H. Res. 5 · Passed House · Congress

Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, and for other purposes.

What it does

Adopts the rules of the House for the 119th Congress, carrying over the 118th Congress rules with specified changes.
Makes a resolution vacating the Speaker's office privileged only if offered by a majority-party sponsor joined by eight majority-party cosponsors.
Limits motions to suspend the rules to Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, bars waiving the germaneness rule, and blocks measures exceeding a specified long-term budget impact per CBO.
Authorizes electronic voting within committees and remote appearances by non-executive branch witnesses and their counsel.
Eliminates the Office of Diversity and Inclusion and certain House employee bargaining rights, and reauthorizes the China select committee and the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, among others.

Official summary

This resolution establishes rules for the House of Representatives for the 119th Congress. The resolution adopts the rules from the 118th Congress with specified changes, including providing that a resolution vacating the Office of Speaker is only privileged (takes precedence over all matters other than motions to adjourn) if it is offered by a sponsor of the majority party joined by eight cosponsors from the majority party; providing that the Speaker may only entertain a motion to suspend the rules on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays; prohibiting waiver (by rule or by order) of the germaneness rule (which requires amendments to be of the same subject matter as the measure under consideration); and prohibiting consideration of measures that exceed a specified long-term budget impact according to the Congressional Budget Office. Additional changes include authorizing the use of electronic voting within a committee; authorizing remote appearances by non-executive branch witnesses and their counsel in committee proceedings; eliminating the House Office of Diversity and Inclusion; eliminating certain collective bargaining rights for employees of the House of Representatives…

Latest action

Jan 3, 2025: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.