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

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 5 Engrossed in House (EH)]

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H. Res. 5

                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                       January 3, 2025.
    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''.
    (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 of 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 Documents in Machine-
readable Formats.--The Committee on 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 committees;
            (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.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.