IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 694 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that a 
standing committee (or subcommittee thereof) hearing be held whenever 
there is a moment of silence in the House for a tragedy involving 
gun violence. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 20, 2016 
Mr. CA´RDENAS (for himself, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. AGUILAR, Ms. BASS, Mrs. 
BEATTY, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. BERA, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mrs. 
BUSTOS, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. CAS-
TOR of Florida, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Ms. 
CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. 
CONNOLLY, Mr. COSTA, Mr. BEYER, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. 
DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. DEGETTE, 
Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsyl-
vania, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. ESTY, Mr. FARR, Mr. FATTAH, Ms. FRANKEL of 
Florida, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. 
GRAYSON, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, 
Ms. HAHN, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. HIMES, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. HONDA, Mr. 
HUFFMAN, Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. TED LIEU of California, 
Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. 
LARSON
of Connecticut, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. 
LOWENTHAL, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. MCCOL-
LUM, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCNERNEY, Ms. MENG, Mr. MOULTON, 
Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. NEAL, Mr. O’ROURKE, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. 
PETERS, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. POCAN, Mr. POLIS, Mr. QUIGLEY, Miss 
RICE of New York, Mr. RICHMOND, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. 
RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. RUSH, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ 
of California, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Geor-
gia, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SIRES, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. 
SMITH of Washington, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. 
TAKANO, Mrs. TORRES, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. VEASEY, 
Mr. VISCLOSKY, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, 
Ms. ADAMS, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of 
New Mexico, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. TITUS, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´N of New Mex-
ico, and Ms. LOFGREN) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Rules 
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RESOLUTION 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to 
require that a standing committee (or subcommittee 
thereof) hearing be held whenever there is a moment 
of silence in the House for a tragedy involving gun 
violence. 
Resolved, That rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new clause: 
‘‘Hearings related to moments of silence 
‘‘7. Whenever a moment of silence related to a trag-
edy in the United States or its territories involving gun 
violence occurs on the floor of the House, the Speaker 
shall announce on the next legislative day the standing 
committee (or subcommittee thereof) designated to hold 
a hearing on such event. Such hearing shall occur within 
ten legislative days of the day of the moment of silence. 
If the chair of the designated committee or subcommittee 
does not call the requested hearing within three calendar 
days of the Speaker’s announcement, a majority of the 
members of the committee or subcommittee may file in 
the offices of the committee or subcommittee their written 
notice that a hearing of the committee or subcommittee 
will be held. The written notice shall specify the date and 
hour of the hearing. The committee or subcommittee shall 
meet on that date and hour. Immediately upon the filing 
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of the notice, the clerk of the committee or subcommittee 
shall notify all members of the committee or subcommittee 
that such hearing will be held and inform them of its date 
and hour. Such notice shall also be made publicly available 
in electronic form and shall be deemed to satisfy para-
graph (g)(3)(A)(i) of clause 2 of this rule. Only the event 
that was the subject of the moment of silence may be con-
sidered at that hearing.’’. 
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