IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 802 
Requiring the House of Representatives to convene and hold recorded quorum 
calls during a Government shutdown, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 10, 2025 
Mr. MOSKOWITZ (for himself, Ms. HOYLE of Oregon, Mr. WHITESIDES, Mr. 
HORSFORD, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mrs. MCCLAIN DELANEY, Mr. 
FROST, Ms. MCBRIDE, Ms. FRIEDMAN, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. 
JAYAPAL, Mr. MIN, Ms. TOKUDA, and Mr. LANDSMAN) submitted the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules, and in 
addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
cerned 
RESOLUTION 
Requiring the House of Representatives to convene and hold 
recorded quorum calls during a Government shutdown, 
and for other purposes. 
Resolved, 
SECTION 1. REQUIRING HOUSE TO CONVENE DURING GOV-
ERNMENT SHUTDOWN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided under sub-
section (b), on each day on which a Government shutdown 
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is in effect, the Speaker of the House of Representatives 
shall convene a meeting of the House. 
(b) RESTRICTIONS ON RECESS OR ADJOURNMENT.— 
During a meeting of the House on a day on which a Gov-
ernment shutdown is in effect, it shall not be in order for 
the House to consider a motion to adjourn or for the 
Speaker to declare a recess unless— 
(1) the House met for each of the first 5 con-
secutive calendar days on which the Government 
shutdown is in effect; 
(2) the proposed period of adjournment or re-
cess does not last for more than 2 consecutive cal-
endar days; and 
(3) the House has met for at least 5 consecu-
tive calendar days since the expiration of the most 
recent period of adjournment or recess under this 
subsection. 
SEC. 2. MANDATORY RECORDED QUORUM CALLS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—On each day on which the 
House is in session while a Government shutdown is in 
effect, there shall be one or more recorded quorum calls 
under which each Member of the House shall record the 
Member’s presence by electronic device. 
(b) IMPOSITION OF FINES FOR FAILURE TO RECORD 
PRESENCE.— 
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(1) IMPOSITION
BY
SERGEANT-AT-ARMS.—(A) 
The Sergeant-at-Arms is authorized and directed to 
impose a fine against a Member for failure to record 
the presence of the Member on a quorum call under 
subsection (a) on 2 or more consecutive days, except 
that the Sergeant-at-Arms may not impose a fine 
against a Member who notifies the Speaker that the 
reason for the failure is the illness of the Member 
or the illness of a member of the Member’s family. 
(B) A fine imposed pursuant to this resolution 
shall be $500 for a first offense and $2,500 for any 
subsequent offense. 
(C) The Sergeant-at-Arms shall promptly notify 
in writing the Member, the Speaker, the Minority 
Leader, the Committee on Ethics, and the Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer of any fine under this sub-
section. Such notification shall include findings de-
tailing the violation and shall also be made publicly 
available by the chair of the Committee on Ethics. 
(2) APPEAL TO COMMITTEE ON ETHICS.—(A) 
The Member may appeal the fine imposed under 
subsection (a) in writing to the Committee on Ethics 
not later than 30 calendar days or five legislative 
days, whichever is later, after notification pursuant 
to paragraph (1)(C). Such appeal shall include a re-
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sponse to the findings issued by the Sergeant-at- 
Arms pursuant to such paragraph. 
(B) Upon receipt of an appeal pursuant to sub-
paragraph (A), the Committee on Ethics shall have 
a period of 30 calendar days or five legislative days, 
whichever is later, to consider the appeal. The fine 
will be upheld unless the appeal is agreed to by a 
majority of the Committee. Upon a determination 
regarding the appeal or if no appeal has been filed 
at the expiration of the period specified in subpara-
graph (A), the chair of the Committee on Ethics 
shall promptly notify the Member, the Speaker, the 
Sergeant-at-Arms, and the Chief Administrative Of-
ficer, and shall make such notification publicly avail-
able. The Speaker shall promptly lay such notifica-
tion before the House. 
(C) If a Member files an appeal under subpara-
graph (A) prior to the date on which the Committee 
on Ethics has adopted written rules, the period for 
the Committee’s consideration of the appeal under 
subparagraph (B) shall begin on the date on which 
the chair of the Committee notifies the Member that 
the Committee has adopted such rules. 
(3) DEDUCTING
FINE
FROM
PAY.—(A) If a 
Member against whom a fine is imposed by the Ser-
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geant-at-Arms under paragraph (1) has not paid the 
fine prior to the expiration of the 90-calendar day 
period which begins on the date described in sub-
paragraph (B), the Chief Administrative Officer 
shall deduct the amount of the fine from the net sal-
ary otherwise due the Member, in accordance with 
timetables and procedures established by the Com-
mittee on House Administration for purposes of car-
rying out this subsection. 
(B) The date described in this subparagraph is, 
with respect to a fine imposed on a Member— 
(i) the date of the determination of the 
Committee on Ethics under paragraph (2)(B); 
or 
(ii) if the Member does not file an appeal 
with the Committee on Ethics prior to the expi-
ration of the period specified in paragraph 
(2)(B), the first day after the expiration of such 
period. 
(4) PROHIBITING USE OF CAMPAIGN OR OFFI-
CIAL FUNDS TO PAY FINES.—A Member may not 
use campaign funds or official funds, including 
amounts in the Members’ Representational Allow-
ance, to pay a fine imposed under this section. 
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