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H.Res. 5 · 117th CongressStatus not classified

Authorizing the Clerk to inform the President of the election of the Speaker and the Clerk.

Latest action. Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. · January 3, 2021

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What this bill would do
Official summary · Congressional Research Service

This resolution instructs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to inform the President that the House has elected Nancy Pelosi and Cheryl L. Johnson as Speaker of the House and Clerk, respectively.

Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Passed House" stage on January 3, 2021. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.

Status
Latest action, as recorded
January 3, 2021

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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Where this sits in the process
Common questions
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Where is it in the process, and what happens next?

The latest action on file does not map to a stage Civibrief recognizes, so the page will not name one. The record's own words are the reliable fact here.

The record's latest action, on January 3, 2021: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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?

STENY HOYER (D-MD) introduced it on January 3, 2021. No cosponsors are recorded.

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 January 3, 2021, 2076 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 2076 days ago, on January 3, 2021.

Measures do not carry over. Anything the 117th Congress has not finished by January 3, 2023 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.

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Vote history

  1. House
    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  2. Senate
    Not stated in the latest action
  3. President
    Not stated in the latest action
No recorded votes yet
No roll call in this Congress cites this bill. Most bills die in committee without ever reaching a recorded floor vote.