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1	1	H. Res. 5
2	2	In the House of Representatives, U. S.,
3	3	January 3, 2025.
4	4	Resolved,
5	5	SECTION 1. ADOPTION OF THE RULES OF THE ONE HUNDRED
6	6	EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS.
7	7	The Rules of the House of Representatives of the One
8	8	Hundred Eighteenth Congress, including applicable provi-
9	9	sions of law or concurrent resolution that constituted rules of
10	10	the House at the end of the One Hundred Eighteenth Con-
11	11	gress, are adopted as the Rules of the House of Representa-
12	12	tives of the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, with amend-
13	13	ments to the standing rules as provided in section 2, and with
14	14	other orders as provided in this resolution.
15	15	SEC. 2. CHANGES TO THE STANDING RULES.
16	16	(a) RESOLUTIONDECLARING THEOFFICE OFSPEAKER
17	17	V
18	18	ACANT.—In clause 2(a) of rule IX, add the following new
19	19	subparagraph:
20	20	‘‘(3) A resolution causing a vacancy in the Office of
21	21	Speaker shall not be privileged except if it is offered by a 2
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23	23	member of the majority party and has accumulated eight co-
24	24	sponsors from the majority party at the time it is offered.’’.
25	25	(b) P
26	26	ERMITTING ELECTRONIC VOTING IN COM-
27	27	MITTEE.—In rule XI—
28	28	(1) in clause 1(d)(2)(E), strike ‘‘clauses 2(n), (o),
29	29	or (p)’’ and insert ‘‘clauses 2(o), (p), or (q)’’; and
30	30	(2) in clause 2, insert after paragraph (m) the fol-
31	31	lowing new paragraph (and redesignate the succeeding
32	32	paragraphs accordingly):
33	33	‘‘(n) A committee may adopt a rule or motion permitting
34	34	the use of electronic voting in accordance with regulations
35	35	submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the
36	36	chair of the Committee on Rules and the chair of the Com-
37	37	mittee on House Administration.’’.
38	38	(c) C
39	39	LARIFICATION OF ROLE OFCHIEFADMINISTRA-
40	40	TIVEOFFICER INVACANTOFFICES.—In clause 4 of rule II,
41	41	add at the end the following new paragraph:
42	42	‘‘(e) The Chief Administrative Officer shall assist the
43	43	Clerk in carrying out the responsibilities described in clause
44	44	2(i).’’.
45	45	(d) D
46	46	ESIGNATINGCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND
47	47	G
48	48	OVERNMENTREFORM.—In the standing rules, strike ‘‘Com-
49	49	mittee on Oversight and Accountability’’ each place it appears
50	50	and insert (in each instance) ‘‘Committee on Oversight and
51	51	Government Reform’’. 3
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53	53	(e) DESIGNATINGCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND
54	54	W
55	55	ORKFORCE.—In rule X—
56	56	(1) in clause 1(e), strike ‘‘Committee on Education
57	57	and the Workforce’’ and insert ‘‘Committee on Edu-
58	58	cation and Workforce’’; and
59	59	(2) in clause 3(d), strike ‘‘Committee on Education
60	60	and the Workforce’’ and insert ‘‘Committee on Edu-
61	61	cation and Workforce’’.
62	62	(f) S
63	63	TRIKINGOFFICE OFDIVERSITY ANDINCLUSION.—
64	64	(1) S
65	65	TRIKE.—In rule II, strike clause 9 and redes-
66	66	ignate the succeeding clause accordingly.
67	67	(2) C
68	68	ONFORMING AMENDMENTS .—In clause
69	69	4(d)(1)(A) of rule X—
70	70	(A) strike ‘‘the Office of Diversity and Inclu-
71	71	sion,’’; and
72	72	(B) strike ‘‘Inspector General, Office of Diver-
73	73	sity and Inclusion’’ and insert ‘‘Inspector General’’.
74	74	(g) C
75	75	ODIFICATION OFLONG-STANDINGSEPARATEOR-
76	76	DERS.—
77	77	(1) M
78	78	EMORIALS SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
79	79	V.—In clause 3 of rule XII—
80	80	(A) strike ‘‘If a Member’’ and insert ‘‘(a) If a
81	81	Member’’; and
82	82	(B) add at the end the following new para-
83	83	graph: 4
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85	85	‘‘(b) With respect to any memorial presented under
86	86	paragraph (a) purporting to be an application of the legisla-
87	87	ture of a State calling for a convention for proposing amend-
88	88	ments to the Constitution of the United States pursuant to
89	89	Article V, or a rescission of any such prior application—
90	90	‘‘(1) the chair of the Committee on the Judiciary
91	91	shall, in the case of such a memorial presented in the
92	92	One Hundred Fourteenth Congress or succeeding Con-
93	93	gresses, and may, in the case of such a memorial pre-
94	94	sented prior to the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress,
95	95	designate any such memorial for public availability by
96	96	the Clerk; and
97	97	‘‘(2) the Clerk shall make such memorials as are
98	98	designated pursuant to subparagraph (1) publicly avail-
99	99	able in electronic form, organized by State of origin and
100	100	year of receipt, and shall indicate whether the memorial
101	101	was designated as an application or a rescission.’’.
102	102	(2) N
103	103	UMBERING OF BILLS .—In clause 7 of rule
104	104	XII, add at the end the following new paragraph:
105	105	‘‘(d) The first 10 numbers for bills (H.R. 1 through
106	106	H.R. 10) shall be reserved for assignment by the Speaker and
107	107	the second 10 numbers for bills (H.R. 11 through H.R. 20)
108	108	shall be reserved for assignment by the Minority Leader.’’.
109	109	(3) D
110	110	ISTRICT WORK PERIODS .—In rule I, add at
111	111	the end the following new clause: 5
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113	113	‘‘District work periods
114	114	‘‘13.(a) On any legislative day occurring during a ‘dis-
115	115	trict work period’ as designated by the Speaker—
116	116	‘‘(1) the Journal of the proceedings of the previous
117	117	day shall be considered as approved; and
118	118	‘‘(2) the Chair may at any time declare the House
119	119	adjourned to meet at a date and time, within the limits
120	120	of clause 4, section 5, article I of the Constitution, to
121	121	be announced by the Chair in declaring the adjourn-
122	122	ment.
123	123	‘‘(b) The Speaker may appoint Members to perform the
124	124	duties of the Chair for the duration of a district work period
125	125	described in paragraph (a) as though under clause 8(a).
126	126	‘‘(c) Each day during a district work period described in
127	127	paragraph (a) shall not constitute—
128	128	‘‘(1) a calendar day for purposes of section 7 of the
129	129	War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1546);
130	130	‘‘(2) a legislative day for purposes of clause 7 of
131	131	rule XIII;
132	132	‘‘(3) a calendar or legislative day for purposes of
133	133	clause 7(c)(1) of rule XXII; or
134	134	‘‘(4) a legislative day for purposes of clause 7 of
135	135	rule XV.’’.
136	136	(h) R
137	137	ESTORINGFAMILY-CENTRICLANGUAGE.—In rule
138	138	XXIII— 6
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140	140	(1) in clause 8(c)(3), strike ‘‘parent, child, sibling,
141	141	parent’s sibling, first cousin, sibling’s child, spouse, par-
142	142	ent-in-law, child-in-law, sibling-in-law, stepparent, step-
143	143	child, stepsibling, half-sibling, or grandchild’’ and insert
144	144	‘‘father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle,
145	145	aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, father-
146	146	in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, broth-
147	147	er-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson,
148	148	stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, half
149	149	sister, grandson, or granddaughter’’; and
150	150	(2) in clause 15(d)(2), strike ‘‘parent, child, sibling,
151	151	spouse, or parent-in-law’’ and insert ‘‘father, mother,
152	152	son, daughter, brother, sister, husband, wife, father-in-
153	153	law, or mother-in-law’’.
154	154	(i) S
155	155	USPENSIONS.—In clause 1(a) of rule XV, add at the
156	156	end the following new sentence: ‘‘The Speaker may not enter-
157	157	tain a motion that the House suspend the rules except on
158	158	Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays.’’.
159	159	(j) T
160	160	ECHNICALCORRECTIONS.—
161	161	(1) I
162	162	NTERIM FUNDING.—In clause 7(b) of rule X,
163	163	strike ‘‘In the case of the first session of a Congress,
164	164	amounts’’ and insert ‘‘Amounts’’.
165	165	(2) D
166	166	AY COUNT.—In clause 6(d) of rule XIII, insert
167	167	‘‘thereafter’’ after ‘‘seven legislative days’’. 7
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169	169	SEC. 3. SEPARATE ORDERS.
170	170	(a) HOLMANRULE.—During the One Hundred Nine-
171	171	teenth Congress, any reference in clause 2 of rule XXI to a
172	172	provision or amendment that retrenches expenditures by a re-
173	173	duction of amounts of money covered by the bill shall be con-
174	174	strued as applying to any provision or amendment (offered
175	175	after the bill has been read for amendment) that retrenches
176	176	expenditures by—
177	177	(1) reduction of amounts of money in the bill;
178	178	(2) the reduction of the number and salary of the
179	179	officers of the United States; or
180	180	(3) the reduction of the compensation of any person
181	181	paid out of the Treasury of the United States.
182	182	(b) S
183	183	PENDINGREDUCTIONAMENDMENTS IN APPRO-
184	184	PRIATIONSBILLS.—
185	185	(1) During the reading of a general appropriation
186	186	bill for amendment in the Committee of the Whole
187	187	House on the state of the Union, it shall be in order to
188	188	consider en bloc amendments proposing only to transfer
189	189	appropriations from an object or objects in the bill to a
190	190	spending reduction account. When considered en bloc
191	191	under this paragraph, such amendments may amend
192	192	portions of the bill not yet read for amendment (fol-
193	193	lowing disposition of any points of order against such
194	194	portions) and are not subject to a demand for division 8
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196	196	of the question in the House or in the Committee of the
197	197	Whole.
198	198	(2) Except as provided in paragraph (1), it shall
199	199	not be in order to consider an amendment to a spending
200	200	reduction account in the House or in the Committee of
201	201	the Whole House on the state of the Union.
202	202	(3) A point of order under clause 2(b) of rule XXI
203	203	shall not apply to a spending reduction account.
204	204	(4) A general appropriation bill may not be consid-
205	205	ered in the Committee of the Whole House on the state
206	206	of the Union unless it includes a spending reduction ac-
207	207	count as the last section of the bill. An order to report
208	208	a general appropriation bill to the House shall constitute
209	209	authority for the chair of the Committee on Appropria-
210	210	tions to add such a section to the bill or modify the fig-
211	211	ure contained therein.
212	212	(5) For purposes of this subsection, the term
213	213	‘‘spending reduction account’’ means an account in a
214	214	general appropriation bill that bears that caption and
215	215	contains only—
216	216	(A) a recitation of the amount by which an ap-
217	217	plicable allocation of new budget authority under
218	218	section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of
219	219	1974 exceeds the amount of new budget authority
220	220	proposed by the bill; or 9
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222	222	(B) if no such allocation is in effect, ‘‘$0’’.
223	223	(c) B
224	224	UDGETMATTERS.—
225	225	(1) L
226	226	ONG TERM SPENDING POINT OF ORDER .—
227	227	(A) C
228	228	ONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ANAL -
229	229	YSIS OF PROPOSALS.—The Director of the Congres-
230	230	sional Budget Office shall, to the extent practicable,
231	231	prepare an estimate of whether a bill or joint reso-
232	232	lution reported by a committee (other than the
233	233	Committee on Appropriations), or amendment
234	234	thereto or conference report thereon, would cause,
235	235	relative to current law, a net increase in direct
236	236	spending in excess of $2,500,000,000 in any of the
237	237	4 consecutive 10-fiscal year periods beginning with
238	238	the first fiscal year that is 10 fiscal years after the
239	239	current fiscal year.
240	240	(B) P
241	241	OINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in order
242	242	to consider any bill or joint resolution reported by
243	243	a committee, or amendment thereto or conference
244	244	report thereon, that would cause a net increase in
245	245	direct spending in excess of $2,500,000,000 in any
246	246	of the 4 consecutive 10-fiscal year periods described
247	247	in subparagraph (A).
248	248	(C) D
249	249	ETERMINATIONS OF BUDGET LEVELS .—
250	250	For purposes of this paragraph, the levels of net in-
251	251	creases in direct spending shall be determined on 10
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253	253	the basis of estimates provided by the chair of the
254	254	Committee on the Budget.
255	255	(2) S
256	256	CORING CONVEYANCES OF FEDERAL LAND .—
257	257	(A) I
258	258	N GENERAL.—In the One Hundred Nine-
259	259	teenth Congress, for all purposes in the House, a
260	260	provision in a bill or joint resolution, or in an
261	261	amendment thereto or a conference report thereon,
262	262	requiring or authorizing a conveyance of Federal
263	263	land to a State, local government, or tribal entity
264	264	shall not be considered as providing new budget au-
265	265	thority, decreasing revenues, increasing mandatory
266	266	spending, or increasing outlays.
267	267	(B) D
268	268	EFINITIONS.—In this paragraph:
269	269	(i) The term ‘‘conveyance’’ means any
270	270	method, including sale, donation, or exchange,
271	271	by which all or any portion of the right, title,
272	272	and interest of the United States in and to
273	273	Federal land is transferred to another entity.
274	274	(ii) The term ‘‘Federal land’’ means any
275	275	land owned by the United States, including the
276	276	surface estate, the subsurface estate, or any
277	277	improvements thereon.
278	278	(iii) The term ‘‘State’’ means any of the
279	279	several States, the District of Columbia, or a 11
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281	281	territory (including a possession) of the United
282	282	States.
283	283	(3) A
284	284	NALYSIS OF INFLATIONARY IMPACT FOR CER -
285	285	TAIN LEGISLATION.—During the One Hundred Nine-
286	286	teenth Congress, if an estimate provided by the Congres-
287	287	sional Budget Office under section 402 of the Congres-
288	288	sional Budget Act of 1974 shows changes in mandatory
289	289	spending that cause a gross budgetary effect in any fis-
290	290	cal year over a 10-year period that is equal to or greater
291	291	than .25 percent of the projected gross domestic product
292	292	(measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban
293	293	Consumers) for the current fiscal year, or upon the re-
294	294	quest of the chair of the Committee on the Budget, then
295	295	such estimate shall include, to the extent practicable, a
296	296	statement estimating the inflationary effects of the legis-
297	297	lation, including whether the legislation is determined to
298	298	have no significant impact on inflation, is determined to
299	299	have a quantifiable inflationary impact on the consumer
300	300	price index, or is determined likely to have a significant
301	301	impact on inflation but the amount cannot be deter-
302	302	mined at the time the estimate is prepared.
303	303	(4) C
304	304	ONTENT OF CBO ANALYSIS FOR CERTAIN LEG -
305	305	ISLATION AFFECTING THE FEDERAL HOSPITAL INSUR -
306	306	ANCE TRUST FUND OR THE OLD -AGE, SURVIVORS, AND
307	307	DISABILITY INSURANCE TRUST FUND .—During the One 12
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309	309	Hundred Nineteenth Congress, if an estimate provided
310	310	by the Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of
311	311	the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shows that legis-
312	312	lation impacting either the Federal Hospital Insurance
313	313	Trust Fund or the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability
314	314	Insurance Trust Fund (OASDI) causes a gross budg-
315	315	etary effect in any fiscal year over a 10-year period that
316	316	is equal to or greater than .25 percent of the projected
317	317	gross domestic product (measured by the Consumer
318	318	Price Index for All Urban Consumers) for the current
319	319	fiscal year, or upon request of the chair of the Com-
320	320	mittee on the Budget, then such estimate shall, to the
321	321	extent practicable, display—
322	322	(A) the impact of legislation on the Federal
323	323	Hospital Insurance Trust Fund’s unfunded liabil-
324	324	ities over a 25-year projection, solvency projections,
325	325	and the net present value of those liabilities; and
326	326	(B) the impact of legislation on the OASDI
327	327	trust fund’s unfunded liabilities over a 75-year pro-
328	328	jection, solvency projections, and the net present
329	329	value of those liabilities.
330	330	(d) C
331	331	ONGRESSIONAL MEMBERORGANIZATIONTRANS-
332	332	PARENCYREFORM.—
333	333	(1) P
334	334	AYMENT OF SALARIES AND EXPENSES
335	335	THROUGH ACCOUNT OF ORGANIZATION .—A Member of 13
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337	337	the House of Representatives and an eligible Congres-
338	338	sional Member Organization may enter into an agree-
339	339	ment under which—
340	340	(A) an employee of the Member’s office may
341	341	carry out official and representational duties of the
342	342	Member by assignment to the Organization; and
343	343	(B) to the extent that the employee carries out
344	344	such duties under the agreement, the Member shall
345	345	transfer the portion of the Members’ Representa-
346	346	tional Allowance (MRA) of the Member which would
347	347	otherwise be used for the salary and related ex-
348	348	penses of the employee to a dedicated account in
349	349	the House of Representatives which is administered
350	350	by the Organization, in accordance with the regula-
351	351	tions promulgated by the Committee on House Ad-
352	352	ministration under paragraph (2).
353	353	(2) R
354	354	EGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad-
355	355	ministration (hereafter referred to in this subsection as
356	356	the ‘‘Committee’’) shall promulgate regulations as fol-
357	357	lows:
358	358	(A) U
359	359	SE OF MRA.—Pursuant to the authority
360	360	of section 101(d) of the House of Representatives
361	361	Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (2
362	362	U.S.C. 5341(d)), the Committee shall prescribe reg-
363	363	ulations to provide that an eligible Congressional 14
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365	365	Member Organization may use the amounts trans-
366	366	ferred to the Organization’s dedicated account
367	367	under paragraph (1)(B) for the same purposes for
368	368	which a Member of the House of Representatives
369	369	may use the Members’ Representational Allowance,
370	370	except that the Organization may not use such
371	371	amounts for franked mail, official travel, or leases
372	372	of space or vehicles.
373	373	(B) M
374	374	AINTENANCE OF LIMITATIONS ON NUM -
375	375	BER OF SHARED EMPLOYEES .—Pursuant to the au-
376	376	thority of section 104(d) of the House of Represent-
377	377	atives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections
378	378	Act (2 U.S.C. 5321(d)), the Committee shall pre-
379	379	scribe regulations to provide that an employee of
380	380	the office of a Member of the House of Representa-
381	381	tives who is covered by an agreement entered into
382	382	under paragraph (1) between the Member and an
383	383	eligible Congressional Member Organization shall be
384	384	considered a shared employee of the Member’s of-
385	385	fice and the Organization for purposes of such sec-
386	386	tion, and shall include in such regulations appro-
387	387	priate accounting standards to ensure that a Mem-
388	388	ber of the House of Representatives who enters into
389	389	an agreement with such an Organization under
390	390	paragraph (1) does not employ more employees 15
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392	392	than the Member is authorized to employ under
393	393	such section.
394	394	(C) P
395	395	ARTICIPATION IN STUDENT LOAN REPAY -
396	396	MENT PROGRAM.—Pursuant to the authority of sec-
397	397	tion 105(b) of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
398	398	tions Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 4536(b)), relating to the
399	399	student loan repayment program for employees of
400	400	the House, the Committee shall promulgate regula-
401	401	tions to provide that, in the case of an employee
402	402	who is covered by an agreement entered into under
403	403	paragraph (1) between a Member of the House of
404	404	Representatives and an eligible Congressional Mem-
405	405	ber Organization and who participates in such pro-
406	406	gram while carrying out duties under the agree-
407	407	ment—
408	408	(i) any funds made available for making
409	409	payments under the program with respect to
410	410	the employee shall be transferred to the Orga-
411	411	nization’s dedicated account under paragraph
412	412	(1)(B); and
413	413	(ii) the Organization shall use the funds
414	414	to repay a student loan taken out by the em-
415	415	ployee, under the same terms and conditions
416	416	which would apply under the program if the 16
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418	418	Organization were the employing office of the
419	419	employee.
420	420	(D) A
421	421	CCESS TO HOUSE SERVICES .—The Com-
422	422	mittee shall prescribe regulations to ensure that an
423	423	eligible Congressional Member Organization has ap-
424	424	propriate access to services of the House.
425	425	(E) O
426	426	THER REGULATIONS .—The Committee
427	427	shall promulgate such other regulations as may be
428	428	appropriate to carry out this subsection.
429	429	(3) E
430	430	LIGIBLE CONGRESSIONAL MEMBER ORGANIZA -
431	431	TION DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘eligible
432	432	Congressional Member Organization’’ means, with re-
433	433	spect to the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, an or-
434	434	ganization meeting each of the following requirements:
435	435	(A) The organization is registered as a Con-
436	436	gressional Member Organization with the Com-
437	437	mittee on House Administration.
438	438	(B) The organization designates a single Mem-
439	439	ber of the House of Representatives to be respon-
440	440	sible for the administration of the organization, in-
441	441	cluding the administration of the account adminis-
442	442	tered under paragraph (1)(B), and includes the
443	443	identification of such Member with the statement of
444	444	organization that the organization files and main-
445	445	tains with the Committee on House Administration. 17
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447	447	(C) At least 3 employees of the House are as-
448	448	signed to perform some work for the organization.
449	449	(D) During the One Hundred Eighteenth Con-
450	450	gress, at least 30 Members of the House of Rep-
451	451	resentatives used a portion of the Members’ Rep-
452	452	resentational Allowance of the Member for the sal-
453	453	ary and related expenses of an employee who was
454	454	a shared employee of the Member’s office and the
455	455	organization.
456	456	(E) The organization files a statement with the
457	457	Committee on House Administration and the Chief
458	458	Administrative Officer of the House of Representa-
459	459	tives certifying that it will administer an account in
460	460	accordance with paragraph (1)(B).
461	461	(e) D
462	462	ETERMINATIONWITHRESPECT TOPLACEMENT OF
463	463	M
464	464	EASURE ON CONSENSUSCALENDAR.—During the One
465	465	Hundred Nineteenth Congress, not later than 2 legislative
466	466	days after a measure is placed on the Consensus Calendar
467	467	pursuant to clause 7(c) of rule XV, the Majority Leader
468	468	shall, in the case such measure is not in compliance with any
469	469	legislative protocols of the Majority Leader, submit to the
470	470	Congressional Record a determination with respect to such
471	471	noncompliance.
472	472	(f) F
473	473	URTHEREXPENSES FOR RESOLVINGCONTESTED
474	474	E
475	475	LECTIONS.— 18
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477	477	(1) AMOUNTS FOR EXPENSES OF COMMITTEE ON
478	478	HOUSE ADMINISTRATION .—There shall be paid out of
479	479	the applicable accounts of the House of Representatives
480	480	such sums as may be necessary for further expenses of
481	481	the Committee on House Administration for the One
482	482	Hundred Nineteenth Congress for resolving contested
483	483	elections.
484	484	(2) S
485	485	ESSION LIMITATION.—The amount specified in
486	486	paragraph (1) shall be available for expenses incurred
487	487	during the period beginning at noon on January 3,
488	488	2025, and ending immediately before noon on January
489	489	3, 2026.
490	490	(3) V
491	491	OUCHERS.—Payments under this subsection
492	492	shall be made on vouchers authorized by the Committee
493	493	on House Administration, signed by the chair of the
494	494	Committee, and approved in the manner directed by the
495	495	Committee.
496	496	(4) R
497	497	EGULATIONS.—Amounts made available under
498	498	this subsection shall be expended in accordance with reg-
499	499	ulations prescribed by the Committee on House Adminis-
500	500	tration.
501	501	(g) Q
502	502	UESTION OF CONSIDERATION FOR GERMANE-
503	503	NESS.—
504	504	(1) I
505	505	N GENERAL.—During the One Hundred Nine-
506	506	teenth Congress, it shall not be in order to consider a 19
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508	508	rule or order that waives all points of order against an
509	509	amendment submitted to the Committee on Rules other-
510	510	wise in violation of clause 7 of rule XVI.
511	511	(2) D
512	512	ISPOSITION OF POINT OF ORDER .—As disposi-
513	513	tion of a point of order under paragraph (1), the Chair
514	514	shall put the question of consideration with respect to
515	515	the rule or order, as applicable. The question of consid-
516	516	eration shall be debatable for 10 minutes by the Member
517	517	initiating the point of order and for 10 minutes by an
518	518	opponent, but shall otherwise be decided without inter-
519	519	vening motion except one that the House adjourn.
520	520	(h) R
521	521	ESTORING LEGISLATIVEBRANCHACCOUNT-
522	522	ABILITY.—The regulations adopted pursuant to House Reso-
523	523	lution 1096, One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, shall have
524	524	no force or effect during the One Hundred Nineteenth Con-
525	525	gress.
526	526	(i) R
527	527	EMOTEAPPEARANCE OFWITNESSES.—
528	528	(1) I
529	529	N GENERAL.—During the One Hundred Nine-
530	530	teenth Congress, at the discretion of the chair of a com-
531	531	mittee and in accordance with regulations submitted for
532	532	printing in the Congressional Record by the chair of the
533	533	Committee on Rules—
534	534	(A) witnesses at committee or subcommittee
535	535	proceedings may appear remotely; 20
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537	537	(B) counsel shall be permitted to accompany
538	538	witnesses appearing remotely; and
539	539	(C) an oath may be administered to a witness
540	540	remotely for purposes of clause 2(m)(2) of rule XI.
541	541	(2) A
542	542	PPLICABILITY.—This subsection shall not
543	543	apply to witnesses representing the executive branch of
544	544	the United States government.
545	545	(j) A
546	546	DDRESSING THE USE OFARTIFICIALINTEL-
547	547	LIGENCE.—The Committee on House Administration, the
548	548	Clerk, the Chief Administrative Officer, and other officers
549	549	and officials of the House shall continue efforts to integrate
550	550	artificial intelligence technologies into the operations and
551	551	functions of the House in the One Hundred Nineteenth Con-
552	552	gress, in furtherance of the institutional priorities outlined in
553	553	the House Information Technology Policy 8 (HITPOL 8) Ar-
554	554	tificial Intelligence (AI), which shall include—
555	555	(1) incorporating appropriate guardrails and spe-
556	556	cific AI principles from HITPOL 8 that will guide both
557	557	Members and institutional offices if they choose to incor-
558	558	porate this technology into their operations;
559	559	(2) exploring the use of AI applications to stream-
560	560	line administrative processes and enhance decision-mak-
561	561	ing capabilities for House staff; and
562	562	(3) continuing to advance AI-driven tools to support
563	563	effective oversight through efficient legislative drafting, 21
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565	565	analysis, and comparative assessments of legislative
566	566	texts.
567	567	(k) B
568	568	ROADENINGAVAILABILITY ANDUTILITY OFLEGIS-
569	569	LATIVEDOCUMENTS IN MACHINE-READABLEFORMATS.—
570	570	The Committee on House Administration, the Clerk, and
571	571	other officers and officials of the House shall continue efforts
572	572	to broaden the availability and utility of legislative documents
573	573	in machine readable formats in the One Hundred Nineteenth
574	574	Congress in furtherance of the institutional priorities of—
575	575	(1) improving public availability and use of legisla-
576	576	tive information produced by the House and its commit-
577	577	tees; and
578	578	(2) enabling all House staff to produce comparative
579	579	prints showing the differences between versions of legis-
580	580	lation, how proposed legislation will amend existing law,
581	581	and how an amendment may change proposed legisla-
582	582	tion.
583	583	(l) I
584	584	MPROVING THE COMMITTEEELECTRONICDOCU-
585	585	MENTREPOSITORY.—The Clerk, the Committee on House
586	586	Administration, and other officers and officials of the House
587	587	shall continue efforts to improve the electronic document re-
588	588	pository operated by the Clerk for use by committees of the
589	589	House in the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, including
590	590	streamlining the process of cross-posting documents simulta-
591	591	neously by the Committee on Rules, in furtherance of the in- 22
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593	593	stitutional priority of increasing public availability and identi-
594	594	fication of legislative information produced and held by
595	595	House committees, including votes, amendments, and witness
596	596	disclosure forms.
597	597	(m) E
598	598	XERCISEFACILITIES FORFORMERMEMBERS.—
599	599	During the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress:
600	600	(1) The House of Representatives may not provide
601	601	access to any exercise facility which is made available ex-
602	602	clusively to Members and former Members, officers and
603	603	former officers of the House of Representatives, and
604	604	their spouses to any former Member, former officer, or
605	605	spouse who is a lobbyist registered under the Lobbying
606	606	Disclosure Act of 1995 or any successor statute or who
607	607	is an agent of a foreign principal as defined in clause 5
608	608	of rule XXV. For purposes of this subsection, the term
609	609	‘‘Member’’ includes a Delegate or Resident Commis-
610	610	sioner to the Congress.
611	611	(2) The Committee on House Administration shall
612	612	promulgate regulations to carry out this subsection.
613	613	(n) D
614	614	ISPLAYINGSTATEMENT OF RIGHTS ANDPROTEC-
615	615	TIONSPROVIDED TOHOUSEEMPLOYEES.—The Committee
616	616	on House Administration shall issue regulations to provide
617	617	that each employing office of the House of Representatives
618	618	shall post in a prominent location in the office (including, in
619	619	the case of the office of a Member, Delegate, or the Resident 23
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621	621	Commissioner, a prominent location in each district office) a
622	622	statement of the rights and protections provided to employees
623	623	of the House of Representatives under the Congressional Ac-
624	624	countability Act of 1995, including the procedures available
625	625	to employees of the House under such Act for responding to
626	626	and adjudicating allegations of violations of such rights and
627	627	protections.
628	628	(o) N
629	629	ON-DISCLOSUREAGREEMENTS.—Any non-disclo-
630	630	sure agreement imposed by any employing or contracting au-
631	631	thority in the House of Representatives to which a paid or
632	632	unpaid employee or contractor is or was required to agree as
633	633	a term of employment shall—
634	634	(1) provide clear guidance that the employee or con-
635	635	tractor may communicate concerning any matter with
636	636	the Committee on Ethics, the Office of Congressional
637	637	Workplace Rights, or any other office or entity des-
638	638	ignated by the Committee on House Administration
639	639	without prior, concurrent, or subsequent notice or ap-
640	640	proval; and
641	641	(2) not be binding and shall have no legal effect to
642	642	the extent to which it requires prior, concurrent, or sub-
643	643	sequent notice or approval from anyone on any matter
644	644	with respect to communications from an employee or
645	645	contractor to any of the committees, offices, or entities
646	646	described in paragraph (1). 24
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648	648	(p) REQUIRINGMEMBERS TOPAY FORDISCRIMINATION
649	649	S
650	650	ETTLEMENTS.—
651	651	(1) I
652	652	N GENERAL.—In the case of a settlement of a
653	653	complaint under the Congressional Accountability Act of
654	654	1995 in connection with a claim alleging a violation de-
655	655	scribed in paragraph (2) which is committed personally
656	656	by a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, if
657	657	the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner is not
658	658	required under law to reimburse the Treasury for the
659	659	amount of the settlement, the chair and ranking minor-
660	660	ity member of the Committee on House Administration
661	661	may not approve the settlement pursuant to clause
662	662	4(d)(2) of rule X unless, under the terms and conditions
663	663	of the settlement, the Member, Delegate, or Resident
664	664	Commissioner is required to reimburse the Treasury for
665	665	the amount of the settlement.
666	666	(2) V
667	667	IOLATIONS DESCRIBED.—A violation described
668	668	in this paragraph is—
669	669	(A) a violation of section 201(a) or section
670	670	206(a) of the Congressional Accountability Act of
671	671	1995; or
672	672	(B) a violation of section 208 of such Act
673	673	which consists of intimidating, taking reprisal
674	674	against, or otherwise discriminating against any 25
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676	676	covered employee under such Act because of a claim
677	677	alleging a violation described in subparagraph (A).
678	678	(q) M
679	679	ANDATORY ANTI-HARASSMENT AND ANTI-DIS-
680	680	CRIMINATIONPOLICIES FORHOUSEOFFICES.—
681	681	(1) R
682	682	EQUIRING OFFICES TO ADOPT POLICY .—Each
683	683	employing office of the House of Representatives under
684	684	the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 shall adopt
685	685	an anti-harassment and anti-discrimination policy for the
686	686	office’s workplace.
687	687	(2) R
688	688	EGULATIONS.—Not later than April 1, 2025,
689	689	the Committee on House Administration shall promul-
690	690	gate regulations to carry out this subsection, and shall
691	691	ensure that such regulations are consistent with the re-
692	692	quirements of the Congressional Accountability Act of
693	693	1995, rule XXIII, and other relevant laws, rules, and
694	694	regulations.
695	695	(r) M
696	696	EMBERDAYHEARINGREQUIREMENT.—During
697	697	the first session of the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress,
698	698	each standing committee (other than the Committee on Eth-
699	699	ics) shall hold a hearing at which it receives testimony from
700	700	Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner on pro-
701	701	posed legislation within its jurisdiction, except that the Com-
702	702	mittee on Rules may hold such hearing during the second
703	703	session of the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress. 26
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705	705	(s) INFORMATION TO COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS ON
706	706	R
707	707	EQUEST.—During the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress,
708	708	the chair of the Committee on Oversight and Government Re-
709	709	form shall be included as one of the seven members of the
710	710	Committee making any request of an Executive agency pur-
711	711	suant to section 2954 of title 5, United States Code.
712	712	(t) D
713	713	EPOSITIONAUTHORITY.—
714	714	(1) I
715	715	N GENERAL.—During the One Hundred Nine-
716	716	teenth Congress, the chair of a standing committee
717	717	(other than the Committee on Rules), and the chair of
718	718	the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, upon
719	719	consultation with the ranking minority member of such
720	720	committee, may order the taking of depositions, includ-
721	721	ing pursuant to subpoena, by a member or counsel of
722	722	such committee.
723	723	(2) R
724	724	EGULATIONS.—Depositions taken under the
725	725	authority prescribed in this subsection shall be subject to
726	726	regulations issued by the chair of the Committee on
727	727	Rules and printed in the Congressional Record.
728	728	(3) P
729	729	ERSONS PERMITTED TO ATTEND DEPOSI -
730	730	TIONS.—Deponents may be accompanied at a deposition
731	731	by two designated personal, nongovernmental attorneys
732	732	to advise them of their rights. Only members, committee
733	733	staff designated by the chair or ranking minority mem-
734	734	ber, an official reporter, the witness, and the witness’s 27
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736	736	two designated attorneys are permitted to attend. Other
737	737	persons, including government agency personnel, may
738	738	not attend.
739	739	(u) W
740	740	ARPOWERSRESOLUTION.—During the One Hun-
741	741	dred Nineteenth Congress, a motion to discharge a measure
742	742	introduced pursuant to section 6 or section 7 of the War
743	743	Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1545–46) shall not be subject
744	744	to a motion to table.
745	745	(v) C
746	746	ONTINUINGLITIGATIONAUTHORITIES.—
747	747	(1) I
748	748	N GENERAL.—The House authorizes the chair
749	749	of the Committee on the Judiciary (when elected), on be-
750	750	half of the Committee on the Judiciary and until such
751	751	committee has adopted rules pursuant to clause 2(a) of
752	752	rule XI, to issue the following subpoenas:
753	753	(A) To Attorney General Merrick Garland re-
754	754	lated to the Special Counsel’s audio recordings of
755	755	interviews with President Joseph R. Biden and his
756	756	ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer.
757	757	(B) To Mark Daly of the Department of Jus-
758	758	tice for a deposition related to the Department of
759	759	Justice’s investigation into R. Hunter Biden.
760	760	(C) To Jack Morgan of the Department of
761	761	Justice for a deposition related to the Department
762	762	of Justice’s investigation into R. Hunter Biden. 28
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764	764	(2) ENFORCEMENT OF SUBPOENAS .—The House
765	765	further authorizes the chair of the Committee on the Ju-
766	766	diciary (when elected), on behalf of the Committee on
767	767	the Judiciary, consistent with clause 8(c) of rule II, and
768	768	the Office of General Counsel to take all necessary steps
769	769	as may be appropriate to continue the civil actions au-
770	770	thorized by the House during the One Hundred Eight-
771	771	eenth Congress concerning the enforcement of the sub-
772	772	poenas issued to such individuals.
773	773	SEC. 4. COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS, AND HOUSE OFFICES.
774	774	(a) SELECTCOMMITTEE ON THE STRATEGICCOMPETI-
775	775	TIONBETWEEN THE UNITEDSTATES AND THE CHINESE
776	776	C
777	777	OMMUNISTPARTY.—House Resolution 11, One Hundred
778	778	Eighteenth Congress, as amended by House Resolution 78,
779	779	One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, shall apply in the One
780	780	Hundred Nineteenth Congress in the same manner as such
781	781	resolution applied in the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress,
782	782	except that—
783	783	(1) the Select Committee concerned shall submit all
784	784	reports to the House or policy recommendations to the
785	785	relevant standing committees under section 1(e) not
786	786	later than December 31, 2026; and
787	787	(2) the investigative jurisdiction of the Select Com-
788	788	mittee shall consist of policy recommendations on coun-
789	789	tering the economic, technological, security, and ideolog- 29
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791	791	ical threats of the Chinese Communist Party to the
792	792	United States and allies and partners of the United
793	793	States.
794	794	(b) H
795	795	OUSEDEMOCRACYPARTNERSHIP.—House Resolu-
796	796	tion 24, One Hundred Tenth Congress, shall apply in the
797	797	One Hundred Nineteenth Congress in the same manner as
798	798	such resolution applied in the One Hundred Tenth Congress,
799	799	except that the commission concerned shall be known as the
800	800	House Democracy Partnership.
801	801	(c) T
802	802	OMLANTOSHUMANRIGHTSCOMMISSION.—Sec-
803	803	tions 1 through 7 of House Resolution 1451, One Hundred
804	804	Tenth Congress, shall apply in the One Hundred Nineteenth
805	805	Congress in the same manner as such provisions applied in
806	806	the One Hundred Tenth Congress, except that—
807	807	(1) the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
808	808	may, in addition to collaborating closely with other pro-
809	809	fessional staff members of the Committee on Foreign Af-
810	810	fairs, collaborate closely with professional staff members
811	811	of other relevant committees;
812	812	(2) the resources of the Committee on Foreign Af-
813	813	fairs which the Commission may use shall include all re-
814	814	sources which the Committee is authorized to obtain
815	815	from other offices of the House of Representatives; and
816	816	(3) any amounts authorized to provide full-time
817	817	professional staff and resources to the Tom Lantos 30
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819	819	Human Rights Commission shall be in addition to and
820	820	separate from the amounts authorized for salaries and
821	821	expenses of the Committee on Foreign Affairs as pro-
822	822	vided by resolution of the House, shall be administered
823	823	by the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and shall be dis-
824	824	tributed equally between the co-chairs of the Commis-
825	825	sion.
826	826	(d) O
827	827	FFICE OFCONGRESSIONALCONDUCT.—
828	828	(1) I
829	829	N GENERAL.—References in the standing rules
830	830	to the Office of Congressional Ethics shall be construed
831	831	as references to the Office of Congressional Conduct.
832	832	(2) O
833	833	FFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL CONDUCT .—Sec-
834	834	tion 1 of House Resolution 895, One Hundred Tenth
835	835	Congress, shall apply in the One Hundred Nineteenth
836	836	Congress in the same manner as such provision applied
837	837	in the One Hundred Tenth Congress, except that—
838	838	(A) the Office of Congressional Ethics shall be
839	839	known as the Office of Congressional Conduct
840	840	(hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the
841	841	‘‘Office’’);
842	842	(B) references to the Office of Congressional
843	843	Ethics shall be construed as references to the Of-
844	844	fice;
845	845	(C) the Office shall be treated as a standing
846	846	committee of the House for purposes of section 31
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848	848	202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of
849	849	1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i));
850	850	(D) references to the Committee on Standards
851	851	of Official Conduct shall be construed as references
852	852	to the Committee on Ethics;
853	853	(E) any requirement for concurrence in section
854	854	1(b)(1) shall be construed as a requirement for con-
855	855	sultation;
856	856	(F) any individual who is the subject of a pre-
857	857	liminary review or second-phase review by the board
858	858	shall be informed of the right to be represented by
859	859	counsel and invoking that right should not be held
860	860	negatively against such individual;
861	861	(G) the Office may not take any action that
862	862	would deny any person any right or protection pro-
863	863	vided under the Constitution of the United States;
864	864	(H) any member of the board currently serving
865	865	a term in excess of the limitations of section 1(b)(6)
866	866	of such resolution shall be considered as removed
867	867	from the board; and
868	868	(I) the provision regarding appointment and
869	869	compensation of staff shall require an affirmative
870	870	vote of at least 4 members of the board not later
871	871	than 30 calendar days after the board has been
872	872	fully constituted. 32
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874	874	SEC. 5. ORDERS OF BUSINESS.
875	875	(a) Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order
876	876	to consider in the House any bill specified in subsection (b).
877	877	All points of order against consideration of each such bill are
878	878	waived. Each such bill shall be considered as read. All points
879	879	of order against provisions in each such bill are waived. The
880	880	previous question shall be considered as ordered on each such
881	881	bill and on any amendment thereto to final passage without
882	882	intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally di-
883	883	vided and controlled by the Majority Leader and the Minority
884	884	Leader or their respective designees; and (2) one motion to
885	885	recommit.
886	886	(b) The bills referred to in this subsection are as follows:
887	887	(1) The bill (H.R. 28) to amend the Education
888	888	Amendments of 1972 to provide that for purposes of de-
889	889	termining compliance with title IX of such Act in ath-
890	890	letics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person’s
891	891	reproductive biology and genetics at birth.
892	892	(2) The bill (H.R. 29) to require the Secretary of
893	893	Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have
894	894	been charged in the United States with theft, and for
895	895	other purposes.
896	896	(3) The bill (H.R. 30) to amend the Immigration
897	897	and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who have been
898	898	convicted of or who have committed sex offenses or do-
899	899	mestic violence are inadmissible and deportable. 33
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901	901	(4) The bill (H.R. 31) to make the assault of a law
902	902	enforcement officer a deportable offense, and for other
903	903	purposes.
904	904	(5) The bill (H.R. 32) to provide that sanctuary ju-
905	905	risdictions that provide benefits to aliens who are
906	906	present in the United States without lawful status under
907	907	the immigration laws are ineligible for Federal funds in-
908	908	tended to benefit such aliens.
909	909	(6) The bill (H.R. 35) to impose criminal and immi-
910	910	gration penalties for intentionally fleeing a pursuing
911	911	Federal officer while operating a motor vehicle.
912	912	(7) The bill (H.R. 21) to amend title 18, United
913	913	States Code, to prohibit a health care practitioner from
914	914	failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case
915	915	of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abor-
916	916	tion.
917	917	(8) The bill (H.R. 23) to impose sanctions with re-
918	918	spect to the International Criminal Court engaged in any
919	919	effort to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute any pro-
920	920	tected person of the United States and its allies.
921	921	(9) The bill (H.R. 33) to amend the Internal Rev-
922	922	enue Code of 1986 to provide special rules for the tax-
923	923	ation of certain residents of Taiwan with income from
924	924	sources within the United States. 34
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926	926	(10) The bill (H.R. 22) to amend the National
927	927	Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require proof of
928	928	United States citizenship to register an individual to
929	929	vote in elections for Federal office, and for other pur-
930	930	poses.
931	931	(11) The bill (H.R. 27) to amend the Controlled
932	932	Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of
933	933	fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes.
934	934	(12) The bill (H.R. 26) to prohibit a moratorium on
935	935	the use of hydraulic fracturing.
936	936	Attest:
937	937	Clerk.