008 server to a
modern system running Windows 2019 architecture;
• Allow Member offices to select amendment co-sponsors
electronically for the first time ever;
• Overhaul and automate the intake process for amendment
revisions;
• Automate specificity in report documents regarding which
bill an amendment relates to; and
• Support the Committee’s new ‘‘20/20 Protocol’’ for amend-
ments with widespread bipartisan support.
Additionally, the Committee made numerous minor improve-
ments to the functions of individual data types.
This system continues to allow the Committee to quickly process
submitted amendments and proposed rules to meet its own needs
and ultimately produce the resolutions, reports, and other mate-
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rials needed for filing with the House. The CORE Database also
automates the posting of amendments and other information on the
Committee’s public website. The CORE Database continues to
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allow the Committee to both increase its efficiency and improve its
transparency by closely linking the production of committee work
product to its public disclosure responsibilities.
On May 15, 2020, the House adopted House Resolution 965 to
ensure Congress could continue legislating during the COVID–19
pandemic. The resolution provided for the temporary implementa-
tion of remote voting on the House Floor and virtual committee
proceedings during a ‘‘covered period’’ designated by the Speaker
after receiving a notification from the Sergeant-at-Arms, in con-
sultation with the Attending Physician, that a public health emer-
gency due to a novel coronavirus is in effect. A ‘‘covered period’’
was designated by Speaker Pelosi on May 20, 2020 and was ulti-
mately extended through the end of the 116th Congress.
Following the guidance of the Attending Physician to maximize
the use of telework across the House, the Committee took steps,
pursuant to House Resolution 965, to provide for fully remote com-
mittee proceedings.
The Committee used the Cisco WebEx video conferencing plat-
form, which was approved by the Chief Administrative Officer of
the House, to conduct remote committee meetings. The Committee
established a web-accessible document repository and provided
members and staff with an email address to submit materials for
the record.
In accordance with the Remote Committee Proceedings Regula-
tions Pursuant to House Resolution 965, members of the Com-
mittee were provided the opportunity to participate in a non-public
rehearsal held via the Cisco WebEx platform on May 22, 2020. The
rehearsal followed the format of a standard Rules Committee meet-
ing, including a hearing and a markup. Members were provided the
opportunity to practice submitting materials into the record
through the document repository, as well as offer motions and take
committee votes. The meeting also served as a rehearsal for partici-
pating support offices including the House Recording Studio and
the Office of Official Reporters, who joined on WebEx as attendees.
Pursuant to the requirements in section 4(b) of House Resolution
965, the Committee held two full committee hearings with remote
participation prior to holding a remote committee mark-up.
• On May 27, 2020, the Rules Committee held a remote
hearing on the Senate Amendments to H.R. 6172—USA FREE-
DOM Reauthorization Act of 2020. Testimony was heard from
Chairperson Lofgren, and Representatives Raskin, Jordan, Da-
vidson of Ohio, Gohmert, and Armstrong.
• On June 24, 2020, the Rules Committee held a remote
hearing on H.R. 7120—George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of
2020; H.R. 1425—State Health Care Premium Reduction Act
[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act];
H.R. 51—Washington, D.C. Admission Act; H.R. 5332—Pro-
tecting Your Credit Score Act of 2019; and H.J. Res. 90—Pro-
viding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency relating to ‘‘Community Reinvest-
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ment Act Regulations’’. Testimony was heard from Chairman
Pallone, Chairwoman Waters, and Representatives Walden,
Estes, Tipton, Norton, Hice of Georgia, Gosar, Bass, Arm-
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strong, Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Cline, Jackson Lee,
Schweikert, Stauber, and Perlmutter.
Following the Rules Committee hearing on June 24, 2020, the
Committee submitted a letter to the Congressional Record stating
that the requirements to hold remote business meetings had been
met. Chairman McGovern and Representatives Hastings, Torres,
Perlmutter, Raskin, Scanlon, Morelle, Shalala, and Matsui signed
the letter.
In addition to remote committee meetings, a system was also es-
tablished to remotely process amendments submitted to the Com-
mittee. In this system:
1. Member offices completed an online amendment submis-
sion form on the Committee website.
2. An automated response from the amendment intake inbox
was sent to the submitting office requesting further informa-
tion on the amendment.
3. Offices filled out the required fields in the response email
as well as attached a copy of the amendment to the email.
4. Rules Committee staff crosschecked the information pro-
vided by the office in the follow-up email with the information
submitted through the CORE Database and processed the
amendment accordingly.
5. Member offices received a confirmation email sent by
Rules Committee staff once it was determined all requirements
were met and the amendment was processed successfully.
6. All amendments were posted electronically on the Com-
mittee website.
E. RULES OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES FOR THE 116TH CONGRESS
RULE 1.—GENERAL PROVISIONS
(a) The Rules of the House are the rules of the Committee and
its subcommittees so far as applicable, except that a motion to re-
cess from day to day, and a motion to dispense with the first read-
ing (in full) of a bill or resolution, if printed copies are available,
are non-debatable privileged motions in the Committee. A proposed
investigative or oversight report shall be considered as read if it
has been available to the members of the Committee for at least
24 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays except
when the House is in session on such day).
(b) Each subcommittee is a part of the Committee, and is subject
to the authority and direction of the Committee and to its rules so
far as applicable.
(c) The provisions of clause 2 of rule XI of the Rules of the House
are incorporated by reference as the rules of the Committee to the
extent applicable.
(d) The Committee’s rules shall be published in the Congres-
sional Record not later than 30 days after the Committee is elected
in each odd-numbered year.
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RULE 2.—REGULAR, ADDITIONAL, AND SPECIAL MEETINGS
REGULAR MEETINGS
(a)(1) The Committee shall regularly meet at 5:00 p.m. on the
first day on which votes are scheduled of each week when the
House is in session.
(2) A regular meeting of the Committee may be dispensed with
if, in the judgment of the Chair, there is no need for the meeting.
(3) Additional regular meetings and hearings of the Committee
may be called by the Chair.
NOTICE FOR REGULAR MEETINGS
(b) The Chair shall notify in electronic or written form each
member of the Committee of the agenda of each regular meeting
of the Committee at least 48 hours before the time of the meeting
and shall provide to each member of the Committee, at least 24
hours before the time of each regular meeting:
(1) for each bill or resolution scheduled on the agenda for
consideration of a rule, a copy of—
(A) the bill or resolution;
(B) any committee reports thereon; and
(C) any available letter requesting a rule for the bill or
resolution; and
(2) for each other bill, resolution, report, or other matter on
the agenda a copy of—
(A) the bill, resolution, report, or materials relating to
the other matter in question; and
(B) any report on the bill, resolution, report, or any other
matter made by any subcommittee of the Committee.
EMERGENCY MEETINGS
(c)(1) The Chair may call an emergency meeting of the Com-
mittee at any time on any measure or matter which the Chair de-
termines to be of an emergency nature; provided, however, that the
Chair has made an effort to consult the ranking minority member,
or, in such member’s absence, the next ranking minority party
member of the Committee.
(2) As soon as possible after calling an emergency meeting of the
Committee, the Chair shall notify each member of the Committee
of the time and location of the meeting.
(3) To the extent feasible, the notice provided under paragraph
(2) shall include the agenda for the emergency meeting and copies
of available materials which would otherwise have been provided
under subsection (b) if the emergency meeting was a regular meet-
ing.
SPECIAL MEETINGS
(d) Special meetings shall be called and convened as provided in
clause 2(c)(2) of rule XI of the Rules of the House.
RULE 3.—MEETING AND HEARING PROCEDURES IN GENERAL
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(a)(1) Meetings and hearings of the Committee shall be called to
order and presided over by the Chair or, in the Chair’s absence, by
the member designated by the Chair as the Vice Chair of the Com-
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mittee, or by the ranking majority member of the Committee
present as Acting Chair.
(2) Meetings and hearings of the Committee shall be open to the
public unless closed in accordance with clause 2(g) of rule XI of the
Rules of the House of Representatives.
(3) Any meeting or hearing of the Committee that is open to the
public shall be open to coverage by television, radio, and still pho-
tography in accordance with the provisions of clause 4 of rule XI
of the Rules of the House (which are incorporated by reference as
part of these rules).
(4) Before a motion to report a rule is offered, a copy of the lan-
guage recommended shall be furnished to each member of the Com-
mittee.
QUORUM
(b)(1) For the purpose of hearing testimony on requests for rules,
five members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum.
(2) For the purpose of taking testimony and receiving evidence on
measures or matters of original jurisdiction before the Committee,
three members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum.
(3) A majority of the members of the Committee shall constitute
a quorum for the purposes of: reporting any measure or matter; au-
thorizing a subpoena; closing a meeting or hearing pursuant to
clause 2(g) of rule XI of the Rules of the House (except as provided
in clause 2(g)(2)(A) and (B)); or taking any other action.
VOTING
(c)(1) No vote may be conducted on any measure or motion pend-
ing before the Committee unless a majority of the members of the
Committee is actually present for such purpose.
(2) A record vote of the Committee shall be provided on any ques-
tion before the Committee upon the request of any member.
(3) No vote by any member of the Committee on any measure or
matter may be cast by proxy.
(4) A record of the vote of each member of the Committee on each
record vote on any measure or matter before the Committee shall
be made publicly available in electronic form within 48 hours, and
with respect to any record vote on any motion to amend or report,
shall be included in the report of the Committee showing the total
number of votes cast for and against and the names of those mem-
bers voting for and against.
HEARING PROCEDURES
(d)(1) With regard to hearings on matters of original jurisdiction,
to the greatest extent practicable:
(A) each witness who is to appear before the Committee shall
file with the Committee at least 24 hours in advance of the ap-
pearance a statement of proposed testimony in written and
electronic form and shall limit the oral presentation to the
Committee to a brief summary thereof; and
(B) In the case of a witness appearing in a nongovernmental
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capacity, a written statement of proposed testimony shall in-
clude a curriculum vitae and a disclosure of any Federal grants
or contracts, or contracts or payments originating with a for-
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eign government, received during the current calendar year or
either of the two previous calendar years by the witness or by
an entity represented by the witness and related to the subject
matter of the hearing.
(C) The disclosure referred to in subdivision (B) shall in-
clude—
(i) the amount and country of origin of any payment or
contract related to the subject matter of the hearing origi-
nating with a foreign government.
(ii) the amount and country of origin of any payment or
contract related to the subject matter of the hearing origi-
nating with a foreign government.
(D) Such statements, with appropriate redactions to protect
the privacy or security of the witness, shall be made publicly
available in electronic form not later than one day after the
witness appears.
(2) The five-minute rule shall be observed in the interrogation of
each witness before the Committee until each member of the Com-
mittee has had an opportunity to question the witness.
(3) The provisions of clause 2(k) of rule XI of the Rules of the
House shall apply to any hearing conducted by the Committee.
SUBPOENAS AND OATHS
(e)(1) Pursuant to clause 2(m) of rule XI of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, a subpoena may be authorized and
issued by the Committee or a subcommittee in the conduct of any
investigation or series of investigations or activities, only when au-
thorized by a majority of the members voting, a majority being
present.
(2) The Chair may authorize and issue subpoenas under such
clause during any period in which the House has adjourned for a
period of longer than three days.
(3) Authorized subpoenas shall be signed by the Chair or by any
member designated by the Committee, and may be served by any
person designated by the Chair or such member.
(4) The Chair, or any member of the Committee designated by
the Chair, may administer oaths to witnesses before the Com-
mittee.
RULE 4.—GENERAL OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITIES
The Committee shall review and study, on a continuing basis,
the application, administration, execution, and effectiveness of
those laws, or parts of laws, the subject matter of which is within
its jurisdiction.
RULE 5.—SUBCOMMITTEES ESTABLISHMENT AND RESPONSIBILITIES
OF SUBCOMMITTEES
(a)(1) There shall be three subcommittees of the Committee as
follows:
(A) Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process, which
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shall have general responsibility for measures or matters re-
lated to relations between the Congress and the Executive
Branch.
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(B) Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House,
which shall have general responsibility for measures or mat-
ters related to process and procedures of the House, relations
between the two Houses of Congress, relations between the
Congress and the Judiciary, and internal operations of the
House.
(C) Subcommittee on Expedited Procedures, which shall have
general responsibility for measures or matters related to expe-
dited procedures for floor consideration in law or in the Rules
of the House of Representatives.
(2) In addition, each such subcommittee shall have specific re-
sponsibility for such other measures or matters as the Chair refers
to it.
(3) Each subcommittee of the Committee shall review and study,
on a continuing basis, the application, administration, execution,
and effectiveness of those laws, or parts of laws, the subject matter
of which is within its general responsibility.
REFERRAL OF MEASURES AND MATTERS TO SUBCOMMITTEES
(b)(1) No special order providing for the consideration of any bill
or resolution shall be referred to a subcommittee of the Committee.
(2) The Chair shall refer to a subcommittee such measures or
matters of original jurisdiction as the Chair deems appropriate
given its jurisdiction and responsibilities.
(3) All other measures or matters of original jurisdiction shall be
subject to consideration by the full Committee.
(4) In referring any measure or matter of original jurisdiction to
a subcommittee, the Chair may specify a date by which the sub-
committee shall report thereon to the Committee.
(5) The Committee by motion may discharge a subcommittee
from consideration of any measure or matter referred to a sub-
committee of the Committee.
COMPOSITION OF SUBCOMMITTEES
(c) The size and ratio of each subcommittee shall be determined
by the Committee and members shall be elected to each sub-
committee, and to the positions of chair and ranking minority
member thereof, in accordance with the rules of the respective
party caucuses. The Chair of the full committee may designate a
member of the majority party on each subcommittee as its vice
chair.
SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS AND HEARINGS
(d)(1) Each subcommittee of the Committee is authorized to
meet, hold hearings, receive testimony, mark up legislation, and re-
port to the full Committee on any measure or matter referred to
it.
(2) No subcommittee of the Committee may meet or hold a hear-
ing at the same time as a meeting or hearing of the full Committee
is being held.
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(3) The chair of each subcommittee shall schedule meetings and
hearings of the subcommittee only after consultation with the
Chair.
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QUORUM
(e)(1) For the purpose of taking testimony, two members of the
subcommittee shall constitute a quorum.
(2) For all other purposes, a quorum shall consist of a majority
of the members of a subcommittee.
EFFECT OF A VACANCY
(f) Any vacancy in the membership of a subcommittee shall not
affect the power of the remaining members to execute the functions
of the subcommittee.
RECORDS
(g) Each subcommittee of the Committee shall provide the full
Committee with copies of such records of votes taken in the sub-
committee and such other records with respect to the subcommittee
necessary for the Committee to comply with all rules and regula-
tions of the House.
RULE 6.—STAFF IN GENERAL
(a)(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), the profes-
sional and other staff of the Committee shall be appointed, by the
Chair, and shall work under the general supervision and direction
of the Chair.
(2) All professional, and other staff provided to the minority
party members of the Committee shall be appointed, by the rank-
ing minority member of the Committee, and shall work under the
general supervision and direction of such member.
(3) The appointment of all professional staff shall be subject to
the approval of the Committee as provided by, and subject to the
provisions of, clause 9 of rule X of the Rules of the House.
ASSOCIATE STAFF
(b) Associate staff for members of the Committee may be ap-
pointed only at the discretion of the Chair (in consultation with the
ranking minority member regarding any minority party associate
staff), after taking into account any staff ceilings and budgetary
constraints in effect at the time, and any terms, limits, or condi-
tions established by the Committee on House Administration under
clause 9 of rule X of the Rules of the House.
SUBCOMMITTEE STAFF
(c) From funds made available for the appointment of staff, the
Chair of the Committee shall, pursuant to clause 6(d) of rule X of
the Rules of the House, ensure that sufficient staff is made avail-
able to each subcommittee to carry out its responsibilities under
the rules of the Committee, and, after consultation with the rank-
ing minority member of the Committee, that the minority party of
the Committee is treated fairly in the appointment of such staff.
COMPENSATION OF STAFF
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(d) The Chair shall fix the compensation of all professional and
other staff of the Committee, after consultation with the ranking
minority member regarding any minority party staff.
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CERTIFICATION OF STAFF
(e)(1) To the extent any staff member of the Committee or any
of its subcommittees does not work under the direct supervision
and direction of the Chair, the member of the Committee who su-
pervises and directs the staff member’s work shall file with the
Chief of Staff of the Committee (not later than the tenth day of
each month) a certification regarding the staff member’s work for
that member for the preceding calendar month.
(2) The certification required by paragraph (1) shall be in such
form as the Chair may prescribe, shall identify each staff member
by name, and shall state that the work engaged in by the staff
member and the duties assigned to the staff member for the mem-
ber of the Committee with respect to the month in question met
the requirements of clause 9 of rule X of the Rules of the House.
(3) Any certification of staff of the Committee, or any of its sub-
committees, made by the Chair in compliance with any provision
of law or regulation shall be made—
(A) on the basis of the certifications filed under paragraph
(1) to the extent the staff is not under the Chair’s supervision
and direction, and
(B) on his own responsibility to the extent the staff is under
the Chair’s direct supervision and direction.
RULE 7.—BUDGET, TRAVEL, PAY OF WITNESSES BUDGET
(a) The Chair, in consultation with other members of the Com-
mittee, shall prepare for each Congress a budget providing
amounts for staff, necessary travel, investigation, and other ex-
penses of the Committee and its subcommittees.
TRAVEL
(b)(1) The Chair may authorize travel for any member and any
staff member of the Committee in connection with activities or sub-
ject matters under the general jurisdiction of the Committee. Be-
fore such authorization is granted, there shall be submitted to the
Chair in writing the following:
(A) The purpose of the travel.
(B) The dates during which the travel is to occur.
(C) The names of the States or countries to be visited and
the length of time to be spent in each.
(D) The names of members and staff of the Committee for
whom the authorization is sought.
(2) Members and staff of the Committee shall make a written re-
port to the Chair on any travel they have conducted under this
subsection, including a description of their itinerary, expenses, and
activities, and of pertinent information gained as a result of such
travel.
(3)Members and staff of the Committee performing authorized
travel on official business shall be governed by applicable laws, res-
olutions, and regulations of the House and of the Committee on
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PAY OF WITNESSES
(c) Witnesses may be paid from funds made available to the Com-
mittee in its expense resolution subject to the provisions of clause
5 of rule XI of the Rules of the House.
RULE 8.—COMMITTEE ADMINISTRATION REPORTING
(a) Whenever the Committee authorizes the favorable reporting
of a bill or resolution from the Committee—
(1) The Chair or acting Chair shall report it to the House or
designate a member of the Committee to do so.
(2) In the case of a bill or resolution in which the Committee
has original jurisdiction, the Chair shall allow, to the extent
that the anticipated floor schedule permits, any member of the
Committee a reasonable amount of time to submit views for in-
clusion in the Committee report on the bill or resolution. Any
such report shall contain all matters required by the Rules of
the House of Representatives (or by any provision of law en-
acted as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House) and
such other information as the Chair deems appropriate.
(3) In the case of a resolution providing for consideration of
a measure, the Committee report accompanying such resolu-
tion shall include an accurate explanation of any waivers of
points of order, including a detailed explanation of all points
of order.
RECORDS
(b)(1) There shall be a transcript made of each regular meeting
and hearing of the Committee, and the transcript may be printed
if the Chair decides it is appropriate or if a majority of the mem-
bers of the Committee requests such printing. Any such transcripts
shall be a substantially verbatim account of remarks actually made
during the proceedings, subject only to technical, grammatical, and
typographical corrections authorized by the person making the re-
marks. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to require
that all such transcripts be subject to correction and publication.
(2) The Committee shall keep a record of all actions of the Com-
mittee and of its subcommittees. The record shall contain all infor-
mation required by clause 2(e)(1) of rule XI of the Rules of the
House of Representatives and shall be available for public inspec-
tion at reasonable times in the offices of the Committee.
(3) All Committee hearings, records, data, charts, and files shall
be kept separate and distinct from the congressional office records
of the Chair, shall be the property of the House, and all Members
of the House shall have access thereto as provided in clause 2(e)(2)
of rule XI of the Rules of the House.
(4) The records of the Committee at the National Archives and
Records Administration shall be made available for public use in
accordance with rule VII of the Rules of the House. The Chair shall
notify the ranking minority member of any decision, pursuant to
clause 3(b)(3) or clause 4(b) of the rule, to withhold a record other-
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wise available, and the matter shall be presented to the Committee
for a determination on written request of any member of the Com-
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AUDIO AND VIDEO COVERAGE
(c) The Chair shall provide, to the maximum extent practicable—
(1) complete and unedited audio and video broadcasts of all
committee hearings and meetings; and
(2) for distribution of such broadcasts and unedited record-
ings thereof to the public and for the storage of audio and
video recordings of the proceedings. Proceedings shall be
broadcast live on the Majority Committee website and record-
ings shall be made available on such website within one cal-
endar day of the proceeding.
COMMITTEE PUBLICATIONS ON THE INTERNET
(d) To the maximum extent feasible, the Committee shall make
its publications available in electronic form.
JOURNAL
(e)(1) The Committee shall maintain a Committee Journal, which
shall include all bills, resolutions, and other matters referred to or
reported by the Committee and all bills, resolutions, and other
matters reported by any other committee on which a rule has been
granted or formally requested, and such other matters as the Chair
shall direct. The Journal shall be published periodically, but in no
case less often than once in each session of Congress.
(2) A rule is considered as formally requested when the Chair-
man of a committee of primary jurisdiction which has reported a
bill or resolution (or a member of such committee authorized to act
on the Chairman’s behalf):
(A) has requested, in writing to the Chair, that a hearing be
scheduled on a rule for the consideration of the bill or resolu-
tion; and
(B) has supplied the Committee with the bill or resolution,
as reported, together with the final committee report thereon.
SURVEY OF ACTIVITIES REQUIREMENT
(f) The Committee’s Survey of Activities, filed pursuant to clause
1(d) of rule XI of the Rules of the House, shall include a compila-
tion of all known waivers of points of order previously disclosed in
reports from the Committee on Rules pursuant to paragraph (a)(3)
of this rule or included in the Congressional Record.
OTHER PROCEDURES
(g) The Chair may establish such other Committee procedures
and take such actions as may be necessary to carry out these rules
or to facilitate the effective operation of the Committee and its sub-
committees in a manner consistent with these rules.
RULE 9.—AMENDMENTS TO COMMITTEE RULES
The rules of the Committee may be modified, amended or re-
pealed, in the same manner and method as prescribed for the adop-
tion of committee rules in clause 2 of rule XI of the Rules of the
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House, but only if written notice of the proposed change has been
provided to each Member at least 48 hours before the time of the
meeting at which the vote on the change occurs. Any such change
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in the rules of the Committee shall be published in the Congres-
sional Record within 30 calendar days after their approval.
II. HOUSE RULES CHANGES ADOPTED AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE 116TH CONGRESS
A. INTRODUCTION
The resolution (H. Res. 6) proposing the rules for the One Hun-
dred Sixteenth Congress was called up by Majority Leader Steny
Hoyer on January 3, 2019. In addition to a series of changes to var-
ious standing rules, House Resolution 6 included a number of sepa-
rate orders constituting procedures to be followed in the One Hun-
dred Sixteenth Congress.
In crafting this rules package, Democrats on the Rules Com-
mittee conducted extensive outreach, consulting with Members and
a wide variety of stakeholders in order to capture a range of sug-
gestions to create a more inclusive and accommodating set of rules.
This outreach included a letter to all Members soliciting their
ideas.
Changes adopted in this extensive rules package include requir-
ing hearings and markups for measures considered under a rule,
establishing Member Day hearings so all Members can publicly
present their ideas to committees, providing Members with a full
72 hours to read bills, creating the Consensus Calendar to expedite
consideration of bills with broad bipartisan support, simplifying the
discharge petition process, eliminating ‘‘CUTGO’’ and reinstating
‘‘PAYGO,’’ and banning discrimination on the basis of sexual ori-
entation and gender identity in the House.
Title I of H. Res. 6, containing the proposed rules and separate
orders for the 116th Congress, was adopted 234–197.
B. SUMMARY OF SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES CONTAINED IN H. RES. 6,
ADOPTING HOUSE RULES FOR THE 116TH CONGRESS
Notification of Convening of the House
Subsection (a) clarifies that Delegates and the Resident Commis-
sioner must be notified of action regarding the convening of the
House pursuant to clause 12 of rule I.
Voting by Delegates and the Resident Commissioner in the Com-
mittee of the Whole
Subsection (b) extends the same powers and privileges of Mem-
bers to Delegates and the Resident Commissioner when in the
Committee of the Whole. The subsection also provides that any re-
corded vote in the Committee of the Whole, decided within a mar-
gin where the Delegates and the Resident Commissioner may have
had a decisive impact on the final outcome of the vote, will be re-
conducted in the House.
Allowing Delegates and the Resident Commissioner to Serve on
Joint Committees
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Subsection (c) provides that Delegates and the Resident Commis-
sioner may serve on joint committees.
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Admittance to the Hall of the House
Subsection (d) adds Delegates-elect, the Resident Commissioner-
elect, contestants in elections for Delegate or the Resident Commis-
sioner, and Governors of the Territories to the list of people who
are permitted in the Hall of the House.
Office of Speaker
Subsection (e) amends rule IX to provide that a resolution caus-
ing a vacancy in the Office of Speaker shall be privileged if offered
at the direction of a party caucus or conference. This change does
not otherwise alter the application of rule IX to privileged resolu-
tions. A resolution causing a vacancy in the Office of Speaker of-
fered at the direction of a party caucus or conference remains sub-
ject to the notice and debate procedures in clause 2(a) of rule IX.
This change does not apply to a resolution reported as privileged
by the Committee on Ethics pursuant to clause 5(a)(5) of rule XIII.
Designating Committee on Oversight and Reform
Subsection (f) changes the name of the Committee on Oversight
and Government Reform to the Committee on Oversight and Re-
form.
Designating Committee on Education and Labor
Subsection (g) changes the name of the Committee on Education
and the Workforce back to the Committee on Education and Labor.
Education and Labor Jurisdiction Clarification
Subsection (h) clarifies that the Committee on Education and La-
bor’s jurisdiction includes the general management of the Depart-
ment of Education and the general management of the Department
of Labor. This change is intended to clarify the Committee’s exist-
ing jurisdiction over the organization and administration of the de-
partments, and it not intended to alter jurisdiction over programs
within the departments.
Committee Oversight Plans
Subsection (i) amends the requirements for committee oversight
plans. The subsection requires the chair of each standing com-
mittee (with the exception of the Committees on Appropriations,
Ethics, and Rules), in consultation with the ranking minority mem-
ber, to prepare and submit an oversight plan to the Committees on
House Administration and Oversight and Reform by March 1 of the
first session of a Congress. Finally, the Committee on Oversight
and Reform, in consultation with House leadership of both parties,
is required to submit the oversight plans to the House by April
15th of the first session of a Congress with any recommendation it
has for the effective coordination of oversight plans.
The subsection favors the standard of previous Congresses over
the 115th Congress, requiring an oversight plan as opposed to the
115th Congress’s new authorization and oversight plan. The March
1st submission deadline is an extension from the prior February
15th deadline. The subsection also replaces the requirement for a
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committee meeting on the plan with a requirement that the chair
consult with the ranking minority member, make the plan avail-
able to each member of the committee for at least seven calendar
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days, and include any committee member’s views received before
the submission deadline. This subsection also modifies which com-
mittees will initially receive these plans, removing the Committee
on Appropriations. Finally, the Committee on Oversight and Re-
form’s April 15th submission deadline to the House is in line with
the subsection’s new timeline.
Activity Reports
Subsection (j) amends language in clauses 1(d)(2)(B) and
1(d)(2)(C) of rule XI referencing authorization and oversight plans
to conform with the changes described in subsection (i).
Oversight Over the Executive Office of the President
Subsection (k) clarifies the Committee on Oversight and Reform’s
existing special oversight authority over all operations of govern-
ment.
Oversight and Reform Committee Depositions
Subsection (l) removes the requirement that Members be present
during counsel-led depositions, returning to the standard of the
111th Congress.
Removing Certain Committee Term Limits
Subsection (m) removes term limits for committee chairs as well
as members of the Committee on the Budget.
Rules of Committees
Subsection (n) extends the deadline for committees to make their
rules available to the public from 30 days to 60 days after the
chair’s election at the beginning of a Congress. This change is in-
tended to grant committees adequate time to organize, as some
committees do not have a full complement of members at the start
of a Congress.
Committee Markup Notice
Subsection (o) modifies the three-day notification requirement for
committee markups by specifying that Saturdays, Sundays, or legal
holidays, except when the House is in session, do not count toward
fulfillment of the notification requirement.
Annual Ethics Training
Subsection (p) extends the annual ethics training requirement to
all Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner. The pre-
vious rule required new Members, Delegates, and Resident Com-
missioner to attend ethics training, and staff to attend ethics train-
ing annually.
Considering Criminal Trial Evidence in Ethics Investigation
Subsection (q) authorizes the Committee on Ethics to consider as
evidence the transcripts and exhibits from trial where a Member,
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Delegate, or the Resident Commissioner was convicted by a court
of record for a crime related to the subject of the investigation by
the Committee on Ethics.
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Consensus Calendar
Subsection (r) creates a Consensus Calendar, and mandates that
the Speaker must designate, and the House must consider, at least
one measure on the Consensus Calendar during any week in which
the House convenes (except at the beginning and the end of a Con-
gress). The designation is accomplished via an announcement from
the chair immediately prior to a measure’s consideration. Measures
may be considered in any manner otherwise available under the
rules to satisfy this requirement.
This subsection also provides that, to be eligible for placement on
the Consensus Calendar, a measure must accumulate 290 cospon-
sors, and must not have been reported by its primary committee
of jurisdiction. Once this cosponsorship threshold is reached the
sponsor of the measure may, while the House is in session, submit
to the Clerk a written motion to place the measure on the Con-
sensus Calendar. If the above-mentioned conditions have been met,
the Clerk will note the motion’s submission in the Congressional
Record of that day, and enter the motion on a comprehensive list
of Consensus Calendar Motions (which will be viewable on the
Clerk’s website). Once a measure that was the subject of a properly
filed motion has maintained 290 cosponsors for a cumulative total
of 25 legislative days, it is placed on the Consensus Calendar,
where it remains until it is considered in the House or reported by
its primary committee. The 25-legislative day count begins on the
legislative day after a proper motion is filed, and the required 25
legislative days need not run contiguously to be counted. Any day
on which the measure has less than 290 cosponsors shall not count
towards the 25-day cumulative total. A Consensus Calendar motion
is considered withdrawn if the measure that is the subject of such
motion is reported by its primary committee before the measure
has been placed on the Consensus Calendar. However, once the
measure has been placed on the Consensus Calendar it remains
there even if it falls below 290 cosponsors after such placement.
Recorded Votes in Rules Committee Reports
Subsection (s) provides that the requirement for recorded votes
to be depicted in committee reports applies to reports from the
Committee on Rules on a rule, joint rule, or the order of business
only to the maximum extent practicable, due to the constricted
timeframe under which such reports are prepared and filed. This
change is intended to ensure special rules—and thus the floor
schedule—cannot be delayed due to a typographical error in the re-
corded votes depiction.
72-Hour Text Availability
Subsection (t) requires that legislative text be made publicly
available for a full 72 hours before it is considered in the House.
Previously, legislative text could not be considered before ‘‘the third
day’’ on which it had been available to Members, Delegates, and
the Resident Commissioner. The new 72-hour availability require-
ment would apply to the same types of text to which the former
three-day availability rules applied: reports accompanying meas-
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ures or matters (clause 4(a)(1) of rule XIII); unreported bills and
joint resolutions (clause 11 of rule XXI); conference reports (clause
8(a)(1)(A) of rule XXII); and amendments reported from conference
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in disagreement (clause 8(b)(1)(A) of rule XXII). In all cases, the
72-hour clock would begin to run at the time that the relevant text
is made available electronically. The additional language inserted
in clause 4(a)(1) of rule XIII regarding the proposed text of a report
is intended to ensure that, in the case of reports, the 72-hour clock
will begin to run at the time the proposed content of a report (other
than any supplemental, minority, additional, or dissenting views
described in clause 2(l) of rule XI) is made available electronically.
It is important to note that the 72-hour availability period for a
committee report is calculated differently than the two-day period
for filing supplemental, minority, additional, or dissenting views.
As a result, there is the potential that the two periods could con-
flict if proposed report text is made available prior to the filing of
the report. Therefore, any committee making the report available
electronically must also make any such views available electroni-
cally promptly after they are submitted to the committee to avoid
the possibility that the House would consider a measure prior to
the availability of the complete accompanying report.
Macroeconomic Analysis
Subsection (u) removes the requirement that the Congressional
Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation make assumptions,
to the extent practicable, regarding changes in macroeconomic vari-
ables (often called ‘‘dynamic scoring’’) when preparing estimates on
the budgetary effects of major legislation.
Discharge Petitions
Subsection (v) amends the discharge petition process. The sub-
section expands the number of days on which motions to discharge,
following a perfected discharge petition, may be considered by re-
moving the provision that currently restricts motions to discharge
to the second and fourth Mondays of a month. Instead, the sub-
section requires the Speaker to schedule the consideration of a
privileged motion to discharge within two legislative days after the
day on which a Member who signed the discharge petition an-
nounces to the House an intention to offer a motion to discharge.
A motion to discharge may only be called up by the Member who
gave notice under this rule.
Private Calendar
Subsection (w) expands the availability of the discretionary call
of the Private Calendar beyond the third Tuesday of a month, per-
mitting the Speaker or a designee to call up eligible private meas-
ures on any day with sufficient notice. The subsection requires the
measure to have been on the Private Calendar for at least seven
days, after which the Speaker or a designee may announce to the
House an intention to call up the measure. That measure then may
be called up two legislative days after the legislative day on which
the announcement is made, after the disposal of such business on
the Speaker’s table as requires reference only. The level of speci-
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ficity in timing is intended to ensure that the Official Objectors are
able to be on the Floor at the appropriate day and time.
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Religious Headdress
Subsection (x) clarifies and maintains the existing prohibition on
wearing hats in the Hall of the House, while making express that
this prohibition does not include religious headwear. The language
for this clarification is modeled on the statutory provision providing
for proper decorum during the Pledge of Allegiance, 4 U.S.C. 4.
Quorum in the Committee of the Whole
Subsection (y) clarifies that Delegates and the Resident Commis-
sioner count when establishing a quorum in the Committee of the
Whole and when determining if the requisite number are present
to request a recorded vote therein. The subsection also instructs
the Chair to include Delegates and the Resident Commissioner
when determining if Members are provided adequate opportunity
to vote. This change conforms clause 6 of rule XVIII to the changes
made to the House rules in subsection (b).
Two-Minute Voting in the Committee of the Whole
Subsection (z) provides the Chair of the Committee of the Whole
with additional discretion to reduce votes to two minutes, if in the
discretion of the Chair Members, Delegates, and the Resident Com-
missioner would be afforded an adequate opportunity to vote.
Postponability of Certain Votes
Subsection (aa) provides that any vote on an amendment in the
House is postponable, as is a vote on ordering the previous ques-
tion thereon.
Discretion for Five-Minute Votes
Subsection (bb) provides the Speaker with additional discretion
to reduce votes to 5 minutes, if in the discretion of the Speaker
Members would be afforded an adequate opportunity to vote.
Net Increase in Budget Authority
Subsection (cc) removes the point of order prohibiting amend-
ments to general appropriation bills that propose a net increase in
the level of budget authority in a bill. This will allow amendments
that increase spending without offsetting that increase, so long as
the amendment does not cause the bill to exceed 302(a) or 302(b)
budget allocations.
Removing Supermajority Vote
Subsection (dd) removes the requirement that the House agree
by at least a 3/5 supermajority in order to raise revenue through
additional Federal income taxes. The subsection also removes the
requirement that any such measure receives an automatic record
vote, and provides a technical fix to a cross-reference in clause
5(a)(2) of rule XXI.
Pay-As-You-Go Point of Order
Subsection (ee) reinstates the PAYGO rule from the 111th Con-
gress, with changes to conform with the recent practice of tying the
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measurement timeline to the calendar year, rather than the last
completed budget resolution. As in the 111th Congress, this provi-
sion establishes a point of order against any measure that has a
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net effect of increasing the deficit or reducing the surplus for the
current fiscal year, the budget year, and up to nine fiscal years fol-
lowing that budget year. The subsection stipulates that the net
budgetary effects of a measure will be determined by the non-par-
tisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) but provides that if a
measure is considered pursuant to a special order that instructs
the Clerk of the House to add the measure to another measure
passed by the House, then the net budgetary effects of the entire
package will be considered. Finally, the subsection provides for ex-
emptions, given an emergency designation.
Banning Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Orientation or Gen-
der Identity
Subsection (ff) adds to the Code of Official Conduct a prohibition
on discrimination by any Member, Delegate, Resident Commis-
sioner, officer, or employee of the House on the basis of sexual ori-
entation or gender identity.
Banning Sexual Relationships Between Members and Committee
Staff
Subsection (gg) extends the prohibition on sexual relationships
between members (including Delegates and the Resident Commis-
sioner) and their employees to include members who serve on a
committee on which a staffer works, even if that staffer is not his
or her direct employee.
Service of Indicted Members in Leadership and on Committees
Subsection (hh) adds to the Code of Official Conduct the standard
that a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who has been
indicted or formally charged with criminal conduct for a felony of-
fense punishable by at least two years in prison should resign from
any committee on which he or she serves, and step aside from any
party caucus or conference leadership position the Member, Dele-
gate, or Resident Commissioner holds, until he or she is acquitted
or the charges are dismissed or reduced below the previously de-
scribed threshold.
Banning Members, Officers, and Employees from Sitting on Cor-
porate Boards
Subsection (ii) prohibits Members, Delegates and the Resident
Commissioner, officers, and employees of the House from serving
as an officer or director of any public company, effective January
1, 2020. The subsection also requires the Committee on Ethics to
develop regulations by December 31, 2019, addressing other types
of prohibited service or positions that could lead to conflicts of in-
terest.
Suspension of the Debt Limit
Subsection (jj) provides that when the House adopts a budget
resolution, a separate joint resolution suspending the Federal debt
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limit through September 30 of the budget year is deemed to have
passed the House by the same vote and is engrossed separately and
sent to the Senate.
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III. COMMITTEE JURISDICTION AND ACTIVITIES
A. INTRODUCTION
The jurisdictional mandate of the Committee on Rules is set
forth in clause 1(o) of rule X as follows:
(o) Committee on Rules.
(1) Rules and joint rules (other than those relating to the Code
of Official Conduct) and the order of business of the House.
(2) Recesses and final adjournments of Congress.
The special oversight function of the Committee is outlined in
clause 3(j) of rule X as follows:
(j) The Committee on Rules shall review and study on a con-
tinuing basis the congressional budget process, and the committee
shall report its findings and recommendations to the House from
time to time.
The jurisdictional mandate of the Committee for the purposes of
this Survey of Activities is broken down into two subcategories:
original jurisdiction matters and special rules (or order of business
resolutions). In practice, these subgroups are intertwined in a man-
ner that greatly affects the way in which the House conducts its
business. Original jurisdiction matters include all measures per-
taining to the rules of the House, the budget process and joint
rules. These measures are either referred directly to the Committee
by the Speaker or originate in the Committee itself. They not only
pertain to changes in House procedures, but also cover the Com-
mittee’s power to establish select committees, authorize certain in-
vestigations, provide enforcement procedures for the budget proc-
ess, and to establish Congressional procedures for considering cer-
tain executive branch proposals.
The Committee held 6 hearings and 4 markups on matters of
original jurisdiction during the 116th Congress. The original juris-
diction measures that were marked-up by the Rules Committee
were reported to the House for consideration, and subsequently
adopted by the House.
The other subgroup of the Committee’s jurisdictional mandate,
referred to as order of business resolutions or ‘special rules,’ is used
by the Committee to direct the manner in which a bill or resolution
will be considered by the House. ‘Special rules,’ in the form of
House resolutions, tailor the time allotted for debate and the proc-
ess by which a bill can be amended. This is done to allow the
House to consider the subject matter in a way which best suits the
bill’s individual issues and/or controversies. These ‘rules’ also may
contain waivers of specific House rules or provisions in the Con-
gressional Budget Act. It is sometimes necessary to waive the rules
of the House in order to allow the House to consider all the facets
of the particular issue or to facilitate the House resolving its dif-
ferences with the Senate. Special rules also allow the House to con-
sider measures according to the majority leadership’s legislative
scheduling priorities rather than the numerical order in which they
were reported.
During the 116th Congress, the Committee held 70 days of hear-
ings pursuant to the 80 written requests received from committee
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chairs seeking rules. These formal requests do not reflect addi-
tional requests of an emergency nature made in person by the
chairs of the various legislative committees. The Committee re-
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ported 77 special orders providing for the consideration of 115 bills
and resolutions, ten Senate amendments, and two conference re-
ports.
The Committee granted no open rules, no modified open rules, 55
structured rules, and 60 closed rules for the consideration of bills
and resolutions. Additionally, the Committee granted ten rules pro-
viding for the consideration of senate amendments and two rules
providing for the consideration of conference reports. In summary,
of the 77 special orders reported by the Committee on Rules, the
House adopted 77, two of which were amended, tabled none, and
rejected none.
At the close of the 116th Congress, no Rules Committee matters
remained on the House Calendar. The Committee on Rules re-
ported three original jurisdiction measures. The Subcommittee on
Legislative and Budget Process held two hearings during the Con-
gress, the Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House
held none, and the Subcommittee on Expedited Procedures held
none.
B. SPECIAL ORDERS OR RULES
1. RULE REQUESTS
The process of considering requests for special orders or ‘‘rules’’
usually begins when the Committee on Rules receives a letter from
a committee requesting that it hold a hearing and consider a rule
for that particular measure. The letter is signed by the full com-
mittee chair and most often makes a specific request for the type
of rule desired by the committee. In some cases, the emergency na-
ture of the legislation does not allow adequate time for a formal re-
quest to be registered. In these cases, the requests are traditionally
made in person by the chair of the committee with jurisdiction.
Once a hearing has been scheduled, the Committee on Rules allows
any House Member who has an interest in testifying to do so.
Under normal circumstances and pursuant to Committee rules,
printed copies of the legislation and accompanying committee re-
port or conference report are provided to the Committee Members
at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting.
The Committee gives written notice to its Members and notifies
the pertinent committee of the scheduled hearing date at least 48
hours prior to the commencement of the hearing, unless an emer-
gency situation exists.
2. HEARINGS
The Rules Committee chair controls the order in which witnesses
appear and also initiates the questioning. Typically, the chair of
the committee of jurisdiction or a designee requesting the rule
makes a short statement, followed by the ranking minority mem-
ber. Sometimes the subcommittee chair and ranking minority
member appear on behalf of their full committee counterparts on
the rule request. It is often the case that Members wishing to tes-
tify in favor of or in opposition to a bill, amendment, or type of pro-
cedure may do so as part of a panel of witnesses.
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In many cases, the components of the proposed special order
form the basis for the dialogue between substantive committee
leaders asking for the rule and the Rules Committee Members.
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More often than not, the questioning escalates into discussions
about the merits of the bill itself. If the legislation is particularly
wide-ranging or controversial, Representatives who do not sit on
the relevant legislative committee seek to testify. (Except in the
most unusual circumstances, only House Members are allowed to
testify during a rule request hearing.) Questioning of each witness
takes place under the five-minute rule until each Committee Mem-
ber has had an opportunity to question each witness. Questioning
is rather informal. The chair rarely enforces the five-minute rule,
and Committee Members yield to one another to allow their col-
leagues to make a specific point or follow up on a line of ques-
tioning.
A quorum, which exists when at least seven Rules Committee
members of the 13 are in attendance, must be present before a rec-
ommendation on a rule can be ordered reported, postponed, or ta-
bled.
After the Committee votes to approve a rule, the chair and rank-
ing minority member each assign one of their Members to manage
the rule on the floor. The majority manager’s name appears on the
rule and report, and that Member usually files the rule from the
House floor, at which time the resolution and report are assigned
a number.
Any Member may ask for a record or a division vote. In the past,
most decisions of the Committee were made by voice vote, but in
the last several Congresses there has been an increase in the num-
ber of record votes demanded. For the entire 100th Congress there
were 18 roll call votes demanded; in the 101st Congress there were
26; in the 102d there were 193; in the 103d there were 533; in the
104th there were 327; in the 105th there were 104; in the 106th
there were 119; in the 107th there were 176; in the 108th there
were 326; in the 109th there were 254; in the 110th there were
620; in the 111th there were 517; in the 112th there were 366; in
the 113th there were 213; in the 114th there were 221; and in the
115th there were 287. This Congress, 363 recorded votes were re-
quested.
Once a special rule has been reported, the Majority Leader—
working closely with the Speaker, the Rules Committee chair, and
the substantive committee chair—decides upon an appropriate date
and time for the consideration of the rule on the floor. Rules can
be considered on the same day they are reported, if the House
agrees to consideration of the rule by a two-thirds vote. After a
one-day layover, rules may be considered at any time without being
subject to a question of consideration. The Committee may occa-
sionally report a rule waiving this requirement with respect to an-
other rule.
3. SPECIAL ORDERS OR RULES
a. Background
Table 1 in the Appendix categorizes all special rules granted by
the Committee. These special rules are broken down into a number
of different categories dealing with all stages of the legislative proc-
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ess in the House.
The Rules Committee has granted special rules that provided for
specified amendment and debate structures, which assisted floor
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managers in managing the schedule. The Committee has also
granted special rules for the consideration of legislation that re-
solved differences among, and responded to, the legislative actions
of committees. Some of these rules can also address House-Senate
relations. The explanations of these types of special rules and their
methods of categorization are outlined below.
b. Categories of Rules Granted with Amendment Structures
In categorizing special rules that specified an amendment struc-
ture, this report focuses only on those rules that both provided for
the initial consideration of bills, joint resolutions or budget resolu-
tions and which provided for an amending process. Therefore, rules
providing for general debate only, stopping short of consideration
of the measure for amendment, or providing for consideration of a
conference report (which are otherwise privileged and, under reg-
ular order are non-amendable) are not included in these categories.
The amendment structure categories are as follows: (1) open rules,
(2) modified open rules—requiring amendment pre-printing in the
Congressional Record, (3) structured rules, (4) closed rules, (5) sen-
ate amendment rules, and (6) conference report rules.
(1) Open Rules. Under an open rule, any Member may offer an
amendment that complies with the standing rules of the House and
the Budget Act. The rule itself places no restrictions or prohibitions
on amendments and provides an equal opportunity for all Members
to offer amendments.
(2) Modified Open Rules (Required Amendment Preprinting in the
Congressional Record). This type of rule permits the offering of only
those amendments preprinted in the Congressional Record. A modi-
fied open rule with a preprinting requirement could require that
amendments be printed in the Congressional Record by a specific
date (in some cases the amendment must be printed before its con-
sideration); in other cases, printing must occur before the consider-
ation of the bill. In most cases these rules do not prohibit second
degree amendments. Requiring that amendments be printed in ad-
vance of their consideration affords Members a better idea of the
range of issues to be debated and voted on during consideration of
the bill. This can particularly be true of bills or joint resolutions
involving complex or confidential matters.
(3) Structured or Modified Closed Rules. Under a structured rule,
the Rules Committee limits the amendments that may be offered
to only those amendments designated in the special rule or in the
Rules Committee report to accompany the rule, or which precludes
amendments to a particular portion of a bill, even though the rest
of the bill may be completely open to amendment. In the case of
a structured rule, the Chair will announce through a one-minute
speech on the floor of the House and through a ‘‘Dear Colleague’’
letter the intention of the Committee to hold a hearing on a meas-
ure and to review all amendments. The Chair requests that Mem-
bers provide the Rules Committee with copies of their proposed
amendments in advance of the Committee meeting. In some in-
stances, the amendments made in order represent all of the amend-
ments submitted to the Committee.
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(4) Closed Rules. This type of rule is one under which no amend-
ments may be offered from the House floor. Accordant with the
rules of the House, however, the Rules Committee is prohibited
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from reporting a special rule providing for consideration of a bill
or joint resolution that denies the minority the right to offer
amendatory instructions in a motion to recommit if offered by the
Minority Leader or a designee.
(5) Senate Amendment Rules. This type of rule generally provides
for the consideration of a Senate amendment or amendments in the
House and for a motion to concur in the Senate amendment with
or without an amendment. These rules also usually specify a period
of time for debate on the motion equally divided and controlled by
the chair and ranking minority member of the committee of juris-
diction, as well as any necessary waivers against consideration of
either the Senate amendment or against the motion to concur.
(6) Conference Report Rules. Under the standing rules of the
House, conference reports are privileged matters. Unless the re-
quirement is waived, House rules require that a conference report
be available for at least three calendar days (excluding Saturdays,
Sundays, and legal holidays) before it can be called up for consider-
ation. After that time, because it is privileged, it can be called up
at any time without a rule from the Rules Committee. If, however,
a conference report is in violation of a rule of the House or some
extraordinary procedure for consideration of the report is desired,
a special rule may be necessary for the conference report to be con-
sidered. Consequently, conference report rules generally provide
waivers of all points of order against consideration of the con-
ference report and provide that the conference report be considered
as read, which effectively waives the three-day availability require-
ment.
It should be noted that points of order against a conference re-
port lie against its consideration, not against individual provisions
contained within the report. A conference report represents the col-
lective agreement of the House and the Senate. Changing indi-
vidual components of the agreement violates the sanctity of the
agreement itself. Consequently, agreeing to a conference report is
an all-or-nothing question. This is also the reason why, even as
privileged matters, conference reports are not amendable on the
floor of the House (except on recommit when applicable).
c. Categories of Rules Granted with Certain Floor Management
Tools
Special rules are often utilized to assist the Majority Leader in
setting the Floor schedule of the House, as well as to equip com-
mittee chairs and ranking minority members with the special pro-
cedural tools necessary to efficiently manage the floor consideration
of a bill. These categories include (1) expedited procedure rules, (2)
suspension day rules, and (3) chairman’s en bloc authority rules.
(1) Expedited Procedure Rules. This type of rule waives clause
6(a) of rule XIII (requiring a two-thirds vote to consider a special
rule on the same day it is reported from the Rules Committee)
against certain resolutions reported from the Rules Committee.
These rules generally specify the measures or object to which the
waiver applies, as well as a defined time period for its application.
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These rules are commonly referred to as ‘‘same-day’’ rules. In some
cases the rule will not specify the object of the waiver. These rules
are referred to as ‘‘blanket same-day’’ rules.
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(2) Suspension Day Rules. Under House Rule XV, it is in order
on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of each week, and during the
last six days of a session, for the Speaker to entertain motions to
suspend the rules and pass legislation. This category of rule au-
thorizes the Speaker to entertain motions to suspend the rules on
days other than Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. Generally,
these rules specify the object that is to be considered under suspen-
sion of the rules. In some cases the object may not be identified,
but the rule may provide that the Speaker or their designee shall
consult with the Minority Leader or their designee on the object of
any suspension considered under the rule.
(3) Chair’s En Bloc Authority Rules. This category of rule author-
izes the chair of a committee (usually the majority floor manager
of the bill under consideration) or his or her designee to offer
amendments en bloc consisting of amendments made in order by
the special rule that have not earlier been disposed of. In most
cases, the rule also allows germane modifications to any such
amendments included in the en bloc amendment only by unani-
mous consent. With the exception of rules on appropriations bills
(which permit en bloc amendments that do not increase budget au-
thority or outlays in the bill), a Member seeking to offer amend-
ments en bloc must obtain unanimous consent if they amend por-
tions of the bill not yet open to amendment, unless a special rule
authorizes several amendments to be offered and considered as a
group. There is usually a specified time for divided debate on the
amendment and a prohibition on amendments to and demands for
a division of the question on the en bloc amendment. Generally, the
original sponsor of the amendment must agree to having the
amendment considered en bloc, and these rules generally provide
that the original proponent of an amendment included in such an
en bloc amendment may insert a statement in the Congressional
Record immediately before the disposition of the en bloc amend-
ment. Such a rule enables the floor manager to maximize efficiency
and consensus while minimizing duplicative floor time and consid-
eration.
d. Categories of Rules Granted to Resolve Differences Among and
Responding to the Legislative Actions of Committees
As the nexus of the legislative process in the House, the Rules
Committee often is the institutional mechanism used to reconcile
differences in legislative recommendations among multiple commit-
tees. Two often used, and often misunderstood, special rule fea-
tures utilized to achieve these goals are (1) self-executing rules and
(2) original text rules.
(1) Self-Executing Rules. This type of rule provides that, upon the
adoption of the special rule, the text of a measure is modified or
amended in some specified manner. Therefore, the House’s adop-
tion of the rule itself has the effect of amending the underlying
measure. Occasionally, a self-executing rule may also provide for
the adoption of other unrelated measures or actions, such as adopt-
ing another simple resolution, bill, joint resolution or conference re-
port. Self-executing rules may be utilized by the Rules Committee
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for a variety of reasons, including but not limited to: the correction
of rule or Budget Act violations; providing for the adoption of the
committee-recommended amendment; the reconciling of multiple
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committee legislative recommendations, the elimination of proce-
dural votes; the separation of policy issues; or, the complete re-
drafting of the legislation.
(2) Original Text Rules. When a committee reports a measure, it
often will favorably report the measure with a recommendation
that an amendment or amendments be adopted by the full House.
These amendments reflect the collegial action of the committee on
that measure. This type of rule generally provides that the com-
mittee-recommended amendment be adopted by the House and be-
come the base text for the purpose of further amendment to the
bill. This is often done to acknowledge the actions of the committee
at the beginning of the consideration of a bill, and also to simplify
the amendment process.
e. Categories of Rules Granted Dealing with House-Senate Relations
While resolving differences with the Senate often involves privi-
leged motions in the House, the Rules Committee is often called
upon to expedite such procedural situations or to address unique
procedural circumstances. The categories of such special rules are
(1) Senate hook-up rules, (2) motion to go to conference rules, (3)
engrossment of multiple measures rules, and (4) instructing the
Clerk regarding the transmittal of papers.
(1) Senate Hook-up Rules. The rules of the House provide for
three methods of getting to conference with the Senate: (1) agree-
ing to a motion to go to conference by unanimous consent; (2) ob-
taining a special rule from the Rules Committee; or (3) receiving
specific authorization from each committee that received an initial
referral of and reported the bill (clause 1 of Rule XXII). Most often
chairmen obtain conference authority from their committee at the
time a bill is ordered reported. Most special rules allowing for a
Senate hook-up provide that after passage of a House bill, it shall
be in order to take a specific Senate bill from the Speaker’s table,
consider it in the House, and to move to strike all after the enact-
ing clause and insert the text of the House bill as passed by the
House. These special rules further provide that if the motion is
adopted and the Senate bill, as amended, is passed, then it shall
be in order to move that the House insist on its amendment and
request a conference with the Senate. These hook-up provisions can
either be included in the original rule providing for consideration
of the House bill or in a separate special rule.
(2) Motion to go to Conference Rules. These special rules are
those separate rules that provide for the motion to go to conference
with the Senate, by either disagreeing with the Senate position and
requesting a conference or insisting on the House position and
agreeing to a conference.
(3) Engrossment of Multiple Measures Rules. These types of spe-
cial rules generally provide for separate consideration and final
passage votes on multiple bills, generally relating to a similar
issue. The rule then instructs the House Clerk to engross the indi-
vidually-passed bills into one bill before transmitting them to the
Senate for consideration.
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(4) Instructing the Clerk Regarding the Transmittal of Papers.
These types of special rules instruct the Clerk to withhold the
transmittal of papers until the Clerk is notified of certain actions
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taken by the other body. This is done to address timing issues re-
lated to the passage or consideration of measures by the Senate.
f. Categories of Rules Granted with Certain Housekeeping Tools
Special rules are often utilized to assist House Leadership and
committees with housekeeping elements to ensure the smooth run-
ning of House floor operations generally during constituent work
breaks.
(1) Providing Procedures for Pro Forma Sessions. During periods
when the House is unable to adjourn pursuant to a concurrent res-
olution, the Rules Committee will sometimes provide the chair with
additional authority to manage required pro forma sessions. This
authority may include allowing the chair to adjourn on his or her
own, to toll periods for consideration of certain privileged matters,
and other similar tools to provide for the orderly conduct of pro
forma sessions during district work periods.
(2) Report Filing Authority. When a committee favorably reports
a measure, it must file an accompanying report describing the pur-
pose and scope of the legislation and the reasons for recommended
approval. This tool allows for the filing of these reports from spe-
cific committees on days when the House is not otherwise in ses-
sion.
4. FLOOR CONSIDERATION OF A SPECIAL RULE
When the time comes to call up a special rule, the majority mem-
ber who filed the rule (a privileged House resolution), or another
majority member of the Rules Committee designated by the chair,
is recognized by the Speaker. That Member stands at the majority
committee table on the House Floor. Once recognized, the member
states:
‘‘Mll. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call
up House Resolution ll, and ask for its immediate consider-
ation.’’
Any Member of the Committee on Rules may be recognized to
call up a rule that has been on the House Calendar for at least
seven legislative days, and the Speaker is required to recognize the
Rules Committee member as a privilege, as long as the member
has given one day’s notice of an intent to seek recognition for that
purpose.
Once the Clerk has read the resolution, the Speaker recognizes
the majority Rules Committee member handling the rule for one
hour. The majority floor manager then customarily yields thirty
minutes to a minority counterpart for the purposes of debate only.
The length of debate on the rule varies according to the complexity
of the rule and the degree of controversy over the bill.
Since a rule is considered in the House under the hour rule, no
amendments are in order unless the majority floor manager offers
an amendment or yields to another member for that purpose. At
the conclusion of debate on the rule, the floor manager moves the
previous question. If no objection is heard, the House proceeds to
vote on the rule. If objection is heard, a vote occurs on the previous
question. If the previous question is rejected, however, a member
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who opposed the previous question (usually the Rules Committee
minority floor manager) is recognized. That Member then controls
one hour of debate time on the rule. The member controlling the
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time may offer an amendment to the rule and then move the pre-
vious question on the amendment and on the rule when debate has
concluded. Once the rule is adopted (with or without amendments),
the legislation it concerns is eligible for consideration under the
terms of the rule.
5. RULES REJECTED, TABLED, OR PENDING
In the 116th Congress, the Committee on Rules reported 77
rules, all of which were adopted by the House. During the 116th
Congress, no rules were rejected or tabled by the House. There
were no rules pending at the end of the 116th Congress.
a. Rules Rejected by the House
There were no rules rejected by the House during the 116th Con-
gress.
b. Rules Tabled by the House
There were no rules tabled by the House during the 116th Con-
gress.
c. Rules Pending
There were no rules pending in the House during the 116th Con-
gress.
6. EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS OF ALL POINTS OF ORDER
The Committee on Rules customarily provides waivers of all
points of order when constructing special rules for the consider-
ation of measures. This is commonly referred to as a ‘‘blanket waiv-
er’’ or ‘‘prophylactic waiver’’ because in most cases there are no ap-
plicable points of order against the measure. Just because a special
rule includes a blanket waiver does not mean that points of order
lie against any of the measures made in order or provisions con-
tained in those measures; rather, blanket waivers ensure the im-
mediate consideration of the underlying measure by providing the
chair with the ability to easily dispense with dilatory or specious
points of order by asserting that, ‘‘pursuant to the previous order
of the House, all points of order are waived.’’
Also, as part of the Committee’s role as scheduler for the House,
it is the Committee’s responsibility to ensure that when a majority
of the House votes in favor of considering a measure notwith-
standing any technical or substantive violations of the rules, a
point of order would not prevent that measure’s consideration.
It is important to note that any specific waivers contained in a
waiver of all points of order are required under clause 7(g) of rule
XIII to be specified in the Rules Committee report accompanying
the resolution and are also compiled in this report.
7. WAIVERS OF HOUSE RULES
The following compilation identifies the Rules of the House that
were waived in specific resolutions and the legislation that re-
quired the waiver. There is also an indication whether the rule was
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waived against the bill (B), original text (OT), amendments (A), the
number of which is indicated in [ ], a motion (M), a conference re-
port (CR), or provisions (P); items accompanied by an asterisk (*)
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denote measures that the waiver with which they were granted in
the committee report accompanying the resolution was not applied.
Rule XIII, Clause 3(c)(1)—Requires committee reports to include oversight findings
and recommendations based on the preceding rules of the standing committee
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 357 H.R. 986 .............. Protecting Americans with Preexisting Conditions Act of B
2019.
Rule XIII, Clause 3(c)(2)—Requires committee reports to include an estimate of new
budget authority and when practicable, a comparison of the total estimated funding
level for the relevant programs to the appropriate levels under current law
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 1017 H.R. 1425 ............ State Health Care Premium Reduction Act [Patient Protec- B
tion and Affordable Care Enhancement Act].
Rule XIII, Clause 3(c)(3)—Requires committee reports to include an estimate and
comparison prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 1017 H.R. 1425 ............ State Health Care Premium Reduction Act [Patient Protec- B
tion and Affordable Care Enhancement Act].
Rule XIII, Clause 3(c)(4)—Requires committee reports to include a statement of gen-
eral performance goals and objectives, including outcome-related goals and objec-
tives for which the measure authorizes funding
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 377 H.R. 312 .............. Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffirmation Act B
H. Res. 758 H.R. 3 .................. Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act ................... B
Rule XIII, Clause 3(c)(5)—Requires committee reports on a bill or joint resolution that
establish or reauthorize Federal programs to indicate whether any such program is
known to be duplicative of another such program
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 577 H.R. 3525 ............ U.S. Border Patrol Medical Screening Standards Act ........... B
Rule XIII, Clause 3(d)(1)—Requires the inclusion of committee cost estimate in a
committee report
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 145 H.R. 8 .................. Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 ......................... B
H. Res. 145 H.R. 1112 ............ Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019 .......................... B
H. Res. 281 H.R. 1585 ............ Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019 ......... B
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H. Res. 377 H.R. 5 .................. Equality Act ............................................................................ B
H. Res. 377 H.R. 312 .............. Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffirmation Act B
H. Res. 509 H.R. 397 .............. Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act of 2019 ....... B
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Rule XIII, Clause 3(d)(1)—Requires the inclusion of committee cost estimate in a
committee report—Continued
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 509 H.R. 3239 ............ Humanitarian Standards for Individuals in Customs and B
Border Protection Custody Act.
H. Res. 558 H.R. 1423 ............ Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act ................................. B
H. Res. 577 H.R. 3525 ............ U.S. Border Patrol Medical Screening Standards Act ........... B
H. Res. 695 H.R. 4863 ............ United States Export Finance Agency Act of 2019 ............... B
H. Res. 741 H.R. 4 .................. Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019 .............................. B
H. Res. 758 H.R. 3 .................. Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act ................... B
H. Res. 758 H.R. 5038 ............ Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019 .......................... B
H. Res. 866 H.R. 2339 ............ Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2019 [Pro- B
tecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth To-
bacco Epidemic Act of 2020].
H. Res. 877 H.R. 1140 ............ Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2020 ...... B
H. Res. 1028 H.R. 2 .................. INVEST in America Act [Moving Forward Act] ....................... B
H. Res. 1107 H.R. 2694 ............ Pregnant Workers Fairness Act .............................................. B
H. Res. 1129 H.R. 4447 ............ Expanding Access to Sustainable Energy Act of 2019 B
[Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act].
H. Res. 1244 H.R. 3884 ............ Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act B
of 2019 [MORE Act of 2020].
Rule XIII, Clause 3(e)(1)—Requires the inclusion of a comparative print for a bill or
joint resolution proposing to repeal or amend a statute
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 476 H.R. 2500 ............ National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 .... B
H. Res. 1028 H.R. 2 .................. INVEST in America Act [Moving Forward Act] ....................... B
H. Res. 1053 H.R. 6395 ............ William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization B
Act for Fiscal Year 2021.
Rule XIII, Clause 4(a)(1)—Prohibits the consideration of a measure or matter reported
by a committee until the proposed text of the report has been available for 72 hours
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 431 H. Res. 430 ......... Authorizing the Committee on the Judiciary to initiate or B
intervene in judicial proceedings to enforce certain sub-
poenas and for other purposes.
H. Res. 519 H.R. 549 .............. Venezuela TPS Act of 2019 ................................................... B
H. Res. 967 H. Res. 965 ......... Authorizing remote voting by proxy in the House of Rep- B
resentatives and providing for official remote committee
proceedings during a public health emergency due to a
novel coronavirus, and for other purposes.
Rule XIII, Clause 6(a)—Requires a two-thirds vote to consider a rule on the same day
it is reported from the Committee on Rules
see VII., A., Table 1b.
Rule XV, Clause 1—Requires a two-thirds vote to suspend the rules and pass a bill
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see VII., A., Table 1b.
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Rule XVI, Clause 7—Requires that no motion or proposition on a subject different from
that under consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 708 H.R. 3055 ............ Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Develop- M
ment, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environ-
ment, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Develop-
ment Appropriations Act, 2020 [Further Continuing Ap-
propriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act
of 2019] [Senate Amendment].
H. Res. 765 H.R. 1158 ............ DHS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act of 2019 M
[Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020] [Senate Amend-
ment].
H. Res. 765 H.R. 1865 ............ National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative Coin M
Act [Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020]
[Senate Amendment].
H. Res. 811 H.R. 550 .............. Merchant Mariners of World War II Congressional Gold M
Medal Act of 2019 [No War Against Iran Act; To repeal
the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq
Resolution of 2002] [Senate Amendment].
H. Res. 891 H.R. 2486 ............ FUTURE Act [NO BAN Act; Access to Counsel Act of 2020] M
[Senate Amendment(s)].
H. Res. 1161 H.R. 925 .............. America’s Conservation Enhancement Act [The Heroes Act] M
[Senate Amendment].
H. Res. 1271 H.R. 133 .............. United States-Mexico Economic Partnership Act [Consoli- M
dated Appropriations Act, 2021] [Senate Amendment].
Rule XXI, Clause 2—Prohibits unauthorized appropriations or legislative provisions in
an appropriations bill
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 431 H.R. 2740 ............ Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, P
State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Devel-
opment Appropriations Act, 2020.
H. Res. 445 H.R. 3055 ............ Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Develop- P
ment, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environ-
ment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transpor-
tation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropria-
tions Act, 2020.
H. Res. 460 H.R. 3351 ............ Financial Services and General Government Appropriations P
Act, 2020.
H. Res. 1060 H.R. 7608 ............ State, Foreign Operations, Agriculture, Rural Development, P
Interior, Environment, Military Construction, and Vet-
erans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2021.
H. Res. 1067 H.R. 7617 ............ Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water P
Development, Financial Services and General Govern-
ment, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human
Services, Education, Transportation, Housing, and Urban
Development Appropriations Act, 2021.
Rule XXI, Clause 2(c)—Prohibits consideration of amendments to an appropriations
bills if it changes existing law
Resolution Measure Title Object
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H. Res. 431 H.R. 2740 ............ Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, A
State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Devel-
opment Appropriations Act, 2020.
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Rule XXI, Clause 2(c)—Prohibits consideration of amendments to an appropriations
bills if it changes existing law—Continued
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 436 H.R. 2740 ............ Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, A
State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Devel-
opment Appropriations Act, 2020.
H. Res. 445 H.R. 3055 ............ Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Develop- P
ment, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environ-
ment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transpor-
tation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropria-
tions Act, 2020.
H. Res. 1060 H.R. 7608 ............ State, Foreign Operations, Agriculture, Rural Development, P
Interior, Environment, Military Construction, and Vet-
erans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2021.
H. Res. 1060 H.R. 7608 ............ State, Foreign Operations, Agriculture, Rural Development, A
Interior, Environment, Military Construction, and Vet-
erans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2021.
H. Res. 1067 H.R. 7617 ............ Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water P
Development, Financial Services and General Govern-
ment, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human
Services, Education, Transportation, Housing, and Urban
Development Appropriations Act, 2021.
Rule XXI, Clause 2(e)—Permits only non-emergency appropriations and spending cuts
in bills designated as emergency appropriations bills
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 1060 H.R. 7608 ............ State, Foreign Operations, Agriculture, Rural Development, P
Interior, Environment, Military Construction, and Vet-
erans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2021.
H. Res. 1067 H.R. 7617 ............ Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water P
Development, Financial Services and General Govern-
ment, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human
Services, Education, Transportation, Housing, and Urban
Development Appropriations Act, 2021.
Rule XXI, Clause 4—Prohibits reporting a bill carrying an appropriation from a
committee not having jurisdiction to report an appropriation
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 172 H.R. 1 .................. For the People Act of 2019 ................................................... P
H. Res. 377 H.R. 987 .............. Marketing and Outreach Restoration to Empower Health P
Education Act of 2019 [Strengthening Health Care and
Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act].
H. Res. 476 H.R. 2500 ............ National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 .... P
H. Res. 509 H.R. 397 .............. Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act of 2019 ....... P
H. Res. 748 H.R. 729 .............. Coastal and Great Lakes Communities Enhancement Act ... P
H. Res. 758 H.R. 3 .................. Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act ................... P
H. Res. 758 H.R. 5038 ............ Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019 .......................... P
H. Res. 765 H.R. 1158 ............ DHS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act of 2019 M
[Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020] [Senate Amend-
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ment].
H. Res. 844 H.R. 2546 ............ Colorado Wilderness Act of 2019 [Protecting America’s Wil- P
derness Act].
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Rule XXI, Clause 4—Prohibits reporting a bill carrying an appropriation from a
committee not having jurisdiction to report an appropriation—Continued
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 866 H.R. 2339 ............ Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2019 [Pro- P
tecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth To-
bacco Epidemic Act of 2020].
H. Res. 1017 H.R. 1425 ............ State Health Care Premium Reduction Act [Patient Protec- P
tion and Affordable Care Enhancement Act].
H. Res. 1028 H.R. 2 .................. INVEST in America Act [Moving Forward Act] ....................... P
H. Res. 1053 H.R. 6395 ............ William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization P
Act for Fiscal Year 2021.
H. Res. 1053 H.R. 1957 ............ Great American Outdoors Act [Senate Amendments] ........... M
H. Res. 1129 H.R. 4447 ............ Expanding Access to Sustainable Energy Act of 2019 P
[Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act].
H. Res. 1161 H.R. 925 .............. America’s Conservation Enhancement Act [The Heroes Act] M
[Senate Amendments].
H. Res. 1244 H.R. 3884 ............ Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act P
of 2019 [MORE Act of 2020].
Rule XXI, Clause 5(a)—Prohibits a bill or joint resolution carrying a tax or tariff meas-
ure from being reported by a committee not having jurisdiction to report tax or tariff
measures
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 172 H.R. 1 .................. For the People Act of 2019 ................................................... P
H. Res. 281 H.R. 1585 ............ Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019 ......... OT
H. Res. 357 H.R. 986 .............. Protecting Americans with Preexisting Conditions Act of B
2019.
H. Res. 377 H.R. 987 .............. Marketing and Outreach Restoration to Empower Health P
Education Act of 2019 [Strengthening Health Care and
Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act].
H. Res. 460 H.R. 3351 ............ Financial Services and General Government Appropriations P
Act, 2020.
H. Res. 491 H.R. 3494 ............ Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intel- P
ligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019,
and 2020.
H. Res. 519 H.R. 549 .............. Venezuela TPS Act of 2019 ................................................... P
H. Res. 548 H.R. 1146 ............ Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act ................. P
H. Res. 758 H.R. 5038 ............ Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019 .......................... P
H. Res. 866 H.R. 2339 ............ Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2019 [Pro- P
tecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth To-
bacco Epidemic Act of 2020].
H. Res. 1017 H.R. 1425 ............ State Health Care Premium Reduction Act [Patient Protec- P
tion and Affordable Care Enhancement Act].
H. Res. 1028 H.R. 2 .................. INVEST in America Act [Moving Forward Act] ....................... P
H. Res. 1129 H.R. 4447 ............ Expanding Access to Sustainable Energy Act of 2019 P
[Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act].
H. Res. 1161 H.R. 925 .............. America’s Conservation Enhancement Act [The Heroes Act] M
[Senate Amendments].
H. Res. 1244 H.R. 3884 ............ Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act P
of 2019 [MORE Act of 2020].
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Rule XXI, Clause 10—Prohibits consideration of a measure that has a net effect of
increasing the deficit or reducing the surplus over the five- or 10-year period
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 131 H.J. Res. 31 ......... Making further continuing appropriations for the Depart- CR
ment of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2019, and for
other purposes. [Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019]
[Conference Report].
H. Res. 281 H.R. 1585 ............ Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019 ......... B
H. Res. 389 H.R. 1994 ............ Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement B
Act of 2019.
H. Res. 415 H.R. 6 .................. American Dream and Promise Act of 2019 .......................... B
H. Res. 431 H.R. 2740 ............ Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, B
State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Devel-
opment Appropriations Act, 2020.
H. Res. 445 H.R. 3055 ............ Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Develop- B
ment, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environ-
ment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transpor-
tation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropria-
tions Act, 2020.
H. Res. 476 H.R. 2500 ............ National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 .... B
H. Res. 492 H.R. 582 .............. Raise the Wage Act ............................................................... B
H. Res. 509 H.R. 397 .............. Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act of 2019 ....... B
H. Res. 519 H.R. 549 .............. Venezuela TPS Act of 2019 ................................................... B
H. Res. 548 H.R. 1146 ............ Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act ................. B
H. Res. 564 H.R. 4378 ............ Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2020, and B
for other purposes.
H. Res. 646 H.R. 2513 ............ Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 ..................................... B
H. Res. 656 H.R. 2181 ............ Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2019 .......... B
H. Res. 708 H.R. 3055 ............ Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Develop- M
ment, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environ-
ment, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Develop-
ment Appropriations Act, 2020 [Further Continuing Ap-
propriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act
of 2019] [Senate Amendment].
H. Res. 713 H.R. 1309 ............ Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social B
Service Workers Act.
H. Res. 758 H.R. 3 .................. Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act ................... B
H. Res. 758 S. 1790 ................ National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 CR
[Conference Report].
H. Res. 765 H.R. 1158 ............ DHS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act of 2019 M
[Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020] [Senate Amend-
ment].
H. Res. 765 H.R. 1865 ............ National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative Coin M
Act [Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020]
[Senate Amendment].
H. Res. 779 H.R. 535 .............. PFAS Action Act of 2019 ....................................................... B
H. Res. 790 H.J. Res. 76 ......... Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of B
title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the
Department of Education relating to ‘‘Borrower Defense
Institutional Accountability’’.
H. Res. 811 H.R. 3621 ............ Student Borrower Credit Improvement Act [Comprehensive B
CREDIT Act of 2020].
H. Res. 833 H.R. 5687 ............ Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief B
and Puerto Rico Disaster Tax Relief Act, 2020.
H. Res. 1017 H.R. 51 ................ Washington, D.C. Admission Act ........................................... B
H. Res. 1017 H.R. 1425 ............ State Health Care Premium Reduction Act [Patient Protec- B
rfrederick on DSKBCBPHB2PROD with HEARINGS
tion and Affordable Care Enhancement Act].
H. Res. 1017 H.R. 5332 ............ Protecting Your Credit Score Act of 2019 ............................. B
H. Res. 1017 H.R. 7120 ............ George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020 ....................... B
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Rule XXI, Clause 10—Prohibits consideration of a measure that has a net effect of in-
creasing the deficit or reducing the surplus over the five- or 10-year period—Con-
tinued
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 1017 H.R. 7301 ............ Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act of 2020 ...... B
H. Res. 1053 H.R. 7327 ............ Child Care for Economic Recovery Act .................................. B
H. Res. 1053 H.R. 1957 ............ Great American Outdoors Act [Senate Amendments] ........... M
H. Res. 1060 H.R. 7608 ............ State, Foreign Operations, Agriculture, Rural Development, B
Interior, Environment, Military Construction, and Vet-
erans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2021.
H. Res. 1067 H.R. 7617 ............ Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water B
Development, Financial Services and General Govern-
ment, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human
Services, Education, Transportation, Housing, and Urban
Development Appropriations Act, 2021.
H. Res. 1129 H.R. 8319 ............ Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions B
Act.
Rule XXI, Clause 11—Prohibits consideration of a bill or joint resolution which has not
been reported by a committee until such measure has been available to Members,
Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner for 72 hours
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 28 ... H.R. 264 .............. Financial Services and General Government Appropriations B
Act, 2019.
H. Res. 28 ... H.R. 265 .............. Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra- B
tion, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019.
H. Res. 28 ... H.R. 266 .............. Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related B
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019.
H. Res. 28 ... H.R. 267 .............. Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Re- B
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019.
H. Res. 52 ... H.J. Res. 28 ......... Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 ...... B
H. Res. 61 ... H.J. Res. 31 ......... Making further continuing appropriations for the Depart- B
ment of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2019, and for
other purposes.
H. Res. 519 H.R. 3877 ............ Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 ............................................. B
H. Res. 564 H.R. 4378 ............ Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2020, and B
for other purposes.
H. Res. 891 H.R. 6172 ............ USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020 ......................... B
H. Res. 1129 H.R. 8319 ............ Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions B
Act.
Rule XXI, Clause 12(a)(1)—Prohibits consideration of a bill [or amendment in the na-
ture of a substitute/joint resolution] unless there is a searchable electronic com-
parative print that shows how the bill [or amendment/joint resolution] proposes to
change current law
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 28 ... H.R. 264 .............. Financial Services and General Government Appropriations B
Act, 2019.
H. Res. 28 ... H.R. 265 .............. Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra- B
rfrederick on DSKBCBPHB2PROD with HEARINGS
tion, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019.
H. Res. 28 ... H.R. 266 .............. Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related B
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019.
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Rule XXI, Clause 12(a)(1)—Prohibits consideration of a bill [or amendment in the na-
ture of a substitute/joint resolution] unless there is a searchable electronic com-
parative print that shows how the bill [or amendment/joint resolution] proposes to
change current law—Continued
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 28 ... H.R. 267 .............. Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Re- B
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019.
H. Res. 43 ... H.R. 268 .............. Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019 ................................ B
H. Res. 52 ... H.J. Res. 28 ......... Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 ...... B
H. Res. 61 ... H.R. 648 .............. Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 ................................. B
H. Res. 61 ... H.J. Res. 31 ......... Making further continuing appropriations for the Depart- B
ment of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2019, and for
other purposes..
H. Res. 105 H.R. 840 .............. Veterans’ Access to Child Care Act ...................................... OT
H. Res. 172 H.R. 1 .................. For the People Act of 2019 ................................................... B
H. Res. 357 H.R. 2157 ............ Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019 ................................ B
H. Res. 377 H.R. 987 .............. Marketing and Outreach Restoration to Empower Health B
Education Act of 2019 [Strengthening Health Care and
Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act].
H. Res. 389 H.R. 1994 ............ Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement B
Act of 2019.
H. Res. 431 H.R. 2740 ............ Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, B
State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Devel-
opment Appropriations Act, 2020.
H. Res. 445 H.R. 3055 ............ Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Develop- B
ment, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environ-
ment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transpor-
tation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropria-
tions Act, 2020.
H. Res. 460 H.R. 2722 ............ Securing America’s Federal Elections Act ............................. B
H. Res. 462 H.R. 3401 ............ Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian B
Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act,
2019.
H. Res. 476 H.R. 2500 ............ National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 .... B
H. Res. 491 H.R. 3494 ............ Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intel- B
ligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019,
and 2020.
H. Res. 492 H.R. 582 .............. Raise the Wage Act ............................................................... B
H. Res. 509 H.R. 397 .............. Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act of 2019 ....... B
H. Res. 519 H.R. 3877 ............ Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 ............................................. B
H. Res. 548 H.R. 205 .............. Protecting and Securing Florida’s Coastline Act of 2019 .... B
H. Res. 548 H.R. 1146 ............ Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act ................. B
H. Res. 548 H.R. 1941 ............ Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act ..................... B
H. Res. 564 H.R. 4378 ............ Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2020, and B
for other purposes..
H. Res. 577 H.R. 2203 ............ Homeland Security Improvement Act ..................................... B
H. Res. 629 H.R. 1815 ............ SEC Disclosure Effectiveness Testing Act ............................. B
H. Res. 646 H.R. 2513 ............ Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 ..................................... B
H. Res. 739 H.R. 2534 ............ Insider Trading Prohibition Act .............................................. B
H. Res. 741 H.R. 4 .................. Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019 .............................. B
H. Res. 748 H.R. 729 .............. Coastal and Great Lakes Communities Enhancement Act ... B
H. Res. 758 H.R. 3 .................. Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act ................... B
H. Res. 758 H.R. 5038 ............ Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019 .......................... B
H. Res. 779 H.R. 535 .............. PFAS Action Act of 2019 ....................................................... B
H. Res. 811 H.R. 3621 ............ Student Borrower Credit Improvement Act [Comprehensive B
rfrederick on DSKBCBPHB2PROD with HEARINGS
CREDIT Act of 2020].
H. Res. 833 H.R. 5687 ............ Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief B
and Puerto Rico Disaster Tax Relief Act, 2020.
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Rule XXI, Clause 12(a)(1)—Prohibits consideration of a bill [or amendment in the na-
ture of a substitute/joint resolution] unless there is a searchable electronic com-
parative print that shows how the bill [or amendment/joint resolution] proposes to
change current law—Continued
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 844 H.R. 2546 ............ Colorado Wilderness Act of 2019 [Protecting America’s Wil- B
derness Act].
H. Res. 866 H.R. 2339 ............ Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2019 [Pro- B
tecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth To-
bacco Epidemic Act of 2020].
H. Res. 891 H.R. 6172 ............ USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020 ......................... B
H. Res. 967 H.R. 6800 ............ The Heroes Act ....................................................................... B
H. Res. 1017 H.R. 1425 ............ State Health Care Premium Reduction Act [Patient Protec- B
tion and Affordable Care Enhancement Act].
H. Res. 1017 H.R. 7120 ............ George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020 ....................... B
H. Res. 1017 H.R. 7301 ............ Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act of 2020 ...... B
H. Res. 1028 H.R. 2 .................. INVEST in America Act [Moving Forward Act] ....................... B
H. Res. 1053 H.R. 6395 ............ William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization B
Act for Fiscal Year 2021.
H. Res. 1053 H.R. 7327 ............ Child Care for Economic Recovery Act .................................. B
H. Res. 1107 H.R. 2574 ............ Equity and Inclusion Enforcement Act of 2019 .................... B
H. Res. 1129 H.R. 4447 ............ Expanding Access to Sustainable Energy Act of 2019 B
[Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act].
H. Res. 1129 H.R. 6270 ............ Uyghur Forced Labor Disclosure Act of 2020 ........................ B
H. Res. 1129 H.R. 8319 ............ Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions B
Act.
H. Res. 1224 H.R. 8294 ............ National Apprenticeship Act of 2020 .................................... B
H. Res. 1244 H.R. 3884 ............ Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act B
of 2019 [MORE Act of 2020].
Rule XXI, Clause 12(a)(2)—Prohibits consideration of an amendment in the nature of
a substitute unless there is a searchable electronic comparative print that shows
how the amendment proposes to change current law
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 252 H.R. 7 .................. Paycheck Fairness Act ........................................................... OT
H. Res. 281 H.R. 1585 ............ Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019 ......... OT
H. Res. 558 H.R. 1423 ............ Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act ................................. A
H. Res. 650 H.R. 4617 ............ Stopping Harmful Interference in Elections for a Lasting A
Democracy (SHIELD) Act.
H. Res. 758 H.R. 3 .................. Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act ................... A
Rule XXI, Clause 12(b)—Prohibits consideration of a bill unless there is a searchable
electronic comparative print that shows how the text of the bill as proposed to be
considered differs from the text of the bill as reported
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 172 H.R. 1 .................. For the People Act of 2019 ................................................... B
H. Res. 252 H.R. 7 .................. Paycheck Fairness Act ........................................................... B
H. Res. 281 H.R. 1585 ............ Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019 ......... B
rfrederick on DSKBCBPHB2PROD with HEARINGS
H. Res. 431 H.R. 2740 ............ Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, B
State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Devel-
opment Appropriations Act, 2020.
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Rule XXI, Clause 12(b)—Prohibits consideration of a bill unless there is a searchable
electronic comparative print that shows how the text of the bill as proposed to be
considered differs from the text of the bill as reported—Continued
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 445 H.R. 3055 ............ Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Develop- B
ment, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environ-
ment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transpor-
tation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropria-
tions Act, 2020.
H. Res. 460 H.R. 2722 ............ Securing America’s Federal Elections Act ............................. B
H. Res. 476 H.R. 2500 ............ National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 .... B
H. Res. 491 H.R. 3494 ............ Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intel- B
ligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019,
and 2020.
H. Res. 492 H.R. 582 .............. Raise the Wage Act ............................................................... B
H. Res. 548 H.R. 205 .............. Protecting and Securing Florida’s Coastline Act of 2019 .... B
H. Res. 548 H.R. 1146 ............ Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act ................. B
H. Res. 548 H.R. 1941 ............ Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act ..................... B
H. Res. 558 H.R. 1423 ............ Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act ................................. B
H. Res. 577 H.R. 2203 ............ Homeland Security Improvement Act ..................................... B
H. Res. 629 H.R. 1815 ............ SEC Disclosure Effectiveness Testing Act ............................. B
H. Res. 646 H.R. 2513 ............ Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 ..................................... B
H. Res. 650 H.R. 4617 ............ Stopping Harmful Interference in Elections for a Lasting B
Democracy (SHIELD) Act.
H. Res. 656 H.R. 823 .............. Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act .................... B
H. Res. 656 H.R. 2181 ............ Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2019 .......... B
H. Res. 713 H.R. 1309 ............ Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social B
Service Workers Act.
H. Res. 741 H.R. 4 .................. Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019 .............................. B
H. Res. 748 H.R. 729 .............. Coastal and Great Lakes Communities Enhancement Act ... B
H. Res. 758 H.R. 3 .................. Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act ................... B
H. Res. 758 H.R. 5038 ............ Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019 .......................... B
H. Res. 779 H.R. 535 .............. PFAS Action Act of 2019 ....................................................... B
H. Res. 811 H.R. 3621 ............ Student Borrower Credit Improvement Act [Comprehensive B
CREDIT Act of 2020].
H. Res. 833 H.R. 2474 ............ Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019 ...................... B
H. Res. 844 H.R. 2546 ............ Colorado Wilderness Act of 2019 [Protecting America’s Wil- B
derness Act].
H. Res. 866 H.R. 2339 ............ Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2019 [Pro- B
tecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth To-
bacco Epidemic Act of 2020].
H. Res. 1017 H.R. 1425 ............ State Health Care Premium Reduction Act [Patient Protec- B
tion and Affordable Care Enhancement Act].
H. Res. 1017 H.R. 5332 ............ Protecting Your Credit Score Act of 2019 ............................. B
H. Res. 1017 H.R. 7120 ............ George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020 ....................... B
H. Res. 1028 H.R. 2 .................. INVEST in America Act [Moving Forward Act] ....................... B
H. Res. 1060 H.R. 7608 ............ State, Foreign Operations, Agriculture, Rural Development, B
Interior, Environment, Military Construction, and Vet-
erans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2021.
H. Res. 1067 H.R. 7617 ............ Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water B
Development, Financial Services and General Govern-
ment, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human
Services, Education, Transportation, Housing, and Urban
Development Appropriations Act, 2021.
H. Res. 1107 H.R. 2574 ............ Equity and Inclusion Enforcement Act of 2019 .................... B
rfrederick on DSKBCBPHB2PROD with HEARINGS
H. Res. 1129 H.R. 4447 ............ Expanding Access to Sustainable Energy Act of 2019 B
[Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act].
H. Res. 1224 H.R. 8294 ............ National Apprenticeship Act of 2020 .................................... B
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Rule XXI, Clause 12(b)—Prohibits consideration of a bill unless there is a searchable
electronic comparative print that shows how the text of the bill as proposed to be
considered differs from the text of the bill as reported—Continued
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 1244 H.R. 3884 ............ Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act B
of 2019 [MORE Act of 2020].
Rule XXII, Clause 8(a)(1)(A)—Prohibits the consideration of a conference report and
the accompanying joint explanatory statement which has not been available for 72
hours
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 131 H.J. Res. 31 ......... Making further continuing appropriations for the Depart- CR
ment of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2019, and for
other purposes. [Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019]
[Conference Report].
H. Res. 758 S. 1790 ................ National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 CR
[Conference Report].
Rule XXII, Clause 9—Prohibits the inclusion of matter in a conference report not
committed to the conference by either House
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 131 H.J. Res. 31 ......... Making further continuing appropriations for the Depart- CR
ment of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2019, and for
other purposes. [Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019]
[Conference Report].
H. Res. 758 21S. 1790 ............ National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 CR
[Conference Report].
Section 2 of H. Res. 293—Prohibits appropriations bills from providing an advance
appropriation.
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 765 H.R. 1158 ............ DHS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act of 2019 M
[Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020] [Senate Amend-
ment].
Section 103(i) of H. Res. 6—Prohibits the Rules Committee from considering a bill or
joint resolution that has not been reported by the Committee except for bills or joint
resolutions that continue appropriations for the year, contain an emergency declara-
tion, or are taken up pursuant to clause 7(a) of rule XV
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 415 H.R. 6 .................. American Dream and Promise Act of 2019 .......................... B
H. Res. 519 H. Res. 3877 ....... Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 ............................................. B
H. Res. 577 H.R. 2203 ............ Homeland Security Improvement Act ..................................... B
H. Res. 790 H.J. Res. 76 ......... Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of B
rfrederick on DSKBCBPHB2PROD with HEARINGS
title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the
Department of Education relating to ‘‘Borrower Defense
Institutional Accountability’’..
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Section 103(i) of H. Res. 6—Prohibits the Rules Committee from considering a bill or
joint resolution that has not been reported by the Committee except for bills or joint
resolutions that continue appropriations for the year, contain an emergency declara-
tion, or are taken up pursuant to clause 7(a) of rule XV—Continued
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 891 H.R. 6172 ............ USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020 ......................... B
H. Res. 1017 H.R. 51 ................ Washington, D.C. Admission Act ........................................... B
H. Res. 1017 H.R. 7301 ............ Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act of 2020 ...... B
H. Res. 1017 H.J. Res. 90 ......... Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of B
title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency relating to
‘‘Community Reinvestment Act Regulations’’..
H. Res. 1092 H.R. 8015 ............ Delivering for America Act ..................................................... B
H. Res. 1129 H.R. 6270 ............ Uyghur Forced Labor Disclosure Act of 2020 ........................ B
8. WAIVERS OF BUDGET ENFORCEMENT
The following compilation identifies the sections of the Budget
Act that were waived in specific resolutions and the legislation that
required the waiver. There is also an indication whether the rule
was waived against the bill (B), the original text (OT), amendments
(A), a motion (M), a conference report (CR), or provisions (P); items
accompanied by two asterisks (**) denote measures that the waiver
with which they were granted in the committee report accom-
panying the resolution was not necessary due to the House subse-
quently adopting an amendment(s) that cured the need for such
waiver.
Section 302(f)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act—Prohibits consideration of legisla-
tion providing new budget authority in excess of a 302(a) or 302(b) allocation of
such authority
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 28 ... H.R. 264 .............. Financial Services and General Government Appropriations B
Act, 2019.
H. Res. 28 ... H.R. 265 .............. Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra- B
tion, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019.
H. Res. 28 ... H.R. 266 .............. Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related B
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019.
H. Res. 28 ... H.R. 267 .............. Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Re- B
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019.
H. Res. 43 ... H.R. 268 .............. Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019 ................................ B
H. Res. 52 ... H.J. Res. 28 ......... Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 ...... B
H. Res. 61 ... H.R. 648 .............. Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 ................................. B
H. Res. 131 H.J. Res. 31 ......... Making further continuing appropriations for the Depart- CR
ment of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2019, and for
other purposes. [Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019]
[Conference Report].
H. Res. 389 H.R. 1994 ............ Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement B
Act of 2019.
H. Res. 415 H.R. 6 .................. American Dream and Promise Act of 2019 .......................... B
H. Res. 445 H.R. 3055 ............ Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Develop- B
ment, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environ-
rfrederick on DSKBCBPHB2PROD with HEARINGS
ment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transpor-
tation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropria-
tions Act, 2020.
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Section 302(f)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act—Prohibits consideration of legisla-
tion providing new budget authority in excess of a 302(a) or 302(b) allocation of
such authority—Continued
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 476 H.R. 2500 ............ National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 .... B
H. Res. 509 H.R. 397 .............. Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act of 2019 ....... B
H. Res. 519 H.R. 549 .............. Venezuela TPS Act of 2019 ................................................... B
H. Res. 564 H.R. 4378 ............ Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2020, and B
for other purposes..
H. Res. 646 H.R. 2513 ............ Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 ..................................... B
H. Res. 656 H.R. 2181 ............ Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2019 .......... B
H. Res. 708 H.R. 3055 ............ Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Develop- M
ment, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environ-
ment, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Develop-
ment Appropriations Act, 2020 [Further Continuing Ap-
propriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act
of 2019] [Senate Amendment].
H. Res. 713 H.R. 1309 ............ Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social B
Service Workers Act.
H. Res. 758 H.R. 3 .................. Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act ................... B
H. Res. 758 S. 1790 ................ National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 CR
[Conference Report].
H. Res. 765 H.R. 1158 ............ HS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act of 2019 M
[Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020] [Senate Amend-
ment].
H. Res. 765 H.R. 1865 ............ National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative Coin M
Act [Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020]
[Senate Amendment].
H. Res. 790 H.J. Res. 76 ......... Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of B
title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the
Department of Education relating to ‘‘Borrower Defense
Institutional Accountability’’..
H. Res. 811 H.R. 3621 ............ Student Borrower Credit Improvement Act [Comprehensive B
CREDIT Act of 2020].
H. Res. 833 H.R. 5687 ............ Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief B
and Puerto Rico Disaster Tax Relief Act, 2020.
H. Res. 1017 H.R. 51 ................ Washington, D.C. Admission Act ........................................... B
H. Res. 1017 H.R. 5332 ............ Protecting Your Credit Score Act of 2019 ............................. B
H. Res. 1017 H.R. 7120 ............ George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020 ....................... B
H. Res. 1017 H.R. 7301 ............ Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act of 2020 ...... B
H. Res. 1053 H.R. 7327 ............ Child Care for Economic Recovery Act .................................. B
H. Res. 1053 H.R. 1957 ............ Great American Outdoors Act [Senate Amendments] ........... M
H. Res. 1129 H.R. 8319 ............ Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions B
Act.
H. Res. 1271 H.R. 133 .............. United States-Mexico Economic Partnership Act [Consoli- M
dated Appropriations Act, 2021] [Senate Amendment}.
Section 303(a) of the Congressional Budget Act—Prohibits consideration of legislation,
as reported, providing new budget authority, change in revenues, change in public
debt, new entitlement authority or new credit authority for a fiscal year until the
budget resolution for that year has been agreed to
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Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 281 H. Res. 1585 ....... Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019 ......... B
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Section 303(a) of the Congressional Budget Act—Prohibits consideration of legislation,
as reported, providing new budget authority, change in revenues, change in public
debt, new entitlement authority or new credit authority for a fiscal year until the
budget resolution for that year has been agreed to—Continued
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 866 H.R. 2339 ............ Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2019 [Pro- B
tecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth To-
bacco Epidemic Act of 2020].
Section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act—Prohibits consideration of legislation
within the jurisdiction of the Committee on the Budget unless referred to or reported
by the Budget Committee
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 131 H.J. Res. 31 ......... Making further continuing appropriations for the Depart- CR
ment of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2019, and for
other purposes. [Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019]
[Conference Report].
H. Res. 431 H.R. 2740 ............ Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, B
State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Devel-
opment Appropriations Act, 2020.
H. Res. 445 H.R. 3055 ............ Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Develop- B
ment, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environ-
ment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transpor-
tation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropria-
tions Act, 2020.
H. Res. 460 H.R. 3351 ............ Financial Services and General Government Appropriations B
Act, 2020.
H. Res. 476 H.R. 2500 ............ National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 .... B
H. Res. 519 H.R. 549 .............. Venezuela TPS Act of 2019 ................................................... B
H. Res. 708 H.R. 3055 ............ Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Develop- M
ment, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environ-
ment, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Develop-
ment Appropriations Act, 2020 [Further Continuing Ap-
propriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act
of 2019] [Senate Amendment].
H. Res. 765 H.R. 1158 ............ DHS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act of 2019 M
[Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020] [Senate Amend-
ment].
H. Res. 765 H.R. 1865 ............ National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative Coin M
Act [Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020]
[Senate Amendment].
H. Res. 1028 H.R. 2 .................. INVEST in America Act [Moving Forward Act] ....................... B
H. Res. 1053 H.R. 1957 ............ Great American Outdoors Act [Senate Amendments] ........... M
H. Res. 1060 H.R. 7608 ............ State, Foreign Operations, Agriculture, Rural Development, B
Interior, Environment, Military Construction, and Vet-
erans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2021.
H. Res. 1067 H.R. 7617 ............ Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water B
Development, Financial Services and General Govern-
ment, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human
Services, Education, Transportation, Housing, and Urban
Development Appropriations Act, 2021.
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H. Res. 1092 H.R. 8015 ............ Delivering for America Act ..................................................... B
H. Res. 1161 H.R. 925 .............. America’s Conservation Enhancement Act [The Heroes Act] M
[Senate Amendments].
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Section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act—Prohibits consideration of legislation
within the jurisdiction of the Committee on the Budget unless referred to or reported
by the Budget Committee—Continued
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 1271 H.R. 133 .............. United States-Mexico Economic Partnership Act [Consoli- M
dated Appropriations Act, 2021] [Senate Amendments].
Section 311(a) of the Congressional Budget Act—Prohibits consideration of legislation
that would cause the level of total new budget authority for the first fiscal year to
be exceeded, or would cause revenues to be less than the level of total revenues for
the first fiscal year or for the total of that first fiscal year and the ensuing fiscal
years for which allocations are provided, except when a declaration of war by the
Congress is in effect
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 389 H.R. 1994 ............ Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement B
Act of 2019.
H. Res. 415 H.R. 6 .................. American Dream and Promise Act of 2019 .......................... B
H. Res. 519 H.R. 549 .............. Venezuela TPS Act of 2019 ................................................... B
H. Res. 564 H.R. 4378 ............ Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2020, and B
for other purposes..
H. Res. 708 H.R. 3055 ............ Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Develop- M
ment, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environ-
ment, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Develop-
ment Appropriations Act, 2020 [Further Continuing Ap-
propriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act
of 2019] [Senate Amendment].
H. Res. 765 H.R. 1865 ............ National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative Coin M
Act [Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020]
[Senate Amendment].
H. Res. 811 H.R. 3621 ............ Student Borrower Credit Improvement Act [Comprehensive B
CREDIT Act of 2020].
H. Res. 833 H.R. 5687 ............ Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief B
and Puerto Rico Disaster Tax Relief Act, 2020.
H. Res. 1017 H.R. 7301 ............ Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act of 2020 ...... B
H. Res. 1053 H.R. 7327 ............ Child Care for Economic Recovery Act .................................. B
H. Res. 1053 H.R. 1957 ............ Great American Outdoors Act [Senate Amendments] ........... M
H. Res. 1129 H.R. 8319 ............ Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions B
Act.
H. Res. 1271 H.R. 133 .............. United States-Mexico Economic Partnership Act [Consoli- M
dated Appropriations Act, 2021] [Senate Amendment].
Section 314 of the Congressional Budget Act—Prohibits the consideration of legisla-
tion that provides budget authority for a fiscal year that exceeds either of the dis-
cretionary statutory spending limits
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 431 H.R. 2740 ............ Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, B
State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Devel-
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Section 314 of the Congressional Budget Act—Prohibits the consideration of legisla-
tion that provides budget authority for a fiscal year that exceeds either of the dis-
cretionary statutory spending limits—Continued
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 445 H.R. 3055 ............ Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Develop- B
ment, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environ-
ment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transpor-
tation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropria-
tions Act, 2020.
H. Res. 460 H.R. 3351 ............ Financial Services and General Government Appropriations B
Act, 2020.
Section 425 of the Congressional Budget Act—Prohibits consideration of (1) any legis-
lation referred by a committee until the committee publishes the CBO’s statement
on the direct costs of Federal mandates and (2) any legislation that would increase
the direct costs of Federal intergovernmental mandates beyond $50,000,000 (ad-
justed for inflation) unless the legislation provides for new budget authority or the
legislation appropriates sufficient funds to cover the new costs
Resolution Measure Title Object
H. Res. 492 H.R. 582 .............. Raise the Wage Act ............................................................... B
H. Res. 713 H.R. 1309 ............ Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social B
Service Workers Act.
H. Res. 779 H.R. 535 .............. Action Act of 2019 ................................................................. B
C. ORIGINAL JURISDICTION MATTER
1. COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION OF ORIGINAL JURISDICTION MEASURES
The following is a list of original jurisdiction measures that were
considered by the Committee during the 116th Congress. The list
identifies the measures by number and title or subject and includes
the action and date the action was taken by the Committee and the
House.
Date
Measure Title Status
Reported
H. Res. 430 Authorizing the Committee on the Judiciary to June 10, 2019 ........ Passed House June
initiate or intervene in judicial proceedings 11, 2019
to enforce certain subpoenas and for other
purposes..
H. Res. 660 Directing certain committees to continue their October 30, 2019 ... Passed House Octo-
ongoing investigations as part of the exist- ber 31, 2019
ing House of Representatives inquiry into
whether sufficient grounds exist for the
House of Representatives to exercise its Con-
stitutional power to impeach Donald John
Trump, President of the United States of
America, and for other purposes.
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Date
Measure Title Status
Reported
H. Res. 965 Authorizing remote voting by proxy in the House May 14, 2020 ......... Passed House May
of Representatives and providing for official 15, 2020
remote committee proceedings during a pub-
lic health emergency due to a novel
coronavirus, and for other purposes.
2. ORIGINAL JURISDICTION FULL COMMITTEE HEARINGS
a. Hearing on H.R. 1384, Medicare for All Act of 2019
On April 30, 2019, the Committee on Rules held a hearing on
H.R. 1384, the Medicare for All Act of 2019. The following wit-
nesses testified: Dr. Dean Baker, Mr. Ady Barkan, Dr. Charles
Blahous, Dr. Doris Browne, Dr. Sara Collins, Dr. Farzon Nahvi,
and Ms. Grace-Marie Turner.
At the time of this hearing, there were about 29 million unin-
sured Americans and 44 million underinsured Americans. The
United States spends about twice as much as other high-income
nations on health care, despite having the lowest life expectancy
and the highest infant mortality rates. Our health care system
faces issues with high costs, bad outcomes, bureaucracy and racial
and geographic disparities. Private insurance companies are mak-
ing an excessive profit. Health care is a human right and should
prevent countless individuals and families from going broke due to
medical costs. The Affordable Care Act, which passed in March of
2010, gave 20 million more people access to health coverage. It
banned insurance companies from discriminating against cancer
patients and women and made sure that health plans covered es-
sential benefits. This was a first step toward ensuring that all
Americans have access to adequate and affordable health care.
Congresswoman Jayapal (D–WA), along with Congresswoman
Dingell (D–MI) and 105 additional original cosponsors, introduced
H.R. 1384, the Medicare for All Act of 2019 on February 27, 2019.
It was referred to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways
and Means, Education and Labor, Oversight and Reform, Armed
Services and Rules.
If H.R. 1384 became law, this legislation would provide health
care insurance to all Americans, it would create a pre-paid health
system that covered a robust set of services for no additional cost.
It would ensure that no person would go broke if they or a loved
one gets sick. This legislation would eliminate out-of-pocket costs
and surprise bills. Currently, the U.S.’s private insurance system
leads to high administration and other system costs. H.R. 1384
would drastically reduce administrative costs, saving money for the
system. The bill would ensure everyone a comprehensive set of
health benefits that captures the ACA’s essential benefits and adds
other services such as hearing, vision, dental, and long-term care
services.
On Tuesday, April 30th, 2019, the Committee on Rules held a
hearing for consideration of H.R. 1384. This was the first Congres-
sional hearing on Medicare for All.μ Members suggested that all
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the committees of jurisdiction conduct hearings on this bill. The
Committee considered ways a single payer health system could im-
prove health care delivery in America.μDebate included but was
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not limited to the government’s role in health care administration,
the limitations of the current health care system, including Medi-
care and Medicaid, and the benefits of single-payer system. Discus-
sion explored the benefits of the Affordable Care Act and the
strides it made in improving health care delivery. Participants also
debated the cost of Medicare for All and the quality of health care
under Medicare for All, including for example, the ability to choose
one’s doctor and the possibility of a longer wait time for care.
Testimony was received from the following witnesses, Mr. Ady
Barkan, Founder, Be a Hero Organization; Dr. Charles Blahous, J.
Fish and Lillian F. Smith Chair and Senior Research Strategist,
Mercatus Center; Dr. Dean Baker, Senior Economist, Center for
Economic and Policy Research; Ms. Grace-Marie Turner, President,
Galen Institute; Dr. Sara Collins, Vice President for Health Care
Coverage and Access, The Commonwealth Fund; Dr. Doris Browne,
Immediate Past-President, National Medical Association; Dr.
Farzon Nahvi, Emergency Room Physician.
b. Hearing on Article I: Constitutional Perspectives on the Responsi-
bility and Authority of the Legislative Branch
The framers designed a government that divides power among
the three branches. The Constitution keeps officials both account-
able to the public and in competition with each other in order to
create a system of checks and balances.
Overtime, Congress has granted discretionary authority to Exec-
utive Branch actors while retaining its power to conduct vigorous
oversight of the Executive Branch and to rescind any discretionary
authorities as Congress—and the People—deem appropriate.
On Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020 the Rules Committee held a hear-
ing entitled, Article I: Constitutional Perspectives on the Responsi-
bility and Authority of the Legislative Branch. This bipartisan hear-
ing allowed Members from both side of the aisle to set aside their
political parties to focus on the responsibilities of the Legislative
Branch.
Members, historians, and constitutional experts engaged in a
conversation on issues such as Executive Branch rulemaking, the
Power of the Purse, the National Emergencies Act, the Arms Ex-
port Control Act and the War Powers Resolution, among other top-
ics. Participants also discussed ways for Congress to regain some
of its ceded authority in order restore a more appropriate balance
between the three branches that closer aligns to the Founders’ vi-
sion and works better for the American people.
Testimony was received from the following witnesses: Laura
Belmonte, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences,
Professor of History at Virginia Tech; Matthew Spalding, Vice
President of Washington Operations and Dean of the Van Andel
Graduate School of Government at Hillsdale College’s Washington,
D.C. campus; Deborah Pearlstein, Professor of Law at Cardozo Law
School in New York City; Saikrishna Prakash, Professor of Law at
the University of Virginia.
c. Members’ Day Hearing on Proposed Rules Changes for the 117th
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Congress
Every other year the Rules Committee is tasked with writing the
Rules of the House for the upcoming Congress. On Opening Day of
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the new Congress, the House votes on the Rules package, thereby
adopting the Rules of House of Representatives for that Congress.
In recent Congresses it has become tradition that the Rules Com-
mittee solicit ideas from the full House for Rules changes and hold
a Member Day hearing for Members to testify on behalf of their
proposals.
On October 1, 2020, the Committee on Rules held an open hear-
ing to receive Member testimony on proposed changes to the Rules
of the House of Representatives for the 117th Congress. The Com-
mittee heard testimony or received statements from the following
Members of Congress: Hon. Joaquin Castro (TX), Hon. Emanuel
Cleaver (MO), Hon. Ben Cline (VA), Hon. Charlie Crist (FL), Hon.
James E. Clyburn (SC), Hon. Sharice Davids (KS), Hon. Rodney
Davis (IL), Hon. Anna G. Eshoo (CA), Hon. Tom Graves (GA), Hon.
Josh Gottheimer (NJ), Hon. Steny H. Hoyer (MD), Hon. Derek Kil-
mer (WA), Hon. James R. Langevin (RI), Hon. Ted Lieu (CA), Hon.
Stephanie N. Murphy (FL), Hon. Katie Porter (CA), Hon. Kathleen
Rice (NY), Hon. Bradley Scott Schneider (IL), Hon. Van Taylor
(TX), Hon. Bennie G. Thompson (MS), Hon. Debbie Wasserman
Schultz (FL), and Hon. Rob Woodall (GA).
The Committee engaged with members in conversations on a
wide range of topics. Majority Leader Hoyer, Majority Whip Cly-
burn, and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL) testified in favor
of reinstating the practice of Congressionally directed spending, ar-
guing that the power of the purse is solely the responsibility of the
legislative branch. Members of the Select Committee on the Mod-
ernization of Congress, including Chair Derek Kilmer (WA) and
Vice Chair Tom Graves (GA) advocated for improving technological
capabilities of the House, in the effort to increase transparency and
efficiency. The Committee also discussed possible reforms to the
procedural Motion to Recommit tool, as well as suggested modifica-
tions to the resolution providing for the use of remote voting in re-
sponse to the COVID–19 pandemic.
3. ORIGINAL JURISDICTION MEASURES REPORTED
a. H. Res. 430, Authorizing the Committee on the Judiciary to ini-
tiate or intervene in judicial proceedings to enforce certain sub-
poenas and for other purposes.
During the 116th Congress, in performing its constitutional duty
to conduct oversight of the Executive Branch, the House of Rep-
resentatives was met with unprecedented stonewalling and ob-
struction by the White House and Trump Administration. From
protecting Americans’ access to health care and responding to nat-
ural disasters, to protecting our clean air and water, the Trump
Administration failed to provide the information the People’s House
required to conduct oversight of these crucial issues. Obstructing
oversight in these areas impaired the ability of the Congress to
have sufficient information to legislate effectively and efficiently on
behalf of the American people.
It is because of this unprecedented stonewalling by the Trump
Administration that the House took the rare and important step to
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consider a resolution authorizing the Judiciary Committee to en-
force its duly issued subpoenas relating to the vitally important
Mueller Report and reaffirming that all committees have the abil-
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ity, when authorized by the House or the Bipartisan Legal Advi-
sory Group (BLAG), to turn to the Federal courts to enforce its sub-
poenas to get the information they need to conduct effective over-
sight.
Chairman McGovern introduced House Resolution 430 on June 6,
2019. H. Res. 430 authorized the Committee on the Judiciary to
initiate or intervene in judicial proceedings in Federal court to seek
enforcement of its duly issued subpoenas to former White House
Counsel Donald F. McGahn, II, and Attorney General William
Barr.
The second resolved clause of H. Res. 430 reaffirmed that com-
mittee chairs, when authorized by the BLAG, retain the ability to
bring litigation in Federal court to enforce their subpoenas. While
the full House can vote to authorize a committee to seek relief from
federal courts to enforce a subpoena duly issued by that committee,
it is also important to note that this is not the only avenue for such
authorization available to a committee. Pursuant to clause 8(b) of
rule II of the House of Representatives, the BLAG, comprised of
the Speaker and the majority and minority leadership, speaks for
and articulates the institutional position of the House in all litiga-
tion matters; this includes authorizing a committee to seek civil en-
forcement of its duly issued subpoena. Use of the BLAG to author-
ize a committee to seek relief from a federal court to enforce a sub-
poena duly issued by that committee is instrumental in ensuring
the House is able to protect its constitutional duty to conduct effec-
tive oversight of the Executive Branch. Given the unprecedented
and systemic way in which the Trump Administration refused to
comply with duly issued congressional subpoenas, there was no
reason to believe the Executive Branch would change course. As
such, the BLAG, speaking for the House, provided the most effi-
cient way for the House to combat this widespread and unprece-
dented obstruction, providing committees an avenue to enforce
their subpoenas, while still providing the institution with the time
to pursue its other constitutional duties.
The systemic and widespread nature of the obstruction by the
Trump Administration, if allowed to go unchecked, meant the end
of Congressional oversight and the erosion of the fundamental bed-
rock principle of checks and balances that anchors our Constitution
and form of government. During the 116th Congress, the Demo-
cratic Majority and the Rules Committee, remained committed to
defending Congress’ power as an independent branch of govern-
ment to hold this or any administration accountable. H. Res. 430
was considered to further that important goal.
On June 10, 2019, the Rules Committee met in open session to
markup H. Res. 430. The Committee ordered the bill favorably re-
ported, as amended, by a vote of 8 to 4 and filed its report (H. Re
pt. 116–109), with the House on the same day.
The following amendments were offered during the Committee’s
markup:
1. Motion by Mr. Cole to postpone consideration of H. Res.
430 indefinitely, pursuant to clause 4(a)(7) of House Rule XVI.
Defeated: 4 yeas and 8 nays.
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2. Rep. Cole amendment to require that before the chair of
the Committee on the Judiciary seeks such relief as described
in the first resolved clause, he certify in writing to the Clerk
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of the House that he has personally reviewed all official Gov-
ernment reports related to the subpoena that is the subject of
the resolution accompanying House Report 116–105. Defeated:
4 yeas to 8 nays.
3. Rep. Cole amendment to require that before the chair of
the Committee on the Judiciary seeks such relief as described
in the first resolving clause the chair shall certify in writing
to the Clerk of the House of Representatives that he has made
a good faith effort to negotiate with the Attorney General re-
garding such subpoena. Defeated: 4 yeas and 8 nays.
4. Rep. Lesko amendment to require that the Office of Gen-
eral Counsel of the House of Representatives shall periodically
report to the House of Representatives the expenditures in-
curred with respect to any judicial proceeding initiated or in-
tervened in pursuant to the authority described in the first re-
solving clause. Defeated: 4 yeas and 8 nays.
5. Rep. Burgess amendment to provide that the Office of
General Counsel of the House of Representatives may not hire
any person who is a registered lobbyist under the Lobbying
Disclosure Act of 1995 or who is employed by a lobbying firm
(as such term is defined in section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure
Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1602)). Defeated: 4 yeas and 8 nays.
6. Rep. Cole amendment to require that in the case of any
judicial proceeding initiated or intervened in pursuant to the
authority described in the first resolving clause, the Office of
General Counsel of the House of Representatives shall provide
to the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group, and make available to
any Member of the House of Representatives upon request, a
description of, in the opinion of the General Counsel, the likeli-
hood of success on the merits and strategy for addressing the
decision of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
in McKeever v. Barr No. 17–5149 (D.C. Cir. 2019). Defeated:
4 yeas and 8 nays.
7. Rep. Woodall amendment to provide that 10 days prior to
hiring a lawyer or a consultant for the purpose of initiating or
intervening in a judicial proceeding pursuant to the authority
described in the first or second resolving clause, the Office of
General Counsel of the House of Representatives shall provide
to the Clerk of the House of Representatives and make avail-
able to any Member of the House of Representatives upon re-
quest the intended contract containing the terms of hire. De-
feated: 4 yeas and 8 nays.
8. Rep. Burgess amendment to require that in the case of
any judicial proceeding initiated or intervened in pursuant to
the authority described in the first or second resolving clause,
the chair of the relevant committee shall provide to the Clerk
of the House of Representatives and make available to any
Member of the House of Representatives upon request the
source of the funds used to pay the costs associated with such
judicial proceeding, including any corresponding reduction in
the budget of any office or committee. Defeated: 4 yeas and 8
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nays.
A section-by-section analysis of H. Res. 430 as reported by the
Committee is as follow:
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The first resolved clause provides independent authority for the
chair of the Committee on the Judiciary, on behalf of the Com-
mittee, to initiate or intervene in any judicial proceeding before a
Federal court to seek enforcement of the subpoenas duly issued to
William P. Barr, Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice,
and Donald F. McGahn, II, former White House Counsel.
The second resolved clause reaffirms that the chair of each
standing and permanent select committee, when authorized by the
Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group, retains the ability to initiate or
intervene in any judicial proceeding before a Federal court on be-
half of such committee, to seek the enforcement of any subpoena
duly issued by the committee.
The third resolved clause ensures that in connection with any ju-
dicial proceedings brought under the authorities described, the
chair of any standing or permanent select committee has any and
all necessary authority under Article I of the Constitution.
The fourth resolved clause requires that the chair of any stand-
ing or permanent select committee notify the House with respect
to the commencement of any judicial proceeding pursuant to the
authorities described.
The fifth resolved clause allows the Office of the General Coun-
sel, when authorized by the Speaker, to represent any standing or
permanent select committee in any judicial proceeding initiated or
intervened in pursuant to the authority described in the resolution.
The sixth resolved clause provides that the Office of the General
Counsel is authorized to retain private counsel, either for pay or
pro bono, to assist in the representation of any standing or select
committee in any judicial proceeding initiated or intervened in pur-
suant to the authorities described in the resolution.
b. H. Res. 660, Directing certain committees to continue their ongo-
ing investigations as part of the existing House of Representa-
tives inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for the House
of Representatives to exercise its Constitutional power to im-
peach Donald John Trump, President of the United States of
America, and for other purposes
Article I, Section 2, Clause 5 of the United States Constitution
provides that the House of Representatives ‘‘shall have the sole
power of impeachment.’’ During the Constitutional impeachment
process, the House of Representatives serves the role of a grand
jury, bringing charges against a federal officer suspected of ‘‘Trea-
son, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.’’ Impeach-
ment is a powerful, and thus rarely used, Constitutional remedy
providing the People’s House with the most profound check on the
Presidency and one of the mightiest safeguards for constitutional
democracy.
Throughout our nation’s history, the House has undertaken im-
peachment proceedings against only three Presidents, while only
voting to impeach two of those Presidents. In 1868, following sus-
tained Presidential resistance to Congressional Reconstruction, the
House impeached President Andrew Johnson for violating the Ten-
ure of Office Act and calling Congress into disrepute. In 1974, fol-
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lowing the infamous Watergate scandal, the House Committee on
the Judiciary approved articles of impeachment against President
Richard M. Nixon for obstruction of justice, abuse of power, and ob-
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struction of Congress. (President Nixon resigned before those arti-
cles were put to a vote by the full House.) Finally, in 1998, fol-
lowing receipt of a report from Independent Counsel Kenneth
Starr, the House impeached President William J. Clinton for ob-
struction of justice and perjury. Each of these impeachment pro-
ceedings arose from Presidential conduct determined by a majority
of the House to involve serious wrongdoing that imperiled the rule
of law.
President Donald John Trump became only the fourth President
in history to face formal impeachment proceedings, and ultimately
become just the third President to be impeached by the House of
Representatives.
The impeachment process against a president traditionally be-
gins with an impeachment inquiry. The purpose of an impeach-
ment inquiry is to gather evidence to determine whether the presi-
dent may have committed an impeachable offense, and con-
sequently whether the House should draft and adopt articles of im-
peachment. Following allegations of wronging doing by President
Trump in his dealing with the government of Ukraine, several
House committees began investigations. Specifically, in exercise of
its oversight and legislative authorities, the Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), in coordination with the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Oversight and Re-
form, led a fact-finding investigation of the President’s use of the
power and instruments of the presidency and the federal govern-
ment for his personal political gain.
The Trump Administration challenged this inquiry’s legitimacy,
asserting that it is improper or unconstitutional for the committees
to conduct an impeachment inquiry absent an authorizing vote of
the full House. This assertion has no basis in the text of the Con-
stitution, House rules, past precedent, or any other authority. As
noted above, the House possess the ‘‘sole power of impeachment.’’
Furthermore, the Constitution provides that each ‘‘House may de-
termine the Rules of its Proceedings.’’ As such, neither the Con-
stitution nor House rules requires that the full House vote to au-
thorize an inquiry.
Much of these committees’ initial investigative and oversight
work was initially conducted behind closed doors. The reason for
this process was simple: unlike previous impeachment inquiries,
the House itself was tasked with initially investigating the allega-
tions against the President. The Nixon impeachment inquiry pro-
ceeded out of public view for several months—starting in October
1973. The House did not vote to authorize an impeachment inquiry
until February 6, 1974. With regard to the Clinton impeachment
inquiry, the Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr transmitted his
report to the House of Representatives on September 9, 1998. Two
days later, the House adopted H. Res. 525 to allow the Judiciary
Committee to review the report behind closed doors before releas-
ing it to the public and ‘‘to determine whether sufficient grounds
exist to recommend to the House that an impeachment inquiry be
commenced.’’ The House adopted a resolution authorizing an in-
quiry nearly a month later on October 8, 2019.
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The impeachment inquiry into the conduct of President Trump
had to differ from the previous two presidential impeachment in-
quiries in one fundamental respect, however: the House was con-
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ducting a significant portion of the factual investigation itself as it
related to the Ukraine matter. In the impeachment inquiries of
both President Nixon and Clinton, the House relied upon an inves-
tigation conducted by third-parties, such as the Watergate Special
Prosecutor’s Office investigation and the Senate Select Committee
investigation into President Nixon, and the Independent Counsel
investigation into President Clinton. Where, as in the case of inves-
tigating the conduct of President Trump, there is no such third-
party to conduct the investigation, the House, through its commit-
tees, must conduct the initial factfinding investigation with regards
to the Ukraine matter.
In a continuation of these investigative efforts, on October 29,
2019, Chairman McGovern introduced H. Res. 660, directing cer-
tain committees to continue their ongoing investigations as part of
the existing House of Representatives inquiry into whether suffi-
cient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its
Constitutional power to impeach Donald John Trump, President of
the United States of America, and for other purposes. This resolu-
tion represented the next, public-facing phase of the impeachment
inquiry process.
It is important to note that H. Res. 660 was not required to con-
duct an official impeachment inquiry into the conduct of the Presi-
dent. As noted above, neither the Constitution nor House rules re-
quires that the full House vote on a resolution to authorize an in-
quiry. In fact, as discussed, at the time of consideration of H. Res.
660, numerous committees had already been engaged in ongoing
impeachment inquiries into President Trump’s conduct. Rather, H.
Res. 660 was a prudent step to provide a framework for the public-
facing portion of this ongoing inquiry. This public-facing process
was an important step to provide necessary transparency and ac-
countability to the American people for what is an awesome power
of the House of Representatives: the impeachment of the President
of the United States.
Under the framework provided by H. Res. 660, HPSCI was di-
rected to continue its fact-finding investigation into the Ukraine
matter, including the procedures for public hearings with witness
who may have information regarding President Trump’s conduct.
Then, HPSCI was directed to report to the Committee on the Judi-
ciary in connection with that matter. The Judiciary Committee, as
a matter of precedent, is responsible for considering and potentially
recommending articles of impeachment to the full House. Articles
of impeachment introduced in the House are by parliamentary
precedent referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. H. Res. 660
laid out the procedures that this process would take place and by
which the public phase of House’s ongoing impeachment inquiry,
including how Judiciary Committees receiving the investigative re-
port from HPSCI and its potential consideration of articles of im-
peachment, would proceed.
Critically, the House’s impeachment inquiry process—both before
and after enactment of the H. Res. 660—and the additional frame-
work provided by the resolution, was commensurate with the in-
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quiry process followed in the cases of President Nixon and Presi-
dent Clinton. As a tool so rarely used, to lend credibility and integ-
rity to the process, it is important to follow precedent as closely as
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possible—taking into account varying circumstances—when consid-
ering impeaching the President of the United States.
On October 30, 2019, the Rules Committee met in open session
to markup H. Res. 660. The Committee ordered the resolution fa-
vorably reported, as amended, by a vote of 8 to 4 and filed its re-
port (H. Rept. 116–266), with the House on the same day.
The following amendments were offered during the Committee’s
markup:
1. Rep. Woodall amendment to strike all except Section 4.
Defeated: 4–9
2. Rep. Burgess amendment to strike the Committees on Fi-
nancial Services and Ways and Means from Section 1. De-
feated: 4–9
3. Rep. Burgess amendment to add language requiring the
Committees on Financial Services and Ways and Means to
produce and make available to all members documents detail-
ing the nature and scope of their investigations. Defeated: 4–
9
4. Rep. Woodall amendment to apply language requiring the
chair of the Committee on Rules to promulgate additional pro-
cedures to allow for the participation of the President and his
counsel in proceedings in the House Permanent Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence, the Committee on Oversight and Re-
form, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Defeated: 4–9
5. Rep. Cole amendment to add language permitting the
chair and ranking minority member to yield their time to other
members on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence during the extended questioning time. Defeated: 4–9
6. Rep. Lesko amendment to allow the minority to call at
least an equal number of witnesses and to authorize the rank-
ing minority member to require as deemed necessary, by sub-
poena or otherwise, the attendance and testimony of any per-
son and the production of records and other materials. De-
feated: 4–9
7. Rep. Cole amendment to strike the section requiring writ-
ten justification from the ranking minority member of the rel-
evance of the testimony of each requested witness to the inves-
tigation. Defeated: 4–9
8. Rep. Cole amendment to require the chair to provide the
ranking minority member written justification of the relevance
of the testimony of each witness whose testimony is requested
or required. Defeated: 4–9
9. Rep. Woodall amendment to add language that provides
the ranking minority members of the House Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on the Judiciary
with the authority to issue the same number of subpoenas as
their respective chairs. Defeated: 4–9
10. Rep. Cole amendment to allow the ranking minority
member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence the ability to issue subpoenas without the concurrence
of the chair. Defeated: 4–9
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11. Rep. Cole amendment to require the chair to have the
concurrence of the ranking minority member to issue sub-
poenas and, if the ranking minority member does not concur,
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the chair may put the question before the full committee. De-
feated: 4–9
12. Rep. Lesko amendment to require the House Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence and any other committee
having custody of records or other materials relating to the in-
quiry to transfer all such records or materials including excul-
patory materials to the Committee on the Judiciary. Defeated:
4–9
13. Rep. Lesko amendment to allow the ranking members of
the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and
any other committees having custody of records or other mate-
rials relating to the inquiry to also transfer records and mate-
rials to the Committee on the Judiciary. Defeated: 4–9
14. Rep. Lesko amendment to require the concurrence of the
relevant ranking minority member in order to transfer records
and other materials to the Committee on the Judiciary. If the
ranking minority member does not concur, the chair shall have
the right to refer to the committee for a decision. Defeated: 4–
9
15. Amendment 15 was not offered.
16. Rep. Burgess amendment to define ’’employee’’ as ’’other
than a consultant whose services are procured in accordance
with section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of
1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))’’. Defeated: 4–9
17. Rep. Woodall amendment to ensure the House Perma-
nent Select Committee on Intelligence holds more than one
open hearing. Defeated: 4–9
18. Rep. Burgess amendment to state that nothing in this
resolution may be construed to limit the right of each Member,
Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to have access to com-
mittee records pursuant to clause 2(e)(2) of rule XI. Defeated:
4–9
A section-by-section analysis of H. Res. 660 as reported by the
Committee is as follow:
Resolved clause
The first section of the resolution directs the Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence (’’Select Committee’’) and the Commit-
tees on Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, the Judiciary, Over-
sight and Reform, and Ways and Means to continue their ongoing
investigations as part of the existing House inquiry into whether
sufficient grounds exist for the House to exercise its Constitutional
power to impeach President Trump.
Section two—Open and transparent investigative proceedings by
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Section two provides procedures under which the Permanent Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence may conduct themselves for the pur-
pose of continuing their ongoing investigation as part of the exist-
ing House inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for the
House to exercise its Constitutional power to impeach President
Trump.
It directs the chair of the Select Committee to designate one or
more open hearings pursuant to the section and provides a specific
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process for questioning witnesses in those hearings, notwith-
standing clause 2(j)(2) of rule XI. At the start of questioning the
chair announces how many minutes the chair and ranking minority
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member are permitted to question the witness during that round,
longer than five minutes and up to 45 minutes per side. The time
available for each period of questioning must be equal for the chair
and ranking minority member. Only the chair and ranking minor-
ity member, or a Select Committee employee, if yielded to by the
chair or ranking member, may question witnesses during these pe-
riods. The chair may announce additional rounds using the same
process. Following these extended questioning periods, the com-
mittee will proceed with questioning by members of the committee
under the five-minute rule.
The section also provides that the ranking minority member of
the Select Committee may submit written requests for witness tes-
timony to the chair within 72 hours after notice is given for the
first open hearing held pursuant to these procedures. The re-
quested witness testimony must be relevant to the investigation de-
scribed in the first section and must be accompanied by a detailed
written justification of the relevance of such testimony. This notice
requirement will allow for a full evaluation of minority witness re-
quests.
The section authorizes the ranking minority member of the Se-
lect Committee, in concurrence with the chair of the committee, to
require, as deemed necessary to the investigation—by subpoena or
otherwise—the attendance and testimony of any person (including
at the taking of a deposition), the production of documents, and by
interrogatory, the furnishing of information. If the chair declines to
concur in a proposed action of the ranking minority member, the
ranking minority member shall have the right to refer to the com-
mittee for decision the question of whether such authority shall be
exercised and the chair shall convene the committee promptly to
render that decision, subject to the notice requirements and
goodcause exception for a committee meeting under clause
2(g)(3)(A) and (B) of rule XI. Subpoenas and interrogatories author-
ized by this section may be signed by the ranking minority member
and may be served by any person designated by the ranking mem-
ber. This language is based on language found in the Clinton and
Nixon impeachment inquiry resolutions, H. Res. 581 (105th) and H.
Res. 803 (93rd), respectively, but is updated to conform with
changes to subpoena rules in the House (clause 2(m) of rule XI),
which now confer subpoena authority to committees and, by delega-
tion, the chair.
The section authorizes the chair of the Select Committee to make
transcripts of depositions conducted by the Select Committee in
furtherance of its investigation publicly available in electronic
form, with appropriate redactions for classified and other sensitive
information.
The section also directs the Select Committee to act collegially to
issue a report with its findings and any recommendations, append-
ing any appropriate information and materials with respect to their
investigation. The report must be prepared in consultation with the
chairs of the Committees on Foreign Affairs and Oversight and Re-
form. The chair of the Select Committee is directed to transmit the
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committee report and appendices, along with any views filed pursu-
ant to clause 2(l) of rule XI, to the Committee on the Judiciary and
to make the report publicly available in electronic form, with ap-
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propriate redactions to any part of the report to protect classified
and other sensitive information.
Section three—Transmission of additional materials
Section three authorizes the chair of the Permanent Select Com-
mittee, or the chair of any other committee, having custody of
records or other materials related to the House impeachment in-
quiry referenced in the first section of the resolution, to transfer
such records or materials to the Judiciary Committee, in consulta-
tion with the ranking minority member.
Section four—Impeachment inquiry procedures in the Committee
on the Judiciary Section four provides for the procedures under
which the Judiciary Committee is authorized to conduct the im-
peachment inquiry. The section authorizes the Committee to con-
duct proceedings relating to the impeachment inquiry pursuant to
the procedures, including those that allow for the participation of
the President and his counsel, issued by the chair of the Committee
on Rules and printed in the Congressional Record on October 29,
2019.
The Judiciary Committee is also authorized to promulgate addi-
tional procedures for hearings held pursuant to the resolution as
it deems necessary, provided that they are not inconsistent with
the procedures inserted in the Congressional Record by the chair
of the Committee on Rules on October 29, 2019, the rules of the
Committee, and the rules of the House.
In identical language to the subpoena power referenced in section
two, the section also authorizes the ranking member of the Judici-
ary Committee, in concurrence with the chair of the committee, to
require, as deemed necessary to the investigation—by subpoena or
otherwise—the attendance and testimony of any person (including
at the taking of a deposition), the production of documents, and by
interrogatory, the furnishing of information. If the chair declines to
concur in a proposed action of the ranking minority member, the
ranking minority member shall have the right to refer to the com-
mittee for decision the question of whether such authority shall be
exercised and the chair shall convene the committee promptly to
render that decision, subject to notice requirements and good-cause
exception for a committee meeting under clause 2(g)(3)(A) and (B)
of rule XI. Subpoenas and interrogatories authorized by this section
may be signed by the ranking minority member and may be served
by any person designated by the ranking member. Like the iden-
tical language found in section two, it is based on subpoena lan-
guage found in the regulations promulgated to govern the proce-
dures of the Clinton and Nixon impeachment inquiries, H. Res. 581
(105th) and H. Res. 803 (93rd), respectively. The language has been
updated to conform with changes to subpoena rules in the House
(clause 2(m) of rule XI), which now confer subpoena authority to
committees and, by delegation, to the chair.
Section 4(c)(2) of the resolution provides that the chair of the Ju-
diciary Committee may schedule a meeting to consider a subpoena
or interrogatory request of the ranking minority member which has
been declined and referred to the Judiciary Committee, in accord-
ance with the committee meeting notice requirements and good
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cause exception contained in House rule XI. This provision super-
sedes the committee meeting notice requirements contained in rule
II of the Judiciary Committee’s Rules of Procedure. In addition,
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paragraph B.3 of the Judiciary Committee Impeachment Inquiry
Procedures (inserted into the Congressional Record by the chair of
the Committee on Rules on October 29, 2019) permits the chair of
the Judiciary Committee to schedule a meeting to consider a re-
quest by the President’s counsel for the Judiciary Committee to re-
ceive additional testimony or evidence in accordance with the com-
mittee meeting notice requirements and good cause exception con-
tained in House rule XI, notwithstanding rule II of the Judiciary
Committee’s Rules of Procedure. Paragraph E of the impeachment
inquiry procedures allows the chair to provide notice of other meet-
ings as well as hearings being held pursuant to such impeachment
inquiry procedures consistent with the House rule XI notice re-
quirements and good cause exceptions, in this case, so long as there
are at least twenty-four hours’ notice of the same. Again, this para-
graph operates notwithstanding the committee meeting notice re-
quirements contained in rule II of the Judiciary Committee’s Rules
of Procedure.
Finally, the section requires that the Judiciary Committee report
to the House such resolutions, articles of impeachment, or other
recommendations as it deems proper.
c. H. Res. 965, Authorizing remote voting by proxy in the House of
Representatives and providing for official remote committee pro-
ceedings during a public health emergency due to a novel
coronavirus, and for other purposes.
On December 31, 2019, a new virus detected in Wuhan, China
was first reported to the World Health Organization (WHO). By
early March, the new virus had spread around the globe and the
WHO officially declared the 2019 novel coronavirus, known as
COVID–19, to be a pandemic.
On January 21, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention (CDC) confirmed the first case of the novel coronavirus in
the United States and on February 29, 2020, the first U.S. death
from the virus was reported. From that point to the end of the
116th Congress, the United States suffered millions of cases and
hundreds of thousands of deaths from COVID–19. In response to
the pandemic outbreak in the U.S., most states and municipalities
took action to slow the spread of the virus, including ordering the
closing of nonessential businesses and issuing stay-at-home orders.
At the federal level, the White House and the CDC issued social
distancing guidance and recommendations for a phased reopening
of states when conditions improved.
As social distancing and stay-at-home orders became the norm to
slow the spread of this pandemic, government institutions in the
United States, and throughout the world, were forced to rethink
how they operate, including establishing procedures to allow for re-
mote voting to ensure they are able to pass legislation required to
respond to the ongoing pandemic. For example, over a dozen state
legislatures and the District of Columbia instituted some form of
remote voting for members during the COVID–19 pandemic. Ari-
zona, California, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Minnesota,
New Jersey, New York, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, and
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Washington legislatures established remote voting by telephone,
video conference, or other electronic means. In addition, Arkansas,
Kentucky, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania instituted remote voting
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via proxy for their members. Even the Supreme Court of the
United States, for the first time in its history, began hearing oral
arguments by telephone.
Many other countries also implemented remote voting in their
legislatures, including Argentina, Azerbaijan, Brazil, China, Mex-
ico, Norway, Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Taiwan, and
the European Union Parliament. In addition, the legislatures of
France and New Zealand utilized remote voting by proxy during
this pandemic.
The United States House of Representatives was not immune
from the life altering realities of the pandemic. The operations of
the House were affected by social distancing, isolation, and stay-at-
home orders that have captured every corner of the nation, making
travel to, and physical attendance in, the House Chamber difficult.
Unfortunately, several Members of the institution also tested posi-
tive for COVID–19 or were forced to quarantine after exposure to
the virus.
Clearly, business as usual for the House was not feasible in the
face of the COVID–19 pandemic. In order to maintain a fully oper-
ating Legislative Branch of government, the House needed to ex-
plore options to work remotely and to consider and vote on critical
legislation remotely during the pandemic. On March 23, 2020, the
House Committee on Rules Majority Staff released a report entitled
‘‘Majority Staff Report Examining Voting Options During the
COVID–19 Pandemic.’’ The report explored a number of voting op-
tions and outlined several factors to be considered before any re-
mote voting plan can be adopted in response to the limitations pre-
sented by the virus. The report identified currently available voting
options, including passing legislation by unanimous consent, re-
quiring Members to return to the Capitol to take recorded votes
while maintaining social distancing, employing paired voting, and
utilizing a provisional quorum. The report also explored the poten-
tial to provide for new rules to allow for enhanced unanimous con-
sent (increasing the number of Members required to object to a
unanimous consent agreement), proxy voting, and remote voting.
While every option presented unique advantages and disadvan-
tages, the report concluded that ‘‘[t]here is currently no perfect so-
lution to allow absent Members to vote on the floor. However,
proxy voting is likely the best of the options available under the
circumstances.’’
In addition to the Committee on Rules Majority Staff report ana-
lyzing voting options, on April 22, the Virtual Congress Task Force
was formed. This bipartisan Task Force, comprised of the Majority
and Minority Leaders, as well as the chairs and ranking members
of the Committee on Rules and the Committee on House Adminis-
tration, examined ways Congress could better adapt to emergencies
like the coronavirus pandemic. This examination, comprised of sev-
eral meetings and discussions, included not just remote voting op-
tions, but also remote committee proceedings and the technology
involved.
Based on the findings of the March 23 report, the work of the
Virtual Congress Task Force, and after consultation with Members
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and outside experts, Rules Committee Chairman McGovern intro-
duced H. Res. 965 on May 13, 2020, providing for a temporary vot-
ing system permitting Members of the House of Representatives to
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vote remotely by proxy during the COVID–19 pandemic. Pursuant
to this resolution, any Member could provide specific instructions
for each vote to a fellow Member who is present in the chamber
and has been authorized to cast those votes on their behalf. A
Member casting a vote on behalf of another Member would be re-
quired to have exact direction from the Member granting proxy on
how to vote and would have to follow that direction. There would
be no ability to grant a general proxy. Members granting proxy
would have to direct each and every vote, with the Member casting
the proxy vote acting more as a voting machine under the direction
of the Member granting proxy. In short, this resolution called for
temporary, low-tech remote voting. Importantly, proxy voting is not
a novel concept in Congress. The House permitted proxy voting in
its committees for many decades and the Senate still permits it in
its committees today. This resolution authorized remote voting by
proxy that provides for a minimal and ministerial type of delega-
tion on the part of the Member granting proxy. Compared to other
remote voting proposals, this more conservative option allowed
Members to vote remotely by proxy in a secure way and provided
Members an opportunity to vote on critical COVID–19 response
legislation much more quickly.
Recognizing that as technology has advances so does the possi-
bility for the House to eventually operate fully remotely, with no
need for Members to be present in the Capitol to act as proxies for
Members who are unable to travel, H. Res. 965 also took the vital
and forward thinking step of directing the chair of the Committee
on House Administration, in consultation with the ranking minor-
ity member, to study the feasibility of using technology to conduct
remote voting in the House and to provide certification to the
House upon a determination that such operable and secure tech-
nology exists. After the certification, the chair of the Rules Com-
mittee is directed to issue regulations on the implementation of re-
mote voting and the Speaker is then authorized to notify the House
that Members may cast their votes remotely during this public
health emergency. By directing the study of remote voting tech-
nology, and then laying out a procedure by which such technology
may be implemented, H. Res. 965 provides the House with the
tools to begin voting entirely remotely should the need arise.
It is important to note then despite arguments to the contrary,
H. Res. 965, and the remote voting by proxy that it authorizes are
constitutional. The Constitution explicitly grants the House and
Senate the authority to make their own ‘‘Rules of Proceedings.’’ In
addition, the Supreme Court has twice, in cases from the 1890s,
issued opinions that provide solid grounds to believe that the
House’s establishment of remote voting rules is consistent with its
constitutional authority. In Field v. Clark, 143 U.S. 649 (1892), the
Supreme Court ruled that challenges to the internal operation of
Congress are not justiciable in the federal courts. In United States
v. Ballin, 144 U.S. 1 (1892), the Court found that, while the Con-
stitution requires the presence of a majority—or quorum—of the
House to do business, the Constitution also leaves it to the House
to determine its own rules. Any constitutional analysis should also
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examine the rationale and context in which the House is utilizing
its expansive rulemaking authority to consider and implement H.
Res. 965. This resolution allowing for remote voting by proxy is
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temporary and will operate only while there is a very significant
risk to public health. Arguably, not establishing such a remote vot-
ing rule itself represents a risk to public health and safety. If Mem-
bers must travel to vote in the House Chamber it is not just them-
selves who are put in danger—their families, their staffs, and all
of the people they encounter—are unnecessarily endangered as
well. In other words, the remote voting by proxy plan established
by H. Res. 965 does not simply ensure the safety of the Members
voting—it acts to safeguard all the people with whom they have
contact, both during and after their travel. Such travel risks pre-
sented by unnecessary travel is precisely why virtually all state
governors have implemented orders against non-essential move-
ment and interaction among the general populace; these public
safety policies make no less sense when they are applied as well
to Members of Congress. Simply put, as Erwin Chemerinsky, the
renowned constitutional scholar and Dean of the University of Cali-
fornia, Berkeley School of Law, has written, ‘‘[t]he Constitution
bestows on each House of Congress broad discretion to determine
the rules for its own proceedings . . . This authority is expansive
and would include the ability to adopt a rule to permit proxy vot-
ing. Nothing in the Constitution specifies otherwise.’’ Given this
analysis, remote voting by proxy is likely to withstand constitu-
tional scrutiny.
In addition to providing for remote voting by proxy, H. Res. 965
also ensured that during this historic pandemic, the vital oversight
and legislative functions of House committees could also continue
safely. While hearings and markups have typically been held in-
person, just as with remote voting, there is no constitutional re-
quirement to do so—and with our nation dealing with anything but
typical circumstances, the same public health concerns that make
it extremely difficult, if not impossible, for Members to travel to the
Capitol to vote are likewise present as an obstacle to conducting in-
person hearings and markups. As such, H. Res. 965 authorized
committees to begin holding remote official proceedings, including
hearings, markups, and depositions. Allowing for these important
official proceedings to be conducted remotely ensured that the Leg-
islative Branch can continue to operate fully on behalf of the Amer-
ican people during this public health crisis.
The United States is facing the worst pandemic since the Influ-
enza of 1918. With millions of reported cases, hundreds of thou-
sands of lives lost, and tens of millions of Americans unemployed
and struggling to make ends meet, the House of Representatives
must continue operating to address the needs of the nation during
this crisis. This means that, within the authority granted to it by
the Constitution, the House needed to act to establish procedures
to enable the People’s representatives to pass critical relief legisla-
tion and to conduct oversight of our nation’s response to this virus.
The temporary remote voting by proxy plan, procedures for remote
official committee proceedings, and study of the feasibility of tech-
nology to facilitate further remote voting by Members laid out in
this resolution achieves these goals.
On May 14, 2020, the Rules Committee met in open session to
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markup H. Res. 965. The Committee ordered the bill favorably re-
ported by a vote of 8 to 4 and filed its report (H. Rept. 116–420),
with the House on the same day.
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The following amendments were offered during the Committee’s
markup:
1. Rep. Woodall amendment to ensure the resolution doesn’t
go into effect until the Clerk of the House certifies that a sys-
tem is in place for the secure receipt and validation of the des-
ignation of proxies by Members under this resolution. De-
feated: 4 yeas to 6 nays.
2. Rep. Cole amendment to require the concurrence of the
Minority Leader to designate a covered period. Defeated: 4
yeas and 7 nays.
3. Rep. Cole amendment to sunset the covered period on
June 30, 2020. The amendment also requires a two-thirds vote
to extend the covered period beyond June 30, 2020. Defeated:
4 yeas and 8 nays.
4. Rep. Woodall amendment to strike the provisions allowing
Members to record the presence of other Members who des-
ignated them as their proxy. Defeated: 4 yeas and 8 nays.
5. Rep. Woodall amendment to require a report by the Gen-
eral Counsel on defending proxy voting against claims of un-
constitutionality. Defeated: 4 yeas and 8 nays.
6. Rep. Burgess amendment to require the Committee on
House Administration to submit a report analyzing the accu-
racy and integrity of the votes cast by Members in the House,
including the votes cast by designated proxies under this reso-
lution, and shall include in the report a description of any er-
rors in the votes cast by designated proxies under this resolu-
tion. The Committee on House Administration shall submit
this report not later than 30 days after the end of the year. De-
feated: 4 yeas and 8 nays.
7. Rep. Cole amendment to limit measures for which votes
may be cast or presence recorded by proxy to measures des-
ignated by the Speaker or her designee, in consultation with
the Minority Leader or his designee, as a response to the
COVID–19 pandemic; any vote related to a question of the
privileges of the House under rule IX; any vote on a question
unrelated to a specific measure or matter; or a quorum call.
Defeated: 3 yeas and 8 nays.
8. Rep. Woodall amendment to prohibit a Member from cast-
ing the vote or recording the presence of another Member as
a designated proxy with respect to any bill or resolution consid-
ered under the suspension of the rules, unless the bill or reso-
lution is designated by the Speaker or her designee, in con-
sultation with the Minority Leader or his designee, as a re-
sponse to the COVID–19 pandemic. Defeated: 3 yeas and 8
nays.
9. Rep. Cole amendment to prohibit a Member from casting
a vote or recording the presence of another Member as a des-
ignated proxy under this resolution with respect to any bill or
resolution which has not been reported by a committee of the
House. Defeated: 3 yeas and 8 nays.
10. Rep. Lesko amendment to prohibit a Member from cast-
ing the vote or recording the presence of another Member as
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a designated proxy under this resolution with respect to any
bill or resolution relating to impeachment, censure, or con-
tempt. Defeated: 3 yeas and 8 nays.
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11. Rep. Lesko amendment to require the Committee on
House Administration to reduce the amount available under
the Members’ Representational Allowance by the amount
which would have been paid from the Allowance for the Mem-
ber’s travel expenses if the Member casts a vote or records the
presence of another Member by proxy or attends a proceeding
remotely at any time during that fiscal year. Defeated: 3 yeas
and 8 nays.
12. Rep. Cole amendment to require the regulations under
Section 6 in the resolution to include a requirement that, not
later than 24 hours prior to the vote or quorum call involved,
the Speaker notify Members that votes may be cast or presence
may be recorded by designated proxies. The amendment also
requires that these regulations include the establishment of
minimum periods of time for the casting of votes and the re-
cording of presence by designated proxies, and a requirement
for the use of contingency plans which may be implemented in
the event of failure of any technology to carry out sections 1,
2, or 3. Defeated: 3 yeas and 8 nays.
13. Rep. Lesko amendment to limit the number of proxies
any Member can hold to two. Defeated: 3 yeas and 8 nays.
14. Rep. Lesko amendment to strike section 4 of this resolu-
tion, authorizing remote proceedings in committees. Defeated:
3 yeas and 8 nays.
15. Rep. Lesko amendment to exclude the Committee on Eth-
ics and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence from
the provisions authorizing remote proceedings in committees.
Defeated: 3 yeas and 8 nays.
16. Rep. Cole amendment to prohibit committee members
from recording their presence remotely. Defeated: 3 yeas and
8 nays.
17. Rep. Cole amendment to strike ‘‘to the greatest extent
practicable’’ in the provision requiring committees to ensure
the ability of members to participate remotely to the greatest
extent practicable. Defeated: 3 yeas and 8 nays.
18. Rep. Lesko amendment to ensure the guidance ref-
erenced in section 4(h) outlines how the committee intends to
address specific time zones of members; how the committee in-
tends to address technological limitation that may exist that
preclude members from full participation in remote sessions;
rules on decorum including attire and how the chair would
handle witnesses and members who go over their time limit,
and the muting of member microphones; and how the chair
plans to control platform access, including providing the rank-
ing member a list of those with participatory access to the plat-
form 24-hours in advance of the scheduled committee meeting.
Defeated: 3 yeas and 8 nays.
19. Rep. Lesko amendment to prohibit a committee from con-
ducting a markup remotely. Defeated: 3 yeas and 8 nays.
20. Rep. Lesko amendment to prohibit a committee from tak-
ing depositions remotely. Defeated: 3 yeas and 8 nays.
21. Rep. Cole amendment to create a point of order against
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consideration of legislation reported by a committee under any
remote proceeding if the committee in marking up or reporting
the legislation violated any rule of the House, the committee,
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or any provision of this resolution. It shall not be in order to
consider a rule or order that waives the application of this
point of order. Defeated: 3 yeas and 8 nays.
22. Rep. Cole amendment to require in the guidance ref-
erenced in section 4(h) that the chair of a committee wishing
to conduct remote proceedings publish guidance in the Con-
gressional Record on how the chair intends to authenticate and
validate member participation. Defeated: 3 yeas and 8 nays.
23. Rep. Woodall amendment to require that under the regu-
lations referenced in section 4(h), the chair of a committee con-
ducting proceedings remotely shall ensure that members of the
committee have the right to offer a motion to adjourn and have
the right to offer a motion to postpone consideration. Defeated:
3 yeas and 8 nays.
24. Rep. Woodall amendment to require that under the regu-
lations referenced in section 4(h), the chair of a committee con-
ducting proceedings remotely shall ensure that members of the
committee have the right to demand words be taken down. De-
feated: 3 yeas and 8 nays.
25. Rep. Woodall amendment to require that under the regu-
lations referenced in section 4(h), the chair of a committee con-
ducting proceedings remotely shall ensure that there is 7-day
notice before any hearing and 24-hour availability of such text
of any matter to be considered by the committee. Defeated: 3
yeas and 8 nays.
26. Rep. Woodall amendment to require that, under the reg-
ulations referenced in section 4(h), the chair of a committee
conducting proceedings remotely shall ensure that members of
the committee shall have the right to offer motions to appeal
the ruling of the chair. Defeated: 3 yeas and 8 nays.
27. Rep. Woodall amendment to require that under the regu-
lations referenced in section 4(h), the chair of a committee con-
ducting proceedings remotely shall ensure that members of the
committee have the right to offer second degree amendments,
but may not require the pre-filing of amendments. Defeated: 3
yeas and 8 nays.
28. Rep. Lesko amendment to require the chair to notify the
Members of the committee of the circumstances which required
a recess to be declared within 24 hours of recessing committee
proceedings. Defeated: 3 yeas and 8 nays.
29. Rep. Woodall amendment to require that under the regu-
lations referenced in section 4(h), the chair of a committee con-
ducting proceedings remotely shall ensure that Members have
access to dedicated technical support from the Chief Adminis-
trative Officer during the proceedings. Defeated: 3 yeas and 8
nays.
30. Rep. Cole amendment to require committees to include in
any report filed with the House with respect to any proceeding
conducted remotely a description of any issues arising from
conducting the proceeding remotely. Defeated: 3 yeas and 8
nays.
31. Rep. Lesko amendment to prohibit any committees from
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conducting remote proceedings until the Committee on House
Administration has submitted to the House a plan under which
committees will be able to make greater use of other facilities
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in the United States Capitol Complex to conduct hearings and
markups in person. Defeated: 3 yeas and 8 nays.
32. Rep. Woodall amendment to amend section 5 to only re-
quire the chair of the Committee on House Administration, in
consultation with the ranking minority member, to study the
feasibility of using technology to conduct remote voting in the
House. Defeated: 3 yeas and 8 nays.
A section-by-section analysis of H. Res. 430 as reported by the
Committee is as follows:
Section 1: Authorization and time period for remote voting by proxy
Authorization—Authorizes the Speaker, in consultation with the
Minority Leader, to designate a 45-day period during which Mem-
bers may vote or record their presence remotely by proxy in the
House (not the Committee of the Whole), after the Speaker receives
notification from the Sergeant-at-Arms, in consultation with the
Attending Physician, that a pandemic emergency due to a novel
coronavirus is in effect.
Extension—Allows the Speaker, in consultation with the Minority
Leader, to extend the authority for an additional 45 days if the Ser-
geant-at-Arms, in consultation with the Attending Physician, noti-
fies the Speaker that the public health emergency due to a novel
coronavirus remains in effect.
Early termination—Terminates the 45-day period early if the
Speaker is further notified by the Sergeant-at-Arms, in consulta-
tion with the Attending Physician, that the pandemic emergency
due to a novel coronavirus is no longer in effect.
Section 2: Designating proxies
Signed letter—Requires a signed letter submitted to the Clerk
from any Member who wishes to vote by proxy naming the Member
who is authorized to serve as their proxy. The letter may be sub-
mitted in electronic form, including email. This letter will be used
by the Clerk to certify that a Member serving as proxy has the au-
thority to cast votes on behalf of the Member voting remotely by
proxy. It is the responsibility of the Members involved to ensure
that separately provided voting instruction, detailed below, is fol-
lowed.
Altering or revoking proxy—Allows Members to submit further
signed letters to the Clerk to alter or revoke their proxy, and auto-
matically revokes the proxy designation if a Member votes in-per-
son. These further letters may also be submitted in electronic form,
including email.
Notification—Requires the Clerk to notify the Speaker, Majority
Leader, Minority Leader, and the Member designated (and in the
case of an alteration, the Member formerly designated) as proxy of
any designation, alteration, or revocation of proxy.
Proxy designation limitation—Limits the number of proxy des-
ignations a Member may hold to 10 at a time.
List of proxy designations—Requires the Clerk to maintain and
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keep updated a list of all proxy designations, alterations, and rev-
ocations and to make that list publicly available electronically, in-
cluding available during any vote.
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Section 3: Voting process
Yeas and nays—Provides that if a Member requests the yeas and
nays, a recorded vote, or makes a point of no quorum under clause
6 of rule XX, the yeas and nays will be considered as ordered (rath-
er than the chair first determining there is sufficient support), pre-
venting the need for large numbers of Members to gather in the
chamber to ensure a sufficient number to support their request.
Indicating proxy status—Requires Members who cast votes on be-
half of another Member to indicate that the vote is ‘‘by proxy’’ on
a ballot card.
Quorum—Provides that a Member whose votes are cast by proxy
are counted for the purpose of establishing a quorum in the House.
Proxy vote instruction—Requires that a Member voting on behalf
of another Member obtain an exact instruction with respect to the
specific vote or quorum call, to cast that vote pursuant to that in-
struction, and is required to seek recognition from the chair to an-
nounce the exact instruction they received. If a Member casting a
proxy vote does not receive instructions from the Member granting
the proxy then that Member may not cast the vote.
Section 4: Remote committee proceedings
Authorization—Provides that during the 45-day period des-
ignated by the Speaker under section 1, notwithstanding any rule
of the House or its committees, committees may conduct pro-
ceedings (hearings, markups, or any other official business) re-
motely pursuant to the provisions of section 4 and the regulations
authorized by section 4, and those proceedings will be considered
as official proceedings. This authorization does not prevent commit-
tees from being able to use official resources to hold unofficial re-
mote forums and roundtables.
Remote participation—Allows committee Members to participate
remotely during in-person committee proceedings and states that
the committee must, to the greatest extent practicable, ensure that
Members can participate remotely. This authorization does not
mean that a committee is prohibited from holding a remote pro-
ceeding unless all Members are able to participate remotely or that
a committee is required to procure technology for members to par-
ticipate remotely. Instead, it requires committees to provide Mem-
bers who wish to participate remotely the opportunity to do so, but
anticipates that in rare circumstances technological issues may
prevent committees from ensuring remote participation.
Voting—Provides that committee Members may vote or record
their presence remotely.
Quorum—Provides that committee Members participating re-
motely shall be counted for the purposes of establishing a quorum.
Witnesses—Allows witnesses to appear remotely.
Designating ‘‘place’’—Allows the committee chair to designate the
‘‘place’’ of a committee proceeding, satisfying the requirement of
clauses 2(g)(3) and 2(m)(1) of rule XI, as being conducted remotely.
Committee reports—Allows that reports of committees (including
those filed as privileged) may be delivered to the Clerk in electronic
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form and written and signed supplemental, additional, and dis-
senting views may also be filed in electronic form with the clerk
of the committee.
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Limitations on business meetings—Requires that before a com-
mittee holds a business meeting remotely or permits remote par-
ticipation in a business meeting for the first time, a majority mem-
ber of a committee must first submit a letter signed by a majority
of the members of the committee for printing in the Congressional
Record notifying the Speaker that the committee has complied with
regulations for remote committee proceedings submitted for print-
ing in the Congressional Record by the Rules Committee chair ref-
erenced in subsection (h) and that the committee is prepared to
conduct a remote business meeting and permit remote participation
during that meeting. Importantly, ensuring members can partici-
pate remotely pursuant to section 4(a)(2) does not mean that com-
mittees must allow remote participation in a markup if they have
not completed the requirements found in the regulations referenced
in subsection (h).
Remote proceedings—Provides that remote participants shall not
be considered absent; that during remote committee proceedings
the chair may declare a recess to address any technical difficulties;
and that the requirement that the result of any recorded vote be
made available by the committee in its offices (clause 2(e)(1)(B)(i)
of rule XI) shall not apply.
Submitted or written documents—Allows for copies of motions,
amendments, measures, or other documents submitted to the com-
mittee electronically pursuant to the regulations referred to in sub-
section (h) to satisfy any submission requirement for such docu-
ments under the rules of the House or its committees.
Amendment consideration—Provides that during a remote busi-
ness meeting the committee may manage the consideration of
amendments pursuant to regulations referred to in subsection (h).
Witness counsel—Permits the attendance of counsel for any wit-
ness appearing remotely before a committee in accordance with
regulations referred to in subsection (h).
Witness oaths—Allows an oath to be administered to a witness
remotely.
Transparency for meetings and hearings—Provides that any re-
mote committee meeting or hearing conducted in accordance with
regulations referred to in subsection (h) shall be considered open to
the public.
Subpoenas—Provides that any committee or chair empowered to
authorize and issue subpoenas may authorize and issue subpoenas
for return at a hearing or deposition conducted remotely. During
this period, authorized and issued subpoenas may be signed elec-
tronically and the Clerk may attest and affix the seal of the House
to such subpoenas electronically.
Executive session—Prohibits a committee from conducting a
closed or executive session proceeding remotely. If during a remote
proceeding a motion by a Member to go into closed or executive ses-
sion is adopted, then the chair shall recess the meeting with re-
spect to such matter until the proceeding can be reconvened in per-
son. This prohibition on remote closed proceedings does not apply
to the Committee on Ethics.
Regulations—Subsection (h) provides that this section shall be
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carried out in accordance with regulations submitted for printing
in the Congressional Record by the Rules Committee chair. Con-
sistent with past grants of regulatory authority to the chair of the
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Committee on Rules, this authority is not limited to a single sub-
mission of regulations.
Application—‘‘Committee’’ includes select committees and sub-
committees.
Section 5: Study on remote participation
Study and certification of remote voting technology—Requires the
chair of the Committee on House Administration, in consultation
with the ranking minority member, to study the feasibility of using
technology to conduct remote voting in the House and to provide
certification to the House upon a determination that such operable
and secure technology exists.
Implementation of remote voting technology—Following certifi-
cation by the chair of the Committee on House Administration, the
chair of the Committee on Rules, in consultation with the ranking
minority member, will submit regulations for printing in the Con-
gressional Record that provide for implementation of remote voting
in the House. After submission of these regulations, the Speaker is
authorized to notify the House that Members may cast their votes
or record their presence remotely.
Section 6: Regulations
Remote voting regulations—Provides that sections 1, 2, and 3 (re-
mote voting by proxy) shall be carried out in accordance with regu-
lations submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the
Rules Committee chair, to the greatest extent practicable. Con-
sistent with past grants of regulatory authority to the chair of the
Committee on Rules, this authority is not limited to a single sub-
mission of regulations.
IV. ACTIVITIES OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES
A. ACTIVITIES OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE AND BUDGET
PROCESS
1. JURISDICTION AND PURPOSE
The Committee on Rules established the Subcommittee on Legis-
lative Process in 1979 at the beginning of the 96th Congress; it has
been reestablished at the start of each Congress since. In early
1995, the Committee changed the name of this body to the Sub-
committee on Legislative and Budget Process to better reflect its
jurisdiction.
In the 116th Congress, the Subcommittee retained its traditional
makeup of seven members, with the majority holding five of the
spots, and the minority holding the remaining two. Chaired by Rep.
Alcee L. Hastings of Florida, the Majority membership of the Sub-
committee included Reps. Joseph D. Morelle of New York, Mary
Gay Scanlon of Pennsylvania, Donna E. Shalala of Florida, and
James P. McGovern of Massachusetts. The Minority members of
the Subcommittee include Ranking Member Rob Woodall of Geor-
gia and Rep. Michael C. Burgess of Texas.
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Committee Rule 5(a)(1)(A) assigns to the Subcommittee the gen-
eral responsibility for measures or matters related to relations be-
tween the Congress and the Executive Branch.
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The primary statute within the Subcommittee’s jurisdiction is
the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974
(Public Law 93–344 as amended). The Subcommittee also continues
to exercise jurisdiction over budget process-related provisions found
in Part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–177 as amended by Public Laws 100–
119, 101–508 and 103–44) and the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990
(Title XIII of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (Pub-
lic Law 103–44)). Legislation is referred to the Subcommittee at the
discretion of the Chair of the Committee on Rules.
2. SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES IN THE 116TH CONGRESS
a. Original jurisdiction hearing on Building Resilient Communities
for America’s Future
On September 24th, 2019, the Subcommittee on Legislative and
Budget Process held an original jurisdiction hearing on Building
Resilient Communities for America’s Future. The discussion fo-
cused on recovery from natural disasters and major storms through
the appropriations and supplemental appropriations processes,
which are rarely enough to make a community whole again. Wit-
nesses and Members debated the strategy of resilience and invest-
ing in stronger infrastructure before a major storm or natural dis-
aster hits. Testimony was heard from one panel of five witnesses,
Mr. Bill Johnson, Director of Emergency Management in Palm
Beach County; Mrs. Heather McTeer Toney, National Field Direc-
tor, Moms Clean Air Force and former mayor, Greenville, Mis-
sissippi; Mr. John Piotti, President and CEO of American Farm-
land Trust and Ms. Katherine Hamilton, Executive Director, Ad-
vanced Energy Management Alliance; Dr. Marvin Phaup, Research
Scholar and Professorial Lecturer, Trachtenberg School of Public
Policy and Public Administration, George Washington University.
b. Original jurisdiction hearing on Solving an Epidemic: Address-
ing human trafficking around major events like the Super Bowl
and the need for cross-jurisdictional solutions
On December 11, 2019, the Subcommittee on Legislative and
Budget Process held an original jurisdiction hearing on Solving an
Epidemic: Addressing human trafficking around major events like
the Super Bowl and the need for cross-jurisdictional solutions. The
hearing focused on the complexities of combatting human traf-
ficking, ways the federal government is assisting local law enforce-
ment, and additional resources needed for prevention. The sub-
committee heard testimony from a panel of five witnesses: Ms.
Katherine Fernandez Rundle, State Attorney, Miami-Dade County;
Dr. JoNell Potter, Clinical Professor, University of Miami & Vice
Chair for Research, THRIVE Clinic; Mr. Bob Rodgers, President
and CEO, Street Grace; Mr. Bill Woolf, Executive Director, Just
Ask Prevention & Director, National Human Trafficking Intel-
ligence Center.
3. LEGISLATION REFERRED TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE
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AND BUDGET PROCESS
Legislation was not referred to the Subcommittee on Legislative
and Budget Process during the 116th Congress.
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B. ACTIVITIES OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON RULES AND ORGANIZATION
OF THE HOUSE
1. JURISDICTION AND PURPOSE
The Subcommittee was first established at the beginning of the
96th Congress as the Subcommittee on Rules of the House. At the
beginning of the 104th Congress, its name was changed to the Sub-
committee on Rules and Organization of the House to more accu-
rately reflect the Subcommittee’s mission and jurisdiction. In the
107th Congress, the Subcommittee’s name was modified to the
Subcommittee on Technology and the House, and at the beginning
of the 109th Congress, the name reverted back to the Sub-
committee on Rules and Organization of the House. The Sub-
committee’s jurisdiction remains unchanged and it maintains its
previous membership of seven Representatives, with five serving
from the majority and two from the minority. Chaired by Rep.
Norma J. Torres of California, the Majority membership of the
Subcommittee included Reps. Joseph D. Morelle of New York, Mary
Gay Scanlon of Pennsylvania, and James P. McGovern of Massa-
chusetts. The Minority members of the Subcommittee include
Ranking Member Debbie Lesko of Arizona and Rep. Rob Woodall
of Georgia.
Committee rule 5(a)(1)(B) assigns to the Subcommittee the gen-
eral responsibility for measures or matters related to process and
procedures of the House, relations between the two Houses of Con-
gress, relations between Congress and the Judiciary, and internal
operations of the House. The Subcommittee is primarily respon-
sible for the continuing examination of the committee structure and
jurisdictional issues of all House committees. It remains committed
to a continuing study of the organization and operations of the
House. Legislation is referred to the Subcommittee at the discre-
tion of the Chair of the Committee on Rules.
2. SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES IN THE 116TH CONGRESS
The Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House did
not meet during the 116th Congress.
3. LEGISLATION REFERRED TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON RULES AND
ORGANIZATION OF THE HOUSE
Legislation was not referred to the Subcommittee on Rules and
Organization of the House during the 116th Congress.
C. ACTIVITIES OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON EXPEDITED PROCEDURES
1. JURISDICTION AND PURPOSE
The Committee on Rules newly-established the Subcommittee on
Expedited Procedures at the beginning of the 116th Congress.
Similar to the other two subcommittees, the makeup of the Sub-
committee is seven members, with the majority holding five spots
and the minority holding the remaining two. Chaired by Jamie
Raskin of Maryland, the Majority members of the Subcommittee in-
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clude Reps. Donna E. Shalala of Florida, Norma J. Torres of Cali-
fornia, Mark DeSaulnier of California, and James P. McGovern of
Massachusetts. The Minority members of the Subcommittee in-
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clude Ranking Member Michael C. Burgess of Texas and Rep.
Debbie Lesko of Arizona.
Committee Rule 5(a)(1)(C) assigns the Subcommittee the general
responsibility for measures or matters related to expedited proce-
dures for floor consideration in law or in the Rules of the House
of Representatives.
The Subcommittee was created to examine the numerous expe-
dited parliamentary procedures that have been included in meas-
ures or matters. The expedited procedures included in measures or
matters can have several components including its introduction
and referral, the priority the measure or matter enjoys for floor
consideration, its consideration in committee, the process of debat-
ing and amending it on the floor, and the measure or matter’s co-
ordination with the Senate. Legislation is referred to the Sub-
committee at the discretion of the Chair of the Committee on
Rules.
2. SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES IN THE 116TH CONGRESS
The Subcommittee on Expedited Procedures did not meet during
the 116th Congress.
3. LEGISLATION REFERRED TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON EXPEDITED
PROCEDURES
Legislation was not referred to the Subcommittee on Expedited
Procedures during the 116th Congress.
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V. STATISTICAL PROFILE OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES IN
THE 116TH CONGRESS
A. Statistics on Special Orders or Rules
1. Number of formal requests for Rules Committee hearings ........................................................ 80
(a) Number of rules requested for original consideration of measures, rules for further
consideration, rules for disposition of Senate amendments .............................................. 78
(b) Number of rules requested on conference reports ............................................................ 1
(c) Number of rules requested on procedural matters ........................................................... 0
(d) Number of formal rules requested otherwise disposed of by procedures other than the
Rules Committee ................................................................................................................. 1
2. Number of formal requests pending ............................................................................................ 0
3. Number of hearing days—
(a) 1st Session: ........................................................................................................................ 47
(1) Regular meetings ...................................................................................................... 34
(2) Emergency meetings ................................................................................................. 5
(3) Regular meetings with added emergency measures ............................................... 8
(b) 2nd Session: ....................................................................................................................... 25
(1) Regular meetings ...................................................................................................... 16
(2) Emergency meetings ................................................................................................. 6
(3) Regular meetings with added emergency measures ............................................... 3
4. Number of special orders or ‘‘rules’’ reported from the Rules Committee ................................. 77
(a) Number of bills and resolutions provided consideration pursuant to a rule ................... 127
(1) Bills ........................................................................................................................... 100
(2) Joint Resolutions ....................................................................................................... 11
(3) Concurrent Resolutions ............................................................................................. 2
(4) Simple Resolutions .................................................................................................... 14
(b) Types of amendment structures for consideration of bills and resolutions—
(1) Open .......................................................................................................................... 0
(2) Modified Open ........................................................................................................... 0
(3) Structured .................................................................................................................. 55
(4) Closed ........................................................................................................................ 60
(5) Senate Amendment ................................................................................................... 10
(6) Conference Report ..................................................................................................... 2
(c) Categories of Rules Granted with Certain Floor Management Tools—
(1) Expedited Procedures Rules (Waiving 2/3 Requirement) ......................................... 16
(2) Suspension Day Rules ............................................................................................... 21
(3) Chair’s En Bloc Authority .......................................................................................... 14
(4) Providing for the Consideration of Multiple Measures ............................................. 30
(5) Motion to Table Resolution ....................................................................................... 0
(d) Categories of Rules Granted to Resolve Differences Among and Responding to the
Legislative Actions of Committees—
(1) Self-Executing Rules ................................................................................................. 78
(2) Original Text Rules .................................................................................................... 12
(e) Categories of Rules Granted Dealing with House-Senate Relations—
(1) Senate Hook-up Rules ............................................................................................... 0
(2) Motions to go to Conference ..................................................................................... 0
(3) Engrossment of Multiple Measures Rules ................................................................ 0
(4) Instructing the Clerk Regarding the Transmittal of Papers .................................... 0
(f) Categories of Rules Granted with Certain Housekeeping Tools—
(1) Providing Procedures for Pro Forma ......................................................................... 18
(2) Report Filing Authority .............................................................................................. 1
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(3) Providing for Adoption .............................................................................................. 8
(g) Disposition of the 77 special orders or ‘‘rules’’ reported from the Rules Committee—
(1) Adopted by the House ............................................................................................... 77
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A. Statistics on Special Orders or Rules—Continued
(2) Rejected by the House .............................................................................................. 0
(3) Resolutions Amended ................................................................................................ 2
(4) Laid on the Table ...................................................................................................... 0
(5) Pending on the House Calendar at the close of the 116th Congress .................... 0
5. Waivers of House rules, standing orders, and the Congressional Budget Act granted (waivers
may apply to underlying measures, matter made in order as original text, motions, or
amendments)—
(a) Waivers of rules of the House:
(1) Rule XIII, Clause 3(c)(1) ........................................................................................... 1
(2) Rule XIII, Clause 3(c)(2) ........................................................................................... 1
(3) Rule XIII, Clause 3(c)(3) ........................................................................................... 1
(4) Rule XIII, Clause 3(c)(4) ........................................................................................... 2
(5) Rule XIII, Clause 3(c)(5) ........................................................................................... 1
(6) Rule XIII, Clause 3(d)(1) ........................................................................................... 19
(7) Rule XIII, Clause 3(e)(1) ........................................................................................... 3
(8) Rule XIII, Clause 4(a)(1) ........................................................................................... 3
(9) Rule XIII, Clause 6(a) ............................................................................................... 16
(10) Rule XV, Clause 1 ................................................................................................... 21
(11) Rule XVI, Clause 7 .................................................................................................. 7
(12) Rule XXI, Clause 2 .................................................................................................. 5
(13) Rule XXI, Clause 2(c) .............................................................................................. 6
(14) Rule XXI, Clause 2(e) .............................................................................................. 2
(15) Rule XXI, Clause 4 .................................................................................................. 17
(16) Rule XXI, Clause 5(a) ............................................................................................. 15
(17) Rule XXI, Clause 10 ................................................................................................ 34
(18) Rule XXI, Clause 11 ................................................................................................ 10
(19) Rule XXI, Clause 12(a)(1) ....................................................................................... 53
(20) Rule XXI, Clause 12(a)(2) ....................................................................................... 5
(21) Rule XXI, Clause 12(b) ........................................................................................... 39
(22) Rule XXII, Clause 8(a)(1)(A) ................................................................................... 2
(23) Rule XXII, Clause 9 ................................................................................................. 2
(24) Section 2 of H. Res. 293 of the 116th Congress .................................................. 1
(25) Section 103(i) of H. Res. 6 of the 116th Congress ............................................... 10
(b) Waivers of Budget Enforcement:
(1) Section 302(f)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ................................... 34
(2) Section 303(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ....................................... 2
(3) Section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ........................................... 16
(4) Section 311(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ....................................... 13
(5) Section 314 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ........................................... 3
(6) Section 425 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ........................................... 3
B. Statistics on Special Orders or Rules
1. Full Committee—
(a) Number of bills and resolutions referred .......................................................................... 167
(b) Number of measures referred to the subcommittees ....................................................... 0
(1) Exclusive Referrals to the Subcommittee on the Legislative and Budget Process 0
(2) Exclusive Referrals to the Subcommittee on Rules and Organization
of the House ............................................................................................. 0
(3) Exclusive Referrals to the Subcommittee on Expedited Procedures ...... 0
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(4) Joint Referrals ......................................................................................... 0
(c) Number of hearings and markups held by the full committee ............. 10
(d) Number of measures reported by the full committee ............................ 3
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B. Statistics on Special Orders or Rules—Continued
(1) Disposition of measures reported—
(a) Measures adopted by the House ............................................................ 3
(b) Measures reported and pending floor action at the close of the 116th
Congress ................................................................................................... 0
(c) Measures rejected by the House ............................................................. 0
(d) Measures tabled by the House ............................................................... 0
2. Subcommittee on the Legislative and Budget Process:
(a) Measures referred .............................................................................................................. 0
(b) Days of hearings and markups ......................................................................................... 2
(c) Measures reported .............................................................................................................. 0
3. Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House:
(a) Measures referred .............................................................................................................. 0
(b) Days of hearings and markups ......................................................................................... 0
(c) Measures reported .............................................................................................................. 0
4. Subcommittee on Expedited Procedures:
(a) Measures referred .............................................................................................................. 0
(b) Days of hearings and markups ......................................................................................... 0
(c) Measures reported .............................................................................................................. 0
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VI. PUBLICATIONS
1. Rules of the Committee on Rules for the 116th Congress. Rules Committee Print 116–
1
2. H.R. 268—Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019. Rules Committee Print 116–2
3. H.R. 840—Veterans’ Access to Child Care Act. Rules Committee Print 116–3
4. H.J. Res. 37—Directing the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in
the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress. Rules Committee
Print 116–4
5. H.R. 8—Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019. Rules Committee Print 116–5
6. H.R. 1112—Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019. Rules Committee Print 116–6
7. H.R. 1—For the People Act of 2019. Rules Committee Print 116–7
8. H.R. 7—Paycheck Fairness Act. Rules Committee Print 116–8
9. H.R. 1585—Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019. Rules Committee
Print 116–9
10. H.R. 1644—Save the Internet Act of 2019. Rules Committee Print 116–10
11. H.R. 2021—Investing for the People Act of 2019. Rules Committee Print 116–11
12. H.R. 2157—Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019. Rules Committee Print 116–12
13. H.R. 5—Equality Act. Rules Committee Print 116–13
14. H.R. 987—Marketing and Outreach Restoration to Empower Health Education Act of
2019 [Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act]. Rules
Committee Print 116–14
15. H.R. 1500—Consumers First Act. Rules Committee Print 116–15
16. H.R. 6—American Dream and Promise Act of 2019. Rules Committee Print 116–16
17. H.R. 2740—Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Legislative Branch, De-
fense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations
Act, 2020. Rules Committee Print 116–17
18. H.R. 3055—Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and
Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs,
Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020.
Rules Committee Print 116–18
19. H.R. 2500—National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020. Rules Committee
Print 116–19
20. H.R. 2722—Securing America’s Federal Elections Act. Rules Committee Print 116–20
21. Senate amendment to H.R. 3401—Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Human-
itarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act, 2019. Rules Committee
Print 116–21
22. H.R. 3494—Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization
Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020. Rules Committee Print 116–22
23. Text of additional amendments to be made in order by H. Res. 476. Rules Committee
Print 116–23
24. H.R. 397—Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act of 2019. Rules Committee
Print 116–24
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25. Rules Adopted by the Committees of the House of Representatives of the United
States. Rules Committee Print 116–25
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26. H.R. 3239—Humanitarian Standards for Individuals in Customs and Border Protection
Custody Act. Rules Committee Print 116–26
27. H.R. 2203—Homeland Security Improvement Act. Rules Committee Print 116–27
28. H.R. 549—Venezuela TPS Act of 2019. Rules Committee Print 116–28
29. H.R. 205—Protecting and Securing Florida’s Coastline Act of 2019. Rules Committee
Print 116–29
30. H.R. 1146—Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act. Rules Committee Print
116–30
31. H.R. 1941—Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act. Rules Committee Print 116–
31
32. H.R. 1423—Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act. Rules Committee Print 116–32
33. H.R. 3525—U.S. Border Patrol Medical Screening Standards Act. Rules Committee Print
116–33
34. H.R. 1815—SEC Disclosure Effectiveness Testing Act. Rules Committee Print 116–34
35. H.R. 4617—Stopping Harmful Interference in Elections for a Lasting Democracy
(SHIELD) Act. Rules Committee Print 116–35
36. H.R. 4863—United States Export Finance Agency Act of 2019. Rules Committee Print
116–36
37. H.R. 1309—Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers
Act. Rules Committee Print 116–37
38. Senate amendment to H.R. 3055—Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Transportation, and
Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020 [Further Continuing Ap-
propriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Ex. Rules Committee Print 116–38
39. H.R. 2534—Insider Trading Prohibition Act. Rules Committee Print 116–39
40. H.R. 729—Coastal and Great Lakes Communities Enhancement Act. Rules Committee
Print 116–40
41. H.R. 3—Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act. Rules Committee Print 116–
41
42. H.R. 5038—Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019. Rules Committee Print 116–42
43. Senate amendment to H.R. 1158—DHS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act
of 2019 [Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020]. Rules Committee Print 116–43
44. Senate amendment to H.R. 1865—National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative
Coin Act [Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020]. Rules Committee Print
116–44
45. H.R. 535—PFAS Action Act of 2019. Rules Committee Print 116–45
46. H.R. 1230—Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act. Rules Committee
Print 116–46
47. H.R. 3621—Student Borrower Credit Improvement Act [Comprehensive CREDIT Act of
2020]. Rules Committee Print 116–47
48. House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 550—Merchant Mariners of World
War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019 [No War Against Iran Act]. Rules Com-
mittee Print 116–48
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49. House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 550—Merchant Mariners of World
War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019 [To repeal the Authorization for Use of
Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002]. Rules Committee Print 116–49
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50. H.R. 2546—Colorado Wilderness Act of 2019 [Protecting America’s Wilderness Act].
Rules Committee Print 116–50
51. H.R. 2339—Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2019 [Protecting American
Lungs and Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2020]. Rules Committee
Print 116–51
52. House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2486—FUTURE Act [NO BAN Act].
Rules Committee Print 116–52
53. House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2486—FUTURE Act [Access to
Counsel Act of 2020]. Rules Committee Print 116–53
54. H.R. 2—INVEST in America Act [Moving Forward Act]. Rules Committee Print 116–54
55. H.R. 51—Washington, D.C. Admission Act. Rules Committee Print 116–55
56. H.R. 1425—State Health Care Premium Reduction Act [Patient Protection and Afford-
able Care Enhancement Act]. Rules Committee Print 116–56
57. H.R. 6395—William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2021. Rules Committee Print 116–57
58. H.R. 7027—Child Care Is Essential Act. Rules Committee Print 116–58
59. H.R. 7608—State, Foreign Operations, Agriculture, Rural Development, Interior, Envi-
ronment, Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2021. Rules
Committee Print 116–59
60. H.R. 7617—Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water Development, Fi-
nancial Services and General Government, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and
Human Services, Education, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appro-
priations Act, 2021. Rules Committee Print 116–60
61. H.R. 8015—Delivering for America Act. Rules Committee Print 116–61
62. H.R. 2639—Strength in Diversity Act of 2020. Rules Committee Print 116–62
63. H.R. 4447—Expanding Access to Sustainable Energy Act of 2019 [Clean Economy Jobs
and Innovation Act]. Rules Committee Print 116–63
64. H.R. 6270—Uyghur Forced Labor Disclosure Act of 2020. Rules Committee Print 116–
64
65. H.R. 6210—Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. Rules Committee Print 116–65
66. Senate amendments to H.R. 925—America’s Conservation Enhancement Act [The He-
roes Act]. Rules Committee Print 116–66
67. H.R. 3884—Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2019 [MORE
Act of 2020]. Rules Committee Print 116–67
68. Senate amendment to H.R. 133—United States-Mexico Economic Partnership Act [Con-
solidated Appropriations Act, 2021]. Rules Committee Print 116–68
69. Senate amendment to H.R. 1520—Further Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act,
2021. Rules Committee Print 116–69
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VII. APPENDICES
A. Table 1a.—Types of Rules Granted (Consideration)
Resolution Measure Title
Structured:
H. Res. 43 H.R. 268 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019
H. Res. 87 H.R. 790 Federal Civilian Workforce Pay Raise Fairness Act of 2019
H. Res. 105 H.R. 840 Veterans’ Access to Child Care Act
H. Res. 122 H.J. Res. 37 Directing the removal of United States Armed Forces from hos-
tilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized
by Congress.
H. Res. 145 H.R. 8 Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019
H. Res. 145 H.R. 1112 Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019
H. Res. 172 H.R. 1 For the People Act of 2019
H. Res. 252 H.R. 7 Paycheck Fairness Act
H. Res. 281 H.R. 1585 Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019
H. Res. 294 H.R. 1644 Save the Internet Act of 2019
H. Res. 294 H.R. 2021 Investing for the People Act of 2019
H. Res. 329 H.R. 9 Climate Action Now Act
H. Res. 357 H.R. 986 Protecting Americans with Preexisting Conditions Act of 2019
H. Res. 357 H.R. 2157 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019
H. Res. 377 H.R. 987 Marketing and Outreach Restoration to Empower Health Education
Act of 2019 [Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescrip-
tion Drug Costs Act]
H. Res. 389 H.R. 1500 Consumers First Act
H. Res. 431 H.R. 2740 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Legislative Branch,
Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water De-
velopment Appropriations Act, 2020
H. Res. 436 H.R. 2740 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Legislative Branch,
Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water De-
velopment Appropriations Act, 2020
H. Res. 445 H.R. 3055 Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Con-
struction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and
Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020
H. Res. 460 H.R. 3351 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act,
2020
H. Res. 476 H.R. 2500 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
H. Res. 491 H.R. 3494 Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020
H. Res. 492 H.R. 582 Raise the Wage Act
H. Res. 509 H.R. 397 Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act of 2019
H. Res. 509 H.R. 3239 Humanitarian Standards for Individuals in Customs and Border
Protection Custody Act
H. Res. 548 H.R. 205 Protecting and Securing Florida’s Coastline Act of 2019
H. Res. 548 H.R. 1146 Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act
H. Res. 548 H.R. 1941 Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act
H. Res. 558 H.R. 1423 Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act
H. Res. 629 H.R. 1815 SEC Disclosure Effectiveness Testing Act
H. Res. 629 H.R. 3624 Outsourcing Accountability Act of 2019
H. Res. 646 H.R. 2513 Corporate Transparency Act of 2019
H. Res. 650 H.R. 4617 Stopping Harmful Interference in Elections for a Lasting Democ-
racy (SHIELD) Act
H. Res. 656 H.R. 823 Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act
H. Res. 656 H.R. 1373 Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act
H. Res. 656 H.R. 2181 Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2019
H. Res. 695 H.R. 4863 United States Export Finance Agency Act of 2019
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H. Res. 713 H.R. 1309 Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service
Workers Act
H. Res. 739 H.R. 2534 Insider Trading Prohibition Act
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A. Table 1a.—Types of Rules Granted (Consideration)—Continued
Resolution Measure Title
H. Res. 748 H.R. 729 Coastal and Great Lakes Communities Enhancement Act
H. Res. 758 H.R. 3 Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act
H. Res. 779 H.R. 535 PFAS Action Act of 2019
H. Res. 790 H.R. 1230 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act
H. Res. 811 H.R. 3621 Student Borrower Credit Improvement Act [Comprehensive CREDIT
Act of 2020]
H. Res. 833 H.R. 2474 Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019
H. Res. 833 H.R. 5687 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief and
Puerto Rico Disaster Tax Relief Act, 2020
H. Res. 844 H.R. 2546 Colorado Wilderness Act of 2019 [Protecting America’s Wilderness
Act]
H. Res. 877 H.R. 1140 Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2020
H. Res. 1028 H.R. 2 INVEST in America Act [Moving Forward Act]
H. Res. 1053 H.R. 6395 William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2021
H. Res. 1060 H.R. 7608 State, Foreign Operations, Agriculture, Rural Development, Interior,
Environment, Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs Appro-
priations Act, 2021
H. Res. 1067 H.R. 7617 Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water Develop-
ment, Financial Services and General Government, Homeland
Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Trans-
portation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Act,
2021
H. Res. 1107 H.R. 2639 Strength in Diversity Act of 2020
H. Res. 1129 H.R. 4447 Expanding Access to Sustainable Energy Act of 2019 [Clean Econ-
omy Jobs and Innovation Act]
H. Res. 1224 H.R. 8294 National Apprenticeship Act of 2020
Closed:
H. Res. 28 H.R. 264 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act,
2019
H. Res. 28 H.R. 265 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019
H. Res. 28 H.R. 266 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 2019
H. Res. 28 H.R. 267 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019
H. Res. 52 H.J. Res. 28 Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019
H. Res. 61 H.R. 648 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019
H. Res. 61 H.J. Res. 31 Making further continuing appropriations for the Department of
Homeland Security for fiscal year 2019, and for other purposes.
H. Res. 144 H.J. Res. 46 Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on
February 15, 2019.
H. Res. 208 H. Con. Res. 24 Expressing the sense of Congress that the report of Special Coun-
sel Mueller should be made available to the public and to Con-
gress.
H. Res. 252 H. Res. 124 Expressing opposition to banning service in the Armed Forces by
openly transgender individuals.
H. Res. 274 S.J. Res. 7 To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hos-
tilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized
by Congress.
H. Res. 274 H. Res. 271 Condemning the Trump Administration’s Legal Campaign to Take
Away Americans’ Health Care.
H. Res. 377 H.R. 312 Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffirmation Act
H. Res. 377 H.R. 5 Equality Act
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H. Res. 389 H.R. 1994 Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of
2019
H. Res. 415 H.R. 6 American Dream and Promise Act of 2019
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A. Table 1a.—Types of Rules Granted (Consideration)—Continued
Resolution Measure Title
H. Res. 431 H. Res. 430 Authorizing the Committee on the Judiciary to initiate or intervene
in judicial proceedings to enforce certain subpoenas and for
other purposes.
H. Res. 460 H.R. 2722 Securing America’s Federal Elections Act [SAFE Act]
H. Res. 462 H.R. 3401 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assist-
ance and Security at the Southern Border Act, 2019
H. Res. 491 H. Res. 497 Resolution Recommending that the House of Representatives find
William P. Barr, Attorney General of the United States, and Wil-
bur L. Ross, Jr., Secretary of Commerce, in Contempt of Con-
gress for Refusal to Comply with Subpoenas Duly Issued by the
Committee on Oversight and Reform
H. Res. 491 H. Res. 489 Condemning President Trump’s racist comments directed at Mem-
bers of Congress
H. Res. 519 H.R. 3877 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019
H. Res. 519 H.R. 549 Venezuela TPS Act of 2019
H. Res. 564 H.R. 4378 Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2020, and for
other purposes.
H. Res. 577 H.R. 2203 Homeland Security Improvement Act
H. Res. 577 H.R. 3525 U.S. Border Patrol Medical Screening Standards Act
H. Res. 577 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.
H. Res. 591 S.J. Res. 54 Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on
February 15, 2019.
H. Res. 655 H. Res. 296 Affirming the United States record on the Armenian Genocide.
H. Res. 741 H. Res. 326 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding
United States efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
through a negotiated two-state solution.
H. Res. 741 H.R. 4 Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019
H. Res. 758 H.R. 5038 Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019
H. Res. 767 H. Res. 755 Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for
high crimes and misdemeanors.
H. Res. 772 H.R. 5377 Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act
H. Res. 781 H. Con. Res. 83 Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers
Resolution to terminate the use of United States Armed Forces
to engage in hostilities in or against Iran.
H. Res. 790 H.J. Res. 76 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of
Education relating to ‘‘Borrower Defense Institutional Account-
ability’’.
H. Res. 833 H. Res. 826 Expressing disapproval of the Trump administration’s harmful ac-
tions towards Medicaid.
H. Res. 844 H.J. Res. 79 Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights
amendment.
H. Res. 866 H.R. 2339 Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2019 [Protecting
American Lungs and Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act
of 2020]
H. Res. 891 S.J. Res. 68 To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hos-
tilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been
authorized by Congress.
H. Res. 891 H.R. 6172 USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020
H. Res. 967 H. Res. 965 Authorizing remote voting by proxy in the House of Representatives
and providing for official remote committee proceedings during
a public health emergency due to a novel coronavirus, and for
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H. Res. 967 H.R. 6800 The Heroes Act
H. Res. 1017 H.R. 51 Washington, D.C. Admission Act
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Resolution Measure Title
H. Res. 1017 H.R. 1425 State Health Care Premium Reduction Act [Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Enhancement Act]
H. Res. 1017 H.R. 5332 Protecting Your Credit Score Act of 2019
H. Res. 1017 H.R. 7120 George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020
H. Res. 1017 H.R. 7301 Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act of 2020
H. Res. 1017 H.J. Res. 90 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency relating to ‘‘Community Reinvest-
ment Act Regulations’’’.
H. Res. 1053 H.R. 7027 Child Care Is Essential Act
H. Res. 1053 H.R. 7327 Child Care for Economic Recovery Act
H. Res. 1092 H.R. 8015 Delivering for America Act
H. Res. 1107 H.R. 2694 Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
H. Res. 1107 H.R. 2574 Equity and Inclusion Enforcement Act of 2019
H. Res. 1107 H. Res. 908 Condemning all forms of anti-Asian sentiment as related to
COVID–19.
H. Res. 1129 H.R. 6270 Uyghur Forced Labor Disclosure Act of 2020
H. Res. 1129 H.R. 8319 Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act
H. Res. 1164 H. Res. 1153 Condemning unwanted, unnecessary medical procedures on indi-
viduals without their full, informed consent.
H. Res. 1164 H. Res. 1154 Condemning QAnon and rejecting the conspiracy theories it pro-
motes.
H. Res. 1244 H.R. 3884 Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2019
[MORE Act of 2020]
Senate Amend-
ment:
H. Res. 466 H.R. 3401 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assist-
ance and Security at the Southern Border Act, 2019 [Senate
Amendment]
H. Res. 708 H.R. 3055 Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Transportation,
and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020
[Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further
Health Extenders Act of 2019] [Senate Amendment]
H. Res. 765 H.R. 1158 DHS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act of 2019 [Con-
solidated Appropriations Act, 2020] [Senate Amendment]
H. Res. 765 H.R. 1865 National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative Coin Act [Fur-
ther Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020] [Senate Amend-
ment]
H. Res. 811 H.R. 550 Merchant Mariners of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act
of 2019 [No War Against Iran Act; To repeal the Authorization
for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002] [Sen-
ate Amendment]
H. Res. 891 H.R. 2486 FUTURE Act [NO BAN Act; Access to Counsel Act of 2020] [Senate
Amendment(s)]
H. Res. 981 H.R. 6172 USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020 [Senate Amendments]
H. Res. 1053 H.R. 1957 Great American Outdoors Act [Senate Amendments]
H. Res. 1161 H.R. 925 America’s Conservation Enhancement Act [The Heroes Act] [Senate
Amendments]
H. Res. 1271 H.R. 133 United States-Mexico Economic Partnership Act [Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2021] [Senate Amendment]
Conference Report:
H. Res. 131 H.J. Res. 31 Making further continuing appropriations for the Department of
Homeland Security for fiscal year 2019, and for other purposes.
[Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019] [Conference Report]
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H. Res. 758 S. 1790 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 [Con-
ference Report]
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Resolution Measure Title
Waiving Rule XIII, clause 6(a), requiring a two-thirds vote to consider a rule on the same day it is reported
from the Committee on Rules:
H. Res. 28 Special rule reported on the legislative day of January 8, 2019
against any resolution reported through the legislative day of
January 15, 2019, relating to a measure making or continuing
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019.
H. Res. 43 Special rule reported on the legislative day of January 15, 2019
against any resolution reported through the legislative day of
January 23, 2019, relating to a measure making or continuing
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019.
H. Res. 61 Special rule reported on the legislative day of January 22, 2019
against any resolution reported through the legislative day of
January 30, 2019, relating to a measure making or continuing
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019.
H. Res. 122 Special rule reported on the legislative day of February 11, 2019
against any resolution reported through the legislative day of
February 17, 2019, relating to a measure making or continuing
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019.
H. Res. 389 Special rule reported on the legislative day of May 20, 2019
against any resolution reported through the legislative day of
May 23, 2019, relating to a measure making supplemental ap-
propriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019.
H. Res. 460 Special rule reported on the legislative day of June 24, 2019
against any resolution reported through the legislative day of
June 27, 2019, relating to a measure making appropriations.
H. Res. 519 Special rule reported on the legislative day of July 24, 2019
against any resolution reported through the legislative day of
July 26, 2019.
H. Res. 558 Special rule reported on the legislative day of September 17, 2019
against any resolution reported through the legislative day of
September 20, 2019, relating to a measure making or con-
tinuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2020.
H. Res. 758 Special rule reported on the legislative day of December 10, 2019
against any resolution reported through the legislative day of
December 20, 2019.
H. Res. 877 Special rule reported on the legislative day of March 2, 2020
against any resolution reported through the legislative day of
March 5, 2020, relating to a measure making supplemental ap-
propriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020.
H. Res. 891 Special rule reported on the legislative day of March 10, 2020
against any resolution reported through the legislative day of
March 23, 2020.
H. Res. 967 Special rule reported on the legislative day of May 14, 2020
against any resolution reported through the legislative day of
July 21, 2020.
H. Res. 1017 Special rule reported on the legislative day of June 24, 2020
against any resolution reported through the legislative day of
July 31, 2020.
H. Res. 1053 Special rule reported on the legislative day of July 20, 2020
against any resolution reported through the legislative day of
September 21, 2020.
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H. Res. 1107 Special rule reported on the legislative day of September 14, 2020
against any resolution reported through the legislative day of
November 20, 2020.
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Resolution Measure Title
H. Res. 1224 Special rule reported on the legislative day of November 17, 2020
against any resolution reported through the remainder of the
One Hundred Sixteenth Congress.
Makes in order
suspensions on
special days:
H. Res. 52 Suspensions are in order at any time through the legislative day
of January 25, 2019, for the Speaker to entertain motions that
the House suspend the rules and that the Speaker or her des-
ignee shall consult with the Minority Leader or his designee on
the designation of any matter for consideration pursuant to this
section.
H. Res. 61 Suspensions are in order at any time through the legislative day
of February 1, 2019, for the Speaker to entertain motions that
the House suspend the rules and that the Speaker or her des-
ignee shall consult with the Minority Leader or his designee on
the designation of any matter for consideration pursuant to this
section.
H. Res. 87 Suspensions are in order at any time through the legislative day
of February 8, 2019, for the Speaker to entertain motions that
the House suspend the rules and that the Speaker or her des-
ignee shall consult with the Minority Leader or his designee on
the designation of any matter for consideration pursuant to this
section.
H. Res. 105 Suspensions are in order at any time through the legislative day
of February 15, 2019, for the Speaker to entertain motions that
the House suspend the rules and that the Speaker or her des-
ignee shall consult with the Minority Leader or his designee on
the designation of any matter for consideration pursuant to this
section.
H. Res. 122 Suspensions are in order at any time through the calendar day of
February 17, 2019, for the Speaker to entertain motions that
the House suspend the rules and that the Speaker or her des-
ignee shall consult with the Minority Leader or his designee on
the designation of any matter for consideration pursuant to this
section.
H. Res. 172 Suspensions are in order at any time through the legislative day
of March 8, 2019, for the Speaker to entertain motions that the
House suspend the rules and that the Speaker or her designee
shall consult with the Minority Leader or his designee on the
designation of any matter for consideration pursuant to this
section.
H. Res. 274 Suspensions are in order at any time on the legislative day of
April 4, 2019, for the Speaker to entertain motions that the
House suspend the rules and that the Speaker or her designee
shall consult with the Minority Leader or his designee on the
designation of any matter for consideration pursuant to this
section.
H. Res. 389 Suspensions are in order at any time on the legislative day of May
23, 2019, for the Speaker to entertain motions that the House
suspend the rules relating to a measure making supplemental
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019.
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Resolution Measure Title
H. Res. 476 Suspensions are in order at any time on the legislative day of July
11, 2019, or July 12, 2019, for the Speaker to entertain motions
that the House suspend the rules relating to the bill (H.R.
1327) to extend authorization for the September 11th Victim
Compensation Fund of 2001 through fiscal year 2090, and for
other purposes.
H. Res. 509 Suspensions are in order at any time on the legislative day of July
25, 2019, or July 26, 2019, for the Speaker to entertain motions
that the House suspend the rules and that the Speaker or her
designee shall consult with the Minority Leader or his designee
on the designation of any matter for consideration pursuant to
this section.
H. Res. 558 Suspensions are in order at any time on the legislative day of
September 19, 2019, or September 20, 2019, for the Speaker to
entertain motions that the House suspend the rules and that
the Speaker or her designee shall consult with the Minority
Leader or his designee on the designation of any matter for
consideration pursuant to this section.
H. Res. 577 Suspensions are in order at any time on the legislative day of
September 26, 2019, for the Speaker to entertain motions that
the House suspend the rules and that the Speaker or her des-
ignee shall consult with the Minority Leader or his designee on
the designation of any matter for consideration pursuant to this
section.
H. Res. 713 Suspensions are in order at any time on the legislative day of No-
vember 21, 2019, for the Speaker to entertain motions that the
House suspend the rules as though under clause 1 of rule XV,
and that the Speaker or her designee shall consult with the Mi-
nority Leader or his designee on the designation of any matter
for consideration pursuant to this section.
H. Res. 758 Suspensions are in order at any time through the legislative day
of December 20, 2019, for the Speaker to entertain motions
that the House suspend the rules and that the Speaker or her
designee shall consult with the Minority Leader or his designee
on the designation of any matter for consideration pursuant to
this section.
H. Res. 877 Suspensions are in order at any time on the legislative day of
March 5, 2020, for the Speaker to entertain motions that the
House suspend the rules as though under clause 1 of rule XV,
relating to a measure making supplemental appropriations for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020.
H. Res. 891 Suspensions are in order at any time through the calendar day of
March 22, 2020, for the Speaker to entertain motions that the
House suspend the rules as though under clause 1 of rule XV,
and that the Speaker or her designee shall consult with the Mi-
nority Leader or his designee on the designation of any matter
for consideration pursuant to this section.
H. Res. 967 Suspensions are in order at any time through the calendar day of
July 19, 2020, for the Speaker to entertain motions that the
House suspend the rules as though under clause 1 of rule XV,
and that the Speaker or her designee shall consult with the Mi-
nority Leader or his designee on the designation of any matter
for consideration pursuant to this section.
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Resolution Measure Title
H. Res. 1017 Suspensions are in order at any time through the legislative day
of July 31, 2020, for the Speaker to entertain motions that the
House suspend the rules as though under clause 1 of rule XV,
and that the Speaker or her designee shall consult with the Mi-
nority Leader or his designee on the designation of any matter
for consideration pursuant to this section.
H. Res. 1053 Suspensions are in order at any time through the calendar day of
September 20, 2020, for the Speaker to entertain motions that
the House suspend the rules as though under clause 1 of rule
XV, and that the Speaker or her designee shall consult with the
Minority Leader or his designee on the designation of any mat-
ter for consideration pursuant to this section.
H. Res. 1107 Suspensions are in order at any time through the legislative day
of November 20, 2020, for the Speaker to entertain motions
that the House suspend the rules as though under clause 1 of
rule XV, and that the Speaker or her designee shall consult
with the Minority Leader or his designee on the designation of
any matter for consideration pursuant to this section.
H. Res. 1224 Suspensions are in order at any time through the remainder of the
One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, for the Speaker to entertain
motions that the House suspend the rules as though under
clause 1 of rule XV, and that the Speaker or her designee shall
consult with the Minority Leader or his designee on the des-
ignation of any matter for consideration pursuant to this sec-
tion.
Chair’s En Bloc
Authority:
H. Res. 172 H.R. 1 For the People Act of 2019
H. Res. 431 H.R. 2740 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Legislative Branch,
Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water De-
velopment Appropriations Act, 2020
H. Res. 436 H.R. 2740 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Legislative Branch,
Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water De-
velopment Appropriations Act, 2020
H. Res. 445 H.R. 3055 Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Con-
struction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and
Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020
H. Res. 460 H.R. 3351 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act,
2020
H. Res. 476 H.R. 2500 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
H. Res. 748 H.R. 729 Coastal and Great Lakes Communities Enhancement Act
H. Res. 1028 H.R. 2 INVEST in America Act [Moving Forward Act]
H. Res. 1053 H.R. 6395 William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2021
H. Res. 1060 H.R. 7608 State, Foreign Operations, Agriculture, Rural Development, Interior,
Environment, Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs Appro-
priations Act, 2021
H. Res. 1067 H.R. 7617 Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water Develop-
ment, Financial Services and General Government, Homeland
Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Trans-
portation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Act,
2021
H. Res. 1107 H.R. 2639 Strength in Diversity Act of 2020
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H. Res. 1129 H.R. 4447 Expanding Access to Sustainable Energy Act of 2019 [Clean Econ-
omy Jobs and Innovation Act]
H. Res. 1224 H.R. 8294 National Apprenticeship Act of 2020
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Resolution Measure Title
Providing for the
Consideration of
Multiple Meas-
ures:
H. Res. 28 H.R. 264 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act,
2019
H.R. 265 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019
H.R. 266 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 2019
H.R. 267 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019
H. Res. 61 H.R. 648 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019
H.J. Res. 31 Making further continuing appropriations for the Department of
Homeland Security for fiscal year 2019, and for other purposes.
H. Res. 145 H.R. 8 Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019
H.R. 1112 Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019
H. Res. 252 H.R. 7 Paycheck Fairness Act
H. Res. 124 Expressing opposition to banning service in the Armed Forces by
openly transgender individuals.
H. Res. 274 S.J. Res. 7 To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hos-
tilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized
by Congress.
H. Res. 271 Condemning the Trump Administration’s Legal Campaign to Take
Away Americans’ Health Care.
H. Res. 294 H.R. 1644 Save the Internet Act of 2019
H.R. 2021 Investing for the People Act of 2019
H. Res. 357 H.R. 986 Protecting Americans with Preexisting Conditions Act of 2019
H.R. 2157 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019
H. Res. 377 H.R. 312 Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffirmation Act
H.R. 5 Equality Act
H.R. 987 Marketing and Outreach Restoration to Empower Health Education
Act of 2019 [Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescrip-
tion Drug Costs Act]
H. Res. 389 H.R. 1500 Consumers First Act
H.R. 1994 Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of
2019
H. Res. 431 H. Res. 430 Authorizing the Committee on the Judiciary to initiate or intervene
in judicial proceedings to enforce certain subpoenas and for
other purposes.
H.R. 2740 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Legislative Branch,
Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water De-
velopment Appropriations Act, 2020
H. Res. 460 H.R. 3351 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act,
2020
H.R. 2722 Securing America’s Federal Elections Act [SAFE Act]
H. Res. 491 H.R. 3494 Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020
H. Res. 497 Resolution Recommending that the House of Representatives find
William P. Barr, Attorney General of the United States, and Wil-
bur L. Ross, Jr., Secretary of Commerce, in Contempt of Con-
gress for Refusal to Comply with Subpoenas Duly Issued by the
Committee on Oversight and Reform
H. Res. 489 Condemning President Trump’s racist comments directed at Mem-
bers of Congress
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H. Res. 509 H.R. 397 Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act of 2019
H.R. 3239 Humanitarian Standards for Individuals in Customs and Border
Protection Custody Act
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Resolution Measure Title
H. Res. 519 H.R. 3877 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019
H.R. 549 Venezuela TPS Act of 2019
H. Res. 548 H.R. 205 Protecting and Securing Florida’s Coastline Act of 2019
H.R. 1146 Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act
H.R. 1941 Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act
H. Res. 577 H.R. 2203 Homeland Security Improvement Act
H.R. 3525 U.S. Border Patrol Medical Screening Standards Act
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.
H. Res. 629 H.R. 1815 SEC Disclosure Effectiveness Testing Act
H.R. 3624 Outsourcing Accountability Act of 2019
H. Res. 656 H.R. 823 Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act
H.R. 1373 Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act
H.R. 2181 Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2019
H. Res. 741 H. Res. 326 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding
United States efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
through a negotiated two-state solution.
H.R. 4 Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019
H. Res. 758 H.R. 3 Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act
H.R. 5038 Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019
S. 1790 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 [Con-
ference Report]
H. Res. 765 H.R. 1158 DHS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act of 2019 [Con-
solidated Appropriations Act, 2020] [Senate Amendment]
H.R. 1865 National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative Coin Act [Fur-
ther Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020] [Senate Amend-
ment]
H. Res. 790 H.R. 1230 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act
H.J. Res. 76 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of
Education relating to ‘‘Borrower Defense Institutional Account-
ability’’.
H. Res. 811 H.R. 3621 Student Borrower Credit Improvement Act [Comprehensive CREDIT
Act of 2020]
H.R. 550 Merchant Mariners of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act
of 2019 [No War Against Iran Act; To repeal the Authorization
for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002] [Sen-
ate Amendment]
H. Res. 833 H. Res. 826 Expressing disapproval of the Trump administration’s harmful ac-
tions towards Medicaid.
H.R. 2474 Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019
H.R. 5687 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief and
Puerto Rico Disaster Tax Relief Act, 2020
H. Res. 844 H.R. 2546 Colorado Wilderness Act of 2019 [Protecting America’s Wilderness
Act]
H.J. Res. 79 Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights
amendment.
H. Res. 967 H. Res. 965 Authorizing remote voting by proxy in the House of Representatives
and providing for official remote committee proceedings during
a public health emergency due to a novel coronavirus, and for
other purposes.
H.R. 6800 The Heroes Act
H. Res. 1053 H.R. 6395 William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2021
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H.R. 7027 Child Care Is Essential Act
H.R. 7327 Child Care for Economic Recovery Act
H.R. 1957 Great American Outdoors Act [Senate Amendments]
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Resolution Measure Title
H. Res. 1107 H.R. 2639 Strength in Diversity Act of 2020
H.R. 2694 Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
H.R. 2574 Equity and Inclusion Enforcement Act of 2019
H. Res. 908 Condemning all forms of anti-Asian sentiment as related to
COVID–19.
H. Res. 1129 H.R. 4447 Expanding Access to Sustainable Energy Act of 2019 [Clean Econ-
omy Jobs and Innovation Act]
H.R. 6270 Uyghur Forced Labor Disclosure Act of 2020
H.R. 8319 Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act
H. Res. 1164 H. Res. 1153 Condemning unwanted, unnecessary medical procedures on indi-
viduals without their full, informed consent.
H. Res. 1154 Condemning QAnon and rejecting the conspiracy theories it pro-
motes.
Self-Executing
Rules:
H. Res. 43 H.R. 268 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019
H. Res. 87 H.R. 790 Federal Civilian Workforce Pay Raise Fairness Act of 2019
H. Res. 105 H.R. 840 Veterans’ Access to Child Care Act
H. Res. 145 H.R. 1112 Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019
H. Res. 172 H.R. 1 For the People Act of 2019
H. Res. 208 H. Con. Res. 24 Expressing the sense of Congress that the report of Special Coun-
sel Mueller should be made available to the public and to Con-
gress.
H. Res. 281 H.R. 1585 Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019
H. Res. 294 H.R. 1644 Save the Internet Act of 2019
H. Res. 294 H.R. 2021 Investing for the People Act of 2019
H. Res. 357 H.R. 2157 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019
H. Res. 377 H.R. 312 Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffirmation Act
H. Res. 377 H.R. 5 Equality Act
H. Res. 377 H.R. 987 Marketing and Outreach Restoration to Empower Health Education
Act of 2019 [Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescrip-
tion Drug Costs Act]
H. Res. 415 H.R. 6 American Dream and Promise Act of 2019
H. Res. 431 H. Res. 430 Authorizing the Committee on the Judiciary to initiate or intervene
in judicial proceedings to enforce certain subpoenas and for
other purposes.
H. Res. 431 H.R. 2740 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Legislative Branch,
Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water De-
velopment Appropriations Act, 2020
H. Res. 445 H.R. 3055 Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Con-
struction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and
Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020
H. Res. 460 H.R. 2722 Securing America’s Federal Elections Act [SAFE Act]
H. Res. 462 H.R. 3401 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assist-
ance and Security at the Southern Border Act, 2019
H. Res. 476 H.R. 2500 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
H. Res. 491 H.R. 3494 Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020
H. Res. 492 H.R. 582 Raise the Wage Act
H. Res. 509 H.R. 397 Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act of 2019
H. Res. 519 H.R. 549 Venezuela TPS Act of 2019
H. Res. 548 H.R. 205 Protecting and Securing Florida’s Coastline Act of 2019
H. Res. 548 H.R. 1146 Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act
H. Res. 548 H.R. 1941 Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act
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H. Res. 558 H.R. 1423 Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act
H. Res. 577 H.R. 2203 Homeland Security Improvement Act
H. Res. 577 H.R. 3525 U.S. Border Patrol Medical Screening Standards Act
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Resolution Measure Title
H. Res. 629 H.R. 1815 SEC Disclosure Effectiveness Testing Act
H. Res. 646 H.R. 2513 Corporate Transparency Act of 2019
H. Res. 650 H.R. 4617 Stopping Harmful Interference in Elections for a Lasting Democ-
racy (SHIELD) Act
H. Res. 656 H.R. 823 Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act
H. Res. 656 H.R. 2181 Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2019
H. Res. 695 H.R. 4863 United States Export Finance Agency Act of 2019
H. Res. 708 H.R. 3055 Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Transportation,
and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020
[Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further
Health Extenders Act of 2019] [Senate Amendment]
H. Res. 713 H.R. 1309 Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service
Workers Act
H. Res. 739 H.R. 2534 Insider Trading Prohibition Act
H. Res. 741 H. Res. 326 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding
United States efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
through a negotiated two-state solution.
H. Res. 741 H.R. 4 Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019
H. Res. 748 H.R. 729 Coastal and Great Lakes Communities Enhancement Act
H. Res. 758 H.R. 3 Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act
H. Res. 758 H.R. 5038 Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019
H. Res. 765 H.R. 1158 DHS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act of 2019 [Con-
solidated Appropriations Act, 2020] [Senate Amendment]
H. Res. 765 H.R. 1865 National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative Coin Act [Fur-
ther Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020] [Senate Amend-
ment]
H. Res. 767 H. Res. 755 Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for
high crimes and misdemeanors.
H. Res. 772 H.R. 5377 Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act
H. Res. 779 H.R. 535 PFAS Action Act of 2019
H. Res. 781 H. Con. Res. 83 Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers
Resolution to terminate the use of United States Armed Forces
to engage in hostilities in or against Iran.
H. Res. 790 H.R. 1230 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act
H. Res. 811 H.R. 3621 Student Borrower Credit Improvement Act [Comprehensive CREDIT
Act of 2020]
H. Res. 833 H.R. 2474 Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019
H. Res. 844 H.R. 2546 Colorado Wilderness Act of 2019 [Protecting America’s Wilderness
Act]
H. Res. 844 H.J. Res. 79 Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights
amendment.
H. Res. 866 H.R. 2339 Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2019 [Protecting
American Lungs and Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act
of 2020]
H. Res. 877 H.R. 1140 Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2020
H. Res. 967 H.R. 6800 The Heroes Act
H. Res. 1017 H.R. 51 Washington, D.C. Admission Act
H. Res. 1017 H.R. 1425 State Health Care Premium Reduction Act [Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Enhancement Act]
H. Res. 1017 H.R. 5332 Protecting Your Credit Score Act of 2019
H. Res. 1017 H.R. 7120 George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020
H. Res. 1028 H.R. 2 INVEST in America Act [Moving Forward Act]
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H. Res. 1053 H.R. 6395 William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2021
H. Res. 1053 H.R. 7027 Child Care Is Essential Act
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Resolution Measure Title
H. Res. 1060 H.R. 7608 State, Foreign Operations, Agriculture, Rural Development, Interior,
Environment, Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs Appro-
priations Act, 2021
H. Res. 1067 H.R. 7617 Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water Develop-
ment, Financial Services and General Government, Homeland
Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Trans-
portation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Act,
2021
H. Res. 1092 H.R. 8015 Delivering for America Act
H. Res. 1107 H.R. 2639 Strength in Diversity Act of 2020
H. Res. 1107 H.R. 2694 Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
H. Res. 1107 H.R. 2574 Equity and Inclusion Enforcement Act of 2019
H. Res. 1129 H.R. 4447 Expanding Access to Sustainable Energy Act of 2019 [Clean Econ-
omy Jobs and Innovation Act]
H. Res. 1129 H.R. 6270 Uyghur Forced Labor Disclosure Act of 2020
H. Res. 1161 H.R. 925 America’s Conservation Enhancement Act [The Heroes Act] [Senate
Amendments]
H. Res. 1164 H. Res. 1153 Condemning unwanted, unnecessary medical procedures on indi-
viduals without their full, informed consent.
H. Res. 1224 H.R. 8294 National Apprenticeship Act of 2020
H. Res. 1244 H.R. 3884 Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2019
[MORE Act of 2020]
H. Res. 1271 H.R. 133 United States-Mexico Economic Partnership Act [Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2021] [Senate Amendment]
Makes in Order
Original Text:
H. Res. 105 H.R. 840 Veterans’ Access to Child Care Act
H. Res. 122 H.J. Res. 37 Directing the removal of United States Armed Forces from hos-
tilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized
by Congress.
H. Res. 145 H.R. 8 Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019
H. Res. 252 H.R. 7 Paycheck Fairness Act
H. Res. 281 H.R. 1585 Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019
H. Res. 294 H.R. 1644 Save the Internet Act of 2019
H. Res. 294 H.R. 2021 Investing for the People Act of 2019
H. Res. 509 H.R. 3239 Humanitarian Standards for Individuals in Customs and Border
Protection Custody Act
H. Res. 558 H.R. 1423 Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act
H. Res. 629 H.R. 3624 Outsourcing Accountability Act of 2019
H. Res. 650 H.R. 4617 Stopping Harmful Interference in Elections for a Lasting Democ-
racy (SHIELD) Act
H. Res. 656 H.R. 1373 Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act
Providing Proce-
dures for Pro
Forma Sessions:
H. Res. 131 Allows for, on any legislative day during the period from February
15, 2019, through February 22, 2019: the Journal of the pro-
ceedings of the previous day shall be considered as approved;
and the Chair may at any time declare the House adjourned to
meet at a date and time to be announced by the Chair in de-
claring the adjournment.
H. Res. 208 Allows for, on any legislative day during the period from March 15,
2019, through March 22, 2019: the Journal of the proceedings
of the previous day shall be considered as approved; and the
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Chair may at any time declare the House adjourned to meet at
a date and time to be announced by the Chair in declaring the
adjournment.
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H. Res. 294 Allows for, on any legislative day during the period from April 11,
2019, through April 26, 2019: the Journal of the proceedings of
the previous day shall be considered as approved; and the
Chair may at any time declare the House adjourned to meet at
a date and time to be announced by the Chair in declaring the
adjournment.
H. Res. 389 Allows for, on any legislative day during the period from May 24,
2019, through May 31, 2019: the Journal of the proceedings of
the previous day shall be considered as approved; and the
Chair may at any time declare the House adjourned to meet at
a date and time to be announced by the Chair in declaring the
adjournment.
H. Res. 445 Allows for, on any legislative day during the period from June 28,
2019, through July 8, 2019: the Journal of the proceedings of
the previous day shall be considered as approved; and the
Chair may at any time declare the House adjourned to meet at
a date and time to be announced by the Chair in declaring the
adjournment.
H. Res. 509 Allows for, on any legislative day during the period from July 29,
2019, through September 6, 2019: the Journal of the pro-
ceedings of the previous day shall be considered as approved;
and the Chair may at any time declare the House adjourned to
meet at a date and time to be announced by the Chair in de-
claring the adjournment.
H. Res. 577 Allows for, on any legislative day during the period from Sep-
tember 30, 2019, through October 14, 2019: the Journal of the
proceedings of the previous day shall be considered as ap-
proved; and the Chair may at any time declare the House ad-
journed to meet at a date and time to be announced by the
Chair in declaring the adjournment.
H. Res. 656 Allows for, on any legislative day during the period from November
1, 2019, through November 11, 2019: the Journal of the pro-
ceedings of the previous day shall be considered as approved;
and the Chair may at any time declare the House adjourned to
meet at a date and time to be announced by the Chair in de-
claring the adjournment.
H. Res. 713 Allows for, on any legislative day during the period from November
22, 2019, through December 2, 2019: the Journal of the pro-
ceedings of the previous day shall be considered as approved;
and the Chair may at any time declare the House adjourned to
meet at a date and time to be announced by the Chair in de-
claring the adjournment.
H. Res. 758 Allows for, on any legislative day of the first session of the 116th
Congress after December 12, 2019: the Journal of the pro-
ceedings of the previous day shall be considered as approved;
and the Chair may at any time declare the House adjourned to
meet at a date and time to be announced by the Chair in de-
claring the adjournment.
H. Res. 790 Allows for, on any legislative day during the period from January
17, 2020, through January 24, 2020: the Journal of the pro-
ceedings of the previous day shall be considered as approved;
and the Chair may at any time declare the House adjourned to
meet at a date and time to be announced by the Chair in de-
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Resolution Measure Title
H. Res. 844 Allows for, on any legislative day during the period from February
14, 2020, through February 24, 2020: the Journal of the pro-
ceedings of the previous day shall be considered as approved;
and the Chair may at any time declare the House adjourned to
meet at a date and time to be announced by the Chair in de-
claring the adjournment.
H. Res. 891 Allows for, on any legislative day during the period from March 13,
2020, through March 22, 2020: the Journal of the proceedings
of the previous day shall be considered as approved; and the
Chair may at any time declare the House adjourned to meet at
a date and time to be announced by the Chair in declaring the
adjournment.
H. Res. 967 Allows for, on any legislative day during the period from May 19,
2020, through July 21, 2020: the Journal of the proceedings of
the previous day shall be considered as approved; and the
Chair may at any time declare the House adjourned to meet at
a date and time to be announced by the Chair in declaring the
adjournment.
H. Res. 1017 Allows for, on any legislative day during the period from May 19,
2020, through July 31, 2020: the Journal of the proceedings of
the previous day shall be considered as approved; and the
Chair may at any time declare the House adjourned to meet at
a date and time to be announced by the Chair in declaring the
adjournment.
H. Res. 1053 Allows for, on any legislative day during the period from May 19,
2020, through September 21, 2020: the Journal of the pro-
ceedings of the previous day shall be considered as approved;
and the Chair may at any time declare the House adjourned to
meet at a date and time to be announced by the Chair in de-
claring the adjournment.
H. Res. 1107 Allows for, on any legislative day during the period from May 19,
2020, through November 20, 2020: the Journal of the pro-
ceedings of the previous day shall be considered as approved;
and the Chair may at any time declare the House adjourned to
meet at a date and time to be announced by the Chair in de-
claring the adjournment.
H. Res. 1224 Allows for, on any legislative day during the period from May 19,
2020, through the remainder of the One Hundred Sixteenth Con-
gress: the Journal of the proceedings of the previous day shall
be considered as approved; and the Chair may at any time de-
clare the House adjourned to meet at a date and time to be
announced by the Chair in declaring the adjournment.
Report Filing Au-
thority:
H. Res. 389 The Committee on Appropriations may, at any time before 5:00
p.m. on Sunday, June 2, 2019, file privileged reports to accom-
pany measures making appropriations for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2020.
Providing for Adop-
tion:
H. Res. 105 Provides that House Resolution 86 is hereby adopted.
H. Res. 294 Provides that House Resolution 293 is hereby adopted.
H. Res. 509 Provides that House Resolution 507 is hereby adopted.
H. Res. 695 Provides that House Resolution 661 is hereby adopted; Provides
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H. Res. 765 Provides that House Resolution 761 is hereby adopted.
H. Res. 844 Provides that House Resolution 842 is hereby adopted.
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Resolution Measure Title
H. Res. 938 Provides that House Resolution 935 is hereby adopted.
H. Res. 1271 Provides that upon adoption of this resolution, the House shall be
considered to have concurred in the Senate amendment to H.R.
1520 with an amendment consisting of the text of Rules Com-
mittee Print 116–69.
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Rule Bill Title and Floor Action Date Managers
H. Res. 28, H. Rept. 116–1 H.R. 264 ................ Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019 .................
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H.R. 265 ................ Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019.
H.R. 266 ................ Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations
PO 00000 Act, 2019.
H.R. 267 ................ Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2019.
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 1/8/2019 McGovern/Cole
Frm 00102 ............................... Previous question agreed to 231–195 .................................................................... 1/9/2019
............................... Rule adopted record vote 231–195 ......................................................................... 1/9/2019
H. Res. 43, H. Rept. 116–2 H.R. 268 ................ Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019 ..................................................................
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 1/15/2019 Raskin/Cole
Fmt 6659 ............................... Previous question agreed to 230–194 .................................................................... 1/16/2019
............................... Rule adopted record vote 230–193 ......................................................................... 1/16/2019
H. Res. 52, H. Rept. 116–3 H.J. Res. 28 .......... Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 ........................................ 98
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 1/16/2019 Scanlon/Lesko
Sfmt 6602 ............................... Rule adopted record vote 230–190 ......................................................................... 1/17/2019
H. Res. 61, H. Rept. 116–4 H.R. 648 ................ Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 ...................................................................
H.J. Res. 31 .......... Making further continuing appropriations for the Department of Homeland Se-
curity for fiscal year 2019, and for other purposes.
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 1/22/2019 McGovern/Woodall
............................... Rule adopted record vote 223–190 ......................................................................... 1/23/2019
H. Res. 87, H. Rept. 116–5 H.R. 790 ................ Federal Civilian Workforce Pay Raise Fairness Act of 2019 ...................................
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 1/29/2019 Raskin/Woodall
............................... Previous question agreed to 232–190 .................................................................... 1/30/2019
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............................... Rule adopted record vote 231–189 ......................................................................... 1/30/2019
H. Res. 105, H. Rept. 116–6 H.R. 840 ................ Veterans’ Access to Child Care Act ........................................................................
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H. Res. 86 ............. Providing amounts for the expenses of the Select Committee on the Climate
Crisis and the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress.
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 2/6/2019 Morelle/Woodall
............................... Previous question agreed to 227–189 .................................................................... 2/7/2019
............................... Rule adopted record vote 225–193 ......................................................................... 2/7/2019
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H. Res. 122, H. Rept. 116–8 H.J. Res. 37 .......... Directing the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Re-
public of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress..
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 2/11/2019 McGovern/Cole
Jkt 043187 ............................... Previous question agreed to 227–195 .................................................................... 2/13/2019
............................... Rule adopted record vote 228–193 ......................................................................... 2/13/2019
H. Res. 131, H. Rept. 116–10 H.J. Res. 31 .......... Conference Report to accompany Making further continuing appropriations for
the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2019, and for other pur-
PO 00000 poses. [Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019].
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 2/14/2019 Perlmutter/Cole
............................... Previous question agreed to 229–195 .................................................................... 2/14/2019
............................... Rule adopted record vote 230–196 ......................................................................... 2/14/2019
H. Res. 144, H. Rept. 116–13 H.J. Res. 46 .......... Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on February 15,
2019.
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............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 2/25/2019 Torres/Woodall
............................... Previous question agreed to 228–193 .................................................................... 2/26/2019
Fmt 6659 ............................... Rule adopted record vote 229–193 ......................................................................... 2/26/2019
H. Res. 145, H. Rept. 116–14 H.R. 8 .................... Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 ...........................................................
H.R. 1112 .............. Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019 ............................................................ 99
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 2/25/2019 Raskin/Lesko
Sfmt 6602 ............................... Previous question agreed to 229–191 .................................................................... 2/26/2019
............................... Rule adopted record vote 227–194 ......................................................................... 2/26/2019
H. Res. 172, H. Rept. 116–16 H.R. 1 .................... For the People Act of 2019 .....................................................................................
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 3/5/2019 Scanlon/Cole
............................... Previous question agreed to 232–191 .................................................................... 3/6/2019
............................... Rule adopted record vote 232–192 ......................................................................... 3/6/2019
H. Res. 208, H. Rept. 116–17 H. Con. Res. 24 .... Expressing the sense of Congress that the report of Special Counsel Mueller
should be made available to the public and to Congress.
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 3/11/2019 DeSaulnier/Woodall
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............................... Rule adopted record vote 233–195 ......................................................................... 3/13/2019
H. Res. 252, H. Rept. 116–19 H.R. 7 .................... Paycheck Fairness Act .............................................................................................
H. Res. 124 ........... Expressing opposition to banning service in the Armed Forces by openly
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transgender individuals.
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 3/25/2019 Torres/Burgess
............................... Previous question agreed to 231–192 .................................................................... 3/27/2019
............................... Rule adopted record vote 232–190 ......................................................................... 3/27/2019
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B. Table 2.—Resolutions Reported—Continued
Rule Bill Title and Floor Action Date Managers
H. Res. 274, H. Rept. 116–28 S.J. Res. 7 ............. To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Re-
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public of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress.
H. Res. 271 ........... Condemning the Trump Administration’s Legal Campaign to Take Away Ameri-
cans’ Health Care.
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............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 4/1/2019 McGovern/Burgess
............................... Previous question agreed to 231–191 .................................................................... 4/2/2019
............................... Rule adopted record vote 230–188 ......................................................................... 4/2/2019
H. Res. 281, H. Rept. 116–32 H.R. 1585 .............. Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019 ...........................................
Frm 00104 ............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 4/2/2019 Scanlon/Lesko
............................... Previous question agreed to 231–193 .................................................................... 4/3/2019
............................... Rule adopted record vote 231–194 ......................................................................... 4/3/2019
H. Res. 294, H. Rept. 116–37 H.R. 1644 .............. Save the Internet Act of 2019 .................................................................................
Fmt 6659 H.R. 2021 .............. Investing for the People Act of 2019 ......................................................................
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 4/8/2019 Morelle/Woodall
............................... Previous question agreed to 225–192 .................................................................... 4/9/2019 100
............................... Rule adopted record vote 219–201 ......................................................................... 4/9/2019
Sfmt 6602 H. Res. 329, H. Rept. 116–42 H.R. 9 .................... Climate Action Now Act ...........................................................................................
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 4/29/2019 McGovern/Lesko
............................... Previous question agreed to 228–191 .................................................................... 5/1/2019
............................... Rule adopted record vote 226–188 ......................................................................... 5/1/2019
H. Res. 357, H. Rept. 116–51 H.R. 986 ................ Protecting Americans with Preexisting Conditions Act of 2019 .............................
H.R. 2157 .............. Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019 ..................................................................
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 5/7/2019 Shalala/Burgess
............................... Previous question agreed to 227–190 .................................................................... 5/9/2019
............................... Rule adopted record vote 227–191 ......................................................................... 5/9/2019
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H. Res. 377, H. Rept. 116–61 H.R. 312 ................ Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffirmation Act ...................................
H.R. 5 .................... Equality Act ..............................................................................................................
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H.R. 987 ................ Marketing and Outreach Restoration to Empower Health Education Act of 2019
[Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act].
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 5/14/2019 Scanlon/Cole
............................... Previous question agreed to 228–189 .................................................................... 5/15/2019
............................... Rule adopted record vote 229–188 ......................................................................... 5/15/2019
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H. Res. 389, H. Rept. 116–79 H.R. 1500 .............. Consumers First Act ................................................................................................
H.R. 1994 .............. Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 ...............
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 5/20/2019 Perlmutter/Woodall
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............................... Rule adopted record vote 230–190 ......................................................................... 5/21/2019
H. Res. 415, H. Rept. 116–102 H.R. 6 .................... American Dream and Promise Act of 2019 ............................................................
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 6/3/2019 Shalala/Lesko
PO 00000 ............................... Previous question agreed to 228–192 .................................................................... 6/4/2019
............................... Rule adopted record vote 219–203 ......................................................................... 6/4/2019
H. Res. 431, H. Rept. 116–109 H. Res. 430 ........... Authorizing the Committee on the Judiciary to initiate or intervene in judicial
proceedings to enforce certain subpoenas and for other purposes.
Frm 00105 H.R. 2740 .............. Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Legislative Branch, Defense,
State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations
Act, 2020.
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 6/10/2019 Raskin/Cole
Fmt 6659 ............................... Previous question agreed to 227–190 .................................................................... 6/11/2019
............................... Rule adopted record vote 227–190 ......................................................................... 6/11/2019
H. Res. 436, H. Rept. 116–111 H.R. 2740 .............. Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Legislative Branch, Defense, 101
State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations
Sfmt 6602 Act, 2020.
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 6/11/2019 Torres/Woodall
............................... Previous question agreed to 230–184 .................................................................... 6/12/2019
............................... Rule adopted record vote 232–189 ......................................................................... 6/12/2019
H. Res. 445, H. Rept. 116–119 H.R. 3055 .............. Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Ad-
ministration, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs,
Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act,
2020.
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 6/18/2019 McGovern/Woodall
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............................... Previous question agreed to 232–193 .................................................................... 6/19/2019
............................... Rule adopted record vote 231–195 ......................................................................... 6/19/2019
H. Res. 460, H. Rept. 116–126 H.R. 3351 .............. Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2020 .................
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H.R. 2722 .............. Securing America’s Federal Elections Act [SAFE Act] .............................................
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 6/24/2019 McGovern/Cole
............................... Previous question agreed to 228–188 .................................................................... 6/25/2019
............................... Rule adopted record vote 225–190 ......................................................................... 6/25/2019
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Rule Bill Title and Floor Action Date Managers
H. Res. 462, H. Rept. 116–128 H.R. 3401 .............. Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Secu-
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rity at the Southern Border Act, 2019.
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 6/25/2019 McGovern/Cole
............................... Previous question agreed to 226–188 .................................................................... 6/25/2019
PO 00000 ............................... Rule adopted record vote 225–189 ......................................................................... 6/25/2019
H. Res. 466, H. Rept. 116–130 H.R. 3401 .............. Senate amendment to Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian
Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act, 2019.
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 6/27/2019 McGovern/Cole
Frm 00106 ............................... Rule adopted record vote 322–85 ........................................................................... 6/27/2019
H. Res. 476, H. Rept. 116–143 H.R. 2500 .............. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 ......................................
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 7/9/2019 McGovern/Woodall
............................... Previous question agreed to 232–197 .................................................................... 7/10/2019
Fmt 6659 ............................... Rule adopted record vote 234–197 ......................................................................... 7/10/2019
H. Res. 491, H. Rept. 116–154 H.R. 3494 .............. Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act
for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020. 102
H. Res. 497 ........... Resolution Recommending that the House of Representatives find William P.
Sfmt 6602 Barr, Attorney General of the United States, and Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., Secretary
of Commerce, in Contempt of Congress for Refusal to Comply with Sub-
poenas Duly Issued by the Committee.
H. Res. 489 ........... Condemning President Trump’s racist comments directed at Members of Con-
gress.
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 7/15/2019 Raskin/Woodall
............................... Previous question agreed to 230–189 .................................................................... 7/16/2019
............................... Rule adopted record vote 233–190 ......................................................................... 7/16/2019
H. Res. 492, H. Rept. 116–155 H.R. 582 ................ Raise the Wage Act .................................................................................................
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............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 7/15/2019 Morelle/Burgess
............................... Previous question agreed to 231–194 .................................................................... 7/17/2019
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H. Res. 509, H. Rept. 116–178 H.R. 397 ................ Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act of 2019 .........................................
H.R. 3239 .............. Humanitarian Standards for Individuals in Customs and Border Protection Cus-
tody Act.
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 7/23/2019 Torres/Burgess
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............................... Previous question agreed to 234–198 .................................................................... 7/24/2019
............................... Rule adopted record vote 234–195 ......................................................................... 7/24/2019
H. Res. 519, H. Rept. 116–183 H.R. 3877 .............. Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 ...............................................................................
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............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 7/24/2019 Perlmutter/Cole
............................... Previous question agreed to 234–195 .................................................................... 7/25/2019
............................... Rule adopted record vote 232–197 ......................................................................... 7/25/2019
H. Res. 548, H. Rept. 116–200 H.R. 205 ................ Protecting and Securing Florida’s Coastline Act of 2019 ......................................
H.R. 1146 .............. Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act ...................................................
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H.R. 1941 .............. Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act .......................................................
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 9/9/2019 Hastings/Lesko
............................... Previous question agreed to 232–196 .................................................................... 9/10/2019
Frm 00107 ............................... Rule adopted record vote 231–196 ......................................................................... 9/10/2019
H. Res. 558, H. Rept. 116–210 H.R. 1423 .............. Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act ...................................................................
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 9/17/2019 Torres/Lesko
............................... Previous question agreed to 228–195 .................................................................... 9/18/2019
Fmt 6659 ............................... Rule adopted record vote 228–196 ......................................................................... 9/18/2019
H. Res. 564, H. Rept. 116–212 H.R. 4378 .............. Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2020, and for other purposes.
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 9/19/2019 McGovern/Cole 103
............................... Previous question agreed to 228–197 .................................................................... 9/19/2019
Sfmt 6602 ............................... Rule adopted record vote 227–196 ......................................................................... 9/19/2019
H. Res. 577, H. Rept. 116–217 H.R. 2203 .............. Homeland Security Improvement Act .......................................................................
H.R. 3525 .............. U.S. Border Patrol Medical Screening Standards Act .............................................
H. Res. 576 ........... Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the whis-
tleblower complaint of August 12, 2019, made to the Inspector General of
the Intelligence Community..
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 9/24/2019 Scanlon/Lesko
............................... Previous question agreed to 227–191 .................................................................... 9/25/2019
............................... Rule adopted record vote 228–191 ......................................................................... 9/25/2019
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H. Res. 591, H. Rept. 116–218 S.J. Res. 54 ........... Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on February 15,
2019.
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............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 9/25/2019 Morelle/Woodall
............................... Previous question agreed to 230–187 .................................................................... 9/26/2019
............................... Rule adopted record vote 229–186 ......................................................................... 9/26/2019
H. Res. 629, H. Rept. 116–237 H.R. 1815 .............. SEC Disclosure Effectiveness Testing Act ...............................................................
H.R. 3624 .............. Outsourcing Accountability Act of 2019 ..................................................................
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Rule Bill Title and Floor Action Date Managers
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 10/15/2019 DeSaulnier/Woodall
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............................... Previous question agreed to 228–191 .................................................................... 10/16/2019
............................... Rule adopted record vote 228–190 ......................................................................... 10/16/2019
H. Res. 646, H. Rept. 116–247 H.R. 2513 .............. Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 .......................................................................
PO 00000 ............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 10/21/2019 Perlmutter/Woodall
............................... Previous question agreed to 228–194 .................................................................... 10/22/2019
............................... Rule adopted record vote 227–195 ......................................................................... 10/22/2019
H. Res. 650, H. Rept. 116–253 H.R. 4617 .............. Stopping Harmful Interference in Elections for a Lasting Democracy (SHEILD)
Frm 00108 Act.
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 10/22/2019 Hastings/Cole
............................... Previous question agreed to 223–180 .................................................................... 10/23/2019
............................... Rule adopted record vote 226–180 ......................................................................... 10/23/2019
Fmt 6659 H. Res. 655, H. Rept. 116–263 H. Res. 296 ........... Affirming the United States record on the Armenian Genocide. ............................
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 10/28/2019 McGovern/Burgess
............................... Previous question agreed to 224–189 .................................................................... 10/29/2019 104
............................... Rule adopted record vote 223–191 ......................................................................... 10/29/2019
Sfmt 6602 H. Res. 656, H. Rept. 116–264 H.R. 823 ................ Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act ......................................................
H.R. 1373 .............. Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act ................................................................
H.R. 2181 .............. Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2019 ............................................
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 10/28/2019 Shalala/Lesko
............................... Previous question agreed to 222–191 .................................................................... 10/29/2019
............................... Rule adopted record vote 221–187 ......................................................................... 10/29/2019
H. Res. 695, H. Rept. 116–289 H.R. 4863 .............. United States Export Finance Agency Act of 2019 .................................................
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 11/13/2019 DeSaulnier/Woodall
............................... Previous question agreed to 226–198 .................................................................... 11/14/2019
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............................... Rule adopted record vote 228–198 ......................................................................... 11/14/2019
H. Res. 708, H. Rept. 116–297 H.R. 3055 .............. Senate amendment to Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Develop-
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and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020 [Further Con-
tinuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019].
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 11/18/2019 McGovern/Cole
............................... Previous question agreed to 228–192 .................................................................... 11/19/2019
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H. Res. 713, H. Rept. 116–302 H.R. 1309 .............. Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act ..
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 11/19/2019 DeSaulnier/Burgess
Jkt 043187 ............................... Previous question agreed to 223–194 .................................................................... 11/20/2019
............................... Rule adopted record vote 209–205 ......................................................................... 11/20/2019
H. Res. 739, H. Rept. 116–320 H.R. 2534 .............. Insider Trading Prohibition Act ................................................................................
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 12/3/2019 Perlmutter/Woodall
............................... Previous question agreed to 226–193 .................................................................... 12/4/2019
............................... Rule adopted record vote 225–196 ......................................................................... 12/4/2019
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H. Res. 741, H. Rept. 116–322 H. Res. 326 ........... Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding United States
efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a negotiated two-
state solution.
Frm 00109 H.R. 4 .................... Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019 ................................................................
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 12/4/2019 Raskin/Lesko
............................... Previous question agreed to 228–196 .................................................................... 12/5/2019
............................... Rule adopted record vote 226–196 ......................................................................... 12/5/2019
Fmt 6659 H. Res. 748, H. Rept. 116–330 H.R. 729 ................ Coastal and Great Lakes Communities Enhancement Act .....................................
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 12/9/2019 Morelle/Lesko
............................... Previous question agreed to 226–188 .................................................................... 12/10/2019 105
............................... Rule adopted record vote 226–189 ......................................................................... 12/10/2019
Sfmt 6602 H. Res. 758, H. Rept. 116–334 H.R. 3 .................... Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act .....................................................
H.R. 5038 .............. Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019 ............................................................
S. 1790 ................. Conference Report to accompany National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2020.
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 12/10/2019 Shalala/Burgess
............................... Previous question agreed to 227–189 .................................................................... 12/11/2019
............................... Rule adopted record vote 222–190 ......................................................................... 12/11/2019
H. Res. 765, H. Rept. 116–353 H.R. 1158 .............. Senate amendment to DHS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act of
2019 [Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020].
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H.R. 1865 .............. Senate amendment to National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative Coin
Act [Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020].
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............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 12/16/2019 Morelle/Cole
............................... Previous question agreed to 220–192 .................................................................... 12/17/2019
............................... Rule adopted record vote 219–189 ......................................................................... 12/17/2019
H. Res. 767, H. Rept. 116–355 H. Res. 755 ........... Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes
and misdemeanors..
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Rule Bill Title and Floor Action Date Managers
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 12/17/2019 McGovern/Cole
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............................... Previous question agreed to 229–197 .................................................................... 12/18/2019
............................... Rule adopted record vote 228–197 ......................................................................... 12/18/2019
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H. Res. 772, H. Rept. 116–357 H.R. 5377 .............. Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act .............................................
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 12/19/2019 Torres/Cole
............................... Previous question agreed to 227–195 .................................................................... 12/19/2019
............................... Rule adopted record vote 227–196 ......................................................................... 12/19/2019
H. Res. 779, H. Rept. 116–366 H.R. 535 ................ PFAS Action Act of 2019 .........................................................................................
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 1/7/2020 Scanlon/Lesko
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............................... Previous question agreed to 225–193 .................................................................... 1/8/2020
............................... Rule adopted record vote 217–199 ......................................................................... 1/8/2020
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H. Res. 781, H. Rept. 116–371 H. Con. Res. 83 .... Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution
to terminate the use of United States Armed Forces to engage in hostilities
in or against Iran. 106
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 1/8/2020 McGovern/Burgess
Sfmt 6602 ............................... Previous question agreed to 227–191 .................................................................... 1/9/2020
............................... Rule adopted record vote 226–193 ......................................................................... 1/9/2020
H. Res. 790, H. Rept. 116–377 H.R. 1230 .............. Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act .............................................
H.J. Res. 76 .......... Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United
States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating
to ‘‘Borrower Defense Institutional Accountability’’.
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 1/13/2020 DeSaulnier/Burgess
............................... Previous question agreed to 226–191 .................................................................... 1/14/2020
............................... Rule adopted record vote 216–200 ......................................................................... 1/14/2020
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H. Res. 811, H. Rept. 116–383 H.R. 3621 .............. Student Borrower Credit Improvement Act [Comprehensive CREDIT Act of 2020]
H.R. 550 ................ Senate amendment to Merchant Mariners of World War II Congressional Gold
Medal Act of 2019 [No War Against Iran Act; To repeal the Authorization for
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............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 1/27/2020 Raskin/Woodall
............................... Previous question agreed to 227–184 .................................................................... 1/28/2020
............................... Rule adopted record vote 223–189 ......................................................................... 1/28/2020
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H. Res. 833, H. Rept. 116–392 H. Res. 826 ........... Expressing disapproval of the Trump administration’s harmful actions towards
Medicaid.
H.R. 2474 .............. Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019 ........................................................
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aster Tax Relief Act, 2020.
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 2/5/2020 DeSaulnier/Burgess
............................... Previous question agreed to 224–194 .................................................................... 2/6/2020
PO 00000 ............................... Rule adopted record vote 220–194 ......................................................................... 2/6/2020
H. Res. 844, H. Rept. 116–395 H.R. 2546 .............. Colorado Wilderness Act of 2019 [Protecting America’s Wilderness Act] ..............
H.J. Res. 79 .......... Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment. .......
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 2/10/2020 Scanlon/Lesko
Frm 00111 ............................... Previous question agreed to 222–186 .................................................................... 2/11/2020
............................... Rule adopted record vote 222–185 ......................................................................... 2/11/2020
H. Res. 866, H. Rept. 116–409 H.R. 2339 .............. Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2019 [Protecting American Lungs
and Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2020].
Fmt 6659 ............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 2/26/2020 Shalala/Burgess
............................... Previous question agreed to 224–189 .................................................................... 2/27/2020
............................... Rule adopted record vote 210–200 ......................................................................... 2/27/2020
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H. Res. 877, H. Rept. 116–411 H.R. 1140 .............. Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2020 ........................................
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............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 3/2/2020 Scanlon/Lesko
............................... Previous question agreed to 219–194 .................................................................... 3/4/2020
............................... Rule adopted record vote 220–192 ......................................................................... 3/4/2020
H. Res. 891, H. Rept. 116–415 S.J. Res. 68 ........... To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities against
the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
H.R. 2486 .............. Senate amendment(s) to FUTURE Act [NO BAN Act; Access to Counsel Act of
2020].
H.R. 6172 .............. USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020 ...........................................................
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............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 3/10/2020 McGovern/Lesko
............................... Previous question agreed to 226–186 .................................................................... 3/11/2020
............................... Rule adopted record vote 223–188 ......................................................................... 3/11/2020
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H. Res. 938, H. Rept. 116–419 H. Res. 935 ........... Establishing a Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis as a select in-
vestigative subcommittee of the Committee on Oversight and Reform.
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 4/23/2020 McGovern/Cole
............................... Rule adopted record vote 212–182 ......................................................................... 4/23/2020
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H. Res. 967, H. Rept. 116–421 H. Res. 965 ........... Authorizing remote voting by proxy in the House of Representatives and pro-
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emergency due to a novel coronavirus, and for other purposes.
H.R. 6800 .............. The Heroes Act .........................................................................................................
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............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 5/14/2020 McGovern/Cole
............................... Previous question agreed to 219–182 .................................................................... 5/15/2020
............................... Rule adopted record vote 207–199 ......................................................................... 5/15/2020
H. Res. 981, H. Rept. 116–426 H.R. 6172 .............. Senate amendments to USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020 ....................
Frm 00112 ............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 5/27/2020 McGovern/Woodall
............................... Previous question agreed to 232–182 .................................................................... 5/27/2020
............................... Rule adopted record vote 228–189 ......................................................................... 5/27/2020
H. Res. 1017, H. Rept. 116–436 H.R. 51 .................. Washington, D.C. Admission Act .............................................................................
Fmt 6659 H.R. 1425 .............. State Health Care Premium Reduction Act [Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Enhancement Act].
H.R. 5332 .............. Protecting Your Credit Score Act of 2019 ............................................................... 108
H.R. 7120 .............. George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020 .........................................................
Sfmt 6602 H.R. 7301 .............. Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act of 2020 ........................................
H.J. Res. 90 .......... Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United
States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency relating to ‘‘Community Reinvestment Act Regulations’’’.
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 6/24/2020 Hastings/Woodall
............................... Previous question agreed to 231–176 .................................................................... 6/25/2020
............................... Rule adopted record vote 230–180 ......................................................................... 6/25/2020
H. Res. 1028, H. Rept. 116–438 H.R. 2 .................... INVEST in America Act [Moving Forward Act] .........................................................
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 6/29/2020 Morelle/Woodall
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............................... Previous question agreed to 230–180 .................................................................... 6/30/2020
............................... Rule adopted record vote 222–183 ......................................................................... 6/30/2020
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H. Res. 1053, H. Rept. 116–457 H.R. 6395 .............. William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2021.
H.R. 7027 .............. Child Care Is Essential Act .....................................................................................
H.R. 7327 .............. Child Care for Economic Recovery Act ....................................................................
H.R. 1957 .............. Senate amendments to Great American Outdoors Act ...........................................
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............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 7/20/2020 Perlmutter/Woodall
............................... Previous question agreed to 220–162 .................................................................... 7/20/2020
............................... Rule adopted record vote 224–166 ......................................................................... 7/20/2020
Jkt 043187 H. Res. 1060, H. Rept. 116–459 H.R. 7608 .............. State, Foreign Operations, Agriculture, Rural Development, Interior, Environment,
Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2021.
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 7/22/2020 Shalala/Burgess
............................... Previous question agreed to 230–189 .................................................................... 7/23/2020
............................... Rule adopted record vote 230–188 ......................................................................... 7/23/2020
H. Res. 1067, H. Rept. 116–461 H.R. 7617 .............. Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water Development, Financial
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Services and General Government, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and
Human Services, Education, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development
Appropriations Act, 2021.
Frm 00113 ............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 7/29/2020 McGovern/Cole
............................... Previous question agreed to 230–181 .................................................................... 7/29/2020
............................... Rule adopted record vote 229–182 ......................................................................... 7/29/2020
H. Res. 1092, H. Rept. 116–480 H.R. 8015 .............. Delivering for America Act .......................................................................................
Fmt 6659 ............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 8/22/2020 McGovern/Woodall
............................... Previous question agreed to 230–171 .................................................................... 8/22/2020
............................... Rule adopted record vote 230–171 ......................................................................... 8/22/2020 109
H. Res. 1107, H. Rept. 116–502 H.R. 2639 .............. Strength in Diversity Act of 2020 ...........................................................................
Sfmt 6602 H.R. 2694 .............. Pregnant Workers Fairness Act ................................................................................
H.R. 2574 .............. Equity and Inclusion Enforcement Act of 2019 ......................................................
H. Res. 908 ........... Condemning all forms of anti-Asian sentiment as related to COVID–19 ..............
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 9/14/2020 Scanlon/Woodall
............................... Previous question agreed to 219–170 .................................................................... 9/15/2020
............................... Rule adopted record vote 216–157 ......................................................................... 9/15/2020
H. Res. 1129, H. Rept. 116–528 H.R. 4447 .............. Expanding Access to Sustainable Energy Act of 2019 [Clean Economy Jobs and
Innovation Act].
H.R. 6270 .............. Uyghur Forced Labor Disclosure Act of 2020 ..........................................................
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H.R. 8319 .............. Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act ............................
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 9/21/2020 McGovern/Lesko
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............................... Previous question agreed to 231–190 .................................................................... 9/23/2020
............................... Rule adopted record vote 229–187 ......................................................................... 9/23/2020
H. Res. 1161, H. Rept. 116–556 H.R. 925 ................ Senate amendments to America’s Conservation Enhancement Act [The Heroes
Act].
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 9/30/2020 McGovern/Cole
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Rule Bill Title and Floor Action Date Managers
............................... Previous question agreed to 229–185 .................................................................... 9/30/2020
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H. Res. 1164, H. Rept. 116–557 H. Res. 1153 ......... Condemning unwanted, unnecessary medical procedures on individuals without
PO 00000 their full, informed consent.
H. Res. 1154 ......... Condemning QAnon and rejecting the conspiracy theories it promotes. ...............
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 9/30/2020 Scanlon/Lesko
............................... Previous question agreed to 226–187 .................................................................... 10/1/2020
Frm 00114 ............................... Rule adopted record vote 226–186 ......................................................................... 10/1/2020
H. Res. 1224, H. Rept. 116–593 H.R. 8294 .............. National Apprenticeship Act of 2020 ......................................................................
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 11/17/2020 Morelle/Woodall
............................... Previous question agreed to 227–169 .................................................................... 11/19/2020
Fmt 6659 ............................... Rule adopted record vote 229–170 ......................................................................... 11/19/2020
H. Res. 1244, H. Rept. 116–607 H.R. 3884 .............. Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2019 [MORE Act 110
of 2020].
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 12/2/2020 McGovern/Woodall
............................... Previous question agreed to 225–160 .................................................................... 12/3/2020
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............................... Rule adopted record vote 225–160 ......................................................................... 12/3/2020
H. Res. 1271, H. Rept. 116–679 H.R. 133 ................ Senate amendment to United States-Mexico Economic Partnership Act [Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2021].
............................... Reported from Rules ................................................................................................ 12/21/2020 Shalala/Cole
............................... Rule adopted record vote 227–180 ......................................................................... 12/21/2020
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The Committee was not discharged from the consideration of any resolution.
D. Table 4.—Resolutions Laid on the Table
No resolutions reported by the Committee were laid on the table.
E. Table 5.—Resolutions Amended
Resolution Measure Title
H. Res. 466 .. .............................. Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R.
3401) making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes.
H. Res. 476 .. .............................. Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2500) to authorize appro-
priations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the Depart-
ment of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes,
and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.
Table 6a.—List of Original Jurisdiction Referrals—House Resolutions
H. Res. 14 ......... Representative Allred of Texas, January 3, 2019. A resolution authorizing the Speaker, on
behalf of the House of Representatives, to intervene, otherwise appear, or take any
other steps in the case of Texas v. United States, and in any appellate proceedings
arising from such case, and for other purposes.
H. Res. 20 ......... Representative Wittman of Virginia, January 3, 2019. A resolution amending the Rules of
the House of Representatives to prohibit the consideration of a concurrent resolution
to provide for a recess of the House after July 31 of any year unless the House has
approved each regular appropriation bill for the next fiscal year.
H. Res. 102 ....... Representative Scalise of Louisiana, February 6, 2019. A resolution providing for the con-
sideration of the bill (H.R. 962) to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a
health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case
of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion.
H. Res. 110 ....... Representative Johnson of Louisiana, February 7, 2019. A resolution amending the Rules
of the House of Representatives to require a specific oath be administered to any wit-
ness appearing before a committee.
H. Res. 132 ....... Representative Hice of Georgia, February 14, 2019. A resolution providing for the consid-
eration of the resolution (H. Res. 109) recognizing the duty of the Federal Government
to create a Green New Deal.
H. Res. 239 ....... Representative Richmond of Louisiana, March 14, 2019. A resolution amending the Rules
of the House of Representatives to remove the motion to recommit.
H. Res. 257 ....... Representative Tlaib of Michigan, March 27, 2019. A resolution inquiring whether the
House of Representatives should impeach Donald John Trump, President of the United
States of America.
H. Res. 293 ....... Representative Yarmuth of Kentucky, April 8, 2019. A resolution providing for budget en-
forcement for fiscal year 2020.
H. Res. 304 ....... Representative Green of Tennessee, April 10, 2019. A resolution raising a question of the
privileges of the House.
H. Res. 314 ....... Representative Zeldin of New York, April 10, 2019. A resolution providing for the consid-
eration of the bill (H.R. 336) to make improvements to certain defense and security
assistance provisions and to authorize the appropriation of funds to Israel, to reau-
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Table 6a.—List of Original Jurisdiction Referrals—House Resolutions—Continued
H. Res. 348 ....... Representative Zeldin of New York, May 2, 2019. A resolution providing for the consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 336) to make improvements to certain defense and security as-
sistance provisions and to authorize the appropriation of funds to Israel, to reauthor-
ize the United States-Jordan Defense Cooperation Act of 2015, and to halt the whole-
sale slaughter of the Syrian people, and for other purposes.
H. Res. 355 ....... Representative Rice of New York, May 7, 2019. A resolution amending the Rules of the
House of Representatives to direct the Chief Administrative Officer to carry out an an-
nual information security training program for Members, officers, and employees of
the House.
H. Res. 396 ....... Representative Jackson Lee of Texas, May 22, 2019. A resolution authorizing and direct-
ing the Committee on the Judiciary to investigate whether sufficient grounds exist for
the House of Representatives to exercise the power vested by article 1, section 2,
clause 5 of the Constitution in respect to acts of misconduct by Donald John Trump,
President of the United States.
H. Res. 430 ....... Representative McGovern of Massachusetts, June 6, 2019. A resolution authorizing the
Committee on the Judiciary to initiate or intervene in judicial proceedings to enforce
certain subpoenas and for other purposes.
H. Res. 477 ....... Representative Brady of Texas, July 9, 2019. A resolution requiring that the House au-
thorize any judicial proceeding on behalf of any committee.
H. Res. 507 ....... Representative Raskin of Maryland, July 23, 2019. A resolution affirming the validity of
subpoenas duly issued and investigations undertaken by any standing or permanent
select committee of the House of Representatives pursuant to authorities delegated by
the Constitution and the Rules of the House of Representatives.
H. Res. 526 ....... Representative Kilmer of Washington, July 25, 2019. A resolution amending the Rules of
the House of Representatives to implement the first set of recommendations adopted
by the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress.
H. Res. 560 ....... Representative Pressley of Massachusetts, September 17, 2019. A resolution inquiring
whether the House of Representatives should impeach Brett M. Kavanaugh, an Asso-
ciate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States of America.
H. Res. 620 ....... Representative Abraham of Louisiana, October 8, 2019. A resolution in the Matter of
Nancy Pelosi.
H. Res. 631 ....... Representative Byrne of Alabama, October 15, 2019. A resolution directing the Committee
on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Com-
mittee on Financial Services to begin investigations regarding certain business deal-
ings of Robert Hunter Biden during the period in which Joseph R. Biden, Jr. served as
Vice President of the United States; whether those business dealings resulted in im-
proper conflicts of interests; and whether Robert Hunter Biden’s work affected United
States foreign policy or a foreign government or foreign entity’s response thereto.
H. Res. 633 ....... Representative Brooks of Alabama, October 16, 2019. A resolution requiring that all im-
peachment inquiry related hearings, witness interviews and communications, docu-
ment productions and examinations, proceedings, and other related work shall be
done in an open setting and in public view.
H. Res. 634 ....... Representative Collins of Georgia, October 16, 2019. A resolution providing for the con-
sideration of the bill (S. 820) to strengthen programs authorized under the Debbie
Smith Act of 2004.
H. Res. 639 ....... Representative Scalise of Louisiana, October 18, 2019. A resolution requiring that all
Members have non-participatory access to committee proceedings related to matters
referred to by the Speaker in her announcement of September 24, 2019.
H. Res. 657 ....... Representative Burchett of Tennessee, October 28, 2019. A resolution amending the
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Rules of the House of Representatives to require all transcripts and recordings sub-
mitted during a closed hearing of a committee be made available to all Members on
the same schedule and basis.
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Table 6a.—List of Original Jurisdiction Referrals—House Resolutions—Continued
H. Res. 660 ....... Representative McGovern of Massachusetts, October 29, 2019. A resolution directing cer-
tain committees to continue their ongoing investigations as part of the existing House
of Representatives inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Rep-
resentatives to exercise its Constitutional power to impeach Donald John Trump, Presi-
dent of the United States of America, and for other purposes.
H. Res. 667 ....... Representative Rose of Tennessee, October 30, 2019. A resolution providing for bipartisan
subpoena authority during the 116th Congress.
H. Res. 668 ....... Representative Cole of Oklahoma, October 31, 2019. A resolution providing for consider-
ation of the resolution (H. Res. 660) directing certain committees to continue their on-
going investigations as part of the existing House of Representatives inquiry into
whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its Con-
stitutional power to impeach Donald John Trump, President of the United States of
America, and for other purposes.
H. Res. 685 ....... Representative Norton of the District of Columbia, November 8, 2019. A resolution recog-
nizing the service of all District of Columbia veterans, condemning the denial of vot-
ing rights in Congress and full equality as American citizens for veterans and their
families who are District of Columbia residents, and calling for statehood for the Dis-
trict of Columbia through the passage of H.R. 51, particularly in light of the service
of District of Columbia veterans in every American war.
H. Res. 736 ....... Representative Higgins of Louisiana, December 3, 2019. A resolution amending the Rules
of the House of Representatives to prohibit Members from voting ‘‘present’’ on any
question on which a record vote is taken.
H. Res. 744 ....... Representative Smith of Missouri, December 5, 2019. A resolution expressing the sense
of the House of Representatives that the Senate should amend its rules to require a
sitting United States Senator actively seeking election to the Presidency of the United
States to recuse himself or herself from the impeachment trial of an incumbent Presi-
dent of the United States who is serving his or her first term in office.
H. Res. 761 ....... Representative Lofgren of California, December 11, 2019. A resolution permitting individ-
uals to be admitted to the Hall of the House in order to obtain footage of the House
in session for inclusion in the orientation film to be shown to visitors at the Capitol
Visitor Center.
H. Res. 780 ....... Representative Meadows of North Carolina, January 8, 2020. A resolution expressing the
sense of the House of Representatives that upon adoption by the House, the Speaker
of the House is required to transmit without delay articles of impeachment to the
Senate and must do so immediately.
H. Res. 788 ....... Representative Griffith of Virginia, January 10, 2020. A resolution expressing the sense of
Congress that the Office of the Speaker of the House is vacant.
H. Res. 821 ....... Representative Cicilline of Rhode Island, January 30, 2020. A resolution amending the
Rules of the House of Representatives to establish a Permanent Select Committee on
Aging.
H. Res. 842 ....... Representative Raskin of Maryland, February 10, 2020. A resolution requiring an affirma-
tive vote of a majority of the Members present and voting, a quorum being present,
on final passage of House Joint Resolution 79.
H. Res. 890 ....... Representative Swalwell of California, March 9, 2020. A resolution amending the Rules of
the House of Representatives to permit absent Members to participate in committee
hearings using video conferencing and related technologies and to establish a remote
voting system under which absent Members may cast votes in the House on motions
to suspend the rules.
H. Res. 935 ....... Representative McGovern of Massachusetts, April 22, 2020. A resolution establishing a
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Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis as a select investigative subcommittee
of the Committee on Oversight and Reform.
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Table 6a.—List of Original Jurisdiction Referrals—House Resolutions—Continued
H. Res. 964 ....... Representative Correa of California, May 12, 2020. A resolution establishing a whistle-
blower hotline for purposes of reporting waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement of
taxpayer funds to the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis.
H. Res. 965 ....... Representative McGovern of Massachusetts, May 13, 2020. A resolution authorizing re-
mote voting by proxy in the House of Representatives and providing for official remote
committee proceedings during a public health emergency due to a novel coronavirus,
and for other purposes.
H. Res. 975 ....... Representative Haaland of New Mexico, May 22, 2020. A resolution expressing support for
a national day of mourning, a recurring moment of silence in the House of Represent-
atives, and a national memorial for American civilians killed by COVID–19.
H. Res. 976 ....... Representative Johnson of Ohio, May 22, 2020. A resolution authorizing and directing the
Committee on the Judiciary to inquire whether the House of Representatives should
impeach Emmet G. Sullivan, a judge of the United States District Court for the Dis-
trict of Columbia.
H. Res. 1029 ..... Representative Lieu of California, June 29, 2020. A resolution amending the Rules of the
House of Representatives with respect to the enforcement of committee subpoenas to
executive branch officials, and for other purposes.
H. Res. 1032 ..... Representative Cohen of Tennessee, June 30, 2020. A resolution instructing the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary to further its inquiry into the misconduct of William P. Barr,
Attorney General of the United States.
H. Res. 1065 ..... Representative Cartwright of Pennsylvania, July 24, 2020. A resolution amending the
Rules of the House of Representatives to require a reading of the names of members
of the Armed Forces who died in the previous month as a result of combat.
H. Res. 1086 ..... Representative Cline of Virginia, August 18, 2020. A resolution amending the Rules of
the House of Representatives to prohibit the consideration of legislation in the House
unless the text of the legislation which will be considered has been made publicly
available in electronic form for a mandatory minimum review period.
H. Res. 1116 ..... Representative Herrera Beutler of Washington, September 16, 2020. A resolution pro-
viding for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7664) to permit the Administrator of the
Small Business Administration to deem certain nonprofit organizations serving devel-
opmentally disabled individuals as eligible to participate in the paycheck protection
program, and for other purposes.
H. Res. 1184 ..... Representative Burchett of Tennessee, October 9, 2020. A resolution amending the Rules
of the House of Representatives to require the Clerk to read the Congressional Budget
Office cost estimate of any bill immediately after the reading of the title of the bill.
H. Res. 1210 ..... Representative Norton of the District of Columbia, November 5, 2020. A resolution recog-
nizing the service of all District of Columbia veterans, condemning the denial of vot-
ing representation in Congress and full local self-government for veterans and their
families who are District of Columbia residents, and calling for statehood for the Dis-
trict of Columbia through the enactment of H.R. 51, particularly in light of the service
of District of Columbia veterans in every American war.
Table 6b.—List of Original Jurisdiction Referrals—House Bills
H.R. 51 .............. Representative Norton of the District of Columbia, January 3, 2019. A bill to provide for
the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union.
H.R. 83 .............. Representative Biggs of Arizona, January 3, 2019. A bill to repeal the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of
2010.
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H.R. 87 .............. Representative Biggs of Arizona, January 3, 2019. A bill to amend chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, to provide for en bloc consideration in resolutions of disapproval
for ‘‘midnight rules’’, and for other purposes.
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Table 6b.—List of Original Jurisdiction Referrals—House Bills—Continued
H.R. 185 ............ Representative King of Iowa, January 3, 2019. A bill to repeal the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.
H.R. 199 ............ Representative Norman of South Carolina, January 3, 2019. A bill to terminate certain
lifetime benefits provided to former Members of Congress, and for other purposes.
H.R. 242 ............ Representative Jayapal of Washington, January 4, 2019. A bill to repeal the Statutory
Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.
H.R. 289 ............ Representative Cole of Oklahoma, January 8, 2019. A bill to establish the Commission on
Long Term Social Security Solvency, and for other purposes.
H.R. 298 ............ Representative Gianforte of Montana, January 8, 2019. A bill to reduce a portion of the
annual pay of Members of Congress for the failure to adopt a concurrent resolution on
the budget which does not provide for a balanced budget, and for other purposes.
H.R. 300 ............ Representative Foxx of North Carolina, January 8, 2019. A bill to provide for additional
safeguards with respect to imposing Federal mandates, and for other purposes.
H.R. 332 ............ Representative Lieu of California, January 8, 2019. A bill to modify the expedited proce-
dures in the House of Representatives under section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act
with respect to consideration of joint resolutions prohibiting proposed sales of defense
articles or services, prohibiting proposed licenses for exports of defense articles or
services, and prohibiting approval of United States commercial technical assistance or
manufacturing licensing agreements.
H.R. 394 ............ Representative Meng of New York, January 9, 2019. A bill to protect, improve, and mod-
ernize the act of voting.
H.R. 577 ............ Representative Schneider of Illinois, January 15, 2019. A bill to provide that a former
Member of Congress receiving compensation as a lobbyist shall be ineligible to re-
ceive certain Federal retirement benefits or to use certain congressional benefits and
services, to require each Member of Congress to post on the Member’s official public
website a hyperlink to the most recent annual financial disclosure report filed by the
Member under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, to prohibit the use of appro-
priated funds to pay for the costs of travel by the spouse of a Member of Congress
who accompanies the Member on official travel, to restrict the use of travel pro-
motional awards by Members of Congress who receive such awards in connection with
official air travel, and for other purposes.
H.R. 638 ............ Representative Cloud of Texas, January 17, 2019. A bill to amend the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 to provide that any estimate prepared by the Congressional Budg-
et Office or the Joint Committee on Taxation shall include costs relating to servicing
the public debt, and for other purposes.
H.R. 723 ............ Representative Davidson of Ohio, January 23, 2019. A bill to provide for congressional re-
view of the imposition of duties and other trade measures by the executive branch,
and for other purposes.
H.R. 735 ............ Representative Norton of the District of Columbia, January 23, 2019. A bill to amend the
District of Columbia Home Rule Act to eliminate Congressional review of newly passed
District laws.
H.R. 764 ............ Representative Duffy of Wisconsin, January 24, 2019. A bill to authorize the President to
take certain actions relating to reciprocal trade, and for other purposes.
H.R. 765 ............ Representative Gallagher of Wisconsin, January 24, 2019. A bill to prohibit congressional
recesses until Congress adopts a concurrent resolution on the budget that results in a
balanced Federal budget by the last fiscal year covered by such resolution, to estab-
lish a 5-year ban on individuals appointed to Executive Schedule positions and Mem-
bers of Congress engaging in lobbying activities at the Federal level, to provide for
the termination of further retirement coverage for Members of Congress under the
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Table 6b.—List of Original Jurisdiction Referrals—House Bills—Continued
H.R. 834 ............ Representative Houlahan of Pennsylvania, January 29, 2019. A bill to amend title 31,
United States Code, to provide for automatic continuing appropriations, to prohibit the
use of funds for the official travel of Members of Congress and executive branch em-
ployees and other activities during any period in which such automatic continuing ap-
propriations are in effect, to withhold the pay of Members of Congress during any pe-
riod in which such automatic continuing appropriations are in effect, and for other
purposes.
H.R. 841 ............ Representative Davidson of Ohio, January 29, 2019. A bill to establish the People-Cen-
tered Assistance Reform Effort Commission, to improve the social safety net and in-
crease social mobility by increasing access to resources which address the underlying
causes of poverty.
H.R. 850 ............ Representative Palmer of Alabama, January 29, 2019. A bill to require the appropriation
of funds to use a fee, fine, penalty, or proceeds from a settlement received by a Fed-
eral agency, and for other purposes.
H.R. 903 ............ Representative King of Iowa, January 30, 2019. A bill to amend chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, to provide for Congressional oversight of agency rulemaking, and
for other purposes.
H.R. 940 ............ Representative Gallagher of Wisconsin, January 31, 2019. A bill to amend the Trade Ex-
pansion Act of 1962 to impose limitations on the authority of the President to adjust
imports that are determined to threaten to impair national security, and for other pur-
poses.
H.R. 1008 .......... Representative Kind of Wisconsin, February 6, 2019. A bill to amend section 232 of the
Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to require the Secretary of Defense to initiate investiga-
tions and to provide for congressional disapproval of certain actions, and for other
purposes.
H.R. 1040 .......... Representative Burgess of Texas, February 7, 2019. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 to provide taxpayers a flat tax alternative to the current income tax sys-
tem.
H.R. 1059 .......... Representative Arrington of Texas, February 7, 2019. A bill to ensure timely completion of
the concurrent resolution on the budget and regular appropriation bills, and for other
purposes.
H.R. 1180 .......... Representative Beyer of Virginia, February 13, 2019. A bill to provide for a period of con-
tinuing appropriations in the event of a lapse in appropriations under the normal ap-
propriations process, and to prohibit consideration of other matters in the House of
Representatives if appropriations are not enacted.
H.R. 1193 .......... Representative Himes of Connecticut, February 13, 2019. A bill to prohibit funds avail-
able for the United States Armed Forces to be obligated or expended for introduction
of United States Armed Forces into hostilities, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1205 .......... Representative Murphy of Florida, February 13, 2019. A bill to amend the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 to prohibit an adjournment for a period of more than 12 hours in
the event of a lapse in appropriations.
H.R. 1283 .......... Representative Ryan of Ohio, February 14, 2019. A bill to establish a nonpartisan com-
mission on immigration reform and border security.
H.R. 1332 .......... Representative Westerman of Arkansas, February 25, 2019. A bill to address the high
costs of health care services, prescription drugs, and health insurance coverage in the
United States, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1384 .......... Representative Jayapal of Washington, February 27, 2019. A bill to establish an improved
Medicare for All national health insurance program.
H.R. 1401 .......... Representative Cole of Oklahoma, February 27, 2019. A bill to establish the Commission
on Long-Term Social Security Solvency, and for other purposes.
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H.R. 1464 .......... Representative O’Halleran of Arizona, February 28, 2019. A bill to enact House Resolution
895, One Hundred Tenth Congress, (establishing the Office of Congressional Ethics)
into permanent law.
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Table 6b.—List of Original Jurisdiction Referrals—House Bills—Continued
H.R. 1465 .......... Representative O’Halleran of Arizona, February 28, 2019. A bill to require the Speaker of
the House of Representatives to convene a session of the House on each day in which
a Government shutdown is in effect, to prohibit the use of funds for the official travel
of Members of the House of Representatives during any period in which a Government
shutdown is in effect, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1536 .......... Representative Mitchell of Michigan, March 5, 2019. A bill to modify the congressional
budget and appropriations process to provide fiscal stability for the United States,
and for other purposes.
H.R. 1720 .......... Representative Biggs of Arizona, March 13, 2019. A bill to amend the National Emer-
gencies Act to provide that a national emergency declared by the President terminates
30 days after the declaration unless a joint resolution affirming such declaration is
enacted into law, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1755 .......... Representative Roy of Texas, March 14, 2019. A bill to provide for congressional approval
of national emergency declarations, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1843 .......... Representative Gallagher of Wisconsin, March 21, 2019. A bill to amend the National
Emergencies Act to provide that a national emergency declared by the President ter-
minates 60 days after the President reprograms or transfers an amount in excess of
$250,000,000 for use in response to such emergency, unless a joint resolution affirm-
ing such declaration is enacted into law.
H.R. 1853 .......... Representative Norton of the District of Columbia, March 21, 2019. A bill to amend the
District of Columbia Home Rule Act to provide for the automatic appointment of
judges to the District of Columbia courts without the advice and consent of the Sen-
ate, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2021 .......... Representative Yarmuth of Kentucky, April 2, 2019. A bill to amend the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and to establish a congressional budget
for fiscal year 2020.
H.R. 2388 .......... Representative Mast of Florida, April 29, 2019. A bill to amend the Uniform Code of Mili-
tary Justice to eliminate the statute of limitations for child abuse offenses, and for
other purposes.
H.R. 2505 .......... Representative McMorris Rodgers of Washington, May 2, 2019. A bill to provide for a re-
authorizing schedule for unauthorized Federal programs, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2536 .......... Representative Flores of Texas, May 7, 2019. A bill to repeal the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Edu-
cation Reconciliation Act of 2010, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2699 .......... Representative McNerney of California, May 14, 2019. A bill to amend the Nuclear Waste
Policy Act of 1982, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2996 .......... Representative Lewis of Georgia, May 23, 2019. A bill to amend the Bipartisan Congres-
sional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 with respect to the protection of
human rights and labor standards, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3217 .......... Representative Walker of North Carolina, June 11, 2019. A bill to require Congress to
budget in advance for disasters and for other purposes.
H.R. 3269 .......... Representative Gottheimer of New Jersey, June 13, 2019. A bill to establish an inde-
pendent advisory committee to review certain regulations, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3419 .......... Representative Craig of Minnesota, June 21, 2019. A bill to amend title 18, United States
Code, to prohibit former Members and elected officers of Congress from lobbying Con-
gress at any time after leaving office, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3477 .......... Representative Murphy of Florida, June 25, 2019. A bill to limit the authority of the
President to modify duty rates for national security reasons and to limit the authority
of the United States Trade Representative to impose certain duties or import restric-
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H.R. 3660 .......... Representative Trahan of Massachusetts, July 9, 2019. A bill to direct the Secretary of
Homeland Security and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to notify Congress
of each foreign national who dies in the custody of the Secretary, and for other pur-
poses.
H.R. 3673 .......... Representative Cunningham of South Carolina, July 10, 2019. A bill to require congres-
sional approval of certain trade remedies, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3759 .......... Representative Gallagher of Wisconsin, July 15, 2019. A bill to prohibit United States
persons from dealing in certain information and communications technology or serv-
ices from foreign adversaries and to require the approval of Congress to terminate
certain export controls in effect with respect to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., and for
other purposes.
H.R. 3877 .......... Representative Yarmuth of Kentucky, July 23, 2019. A bill to amend the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, to establish a congressional budget for
fiscal years 2020 and 2021, to temporarily suspend the debt limit, and for other pur-
poses.
H.R. 3908 .......... Representative Kinzinger of Illinois, July 23, 2019. A bill to increase the long-term fiscal
accountability of direct spending legislation.
H.R. 3930 .......... Representative Brady of Texas, July 24, 2019. A bill to cap noninterest Federal spending
as a percentage of potential GDP to right-size the Government, grow the economy, and
balance the budget.
H.R. 3966 .......... Representative Lipinski of Illinois, July 25, 2019. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 to reduce social security payroll taxes and to reduce the reliance of the
United States economy on carbon-based energy sources, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3972 .......... Representative Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin, July 25, 2019. A bill to amend chapter 8 of
title 5, United States Code, to provide that major rules of the executive branch shall
have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law.
H.R. 3979 .......... Representative Meuser of Pennsylvania, July 25, 2019. A bill to amend the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 to provide that any estimate prepared by the Congressional Budg-
et Office or the Joint Committee on Taxation shall include costs relating to servicing
the public debt, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3982 .......... Representative Flores of Texas, July 25, 2019. A bill to amend the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 to provide for procedures for establishing discretionary spending limits,
and for other purposes.
H.R. 4035 .......... Representative Kilmer of Washington, July 25, 2019. A bill to prohibit the use of pre-
miums paid to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation as an offset for other Federal
spending.
H.R. 4071 .......... Representative Timmons of South Carolina, July 25, 2019. A bill to amend the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide that concurrent reso-
lutions on the budget include the recommended ratio of the public debt to the esti-
mated gross domestic product for each fiscal year covered by the resolution.
H.R. 4115 .......... Representative Johnson of Ohio, July 30, 2019. A bill to amend the Congressional Budget
and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to establish a point of order against long-term
direct spending, and for other purposes.
H.R. 4365 .......... Representative Meadows of North Carolina, September 17, 2019. A bill to require the
Comptroller General of the United States to analyze certain legislation in order to pre-
vent duplication of and overlap with existing Federal programs, offices, and initia-
tives.
H.R. 4376 .......... Representative Dunn of Florida, September 18, 2019. A bill to amend the Robert T. Staf-
ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to require Federal agencies im-
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the impact, and for other purposes.
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Table 6b.—List of Original Jurisdiction Referrals—House Bills—Continued
H.R. 4445 .......... Representative Gosar of Arizona, September 20, 2019. A bill to amend the District of Co-
lumbia Home Rule Act to provide for a uniform 60-day period for Congress to review
laws of the District of Columbia before such laws may take effect, to permit Congress
to use the authorities and procedures available under such Act for the consideration
and enactment of resolutions of disapproval of laws of the District of Columbia to
disapprove specific provisions of such laws, to clarify the expedited procedures avail-
able under such Act for the consideration of such resolutions of disapproval, and for
other purposes.
H.R. 4907 .......... Representative Gallagher of Wisconsin, October 29, 2019. A bill to save and strengthen
critical social contract programs of the Federal Government.
H.R. 4959 .......... Representative Hern of Oklahoma, October 31, 2019. A bill to amend the Congressional
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide for cost estimates of major
legislation.
H.R. 5055 .......... Representative Sherman of California, November 12, 2019. A bill to amend the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to prohibit the use of guarantee
fees as offsets.
H.R. 5083 .......... Representative Schweikert of Arizona, November 14, 2019. A bill to provide that, in the
event that the Secretary of the Treasury estimates that the debt ceiling will be
reached, the Secretary is required to issue GDP-linked bonds to pay the principal and
interest on the public debt and the President is authorized to request the rescission of
certain unobligated balances and sell certain mortgage-related assets, and for other
purposes.
H.R. 5150 .......... Representative Quigley of Illinois, November 18, 2019. A bill to amend the Ethics in Gov-
ernment Act of 1978, the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Lobbying Disclo-
sure Act of 1995, the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, the Duncan Hunter Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, the Financial Stability Act of 2010,
and the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to improve ac-
cess to information in the legislative and executive branches of the Government, and
for other purposes.
H.R. 5178 .......... Representative Burchett of Tennessee, November 19, 2019. A bill to amend the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 to provide for procedures to meet a target ratio of public
debt to gross domestic product, and for other purposes.
H.R. 5211 .......... Representative Case of Hawaii, November 21, 2019. A bill to establish a national com-
mission on fiscal responsibility and reform, and for other purposes.
H.R. 5220 .......... Representative Norman of South Carolina, November 21, 2019. A bill to amend the Con-
gressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide for a legislative
line-item veto to expedite consideration of rescissions, and cancellations of items of
new direct spending and limited tax benefits.
H.R. 5226 .......... Representative Cunningham of South Carolina, November 21, 2019. A bill to prohibit the
use of official funds for travel by Members of Congress during a fiscal year until each
of the regular appropriations bills for such fiscal year have been enacted into law,
and for other purposes.
H.R. 5400 .......... Representative Clarke of New York, December 11, 2019. A bill to establish the ‘‘Bio-
medical Innovation Fund’’, and for other purposes.
H.R. 5417 .......... Representative Gallagher of Wisconsin, December 12, 2019. A bill to amend the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act to add membership in a significant transnational criminal or-
ganization to the list of grounds of inadmissibility and to prohibit the provision of
material support or resources to such organizations.
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H.R. 5538 .......... Representative Byrne of Alabama, January 3, 2020. A bill to amend the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 to subject certain direct spending programs to annual appropria-
tions, and for other purposes.
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Table 6b.—List of Original Jurisdiction Referrals—House Bills—Continued
H.R. 5741 .......... Representative Sewell of Alabama, February 3, 2020. A bill to amend title XI of the So-
cial Security Act to clarify parameters for model testing and add accountability to
model expansion under the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, and for other
purposes.
H.R. 5803 .......... Representative Norton of District of Columbia, February 7, 2020. A bill to provide for the
admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union.
H.R. 5879 .......... Representative Omar of Minnesota, February 12, 2020. A bill to impose certain limits re-
lating to the national emergency authorities of the President, and for other purposes.
H.R. 6211 .......... Representative Norman of South Carolina, March 11, 2020. A bill to prohibit the consid-
eration in the House of Representatives of any legislation containing an earmark.
H.R. 6260 .......... Representative Roy of Texas, March 12, 2020. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act to provide for reciprocal marketing approval of certain drugs, bio-
logical products, and devices that are authorized to be lawfully marketed abroad, and
for other purposes.
H.R. 6318 .......... Representative Kelly of Illinois, March 23, 2020. A bill to expand economic opportunities,
improve community policing, and promote commonsense gun violence prevention in
underserved communities, and for other purposes.
H.R. 6628 .......... Representative Yarmuth of Kentucky, April 28, 2020. A bill to amend the Congressional
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to strengthen congressional control and
review, and for other purposes.
H.R. 6662 .......... Representative Brown of Maryland, May 1, 2020. A bill to authorize the Administrator of
the Federal Emergency Management Agency to become the sole owner and distributer
of certain medical equipment in the event of a covered emergency, to establish a
Joint Congressional Committee on Defense Production, and for other purposes.
H.R. 6774 .......... Representative McGovern of Massachusetts, May 8, 2020. A bill to amend title XVIII of
the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to con-
duct a demonstration program to assess the effects of a hospital providing to quali-
fied individuals medically tailored home-delivered meals, and for other purposes.
H.R. 6887 .......... Representative Curtis of Utah, May 15, 2020. A bill to amend the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to establish a disaster and emergency spending
financial offset program, and for other purposes.
H.R. 6996 .......... Representative Rouda of California, May 22, 2020. A bill to establish the Joint Select
Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Long-Term Economic Security.
H.R. 7083 .......... Representative Sherman of California, June 1, 2020. A bill to impose sanctions with re-
spect to foreign persons involved in the erosion of certain obligations of China with
respect to Hong Kong, and for other purposes.
H.R. 7135 .......... Representative Omar of Minnesota, June 8, 2020. A bill to amend the Insurrection Act to
curtail violations against the civil liberties of the people of the United States, and for
other purposes.
H.R. 7226 .......... Representative Spano of Florida, June 15, 2020. A bill to establish a Federal Agency Sun-
set Commission, and for other purposes.
H.R. 7332 .......... Representative Foxx of North Carolina, June 25, 2020. A bill to amend the Unfunded
Mandates Reform Act of 1995 to provide for regulatory impact analyses for certain
rules, and for other purposes.
H.R. 7438 .......... Representative Gosar of Arizona, July 1, 2020. A bill to amend section 719 of title 31,
United States Code, to require the Comptroller General of the United States to analyze
certain legislation in order to prevent duplication of and overlap with existing Federal
programs, offices, and initiatives, and for other purposes.
H.R. 7440 .......... Representative Sherman of California, July 1, 2020. A bill to impose sanctions with re-
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respect to Hong Kong, and for other purposes.
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Table 6b.—List of Original Jurisdiction Referrals—House Bills—Continued
H.R. 7512 .......... Representative Davis of California, July 9, 2020. A bill to rename the House Commission
on Congressional Mailing Standards as the House Communications Standards Com-
mission, to extend the authority of the Commission to regulate mass mailings of
Members and Members-elect of the House of Representatives to all unsolicited mass
communications of Members and Members-elect of the House, and for other purposes.
H.R. 7929 .......... Representative Foxx of North Carolina, August 4, 2020. A bill to establish a commission
to review certain regulatory obstacles to preparedness for, response to, and recovery
from the Coronavirus SARS–CoV–2 pandemic and other pandemics, and for other pur-
poses.
H.R. 8019 .......... Representative Ocasio-Cortez of New York, August 11, 2020. A bill to ensure climate and
environmental justice accountability, and for other purposes.
H.R. 8038 .......... Representative Foxx of North Carolina, August 14, 2020. A bill to establish a commission
to review certain regulatory obstacles to preparedness for, response to, and recovery
from the Coronavirus SARS–CoV–2 pandemic and other pandemics, and for other pur-
poses.
H.R. 8305 .......... Representative Murphy of Florida, September 17, 2020. A bill to provide that Members of
Congress shall not be paid if Congress has not approved a concurrent resolution on
the budget and passed the regular appropriations bills on a timely basis, to eliminate
automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress, to prohibit the use of funds pro-
vided for the official travel expenses of Members of Congress and other officers and
employees of the legislative branch for first-class airline accommodations, to estab-
lish a lifetime ban on lobbying by former Members of Congress, to prohibit the con-
sideration in the House of Representatives of measures lacking demonstrable bipar-
tisan support, to prohibit the consideration in the House of Representatives of any
legislation containing an earmark, and for other purposes.
H.R. 8342 .......... Representative Horsford of Nevada, September 22, 2020. A bill to require the approval of
Congress before explosive nuclear testing may be resumed.
H.R. 8352 .......... Representative Bass of California, September 23, 2020. A bill to advance black families
in the 21st Century.
H.R. 8363 .......... Representative Schiff of California, September 23, 2020. A bill to protect our democracy
by preventing abuses of presidential power, restoring checks and balances and ac-
countability and transparency in government, and defending elections against foreign
interference, and for other purposes.
H.R. 8463 .......... Representative Schneider of Illinois, September 30, 2020. A bill to deter foreign inter-
ference in United States elections, and for other purposes.
H.R. 8487 .......... Representative Hern of Oklahoma, October 1, 2020. A bill to prevent energy poverty in at-
risk communities, and for other purposes.
H.R. 8495 .......... Representative Sherman of California, October 1, 2020. A bill to prohibit United States
persons from engaging in transactions relating to Russian sovereign debt.
H.R. 8527 .......... Representative Westerman of Arkansas, October 2, 2020. A bill to address the high costs
of health care services, prescription drugs, and health insurance coverage in the
United States, and for other purposes.
H.R. 8548 .......... Representative Raskin of Maryland, October 9, 2020. A bill to establish the Commission
on Presidential Capacity to Discharge the Powers and Duties of the Office, and for
other purposes.
H.R. 8554 .......... Representative Cloud of Texas, October 9, 2020. A bill to establish the Federal Sunset
Commission.
H.R. 8610 .......... Representative Smith of New Jersey, October 16, 2020. A bill to withdraw normal trade
relations treatment from, and apply certain provisions of title IV of the Trade Act of
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1974 to, products of the People’s Republic of China, and to expand the eligibility re-
quirements for products of the People’s Republic of China to receive normal trade re-
lations treatment in the future, and for other purposes.
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H.R. 8659 .......... Representative Eshoo of California, October 23, 2020. A bill to amend the Communica-
tions Act of 1934 to provide for requirements for the exercise of the emergency powers
of the President under section 706 of such Act, and for other purposes.
H.R. 9029 .......... Representative Jayapal of Washington, December 18, 2020. A bill to improve the anti-
corruption and public integrity laws, and for other purposes.
H.R. 9041 .......... Representative Amash of Michigan, December 21, 2020. A bill to amend the National
Emergencies Act to provide for a sunset of a national emergency declared by the
President 2 days after the declaration unless Congress enacts a joint resolution af-
firming such declaration and the emergency powers approved for use by the President,
and for other purposes.
Table 6c.—List of Original Jurisdiction Referrals—House Concurrent Resolutions
H. Con. Res. 2 .. Representative Griffith of Virginia, January 3, 2019. A resolution establishing the Joint Ad
Hoc Committee on Trade Responsibilities to develop a plan under which the functions
and responsibilities of the Office of the United States Trade Representative shall be
moved to the legislative branch in accordance with article I, section 8 of the Con-
stitution of the United States, and for other purposes.
H. Con. Res. 54 Representative Steil of Wisconsin, July 24, 2019. A resolution establishing the Joint Se-
lect Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans.
H. Con. Res. 68 Representative Rice of New York, September 26, 2019. A resolution providing for a joint
hearing of the Committees on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the
Senate to receive a presentation from the Comptroller General of the United States re-
garding the audited financial statement of the executive branch.
H. Con. Res. 97 Representative Barr of Kentucky, April 17, 2020. A resolution establishing the Joint Select
Committee on the Events and Activities Surrounding China’s Handling of the 2019
Novel Coronavirus.
Table 6d.—List of Original Jurisdiction Referrals—House Joint Resolutions
H.J. Res. 41 ....... Representative Gallego of Arizona, February 4, 2019. A joint resolution requiring the ad-
vice and consent of the Senate or an Act of Congress to suspend, terminate, or with-
draw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty and authorizing related litiga-
tion, and for other purposes.
H.J. Res. 66 ....... Representative DeFazio of Oregon, June 19, 2019. A joint resolution to amend the War
Powers Resolution.
H.J. Res. 83 ....... Representative Brown of Maryland, January 24, 2020. A joint resolution to amend the War
Powers Resolution to improve requirements and limitations in connection with author-
izations for use of military force and narrowings and repeals of such authorizations,
and for other purposes.
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VIII. MINORITY VIEWS
It is with no pleasure that we pen these views. While we hoped
the Democratic Majority’s promise of transparency and fidelity to
regular order would come to fruition, we find ourselves in a situa-
tion where the 116th Congress could be described as little more
than a continual witch hunt against the Administration, with mere
lip-service paid to the needs of the American people, the integrity
of the institution, and the preservation of minority voices.
Democratic leadership never failed to miss an opportunity to pro-
tect their members from difficult votes, gloss over defective com-
mittee processes, and subvert the sanctity of the legislative process
to achieve their partisan agenda. We certainly acknowledge the
positive collaboration between the Chairman and Ranking Member
of the Committee on Rules related to the examination of Congress’s
Article I responsibility and opportunities to reassert our authority.
However, such collaboration did not manifest itself in any fulsome
legislative process for the discrete pieces of legislation considered
by the Committee. In fact, we find it difficult to identify examples
in which the Democratic Leadership allowed the Committee on
Rules to enhance the credibility of the institution and promote reg-
ular order and Member participation.
In the 116th Congress, Chairman McGovern described the Demo-
cratic rules package as one that would modernize Congress. Unfor-
tunately for this institution, these claims were practically meaning-
less.
Specifically, the Chairman claimed these rules would:
1. ‘‘Restore the legislative process by . . . establishing a real
72-hour rule so members of Congress have time to read the
major bills they’re voting on;’’
Instead of following this rule and allowing Members to fully read
and understand legislation in advance of passage, they waived this
rule 10 times.
2. ‘‘Create a consensus calendar to expedite consideration of
measures with broad bipartisan support;’’
Instead of allowing the consensus calendar to be used to move
legislation forward, the majority precluded consideration of con-
sensus calendar items the first chance they had.
3. ‘‘Require bills that go through the Rules Committee to
have a hearing and a markup before they go to the floor;’’
Our colleagues seemed to have replaced their resolve in this re-
gard with the newfound power of the gavel. Instead of following
this requirement, which would restore regular order to lawmaking
and allow Members on both sides to provide important input, they
ignored their own words 53 times.
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4. ‘‘Restore budget rules.’’
While we recognize the challenges of governing, especially in the
mist of a pandemic, Democrats failed to pass a budget in either
session of the 116th Congress and waived 71 Budget Act points of
order. Their dedication to restoring budget rules was clearly noth-
ing more than a farce.
While numbers alone do not fully capture the evolution of the
Committee on Rules into a rubberstamp for Speaker Pelosi’s prior-
ities, they do illustrate the areas in which the failure of Democratic
Leadership is unmistakable and unjustifiable.
In the all-too-rare-occasions where the Democratic Majority al-
lowed amendments to be considered on the floor of the House, they
prioritized amendments from their own members and blocked Re-
publican ideas from even being heard. This is in stark contrast to
the priority that the Republican Majority made to amplify minority
voices. In the 115th Congress, under Republican leadership, 45 per-
cent of all amendments made in order were Democratic amend-
ments. Compare that to the 116th Congress, where the Democratic
Majority only allowed a mere 18 percent of Republican amend-
ments to be considered. Not only do Democratic Members write the
bills that come before Rules Committee, but nearly two-thirds (63
percent) of all amendments made in order are their own! There is
no context in which such a stifling of minority voices is consistent
with the designs of this institution or in the best interest of the
American people we represent. How can we effectively represent
our constituents when their perspectives are blocked from the de-
bate by the Democratic Majority.
In their views to the Survey of Activities for the 115th Congress,
Democrats on the Rules Committee wrote:
‘‘More often than not, the Rules Committee sent to the floor leg-
islation under a completely closed process that blocked Republicans
and Democrats from offering their ideas to improve legislation and
address the needs of their constituents. Bad process leads to bad
policy, and this highly restrictive process has prevented debate and
progress on a number of issues that the American people care
about.’’
We agree. Our colleagues should carefully read their words and
use them as a guide for future decisions. If measured by their own
standard outlined above, the Democratic Majority failed miserably.
More often than not, Rules Committee Democrats sent legislation
to the floor under a completely closed process that blocked Repub-
licans and Democrats alike from offering their ideas. Our Demo-
cratic colleagues were correct—bad process leads to bad policy. And
the legislative record of the 116th Congress is abysmal on both
counts.
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We hope these views serve as both a condemnation of the actions
of the Committee in the 116th Congress, and a request to our
Democratic colleagues to reorient themselves with the merits of
regular order, the responsibility we have to govern, and govern
well, and the importance of allowing all voices in the legislative
process to be heard—even the ones with which they disagree.
TOM COLE.
ROB WOODALL.
MICHAEL C. BURGESS.
DEBBIE LESKO.
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