Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide for the consideration of continuing resolutions to fund the Government at the current rate of operations if offered not more than 24 hours before funding for the Government expires.
Latest action. Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Amends Rule XXI (Restrictions on Certain Bills) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to make it in order, during the 24-hour period before funding for the government expires, for any Member to move to consider any joint resolution continuing appropriations for the government at the current rate of operations for 30 days. Prohibits the measure from containing other matter.
Declares that, if the measure passes the House, then, during the 30-day period it covers:
it shall not be in order to consider any resolution providing for an adjournment period of more than three calendar days unless legislation is agreed to that funds the government until the end of the applicable fiscal year; and
no funds of the House may be used for official travel of any of its Members, officers, or employees which is undertaken during such period.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on October 9, 2015. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
A simple resolution is the business of a single chamber. The House can adopt it on its own, and it is never sent to the other chamber or to the President.
The record's latest action, on October 9, 2015: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
- A vote of the House
What is a simple resolution, exactly?
A simple resolution concerns one chamber only, such as its own rules or an expression of its opinion. The other chamber and the President play no part, and it does not carry the force of law.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
Gwen Graham (D-FL) introduced it on October 9, 2015, and 12 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They come from both major parties: 11 Democrats, 1 Republican.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on October 9, 2015, 3989 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 3989 days ago, on October 9, 2015.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 114th Congress has not finished by January 3, 2017 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
That deadline applies to this measure too, even though it was never headed for the President's desk.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers