Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to preclude the Committee on Rules from reporting a rule or order that would provide for the consideration of a bill or joint resolution with less than 10 hours of debate.

Bill: 114-hres-166
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Ashford, Brad [D-NE-2]
Introduced: 2015-03-24
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: House Committee on Rules

Legislative rules and procedure
Latest action: action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-03-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Amends Rule XIII (Calendars and Committee Reports) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the House Committee on Rules from reporting a rule or order that would provide less than 10 hours of debate (inclusive of debates on amendments).</p> <p>Requires any such rule or order also to provide that, if a motion to limit debate is offered, it may only take effect if there is an affirmative vote of two-thirds of those voting, a quorum being present. </p>

tv_txt: IV 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 166 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 24, 2015 Mr. Ashford submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules RESOLUTION Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to preclude the Committee on Rules from reporting a rule or order that would provide for the consideration of a bill or joint resolution with less than 10 hours of debate.

That clause 6 of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (h) The Committee on Rules may not report a rule or order that would provide less than 10 hours of debate (inclusive of debates on amendments). Any such rule or order shall also provide that if a motion to limit debate is offered, such a motion may only take effect if there is an affirmative vote of two-thirds of those voting, a quorum being present. .