IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 330 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that legisla-
tion and conference reports be available on the Internet for 72 hours 
before consideration by the House, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 23, 2011 
Mr. PETERS submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Rules 
RESOLUTION 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to 
require that legislation and conference reports be avail-
able on the Internet for 72 hours before consideration 
by the House, and for other purposes. 
Resolved, 
SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO RULE XIII REGARDING 
AVAILABILITY 
OF 
LEGISLATION 
AND 
RE-
PORTS. 
(a) Clause 4 of rule XIII of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended— 
(1) in its side heading, by inserting ‘‘legislation 
and’’ before ‘‘reports’’; 
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(2) in paragraph (a) by striking subparagraph 
(1) and inserting the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(1) Except as specified in subparagraph (2), it 
shall not be in order to consider in the House a 
measure or matter until 72 hours (excluding Satur-
days, Sundays and holidays except when the House 
is in session on such a day) after the text of such 
measure or matter (and, if the measure or matter is 
reported, the text of all accompanying reports) have 
been made available to Members, Delegates, the 
Resident Commissioner, and the general public pur-
suant to subparagraph (3).’’; 
(3) by adding at the end of paragraph (a) the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(3) Without further amendment before floor 
consideration, the full text of the measure or matter 
and each committee report thereon shall be posted 
continuously by means of the Internet in such a 
manner that they are conveniently accessible using 
existing technology, anonymously and at no cost, in 
a format that is searchable by text.’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (c), by striking ‘‘the third cal-
endar day’’ and inserting ‘‘at least 72 hours’’ and by 
striking ‘‘on’’ and inserting ‘‘after’’. 
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(b) Rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Represent-
atives is further amended— 
(1) in clause 5(b), by striking ‘‘and the Resi-
dent Commissioner’’ and inserting ‘‘the Resident 
Commissioner, and the general public’’; and 
(2) in clause 6(c), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end 
of subparagraph (1), by striking the period at the 
end of subparagraph (2) and inserting ‘‘; or’’, and 
by inserting before the period ‘‘a rule or order pro-
posing a waiver of clause 4(a) of rule XIII or of 
clause 8(a) or 8(b) of rule XXII, unless a question 
of consideration of the rule is adopted by a vote of 
two-thirds of the Members voting, a quorum being 
present’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO RULE XXII REGARDING AVAIL-
ABILITY OF CONFERENCE REPORTS AND 
AMENDMENTS 
REPORTED 
IN 
DISAGREE-
MENT. 
Clause 8 of rule XXII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended— 
(1) by striking subparagraph (a) and inserting 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(a)(1) It shall not be in order to consider a con-
ference report until 72 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sun-
days and holidays except when the House is in session on 
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such a day) after the conference report and the accom-
panying joint explanatory statement have been available 
to Members, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, and 
the general public pursuant to subparagraph (2). 
‘‘(2) Without further amendment before floor 
consideration, the full texts of the conference report 
and the accompanying signed joint explanatory 
statement shall be posted continuously by means of 
the Internet in such a manner that they are conven-
iently accessible using existing technology, anony-
mously and at no cost, in a format that can be 
searched by text.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (b), by striking subparagraphs 
(1) and (2) and inserting the following new subpara-
graphs: 
‘‘(1) It shall not be in order to consider a mo-
tion to dispose of a Senate amendment reported in 
disagreement by a conference committee until at 
least 72 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and 
holidays except when the House is in session on such 
a day) after the report in disagreement and any ac-
companying statement have been available to Mem-
bers, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, and the 
general public pursuant to subparagraph (2). 
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scope, or cost be posted on the Internet for an appropriate 
number of hours. 
Æ 
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