Adopting changes to the standing rules, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hres-1230
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]
Introduced: 2022-07-18
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: House Committee on Rules

Legislative rules and procedure
Latest action: action_date: 2022-07-19
text: Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1232, H. Res. 1230 is considered passed House. (consideration: CR H6711-6718; text: CR H6719)

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-07-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill revises the rules of the House of Representatives. The changes include</p> <ul> <li>permitting the House to meet on any legislative day for the remainder of the 117th Congress, provided that constitutional requirements are met;</li> <li>allowing consideration of resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules on the same day they are presented to the House if proposed text is made available prior to the convening of that day;</li> <li>lifting restrictions on when the Speaker may entertain a motion to suspend the House rules; and</li> <li>modifying the scope of rules for remote voting by proxy.</li> </ul>

action_date: 2022-07-19
action_desc: Passed House
text: <p>This bill revises the rules of the House of Representatives. The changes include</p> <ul> <li>permitting the House to meet on any legislative day for the remainder of the 117th Congress, provided that constitutional requirements are met;</li> <li>allowing consideration of resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules on the same day they are presented to the House if proposed text is made available prior to the convening of that day;</li> <li>lifting restrictions on when the Speaker may entertain a motion to suspend the House rules; and</li> <li>modifying the scope of rules for remote voting by proxy.</li></ul>

tv_txt: IV 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 1230 In the House of Representatives, U. S., July 19, 2022 RESOLUTION Adopting changes to the standing rules, and for other purposes.

1. Separate order On any legislative day through the remainder of the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, the Chair may at any time declare the House adjourned to meet at a date and time, within the limits of clause 4, section 5, article I of the Constitution, to be announced by the Chair in declaring the adjournment. 2. Changes to the standing rules (a) Privileged reports by the Committee on Rules Clause 6(a) of rule XIII is amended— (1) in subparagraph (2), by striking ; or and inserting a semicolon; (2) by redesignating subparagraph (3) as subparagraph (4); and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (2) the following new subparagraph: (3) when the proposed text of such a report has been made available to Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner prior to the convening of that legislative day; or . (b) Suspensions Clause 1(a) of rule XV is amended by striking the second sentence. 3. Remote voting by proxy Section 3(s) of House Resolution 8 is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by striking and ; (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: (4) any reference to the House in sections 1(a) and 2(a)(2)(B) shall be construed to include a reference to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union; (5) section 3(a)(1) shall not apply; and (6) for purposes of sections 1, 2, and 3 and regulations issued pursuant to section 6, the term Members shall include Delegates and the Resident Commissioner and the term state shall include territories and the District of Columbia, except that— (A) nothing in this paragraph authorizes Delegates or the Resident Commissioner to cast a vote in the House or record their presence in the House; and (B) Delegates and the Resident Commissioner may only be designated as a proxy by a Delegate or the Resident Commissioner. .

Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk.

tv_txt: IV 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 1230 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 18, 2022 Mr. McGovern submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules RESOLUTION Adopting changes to the standing rules, and for other purposes.

1. Separate order On any legislative day through the remainder of the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, the Chair may at any time declare the House adjourned to meet at a date and time, within the limits of clause 4, section 5, article I of the Constitution, to be announced by the Chair in declaring the adjournment. 2. Changes to the standing rules (a) Privileged reports by the Committee on Rules Clause 6(a) of rule XIII is amended— (1) in subparagraph (2), by striking ; or and inserting a semicolon; (2) by redesignating subparagraph (3) as subparagraph (4); and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (2) the following new subparagraph: (3) when the proposed text of such a report has been made available to Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner prior to the convening of that legislative day; or . (b) Suspensions Clause 1(a) of rule XV is amended by striking the second sentence. 3. Remote voting by proxy Section 3(s) of House Resolution 8 is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by striking and ; (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: (4) any reference to the House in sections 1(a) and 2(a)(2)(B) shall be construed to include a reference to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union; (5) section 3(a)(1) shall not apply; and (6) for purposes of sections 1, 2, and 3 and regulations issued pursuant to section 6, the term Members shall include Delegates and the Resident Commissioner and the term state shall include territories and the District of Columbia, except that— (A) nothing in this paragraph authorizes Delegates or the Resident Commissioner to cast a vote in the House or record their presence in the House; and (B) Delegates and the Resident Commissioner may only be designated as a proxy by a Delegate or the Resident Commissioner. .