IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 36 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish the 
Committee on the Elimination of Nonessential Federal Programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 13, 2025 
Mr. OBERNOLTE (for himself, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, 
Ms. TENNEY, and Mr. VALADAO) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Rules 
RESOLUTION 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to 
establish the Committee on the Elimination of Non-
essential Federal Programs. 
Resolved, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Finding Federal 
Savings Committee Resolution’’. 
SEC. 2. COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF NON-
ESSENTIAL FEDERAL PROGRAMS. 
(a) Clause 1 of rule X of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by redesignating paragraphs 
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‘‘(i) a detailed statement of the find-
ings and conclusions of the Committee; 
and 
‘‘(ii) a list of underperforming or non-
essential Federal programs; and 
‘‘(B) legislation to eliminate the programs 
described in section subdivision (ii) and rescis-
sions based on the findings of the report de-
scribed in subdivision (i).’’. 
(c) Clause 5(a) of rule X of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4)(A) The Committee on the Elimination of Non-
essential Federal Programs shall be composed of members 
as follows: 
‘‘(i) Four members from the Committee on Ap-
propriations. 
‘‘(ii) Four members from the Committee on the 
Budget. 
‘‘(iii) Four members from the Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform. 
‘‘(iv) Four members from the Committee on 
Ways and Means. 
‘‘(v) One member who does not serve on any of 
committees described in items (i) through (iv), who 
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shall be appointed by the Speaker and designated by 
the Speaker as the Chair of the Committee. 
‘‘(vi) One member who does not serve on any 
of committees described in items (i) through (iv), 
who shall be appointed by the minority leader and 
designated by the minority leader as the Vice Chair 
of the Committee. 
‘‘(B) The Chair and Vice Chair of the Committee 
shall not be from the same political party. 
‘‘(C) Of the members appointed from each of the four 
committees listed in subdivision (A), two shall be from the 
minority party.’’. 
(d) Rule X of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives is amended by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘Expedited procedures for legislation reported by 
the Committee on the Elimination of Non-
essential Federal Programs 
‘‘12. With respect to any bill or resolution reported 
by the Committee on the Elimination of Nonessential Fed-
eral Programs, the following shall apply: 
‘‘(a) After the expiration of the 7-day period 
(excluding any day on which the House is not in ses-
sion) that begins on the date the Committee reports 
the bill or resolution, it is in order to move to pro-
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ceed to the consideration of the bill or resolution. 
The motion is highly privileged and is not debatable, 
an amendment to the motion is not in order, and it 
is not in order to move to reconsider the vote by 
which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to. 
‘‘(b) Debate on the bill or resolution shall be 
limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall be 
divided equally between those favoring and those op-
posing the bill or resolution. A motion to further 
limit debate is not debatable. 
‘‘(c) An amendment to, or motion to recommit, 
the bill or resolution is not in order, and it is not 
in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the 
bill or resolution is agreed to or disagreed to.’’. 
Æ 
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