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

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

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 1 (Friday, January 3, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 1 (Friday, January 3, 2025)] [House] [Pages H8-H23] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] 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: H. Res. 4 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. {time} 1630 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''. [[Page H9]] (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 propo

Referenced legislation: HRES24, HRES895, HRES1451, HRES1096, HRES11, HRES78, HR3899, HR4895, HR1, HRES4, HRES5, HR10, HR20, HR21, HR22, HR23, HRES24, HR26, HR27, HR28, HR29, HR30, HR31, HR32, HR33, HR35