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119TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 7 

Establishing the Task Force on the Legislative Process. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 28, 2025 

Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia 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 

11 of legislation that was passed by the other House with 

12 wide and bipartisan support. 


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1 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF TASK FORCE. 

2 (a) ESTABLISHMENT; PURPOSE.—There is hereby es3 tablished the Task Force on the Legislative Process (here4 after referred to as the ‘‘Task Force’’) whose purpose shall 

5 be to analyze the range of options for bicameral legislation 

6 expedition. 

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

8 term ‘‘bicameral legislation expedition’’ means any legisla9 tive process by which each House of Congress jointly pro10 vides for expedited consideration of legislation which was 

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

vote, or with the approval of not fewer than 2 12 ⁄3 of the 

13 members voting. 

14 SEC. 3. MEMBERSHIP. 

15 (a) COMPOSITION.—The Task Force shall be com16 posed of 12 members appointed as follows: 

17 (1) The Speaker of the House of Representa18 tives shall appoint 3 individuals who are Members of 

19 the House of Representatives, of whom at least one 

20 shall be a majority member of the Committee on 

21 Rules of the House. 

22 (2) The Minority Leader of the House shall ap23 point 3 individuals who are Members of the House 

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

25 minority member of the Committee on Rules of the 

26 House. 


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1 (3) The Majority Leader of the Senate shall ap2 point 3 individuals who are Members of the Senate, 

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

4 the Committee on Rules and Administration of the 

5 Senate. 

6 (4) The Minority Leader of the Senate shall ap7 point 3 individuals who are Members of the Senate, 

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

9 the Committee on Rules and Administration of the 

10 Senate. 

11 (b) CO-CHAIRS.—The Speaker, Minority Leader of 

12 the House, Majority Leader of the Senate, and Minority 

13 Leader of the Senate shall jointly select 2 of the members 

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

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

16 Task Force shall be filled in the same manner as the origi17 nal appointment. 

18 (d) INCLUSION OF DELEGATES AND RESIDENT COM19 MISSIONER.—For purposes of this section, a ‘‘Member’’ 

20 of the House of Representatives includes a Delegate or 

21 Resident Commissioner to the Congress. 

22 SEC. 4. DUTIES. 

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

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1 posals which are directly related to the purpose of the 

2 Task Force under section 2. 

3 (b) REPORT.— 

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

5 report to the Speaker of the House, the Minority 

6 Leader of the House, the Majority Leader of the 

7 Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Com8 mittee on Rules of the House of Representatives, 

9 and the Committee on Rules and Administration of 

10 the Senate, and shall include in the report— 

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

12 bicameral legislation expedition; and 

13 (B) any recommendations relating to bi14 cameral legislation expedition which are ap15 proved by not fewer than 9 of its members. 

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

17 the report required under paragraph (1) not later 

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

19 concurrent resolution. 

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

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

22 carrying out its duties. 

23 SEC. 5. POSTING OF PROPOSALS BY COMMITTEES. 

24 Upon receiving the report issued by the Task Force 

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


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1 of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Ad2 ministration of the Senate shall each publicly post the re3 port on a public page of its website. 

4 SEC. 6. TERMINATION. 

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

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

7 (b) DISPOSITION OF RECORDS.—Upon its termi8 nation, the records of the Task Force shall be transferred 

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

10 on Rules of the House of Representatives and the Com11 mittee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. 

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