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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 694 

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 

APRIL 20, 2016 

Mr. CA ́RDENAS (for himself, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. AGUILAR, Ms. BASS, Mrs. 

BEATTY, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. BERA, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mrs. 

BUSTOS, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Ms. 

CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. 

CONNOLLY, Mr. COSTA, Mr. BEYER, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. 

DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. DEGETTE, 

Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. ESTY, Mr. FARR, Mr. FATTAH, Ms. FRANKEL of 

Florida, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. 

GRAYSON, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIE ́RREZ, 

Ms. HAHN, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. HIMES, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. HONDA, Mr. 

HUFFMAN, Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. TED LIEU of California, 

Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. 

LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. 

LOWENTHAL, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCNERNEY, Ms. MENG, Mr. MOULTON, 

Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. NEAL, Mr. O’ROURKE, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. 

PETERS, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. POCAN, Mr. POLIS, Mr. QUIGLEY, Miss 

RICE of New York, Mr. RICHMOND, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. 

RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. RUSH, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ

of California, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SIRES, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. 

SMITH of Washington, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. 

TAKANO, Mrs. TORRES, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. VEASEY, 

Mr. VISCLOSKY, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, 

Ms. ADAMS, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of 

New Mexico, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. TITUS, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA ́N of New Mexico, and Ms. LOFGREN) 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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