IV 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 890 

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish the 

Committee on the Elimination of Nonessential Federal Programs. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 21, 2023 

Mr. OGLES 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. COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF NON3 ESSENTIAL FEDERAL PROGRAMS. 

4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Clause 1 of rule X of the 

5 Rules of the House of Representatives is amended— 

6 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (f) through (t) 

7 as paragraphs (g) through (u); and 

8 (2) by inserting after paragraph (e) the fol9 lowing new paragraph: 


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1 ‘‘(f) Committee on the Elimination of Non2 essential Federal Programs. 

3 ‘‘(1) Modification or elimination of under4 performing or nonessential Federal programs. 

5 ‘‘(2) Identification of Federal programs 

6 and activities that duplicate or compete with ac7 tivities available from the private sector.’’. 

8 (b) DUTIES.—Clause 4 of rule X of the Rules of the 

9 House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end 

10 the following new paragraph: 

11 ‘‘(g) The Committee on the Elimination of Non12 essential Federal Programs shall— 

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

14 programs that are underperforming or nonessential; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(B) determine which Federal programs should 

17 be modified or eliminated; 

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

19 action designed to modify or eliminate underper20 forming or nonessential Federal programs; and 

21 ‘‘(3) submit to the House— 

22 ‘‘(A) at least once a year, reports includ23 ing— 


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1 ‘‘(i) a detailed statement of the find2 ings and conclusions of the Committee; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(ii) a list of underperforming or non5 essential Federal programs; and 

6 ‘‘(B) legislation to eliminate the programs 

7 described in section subdivision (ii) and rescis8 sions based on the findings of the report de9 scribed in subdivision (i).’’. 

10 (c) COMPOSITION.—Clause 5(a) of rule X of the 

11 Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by add12 ing at the end the following new paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(5)(A) The Committee on the Elimination of Non14 essential Federal Programs shall be composed of members 

15 as follows: 

16 ‘‘(i) Four members from the Committee on Ap17 propriations. 

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

19 Budget. 

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

21 Oversight and Accountability. 

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

23 Ways and Means. 

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

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


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1 shall be appointed by the Speaker and designated by 

2 the Speaker as the Chair of the Committee. 

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

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

5 who shall be appointed by the Speaker and des6 ignated by the Speaker as the Vice Chair of the 

7 Committee. 

8 ‘‘(B) A member of the Committee may not serve on 

9 the committee during more than three Congresses in a pe10 riod of five successive Congresses (disregarding for this 

11 purpose any service for less than a full session in a Con12 gress). 

13 ‘‘(C) The Chair and Vice Chair of the Committee 

14 shall not be from the same political party.’’. 

15 (d) EXPEDITED PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION

16 OF COMMITTEE LEGISLATION.—Rule X of the Rules of 

17 the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the 

18 end the following new clause: 

19 ‘‘Expedited procedures for legislation reported by 

20 the Committee on the Elimination of Non21 essential Federal Programs 

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

23 by the Committee on the Elimination of Nonessential Fed24 eral Programs, the following shall apply: 


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

2 (excluding any day on which the House is not in ses3 sion) that begins on the date the Committee reports 

4 the bill or resolution, it is in order to move to pro5 ceed to the consideration of the bill or resolution. 

6 The motion is highly privileged and is not debatable, 

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

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

9 which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to. 

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

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

12 divided equally between those favoring and those op13 posing the bill or resolution. A motion to further 

14 limit debate is not debatable. 

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

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

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

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

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