H. Res. 6 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
January 9, 2019. 
Resolved, 
TITLE I—RULES OF THE ONE 
HUNDRED SIXTEENTH CONGRESS 
SEC. 101. ADOPTION OF THE RULES OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIF-
TEENTH CONGRESS. 
The Rules of the House of Representatives of the One 
Hundred Fifteenth Congress, including applicable provisions 
of law or concurrent resolution that constituted rules of the 
House at the end of the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, 
are adopted as the Rules of the House of Representatives of 
the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, with amendments to 
the standing rules as provided in section 102, and with other 
orders as provided in this resolution. 
SEC. 102. CHANGES TO THE STANDING RULES. 
(a) NOTIFICATION OF CONVENING OF THE HOUSE.—In 
clause 12 of rule I, insert ‘‘, Delegates, and the Resident 
Commissioner’’ after ‘‘Members’’ each place it appears.
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(b) VOTING BY DELEGATES AND THE RESIDENT COM-
MISSIONER IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.— 
(1) In clause 3(a) of rule III, insert ‘‘In a Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
each Delegate and the Resident Commissioner shall pos-
sess the same powers and privileges as Members of the 
House.’’ before ‘‘Each Delegate’’. 
(2) In clause 6 of rule XVIII, add at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(h) Whenever a recorded vote on any question has been 
decided by a margin within which the votes cast by the Dele-
gates and the Resident Commissioner have been decisive, the 
Committee of the Whole shall rise and the Speaker shall put 
such question de novo without intervening motion. Upon the 
announcement of the vote on that question, the Committee of 
the Whole shall resume its sitting without intervening mo-
tion.’’. 
(c) ALLOWING DELEGATES AND THE RESIDENT COM-
MISSIONER TO SERVE ON JOINT COMMITTEES.—In clause 
3(b) of rule III, strike ‘‘and to any’’ and insert ‘‘, joint com-
mittee, or’’. 
(d) ADMITTANCE TO THE HALL OF THE HOUSE.—In 
clause 2(a) of rule IV— 
(1) strike subparagraphs (1) and (2) and insert the 
following:
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‘‘(1) Members of Congress, Members-elect, Dele-
gates, Delegates-elect, the Resident Commissioner, and 
the Resident Commissioner-elect. 
‘‘(2) Contestants in election cases during the pend-
ency of their cases on the floor.’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (14), insert ‘‘and of the Terri-
tories’’ after ‘‘States’’. 
(e) OFFICE OF SPEAKER.—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 offered by direction 
of a party caucus or conference.’’. 
(f) DESIGNATING COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND RE-
FORM.—In the standing rules, strike ‘‘Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform’’ each place it appears and in-
sert (in each instance) ‘‘Committee on Oversight and Re-
form’’. 
(g) DESIGNATING COMMITTEE
ON EDUCATION
AND 
LABOR.— 
(1) In clause 1(e) of rule X, strike ‘‘the Workforce’’ 
and insert ‘‘Labor’’. 
(2) In clause 3(d) of rule X, strike ‘‘the Workforce’’ 
and insert ‘‘Labor’’.
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(h) EDUCATION AND LABOR JURISDICTION CLARIFICA-
TION.—In clause 1(e) of rule X, add the following new sub-
paragraphs: 
‘‘(14) Organization, administration, and general 
management of the Department of Education. 
‘‘(15) Organization, administration, and general 
management of the Department of Labor.’’. 
(i) COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT PLANS.—Amend clause 2(d) 
of rule X to read as follows: 
‘‘(d)(1) Not later than March 1 of the first session of 
a Congress, the chair of each standing committee (other than 
the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Ethics, 
and the Committee on Rules) shall— 
‘‘(A) prepare, in consultation with the ranking mi-
nority member, an oversight plan for that Congress; 
‘‘(B) provide a copy of that plan to each member 
of the committee for at least seven calendar days before 
its submission; and 
‘‘(C) submit that plan (including any supplemental, 
minority, additional, or dissenting views submitted by a 
member of the committee) simultaneously to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Reform and the Committee on 
House Administration. 
‘‘(2) In developing the plan, the chair of each committee 
shall, to the maximum extent feasible—
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‘‘(A) consult with other committees that have juris-
diction over the same or related laws, programs, or agen-
cies with the objective of ensuring maximum coordina-
tion and cooperation among committees when conducting 
reviews of such laws, programs, or agencies and include 
in the plan an explanation of steps that have been or will 
be taken to ensure such coordination and cooperation; 
‘‘(B) review specific problems with Federal rules, 
regulations, statutes, and court decisions that are ambig-
uous, arbitrary, or nonsensical, or that impose severe fi-
nancial burdens on individuals; 
‘‘(C) give priority consideration to including in the 
plan the review of those laws, programs, or agencies op-
erating under permanent budget authority or permanent 
statutory authority; 
‘‘(D) have a view toward ensuring that all signifi-
cant laws, programs, or agencies within the committee’s 
jurisdiction are subject to review every 10 years; and 
‘‘(E) have a view toward insuring against duplica-
tion of Federal programs. 
‘‘(3) Not later than April 15 in the first session of a 
Congress, after consultation with the Speaker, the Majority 
Leader, and the Minority Leader, the Committee on Over-
sight and Reform shall report to the House the oversight 
plans submitted under subparagraph (1) together with any
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recommendations that it, or the House leadership group de-
scribed above, may make to ensure the most effective coordi-
nation of oversight plans and otherwise to achieve the objec-
tives of this clause.’’. 
(j) ACTIVITY REPORTS.— 
(1) In clause 1(d)(2)(B) of rule XI, strike ‘‘author-
ization and’’. 
(2) In clause 1(d)(2)(C) of rule XI, strike ‘‘author-
ization and’’. 
(k) OVERSIGHT OVER THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE 
PRESIDENT.—In clause 3(i) of rule X, strike ‘‘with a view to 
determining their economy and efficiency’’ and insert ‘‘, in-
cluding the Executive Office of the President’’. 
(l) OVERSIGHT
AND
REFORM
COMMITTEE
DEPOSI-
TIONS.—In clause 4(c)(3)(B) of rule X— 
(1) in item (i), insert ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(2) in item (ii), strike ‘‘; and’’ and insert ‘‘.’’; and 
(3) strike item (iii). 
(m) REMOVING CERTAIN COMMITTEE TERM LIMITS.— 
(1) In clause 5(a)(2) of rule X— 
(A) strike subdivisions (B) and (C); and 
(B) in subdivision (A), strike ‘‘(A)’’ and redes-
ignate items (i), (ii), and (iii) as subdivisions (A), 
(B), and (C). 
(2) In clause 5(c) of rule X—
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(A) strike the designation of subparagraph (1); 
and 
(B) strike subparagraph (2). 
(n) RULES OF COMMITTEES.—In clause 2(a)(2) of rule 
XI, strike ‘‘30’’ and insert ‘‘60’’. 
(o) 
COMMITTEE
MARKUP
NOTICE.—In 
clause 
2(g)(3)(A)(ii) of rule XI, strike ‘‘third day’’ and insert ‘‘third 
calendar day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays 
except when the House is in session on such a day)’’. 
(p) 
ANNUAL
ETHICS
TRAINING.—In 
clause 
3(a)(6)(B)(ii) of rule XI— 
(1) strike ″officer and employee″ and insert 
″Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, and 
employee″; and 
(2) strike ″officer or employee″ and insert ″Member, 
Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee″. 
(q) CONSIDERING CRIMINAL TRIAL EVIDENCE IN ETH-
ICS INVESTIGATION.—In clause 3(p) of rule XI— 
(1) in subparagraph (5)(C), strike ‘‘first; or’’ and 
insert ‘‘first;’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (5)(D), strike ‘‘investigation;’’ 
and insert ‘‘investigation; or’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (5), add at the end the fol-
lowing new subdivision:
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‘‘(E) the committee or an investigative 
subcommittee determines to take into evidence 
the trial transcript or exhibits admitted into 
evidence at a criminal trial pursuant to sub-
paragraph (9);’’; 
(4) in subparagraph (7), strike ‘‘; and’’ and insert 
a semicolon; 
(5) in subparagraph (8), strike the period and in-
sert ‘‘; and’’; and 
(6) add at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(9) in any investigation permitted by House 
or committee rules, in addition to any other evi-
dence which the committee or an investigative sub-
committee may consider, if the respondent has been 
convicted by a court of record for a crime which is 
related to the subject of the investigation, the com-
mittee or investigative subcommittee may take into 
evidence the trial transcript and all exhibits admit-
ted into evidence at the trial.’’. 
(r) CONSENSUS CALENDAR.— 
(1) In clause 1 of rule XIII, add at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(c) There is established a Consensus Calendar as pro-
vided in clause 7 of rule XV.’’.
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(2) In rule XV, add at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘Consensus Calendar 
‘‘7.(a)(1) At least once during any week in which the 
House convenes, the House shall consider a measure on the 
Consensus Calendar as designated by the Speaker. 
‘‘(2) This paragraph does not apply before March 1 of 
an odd-numbered year or after September 30 of an even- 
numbered year. 
‘‘(b)(1) The sponsor of a measure that has accumulated 
290 cosponsors and has not been reported by the committee 
of primary jurisdiction may present to the Clerk a motion in 
writing to place that measure on the Consensus Calendar. 
‘‘(2) A proper motion presented under subparagraph (1) 
shall be placed in the custody of the Clerk, and shall appear 
in a portion of the Congressional Record designated for that 
purpose. The Clerk shall maintain a cumulative list of such 
motions, and shall make such list publicly available in elec-
tronic form. 
‘‘(3) A motion presented under subparagraph (1) shall 
be considered as withdrawn if the measure is reported by the 
committee of primary jurisdiction prior to its placement on 
the Consensus Calendar. 
‘‘(c) After a measure has maintained at least 290 co-
sponsors for a cumulative period of 25 legislative days after
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the presentation of a motion under paragraph (b)(1), the 
measure shall be placed on the Consensus Calendar. Such 
measure shall remain on the Consensus Calendar until it is— 
‘‘(1) considered in the House; or 
‘‘(2) reported by the committee of primary jurisdic-
tion.’’. 
(s) RECORDED
VOTES
IN
RULES
COMMITTEE
RE-
PORTS.—In clause 3(b) of rule XIII, insert ‘‘, and applies 
only to the maximum extent practicable to a report by the 
Committee on Rules on a rule, joint rule, or the order of 
business’’ after ‘‘Ethics’’. 
(t) 72–HOUR TEXT AVAILABILITY.— 
(1) In clause 4(a)(1) of rule XIII— 
(A) strike ‘‘the third calendar day (excluding 
Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays except when 
the House is in session on such a day) on which 
each report’’ and insert ‘‘the proposed text of each 
report (except views referred to in clause 2(l) of 
rule XI)’’; and 
(B) insert ‘‘for 72 hours’’ after ‘‘Resident 
Commissioner’’. 
(2) In clause 11 of rule XXI— 
(A) strike ‘‘the third calendar day (excluding 
Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays except when
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the House is in session on such a day) on which’’; 
and 
(B) insert ‘‘for 72 hours’’ after ‘‘Resident 
Commissioner’’. 
(3) In clause 8(a)(1)(A) of rule XXII— 
(A) strike ‘‘the third calendar day (excluding 
Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays except when 
the House is in session on such a day) on which’’; 
and 
(B) insert ‘‘for 72 hours’’ after ‘‘Resident 
Commissioner’’. 
(4) In clause 8(b)(1)(A) of rule XXII— 
(A) strike ‘‘the third calendar day (excluding 
Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays except when 
the House is in session on such a day) on which’’; 
and 
(B) insert ‘‘for 72 hours’’ after ‘‘Resident 
Commissioner’’. 
(u) MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS.—In rule XIII, strike 
clause 8. 
(v) DISCHARGE PETITIONS.— 
(1) In clause 2 of rule XV— 
(A) strike ‘‘Discharge motions, second and 
fourth Mondays’’ and insert ‘‘Discharge motions’’;
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(B) strike paragraph (a) and redesignate the 
subsequent paragraphs accordingly; 
(C) in paragraph (b) (as so redesignated), 
strike ‘‘paragraph (b)’’ and insert ‘‘paragraph (a)’’; 
and 
(D) in paragraph (c)(1) (as so redesignated), 
strike the first sentence and insert the following: ‘‘A 
motion to discharge that has been on the calendar 
for at least seven legislative days (except during the 
last six days of a session of Congress) shall be privi-
leged only at a time or place, designated by the 
Speaker, in the legislative schedule within two legis-
lative days after the day on which a Member whose 
signature appears thereon announces to the House 
an intention to offer the motion.’’. 
(2) In clause 6(e) of rule XIII, strike ‘‘on a day 
when it is in order to consider a motion to discharge 
committees under clause 2 of rule XV’’ and insert ‘‘on 
the second and fourth Mondays of a month’’. 
(3) In clause 3 of rule XV, strike ‘‘on a day when 
it is in order to consider a motion to discharge commit-
tees under clause 2’’ and insert ‘‘on the second and 
fourth Mondays of a month’’. 
(4) In clause 4 of rule XV, strike ‘‘after the disposi-
tion of motions to discharge committees and’’.
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(w) PRIVATE CALENDAR.—In clause 5 of rule XV— 
(1) in the caption, strike ‘‘, first and third Tues-
days’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (b)(1), amend the first sentence to 
read as follows: ‘‘On any day, after the disposal of such 
business on the Speaker’s table as requires reference 
only, the Speaker may direct the Clerk to call any bill 
or resolution that has been on the Private Calendar for 
at least seven days, but only on the second legislative 
day after the legislative day on which the Speaker or a 
designee announces to the House an intention to do so.’’. 
(x) RELIGIOUS HEADDRESS.—In clause 5 of rule XVII, 
insert ‘‘non-religious headdress or’’ before ‘‘a hat’’. 
(y) QUORUM IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.—In 
clause 6 of rule XVIII— 
(1) in paragraph (a), insert ‘‘, Delegates, and the 
Resident Commissioner’’ after ‘‘Members’’; 
(2) in paragraph (e), insert ‘‘, Delegates, and the 
Resident Commissioner’’ after ‘‘Members’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (g)(2), insert ‘‘, Delegates, and 
the Resident Commissioner’’ after ‘‘Members’’. 
(z) TWO-MINUTE VOTING IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE 
WHOLE.—In clause 6 of rule XVIII— 
(1) in paragraph (f)—
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(A) strike ‘‘without any intervening business or 
debate’’; and 
(B) after ‘‘first pending amendment’’ insert 
the following: ‘‘, if in the discretion of the Chair 
Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commis-
sioner would be afforded an adequate opportunity to 
vote’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (g)— 
(A) in subparagraph (1), strike ‘‘without inter-
vening business’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (2), strike ‘‘without inter-
vening debate or motion’’. 
(aa) POSTPONABILITY OF CERTAIN VOTES.—In clause 
8(a)(2) of rule XX— 
(1) redesignate subdivisions (G) through (J) as sub-
divisions (H) through (K), respectively; 
(2) insert after subdivision (F) the following new 
subdivision: 
‘‘(G) The question of agreeing to an amend-
ment.’’; 
(3) in subdivision (H) (as redesignated), strike 
‘‘(F)’’ and insert ‘‘(G)’’; and 
(4) strike subdivision (K) (as redesignated). 
(bb) DISCRETION FOR FIVE-MINUTE VOTES.—
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(1) Strike clause 8(c) of rule XX (and redesignate 
the succeeding paragraph accordingly). 
(2) Amend clause 9 of rule XX to read as follows: 
‘‘9.(a) The Speaker may reduce to five minutes the min-
imum time for electronic voting on any question that follows 
another electronic vote or a report from the Committee of the 
Whole, if in the discretion of the Speaker Members would be 
afforded an adequate opportunity to vote. 
‘‘(b) To the maximum extent practicable, notice of pos-
sible five-minute voting for a given series of votes shall be 
issued prior to the first electronic vote in the series.’’. 
(cc) NET INCREASE IN BUDGET AUTHORITY.—In clause 
2 of rule XXI, strike paragraph (g). 
(dd) REMOVING SUPERMAJORITY VOTE.— 
(1) In clause 5 of rule XXI, strike paragraph (b) 
and redesignate the subsequent paragraph accordingly. 
(2) In clause 10 of rule XX, strike ‘‘, or increasing 
Federal income tax rates (within the meaning of clause 
5 of rule XXI)’’. 
(3) In clause 5(a) of rule XXI, strike ‘‘paragraph 
(1)’’ and insert ‘‘subparagraph (1)’’. 
(ee) PAY-AS-YOU-GO POINT OF ORDER.—In rule XXI, 
amend clause 10 to read as follows: 
‘‘10.(a)(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c), 
it shall not be in order to consider any bill, joint resolution,
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amendment, or conference report if the provisions of such 
measure affecting direct spending and revenues have the net 
effect of increasing the deficit or reducing the surplus for ei-
ther the period comprising— 
‘‘(A) the current fiscal year, the budget year, and 
the four fiscal years following that budget year; or 
‘‘(B) the current fiscal year, the budget year, and 
the nine fiscal years following that budget year. 
‘‘(2) The effect of such measure on the deficit or surplus 
shall be determined on the basis of estimates made by the 
Committee on the Budget relative to baseline estimates sup-
plied by the Congressional Budget Office consistent with sec-
tion 257 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
‘‘(b) If a bill, joint resolution, or amendment is consid-
ered pursuant to a special order of the House directing the 
Clerk to add as new matter at the end of such measure the 
provisions of a separate measure as passed by the House, the 
provisions of such separate measure as passed by the House 
shall be included in the evaluation under paragraph (a) of the 
bill, joint resolution, or amendment. 
‘‘(c)(1) Except as provided in subparagraph (2), the 
evaluation under paragraph (a) shall exclude a provision ex-
pressly designated as an emergency for purposes of pay-as-
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(ff) BANNING DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF SEX-
UAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY.—In clause 9 of 
rule XXIII, insert ‘‘sexual orientation, gender identity,’’ be-
fore ‘‘disability’’. 
(gg) BANNING
SEXUAL
RELATIONSHIPS
BETWEEN 
MEMBERS AND COMMITTEE STAFF.—In clause 18(a) of rule 
XXIII, strike ‘‘Resident Commissioner.’’ and insert ‘‘Resident 
Commissioner, or who is an employee of a committee on 
which the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
serves.’’. 
(hh) SERVICE OF INDICTED MEMBERS IN LEADERSHIP 
AND ON COMMITTEES.—In clause 10 of rule XXIII— 
(1) designate the existing sentence as paragraph 
(a); and 
(2) insert at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(b) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
who has been indicted for or otherwise formally charged with 
criminal conduct in any Federal, State, or local court punish-
able as a felony for which a sentence of two or more years’ 
imprisonment may be imposed should submit his or her res-
ignation from any standing, select, joint or ad hoc committee, 
and any subcommittee thereof, on which he or she serves, and 
should step aside from any party caucus or conference leader-
ship position he or she holds, unless or until judicial or execu-
tive proceedings result in acquittal or the charges are dis-
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missed or reduced to less than a felony as described in this 
paragraph.’’. 
(ii) BANNING MEMBERS, OFFICERS, AND EMPLOYEES 
FROM SITTING ON CORPORATE BOARDS.—Effective January 
1, 2020, in rule XXIII— 
(1) redesignate clause 19 as clause 20; and 
(2) insert after clause 18 the following new clause: 
‘‘19.(a) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
officer, or employee of the House may not serve as an officer 
or director of any public company. 
‘‘(b) In paragraph (a), the term ‘public company’ means 
an issuer as defined in section 3 of the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c)— 
‘‘(1) the securities of which are required to be reg-
istered under section 12 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 78l); or 
‘‘(2) that is required to file reports under section 
15(d) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 78o(d)). 
‘‘(c) Not later than December 31, 2019, the Committee 
on Ethics shall develop regulations addressing other types of 
prohibited service or positions that could lead to conflicts of 
interest.’’. 
(jj) SUSPENSION OF THE DEBT LIMIT.—Rule XXVIII is 
amended to read as follows:
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‘‘RULE XXVIII 
‘‘STATUTORY LIMIT ON THE PUBLIC DEBT 
‘‘1. Upon adoption by the House of a concurrent resolu-
tion on the budget under section 301 or 304 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, the Clerk shall prepare an en-
grossment of a joint resolution suspending the statutory limit 
on the public debt in the form prescribed in clause 2. Upon 
engrossment of the joint resolution, the vote by which the 
concurrent resolution on the budget was adopted by the 
House shall also be considered as a vote on passage of the 
joint resolution in the House, and the joint resolution shall 
be considered as passed by the House and duly certified and 
examined. The engrossed copy shall be signed by the Clerk 
and transmitted to the Senate for further legislative action. 
‘‘2. The matter after the resolving clause in a joint reso-
lution described in clause 1 shall be as follows: ‘Section 
3101(b) of title 31, United States Code, shall not apply for 
the period beginning on the date of enactment and ending on 
September 30, llll.’ with the blank being filled with the 
budget year for the concurrent resolution. 
‘‘3. Nothing in this rule shall be construed as limiting 
or otherwise affecting— 
‘‘(a) the power of the House or the Senate to consider 
and pass bills or joint resolutions, without regard to the pro-
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cedures under clause 1, that would change the statutory limit 
on the public debt; or 
‘‘(b) the rights of Members, Delegates, the Resident 
Commissioner, or committees with respect to the introduc-
tion, consideration, and reporting of such bills or joint resolu-
tions. 
‘‘4. In this rule the term ’statutory limit on the public 
debt’ means the maximum face amount of obligations issued 
under authority of chapter 31 of title 31, United States Code, 
and obligations guaranteed as to principal and interest by the 
United States (except such guaranteed obligations as may be 
held by the Secretary of the Treasury), as determined under 
section 3101(b) of such title after the application of section 
3101(a) of such title, that may be outstanding at any one 
time.’’. 
SEC. 103. SEPARATE ORDERS. 
(a) DEPOSITION AUTHORITY.— 
(1) During the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, 
the chair of a standing committee (other than the Com-
mittee 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, including pursuant to sub-
poena, by a member or counsel of such committee.
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(2) Depositions taken under the authority pre-
scribed in this subsection shall be subject to regulations 
issued by the chair of the Committee on Rules and print-
ed in the Congressional Record. 
(b) PROVIDING FOR TRANSPARENCY WITH RESPECT TO 
MEMORIALS SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE V OF THE 
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.—With respect to 
any memorial presented under clause 3 of rule XII pur-
porting to be an application of the legislature of a State call-
ing for a convention for proposing amendments to the Con-
stitution of the United States pursuant to Article V, or a re-
scission of any such prior application— 
(1) the chair of the Committee on the Judiciary 
shall, in the case of a memorial presented in the One 
Hundred Fourteenth Congress or succeeding Congresses, 
and may, in the case of such a memorial presented 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 des-
ignated pursuant to paragraph (1) publicly available 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. 
(c) LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.—
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(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), any gen-
eral appropriation bill or bill or joint resolution con-
tinuing appropriations, or amendment thereto or con-
ference report thereon, may not provide an advance ap-
propriation. 
(2) An advance appropriation may be provided for 
programs, activities or accounts identified in lists sub-
mitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the 
chair of the Committee on the Budget (when elected)— 
(A) for fiscal year 2020, under the heading 
‘‘Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations’’ 
in 
an 
aggregate 
amount 
not 
to 
exceed 
$28,852,000,000 in new budget authority, and for 
2021, accounts separately identified under the same 
heading; and 
(B) for fiscal year 2020, under the heading 
‘‘Veterans Accounts Identified for Advance Appro-
priations’’ in an aggregate amount not to exceed 
$75,550,600,000 in new budget authority. 
(3) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘advance appropria-
tion’’ means any new discretionary budget authority pro-
vided in a general appropriation bill or bill or joint reso-
lution continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2019, or 
any amendment thereto or conference report thereon, 
that first becomes available following fiscal year 2019.
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(d) EXERCISE FACILITIES FOR FORMER MEMBERS.— 
During the One Hundred Sixteenth 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. 
(e) NUMBERING OF BILLS.—In the One Hundred Six-
teenth Congress, 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 Mi-
nority Leader. 
(f) INCLUSION OF CITATIONS FOR PROPOSED REPEALS 
AND AMENDMENTS.—To the maximum extent practicable 
and consistent with established drafting conventions, an in-
struction in a bill or joint resolution proposing to repeal or
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amend any law or part thereof not contained in a codified 
title of the United States Code shall include, in parentheses 
immediately following the designation of the matter proposed 
to be repealed or amended, the applicable United States Code 
citation (which may be a note in the United States Code), or, 
if no such citation is available, an appropriate alternative ci-
tation to the applicable law or part. 
(g) BROADENING AVAILABILITY OF LEGISLATIVE DOCU-
MENTS 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 of legislative documents in machine readable for-
mats in the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress in furtherance 
of the institutional priority of improving public availability 
and use of legislative information produced by the House and 
its committees. 
(h) SUBCOMMITTEES.—Notwithstanding clause 5(d) of 
rule X, during the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress— 
(1) the Committee on Agriculture may have not 
more than six subcommittees; and 
(2) the Committee on Financial Services may have 
not more than seven subcommittees. 
(i) REQUIRING COMMITTEE HEARING AND MARKUP ON 
BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS.—
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(1) Effective March 1, 2019, during the One Hun-
dred Sixteenth Congress, it shall not be in order to con-
sider a bill or joint resolution pursuant to a special order 
of business reported by the Committee on Rules that— 
(A) has not been reported by a committee; or 
(B) has been reported by a committee unless 
the report includes a list of related committee and 
subcommittee hearings and a designation of at least 
one committee or subcommittee hearing that was 
used to develop or consider such bill or joint resolu-
tion. 
(2) This subsection shall not apply to a bill or joint 
resolution— 
(A) continuing appropriations for a fiscal year; 
(B) containing an emergency designation under 
section 251(b)(2) or section 252(e) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act; or 
(C) designated pursuant to clause 7(a) of rule 
XV. 
(j) MEMBER DAY HEARING REQUIREMENT.—During the 
first session of the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, each 
standing committee (other than the Committee on Ethics) 
shall hold a hearing at which it receives testimony from Mem-
bers, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner on proposed 
legislation within its jurisdiction, except that the Committee
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on Rules may hold such hearing during the second session of 
the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress. 
(k) EMPANELING INVESTIGATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE
OF 
THE COMMITTEE ON ETHICS.—The text of House Resolution 
451, One Hundred Tenth Congress, shall apply in the One 
Hundred Sixteenth Congress in the same manner as such 
provision applied in the One Hundred Tenth Congress, except 
that references to the Committee on Standards of Official 
Conduct shall be construed as references to the Committee on 
Ethics. 
(l) WAR POWERS RESOLUTION.—During the One Hun-
dred Sixteenth Congress, a motion to discharge a measure in-
troduced pursuant to section 6 or section 7 of the War Pow-
ers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1545–46) shall not be subject to 
a motion to table. 
(m) BUDGET MATTERS.—During the first session of the 
One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, pending the adoption of a 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2019— 
(1) the allocations, aggregates, and other appro-
priate levels as contained in the statement of the chair 
of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Rep-
resentatives in the Congressional Record of May 10, 
2018, as adjusted in the One Hundred Fifteenth Con-
gress, shall be considered for all purposes in the House 
to be the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate
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levels under titles III and IV of the Congressional Budg-
et Act of 1974; and 
(2) the provisions of House Concurrent Resolution 
71, One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, specified in sec-
tion 30104(f)(1) of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 
shall have no force or effect except for sections 5201, 
5202, 5203, and 5401 of such concurrent resolution. 
(n) LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE PATIENT PROTEC-
TION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.—To protect the institu-
tional interests of the House of Representatives, the Speaker, 
on behalf of the House, is authorized to intervene, otherwise 
appear, or take any other steps, in the case of Texas v. 
United States, No. 4:18-cv-00167–O (N.D. Tex.) and in any 
appellate proceedings arising from such case. The Speaker, in 
consultation with the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group, is 
also authorized to intervene, otherwise appear, or take any 
other steps in any other cases involving the Patient Protec-
tion and Affordable Care Act to protect the institutional in-
terests of the House and to defend such Act, the amendments 
made by such Act to other provisions of law, and any amend-
ments to such provisions, including the provisions ensuring 
affordable health coverage for those with preexisting condi-
tions. The House authorizes the Office of General Counsel of 
the House of Representatives, at the direction of the Speaker, 
to represent the House in any such litigation, and to take
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such steps as may be appropriate, including the supervision 
and employment of services of outside counsel, including pro 
bono counsel, or other experts. 
(o) LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL 
NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.—The Office of General 
Counsel is directed to immediately explore all possible legal 
options for responding to any rulemaking by the United 
States Department of Agriculture, announced on or after De-
cember 20, 2018, to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 
Program involving requirements for able-bodied adults with-
out dependents. 
(p) CONGRESSIONAL MEMBER ORGANIZATION TRANS-
PARENCY REFORM.— 
(1) 
PAYMENT
OF
SALARIES
AND
EXPENSES 
THROUGH ACCOUNT OF ORGANIZATION.—A Member of 
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
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(A) the Select Committee may use the services 
of staff of the House; and 
(B) the Select Committee shall be eligible for 
interim funding pursuant to clause 7 of rule X. 
(5) REPORTING.—The Select Committee may report 
to the House or any committee of the House from time 
to time the results of its investigations and studies, to-
gether with such detailed findings and policy rec-
ommendations as it may deem advisable. All such re-
ports shall be submitted to the House by December 31, 
2020. All policy recommendations shall be submitted to 
the relevant standing committees not later than March 
31, 2020. 
(6) PUBLICATION.—The Select Committee shall en-
sure that reports and proposals prepared in accordance 
with this subsection shall, upon completion, be made 
available to the general public in widely accessible for-
mats not later than 30 calendar days following the re-
spective dates for completion set forth in paragraph (5). 
SEC. 105. ORDERS OF BUSINESS. 
(a) The Speaker may recognize a Member, Delegate, and 
the Resident Commissioner for the reading of the Constitu-
tion on any legislative day during the first session of the One 
Hundred Sixteenth Congress.
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(b) It shall be in order at any time through the legisla-
tive day of January 17, 2019, for the Speaker to entertain 
motions that the House suspend the rules as though under 
clause 1 of rule XV. The Speaker or her designee shall con-
sult with the Minority Leader or his designee on the designa-
tion of any matter for consideration pursuant to this section. 
(c) The requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII for a 
two-thirds vote to consider a report from the Committee on 
Rules on the same day it is presented to the House is waived 
with respect to any resolution reported through the legislative 
day of January 8, 2019, relating to a measure making or 
continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2019. 
TITLE II—SELECT COMMITTEE ON 
THE MODERNIZATION OF CON-
GRESS 
SEC. 201. SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE MODERNIZATION OF 
CONGRESS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established a Se-
lect Committee on the Modernization of Congress (hereinafter 
in this section referred to as the ‘‘Select Committee’’). 
(b) COMPOSITION.— 
(1) The Select Committee shall be composed of 12 
Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner ap-
pointed by the Speaker.