Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, and for other purposes.

Bill: 119-hres-5
Sponsor: Rep. Fischbach, Michelle [R-MN-7]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Abortion
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Appropriations
Asia
Assault and harassment offenses
Border security and unlawful immigration
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
China
Computers and information technology
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Congressional committees
Congressional leadership
Congressional officers and employees
Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
Crimes against property
Domestic violence and child abuse
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Evidence and witnesses
Executive agency funding and structure
Family relationships
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government trust funds
Higher education
House Committee on Agriculture
House Committee on Appropriations
House Committee on Education and Workforce
House Committee on Ethics
House Committee on House Administration
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
House Committee on Rules
House Committee on the Budget
House Committee on the Judiciary
House of Representatives
Income tax rates
Inflation and prices
Intergovernmental relations
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
International law and treaties
Internet, web applications, social media
Land transfers
Law enforcement officers
Legislative rules and procedure
Members of Congress
Oil and gas
Sanctions
Sex offenses
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs
Taiwan
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 
This resolution establishes rules for the House of Representatives for the 119th Congress.

The resolution adopts the rules from the 118th Congress with specified changes, including

providing that a resolution vacating the Office of Speaker is only privileged (takes precedence over all matters other than motions to adjourn) if it is offered by a sponsor of the majority party joined by eight cosponsors from the majority party; 

providing that the Speaker may only entertain a motion to suspend the rules on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays; 

prohibiting waiver (by rule or by order) of the germaneness rule (which requires amendments to be of the same subject matter as the measure under consideration); and 

prohibiting consideration of measures that exceed a specified long-term budget impact according to the Congressional Budget Office.

Additional changes include

authorizing the use of electronic voting within a committee;

authorizing remote appearances by non-executive branch witnesses and their counsel in committee proceedings; 

eliminating the House Office of Diversity and Inclusion; 

eliminating certain collective bargaining rights for employees of the House of Representatives; 

reauthorizing the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party; 

reauthorizing the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission; and 

reauthorizing the House Democracy Assistance Commission (an entity that advises democratic parliaments in other countries) and renaming it the House Democracy Partnership. 

The resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 21, H.R. 22, H.R. 23, H.R. 26, H.R. 27, H.R. 28, H.R. 29, H.R. 30, H.R. 31, H.R. 32, H.R. 33, and H.R. 35.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 215 - 209 (Roll no. 5). (text: CR H8-14)
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 215 - 209 (Roll no. 5). (text: CR H8-14)
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: On motion to commit the resolution to a select committee with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 209 - 214 (Roll no. 4).
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: The previous question on the motion to commit was ordered without objection.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Ms. DeLauro moved to commit the resolution to a select committee composed of the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader with instructions to report the same back to the House forthwith with an amendment.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: On ordering the previous question Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 216 - 210 (Roll no. 3).
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: DEBATE - The House resumed debate on H. Res. 5.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: ORDER OF PROCEDURE - Mr. Fishbach asked unanimous consent that the Chair may reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any question relating to H. Res. 5 that follows a 15 minute vote. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: DEBATE - The House resumed debate on H. Res. 5.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H. Res. 5.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H8-23)
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Submitted in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Submitted in House