Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the consideration of bills and resolutions whose titles do not adequately express their contents.

Bill: 118-hres-46
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2023-01-20
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: House of Representatives

Legislative rules and procedure
Latest action: action_date: 2023-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-01-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This resolution permits Members to object to the consideration of legislation if the title (including the short title, if applicable) does not adequately expresses the content of the legislation.</p>

tv_txt: IV 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 46 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 20, 2023 Mr. Donalds submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules RESOLUTION Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the consideration of bills and resolutions whose titles do not adequately express their contents.

1. Prohibiting consideration of bills and resolutions with titles not adequately expressing contents Rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new clause: 13. (a) It shall not be in order to consider a bill, joint resolution, or resolution whose title does not adequately express the contents of the bill, joint resolution, or resolution, or to consider a bill, joint resolution, or resolution whose text includes a short title if the short title does not adequately express the contents of the bill, joint resolution, or resolution. (b) If a point of order under paragraph (a) is sustained, the bill, joint resolution, or resolution involved shall be recommitted to the committee of primary jurisdiction (as designated by the Speaker) that reported it or, if such bill, joint resolution, or resolution was not reported by a committee, shall be removed from the House calendar. .