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AUTHORIZING THE CLERK TO INFORM THE PRESIDENT OF THE ELECTION OF THE
SPEAKER AND THE CLERK

Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I offer a privileged resolution
and ask for its immediate consideration.
The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

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Resolved, That the Clerk be instructed to inform the
President of the United States that the House of
Representatives has elected Mike Johnson, a Representative
from the State of Louisiana as Speaker, and Kevin McCumber, a
citizen of the State of Illinois as Clerk, of the House of
Representatives of the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress.

The resolution was agreed to.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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RULES OF THE HOUSE

Mrs. FISCHBACH. Mr. Speaker, I offer a privileged resolution and ask
for its immediate consideration.
The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

H. Res. 5

Resolved,

SECTION 1. ADOPTION OF THE RULES OF THE ONE HUNDRED
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS.

The Rules of the House of Representatives of the One
Hundred Eighteenth Congress, including applicable provisions
of law or concurrent resolution that constituted rules of the
House at the end of the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, are
adopted as the Rules of the House of Representatives of the
One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, with amendments to the
standing rules as provided in section 2, and with other
orders as provided in this resolution.

SEC. 2. CHANGES TO THE STANDING RULES.

(a) Resolution Declaring the Office of Speaker Vacant.--In
clause 2(a) of rule IX, add the following new subparagraph:
``(3) A resolution causing a vacancy in the Office of
Speaker shall not be privileged except if it is offered by a
member of the majority party and has accumulated eight
cosponsors from the majority party at the time it is
offered.''.
(b) Permitting Electronic Voting in Committee.--In rule
XI--
(1) in clause 1(d)(2)(E), strike ``clauses 2(n), (o), or
(p)'' and insert ``clauses 2(o), (p), or (q)''; and
(2) in clause 2, insert after paragraph (m) the following
new paragraph (and redesignate the succeeding paragraphs
accordingly):
``(n) A committee may adopt a rule or motion permitting the
use of electronic voting in accordance with regulations
submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the
chair of the Committee on Rules and the chair of the
Committee on House Administration.''.
(c) Clarification of Role of Chief Administrative Officer
in Vacant Offices.--In clause 4 of rule II, add at the end
the following new paragraph:
``(e) The Chief Administrative Officer shall assist the
Clerk in carrying out the responsibilities described in
clause 2(i).''.
(d) Designating Committee on Oversight and Government
Reform.--In the standing rules, strike ``Committee on
Oversight and Accountability'' each place it appears and
insert (in each instance) ``Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform''.
(e) Designating Committee on Education and Workforce.--In
rule X--
(1) in clause 1(e), strike ``Committee on Education and the
Workforce'' and insert ``Committee on Education and
Workforce''; and
(2) in clause 3(d), strike ``Committee on Education and the
Workforce'' and insert ``Committee on Education and
Workforce''.

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(f) Striking Office of Diversity and Inclusion.--
(1) Strike.--In rule II, strike clause 9 and redesignate
the succeeding clause accordingly.
(2) Conforming amendments.--In clause 4(d)(1)(A) of rule
X--
(A) strike ``the Office of Diversity and Inclusion,''; and
(B) strike ``Inspector General, Office of Diversity and
Inclusion'' and insert ``Inspector General''.
(g) Codification of Long-standing Separate Orders.--
(1) Memorials submitted pursuant to article v.--In clause 3
of rule XII--
(A) strike ``If a Member'' and insert ``(a) If a Member'';
and
(B) add at the end the following new paragraph:
``(b) With respect to any memorial presented under
paragraph (a) purporting to be an application of the
legislature of a State calling for a convention for proposing
amendments to the Constitution of the United States pursuant
to Article V, or a rescission of any such prior application--
``(1) the chair of the Committee on the Judiciary shall, in
the case of such a memorial presented in the One Hundred
Fourteenth Congress or succeeding Congresses, and may, in the
case of such a memorial presented prior to the One Hundred
Fourteenth Congress, designate any such memorial for public
availability by the Clerk; and
``(2) the Clerk shall make such memorials as are designated
pursuant to subparagraph (1) publicly available in electronic
form, organized by State of origin and year of receipt, and
shall indicate whether the memorial was designated as an
application or a rescission.''.
(2) Numbering of bills.--In clause 7 of rule XII, add at
the end the following new paragraph:
``(d) The first 10 numbers for bills (H.R. 1 through H.R.
10) shall be reserved for assignment by the Speaker and the
second 10 numbers for bills (H.R. 11 through H.R. 20) shall
be reserved for assignment by the Minority Leader.''.
(3) District work periods.--In rule I, add at the end the
following new clause:

``District work periods

``13.(a) On any legislative day occurring during a
`district work period' as designated by the Speaker--
``(1) the Journal of the proceedings of the previous day
shall be considered as approved; and
``(2) the Chair may at any time declare the House adjourned
to meet at a date and time, within the limits of clause 4,
section 5, article I of the Constitution, to be announced by
the Chair in declaring the adjournment.
``(b) The Speaker may appoint Members to perform the duties
of the Chair for the duration of a district work period
described in paragraph (a) as though under clause 8(a).
``(c) Each day during a district work period described in
paragraph (a) shall not constitute--
``(1) a calendar day for purposes of section 7 of the War
Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1546);
``(2) a legislative day for purposes of clause 7 of rule
XIII;
``(3) a calendar or legislative day for purposes of clause
7(c)(1) of rule XXII; or
``(4) a legislative day for purposes of clause 7 of rule
XV.''.
(h) Restoring Family-centric Language.--In rule XXIII--
(1) in clause 8(c)(3), strike ``parent, child, sibling,
parent's sibling, first cousin, sibling's child, spouse,
parent-in-law, child-in-law, sibling-in-law, stepparent,
stepchild, stepsibling, half-sibling, or grandchild'' and
insert ``father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister,
uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife,
father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law,
brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother,
stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother,
half sister, grandson, or granddaughter''; and
(2) in clause 15(d)(2), strike ``parent, child, sibling,
spouse, or parent-in-law'' and insert ``father, mother, son,
daughter, brother, sister, husband, wife, father-in-law, or
mother-in-law''.
(i) Suspensions.--In clause 1(a) of rule XV, add at the end
the following new sentence: ``The Speaker may not entertain a
motion that the House suspend the rules except on Mondays,
Tuesdays, and Wednesdays.''.
(j) Technical Corrections.--
(1) Interim funding.--In clause 7(b) of rule X, strike ``In
the case of the first session of a Congress, amounts'' and
insert ``Amounts''.
(2) Day count.--In clause 6(d) of rule XIII, insert
``thereafter'' after ``seven legislative days''.

SEC. 3. SEPARATE ORDERS.

(a) Holman Rule.--During the One Hundred Nineteenth
Congress, any reference in clause 2 of rule XXI to a
provision or amendment that retrenches expenditures by a
reduction of amounts of money covered by the bill shall be
construed as applying to any provision or amendment (offered
after the bill has been read for amendment) that retrenches
expenditures by--
(1) reduction of amounts of money in the bill;
(2) the reduction of the number and salary of the officers
of the United States; or
(3) the reduction of the compensation of any person paid
out of the Treasury of the United States.
(b) Spending Reduction Amendments in Appropriations
Bills.--
(1) During the reading of a general appropriation bill for
amendment in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of
the Union, it shall be in order to consider en bloc
amendments proposing only to transfer appropriations from an
object or objects in the bill to a spending reduction
account. When considered en bloc under this paragraph, such
amendments may amend portions of the bill not yet read for
amendment (following disposition of any points of order
against such portions) and are not subject to a demand for
division of the question in the House or in the Committee of
the Whole.
(2) Except as provided in paragraph (1), it shall not be in
order to consider an amendment to a spending reduction
account in the House or in the Committee of the Whole House
on the state of the Union.
(3) A point of order under clause 2(b) of rule XXI shall
not apply to a spending reduction account.
(4) A general appropriation bill may not be considered in
the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union
unless it includes a spending reduction account as the last
section of the bill. An order to report a general
appropriation bill to the House shall constitute authority
for the chair of the Committee on Appropriations to add such
a section to the bill or modify the figure contained therein.
(5) For purposes of this subsection, the term ``spending
reduction account'' means an account in a general
appropriation bill that bears that caption and contains
only--
(A) a recitation of the amount by which an applicable
allocation of new budget authority under section 302(b) of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 exceeds the amount of
new budget authority proposed by the bill; or
(B) if no such allocation is in effect, ``$0''.
(c) Budget Matters.--
(1) Long term spending point of order.--
(A) Congressional budget office analysis of proposals.--The
Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall, to the
extent practicable, prepare an estimate of whether a bill or
joint resolution reported by a committee (other than the
Committee on Appropriations), or amendment thereto or
conference report thereon, would cause, relative to current
law, a net increase in direct spending in excess of
$2,500,000,000 in any of the 4 consecutive 10-fiscal year
periods beginning with the first fiscal year that is 10
fiscal years after the current fiscal year.
(B) Point of order.--It shall not be in order to consider
any bill or joint resolution reported by a committee, or
amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that would
cause a net increase in direct spending in excess of
$2,500,000,000 in any of the 4 consecutive 10-fiscal year
periods described in subparagraph (A).
(C) Determinations of budget levels.--For purposes of this
paragraph, the levels of net increases in direct spending
shall be determined on the basis of estimates provided by the
chair of the Committee on the Budget.
(2) Scoring conveyances of federal land.--
(A) In general.--In the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress,
for all purposes in the House, a provision in a bill or joint
resolution, or in an amendment thereto or a conference report
thereon, requiring or authorizing a conveyance of Federal
land to a State, local government, or tribal entity shall not
be considered as providing new budget authority, decreasing
revenues, increasing mandatory spending, or increasing
outlays.
(B) Definitions.--In this paragraph:
(i) The term ``conveyance'' means any method, including
sale, donation, or exchange, by which all or any portion of
the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to
Federal land is transferred to another entity.
(ii) The term ``Federal land'' means any land owned by the
United States, including the surface estate, the subsurface
estate, or any improvements thereon.
(iii) The term ``State'' means any of the several States,
the District of Columbia, or a territory (including a
possession) of the United States.
(3) Analysis of inflationary impact for certain
legislation.--During the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, if
an estimate provided by the Congressional Budget Office under
section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shows
changes in mandatory spending that cause a gross budgetary
effect in any fiscal year over a 10-year period that is equal
to or greater than .25 percent of the projected gross
domestic product (measured by the Consumer Price Index for
All Urban Consumers) for the current fiscal year, or upon the
request of the chair of the Committee on the Budget, then
such estimate shall include, to the extent practicable, a
statement estimating the inflationary effects of the
legislation, including whether the legislation is determined
to have no significant impact on inflation, is determined to
have a quantifiable inflationary impact on the consumer price
index, or is determined likely to have a significant impact
on inflation but the amount cannot be determined at the time
the estimate is prepared.
(4) Content of cbo analysis for certain legislation
affecting the federal hospital insurance trust fund or the
old-age, survivors, and disability insurance trust fund.--
During the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, if an estimate
provided by the Congressional Budget Office under section 402
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the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shows that legislation
impacting either the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund or
the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Trust Fund
(OASDI) causes a gross budgetary effect in any fiscal year
over a 10-year period that is equal to or greater than .25
percent of the projected gross domestic product (measured by
the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers) for the
current fiscal year, or upon request of the chair of the
Committee on the Budget, then such estimate shall, to the
extent practicable, display--
(A) the impact of legislation on the Federal Hospital
Insurance Trust Fund's unfunded liabilities over a 25-year
projection, solvency projections, and the net present value
of those liabilities; and
(B) the impact of legislation on the OASDI trust fund's
unfunded liabilities over a 75-year projection, solvency
projections, and the net present value of those liabilities.
(d) Congressional Member Organization Transparency
Reform.--
(1) Payment of salaries and expenses through account of
organization.--A Member of the House of Representatives and
an eligible Congressional Member Organization may enter into
an agreement under which--
(A) an employee of the Member's office may carry out
official and representational duties of the Member by
assignment to the Organization; and
(B) to the extent that the employee carries out such duties
under the agreement, the Member shall transfer the portion of
the Members' Representational Allowance (MRA) of the Member
which would otherwise be used for the salary and related
expenses of the employee to a dedicated account in the House
of Representatives which is administered by the Organization,
in accordance with the regulations promulgated by the
Committee on House Administration under paragraph (2).
(2) Regulations.--The Committee on House Administration
(hereafter referred to in this subsection as the
``Committee'') shall promulgate regulations as follows:
(A) Use of mra.--Pursuant to the authority of section
101(d) of the House of Representatives Administrative Reform
Technical Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 5341(d)), the Committee
shall prescribe regulations to provide that an eligible
Congressional Member Organization may use the amounts
transferred to the Organization's dedicated account under
paragraph (1)(B) for the same purposes for which a Member of
the House of Representatives may use the Members'
Representational Allowance, except that the Organization may
not use such amounts for franked mail, official travel, or
leases of space or vehicles.
(B) Maintenance of limitations on number of shared
employees.--Pursuant to the authority of section 104(d) of
the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical
Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 5321(d)), the Committee shall
prescribe regulations to provide that an employee of the
office of a Member of the House of Representatives who is
covered by an agreement entered into under paragraph (1)
between the Member and an eligible Congressional Member
Organization shall be considered a shared employee of the
Member's office and the Organization for purposes of such
section, and shall include in such regulations appropriate
accounting standards to ensure that a Member of the House of
Representatives who enters into an agreement with such an
Organization under paragraph (1) does not employ more
employees than the Member is authorized to employ under such
section.
(C) Participation in student loan repayment program.--
Pursuant to the authority of section 105(b) of the
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C.
4536(b)), relating to the student loan repayment program for
employees of the House, the Committee shall promulgate
regulations to provide that, in the case of an employee who
is covered by an agreement entered into under paragraph (1)
between a Member of the House of Representatives and an
eligible Congressional Member Organization and who
participates in such program while carrying out duties under
the agreement--
(i) any funds made available for making payments under the
program with respect to the employee shall be transferred to
the Organization's dedicated account under paragraph (1)(B);
and
(ii) the Organization shall use the funds to repay a
student loan taken out by the employee, under the same terms
and conditions which would apply under the program if the
Organization were the employing office of the employee.
(D) Access to house services.--The Committee shall
prescribe regulations to ensure that an eligible
Congressional Member Organization has appropriate access to
services of the House.
(E) Other regulations.--The Committee shall promulgate such
other regulations as may be appropriate to carry out this
subsection.
(3) Eligible congressional member organization defined.--In
this subsection, the term ``eligible Congressional Member
Organization'' means, with respect to the One Hundred
Nineteenth Congress, an organization meeting each of the
following requirements:
(A) The organization is registered as a Congressional
Member Organization with the Committee on House
Administration.
(B) The organization designates a single Member of the
House of Representatives to be responsible for the
administration of the organization, including the
administration of the account administered under paragraph
(1)(B), and includes the identification of such Member with
the statement of organization that the organization files and
maintains with the Committee on House Administration.
(C) At least 3 employees of the House are assigned to
perform some work for the organization.
(D) During the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, at least 30
Members of the House of Representatives used a portion of the
Members' Representational Allowance of the Member for the
salary and related expenses of an employee who was a shared
employee of the Member's office and the organization.
(E) The organization files a statement with the Committee
on House Administration and the Chief Administrative Officer
of the House of Representatives certifying that it will
administer an account in accordance with paragraph (1)(B).
(e) Determination With Respect to Placement of Measure on
Consensus Calendar.--During the One Hundred Nineteenth
Congress, not later than 2 legislative days after a measure
is placed on the Consensus Calendar pursuant to clause 7(c)
of rule XV, the Majority Leader shall, in the case such
measure is not in compliance with any legislative protocols
of the Majority Leader, submit to the Congressional Record a
determination with respect to such noncompliance.
(f) Further Expenses for Resolving Contested Elections.--
(1) Amounts for expenses of committee on house
administration.--There shall be paid out of the applicable
accounts of the House of Representatives such sums as may be
necessary for further expenses of the Committee on House
Administration for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress for
resolving contested elections.
(2) Session limitation.--The amount specified in paragraph
(1) shall be available for expenses incurred during the
period beginning at noon on January 3, 2025, and ending
immediately before noon on January 3, 2026.
(3) Vouchers.--Payments under this subsection shall be made
on vouchers authorized by the Committee on House
Administration, signed by the chair of the Committee, and
approved in the manner directed by the Committee.
(4) Regulations.--Amounts made available under this
subsection shall be expended in accordance with regulations
prescribed by the Committee on House Administration.
(g) Question of Consideration for Germaneness.--
(1) In general.--During the One Hundred Nineteenth
Congress, it shall not be in order to consider a rule or
order that waives all points of order against an amendment
submitted to the Committee on Rules otherwise in violation of
clause 7 of rule XVI.
(2) Disposition of point of order.--As disposition of a
point of order under paragraph (1), the Chair shall put the
question of consideration with respect to the rule or order,
as applicable. The question of consideration shall be
debatable for 10 minutes by the Member initiating the point
of order and for 10 minutes by an opponent, but shall
otherwise be decided without intervening motion except one
that the House adjourn.
(h) Restoring Legislative Branch Accountability.--The
regulations adopted pursuant to House Resolution 1096, One
Hundred Seventeenth Congress, shall have no force or effect
during the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress.
(i) Remote Appearance of Witnesses.--
(1) In general.--During the One Hundred Nineteenth
Congress, at the discretion of the chair of a committee and
in accordance with regulations submitted for printing in the
Congressional Record by the chair of the Committee on Rules--
(A) witnesses at committee or subcommittee proceedings may
appear remotely;
(B) counsel shall be permitted to accompany witnesses
appearing remotely; and
(C) an oath may be administered to a witness remotely for
purposes of clause 2(m)(2) of rule XI.
(2) Applicability.--This subsection shall not apply to
witnesses representing the executive branch of the United
States government.
(j) Addressing the Use of Artificial Intelligence.--The
Committee on House Administration, the Clerk, the Chief
Administrative Officer, and other officers and officials of
the House shall continue efforts to integrate artificial
intelligence technologies into the operations and functions
of the House in the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, in
furtherance of the institutional priorities outlined in the
House Information Technology Policy 8 (HITPOL 8) Artificial
Intelligence (AI), which shall include--
(1) incorporating appropriate guardrails and specific AI
principles from HITPOL 8 that will guide both Members and
institutional offices if they choose to incorporate this
technology into their operations;
(2) exploring the use of AI applications to streamline
administrative processes and enhance decision-making
capabilities for House staff; and
(3) continuing to advance AI-driven tools to support
effective oversight through efficient legislative drafting,
analysis, and comparative assessments of legislative texts.
(k) Broadening Availability and Utility of Legislative
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House Administration, the Clerk, and other officers and
officials of the House shall continue efforts to broaden the
availability and utility of legislative documents in machine
readable formats in the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress in
furtherance of the institutional priorities of--
(1) improving public availability and use of legislative
information produced by the House and its committees; and
(2) enabling all House staff to produce comparative prints
showing the differences between versions of legislation, how
proposed legislation will amend existing law, and how an
amendment may change proposed legislation.
(l) Improving the Committee Electronic Document
Repository.--The Clerk, the Committee on House
Administration, and other officers and officials of the House
shall continue efforts to improve the electronic document
repository operated by the Clerk for use by committees of the
House in the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, including
streamlining the process of cross-posting documents
simultaneously by the Committee on Rules, in furtherance of
the institutional priority of increasing public availability
and identification of legislative information produced and
held by House committees, including votes, amendments, and
witness disclosure forms.
(m) Exercise Facilities for Former Members.--During the One
Hundred Nineteenth Congress:
(1) The House of Representatives may not provide access to
any exercise facility which is made available exclusively to
Members and former Members, officers and former officers of
the House of Representatives, and their spouses to any former
Member, former officer, or spouse who is a lobbyist
registered under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 or any
successor statute or who is an agent of a foreign principal
as defined in clause 5 of rule XXV. For purposes of this
subsection, the term ``Member'' includes a Delegate or
Resident Commissioner to the Congress.
(2) The Committee on House Administration shall promulgate
regulations to carry out this subsection.
(n) Displaying Statement of Rights and Protections Provided
to House Employees.--The Committee on House Administration
shall issue regulations to provide that each employing office
of the House of Representatives shall post in a prominent
location in the office (including, in the case of the office
of a Member, Delegate, or the Resident Commissioner, a
prominent location in each district office) a statement of
the rights and protections provided to employees of the House
of Representatives under the Congressional Accountability Act
of 1995, including the procedures available to employees of
the House under such Act for responding to and adjudicating
allegations of violations of such rights and protections.
(o) Non-disclosure Agreements.--Any non-disclosure
agreement imposed by any employing or contracting authority
in the House of Representatives to which a paid or unpaid
employee or contractor is or was required to agree as a term
of employment shall--
(1) provide clear guidance that the employee or contractor
may communicate concerning any matter with the Committee on
Ethics, the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, or any
other office or entity designated by the Committee on House
Administration without prior, concurrent, or subsequent
notice or approval; and
(2) not be binding and shall have no legal effect to the
extent to which it requires prior, concurrent, or subsequent
notice or approval from anyone on any matter with respect to
communications from an employee or contractor to any of the
committees, offices, or entities described in paragraph (1).
(p) Requiring Members to Pay for Discrimination
Settlements.--
(1) In general.--In the case of a settlement of a complaint
under the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 in
connection with a claim alleging a violation described in
paragraph (2) which is committed personally by a Member,
Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, if the Member, Delegate,
or Resident Commissioner is not required under law to
reimburse the Treasury for the amount of the settlement, the
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on House
Administration may not approve the settlement pursuant to
clause 4(d)(2) of rule X unless, under the terms and
conditions of the settlement, the Member, Delegate, or
Resident Commissioner is required to reimburse the Treasury
for the amount of the settlement.
(2) Violations described.--A violation described in this
paragraph is--
(A) a violation of section 201(a) or section 206(a) of the
Congressional Accountability Act of 1995; or
(B) a violation of section 208 of such Act which consists
of intimidating, taking reprisal against, or otherwise
discriminating against any covered employee under such Act
because of a claim alleging a violation described in
subparagraph (A).
(q) Mandatory Anti-harassment and Anti-discrimination
Policies for House Offices.--
(1) Requiring offices to adopt policy.--Each employing
office of the House of Representatives under the
Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 shall adopt an anti-
harassment and anti-discrimination policy for the office's
workplace.
(2) Regulations.--Not later than April 1, 2025, the
Committee on House Administration shall promulgate
regulations to carry out this subsection, and shall ensure
that such regulations are consistent with the requirements of
the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995, rule XXIII, and
other relevant laws, rules, and regulations.
(r) Member Day Hearing Requirement.--During the first
session of the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, each standing
committee (other than the Committee on Ethics) shall hold a
hearing at which it receives testimony from Members,
Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner on proposed
legislation within its jurisdiction, except that the
Committee on Rules may hold such hearing during the second
session of the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress.
(s) Information to Committees of Congress on Request.--
During the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, the chair of the
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform shall be
included as one of the seven members of the Committee making
any request of an Executive agency pursuant to section 2954
of title 5, United States Code.
(t) Deposition Authority.--
(1) In general.--During the One Hundred Nineteenth
Congress, the chair of a standing committee (other than the
Committee on Rules), and the chair of the Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence, upon consultation with the ranking
minority member of such committee, may order the taking of
depositions, including pursuant to subpoena, by a member or
counsel of such committee.
(2) Regulations.--Depositions taken under the authority
prescribed in this subsection shall be subject to regulations
issued by the chair of the Committee on Rules and printed in
the Congressional Record.
(3) Persons permitted to attend depositions.--Deponents may
be accompanied at a deposition by two designated personal,
nongovernmental attorneys to advise them of their rights.
Only members, committee staff designated by the chair or
ranking minority member, an official reporter, the witness,
and the witness's two designated attorneys are permitted to
attend. Other persons, including government agency personnel,
may not attend.
(u) War Powers Resolution.--During the One Hundred
Nineteenth Congress, a motion to discharge a measure
introduced pursuant to section 6 or section 7 of the War
Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1545-46) shall not be subject to
a motion to table.
(v) Continuing Litigation Authorities.--
(1) In general.--The House authorizes the chair of the
Committee on the Judiciary (when elected), on behalf of the
Committee on the Judiciary and until such committee has
adopted rules pursuant to clause 2(a) of rule XI, to issue
the following subpoenas:
(A) To Attorney General Merrick Garland related to the
Special Counsel's audio recordings of interviews with
President Joseph R. Biden and his ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer.
(B) To Mark Daly of the Department of Justice for a
deposition related to the Department of Justice's
investigation into R. Hunter Biden.
(C) To Jack Morgan of the Department of Justice for a
deposition related to the Department of Justice's
investigation into R. Hunter Biden.
(2) Enforcement of subpoenas.--The House further authorizes
the chair of the Committee on the Judiciary (when elected),
on behalf of the Committee on the Judiciary, consistent with
clause 8(c) of rule II, and the Office of General Counsel to
take all necessary steps as may be appropriate to continue
the civil actions authorized by the House during the One
Hundred Eighteenth Congress concerning the enforcement of the
subpoenas issued to such individuals.

SEC. 4. COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS, AND HOUSE OFFICES.

(a) Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between
the United States and the Chinese Communist Party.--House
Resolution 11, One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, as amended by
House Resolution 78, One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, shall
apply in the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress in the same
manner as such resolution applied in the One Hundred
Eighteenth Congress, except that--
(1) the Select Committee concerned shall submit all reports
to the House or policy recommendations to the relevant
standing committees under section 1(e) not later than
December 31, 2026; and
(2) the investigative jurisdiction of the Select Committee
shall consist of policy recommendations on countering the
economic, technological, security, and ideological threats of
the Chinese Communist Party to the United States and allies
and partners of the United States.
(b) House Democracy Partnership.--House Resolution 24, One
Hundred Tenth Congress, shall apply in the One Hundred
Nineteenth Congress in the same manner as such resolution
applied in the One Hundred Tenth Congress, except that the
commission concerned shall be known as the House Democracy
Partnership.
(c) Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission.--Sections 1 through
7 of House Resolution 1451, One Hundred Tenth Congress, shall
apply in the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress in the same
manner as such provisions applied in the One Hundred Tenth
Congress, except that--
(1) the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission may, in addition
to collaborating closely with other professional staff
members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, collaborate
closely with professional staff members of other relevant
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(2) the resources of the Committee on Foreign Affairs which
the Commission may use shall include all resources which the
Committee is authorized to obtain from other offices of the
House of Representatives; and
(3) any amounts authorized to provide full-time
professional staff and resources to the Tom Lantos Human
Rights Commission shall be in addition to and separate from
the amounts authorized for salaries and expenses of the
Committee on Foreign Affairs as provided by resolution of the
House, shall be administered by the Committee on Foreign
Affairs, and shall be distributed equally between the co-
chairs of the Commission.
(d) Office of Congressional Conduct.--
(1) In general.--References in the standing rules to the
Office of Congressional Ethics shall be construed as
references to the Office of Congressional Conduct.
(2) Office of congressional conduct.--Section 1 of House
Resolution 895, One Hundred Tenth Congress, shall apply in
the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress in the same manner as
such provision applied in the One Hundred Tenth Congress,
except that--
(A) the Office of Congressional Ethics shall be known as
the Office of Congressional Conduct (hereinafter in this
subsection referred to as the ``Office'');
(B) references to the Office of Congressional Ethics shall
be construed as references to the Office;
(C) the Office shall be treated as a standing committee of
the House for purposes of section 202(i) of the Legislative
Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i));
(D) references to the Committee on Standards of Official
Conduct shall be construed as references to the Committee on
Ethics;
(E) any requirement for concurrence in section 1(b)(1)
shall be construed as a requirement for consultation;
(F) any individual who is the subject of a preliminary
review or second-phase review by the board shall be informed
of the right to be represented by counsel and invoking that
right should not be held negatively against such individual;
(G) the Office may not take any action that would deny any
person any right or protection provided under the
Constitution of the United States;
(H) any member of the board currently serving a term in
excess of the limitations of section 1(b)(6) of such
resolution shall be considered as removed from the board; and
(I) the provision regarding appointment and compensation of
staff shall require an affirmative vote of at least 4 members
of the board not later than 30 calendar days after the board
has been fully constituted.

SEC. 5. ORDERS OF BUSINESS.

(a) Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order
to consider in the House any bill specified in subsection
(b). All points of order against consideration of each such
bill are waived. Each such bill shall be considered as read.
All points of order against provisions in each such bill are
waived. The previous question shall be considered as ordered
on each such bill and on any amendment thereto to final
passage without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of
debate equally divided and controlled by the Majority Leader
and the Minority Leader or their respective designees; and
(2) one motion to recommit.
(b) The bills referred to in this subsection are as
follows:
(1) The bill (H.R. 28) to amend the Education Amendments of
1972 to provide that for purposes of determining compliance
with title IX of such Act in athletics, sex shall be
recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology
and genetics at birth.
(2) The bill (H.R. 29) to require the Secretary of Homeland
Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in
the United States with theft, and for other purposes.
(3) The bill (H.R. 30) to amend the Immigration and
Nationality Act to provide that aliens who have been
convicted of or who have committed sex offenses or domestic
violence are inadmissible and deportable.
(4) The bill (H.R. 31) to make the assault of a law
enforcement officer a deportable offense, and for other
purposes.
(5) The bill (H.R. 32) to provide that sanctuary
jurisdictions that provide benefits to aliens who are present
in the United States without lawful status under the
immigration laws are ineligible for Federal funds intended to
benefit such aliens.
(6) The bill (H.R. 35) to impose criminal and immigration
penalties for intentionally fleeing a pursuing Federal
officer while operating a motor vehicle.
(7) The bill (H.R. 21) to amend title 18, United States
Code, to prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to
exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who
survives an abortion or attempted abortion.
(8) The bill (H.R. 23) to impose sanctions with respect to
the International Criminal Court engaged in any effort to
investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute any protected
person of the United States and its allies.
(9) The bill (H.R. 33) to amend the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 to provide special rules for the taxation of certain
residents of Taiwan with income from sources within the
United States.
(10) The bill (H.R. 22) to amend the National Voter
Registration Act of 1993 to require proof of United States
citizenship to register an individual to vote in elections
for Federal office, and for other purposes.
(11) The bill (H.R. 27) to amend the Controlled Substances
Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related
substances, and for other purposes.
(12) The bill (H.R. 26) to prohibit a moratorium on the use
of hydraulic fracturing.
Mrs. FISCHBACH (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous
consent that the resolution be considered as read and printed in the
Record.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentlewoman from Minnesota?
There was no objection.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Minnesota is recognized
for 1 hour.
Mrs. FISCHBACH. Mr. Speaker, for the purpose of debate only, I yield
the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr.
McGovern), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume.
During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the
purpose of debate only.

General Leave

Mrs. FISCHBACH. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members
have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentlewoman from Minnesota?
There was no objection.
Mrs. FISCHBACH. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to include in
the Record the section-by-section analysis of the resolution.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentlewoman from Minnesota?
There was no objection.

H. Res. 5

Adopting the Rules for the 119th Congress

SECTION-BY-SECTION ANALYSIS

Section 1. Adoption of the Rules of the One Hundred
Eighteenth Congress
This section provides that the Rules of the 118th Congress
are the Rules of the 119th Congress, except for the
amendments contained in section 2 of the resolution and
orders contained in the resolution.
Section 2. Changes to the Standing Rules
Resolution Causing a Vacancy in the Office of Speaker.
Subsection (a) provides that a resolution causing a vacancy
in the Office of Speaker shall not constitute a question of
the privileges of the House under rule IX unless it is
offered by a member of the majority party and has accumulated
eight cosponsors of the majority party at the time it is
offered.
Committee Electronic Voting. Subsection (b) allows
committees to adopt a rule or motion permitting the use of
electronic voting.
Clarification of Role of the Chief Administrative Officer.
Subsection (c) clarifies that the Chief Administrative
Officer shall assist the Clerk in supervising the staff and
managing an office in the event a Congressional office
becomes vacant.
Designating Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Subsection (d) redesignates the Committee on Oversight and
Accountability as the Committee on Oversight and Government
Reform.
Designating Committee on Education and Workforce.
Subsection (e) redesignates the Committee on Education and
the Workforce as the Committee on Education and Workforce.
Striking Office of Diversity and Inclusion. Subsection (f)
conforms the Rules to reflect the reorganization of the
Office of Diversity and Inclusion.
Codification of Long-Standing Separate Orders. Memorials
Submitted Pursuant to Article V of the Constitution of the
United States. Subsection (g)(1) carries forward provisions
that clarify the procedures of the House regarding the
receipt of Article V memorials from the States by directing
the Clerk to make each memorial, designated by the chair of
the Committee on the Judiciary, electronically available,
organized by State of origin and year of receipt, and
indicate whether the memorial was designated as an
application or rescission.
In carrying out this paragraph, it is expected that the
chair of the Committee on the Judiciary will be solely
charged with determining whether a memorial purports to be an
application of the legislature of a state calling for a
constitutional convention or rescission of prior
applications. The Clerk's role will be entirely
administrative. The chair of the Committee on the Judiciary
will only designate memorials from state legislatures (and
not petitions from individuals or other parties), as it is
only state legislatures that are contemplated under Article V
of the Constitution.
In submitting each memorial to the Clerk, the chair of the
Committee on the Judiciary will include a transmission letter
that indicates it has been designated under this subsection.
The Clerk will make publicly available the memorial and the
transmission letter from the chair. Ancillary documentation
from the state or other parties is not expected to be
publicized.
Numbering of Bills. Subsection (g)(2) reserves the first 10
numbers for bills (H.R. 1 through H.R. 10) for assignment by
the Speaker and the second 10 numbers for bills (H.R. 11
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District Work Periods. Subsection (g)(3) provides that
during district work periods the Journal shall be approved,
the Chair may declare the House adjourned to meet within
Constitutional limits, the Speaker may appoint Members to
perform the duties of the Chair, and, each day during this
period shall not constitute a day for purposes of section 7
of the War Powers Resolution, clause 7 of rule XIII
(resolutions of inquiry), clause 7(c)(1) of rule XXII
(motions to instruct conferees), and clause 7 of XV
(Consensus Calendar).
In carrying out this paragraph, it is expected that the
designation of a district work period will be satisfied by a
letter submitted by the Speaker that is laid before the
House.
Restoring Family-Centric Language. Subsection (h) restores
family-centric language in place prior to the 117th Congress
in the Code of Official Conduct.
Suspensions. Subsection (i) restores the requirement that
the Speaker may not entertain a motion that the House suspend
the rules except on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays.
Technical Corrections. Subsection (j) makes technical
corrections to interim committee funding language in clause
7(b) of rule X and to language regarding timelines in clause
6(d) of rule XIII for privileged reports by the Committee on
Rules.
Section 3. Separate Orders
Holman Rule. Subsection (a) continues the ``Holman Rule''
from the 118th Congress which allows amendments to
appropriations legislation that would reduce the salary of
specific Federal employees or cut a specific program.
Spending Reduction Amendments in Appropriations Bills.
Subsection (b) provides for spending reduction account
transfer amendments and requires a spending reduction account
section to be included in all general appropriations bills.
Budget Matters. Subsection (c)(1) establishes a point of
order against consideration of a bill or joint resolution
reported by a committee (other than the Committee on
Appropriations) or an amendment thereto, or a conference
report thereon, which has the net effect of increasing direct
spending in excess of $2,500,000,000 for any of the four
consecutive 10 fiscal year periods beginning with the first
fiscal year that is 10 fiscal years after the current fiscal
year. The levels of net increases in direct spending shall be
determined based on estimates provided by the chair of the
Committee on the Budget.
Subsection (c)(2) provides that any provision in a bill,
joint resolution, amendment, or conference report requiring
or authorizing a conveyance of Federal land to a State, local
government, or tribal entity, shall not be considered as
providing new budget authority, decreasing revenues,
increasing mandatory spending, or increasing outlays.
Subsection (c)(3) requires the Congressional Budget Office
on any legislation that shows changes in mandatory spending
which cause a gross budgetary effect in any fiscal year
covered by the budget resolution that is equal to or greater
than 0.25 percent of the projected GDP for the current fiscal
year, to the extent practicable, to provide an estimate of
the inflationary impacts of that legislation. This subsection
also allows the chair of the Committee on the Budget to
designate major legislation for purposes of this order.
Subsection (c)(4) requires the Congressional Budget Office
on any legislation impacting either the Medicare Part A trust
fund or OASDI trust fund that causes a gross budgetary effect
in any fiscal year covered by the budget resolution that is
equal to or greater than 0.25 percent of the projected GDP
for the current fiscal year, to the extent practicable, to
display: (1) the impact of legislation on the Medicare Part A
trust fund's unfunded liabilities over a 25-year projection,
solvency projections, and the net present value of those
liabilities; and (2) the impact on the OASDI trust fund's
unfunded liabilities over a 75-year projection, solvency
projections, and the net present value of those liabilities.
This subsection also allows the chair of the Committee on the
Budget to designate major legislation for purposes of this
order.
Congressional Member Organization Transparency Reform.
Subsection (d) continues the separate order from the 118th
Congress to allow participating Members to enter into
agreements with eligible Congressional Member Organizations
for the purpose of payment of salaries and expenses. The
subsection requires that for an organization to be eligible
during the 119th Congress, the organization must register
with the Committee on House Administration, designate a
single Member to be responsible for the administration of the
organization, have at least three employees assigned to
perform work for the organization, and had at least 30
Members during the 118th Congress using a portion of their
Members' Representational Allowance to pay for the salaries
and expenses of the organization.
Determination with Respect to Placement of Measure on
Consensus Calendar. Subsection (e) directs the Majority
Leader to submit a statement to the Congressional Record if a
measure does not comply with his legislative protocols within
two legislative days of a measure being placed on the
Consensus Calendar.
Further Expenses for Resolving Contested Elections.
Subsection (f) authorizes such sums as may be necessary for
the Committee on House Administration to resolve contested
elections. Funds shall be available for expenses incurred
between January 3, 2025, and January 3, 2026. Amounts made
available under this subsection shall be expended in
accordance with regulations prescribed by the Committee on
House Administration.
Question of Consideration for Germaneness. Subsection (g)
continues a question of consideration on a special rule that
waives germaneness for an amendment. The question of
consideration is debatable for 20 minutes and is not subject
to any intervening motion except one motion to adjourn.
Restoring Legislative Branch Accountability. Subsection (h)
states regulations adopted pursuant to House Resolution 1096,
117th Congress will have no force or effect in the 119th
Congress.
Remote Appearance of Witnesses. Subsection (i) provides
limited authorization to a chair of a committee to allow
witnesses to appear remotely at committee and subcommittee
proceedings in accordance with regulations issued by the
chair of the Committee on Rules and printed in the
Congressional Record. This subsection does not apply to
witnesses representing the executive branch of the United
States government.
Addressing the Use of Artificial Intelligence. Subsection
(j) instructs the Committee on House Administration, the
Clerk, the Chief Administrative Officer, and other officers
and officials to continue to integrate artificial
intelligence (AI) technologies into the operations and
functions of the House in the 119th Congress. These efforts
shall integrate principles from House Information Technology
Policy 8 AI, explore the use of AI to streamline
administrative processes, and continue to advance AI-driven
tools to support legislative drafting, analysis, and
oversight.
Broadening Availability and Utility of Legislative
Documents in Machine-Readable Formats. Subsection (k) directs
the Committee on House Administration, the Clerk, the Chief
Administrative Officer, and other officers and officials to
advance government transparency by continuing efforts to
publish documents of the House in machine-readable formats
and broaden their utility by enabling all House staff to
create comparative prints.
Improving the Committee Electronic Document Repository.
Subsection (l) directs the Clerk, the Committee on House
Administration, and other officers and officials to continue
to improve the existing electronic document repository
operated by the Clerk for use by committees. Such
improvements are intended to increase public availability and
identification of legislative information produced by House
committees, including votes, amendments, and witness
disclosure forms and should also streamline the process of
cross-posting documents simultaneously by the Committee on
Rules.
Exercise Facilities for Former Members. Subsection (m)
continues the prohibition on access to any exercise facility
that is made available exclusively to Members, Delegates, the
Resident Commissioner, former Members, former Delegates,
former Resident Commissioners, officers, and former officers
of the House and their spouses to any former Member, former
Delegate, former Resident Commissioner, former officer, or
spouse who is a lobbyist registered under the Lobbying
Disclosure Act of 1995 or any successor statute, or who is an
agent of a foreign principal as defined in clause 5 of rule
XXV.
Displaying Statement of Rights and Protections Provided to
House Employees. Subsection (n) continues a requirement that
the Committee on House Administration issue regulations
requiring each House office to prominently display a
statement of the rights and protections provided to House
employees under the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995,
including procedures available to employees for responding to
and adjudicating allegations of workplace rights violations.
Non-Disclosure Agreements. Subsection (o) continues a
requirement providing that non-disclosure agreements required
by offices as a condition of employment for paid or unpaid
staff or contractors cannot require notice or approval for
employees to communicate with the Committee on Ethics, the
Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, or any other office
or entity designated by the Committee on House
Administration; and that non-disclosure agreements must also
provide clear guidance to that effect.
Requiring Members to Pay for Discrimination Settlements.
Subsection (p) continues a requirement for a Member,
Delegate, or the Resident Commissioner to reimburse the
Treasury for any settlement of a complaint related to a claim
alleging a violation by the Member, Delegate, or the Resident
Commissioner of sections 201(a), 206(a), or 208 of the
Congressional Accountability Act of 1995, which cover
discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national
origin, age, disability, or an employee's service in the
uniformed services, and retaliation for claims alleging such
discrimination.
Mandatory Anti-Harassment and Anti-Discrimination Policies
for House Offices. Subsection (q) continues a requirement
that the Committee on House Administration issue regulations
to carry out this subsection by April 1, 2025. Additionally,
each House office is directed to adopt an anti-harassment and
anti-discrimination policy.
Member Day Hearing Requirement. Subsection (r) continues
the Member Day hearing requirement to only occur at the full
committee level. Each standing committee (other than the
Committee on Ethics) must hold a Member Day Hearing during
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session of the 119th Congress to receive testimony from
Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner on proposed
legislation within its jurisdiction. The subsection permits
the Committee on Rules to hold its Member Day Hearing during
the second session to receive testimony on proposed changes
to the standing rules for the next Congress.
Information to Committees of Congress on Request.
Subsection (s) requires that the chair of the Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform be included as one of the
seven members of the Committee making any request of an
Executive agency pursuant to section 2954 of title 5, United
States Code.
Deposition Authority. Subsection (t) provides the Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence and each standing committee
of the 119th Congress(except for the Committee on Rules) the
authority to order the taking of a deposition by a member or
counsel of such committee and limits persons who can attend
depositions to members, committee staff, an official
reporter, the witness, and up to two, personal,
nongovernmental attorneys. Depositions taken under this
authority are subject to regulations issued by the chair of
the Committee on Rules and printed in the Congressional
Record.
War Powers Resolution. Subsection (u) continues the
separate order from the 118th Congress expressly providing
that any motion to discharge a measure introduced pursuant to
section 6 or section 7 of the War Powers Resolution is not
subject to a motion to table.
Continuing Litigation Authorities. Subsection (v) addresses
continuing subpoena enforcement in which a House committee is
a party. Paragraph (1) authorizes the chair of the Committee
on the Judiciary (when elected) to issue the following
subpoenas on behalf of the Committee on the Judiciary:
To Attorney General Merrick Garland related to the Special
Counsel's audio recordings of interviews with President Biden
and his ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer;
To Mark Daly of the Department of Justice for a deposition
related to the Department of Justice's investigation into
Hunter Biden; and,
To Jack Morgan of the Department of Justice for a
deposition related to the Department of Justice's
investigation into Hunter Biden.
Paragraph (2) authorizes the chair of the Committee on the
Judiciary (when elected), on behalf of the Committee on the
Judiciary, and the Office of General Counsel to take all
necessary steps as may be appropriate to continue the civil
actions authorized by the House during the One Hundred
Eighteenth Congress concerning the enforcement of the above
subpoenas.
Section 4. Committees, Commissions, and House Offices
Select Committee on the Stategic Competition Between the
United States and the Chinese Communist Party. Subsection (a)
continues the Select Committee as in the 118th Congress with
the purpose of investigating and submitting policy
recommendations to counter the Chinese Communist Party's
economic, technological, security, and ideological threats
and with updated deadlines for policy recommendations and
reports (December 31, 2026).
House Democracy Partnership. Subsection (b) reauthorizes
the House Democracy Partnership.
Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. Subsection (c)
reauthorizes the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission.
Office of Congressional Conduct. Subsection (d)
reauthorizes the Office of Congressional Ethics as in the
118th Congress with the following changes:
Renames the Office of Congressional Ethics as the Office of
Congressional Conduct.
Requires a vote on the appointment and compensation of
staff to occur not later than 30 calendar days after the
board has been fully constituted.
Section 5. Orders of Business
Subsection (a) provides for the separate consideration of
12 bills under a closed rule with one hour of debate equally
divided and controlled by the Majority Leader and the
Minority Leader or their respective designees and one motion
to recommit.
Subsection (b) provides the list of bills referred to in
subsection (a), which include:
A bill to amend the Education Amendments of 1972 to provide
that for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of
such Act in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely
on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.
A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to
take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United
States with theft, and for other purposes.
A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to
provide that aliens who have been convicted of or who have
committed sex offenses or domestic violence are inadmissible
and deportable.
A bill to make the assault of a law enforcement officer a
deportable offense, and for other purposes.
A bill to provide that sanctuary jurisdictions that provide
benefits to aliens who are present in the United States
without lawful status under the immigration laws are
ineligible for Federal funds intended to benefit such aliens.
A bill to impose criminal and immigration penalties for
intentionally fleeing a pursuing Federal officer while
operating a motor vehicle.
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a
health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper
degree of care in the case of a child who survives an
abortion or attempted abortion.
A bill to impose sanctions with respect to the
International Criminal Court engaged in any effort to
investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute any protected
person of the United States and its allies.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to
provide special rules for the taxation of certain residents
of Taiwan with income from sources within the United States.
A bill to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993
to require proof of United States citizenship to register an
individual to vote in elections for Federal office, and for
other purposes.
A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect
to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for
other purposes.
A bill to prohibit a moratorium on the use of hydraulic
fracturing.

Mrs. FISCHBACH. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
Mr. Speaker, today, the House will consider a rules package governing
how this body conducts its business in the 119th Congress.
In November, the American people sent us a mandate, a mandate
grounded in limited government, fiscal restraint, individual freedom,
and America First principles.
Our constituents sent us to Washington to correct course from the
previous 4 years of the Biden-Harris administration, an administration
that unleashed an onslaught of regulatory burden, woke policy, Federal
debt, and a porous southern border on the American taxpayer. Those
taxpayers spoke with a clear and resounding message that change must
happen. House Resolution 5 is the framework by which this body will
deliver that change.
The Constitution tasks this body with the governance of ourselves,
ultimately accountable to the people we answer to every 2 years.
With this rules package, we illustrate a House of Representatives
that is modernized and efficient yet accountable and transparent. It
incorporates feedback from every corner of this body, updating those
provisions which are unworkable or outdated while maintaining core
constitutional principles.
I thank Speaker Johnson, Parliamentarian staff, former Chairman
Burgess' staff, and countless others who worked tirelessly to craft
this package and what we will consider today.
I want to highlight some of the important changes in this rules
package before I yield to Ranking Member McGovern. This rules package
improves the way this body conducts its business through streamlining
or improving internal processes to better reflect how the House of
Representatives is supposed to operate.
It raises the threshold by which a resolution declaring the Office of
the Speaker vacant may be offered, ensuring that such dramatic and
seismic decisions are made through consensus and forethought, not by
rogue personal vendettas and last-minute chaos.
It continues to allow committees to permit the use of electronic
voting and remote witnesses, speeding up the process by which bills are
considered and committees have access to expert witnesses for their
respective hearings.
In addition, the package continues to improve the committee
electronic document repository, streamlining the process by which
documents are posted by the Committee on Rules and committees of
jurisdiction.
Finally, the package continues the work regarding the appropriate use
and integration of artificial intelligence in the operation and
function of the House, ensuring Members' offices and staff have access
to modern tools and resources.
The resolution helps this body deliver on our mandate by the American
people. The resolution requires that all general appropriations bills
have a spending reduction account to help address the bloated Federal
budget and, consequently, the ever-growing Federal debt burden.
The package establishes several new provisions or points of order
against measures that continue the unsustainable growth in Federal
spending and bureaucracy. As an example, Members may raise a point of
order against a bill that increases direct spending by $2.5 billion. It
also requires CBO to provide information on inflation rate impacts of
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Finally, this package extends certain rules and authorities to ensure
the continuity of our important work in the 118th Congress. It extends
the subpoena enforcement authority for the House Committee on the
Judiciary's investigation into Attorney General Garland's production of
documents related to Hunter Biden to ensure no one, including President
Biden or his son, is above congressional accountability.
It also extends the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition
Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party to develop
policies addressing the CCP's economic and geopolitical aggression.
Finally, it provides for consideration of several measures that
represent the opening salvo of House Republicans' agenda: securing our
border, energy independence, and protecting life and liberty.
Mr. Speaker, I am proud to stand here today to bring forward this
rules package. I encourage my colleagues to support the resolution, and
I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, happy new year. I thank the gentlewoman from Minnesota
(Mrs. Fischbach) for yielding the customary 30 minutes.
Mr. Speaker, I take issue with the word choice of the gentlewoman
from Minnesota, who kept on talking about a mandate, a Republican
mandate. Where is the mandate? Is it in the room with us? Maybe it is
hiding under the table.

The last time I checked, Republicans actually lost seats in the House
of Representatives. Republicans now have the slimmest majority in
nearly 100 years.
One would think, given the closeness of the election, that we would
hear more about the importance of working together in bipartisanship,
but you would be wrong. That is reflected in this rules package.
Mr. Speaker, it is truly unbelievable that we are at this moment
right now. We are down here debating the revision to the revision of
the rules package, this time again after Republicans worked out another
backroom deal.
What concessions were so important to bring the House to a standstill
while they redrafted their package once again? The last-minute addition
we were all just sitting around waiting for says that bipartisan
suspension bills can't be debated on Thursdays or Fridays. Never mind
if there is an emergency like a national disaster or a terror attack.
We can't move quickly.
That is actually why this extreme Republican majority wants to make
this change. They hate bipartisanship. They hate bipartisanship.
What was the change they made earlier today? What was the big
emergency? Changing words like ``child'' to ``son'' and ``daughter'' in
our ethics rules. They are obsessed with this stuff. It is not just
weird. It is discrimination.
Meanwhile, a few months ago, we received over 40 rule change
proposals at our Member Day hearing in the Rules Committee, and zero--
zero--of them are included in this package. Instead, we get some last-
minute backroom deal.

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I would love to hear why those ideas were all blocked, but we don't
even have a Rules Committee chair to ask. We have no idea where any of
this came from, and we had no time to review it all. Forget about the
72-hour rule. We didn't even get 72 minutes, and they are already
making a mockery of the legislative process. As I said, we don't have a
chair of the Rules Committee. Usually at this moment, I would
congratulate the new chair of the Rules Committee, but we are in the
very odd situation of not having a chair of the Rules Committee right
now.
I think that is just one small sign of the disarray and dysfunction
that we have been seeing around here for the last few years. We are
debating a rules package, and Republicans don't even have a chair of
the Rules Committee in place.
Who wrote this? Maybe the gentlewoman can tell us who wrote these
rules. Maybe she can tell us who decided to block dozens of amendments
from both sides of the aisle and the many bipartisan amendments which
were blocked with no explanation at all. We know it was done in a back
room somewhere, with no accountability, and that is about all that we
know.
Speaking of back rooms, the only reason Speaker Johnson got enough
votes is because two Members emerged from a back room, after huddling
with the Speaker, and changed their votes to support him. God only
knows what they were promised in order to cave to change their views.
For the last 2 years, all the American people have been asking us to
do is work together and get stuff done. What a radical idea: actually
working together and getting stuff accomplished for the American
people.
They want us to reject extremism and polarization. The very first
thing that this now even smaller Republican majority decides to do is
to go into a back room and cave to their most extreme Members.
Sadly, I am not surprised. I wanted to believe that maybe, after
losing seats and getting nothing done in the last Congress, just maybe
they would change. Clearly, Republicans have decided to double down on
the dysfunction.
Buckle up, everybody, because Republican incompetence is about to
reach staggering new heights.
Two years ago, the other side promised openness, transparency, and
action. Instead, look at what they delivered: constant disarray, never-
ending dysfunction, and complete and total inaction.
Why all this dysfunction? Because they refuse to work together with
Democrats. Instead of working with us, they shut this place down. They
ran the most closed Congress in history. Think about that. They would
rather shut out voices, shut down ideas, shut off debate, and silence
democracy. They would rather do that than work together.
That is not what the people voted for. At least that is not what the
people in my district voted for. I am not exaggerating when I say this:
Republicans ran the most closed Congress in history, ever, period. They
allowed no amendments to most bills and no opportunity to make bills
better. They told the American people to take it or leave it, democracy
be damned.
They talk about an open process. Give me a break. They blocked 6,000
amendments over the last 2 years. I don't want to hear any lectures
about bipartisanship. Give me a break. They rejected 67 percent of
bipartisan amendments. How is that for bipartisanship?
Speaker Johnson even shut out his own Members. Fifty-seven percent of
their own party's amendments were blocked.
Open process? Open process, my foot. This is how they run things in
the Kremlin. It is not how they should be run here in the United States
Congress. Give me a break. Forgive my skepticism when I hear from my
friends on the other side of the aisle about bipartisanship and
fairness around here. Republicans have broken that promise over and
over and over.
Look at how much time we wasted last Congress while we were waiting
around for Republicans to fight with each other instead of fighting for
the American people. They spent weeks wasting taxpayer time and money
because they couldn't elect a Speaker, not once but twice, weeks wasted
where Congress didn't do a damn thing. Now, they have the nerve to
lecture people about government efficiency? Come on. Get real.
How many times last Congress did they just send everyone home because
they couldn't even pass their own bills? How many times did they miss
their own deadlines? When anything did get done, it was Democrats who
stepped up to get it done.
Hands down, Republicans ran the most ineffective, incompetent, and
chaotic Congress in history. You would think that Republicans would
reflect on their failures and maybe try to work toward solving the
Nation's pressing challenges. You would think, but you would be wrong.
The big Republican change to the rules--this is their grand idea--is
to shield the Speaker from accountability.
They blocked dozens of good rule changes that were suggested by
Members of both parties, but the one big change they made is to empower
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Apparently, there is not a lot of spine around here, because Speaker
Johnson, like former Speaker McCarthy, picked extremism over
compromise. Did anyone even bother to ask Kevin McCarthy how that
worked out for him the first time?
Mr. Speaker, the last time I checked, a Speaker of the House of
Representatives is supposed to represent the entire House, not just one
party. A vote for these rules means that only Republicans have the
ability to call for the removal of a Speaker. They are doing something
totally unprecedented. For the first time in history, they are changing
the rules to take away a basic right of the minority. That is nuts.
What is next? Only Republicans can vote?
That might as well be what they are saying here. It is crazy. It is
all about empowering the radical right rather than sitting down
together and trying to work things out. Democrats and Republicans
should be working together to hash out our differences and to get
things done.

Speaker Johnson should have run for majority leader if he didn't want
to represent the whole House, but he didn't. He ran for Speaker.
Apparently, nobody told him that as public servants, we are here to do
a job, not keep a job.
I appreciate the words of the gentlewoman about these rules and their
agenda and all that, but unfortunately, that is all they are: words,
talk, chatter. It all means nothing. The last 2 years have shown us
time and time again that the Republican leadership says one thing and
does another. Rules for thee but not for me is their motto. The
American people suffer because of their dysfunction and extremism.
We had an opportunity to begin this Congress in a more bipartisan
way, in a way that would give the American people some confidence that
we will get stuff done. Instead, we begin with this, and it is a shame.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mrs. FISCHBACH. Mr. Speaker, I do appreciate consistency, and I have
heard the same complaints from the gentleman before.
I do appreciate that the ranking member mentioned that we should
buckle up, because the Republicans have the majority in the House, the
majority in the Senate, and President Trump will soon be sworn in. We
do need to buckle up, because we are going to do the job that the
American people sent us to do. We have much work to do, and this rules
package will help us do it.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Indiana (Mrs.
Houchin).
Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman and distinguished
Member from Minnesota for yielding.
I rise today in support of this rules package for the 119th Congress.
I might remind my friends on the other side of the aisle--I know it
has been a while since they have been in the majority--when you win the
majority, you do have the opportunity to make the rules.
The Constitution lays out several activities for us in Congress, and
one of those is what we are undertaking today. Among them is for the
House to adopt its rules package. While it is not the most exciting of
tasks, it is important and will govern the work that we do for the
American people.
This rules package includes a few changes and improvements that will
help the House be more responsive to the needs of the American people.
This package raises the threshold for vacating the Office of the
Speaker, which is necessary to avoid chaos and personal vendettas from
derailing our work as it did in the last Congress.
This package extends subpoena enforcement authority for the Judiciary
Committee's investigation into Attorney General Merrick Garland's
production of documents. This ensures that no one, including President
Biden or his son, is above the law.
Finally, it provides for a dozen bills that will allow us to
immediately get to work in this new Congress and start to secure our
border, unleash American energy, and protect life and liberty.
President Trump is ready to deliver on his America First agenda, and
House Republicans must be ready to work alongside him.
As a Member who has served on the Rules Committee, I will be
supporting this rules package so we can start working as soon as
possible to contend on behalf of the American people and finally get
our country back on track.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this rules package.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
I say to the gentlewoman from Indiana, I am glad she is proud of this
rules package, and I am not surprised by that, because she, along with
other Republicans on the Rules Committee, were responsible for blocking
6,000 amendments in the last Congress and basically blocking 40
amendments, many of them bipartisan, that were brought before the Rules
Committee to be part of this rules package. I don't think that that's
something to be particularly proud about.
To the gentlewoman from Minnesota, again, I thank her for reminding
us, reiterating my words about buckling up, but you buckle up because
you are in danger. We are in danger as we look toward some of the items
that my Republican friends want to bring to the floor.
Mr. Speaker, if we defeat the previous question, I will offer an
amendment to the rule to bring up H.R. 4895, the Lowering Drug Costs
for American Families Act, to lower drug costs for Americans covered by
private insurance programs, under a modified open rule, so that all
Members can offer amendments to the bill, unlike the 12 closed rules
that are in this Republican rules package.

Mr. Speaker, despite Republican opposition, Democrats have been
fighting to lower prescription drug costs so that Americans have access
to medicines that keep them healthy. Thanks to Democrats, the Inflation
Reduction Act was signed into law allowing Medicare to directly
negotiate drug prices, capping out-of-pocket costs at $2,000 annually
under Medicare part D and providing needed relief for our seniors.
We can't stop there. The Lowering Drug Costs for American Families
Act would extend drug price negotiations to every individual with
private health insurance. It would prevent price gouging by drug
corporations, and it would provide affordable access to prescriptions
for 164 million workers and their families.
If my Republican colleagues truly want to help our constituents keep
more money in their pocketbooks and keep hardworking families healthy,
they will defeat the previous question and take up this much-needed
bill.
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to insert the text of my
amendment in the Record along with any extraneous material immediately
prior to the vote on the previous question.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from Massachusetts?
There was no objection.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New
Jersey (Mr. Pallone).
Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the previous
question.
For the first time in history, thanks to the Democrats' Inflation
Reduction Act, the Federal Government is negotiating lower prescription
drug costs for American seniors that will produce real savings next
year.
If we pass this motion, then we will be passing my Lowering Drug
Costs for American Families Act, which expands these savings to every
American who has private health insurance. It is now seniors, but it
will extend to every American who has private health insurance.
We have already seen the incredible savings that can be generated by
price negotiation. Last year, the Biden administration negotiated lower
prices on 10 drugs, and, beginning next year, seniors will save an
estimated $1.5 billion on those drugs.
Now, imagine the savings if these lower prices were available to all
Americans with health insurance. That is what we are doing here with
the previous question. There is no reason this should be partisan.
President-elect Trump once touted that he would: Negotiate like crazy
over prescription drugs.

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This is an opportunity for us to lower everyday prices for American
families, and if Republicans are serious about reducing costs, then
they would join us in supporting this legislation.

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Mrs. FISCHBACH. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from
New York (Mr. LaLota).
Mr. LaLOTA. Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for yielding.
Mr. Speaker, this November the American people called for a
government that works, a Congress that functions, and leadership that
delivers results.
To achieve this, we must raise the threshold for the motion to vacate
from one to nine Members ensuring stability and preventing a small
faction from disrupting progress while maintaining accountability and
the ability to govern effectively.
This commonsense change will help us focus on issues like lowering
costs, securing borders, supporting law enforcement, and strengthening
the economy rather than being paralyzed by internal strife.
However, to move forward, we have to understand from where we came.
In the 118th Congress, a small faction of the Republican Conference,
together with the entire Democratic Caucus, repeatedly disrupted our
efforts to deliver for the American people. This group wielded
disproportionate power, causing significant disruptions such as ousting
a Speaker supported by 97 percent of the Conference and blocking rules
backed by 95 percent.
These actions undermined the unity and focus of our Conference,
jeopardizing our ability to address the challenges facing our great
Nation, Mr. Speaker.
Both Speakers McCarthy and Johnson faced challenges in addressing
these groups' tactics and any action that risked further obstruction.
The one-Member threshold for the motion to vacate allowed this faction
to repeatedly derail our efforts, distracting us from our mandate to
govern effectively.
Raising the threshold for the motion to vacate to nine Members is a
commonsense solution that addresses these issues while maintaining
accountability. This change ensures that leadership challenges are not
frivolously pursued but, instead, reflect a genuine, collective concern
shared by a broader group of Members. It strikes a balance between
protecting a Speaker's ability to lead and preserving the right of
Members to hold leadership accountable.
I was proud to be among the Republican Main Street Caucus members who
collaborated with the House Freedom Caucus to reach this threshold
agreement back in November. However, let me be clear. This provision is
not about silencing dissent but about ensuring stability. It prevents
the disruptive tactics of a small minority from overshadowing the work
of the majority and, most importantly, Mr. Speaker, the will of the
American people.
This is about governing responsibly and showing that we can rise
above internal discord to address the pressing issues facing our
Nation. As a husband, father of three daughters, and a Navy veteran, I
understand the importance of leadership rooted in trust, discipline,
and stability. Effective leadership requires the confidence of those
you serve and the ability to make tough decisions without the constant
threat of unwarranted challenges. This provision provides that
foundation, ensuring that the Speaker can lead with strength while
remaining accountable to this body and our Conference.
Mr. Speaker, the American people deserve a Congress that works for
them, not one that is paralyzed by internal strife. Raising the
threshold for the motion to vacate is a necessary step towards
achieving that goal.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this provision and the
rules package as a whole. Let us show the American people that we are
committed to governing responsibly and delivering the results they
expect and deserve.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, I just say to the gentleman who just spoke that I agree
with him that he has got some problems in the Republican Conference
with some extremist Members. He, again, keeps using this word mandate,
mandate. Again, I remind Republicans that they lost seats in the last
election. However, you can't claim that you have this mandate to do
whatever the heck you want to do and then expect us to, once again,
come to your rescue to save Speaker Johnson if nine extreme Members in
your Conference want to challenge him and vacate the Speaker's chair.
So, in any event, I just find it kind of mind-boggling that, again,
Republicans are living in this fantasy world where they think somehow
they have this huge majority here. Look at the difficulty we witnessed
today with electing a Speaker of the House.
You guys are in charge. You have a mandate to put on your mandate
pants and do the stuff you say you want to do or work with us, work
with us in a bipartisan way to actually deliver for the American
people.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from New Mexico (Ms.
Leger Fernandez).
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are advised to continue to direct
their remarks to the Chair.
Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ. Mr. Speaker, today we began a new session of
Congress. Americans want us to address the high cost of living, help
them buy a home of their own, and keep Social Security and Medicare
alive.
It is a new year. The Republicans' rules package is the same old, the
same old division and the same old dysfunction and disregard for
working families from the last 2 years.
This rule automatically puts on the floor Republicans' top
legislative priorities. Not a single one of their legislative
priorities addresses the high cost of living. Not a single one allows
amendments to make the bill better or more bipartisan.
Republicans seem afraid of debate and amendments. I think that is
because they are afraid that the more we debate their bills, the more
Americans will hear that Republicans keep siding with the billionaire
bros rather than standing with working families.
Vote ``no'' on the rules package, and vote ``yes'' for working
families and women's healthcare.
Mrs. FISCHBACH. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from
New York (Mr. Langworthy).
Mr. LANGWORTHY. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of this rules
package for the 119th Congress.
As my colleagues have said before, the American people sent us a
mandate in November to deliver on President Trump's America First
agenda, focused on reining in the Federal Government, securing our
borders, protecting the freedom of individuals, and ending, once and
for all, the woke policies of the left that are holding our country
back.
This package before us will empower House Republicans to build off
the important work begun last Congress. It sets the stage for achieving
serious wins for the American people. It paves the way for a Congress
that can operate more efficiently and more transparently and extends
the power of the Judiciary Committee to continue the House's important
work of investigating any potential corruption, crime, or misconduct
that was perpetrated under the Biden-Harris administration.
Finally, the rules package provides for immediate consideration of 12
measures that are focused on the issues the American people sent us
here to solve: securing our borders, unleashing our domestic energy
production, protecting communities from the flood of lethal fentanyl in
our country, and standing up for life and liberty for all Americans.
Mr. Speaker, the American people sent us here with a majority to
deliver real, lasting change. This rules package will help us ensure
that the House can stay laser focused on delivering that change in the
119th Congress.
Mr. Speaker, I strongly support the rules package before us today,
and I urge my colleagues to support it as well.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I just want to, for the record, correct
the gentleman on the use of the word ``mandate.'' I am not sure he
understands what it means. I think maybe it means different things.
My Republican friends actually lost seats in the last election. They
have the slimmest majority of any majority in nearly 100 years, and we
have already seen the chaos and the disarray within the Republican
Conference when this rules package that we are debating today was
delayed in coming to the floor because you had to satisfy your
extremist Members by making changes to two rules. So I don't really get
it.

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Anyway, I will just keep on correcting the record.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Arizona (Ms.
Ansari).
Ms. ANSARI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in defense of immigrant
communities such as the one I come from and now proudly represent in
Arizona's Third Congressional District.
Like so many others in our district, I am a proud daughter of
immigrant parents who came to the United States for a better life.
Immigrants are an integral part of our community, and their
contributions to our culture, our economy, and spirit are
irreplaceable. In my district, over 64 languages are spoken.
It is Congress' responsibility to ensure that every person in this
country has a chance at the American Dream. However, the extreme
immigration bills attached to this rules package are just the latest of
an onslaught of attacks on our immigrant communities from extreme
Republicans.
Particularly, the provision to cut Federal funding from jurisdictions
that provide critical services which would impact everything from
roadway safety to public safety is another desperate attempt to further
target and punish our most vulnerable. We can have secure borders
without scapegoating immigrant communities and promoting xenophobia.
Nothing in this package works to bring down the cost of living,
protect American workers, or tackle inflation and healthcare costs.
Mr. Speaker, do not be fooled by these distractions. That is why I
urge a ``no'' vote on this measure.
Mrs. FISCHBACH. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from
Georgia (Mr. Austin Scott).
Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support the
rules package for the 119th Congress.
Last November the American people spoke and gave Republicans control
of the House, the Senate, and the White House.
Those same Americans are counting on us to deliver on the critical
issues our country is facing, and this package begins that process, Mr.
Speaker.
It provides for consideration of 12 bills, including a bill to
require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody illegal
immigrants who have been charged in the United States with theft, a
bill to make the assault of a law enforcement officer a deportable
offense, and a bill to prohibit a moratorium on the use of fracking.
Mr. Speaker, energy and immigration are two of the reasons that the
Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House.
These issues are top of mind for almost all Americans, as are
inflation, the tax code, our defense, and foreign policy.
This package, Mr. Speaker, sets the tone, and I urge all of my
colleagues to vote ``yes'' on this so we can get to work.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, again, I would just say in response to the
gentleman who just spoke, yes, the tone that is being set by the new
Republican majority is that of chaos. Again, this rules package that we
are debating today already had to be changed twice today because you
couldn't get enough votes within your Conference to pass it.
He is right. The American people did speak in the election, and they
decided that Republicans should have fewer seats in the House.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Virginia
(Mr. Scott).
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, instead of fast-tracking culture
war issues in the rules or cutting off dissent within the Republican
Conference, we should usher in the 119th Congress by prioritizing the
issues that Americans face daily. For example, how can we reduce the
cost of prescription drugs so that Americans can afford to pay for the
lifesaving care they need?

During the last Congress, my Democratic colleagues and I introduced
the Lower Drug Costs for American Families Act which builds upon the
historic progress of the Inflation Reduction Act by expanding the
Medicare drug price negotiation program. The bill would combat Big
Pharma's price gouging of the American people by increasing the number
of drugs eligible for negotiation and ensuring that Americans with
private health insurance have access to those lower prices.
Hardworking American families shouldn't have to choose between paying
for their medicine or paying for rent or other necessities while drug
companies continue to enjoy record profits. It is time for Congress to
rein in corporate greed and expand the Inflation Reduction Act's
historic drug cost saving measures to more Americans.
Mr. Speaker, if we defeat the previous question, the gentleman from
Massachusetts has said that he will offer an amendment which will
provide for the consideration of our legislation to lower drug costs as
part of the rules package.
We should defeat the previous question, and Americans would then be
able to enjoy those lower drug prices.
Mrs. FISCHBACH. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from
Oklahoma (Mr. Lucas).
Mr. LUCAS. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the rules package for the
119th Congress. Mr. Speaker, passing this rules package will allow the
people's House to be more efficient, effective, and transparent.
The American people sent us here to deliver results, to thoughtfully
craft legislation that will improve the lives of all Americans, to
enact policies that will lower taxes and lower the cost of necessities
like groceries and gas, and to create jobs here at home.
We have the responsibility to do that in this Congress.
I support this rules package because it is good for the institution
of the House. This package strengthens and affirms the Article I
authorities and restores fiscal responsibility in government.
Our constituents sent us here to legislate. Legislating is hard work.
I have done it on three different committees. Legislating takes time to
get right. I spent 2\1/2\ years on a farm bill once and got it right.
That is why it is imperative that we pass this package and get to work.
Mr. Speaker, I encourage my colleagues to join me in supporting this
rules package.
I must offer one final thought to my good friend. Maybe the question
is not the size of the Republican majority in the United States House.
Maybe the question is: Why did the American voters give the Presidency
back to the Republicans?
Why did the American voters give the United States Senate back to a
Republican majority and at the same time leave us in the majority?
Maybe the soul-searching needs to be: Why are my friends still in the
minority after all of that?
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I would just respond to the gentleman by
saying: Why did the American people decide that the Republicans should
have fewer seats in the House of Representatives?
Maybe the message they were sending is that they want us to work
together, and this rules package shows that the Republicans have no
intention of working in a bipartisan way to get things done for the
American people.
Mr. Speaker, if the motion to commit is adopted, we will bring of up
H.R. 3899, the American Family Act under a modified open rule so that
all Members can offer amendments to the bill, unlike the 12 closed
rules that are actually contained in this package, completely closed.
Mr. Speaker, Democrats enhanced the tax credit in the American Rescue
Plan to help families stay on their feet in the wake of the COVID
pandemic, but families are still facing the rising costs of rent,
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That is why we must pass the Child Care for American Families Act to
make the improved child tax credit permanent and refundable.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Connecticut
(Ms. DeLauro), the author of the Child Care for American Families Act,
to discuss this motion.
Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, when we conclude this rules debate, I will
offer a motion to commit to add the expanded monthly child tax credit,
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and one of the most cost-effective programs in government ever.
Instead of the Republican majority's corporate tax cut agenda, we cut
taxes for the middle class and for children so that hard-pressed
families everywhere can make ends meet.
The child tax credit is the most effective tool we have in fighting
against rising costs. It is about financial stability for families in a
sea of uncertainty. That is why so many Republicans have their own
proposals.
Nothing in this rules package helps working people. Nothing in their
first 12 bills would help working people. There is nothing about
addressing rising costs. Make no mistake: A vote against the motion to
commit means Republicans are raising taxes on the middle class in order
to give away the farm to the biggest corporations and the wealthiest
Americans.
The expanded monthly child tax credit was the largest tax cut for
working families in generations and a lifeline to the middle class. It
drove the largest decrease in child poverty in history. People could
pay their electric bills, fill their tanks with gas, pay for childcare,
and more.
It reached more than 61 million children, lifted 4 million out of
poverty, and led to a 26 percent decline in hunger in families with
children.
With such a razor-thin majority, now is the time to make this a
bipartisan tax cut for the middle class. Do the right thing. Vote
``yes'' on the motion to commit.
Mrs. FISCHBACH. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from
Arkansas (Mr. Crawford).
Mr. CRAWFORD. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding,
Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the House rules package.
This package maintains reforms like the 72-hour rule and CutGo rule
that we instituted in the 118th Congress.
It also continues the Holman rule, which requires CBO to review the
inflationary impacts of certain legislation that increases mandatory
spending. It officially eliminates the Office of Diversity, Equity, and
Inclusion and ensures that we have continuity in the speakership.
It also allows electronic voting in committees, which I can tell
Members from my experience on the T&I committee that it has greatly
shortened the timeframe for voting and has made voting easier and more
accurate.
It codifies a current separate order of the House providing spending
reduction accounts within appropriations bills so that Members can
actually save money during amendment debate.
The rules also continue a number of good governance measures for the
House, including prohibiting former Members who are registered
lobbyists or foreign agents from using House exercise facilities,
improving the public availability of House documents in machine-
readable formats, and ensuring that all House employees have
appropriate access to the Ethics Committee and the Office of
Congressional Workplace Rights.
The House functions best when the rules allow us to function
efficiently and effectively, and these rules do just that.
Finally, the rules package makes in order 12 bills that show our
party's unequivocal support for securing our border, standing up for
the right to life, ensuring that only American citizens are allowed to
vote in elections for national office, providing energy at lower costs
for American families and businesses, and stopping the scourge of drugs
like fentanyl from entering our communities.
I am so proud of the work that our Speaker has done, and I thank our
entire leadership team for putting together this fair and forward-
thinking package. I will be casting my vote in favor of this package,
and I ask my colleagues to do the same.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I get a kick out of when Republicans try
to take credit for the 72-hour rule. By the way, it is a rule that I
wrote when I was chairman of the Rules Committee.
There are no changes to the 72-hour rule in this rules package. The
only changes Republicans made was it was waived a few times in the last
Congress. In fact, the majority waived it on the massive continuing
resolution bill that we dealt with before the holiday break. Anyway, I
am glad that some of the things that I put into place still remain, and
I appreciate the nice words.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from New York
(Mr. Suozzi).
Mr. SUOZZI. Mr. Speaker, I start by congratulating the Speaker and
our fellow colleagues for taking the oath of office today. This marks a
new opportunity for us as Democrats and Republicans to work together on
behalf of the American people.
Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the amendment to the current rules
package to include the Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act,
which would bring down the cost of prescription drugs for all
Americans.
Mr. Speaker, prescription drugs are too expensive. To quote
President-elect Trump from January 2017, when speaking about the
pharmaceutical drug companies, he said: These guys are getting away
with murder.
He supported, as does the Lowering Drug Costs for American Families
Act, drug price negotiations in order to save money for American
working families. This should not be a Republican or Democratic issue.
In fact, it should be the first thing in this Congress that unites us
together to solve problems for the American people.
This amendment is a commonsense proposal. It would make lifesaving
drugs more affordable for Americans on private health insurance, and it
saves taxpayers money.

In its first year, the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program,
passed through the Biden administration on a Democratic majority, will
save Medicare $6 billion as part of the IRA, and it will save the
American people $1.5 billion more.
In fact, CBO has predicted that the Medicare drug price negotiations
under the IRA will save $100 billion over 10 years. DOGE should love
this program.
This new amendment would expand the Medicare negotiated drug prices
to include the private sector, as well, saving the American people
billions of dollars.
This initiative is overwhelmingly popular among the American people.
There is support by 85 percent of voters for the Federal Government
negotiating prescription drug prices, including at least three-quarters
of Republicans. My fellow Democrats and I are ready to work across the
aisle on many solutions to lower health costs for Americans.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 30 seconds to the
gentleman from New York.
Mr. SUOZZI. Mr. Speaker, let's show the American people that we can
work together, especially for a program that was supported by
President-elect Trump during the beginning of his last Presidency.
Mr. Speaker, I encourage the inclusion of the Lowering Drug Costs for
American Families Act in the rules package.
Mrs. FISCHBACH. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman
from Washington (Ms. Jayapal).
Ms. JAYAPAL. Mr. Speaker, this rules package makes very clear what
the Republican majority will not do in the 119th Congress.
After presiding over the 118th Congress and enacting the least amount
of legislation in history signed into law that actually benefits the
American people, Republicans want to continue that tradition by fast-
tracking 12 bills that do nothing to lower costs or raise wages for the
American people.
None of the bills prioritized in this package take on the biggest
corporations and wealthiest individuals who profit from the high prices
and junk fees and corporate concentration that is harming Americans
across this country because guess what: These corporations and wealthy
individuals are the ones that are controlling the Republican Party for
their own benefit.
Just look at the combined wealth of the individuals that Donald Trump
has nominated for this Cabinet. There is a total wealth of over $450
billion with a b. With all of those conflicts of interest present and
the ethics scandals of numerous Republican Members, perhaps that is why
this Republican majority no longer wants an Office of Congressional
Ethics. That is right. They want to jettison ethics for ``conduct.''
This package tries to fool the American people by scapegoating
immigrants and trans people in the hopes

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that it will distract voters from the fact that the first move of
Republicans in the 119th Congress is to do absolutely nothing to help
them and their family build a better life.
Mr. Speaker, I encourage my colleagues to vote ``no.''
Mrs. FISCHBACH. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the chair
may reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any
question relating to House resolution 5 that follows the 15-minute
vote.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentlewoman from Minnesota?
There was no objection.
Mrs. FISCHBACH. Mr. Speaker, I am prepared to close.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire as to how much time is
remaining.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 4\1/2\
minutes remaining. The gentlewoman from Minnesota has 14\1/2\ minutes
remaining.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. The
last election was one of the closest in history. Republicans have the
slimmest majority in nearly a century. If there were a shift of just a
few thousand votes, this Chamber would be led by Democrats.
It seems my friends didn't get the message, and Republicans still
don't get it. The majority doesn't listen. Americans do not want
Republican extremism. They want cooperation. They want Congress to
focus on compromise, not chaos. They don't want the far right running
this place. When I talk to people in my district, they are sick of all
of this. They are sick of all of this. They are tired of the fighting,
the toxicity, and the partisanship. They want us to work together to
get stuff done.
The very first thing that Republicans are doing is making this place
even more polarized, more toxic, and more dysfunctional. Republicans
want to double down on the political infighting and the extremism. Even
these rules are designed to ram through their extremism.
Look closely at the bills that they are paving the way for. Does
anyone notice what is missing? My colleagues on the other side of the
aisle are not doing a single thing Republicans promised to do. The
majority ran on the economy. My colleagues talked about egg prices and
gas. Where is that today?
There is nothing for workers, nothing to lower food prices, nothing
about rent prices or helping people to buy homes, nothing about
inflation or prescription drugs, nothing on creating jobs, and nothing
on the economy. Someone should ask: What happened to all of their
promises? Was it all BS?
Look at the people that they are putting in power. First of all, they
are turning the White House Cabinet into a junk drawer full of out-of-
touch billionaires and insiders, nobody who understands the struggles
of regular people. His nomination for Treasury Secretary is a
billionaire. His nomination for Education Secretary is a billionaire,
as well as his nominations for his top Secretaries, including for
United States Department of Health & Human Services, Department of
Energy, and Department of the Interior.

I mean, come on. This is a Cabinet of millionaires and billionaires.
These people don't pump their own gas. These people don't buy their own
groceries. These are total trust fund babies who take helicopters to
work. They are totally out of touch with reality. That is who
Republicans are putting in charge.
Here is the deal, and here is the reality: Democrats didn't win the
last election, and we need to own that, and we need to make changes.
From the ground up, we need to make sure that we are of, by, and for
the people. We need to do a better job of taking on corporate special
interests, but let me be clear that we are not giving up. We are going
to show up, and we are going to do what we were sent here to do.
We will work with Speaker Johnson where we can, but we will not allow
this House to become a rubber stamp for his extremist policies, to help
insiders, and benefit millionaires and billionaires at the expense of
everyone else.
The American people deserve a hell of a lot better, and I promise
that Democrats will fight for a Congress that works for everyone.
Democrats will fight not just for the powerful, not just for the
wealthy or the well-connected, but for everyone. That is our
commitment, and that is our promise.
Mr. Speaker, I urge a ``no'' vote on this package, and I yield back
the balance of my time.
Mrs. FISCHBACH. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. I
remind the ranking member that November brought us a House Republican
majority, a Senate Republican majority, and President-elect Donald
Trump. We have work to do, and we are going to move forward.
Before we do, in response to the ranking member, I will clear up a
few things that he has been complaining about.
The 118th Congress had numerous challenges, but that doesn't diminish
the work that was accomplished to broaden the voices from the highest
ranking to the rank and file, by loosening a number of holdover
provisions from the previous majority which enabled then-Speaker Pelosi
to maintain a vicelike grip over the House.
In addition, it is important to highlight that the 118th Congress
considered 83 structured rules, a 40 percent increase from the
Democratic-controlled 117th Congress.
For closed rules, more context is needed, as over a third of those
closed rules were because no amendments were offered, making the rules
closed by definition.
Also, when it comes to amendments, while the minority may want to
highlight the number of blocked amendments, this does not take into
account amendments that were not eligible for consideration because of
the points of order that lay against them.
It is important to highlight that over 3,000 amendments were made in
order in the 118th Congress, over 1,000 of which were bipartisan or
minority-led amendments. We are really here to move forward.
I again congratulate Speaker Johnson, and I am excited to get to work
and deliver results for the American people. That is why I support this
rules package.
This package includes 12 rules that set the tone for House
Republicans to hit the ground running and deliver on our commitment to
the American people.

{time} 1730

These bills will help secure our borders, protect our communities,
counter China's influence, and restore sanity in the Federal
Government.
Part of this package includes a bill that prevents Federal funding
from going to illegal aliens in sanctuary jurisdictions. An
overwhelming number of voters chose to support President Trump's plan
to remove certain illegal aliens from our country. States and cities
that choose to ignore the will of the people and violate Federal law
should not receive Federal funding.
I am particularly eager to vote for a bill that protects newborns. It
requires healthcare practitioners to exercise the proper degree of care
for an infant who survives an attempted abortion. I am not sure how
anyone could oppose legislation that requires treatment for infants who
are born alive.
In addition, this rule contains a bill to protect women in sports and
a bill to require proof of citizenship to register to vote in Federal
elections. These are things that the American people have sent us here
to do.
For too long, Democrats have been pushing a woke agenda that,
frankly, benefits criminals more than our own citizens.
These bills are common sense, and they are what the American people
voted for.
This rules package will help us move swiftly to deliver on our
promise to the American people and help President Trump with his
America First agenda. I look forward to voting for this rules package,
and I look forward to our work ahead with Speaker Johnson, Senate
Leader Thune, and President Trump.
The material previously referred to by Mr. McGovern is as follows:

An Amendment to H. Res. 5 Offered by Mr. McGovern of Massachusets

At the end of the resolution, add the following new
section:
Sec. 6. Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act.
Not later than January 12, 2025, the Speaker shall,
pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule

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XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the
Whole House on the State of the Union for consideration of a
bill consisting of the text of H.R. 4895 of the One Hundred
Eighteenth Congress, as introduced on July 26, 2023, to amend
title XI of the Social Security Act to expand the drug price
negotiation program, and for other purposes. The first
reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of
order against consideration of the bill are waived. General
debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one
hour equally divided and controlled by the Majority Leader
and the Minority Leader or their respective designees. After
general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment
under the five-minute rule. The bill shall be considered as
read. All points of order against provisions in the bill are
waived. No amendment shall be in order except: (1) those
amendments to the bill received for printing in the portion
of the Congressional Record designated for that purpose in
clause 8 of rule XVIII dated at least one day before the day
of consideration of the amendment; and (2) up to 20 pro forma
amendments for the purpose of debate, 10 of which may be
offered by the Majority Leader or a designee and 10 of which
may be offered by the Minority Leader or a designee. Each
amendment so received may be offered only by the Member who
caused it to be printed or a designee and shall be considered
as read if printed. At the conclusion of consideration of the
bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the
bill to the House with such amendments as may have been
adopted. The previous question shall be considered as ordered
on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without
intervening motion except one motion to recommit.
Mrs. FISCHBACH. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and
I move the previous question on the resolution.
The previous question was ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on ordering the previous
question.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 216,
nays 210, not voting 8, as follows:

[Roll No. 3]

YEAS--216

Aderholt
Alford
Allen
Amodei (NV)
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Barr
Barrett
Baumgartner
Bean (FL)
Begich
Bentz
Bergman
Bice
Biggs (AZ)
Biggs (SC)
Bilirakis
Boebert
Bost
Brecheen
Bresnahan
Buchanan
Burchett
Burlison
Calvert
Cammack
Carey
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Ciscomani
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Cole
Collins
Comer
Crane
Crank
Crawford
Crenshaw
Davidson
De La Cruz
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Downing
Dunn (FL)
Edwards
Ellzey
Emmer
Estes
Evans (CO)
Ezell
Fallon
Fedorchak
Feenstra
Finstad
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flood
Fong
Franklin, Scott
Fry
Fulcher
Garbarino
Gill (TX)
Gimenez
Goldman (TX)
Gonzales, Tony
Gooden
Gosar
Graves
Green (TN)
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Hageman
Hamadeh (AZ)
Haridopolos
Harrigan
Harris (MD)
Harris (NC)
Harshbarger
Hern (OK)
Higgins (LA)
Hill (AR)
Hinson
Houchin
Hudson
Huizenga
Hunt
Hurd (CO)
Issa
Jack
Jackson (TX)
James
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Kean
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kennedy (UT)
Kiggans (VA)
Kiley (CA)
Kim
Knott
Kustoff
LaHood
LaLota
LaMalfa
Langworthy
Latta
Lawler
Lee (FL)
Letlow
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luna
Luttrell
Mace
Mackenzie
Malliotakis
Maloy
Mann
Massie
Mast
McCaul
McClain
McClintock
McCormick
McDowell
McGuire
Messmer
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller (OH)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Mills
Moolenaar
Moore (AL)
Moore (NC)
Moore (UT)
Moore (WV)
Moran
Murphy
Nehls
Newhouse
Norman
Nunn (IA)
Obernolte
Onder
Owens
Palmer
Perry
Pfluger
Reschenthaler
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rouzer
Roy
Rulli
Rutherford
Salazar
Scalise
Schmidt
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Self
Sessions
Shreve
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Spartz
Stauber
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Strong
Stutzman
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Turner (OH)
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Van Orden
Wagner
Walberg
Waltz
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Westerman
Wied
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Yakym
Zinke

NAYS--210

Adams
Aguilar
Amo
Ansari
Auchincloss
Balint
Barragan
Beatty
Bell
Bera
Beyer
Bishop
Bonamici
Boyle (PA)
Brown
Brownley
Budzinski
Bynum
Carbajal
Carson
Carter (LA)
Casar
Case
Casten
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Cherfilus-McCormick
Chu
Cisneros
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clyburn
Cohen
Conaway
Connolly
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Craig
Crockett
Crow
Cuellar
Davids (KS)
Davis (IL)
Davis (NC)
Dean (PA)
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Deluzio
DeSaulnier
Dexter
Dingell
Doggett
Elfreth
Escobar
Espaillat
Evans (PA)
Fields
Figures
Fletcher
Foster
Foushee
Frankel, Lois
Friedman
Frost
Garamendi
Garcia (CA)
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Gillen
Golden (ME)
Goldman (NY)
Gomez
Gonzalez, V.
Goodlander
Gottheimer
Gray
Green, Al (TX)
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Himes
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Hoyle (OR)
Huffman
Ivey
Jackson (IL)
Jacobs
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (TX)
Kamlager-Dove
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy (NY)
Khanna
Krishnamoorthi
Landsman
Larsen (WA)
Latimer
Lee (NV)
Lee (PA)
Leger Fernandez
Levin
Liccardo
Lieu
Lofgren
Magaziner
Mannion
Matsui
McBath
McBride
McClain Delaney
McClellan
McCollum
McDonald Rivet
McGarvey
McGovern
McIver
Meeks
Menendez
Meng
Mfume
Min
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Morrison
Moskowitz
Moulton
Mrvan
Mullin
Nadler
Neguse
Norcross
Ocasio-Cortez
Olszewski
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pelosi
Perez
Peters
Pettersen
Pingree
Pocan
Pou
Pressley
Quigley
Ramirez
Randall
Raskin
Riley (NY)
Rivas
Ross
Ruiz
Ryan
Salinas
Sanchez
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schneider
Scholten
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Simon
Smith (WA)
Sorensen
Soto
Stansbury
Stanton
Stevens
Strickland
Subramanyam
Suozzi
Swalwell
Sykes
Takano
Thanedar
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tokuda
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Tran
Turner (TX)
Underwood
Vargas
Vasquez
Veasey
Velazquez
Vindman
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Whitesides
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)

NOT VOTING--8

Cleaver
Foxx
Grijalva
Larson (CT)
Lynch
Neal
Ogles
Rogers (AL)

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Mr. McGARVEY changed his vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
So the previous question was ordered.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

Motion to Commit

Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to commit at the desk.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to commit.
The Clerk read as follows:

Ms. DeLauro of Connecticut moves to commit the resolution
(H. Res. 5) to a select committee composed of the Majority
Leader and the Minority Leader with instructions to report
the same back to the House forthwith with the following
amendment:
At the end of the resolution, add the following new
section:
Sec. 6. American Family Act.
Not later than January 12, 2025, the Speaker shall,
pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the House
resolved into the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union for consideration of a bill consisting of the
text of H.R. 3899 of the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, as
introduced on June 7, 2023, to amend the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 to establish a refundable child tax credit with
monthly advance payment. The first reading of the bill shall
be dispensed with. All points of order against consideration
of the bill are waived. General debate shall be confined to
the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and
controlled by the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader or
their respective designees. After general debate the bill
shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule.
The bill shall be considered as read. All points of order
against provisions in the bill are waived. No amendment shall
be in order except: (1) those amendments to the bill received
for printing in the portion of the Congressional Record
designated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII dated
at least one day before the day of consideration of the
amendment; and (2) up to 20 pro forma amendments for the
purpose of debate, 10 of which may be offered by the Majority
Leader or a designee and 10 of which may be offered by the
Minority Leader or a designee. Each amendment so received may
be offered only by the Member who caused it to be printed or
a designee and shall be considered as read if printed. At the
conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the
Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with
such amendments as may have been

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adopted. The previous question shall be considered as ordered
on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without
intervening motion except one motion to recommit.
Ms. DeLAURO (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous
consent to dispense with the reading.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentlewoman from Connecticut?
There was no objection.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the previous question is
ordered on the motion to commit.
There was no objection.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to commit.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Mrs. FISCHBACH. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the order of the House of today,
this will be a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 209,
nays 214, not voting 11, as follows:

[Roll No. 4]

YEAS--209

Adams
Aguilar
Amo
Ansari
Auchincloss
Balint
Barragan
Beatty
Bell
Bera
Beyer
Bishop
Bonamici
Boyle (PA)
Brown
Brownley
Budzinski
Bynum
Carbajal
Carson
Carter (LA)
Casar
Case
Casten
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Cherfilus-McCormick
Chu
Cisneros
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Conaway
Connolly
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Craig
Crockett
Crow
Cuellar
Davids (KS)
Davis (IL)
Davis (NC)
Dean (PA)
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Deluzio
DeSaulnier
Dexter
Dingell
Doggett
Elfreth
Escobar
Espaillat
Evans (PA)
Fields
Figures
Fletcher
Foster
Foushee
Frankel, Lois
Friedman
Frost
Garamendi
Garcia (CA)
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Gillen
Golden (ME)
Goldman (NY)
Gomez
Gonzalez, V.
Goodlander
Gottheimer
Gray
Green, Al (TX)
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Himes
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Hoyle (OR)
Huffman
Ivey
Jacobs
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (TX)
Kamlager-Dove
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy (NY)
Khanna
Krishnamoorthi
Landsman
Larsen (WA)
Latimer
Lee (NV)
Lee (PA)
Leger Fernandez
Levin
Liccardo
Lieu
Lofgren
Magaziner
Mannion
Matsui
McBath
McBride
McClain Delaney
McClellan
McCollum
McDonald Rivet
McGarvey
McGovern
McIver
Meeks
Menendez
Meng
Mfume
Min
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Morrison
Moskowitz
Moulton
Mrvan
Mullin
Nadler
Neguse
Ocasio-Cortez
Olszewski
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pelosi
Perez
Peters
Pettersen
Pingree
Pocan
Pou
Pressley
Quigley
Ramirez
Randall
Raskin
Riley (NY)
Rivas
Ross
Ruiz
Ryan
Salinas
Sanchez
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schneider
Scholten
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Simon
Smith (WA)
Sorensen
Soto
Stansbury
Stanton
Stevens
Strickland
Subramanyam
Suozzi
Swalwell
Sykes
Takano
Thanedar
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tokuda
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Tran
Turner (TX)
Underwood
Vargas
Vasquez
Veasey
Velazquez
Vindman
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Whitesides
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)

NAYS--214

Aderholt
Alford
Allen
Amodei (NV)
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Barr
Barrett
Baumgartner
Bean (FL)
Bentz
Bergman
Bice
Biggs (AZ)
Biggs (SC)
Bilirakis
Boebert
Bost
Brecheen
Bresnahan
Buchanan
Burchett
Burlison
Calvert
Cammack
Carey
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Ciscomani
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Cole
Collins
Comer
Crane
Crank
Crawford
Crenshaw
Davidson
De La Cruz
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Downing
Dunn (FL)
Edwards
Ellzey
Emmer
Estes
Evans (CO)
Ezell
Fallon
Fedorchak
Feenstra
Finstad
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flood
Fong
Franklin, Scott
Fry
Fulcher
Garbarino
Gill (TX)
Gimenez
Goldman (TX)
Gonzales, Tony
Gooden
Gosar
Graves
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Hageman
Hamadeh (AZ)
Haridopolos
Harrigan
Harris (MD)
Harris (NC)
Harshbarger
Hern (OK)
Higgins (LA)
Hill (AR)
Hinson
Houchin
Hudson
Huizenga
Hunt
Hurd (CO)
Issa
Jack
Jackson (TX)
James
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Kean
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kennedy (UT)
Kiggans (VA)
Kiley (CA)
Kim
Knott
Kustoff
LaHood
LaLota
LaMalfa
Langworthy
Latta
Lawler
Lee (FL)
Letlow
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luna
Luttrell
Mace
Mackenzie
Malliotakis
Maloy
Mann
Massie
Mast
McCaul
McClain
McClintock
McCormick
McDowell
McGuire
Messmer
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller (OH)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Mills
Moolenaar
Moore (AL)
Moore (NC)
Moore (UT)
Moore (WV)
Moran
Murphy
Nehls
Newhouse
Norman
Nunn (IA)
Obernolte
Ogles
Onder
Palmer
Perry
Pfluger
Reschenthaler
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rouzer
Roy
Rulli
Rutherford
Salazar
Scalise
Schmidt
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Self
Sessions
Shreve
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Spartz
Stauber
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Strong
Stutzman
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Turner (OH)
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Van Orden
Wagner
Walberg
Waltz
Weber (TX)
Westerman
Wied
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Yakym
Zinke

NOT VOTING--11

Begich
Foxx
Green (TN)
Grijalva
Jackson (IL)
Larson (CT)
Lynch
Neal
Norcross
Owens
Webster (FL)

Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). There are 2 minutes
remaining.

{time} 1801

So the motion to commit was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the resolution.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 215,
nays 209, not voting 10, as follows:

[Roll No. 5]

YEAS--215

Aderholt
Alford
Allen
Amodei (NV)
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Barr
Barrett
Baumgartner
Bean (FL)
Bentz
Bergman
Bice
Biggs (AZ)
Biggs (SC)
Bilirakis
Boebert
Bost
Brecheen
Bresnahan
Buchanan
Burchett
Burlison
Calvert
Cammack
Carey
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Ciscomani
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Cole
Collins
Comer
Crane
Crank
Crawford
Crenshaw
Davidson
De La Cruz
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Downing
Dunn (FL)
Edwards
Ellzey
Emmer
Estes
Evans (CO)
Ezell
Fallon
Fedorchak
Feenstra
Finstad
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flood
Fong
Franklin, Scott
Fry
Fulcher
Garbarino
Gill (TX)
Gimenez
Goldman (TX)
Gonzales, Tony
Gonzalez, V.
Gooden
Gosar
Graves
Green (TN)
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Hageman
Hamadeh (AZ)
Haridopolos
Harrigan
Harris (MD)
Harris (NC)
Harshbarger
Hern (OK)
Higgins (LA)
Hill (AR)
Hinson
Houchin
Hudson
Huizenga
Hunt
Hurd (CO)
Issa
Jack
Jackson (TX)
James
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kennedy (UT)
Kiggans (VA)
Kiley (CA)
Kim
Knott
Kustoff
LaHood
LaLota
LaMalfa
Langworthy
Latta
Lawler
Lee (FL)
Letlow
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luna
Luttrell
Mace
Mackenzie
Malliotakis
Maloy
Mann
Massie
Mast
McCaul
McClain
McClintock
McCormick
McDowell
McGuire
Messmer
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller (OH)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Mills
Moolenaar
Moore (AL)
Moore (NC)
Moore (UT)
Moore (WV)
Moran
Murphy
Nehls
Newhouse
Norman
Nunn (IA)
Obernolte
Ogles
Onder
Owens
Palmer
Perry
Pfluger
Reschenthaler
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rouzer
Roy
Rulli
Rutherford
Salazar
Scalise
Schmidt
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Self
Sessions
Shreve
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Spartz
Stauber
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Strong
Stutzman
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Turner (OH)
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Van Orden
Wagner
Walberg
Waltz
Weber (TX)
Westerman
Wied
Williams (TX)
Wittman
Womack
Yakym
Zinke

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NAYS--209

Adams
Aguilar
Amo
Ansari
Auchincloss
Balint
Barragan
Beatty
Bell
Bera
Beyer
Bishop
Bonamici
Boyle (PA)
Brown
Brownley
Budzinski
Bynum
Carbajal
Carson
Carter (LA)
Casar
Case
Casten
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Cherfilus-McCormick
Chu
Cisneros
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Conaway
Connolly
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Craig
Crockett
Crow
Cuellar
Davids (KS)
Davis (IL)
Davis (NC)
Dean (PA)
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Deluzio
DeSaulnier
Dexter
Dingell
Doggett
Elfreth
Escobar
Espaillat
Evans (PA)
Fields
Figures
Fletcher
Foster
Foushee
Frankel, Lois
Friedman
Frost
Garamendi
Garcia (CA)
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Gillen
Golden (ME)
Goldman (NY)
Gomez
Goodlander
Gottheimer
Gray
Green, Al (TX)
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Himes
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Hoyle (OR)
Huffman
Ivey
Jackson (IL)
Jacobs
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (TX)
Kamlager-Dove
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy (NY)
Khanna
Krishnamoorthi
Landsman
Larsen (WA)
Latimer
Lee (NV)
Lee (PA)
Leger Fernandez
Levin
Liccardo
Lieu
Lofgren
Magaziner
Mannion
Matsui
McBath
McBride
McClain Delaney
McClellan
McCollum
McDonald Rivet
McGarvey
McGovern
McIver
Meeks
Menendez
Meng
Mfume
Min
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Morrison
Moskowitz
Moulton
Mrvan
Mullin
Nadler
Neguse
Norcross
Ocasio-Cortez
Olszewski
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pelosi
Perez
Peters
Pettersen
Pingree
Pocan
Pou
Pressley
Quigley
Ramirez
Randall
Raskin
Riley (NY)
Rivas
Ross
Ruiz
Ryan
Salinas
Sanchez
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schneider
Scholten
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Simon
Smith (WA)
Sorensen
Soto
Stansbury
Stanton
Stevens
Strickland
Subramanyam
Suozzi
Swalwell
Sykes
Takano
Thanedar
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tokuda
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Tran
Turner (TX)
Underwood
Vasquez
Veasey
Velazquez
Vindman
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Whitesides
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)

NOT VOTING--10

Begich
Foxx
Grijalva
Kean
Larson (CT)
Lynch
Neal
Vargas
Webster (FL)
Wilson (SC)

Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). There are 2 minutes
remaining.

{time} 1808

So the resolution was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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