H. Res. 5 

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

January 3, 2025. 

Resolved, 

SECTION 1. ADOPTION OF THE RULES OF THE ONE HUNDRED 

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS. 

The Rules of the House of Representatives of the One 

Hundred Eighteenth Congress, including applicable provisions of law or concurrent resolution that constituted rules of 

the House at the end of the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, are adopted as the Rules of the House of Representatives of the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, with amendments to the standing rules as provided in section 2, and with 

other orders as provided in this resolution. 

SEC. 2. CHANGES TO THE STANDING RULES. 

(a) RESOLUTION DECLARING THE OFFICE OF SPEAKER

VACANT.—In clause 2(a) of rule IX, add the following new 

subparagraph: 

‘‘(3) A resolution causing a vacancy in the Office of 

Speaker shall not be privileged except if it is offered by a 
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member of the majority party and has accumulated eight cosponsors from the majority party at the time it is offered.’’. 

(b) PERMITTING ELECTRONIC VOTING IN COMMITTEE.—In rule XI— 

(1) in clause 1(d)(2)(E), strike ‘‘clauses 2(n), (o), 

or (p)’’ and insert ‘‘clauses 2(o), (p), or (q)’’; and 

(2) in clause 2, insert after paragraph (m) the following new paragraph (and redesignate the succeeding 

paragraphs accordingly): 

‘‘(n) A committee may adopt a rule or motion permitting 

the use of electronic voting in accordance with regulations 

submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the 

chair of the Committee on Rules and the chair of the Committee on House Administration.’’. 

(c) CLARIFICATION OF ROLE OF CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER IN VACANT OFFICES.—In clause 4 of rule II, 

add at the end the following new paragraph: 

‘‘(e) The Chief Administrative Officer shall assist the 

Clerk in carrying out the responsibilities described in clause 

2(i).’’. 

(d) DESIGNATING COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND

GOVERNMENT REFORM.—In the standing rules, strike ‘‘Committee on Oversight and Accountability’’ each place it appears 

and insert (in each instance) ‘‘Committee on Oversight and 

Government Reform’’. 
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(e) DESIGNATING COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND

WORKFORCE.—In rule X— 

(1) in clause 1(e), strike ‘‘Committee on Education 

and the Workforce’’ and insert ‘‘Committee on Education and Workforce’’; and 

(2) in clause 3(d), strike ‘‘Committee on Education 

and the Workforce’’ and insert ‘‘Committee on Education and Workforce’’. 

(f) STRIKING OFFICE OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.— 

(1) STRIKE.—In rule II, strike clause 9 and redesignate the succeeding clause accordingly. 

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—In clause 

4(d)(1)(A) of rule X— 

(A) strike ‘‘the Office of Diversity and Inclusion,’’; and 

(B) strike ‘‘Inspector General, Office of Diversity and Inclusion’’ and insert ‘‘Inspector General’’. 

(g) CODIFICATION OF LONG-STANDING SEPARATE ORDERS.— 

(1) MEMORIALS SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE

V.—In clause 3 of rule XII— 

(A) strike ‘‘If a Member’’ and insert ‘‘(a) If a 

Member’’; and 

(B) add at the end the following new paragraph: 
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‘‘(b) With respect to any memorial presented under 

paragraph (a) purporting to be an application of the legislature of a State calling for a convention for proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States pursuant to 

Article V, or a rescission of any such prior application— 

‘‘(1) the chair of the Committee on the Judiciary 

shall, in the case of such a memorial presented in the 

One Hundred Fourteenth Congress or succeeding Congresses, and may, in the case of such a memorial presented prior to the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, 

designate any such memorial for public availability by 

the Clerk; and 

‘‘(2) the Clerk shall make such memorials as are 

designated pursuant to subparagraph (1) publicly available in electronic form, organized by State of origin and 

year of receipt, and shall indicate whether the memorial 

was designated as an application or a rescission.’’. 

(2) NUMBERING OF BILLS.—In clause 7 of rule 

XII, add at the end the following new paragraph: 

‘‘(d) The first 10 numbers for bills (H.R. 1 through 

H.R. 10) shall be reserved for assignment by the Speaker and 

the second 10 numbers for bills (H.R. 11 through H.R. 20) 

shall be reserved for assignment by the Minority Leader.’’. 

(3) DISTRICT WORK PERIODS.—In rule I, add at 

the end the following new clause: 
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‘‘District work periods 

‘‘13.(a) On any legislative day occurring during a ‘district work period’ as designated by the Speaker— 

‘‘(1) the Journal of the proceedings of the previous 

day shall be considered as approved; and 

‘‘(2) the Chair may at any time declare the House 

adjourned to meet at a date and time, within the limits 

of clause 4, section 5, article I of the Constitution, to 

be announced by the Chair in declaring the adjournment. 

‘‘(b) The Speaker may appoint Members to perform the 

duties of the Chair for the duration of a district work period 

described in paragraph (a) as though under clause 8(a). 

‘‘(c) Each day during a district work period described in 

paragraph (a) shall not constitute— 

‘‘(1) a calendar day for purposes of section 7 of the 

War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1546); 

‘‘(2) a legislative day for purposes of clause 7 of 

rule XIII; 

‘‘(3) a calendar or legislative day for purposes of 

clause 7(c)(1) of rule XXII; or 

‘‘(4) a legislative day for purposes of clause 7 of 

rule XV.’’. 

(h) RESTORING FAMILY-CENTRIC LANGUAGE.—In rule 

XXIII— 
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(1) in clause 8(c)(3), strike ‘‘parent, child, sibling, 

parent’s sibling, first cousin, sibling’s child, spouse, parent-in-law, child-in-law, sibling-in-law, stepparent, stepchild, stepsibling, half-sibling, or grandchild’’ and insert 

‘‘father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, 

aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, fatherin-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, 

stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, half 

sister, grandson, or granddaughter’’; and 

(2) in clause 15(d)(2), strike ‘‘parent, child, sibling, 

spouse, or parent-in-law’’ and insert ‘‘father, mother, 

son, daughter, brother, sister, husband, wife, father-inlaw, or mother-in-law’’. 

(i) SUSPENSIONS.—In clause 1(a) of rule XV, add at the 

end the following new sentence: ‘‘The Speaker may not entertain a motion that the House suspend the rules except on 

Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays.’’. 

(j) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.— 

(1) INTERIM FUNDING.—In clause 7(b) of rule X, 

strike ‘‘In the case of the first session of a Congress, 

amounts’’ and insert ‘‘Amounts’’. 

(2) DAY COUNT.—In clause 6(d) of rule XIII, insert 

‘‘thereafter’’ after ‘‘seven legislative days’’. 
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SEC. 3. SEPARATE ORDERS. 

(a) HOLMAN RULE.—During the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, any reference in clause 2 of rule XXI to a 

provision or amendment that retrenches expenditures by a reduction of amounts of money covered by the bill shall be construed as applying to any provision or amendment (offered 

after the bill has been read for amendment) that retrenches 

expenditures by— 

(1) reduction of amounts of money in the bill; 

(2) the reduction of the number and salary of the 

officers of the United States; or 

(3) the reduction of the compensation of any person 

paid out of the Treasury of the United States. 

(b) SPENDING REDUCTION AMENDMENTS IN APPROPRIATIONS BILLS.— 

(1) During the reading of a general appropriation 

bill for amendment in the Committee of the Whole 

House on the state of the Union, it shall be in order to 

consider en bloc amendments proposing only to transfer 

appropriations from an object or objects in the bill to a 

spending reduction account. When considered en bloc 

under this paragraph, such amendments may amend 

portions of the bill not yet read for amendment (following disposition of any points of order against such 

portions) and are not subject to a demand for division 
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of the question in the House or in the Committee of the 

Whole. 

(2) Except as provided in paragraph (1), it shall 

not be in order to consider an amendment to a spending 

reduction account in the House or in the Committee of 

the Whole House on the state of the Union. 

(3) A point of order under clause 2(b) of rule XXI 

shall not apply to a spending reduction account. 

(4) A general appropriation bill may not be considered in the Committee of the Whole House on the state 

of the Union unless it includes a spending reduction account as the last section of the bill. An order to report 

a general appropriation bill to the House shall constitute 

authority for the chair of the Committee on Appropriations to add such a section to the bill or modify the figure contained therein. 

(5) For purposes of this subsection, the term 

‘‘spending reduction account’’ means an account in a 

general appropriation bill that bears that caption and 

contains only— 

(A) a recitation of the amount by which an applicable allocation of new budget authority under 

section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 

1974 exceeds the amount of new budget authority 

proposed by the bill; or 
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(B) if no such allocation is in effect, ‘‘$0’’. 

(c) BUDGET MATTERS.— 

(1) LONG TERM SPENDING POINT OF ORDER.— 

(A) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ANALYSIS OF PROPOSALS.—The Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall, to the extent practicable, 

prepare an estimate of whether a bill or joint resolution reported by a committee (other than the 

Committee on Appropriations), or amendment 

thereto or conference report thereon, would cause, 

relative to current law, a net increase in direct 

spending in excess of $2,500,000,000 in any of the 

4 consecutive 10-fiscal year periods beginning with 

the first fiscal year that is 10 fiscal years after the 

current fiscal year. 

(B) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in order 

to consider any bill or joint resolution reported by 

a committee, or amendment thereto or conference 

report thereon, that would cause a net increase in 

direct spending in excess of $2,500,000,000 in any 

of the 4 consecutive 10-fiscal year periods described 

in subparagraph (A). 

(C) DETERMINATIONS OF BUDGET LEVELS.— 

For purposes of this paragraph, the levels of net increases in direct spending shall be determined on 
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the basis of estimates provided by the chair of the 

Committee on the Budget. 

(2) SCORING CONVEYANCES OF FEDERAL LAND.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—In the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, for all purposes in the House, a 

provision in a bill or joint resolution, or in an 

amendment thereto or a conference report thereon, 

requiring or authorizing a conveyance of Federal 

land to a State, local government, or tribal entity 

shall not be considered as providing new budget authority, decreasing revenues, increasing mandatory 

spending, or increasing outlays. 

(B) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 

(i) The term ‘‘conveyance’’ means any 

method, including sale, donation, or exchange, 

by which all or any portion of the right, title, 

and interest of the United States in and to 

Federal land is transferred to another entity. 

(ii) The term ‘‘Federal land’’ means any 

land owned by the United States, including the 

surface estate, the subsurface estate, or any 

improvements thereon. 

(iii) The term ‘‘State’’ means any of the 

several States, the District of Columbia, or a 
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territory (including a possession) of the United 

States. 

(3) ANALYSIS OF INFLATIONARY IMPACT FOR CERTAIN LEGISLATION.—During the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, if an estimate provided by the Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shows changes in mandatory 

spending that cause a gross budgetary effect in any fiscal year over a 10-year period that is equal to or greater 

than .25 percent of the projected gross domestic product 

(measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban 

Consumers) for the current fiscal year, or upon the request of the chair of the Committee on the Budget, then 

such estimate shall include, to the extent practicable, a 

statement estimating the inflationary effects of the legislation, including whether the legislation is determined to 

have no significant impact on inflation, is determined to 

have a quantifiable inflationary impact on the consumer 

price index, or is determined likely to have a significant 

impact on inflation but the amount cannot be determined at the time the estimate is prepared. 

(4) CONTENT OF CBO ANALYSIS FOR CERTAIN LEGISLATION AFFECTING THE FEDERAL HOSPITAL INSURANCE TRUST FUND OR THE OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS, AND

DISABILITY INSURANCE TRUST FUND.—During the One 
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Hundred Nineteenth Congress, if an estimate provided 

by the Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of 

the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shows that legislation impacting either the Federal Hospital Insurance 

Trust Fund or the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability 

Insurance Trust Fund (OASDI) causes a gross budgetary effect in any fiscal year over a 10-year period that 

is equal to or greater than .25 percent of the projected 

gross domestic product (measured by the Consumer 

Price Index for All Urban Consumers) for the current 

fiscal year, or upon request of the chair of the Committee on the Budget, then such estimate shall, to the 

extent practicable, display— 

(A) the impact of legislation on the Federal 

Hospital Insurance Trust Fund’s unfunded liabilities over a 25-year projection, solvency projections, 

and the net present value of those liabilities; and 

(B) the impact of legislation on the OASDI 

trust fund’s unfunded liabilities over a 75-year projection, solvency projections, and the net present 

value of those liabilities. 

(d) CONGRESSIONAL MEMBER ORGANIZATION TRANSPARENCY REFORM.— 

(1) PAYMENT OF SALARIES AND EXPENSES

THROUGH ACCOUNT OF ORGANIZATION.—A Member of 
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the House of Representatives and an eligible Congressional Member Organization may enter into an agreement under which— 

(A) an employee of the Member’s office may 

carry out official and representational duties of the 

Member by assignment to the Organization; and 

(B) to the extent that the employee carries out 

such duties under the agreement, the Member shall 

transfer the portion of the Members’ Representational Allowance (MRA) of the Member which would 

otherwise be used for the salary and related expenses of the employee to a dedicated account in 

the House of Representatives which is administered 

by the Organization, in accordance with the regulations promulgated by the Committee on House Administration under paragraph (2). 

(2) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Administration (hereafter referred to in this subsection as 

the ‘‘Committee’’) shall promulgate regulations as follows: 

(A) USE OF MRA.—Pursuant to the authority 

of section 101(d) of the House of Representatives 

Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (2 

U.S.C. 5341(d)), the Committee shall prescribe regulations to provide that an eligible Congressional 
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Member Organization may use the amounts transferred to the Organization’s dedicated account 

under paragraph (1)(B) for the same purposes for 

which a Member of the House of Representatives 

may use the Members’ Representational Allowance, 

except that the Organization may not use such 

amounts for franked mail, official travel, or leases 

of space or vehicles. 

(B) MAINTENANCE OF LIMITATIONS ON NUMBER OF SHARED EMPLOYEES.—Pursuant to the authority of section 104(d) of the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections 

Act (2 U.S.C. 5321(d)), the Committee shall prescribe regulations to provide that an employee of 

the office of a Member of the House of Representatives who is covered by an agreement entered into 

under paragraph (1) between the Member and an 

eligible Congressional Member Organization shall be 

considered a shared employee of the Member’s office and the Organization for purposes of such section, and shall include in such regulations appropriate accounting standards to ensure that a Member of the House of Representatives who enters into 

an agreement with such an Organization under 

paragraph (1) does not employ more employees 
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than the Member is authorized to employ under 

such section. 

(C) PARTICIPATION IN STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM.—Pursuant to the authority of section 105(b) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 4536(b)), relating to the 

student loan repayment program for employees of 

the House, the Committee shall promulgate regulations to provide that, in the case of an employee 

who is covered by an agreement entered into under 

paragraph (1) between a Member of the House of 

Representatives and an eligible Congressional Member Organization and who participates in such program while carrying out duties under the agreement— 

(i) any funds made available for making 

payments under the program with respect to 

the employee shall be transferred to the Organization’s dedicated account under paragraph 

(1)(B); and 

(ii) the Organization shall use the funds 

to repay a student loan taken out by the employee, under the same terms and conditions 

which would apply under the program if the 
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Organization were the employing office of the 

employee. 

(D) ACCESS TO HOUSE SERVICES.—The Committee shall prescribe regulations to ensure that an 

eligible Congressional Member Organization has appropriate access to services of the House. 

(E) OTHER REGULATIONS.—The Committee 

shall promulgate such other regulations as may be 

appropriate to carry out this subsection. 

(3) ELIGIBLE CONGRESSIONAL MEMBER ORGANIZATION DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘eligible 

Congressional Member Organization’’ means, with respect to the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, an organization meeting each of the following requirements: 

(A) The organization is registered as a Congressional Member Organization with the Committee on House Administration. 

(B) The organization designates a single Member of the House of Representatives to be responsible for the administration of the organization, including the administration of the account administered under paragraph (1)(B), and includes the 

identification of such Member with the statement of 

organization that the organization files and maintains with the Committee on House Administration. 
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(C) At least 3 employees of the House are assigned to perform some work for the organization. 

(D) During the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, at least 30 Members of the House of Representatives used a portion of the Members’ Representational Allowance of the Member for the salary and related expenses of an employee who was 

a shared employee of the Member’s office and the 

organization. 

(E) The organization files a statement with the 

Committee on House Administration and the Chief 

Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives certifying that it will administer an account in 

accordance with paragraph (1)(B). 

(e) DETERMINATION WITH RESPECT TO PLACEMENT OF

MEASURE ON CONSENSUS CALENDAR.—During the One 

Hundred Nineteenth Congress, not later than 2 legislative 

days after a measure is placed on the Consensus Calendar 

pursuant to clause 7(c) of rule XV, the Majority Leader 

shall, in the case such measure is not in compliance with any 

legislative protocols of the Majority Leader, submit to the 

Congressional Record a determination with respect to such 

noncompliance. 

(f) FURTHER EXPENSES FOR RESOLVING CONTESTED

ELECTIONS.— 
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(1) AMOUNTS FOR EXPENSES OF COMMITTEE ON

HOUSE ADMINISTRATION.—There shall be paid out of 

the applicable accounts of the House of Representatives 

such sums as may be necessary for further expenses of 

the Committee on House Administration for the One 

Hundred Nineteenth Congress for resolving contested 

elections. 

(2) SESSION LIMITATION.—The amount specified in 

paragraph (1) shall be available for expenses incurred 

during the period beginning at noon on January 3, 

2025, and ending immediately before noon on January 

3, 2026. 

(3) VOUCHERS.—Payments under this subsection 

shall be made on vouchers authorized by the Committee 

on House Administration, signed by the chair of the 

Committee, and approved in the manner directed by the 

Committee. 

(4) REGULATIONS.—Amounts made available under 

this subsection shall be expended in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Committee on House Administration. 

(g) QUESTION OF CONSIDERATION FOR GERMANENESS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—During the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, it shall not be in order to consider a 
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rule or order that waives all points of order against an 

amendment submitted to the Committee on Rules otherwise in violation of clause 7 of rule XVI. 

(2) DISPOSITION OF POINT OF ORDER.—As disposition of a point of order under paragraph (1), the Chair 

shall put the question of consideration with respect to 

the rule or order, as applicable. The question of consideration shall be debatable for 10 minutes by the Member 

initiating the point of order and for 10 minutes by an 

opponent, but shall otherwise be decided without intervening motion except one that the House adjourn. 

(h) RESTORING LEGISLATIVE BRANCH ACCOUNTABILITY.—The regulations adopted pursuant to House Resolution 1096, One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, shall have 

no force or effect during the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress. 

(i) REMOTE APPEARANCE OF WITNESSES.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—During the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, at the discretion of the chair of a committee and in accordance with regulations submitted for 

printing in the Congressional Record by the chair of the 

Committee on Rules— 

(A) witnesses at committee or subcommittee 

proceedings may appear remotely; 
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(B) counsel shall be permitted to accompany 

witnesses appearing remotely; and 

(C) an oath may be administered to a witness 

remotely for purposes of clause 2(m)(2) of rule XI. 

(2) APPLICABILITY.—This subsection shall not 

apply to witnesses representing the executive branch of 

the United States government. 

(j) ADDRESSING THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.—The Committee on House Administration, the 

Clerk, the Chief Administrative Officer, and other officers 

and officials of the House shall continue efforts to integrate 

artificial intelligence technologies into the operations and 

functions of the House in the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, in furtherance of the institutional priorities outlined in 

the House Information Technology Policy 8 (HITPOL 8) Artificial Intelligence (AI), which shall include— 

(1) incorporating appropriate guardrails and specific AI principles from HITPOL 8 that will guide both 

Members and institutional offices if they choose to incorporate this technology into their operations; 

(2) exploring the use of AI applications to streamline administrative processes and enhance decision-making capabilities for House staff; and 

(3) continuing to advance AI-driven tools to support 

effective oversight through efficient legislative drafting, 
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analysis, and comparative assessments of legislative 

texts. 

(k) BROADENING AVAILABILITY AND UTILITY OF LEGISLATIVE DOCUMENTS IN MACHINE-READABLE FORMATS.— 

The Committee on House Administration, the Clerk, and 

other officers and officials of the House shall continue efforts 

to broaden the availability and utility of legislative documents 

in machine readable formats in the One Hundred Nineteenth 

Congress in furtherance of the institutional priorities of— 

(1) improving public availability and use of legislative information produced by the House and its committees; and 

(2) enabling all House staff to produce comparative 

prints showing the differences between versions of legislation, how proposed legislation will amend existing law, 

and how an amendment may change proposed legislation. 

(l) IMPROVING THE COMMITTEE ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT REPOSITORY.—The Clerk, the Committee on House 

Administration, and other officers and officials of the House 

shall continue efforts to improve the electronic document repository operated by the Clerk for use by committees of the 

House in the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, including 

streamlining the process of cross-posting documents simultaneously by the Committee on Rules, in furtherance of the in-
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stitutional priority of increasing public availability and identification of legislative information produced and held by 

House committees, including votes, amendments, and witness 

disclosure forms. 

(m) EXERCISE FACILITIES FOR FORMER MEMBERS.— 

During the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress: 

(1) The House of Representatives may not provide 

access to any exercise facility which is made available exclusively to Members and former Members, officers and 

former officers of the House of Representatives, and 

their spouses to any former Member, former officer, or 

spouse who is a lobbyist registered under the Lobbying 

Disclosure Act of 1995 or any successor statute or who 

is an agent of a foreign principal as defined in clause 5 

of rule XXV. For purposes of this subsection, the term 

‘‘Member’’ includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress. 

(2) The Committee on House Administration shall 

promulgate regulations to carry out this subsection. 

(n) DISPLAYING STATEMENT OF RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS PROVIDED TO HOUSE EMPLOYEES.—The Committee 

on House Administration shall issue regulations to provide 

that each employing office of the House of Representatives 

shall post in a prominent location in the office (including, in 

the case of the office of a Member, Delegate, or the Resident 
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Commissioner, a prominent location in each district office) a 

statement of the rights and protections provided to employees 

of the House of Representatives under the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995, including the procedures available 

to employees of the House under such Act for responding to 

and adjudicating allegations of violations of such rights and 

protections. 

(o) NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS.—Any non-disclosure agreement imposed by any employing or contracting authority in the House of Representatives to which a paid or 

unpaid employee or contractor is or was required to agree as 

a term of employment shall— 

(1) provide clear guidance that the employee or contractor may communicate concerning any matter with 

the Committee on Ethics, the Office of Congressional 

Workplace Rights, or any other office or entity designated by the Committee on House Administration 

without prior, concurrent, or subsequent notice or approval; and 

(2) not be binding and shall have no legal effect to 

the extent to which it requires prior, concurrent, or subsequent notice or approval from anyone on any matter 

with respect to communications from an employee or 

contractor to any of the committees, offices, or entities 

described in paragraph (1). 
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(p) REQUIRING MEMBERS TO PAY FOR DISCRIMINATION

SETTLEMENTS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a settlement of a 

complaint under the Congressional Accountability Act of 

1995 in connection with a claim alleging a violation described in paragraph (2) which is committed personally 

by a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, if 

the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner is not 

required under law to reimburse the Treasury for the 

amount of the settlement, the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on House Administration 

may not approve the settlement pursuant to clause 

4(d)(2) of rule X unless, under the terms and conditions 

of the settlement, the Member, Delegate, or Resident 

Commissioner is required to reimburse the Treasury for 

the amount of the settlement. 

(2) VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED.—A violation described 

in this paragraph is— 

(A) a violation of section 201(a) or section 

206(a) of the Congressional Accountability Act of 

1995; or 

(B) a violation of section 208 of such Act 

which consists of intimidating, taking reprisal 

against, or otherwise discriminating against any 
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covered employee under such Act because of a claim 

alleging a violation described in subparagraph (A). 

(q) MANDATORY ANTI-HARASSMENT AND ANTI-DISCRIMINATION POLICIES FOR HOUSE OFFICES.— 

(1) REQUIRING OFFICES TO ADOPT POLICY.—Each 

employing office of the House of Representatives under 

the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 shall adopt 

an anti-harassment and anti-discrimination policy for the 

office’s workplace. 

(2) REGULATIONS.—Not later than April 1, 2025, 

the Committee on House Administration shall promulgate regulations to carry out this subsection, and shall 

ensure that such regulations are consistent with the requirements of the Congressional Accountability Act of 

1995, rule XXIII, and other relevant laws, rules, and 

regulations. 

(r) MEMBER DAY HEARING REQUIREMENT.—During 

the first session of the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, 

each standing committee (other than the Committee on Ethics) shall hold a hearing at which it receives testimony from 

Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner on proposed legislation within its jurisdiction, except that the Committee on Rules may hold such hearing during the second 

session of the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress. 
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(s) INFORMATION TO COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS ON

REQUEST.—During the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, 

the chair of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform shall be included as one of the seven members of the 

Committee making any request of an Executive agency pursuant to section 2954 of title 5, United States Code. 

(t) DEPOSITION AUTHORITY.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—During the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, the chair of a standing committee 

(other than the Committee on Rules), and the chair of 

the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, upon 

consultation with the ranking minority member of such 

committee, may order the taking of depositions, including pursuant to subpoena, by a member or counsel of 

such committee. 

(2) REGULATIONS.—Depositions taken under the 

authority prescribed in this subsection shall be subject to 

regulations issued by the chair of the Committee on 

Rules and printed in the Congressional Record. 

(3) PERSONS PERMITTED TO ATTEND DEPOSITIONS.—Deponents may be accompanied at a deposition 

by two designated personal, nongovernmental attorneys 

to advise them of their rights. Only members, committee 

staff designated by the chair or ranking minority member, an official reporter, the witness, and the witness’s 
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two designated attorneys are permitted to attend. Other 

persons, including government agency personnel, may 

not attend. 

(u) WAR POWERS RESOLUTION.—During the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, a motion to discharge a measure 

introduced pursuant to section 6 or section 7 of the War 

Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1545–46) shall not be subject 

to a motion to table. 

(v) CONTINUING LITIGATION AUTHORITIES.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The House authorizes the chair 

of the Committee on the Judiciary (when elected), on behalf of the Committee on the Judiciary and until such 

committee has adopted rules pursuant to clause 2(a) of 

rule XI, to issue the following subpoenas: 

(A) To Attorney General Merrick Garland related to the Special Counsel’s audio recordings of 

interviews with President Joseph R. Biden and his 

ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer. 

(B) To Mark Daly of the Department of Justice for a deposition related to the Department of 

Justice’s investigation into R. Hunter Biden. 

(C) To Jack Morgan of the Department of 

Justice for a deposition related to the Department 

of Justice’s investigation into R. Hunter Biden. 
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(2) ENFORCEMENT OF SUBPOENAS.—The House 

further authorizes the chair of the Committee on the Judiciary (when elected), on behalf of the Committee on 

the Judiciary, consistent with clause 8(c) of rule II, and 

the Office of General Counsel to take all necessary steps 

as may be appropriate to continue the civil actions authorized by the House during the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress concerning the enforcement of the subpoenas issued to such individuals. 

SEC. 4. COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS, AND HOUSE OFFICES. 

(a) SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE STRATEGIC COMPETITION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE CHINESE

COMMUNIST PARTY.—House Resolution 11, One Hundred 

Eighteenth Congress, as amended by House Resolution 78, 

One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, shall apply in the One 

Hundred Nineteenth Congress in the same manner as such 

resolution applied in the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, 

except that— 

(1) the Select Committee concerned shall submit all 

reports to the House or policy recommendations to the 

relevant standing committees under section 1(e) not 

later than December 31, 2026; and 

(2) the investigative jurisdiction of the Select Committee shall consist of policy recommendations on countering the economic, technological, security, and ideolog-
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ical threats of the Chinese Communist Party to the 

United States and allies and partners of the United 

States. 

(b) HOUSE DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP.—House Resolution 24, One Hundred Tenth Congress, shall apply in the 

One Hundred Nineteenth Congress in the same manner as 

such resolution applied in the One Hundred Tenth Congress, 

except that the commission concerned shall be known as the 

House Democracy Partnership. 

(c) TOM LANTOS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.—Sections 1 through 7 of House Resolution 1451, One Hundred 

Tenth Congress, shall apply in the One Hundred Nineteenth 

Congress in the same manner as such provisions applied in 

the One Hundred Tenth Congress, except that— 

(1) the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission 

may, in addition to collaborating closely with other professional staff members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, collaborate closely with professional staff members 

of other relevant committees; 

(2) the resources of the Committee on Foreign Affairs which the Commission may use shall include all resources which the Committee is authorized to obtain 

from other offices of the House of Representatives; and 

(3) any amounts authorized to provide full-time 

professional staff and resources to the Tom Lantos 
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Human Rights Commission shall be in addition to and 

separate from the amounts authorized for salaries and 

expenses of the Committee on Foreign Affairs as provided by resolution of the House, shall be administered 

by the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and shall be distributed equally between the co-chairs of the Commission. 

(d) OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL CONDUCT.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—References in the standing rules 

to the Office of Congressional Ethics shall be construed 

as references to the Office of Congressional Conduct. 

(2) OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL CONDUCT.—Section 1 of House Resolution 895, One Hundred Tenth 

Congress, shall apply in the One Hundred Nineteenth 

Congress in the same manner as such provision applied 

in the One Hundred Tenth Congress, except that— 

(A) the Office of Congressional Ethics shall be 

known as the Office of Congressional Conduct 

(hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the 

‘‘Office’’); 

(B) references to the Office of Congressional 

Ethics shall be construed as references to the Office; 

(C) the Office shall be treated as a standing 

committee of the House for purposes of section 
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202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i)); 

(D) references to the Committee on Standards 

of Official Conduct shall be construed as references 

to the Committee on Ethics; 

(E) any requirement for concurrence in section 

1(b)(1) shall be construed as a requirement for consultation; 

(F) any individual who is the subject of a preliminary review or second-phase review by the board 

shall be informed of the right to be represented by 

counsel and invoking that right should not be held 

negatively against such individual; 

(G) the Office may not take any action that 

would deny any person any right or protection provided under the Constitution of the United States; 

(H) any member of the board currently serving 

a term in excess of the limitations of section 1(b)(6) 

of such resolution shall be considered as removed 

from the board; and 

(I) the provision regarding appointment and 

compensation of staff shall require an affirmative 

vote of at least 4 members of the board not later 

than 30 calendar days after the board has been 

fully constituted. 
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SEC. 5. ORDERS OF BUSINESS. 

(a) Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order 

to consider in the House any bill specified in subsection (b). 

All points of order against consideration of each such bill are 

waived. Each such bill shall be considered as read. All points 

of order against provisions in each such bill are waived. The 

previous question shall be considered as ordered on each such 

bill and on any amendment thereto to final passage without 

intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the Majority Leader and the Minority 

Leader or their respective designees; and (2) one motion to 

recommit. 

(b) The bills referred to in this subsection are as follows: 

(1) The bill (H.R. 28) to amend the Education 

Amendments of 1972 to provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of such Act in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person’s 

reproductive biology and genetics at birth. 

(2) The bill (H.R. 29) to require the Secretary of 

Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have 

been charged in the United States with theft, and for 

other purposes. 

(3) The bill (H.R. 30) to amend the Immigration 

and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who have been 

convicted of or who have committed sex offenses or domestic violence are inadmissible and deportable. 
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(4) The bill (H.R. 31) to make the assault of a law 

enforcement officer a deportable offense, and for other 

purposes. 

(5) The bill (H.R. 32) to provide that sanctuary jurisdictions that provide benefits to aliens who are 

present in the United States without lawful status under 

the immigration laws are ineligible for Federal funds intended to benefit such aliens. 

(6) The bill (H.R. 35) to impose criminal and immigration penalties for intentionally fleeing a pursuing 

Federal officer while operating a motor vehicle. 

(7) The bill (H.R. 21) to amend title 18, United 

States Code, to prohibit a health care practitioner from 

failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case 

of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion. 

(8) The bill (H.R. 23) to impose sanctions with respect to the International Criminal Court engaged in any 

effort to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute any protected person of the United States and its allies. 

(9) The bill (H.R. 33) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special rules for the taxation of certain residents of Taiwan with income from 

sources within the United States. 
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(10) The bill (H.R. 22) to amend the National 

Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require proof of 

United States citizenship to register an individual to 

vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes. 

(11) The bill (H.R. 27) to amend the Controlled 

Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of 

fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes. 

(12) The bill (H.R. 26) to prohibit a moratorium on 

the use of hydraulic fracturing. 

Attest: 

Clerk.