{"format":1,"id":"118-hres-5","congress":118,"number":"H.Res. 5","kind":"simple_resolution","group":"bills","title":"Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, and for other purposes.","title_source":"Display Title","official_title":"Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, and for other purposes."}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-01-09","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2023-01-09","vote":{"id":"118-2023-h23","question":"On Agreeing to the Resolution","title":"Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, and for other purposes","result":"Passed","yea":220,"nay":213,"present":0,"not_voting":1,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2023/roll023.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.","date":"2023-01-09"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2023-01-09","question":"On Ordering the Previous Question","title":"Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, and for other purposes","result":"Passed","yea":211,"nay":205,"present":0,"not_voting":18,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2023/roll021.xml"},{"chamber":"house","date":"2023-01-09","question":"On Motion to Commit","title":"Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, and for other purposes","result":"Failed","yea":210,"nay":220,"present":0,"not_voting":4,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2023/roll022.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2023-01-09","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"p","t":"This resolution establishes the rules of the House of Representatives for the 118th Congress by adopting and modifying the rules from the 117th Congress; it also adopts other procedural orders."},{"k":"p","t":"Specific changes include"},{"k":"li","t":"permitting a single Member to call for a vote to remove the Speaker;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"prohibiting consideration of legislation that increases without offsetting mandatory spending in set budget windows;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"eliminating the Gephardt rule, which provides for the automatic passage of a joint resolution to suspend the debt ceiling upon passage of a concurrent resolution on the budget;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"requiring a three-fifths majority of House Members to approve tax rate increases;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"reinstating the Holman rule, which allows for the termination of or a salary deduction for a federal official or cuts to a specific program through amendments to appropriations bills;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"nullifying regulations that extend collective bargaining rights to certain congressional employees; and","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"requiring that sponsors identify the single subject that each bill focuses on.","d":1},{"k":"p","t":"The resolution further acts as a special rule for particular legislation, including bills that address (1) Internal Revenue Service funding, (2) sales from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China, and (3) establishing committees to investigate U.S.-Chinese competition and the weaponization of the federal government."},{"k":"p","t":"The Congressional Budget Office must include in its cost estimates for major legislation macroeconomic effects (e.g., changes in economic output and employment)."},{"k":"p","t":"The resolution also establishes new and reauthorizes and modifies existing commissions, offices, and committees. For example, it establishes a subcommittee to investigate the coronavirus pandemic and modifies the operation of the House Ethics Committee and Office of Congressional Ethics."}],"words":258},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Adopts the Rules of the House of Representatives for the 118th Congress by carrying over the 117th Congress rules, amending them, and adding separate orders, committee and office provisions, and orders of business.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/5/text/eh#H72B6345B89174C1984ED01F695ECE8D9"},{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/5/text/eh#H253B7F1F42694A91BA8CBE3609BBE6BD"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/5/text/eh#HADC3A17BC74C442B890585B1A848F663"},{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/5/text/eh#HA88E829EEAF041BEBF389A2236DA7ACA"},{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/5/text/eh#HCEDCBBC5A02A44E0BDBC3843EEFB9AE7"}]},"core_areas":["House spending and budget-enforcement rules","Vote thresholds and floor procedures in the House","House ethics rules and the Office of Congressional Ethics","House workplace, employee and Congressional Member Organization rules","Select subcommittees, commissions and committee names and procedures","Floor consideration of specified bills and resolutions"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Adopts the Rules of the House of the 117th Congress as the Rules of the House for the 118th Congress, with the amendments in section 2 and the other orders in the resolution.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/5/text/eh#H72B6345B89174C1984ED01F695ECE8D9"}},{"text":"Amends rule XXI so it is not in order to consider a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment or conference report, that has the net effect of increasing mandatory spending over the periods the rule sets out, subject to listed exceptions.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/5/text/eh#H253B7F1F42694A91BA8CBE3609BBE6BD"}},{"text":"Amends rule XXI to provide that a measure carrying a Federal income tax rate increase may not be considered as passed or agreed to unless a vote of not less than three-fifths of the Members voting, a quorum being present, so determines.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/5/text/eh#H253B7F1F42694A91BA8CBE3609BBE6BD"}},{"text":"Provides that, from February 1, 2023, a bill or joint resolution may not be introduced unless its sponsor submits for printing in the Congressional Record a statement setting forth its single subject.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/5/text/eh#HADC3A17BC74C442B890585B1A848F663"}},{"text":"Establishes the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, composed of not more than 12 members, to investigate listed matters and issue a final report to the House not later than January 2, 2025.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/5/text/eh#HA88E829EEAF041BEBF389A2236DA7ACA"}},{"text":"Makes it in order to consider seven listed bills (H.R. 23, 29, 22, 27, 28, 7 and 26) in the House, with one hour of debate and one motion to recommit on each, and waives points of order against them.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/5/text/eh#HCEDCBBC5A02A44E0BDBC3843EEFB9AE7"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"selective_carve_out","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/5/text/eh#HADC3A17BC74C442B890585B1A848F663"},"heading":"Separate orders","effect":"Among its separate orders, this section lets the Budget chair or Majority Leader adjust estimates to exempt the budgetary effects of measures protecting taxpayers with taxable incomes below $400,000 from an increase in IRS audits. It also blocks regulations adopted under House Resolution 1096 and sets Congressional Member Organization eligibility criteria.","amount":"$400,000","quote":"may adjust an estimate under clause 4 of rule XXIX to exempt the budgetary effects of measures to protect taxpayers with taxable incomes below $400,000 from an increase in audits"}]},{"category":"political_name","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/5/text/eh#HA88E829EEAF041BEBF389A2236DA7ACA"},"heading":"Committees, commissions, and House offices","effect":"Applies House Resolution 1451 of the 110th Congress to the 118th Congress for a commission that carries a person's name, and sets how its staff funding is administered and divided between co-chairs.","amount":null,"quote":"Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission.—Sections 1 through 7 of House Resolution 1451, One Hundred Tenth Congress"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2023-01-09","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/5/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-03","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/5","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/5/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hres-5.png","v":"afd32e0d670c","alt":"Votes on Record. H.Res. 5, 118th Congress: Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, and for other purposes. House: 220 Yea, 213 Nay. Outcome: Agreed to in House, 9 Jan 2023."}}