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Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it 
shall be in order without intervention of any point of order 
to consider in the House the resolution (H. Res. 21) call-
ing on Vice President Michael R. Pence to convene and 
mobilize the principal officers of the executive departments 
of the Cabinet to activate section 4 of the 25th Amend-
ment to declare President Donald J. Trump incapable of 
executing the duties of his office and to immediately exer-
cise powers as acting President. The amendment to the 
preamble printed in the report of the Committee on Rules 
accompanying this resolution shall be considered as adopt-
ed. The resolution, as amended, shall be considered as 
read. The previous question shall be considered as ordered 
on the resolution and preamble, as amended, to adoption 
without intervening motion or demand for division of the 
question except one hour of debate equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of 
the Committee on the Judiciary or their respective des-
ignees. 
SEC. 2. The prohibition against personality in debate 
shall not apply during consideration of measures specified 
in section 3 of this resolution with respect to references 
to the President. 
SEC. 3. The measures referred to in section 2 of this 
resolution are as follows: 
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(a) House Resolution 21. 
(b) Any special order of business providing for the 
consideration of House Resolution 24. 
SEC. 4. (a) During a covered period designated pur-
suant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8— 
(1) the Sergeant-at-Arms is authorized and di-
rected to impose a fine against a Member, Delegate, 
or the Resident Commissioner for the failure to wear 
a mask in contravention of the Speaker’s announced 
policies of January 4, 2021; and 
(2) a fine imposed pursuant to this section shall 
be treated as though imposed under clause 3(g) of 
rule II, and shall be administered as though pursu-
ant to clause 4(d) of rule II, except that— 
(A) the time periods described in clause 
3(g)(3)(C) of rule II shall not commence until 
the Committee on Ethics has adopted written 
rules, and the chair of the Committee on Ethics 
shall notify all Members, Delegates, or the Resi-
dent Commissioner with pending appeals upon 
such commencement; and 
(B) a fine subject to appeal under clause 
3(g)(3) of rule II shall proceed unless dismissed 
within the time period provided under clause 
3(g)(3)(C) of rule II. 
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(b) Subsection (a) establishes a standard of conduct 
within the meaning of clause 3(a)(2) of rule XI. 
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House Calendar No. 1 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 38 
[Report No. 117–1] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the resolution (H. 
Res. 21) calling on Vice President Michael R. 
Pence to convene and mobilize the principal offi-
cers of the executive departments of the Cabinet 
to activate section 4 of the 25th Amendment to 
declare President Donald J. Trump incapable of 
executing the duties of his office and to imme-
diately exercise powers as acting President; and 
for other purposes. 
JANUARY 12, 2021 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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