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 provi-
sions of law or concurrent resolution that constituted rules of 
the House at the end of the One Hundred Eighteenth Con-
gress, are adopted as the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives of the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, with amend-
ments 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 co-
sponsors from the majority party at the time it is offered.’’. 
(b) 
PERMITTING
ELECTRONIC
VOTING
IN
COM-
MITTEE.—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 fol-
lowing 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 Com-
mittee on House Administration.’’. 
(c) CLARIFICATION OF ROLE OF CHIEF ADMINISTRA-
TIVE 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 ‘‘Com-
mittee 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 Edu-
cation and Workforce’’; and 
(2) in clause 3(d), strike ‘‘Committee on Education 
and the Workforce’’ and insert ‘‘Committee on Edu-
cation and Workforce’’. 
(f) STRIKING OFFICE OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.— 
(1) STRIKE.—In rule II, strike clause 9 and redes-
ignate the succeeding clause accordingly. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—In 
clause 
4(d)(1)(A) of rule X— 
(A) strike ‘‘the Office of Diversity and Inclu-
sion,’’; and 
(B) strike ‘‘Inspector General, Office of Diver-
sity and Inclusion’’ and insert ‘‘Inspector General’’. 
(g) CODIFICATION OF LONG-STANDING SEPARATE OR-
DERS.— 
(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 para-
graph:
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‘‘(b) With respect to any memorial presented under 
paragraph (a) purporting to be an application of the legisla-
ture of a State calling for a convention for proposing amend-
ments 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 Con-
gresses, and may, in the case of such a memorial pre-
sented 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 avail-
able 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 ‘dis-
trict 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 adjourn-
ment. 
‘‘(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, par-
ent-in-law, child-in-law, sibling-in-law, stepparent, step-
child, stepsibling, half-sibling, or grandchild’’ and insert 
‘‘father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, 
aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, father- 
in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, broth-
er-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-in- 
law, 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 enter-
tain 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 Nine-
teenth Congress, any reference in clause 2 of rule XXI to a 
provision or amendment that retrenches expenditures by a re-
duction of amounts of money covered by the bill shall be con-
strued 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 APPRO-
PRIATIONS 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 (fol-
lowing 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 consid-
ered in the Committee of the Whole House on the state 
of the Union unless it includes a spending reduction ac-
count 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 Appropria-
tions to add such a section to the bill or modify the fig-
ure 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 ap-
plicable 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
ANAL-
YSIS OF PROPOSALS.—The Director of the Congres-
sional Budget Office shall, to the extent practicable, 
prepare an estimate of whether a bill or joint reso-
lution 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 in-
creases 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 Nine-
teenth 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 au-
thority, 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 CER-
TAIN
LEGISLATION.—During the One Hundred Nine-
teenth Congress, if an estimate provided by the Congres-
sional Budget Office under section 402 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 shows changes in mandatory 
spending that cause a gross budgetary effect in any fis-
cal 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 re-
quest 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 legis-
lation, 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 deter-
mined at the time the estimate is prepared. 
(4) CONTENT OF CBO ANALYSIS FOR CERTAIN LEG-
ISLATION AFFECTING THE FEDERAL HOSPITAL INSUR-
ANCE 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 legis-
lation impacting either the Federal Hospital Insurance 
Trust Fund or the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability 
Insurance Trust Fund (OASDI) causes a gross budg-
etary 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 Com-
mittee 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 liabil-
ities 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 pro-
jection, solvency projections, and the net present 
value of those liabilities. 
(d) CONGRESSIONAL MEMBER ORGANIZATION TRANS-
PARENCY 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 Congres-
sional Member Organization may enter into an agree-
ment 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’ Representa-
tional Allowance (MRA) of the Member which would 
otherwise be used for the salary and related ex-
penses of the employee to a dedicated account in 
the House of Representatives which is administered 
by the Organization, in accordance with the regula-
tions promulgated by the Committee on House Ad-
ministration under paragraph (2). 
(2) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad-
ministration (hereafter referred to in this subsection as 
the ‘‘Committee’’) shall promulgate regulations as fol-
lows: 
(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 reg-
ulations to provide that an eligible Congressional
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Member Organization may use the amounts trans-
ferred 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 NUM-
BER OF SHARED EMPLOYEES.—Pursuant to the au-
thority of section 104(d) of the House of Represent-
atives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections 
Act (2 U.S.C. 5321(d)), the Committee shall pre-
scribe regulations to provide that an employee of 
the office of a Member of the House of Representa-
tives 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 of-
fice and the Organization for purposes of such sec-
tion, and shall include in such regulations appro-
priate accounting standards to ensure that a Mem-
ber 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 REPAY-
MENT PROGRAM.—Pursuant to the authority of sec-
tion 105(b) of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tions Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 4536(b)), relating to the 
student loan repayment program for employees of 
the House, the Committee shall promulgate regula-
tions 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 Mem-
ber Organization and who participates in such pro-
gram while carrying out duties under the agree-
ment— 
(i) any funds made available for making 
payments under the program with respect to 
the employee shall be transferred to the Orga-
nization’s dedicated account under paragraph 
(1)(B); and 
(ii) the Organization shall use the funds 
to repay a student loan taken out by the em-
ployee, 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 Com-
mittee shall prescribe regulations to ensure that an 
eligible Congressional Member Organization has ap-
propriate 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 ORGANIZA-
TION DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘eligible 
Congressional Member Organization’’ means, with re-
spect to the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, an or-
ganization meeting each of the following requirements: 
(A) The organization is registered as a Con-
gressional Member Organization with the Com-
mittee on House Administration. 
(B) The organization designates a single Mem-
ber of the House of Representatives to be respon-
sible for the administration of the organization, in-
cluding the administration of the account adminis-
tered under paragraph (1)(B), and includes the 
identification of such Member with the statement of 
organization that the organization files and main-
tains with the Committee on House Administration.
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(C) At least 3 employees of the House are as-
signed to perform some work for the organization. 
(D) During the One Hundred Eighteenth Con-
gress, at least 30 Members of the House of Rep-
resentatives used a portion of the Members’ Rep-
resentational Allowance of the Member for the sal-
ary 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 Representa-
tives 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 reg-
ulations prescribed by the Committee on House Adminis-
tration. 
(g) QUESTION
OF
CONSIDERATION
FOR
GERMANE-
NESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—During the One Hundred Nine-
teenth 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 other-
wise in violation of clause 7 of rule XVI. 
(2) DISPOSITION OF POINT OF ORDER.—As disposi-
tion 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 consid-
eration 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 inter-
vening motion except one that the House adjourn. 
(h) 
RESTORING
LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH
ACCOUNT-
ABILITY.—The regulations adopted pursuant to House Reso-
lution 1096, One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, shall have 
no force or effect during the One Hundred Nineteenth Con-
gress. 
(i) REMOTE APPEARANCE OF WITNESSES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—During the One Hundred Nine-
teenth Congress, at the discretion of the chair of a com-
mittee 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
INTEL-
LIGENCE.—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 Con-
gress, in furtherance of the institutional priorities outlined in 
the House Information Technology Policy 8 (HITPOL 8) Ar-
tificial Intelligence (AI), which shall include— 
(1) incorporating appropriate guardrails and spe-
cific AI principles from HITPOL 8 that will guide both 
Members and institutional offices if they choose to incor-
porate this technology into their operations; 
(2) exploring the use of AI applications to stream-
line administrative processes and enhance decision-mak-
ing 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 LEGIS-
LATIVE 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 legisla-
tive information produced by the House and its commit-
tees; and 
(2) enabling all House staff to produce comparative 
prints showing the differences between versions of legis-
lation, how proposed legislation will amend existing law, 
and how an amendment may change proposed legisla-
tion. 
(l) IMPROVING
THE COMMITTEE ELECTRONIC DOCU-
MENT REPOSITORY.—The Clerk, the Committee on House 
Administration, and other officers and officials of the House 
shall continue efforts to improve the electronic document re-
pository 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 simulta-
neously by the Committee on Rules, in furtherance of the in-
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stitutional priority of increasing public availability and identi-
fication 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 ex-
clusively 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 Commis-
sioner to the Congress. 
(2) The Committee on House Administration shall 
promulgate regulations to carry out this subsection. 
(n) DISPLAYING STATEMENT OF RIGHTS AND PROTEC-
TIONS 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 Ac-
countability 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-disclo-
sure agreement imposed by any employing or contracting au-
thority 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 con-
tractor may communicate concerning any matter with 
the Committee on Ethics, the Office of Congressional 
Workplace Rights, or any other office or entity des-
ignated by the Committee on House Administration 
without prior, concurrent, or subsequent notice or ap-
proval; and 
(2) not be binding and shall have no legal effect to 
the extent to which it requires prior, concurrent, or sub-
sequent 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 de-
scribed 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 minor-
ity 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-DIS-
CRIMINATION 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 promul-
gate regulations to carry out this subsection, and shall 
ensure that such regulations are consistent with the re-
quirements 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 Eth-
ics) shall hold a hearing at which it receives testimony from 
Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner on pro-
posed legislation within its jurisdiction, except that the Com-
mittee 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 Re-
form shall be included as one of the seven members of the 
Committee making any request of an Executive agency pur-
suant to section 2954 of title 5, United States Code. 
(t) DEPOSITION AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—During the One Hundred Nine-
teenth 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, includ-
ing 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
DEPOSI-
TIONS.—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 mem-
ber, 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 Hun-
dred 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 be-
half 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 re-
lated 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 Jus-
tice 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 Ju-
diciary (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 au-
thorized by the House during the One Hundred Eight-
eenth Congress concerning the enforcement of the sub-
poenas issued to such individuals. 
SEC. 4. COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS, AND HOUSE OFFICES. 
(a) SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE STRATEGIC COMPETI-
TION 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 Com-
mittee shall consist of policy recommendations on coun-
tering 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 Resolu-
tion 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.—Sec-
tions 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 pro-
fessional staff members of the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs, collaborate closely with professional staff members 
of other relevant committees; 
(2) the resources of the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs which the Commission may use shall include all re-
sources 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 pro-
vided by resolution of the House, shall be administered 
by the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and shall be dis-
tributed equally between the co-chairs of the Commis-
sion. 
(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.—Sec-
tion 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 Of-
fice; 
(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 con-
sultation; 
(F) any individual who is the subject of a pre-
liminary 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 pro-
vided 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 di-
vided 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 de-
termining compliance with title IX of such Act in ath-
letics, 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 do-
mestic 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 ju-
risdictions that provide benefits to aliens who are 
present in the United States without lawful status under 
the immigration laws are ineligible for Federal funds in-
tended to benefit such aliens. 
(6) The bill (H.R. 35) to impose criminal and immi-
gration 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 abor-
tion. 
(8) The bill (H.R. 23) to impose sanctions with re-
spect to the International Criminal Court engaged in any 
effort to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute any pro-
tected person of the United States and its allies. 
(9) The bill (H.R. 33) to amend the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 to provide special rules for the tax-
ation 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 pur-
poses. 
(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.