IV 

119TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 36 

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 13, 2025 

Mr. OBERNOLTE (for himself, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, 

Ms. TENNEY, and Mr. VALADAO) 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’’. 

5 SEC. 2. COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF NON6 ESSENTIAL FEDERAL PROGRAMS. 

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

8 Representatives is amended by redesignating paragraphs 


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1 (f) through (t) as paragraphs (g) through (u) and by in2 serting after paragraph (e) the following new paragraph: 

3 ‘‘(f) Elimination of Nonessential Federal Programs 

4 ‘‘Modification or elimination of underper5 forming or nonessential Federal programs. 

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

7 120th Congress.’’. 

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

9 Representatives is amended by adding at the end the fol10 lowing 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) Clause 5(a) of rule X of the Rules of the House 

11 of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the 

12 following new paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(4)(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 Government Reform. 

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 minority leader and 

6 designated by the minority leader as the Vice Chair 

7 of the Committee. 

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

9 shall not be from the same political party. 

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

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

12 minority party.’’. 

13 (d) Rule X of the Rules of the House of Representa14 tives is amended by adding at the end the following new 

15 clause: 

16 ‘‘Expedited procedures for legislation reported by 

17 the Committee on the Elimination of Non18 essential Federal Programs 

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

20 by the Committee on the Elimination of Nonessential Fed21 eral Programs, the following shall apply: 

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

23 (excluding any day on which the House is not in ses24 sion) that begins on the date the Committee reports 

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1 ceed to the consideration of the bill or resolution. 

2 The motion is highly privileged and is not debatable, 

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

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

5 which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to. 

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

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

8 divided equally between those favoring and those op9 posing the bill or resolution. A motion to further 

10 limit debate is not debatable. 

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

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

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

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

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