Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to permit Delegates and the Resident Commissioner to the Congress to cast votes in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

Bill: 114-hres-44
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5]
Introduced: 2015-01-22
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: District of Columbia

House of Representatives

Legislative rules and procedure

Political representation

U.S. territories and protectorates
Latest action: action_date: 2015-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-01-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Amends Rule III (The Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to permit Delegates and the Resident Commissioner, in a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, the same powers and privileges as Members of the House.</p> <p>Amends Rule XVIII (The Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union) also to permit such individuals the right to vote in, and preside over, that Committee.</p> <p>Requires the Committee of the Whole to rise, however, and the Speaker to put the same question to a vote <i>de novo</i> without intervening motion whenever a recorded vote on any question has been decided within the Committee by a margin within which the votes cast by the Delegates and the Resident Commissioner have been decisive. Requires the Committee then to resume its sitting without intervening motion upon the announcement of the vote on that question.<br> </p>

tv_txt: IV 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 44 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 22, 2015 Mr. Hoyer submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules RESOLUTION Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to permit Delegates and the Resident Commissioner to the Congress to cast votes in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

1. Voting by Delegates and Resident Commissioner in Committee of the Whole (a) Permitting Votes To be Cast Clause 3(a) of rule III of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by inserting before the first sentence the following: In a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, each Delegate and the Resident Commissioner shall possess the same powers and privileges as Members of the House. . (b) Appointment of Chair The first sentence of clause 1 of rule XVIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking Member and inserting Member, Delegate, or the Resident Commissioner . (c) Repeating of Certain Votes Clause 6 of rule XVIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding 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 Delegates 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 motion. .