Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that any bill or resolution that is not reported from a committee of subject-matter jurisdiction requires a two-thirds vote to be considered as passed.

Bill: 117-hres-255
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-22]
Introduced: 2021-03-18
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional committees

House of Representatives

Legislative rules and procedure
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This resolution prohibits any House measure that is not reported by the committee of subject-matter jurisdiction from being considered as passed or agreed to unless so determined by a two-thirds vote (a quorum being present).</p>

tv_txt: IV 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 255 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 18, 2021 Ms. Tenney submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules RESOLUTION Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that any bill or resolution that is not reported from a committee of subject-matter jurisdiction requires a two-thirds vote to be considered as passed.

That rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new clause: 13. A bill or resolution introduced in the House that is not reported by the committee of subject-matter jurisdiction may not be considered as passed or agreed to unless so determined by a vote of not less than two-thirds of the members voting, a quorum being present. .