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H.Res. 5 · 119th Congress

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

Passed the HouseImmigration

Details

Sponsor
Michelle Fischbach (R)
Introduced
2025-01-03
Origin
House
Policy area
Congress
Latest action
2025-01-03 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Cosponsors
0

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Summary

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

CRS summary — Introduced in House (2025-01-03)

Recorded votes (3)

DateChamberQuestionYea–NayResult
2025-01-03HouseOn Ordering the Previous Question216–210Passed
2025-01-03HouseOn Motion to Commit with Instructions209–214Failed
2025-01-03HouseOn Agreeing to the Resolution215–209Passed

Senate counts are senators only; a Vice President tie-breaking vote is not included (e.g. 50–50, passed).