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118th Congress 1st Session H. Res.

__ H.R.

277 - Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2023 H.R.

288 - Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2023 H.R.

1615 - Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act H.R.

1640 - Save Our Gas Stoves Act 1.

Structured rule for H.R.

277.

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Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.

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Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their respective designees.

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Provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118-6 shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.

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Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.

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6.

Makes in order only those further amendments printed in part A of the Rules Committee report.
Each such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.

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7.

Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part A of the report.

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Provides one motion to recommit.

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Structured rule for H.R.

288.

10.

Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.

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Provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118-7 shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.

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Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
13.

Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their respective designees.

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Makes in order only the further amendment printed in part B of the Rules Committee report.
Each such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.

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Waives all points of order against the amendment printed in part B of the report.

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Provides one motion to recommit.


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Structured rule for H.R.

1615.

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Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.

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Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce or their respective designees.

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Provides that the bill shall be considered as read.

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Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill.

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22.

Makes in order only those further amendments printed in part C of the Rules Committee report.
Each such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.

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Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part C of the report.

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Provides one motion to recommit.

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Structured rule for H.R.

1640.

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Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.

27.

Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce or their respective designees.

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Provides that the bill shall be considered as read.

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29.

Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill.

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Makes in order only those further amendments printed in part D of the Rules Committee report.
Each such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.

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Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part D of the report.

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Provides one motion to recommit.

RESOLUTION Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of the bill (H.R.
277) 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.

The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with.

All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived.
General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their respective designees.

After general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule.
In lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118-6 shall be considered as adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole.

The bill, as amended, shall be considered as the original bill for the purpose of further amendment under the five-minute rule and shall be considered as read.
All points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived.

No further amendment to the bill, as amended, shall be in order except those printed in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution.
Each such further amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.

All points of order against such further amendments are waived.
At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill, as amended, to the House with such further amendments as may have been adopted.

The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any further amendment thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit.

Sec.

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Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R.
288) to amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify the nature of judicial review of agency interpretations of statutory and regulatory provisions.

All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived.

In lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118-7 shall be considered as adopted.
The bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.

All points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived.
The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any further amendment thereto, to final passage without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their respective designees; (2) the further amendment printed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, if offered by the Member designated in the report, which shall be in order without intervention of any point of order, shall be considered as read, shall be separately debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, and shall not be subject to a demand for a division of the question; and (3) one motion to recommit.
Sec.

3.

At any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of the bill (H.R.

1615) to prohibit the use of Federal funds to ban gas stoves.

The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with.

All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived.
General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce or their respective designees.

After general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule.

The bill shall be considered as read.

All points of order against provisions in the bill are waived.
No amendment to the bill shall be in order except those printed in part C of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution.
Each such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.

All points of order against such amendments are waived.
At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with such amendments as may have been adopted.

The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit.

Sec.

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Sec.

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At any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of the bill (H.R.

1640) to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing the proposed rule titled ‘‘Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Conventional Cooking Products’’, and for other purposes.
The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with.

All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived.

General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce or their respective designees.

After general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five- minute rule.

The bill shall be considered as read.


All points of order against provisions in the bill are waived.

No amendment to the bill shall be in order except those printed in part D of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution.
Each such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.

All points of order against such amendments are waived.
At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with such amendments as may have been adopted.

The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit.

SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS TO H.R.

277 IN PART A PROPOSED TO BE MADE IN ORDER (summaries derived from information provided by sponsors) Sponsor # Description 1.

Boebert (CO) 2.
Boebert (CO) 2.

Boebert (CO) 3.

Boebert (CO) 4.

Biggs (AZ) 5.

Cloud (TX) 6.

Clyde (GA) #25 (LATE) Revises the Comptroller General's Congressional Review Report to include an estimate of the effect on inflation.

#26 (LATE) Requires the Comptroller General to publish the GAO Study of Rules on its website.

#28 (LATE) Requires the Comptroller General's Congressional Review Report to also be made available to the Congressional committees of jurisdiction.
#2 Lowers the threshold for designation as a "major rule" to $50 million.

#22 (LATE) Closes a loophole created by Biden's EO on Modernizing Regulatory Review by clarifying that Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs must issue a finding for each rule determining whether the rule has a significant economic impact.
#10 Directs the Comptroller General, in consultation with the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, to make a determination on whether an agency action qualifies as a major rule under the definition of this act, if requested in writing by a member of Congress.

Codifies in statute existing procedures for the Comptroller General to make a determination on whether an agency action qualifies as a rule under the definition of this act, if requested in writing by a member of Congress.
Debate Time (10 minutes) (10 minutes) (10 minutes) (10 minutes) (10 minutes) (10 minutes) 7.

Gonzales, Tony (TX) 8.

Good (VA) 9.

Good (VA), Roy (TX) #8 Requires any executive agency to submit a constitutional authority statement with any proposed rule.

#17 (REVISED) Creates a process for Congress to review all rules currently in effect over a 5 year period.
#23 (LATE) Expands the definition of "major rule" to include any rule likely to result in increased access to abortion, abortion-related services, or abortion-related travel.

(10 minutes) (10 minutes) (10 minutes) 10.

Green, #13 Delays implementation of the legislation by 1 (10 Al (TX) 11.

Green, Al (TX) 12.

Houlahan (PA) 13.

Joyce (OH) 14.

Roy (TX) 15.

Roy (TX) year and requires a study be conducted in that time by the GAO on the effects of implementation.
#20 (LATE) Creates a rapid-review requirement which would allow executive branch rules to go into effect if Congress does not pass a joint resolution within 70 legislative days.

#1 Requires Congress to approve by vote any regulation with an economic impact over $1 billion instead of $100 million.

#3 (REVISED) Amends the definition of 'rule' to include interpretative rules, general statements of policy, and all other agency guidance documents.
#16 Expands the definition of "major rule" to include any rule that references one of President Biden's major diversity, equity, and inclusion executive orders.

#18 Expands the definition of "major rule" to include any rule likely to result in an increase in mandatory vaccinations.

minutes) (10 minutes) (10 minutes) (10 minutes) (10 minutes) (10 minutes) SUMMARY OF AMENDMENT TO H.R.
288 IN PART B PROPOSED TO BE MADE IN ORDER (summaries derived from information provided by sponsors) Sponsor # Description 1.

Hageman (WY) #2 Subjects interpretative rules, general statements of policy, and all other agency guidance to de novo judicial review Debate Time (10 minutes) SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS TO H.R.

1615 IN PART C PROPOSED TO BE MADE IN ORDER (summaries derived from information provided by sponsors) Sponsor # Description 1.

Boebert (CO) 2.
Boebert (CO) 2.

Ogles (TN) #9 (LATE) Expands the prohibition on federal funding to include regulations that would result in the unavailability in the United States of a type (or class) of product based on the type of fuel the product consumes.

#4 Strikes "substantially" everywhere it appears in the text.

Debate Time (10 minutes) (10 minutes) SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS TO H.R.

1640 IN PART D PROPOSED TO BE MADE IN ORDER (summaries derived from information provided by sponsors) Sponsor # Description 1.
Huizenga (MI) 2.

McGovern (MA) #4 Requires the Secretary of Energy to disclose stakeholder meetings with entities that have ties to China, produced studies regarding or advocated for policy that limit, restrict, or ban the use of any type of energy, and have applied for or received Federal funds.

#7 Prohibits Section 3 of the bill from taking effect unless and until the Secretary of Energy certifies that the provisions of the section would not adversely affect the energy security of the United States.
Debate Time (10 minutes) (10 minutes) 3.

Pallone (NJ) #8 Strikes provisions in the bill that would significantly limit future DOE rulemaking authority.

(10 minutes)