[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 46 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 46

  Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the 
 consideration of bills and resolutions whose titles do not adequately 
                        express their contents.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 20, 2023

 Mr. Donalds submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                         the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the 
 consideration of bills and resolutions whose titles do not adequately 
                        express their contents.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITING CONSIDERATION OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS WITH 
              TITLES NOT ADEQUATELY EXPRESSING CONTENTS.

    Rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by 
adding at the end the following new clause:
    ``13.(a) It shall not be in order to consider a bill, joint 
resolution, or resolution whose title does not adequately express the 
contents of the bill, joint resolution, or resolution, or to consider a 
bill, joint resolution, or resolution whose text includes a short title 
if the short title does not adequately express the contents of the 
bill, joint resolution, or resolution.
    ``(b) If a point of order under paragraph (a) is sustained, the 
bill, joint resolution, or resolution involved shall be recommitted to 
the committee of primary jurisdiction (as designated by the Speaker) 
that reported it or, if such bill, joint resolution, or resolution was 
not reported by a committee, shall be removed from the House 
calendar.''.
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