Congressional Bipartisan Seating Resolution

Bill: 118-hconres-112
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2024-06-11
Policy area: Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2024-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Summaries:

tv_txt: IV 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. CON. RES. 112 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 11, 2024 Ms. Porter submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Requiring Members of Congress and Senators to be seated next to Members or Senators of opposing parties during meetings or hearings of committees of Congress.

1. Short title This resolution may be cited as the Congressional Bipartisan Seating Resolution . 2. Requiring Members attending House committee meetings and hearings to be seated next to Members of opposing parties (a) Requirement To the greatest extent practicable, a Member of the House of Representatives who is a member of a committee of the House of Representatives shall be seated next to a Member of the opposing party when the Member attends a meeting or hearing of the committee. (b) Regulations The Committee on Rules of the House of Representatives shall promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section. 3. Requiring Senators attending Senate committee meetings and hearings to be seated next to Senators of opposing parties (a) Requirement To the greatest extent practicable, a Senator who is a member of a committee of the Senate shall be seated next to a Senator of the opposing party when the Senator attends a meeting or hearing of the committee. (b) Regulations The Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate shall promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section. 4. Requiring Members and Senators attending joint committee hearings to be seated next to Members or Senators of opposing parties (a) Requirement To the greatest extent practicable, a Member of the House of Representatives who is a member of a joint committee of the Congress shall be seated next to a Member of the opposing party when the Member attends a meeting or hearing of the committee, and Senator who is a member of a joint committee of the Congress shall be seated next to a Senator of the opposing party when the Senator attends a meeting or hearing of the committee. (b) Regulations The Committee on Rules of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate shall promulgate jointly such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section.