IV 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 8 

Establishing the Task Force on the Legislative Process. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 11, 2023 

Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia (for herself, Mr. TIMMONS, and Mr. KILMER) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Rules 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Establishing the Task Force on the Legislative Process. 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), 

3 SECTION 1. PURPOSE. 

4 The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to imple5 ment the 131st recommendation of the Select Committee 

6 on the Modernization of Congress, passed by the Select 

7 Committee during the 117th Congress, to create a Task 

8 Force on the Legislative Process that analyzes the range 

9 of legislative processes by which, if adopted by both 

10 Houses, each House would provide expedited consideration 


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1 of legislation that was passed by the other House with 

2 wide and bipartisan support. 

3 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF TASK FORCE. 

4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT; PURPOSE.—There is hereby es5 tablished the Task Force on the Legislative Process (here6 after referred to as the ‘‘Task Force’’) whose purpose shall 

7 be to analyze the range of options for bicameral legislation 

8 expedition. 

9 (b) DEFINITION.—In this concurrent resolution, the 

10 term ‘‘bicameral legislation expedition’’ means any legisla11 tive process by which each House of Congress jointly pro12 vides for expedited consideration of legislation which was 

13 passed by the other House by unanimous consent, by voice 

vote, or with the approval of not fewer than 2 14 ⁄3 of the 

15 members voting. 

16 SEC. 3. MEMBERSHIP. 

17 (a) COMPOSITION.—The Task Force shall be com18 posed of 12 members appointed as follows: 

19 (1) The Speaker of the House of Representa20 tives shall appoint 3 individuals who are Members of 

21 the House of Representatives, of whom at least one 

22 shall be a majority member of the Committee on 

23 Rules of the House. 

24 (2) The minority leader of the House shall ap25 point 3 individuals who are Members of the House 


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1 of Representatives, of whom at least one shall be a 

2 minority member of the Committee on Rules of the 

3 House. 

4 (3) The majority leader of the Senate shall ap5 point 3 individuals who are Members of the Senate, 

6 of whom at least one shall be a majority member of 

7 the Committee on Rules and Administration of the 

8 Senate. 

9 (4) The minority leader of the Senate shall ap10 point 3 individuals who are Members of the Senate, 

11 of whom at least one shall be a minority member of 

12 the Committee on Rules and Administration of the 

13 Senate. 

14 (b) CO-CHAIRS.—The Speaker, minority leader of the 

15 House, majority leader of the Senate, and minority leader 

16 of the Senate shall jointly select 2 of the members of the 

17 Task Force to serve as co-chairs of the Task Force. 

18 (c) VACANCIES.—A vacancy in the membership of the 

19 Task Force shall be filled in the same manner as the origi20 nal appointment. 

21 (d) INCLUSION OF DELEGATES AND RESIDENT COM22 MISSIONER.—For purposes of this section, a ‘‘Member’’ 

23 of the House of Representatives includes a Delegate or 

24 Resident Commissioner to the Congress. 


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1 SEC. 4. DUTIES. 

2 (a) PROCEDURES.—The Task Force shall establish a 

3 process to solicit information, input, and legislative pro4 posals which are directly related to the purpose of the 

5 Task Force under section 2. 

6 (b) REPORT.— 

7 (1) CONTENTS.—The Task Force shall issue a 

8 report to the Speaker of the House, the minority 

9 leader of the House, the majority leader of the Sen10 ate, the minority leader of the Senate, the Com11 mittee on Rules of the House of Representatives, 

12 and the Committee on Rules and Administration of 

13 the Senate, and shall include in the report— 

14 (A) an analysis of the range of options for 

15 bicameral legislation expedition; and 

16 (B) any recommendations relating to bi17 cameral legislation expedition which are ap18 proved by not fewer than 9 of its members. 

19 (2) DEADLINE.—The Task Force shall issue 

20 the report required under paragraph (1) not later 

21 than one year after the date of the adoption of this 

22 concurrent resolution. 

23 (c) USE OF STAFF.—The Task Force may use the 

24 services of staff of the House and Senate to assist it in 

25 carrying out its duties. 


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1 SEC. 5. POSTING OF PROPOSALS BY COMMITTEES. 

2 Upon receiving the report issued by the Task Force 

3 under section 4(b), the Committee on Rules of the House 

4 of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Ad5 ministration of the Senate shall each publicly post the re6 port on a public page of its website. 

7 SEC. 6. TERMINATION. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Task Force shall terminate 

9 upon issuing the report required under section 4(b). 

10 (b) DISPOSITION OF RECORDS.—Upon its termi11 nation, the records of the Task Force shall be transferred 

12 to, and shall become part of, the records of the Committee 

13 on Rules of the House of Representatives and the Com14 mittee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. 

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