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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 370 

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that a 

standing committee (or subcommittee thereof) hearing be held whenever 

there is a moment of silence in the House for a tragedy involving 

gun violence. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 26, 2017 

Mr. CA ́RDENAS (for himself, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BEYER, Mr. 

BLUMENAUER, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. BRADY of 

Pennsylvania, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. 

CARBAJAL, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. JUDY CHU

of California, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. CLARKE

of New York, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. CROWLEY, 

Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. 

DAVIS of California, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. DELAURO, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. 

DESAULNIER, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, 

Mr. ENGEL, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. ESTY of Connecticut, Ms. 

GABBARD, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, 

Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. HIMES, Mr. 

HUFFMAN, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. KEATING, Ms. KELLY

of Illinois, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. LARSON of 

Connecticut, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEVIN, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. 

BEN RAY LUJA ́N of New Mexico, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of 

New Mexico, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. MCCOLLUM, 

Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. 

MENG, Ms. MOORE, Mr. MOULTON, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. NORCROSS, 

Ms. NORTON, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. PETERS, Mr. POCAN, Mr. POLIS, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. 

RASKIN, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. 

RUSH, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Ms. SA ́NCHEZ, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, 

Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. 

SIRES, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. 

TAKANO, Ms. TITUS, Mr. TONKO, Mrs. TORRES, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. 

VARGAS, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. 

MAXINE WATERS of California, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. ELLISON, and Mrs. 

WATSON COLEMAN) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules 

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RESOLUTION 

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to 

require that a standing committee (or subcommittee 

thereof) hearing be held whenever there is a moment 

of silence in the House for a tragedy involving gun 

violence. 

1 Resolved, That rule XI of the Rules of the House of 

2 Representatives is amended by adding at the end the fol3 lowing new clause: 

4 ‘‘Hearings related to moments of silence 

5 ‘‘7. Whenever a moment of silence related to a trag6 edy in the United States or its territories involving gun 

7 violence occurs on the floor of the House, the Speaker 

8 shall announce on the next legislative day the standing 

9 committee (or subcommittee thereof) designated to hold 

10 a hearing on such event. Such hearing shall occur within 

11 ten legislative days of the day of the moment of silence. 

12 If the chair of the designated committee or subcommittee 

13 does not call the requested hearing within three calendar 

14 days of the Speaker’s announcement, a majority of the 

15 members of the committee or subcommittee may file in 

16 the offices of the committee or subcommittee their written 

17 notice that a hearing of the committee or subcommittee 

18 will be held. The written notice shall specify the date and 

19 hour of the hearing. The committee or subcommittee shall 

20 meet on that date and hour. Immediately upon the filing 

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1 of the notice, the clerk of the committee or subcommittee 

2 shall notify all members of the committee or subcommittee 

3 that such hearing will be held and inform them of its date 

4 and hour. Such notice shall also be made publicly available 

5 in electronic form and shall be deemed to satisfy para6 graph (g)(3)(A)(i) of clause 2 of this rule. Only the event 

7 that was the subject of the moment of silence may be con8 sidered at that hearing.’’. 

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