Title: Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the House to replace the Speaker on the first day of the second session of a Congress if the most recent fiscal year ended with a significant Federal budget deficit, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
Amends Rule I (The Speaker) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to declare that if, on the first day of the second session of a Congress, the most recent fiscal year ended with a federal budget deficit of 5% or more of the gross domestic product, then the position of Speaker of the House shall be declared vacant and the individual who served as Speaker as of the last day of the first session of the Congress is ineligible to serve as Speaker in the second session of that Congress.
Makes this provision inapplicable if the House determines that the budget deficit for a fiscal year was attributable to a national emergency or a recession.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 800 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 800

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the House 
  to replace the Speaker on the first day of the second session of a 
   Congress if the most recent fiscal year ended with a significant 
            Federal budget deficit, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 22, 2018

 Mr. Cooper submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                         the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the House 
  to replace the Speaker on the first day of the second session of a 
   Congress if the most recent fiscal year ended with a significant 
            Federal budget deficit, and for other purposes.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. REPLACEMENT OF SPEAKER AT BEGINNING OF SECOND SESSION IN 
              CASE OF SIGNIFICANT FEDERAL BUDGET DEFICIT.

    (a) Replacement.--Rule I of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new 
clause:
``Replacement of Speaker at beginning of second session
    ``13.(a) On the first day of the second session of a Congress, the 
position of Speaker shall be declared vacant and the individual who 
served as Speaker as of the last day of the first session of the 
Congress shall not be eligible to serve as Speaker in the second 
session if the most recent fiscal year ended with a significant Federal 
budget deficit.
    ``(b) For purposes of this clause, a fiscal year ended with a 
significant Federal budget deficit if the total estimated outlays of 
the Government for the fiscal year exceeded the total estimated 
receipts for that fiscal year by an amount equal to or greater than 5 
percent of the gross domestic product for the United States for that 
fiscal year.
    ``(c) Paragraph (a) shall not apply if the House determines that 
the significant Federal budget deficit for a fiscal year was 
attributable to a national emergency or a recession.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress and each 
succeeding Congress.
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