Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, and for other purposes.
Latest action. Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
This resolution establishes the rules of the House of Representatives for the 118th Congress by adopting and modifying the rules from the 117th Congress; it also adopts other procedural orders.
Specific changes include
permitting a single Member to call for a vote to remove the Speaker;
prohibiting consideration of legislation that increases without offsetting mandatory spending in set budget windows;
eliminating the Gephardt rule, which provides for the automatic passage of a joint resolution to suspend the debt ceiling upon passage of a concurrent resolution on the budget;
requiring a three-fifths majority of House Members to approve tax rate increases;
reinstating the Holman rule, which allows for the termination of or a salary deduction for a federal official or cuts to a specific program through amendments to appropriations bills;
nullifying regulations that extend collective bargaining rights to certain congressional employees; and
requiring that sponsors identify the single subject that each bill focuses on.
The resolution further acts as a special rule for particular legislation, including bills that address (1) Internal Revenue Service funding, (2) sales from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China, and (3) establishing committees to investigate U.S.-Chinese competition and the weaponization of the federal government.
The Congressional Budget Office must include in its cost estimates for major legislation macroeconomic effects (e.g., changes in economic output and employment).
The resolution also establishes new and reauthorizes and modifies existing commissions, offices, and committees. For example, it establishes a subcommittee to investigate the coronavirus pandemic and modifies the operation of the House Ethics Committee and Office of Congressional Ethics.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Passed House" stage on January 9, 2023. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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The record's latest action, on January 9, 2023: 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?
Steve Scalise (R-LA) introduced it on January 9, 2023. 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 9, 2023, 1340 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 1340 days ago, on January 9, 2023.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 118th Congress has not finished by January 3, 2025 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
- HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- SenateNot stated in the latest action
- PresidentNot stated in the latest action