H.Res. 5

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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.