IV 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 29 

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish the 

Committee on the Elimination of Nonessential Federal Programs. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 11, 2023 

Mr. OBERNOLTE (for himself, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. BABIN, Mr. WEBSTER of 

Florida, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, Mr. PERRY, Mrs. BICE, Mr. LAMALFA, 

Mr. BAIRD, Mr. CURTIS, Ms. JACOBS, Mr. C. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mr. OWENS, Mrs. STEEL, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. 

WEBER of Texas, Mrs. CAMMACK, Mrs. BOEBERT, Mr. VALADAO, and 

Mr. NORMAN) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 

the Committee on Rules 

RESOLUTION 

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to 

establish the Committee on the Elimination of Nonessential Federal Programs. 

1 Resolved, 

2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

3 This resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Finding Federal 

4 Savings Committee Resolution’’. 


pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB
2 

•HRES 29 IH 

1 SEC. 2. COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF NON2 ESSENTIAL FEDERAL PROGRAMS. 

3 (a) Clause 1 of rule X of the Rules of the House of 

4 Representatives is amended by redesignating paragraphs 

5 (f) through (t) as paragraphs (g) through (u) and by in6 serting after paragraph (e) the following new paragraph: 

7 ‘‘(f) Elimination of Nonessential Federal Programs 

8 ‘‘Modification or elimination of underper9 forming or nonessential Federal programs. 

10 The committee shall cease to exist at the close of the 

11 120th Congress.’’. 

12 (b) Clause 4 of rule X of the Rules of the House of 

13 Representatives is amended by adding at the end the fol14 lowing new paragraph: 

15 ‘‘(g) The Committee on the Elimination of Non16 essential Federal Programs shall— 

17 ‘‘(1)(A) research, review, and study Federal 

18 programs that are underperforming or nonessential; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(B) determine which Federal programs should 

21 be modified or eliminated; 

22 ‘‘(2) develop recommendations to the House for 

23 action designed to modify or eliminate underper24 forming or nonessential Federal programs; and 

25 ‘‘(3) submit to the House— 


pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB
3 

•HRES 29 IH 

1 ‘‘(A) at least once a year, reports includ2 ing— 

3 ‘‘(i) a detailed statement of the find4 ings and conclusions of the Committee; 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(ii) a list of underperforming or non7 essential Federal programs; and 

8 ‘‘(B) legislation to eliminate the programs 

9 described in section subdivision (ii) and rescis10 sions based on the findings of the report de11 scribed in subdivision (i).’’. 

12 (c) Clause 5(a) of rule X of the Rules of the House 

13 of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the 

14 following new paragraph: 

15 ‘‘(4)(A) The Committee on the Elimination of Non16 essential Federal Programs shall be composed of members 

17 as follows: 

18 ‘‘(i) Four members from the Committee on Ap19 propriations. 

20 ‘‘(ii) Four members from the Committee on the 

21 Budget. 

22 ‘‘(iii) Four members from the Committee on 

23 Oversight and Reform. 

24 ‘‘(iv) Four members from the Committee on 

25 Ways and Means. 


pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB
4 

•HRES 29 IH 

1 ‘‘(v) One member who does not serve on any of 

2 committees described in items (i) through (iv), who 

3 shall be appointed by the Speaker and designated by 

4 the Speaker as the Chair of the Committee. 

5 ‘‘(vi) One member who does not serve on any 

6 of committees described in items (i) through (iv), 

7 who shall be appointed by the minority leader and 

8 designated by the minority leader as the Vice Chair 

9 of the Committee. 

10 ‘‘(B) The Chair and Vice Chair of the Committee 

11 shall not be from the same political party. 

12 ‘‘(C) Of the members appointed from each of the four 

13 committees listed in subdivision (A), two shall be from the 

14 minority party.’’. 

15 (d) Rule X of the Rules of the House of Representa16 tives is amended by adding at the end the following new 

17 clause: 

18 ‘‘Expedited procedures for legislation reported by 

19 the Committee on the Elimination of Non20 essential Federal Programs 

21 ‘‘12. With respect to any bill or resolution reported 

22 by the Committee on the Elimination of Nonessential Fed23 eral Programs, the following shall apply: 

24 ‘‘(a) After the expiration of the 7-day period 

25 (excluding any day on which the House is not in sesVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:47 Jan 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR29.IH HR29

pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB
5 

•HRES 29 IH 

1 sion) that begins on the date the Committee reports 

2 the bill or resolution, it is in order to move to pro3 ceed to the consideration of the bill or resolution. 

4 The motion is highly privileged and is not debatable, 

5 an amendment to the motion is not in order, and it 

6 is not in order to move to reconsider the vote by 

7 which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to. 

8 ‘‘(b) Debate on the bill or resolution shall be 

9 limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall be 

10 divided equally between those favoring and those op11 posing the bill or resolution. A motion to further 

12 limit debate is not debatable. 

13 ‘‘(c) An amendment to, or motion to recommit, 

14 the bill or resolution is not in order, and it is not 

15 in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the 

16 bill or resolution is agreed to or disagreed to.’’. 

Æ 


pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB