{"format":1,"id":"119-hres-5","congress":119,"number":"H.Res. 5","kind":"simple_resolution","group":"bills","title":"Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, and for other purposes.","title_source":"Display Title","official_title":"Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, and for other 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majority party joined by eight cosponsors from the majority party;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"providing that the Speaker may only entertain a motion to suspend the rules on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"prohibiting waiver (by rule or by order) of the germaneness rule (which requires amendments to be of the same subject matter as the measure under consideration); and","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"prohibiting consideration of measures that exceed a specified long-term budget impact according to the Congressional Budget Office.","d":1},{"k":"p","t":"Additional changes include"},{"k":"li","t":"authorizing the use of electronic voting within a committee;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"authorizing remote appearances by non-executive branch witnesses and their counsel in committee proceedings;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"eliminating the House Office of Diversity and Inclusion;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"eliminating certain collective bargaining rights for employees of the House of Representatives;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"reauthorizing the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"reauthorizing the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission; and","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"reauthorizing the House Democracy Assistance Commission (an entity that advises democratic parliaments in other countries) and renaming it the House Democracy Partnership.","d":1},{"k":"p","t":"The resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 21, H.R. 22, H.R. 23, H.R. 26, H.R. 27, H.R. 28, H.R. 29, H.R. 30, H.R. 31, H.R. 32, H.R. 33, and H.R. 35."}],"words":254},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Adopts the Rules of the House of Representatives of the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress as the rules for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, with changes to the standing rules, separate orders, continued committees and commissions, and orders for considering twelve bills.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 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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.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/5/text/eh#HC6C22A525C4A49E8BD25FCAE4A1E872D"}},{"text":"Applies earlier resolutions to continue the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, the House Democracy Partnership, and the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, and renames the Office of Congressional Ethics the Office of Congressional Conduct.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/5/text/eh#H914E6AA8F63245ECB7E592C946B68DCB"}},{"text":"Makes it in order to consider H.R. 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 and 35, with one hour of debate divided between the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader and one motion to recommit.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/5/text/eh#H4D7324FC6796480D8F925B616D66DE11"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"narrow_beneficiary","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/5/text/eh#HC6C22A525C4A49E8BD25FCAE4A1E872D"},"heading":"Separate orders","effect":"Lets eligible Congressional Member Organizations receive transferred Member allowance funds for shared employees. Eligibility requires that at least 30 Members used allowance funds for a shared employee of the organization during the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress.","amount":null,"quote":"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"}]},{"category":"political_name","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/5/text/eh#H914E6AA8F63245ECB7E592C946B68DCB"},"heading":"Committees, commissions, and House offices","effect":"Continues the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress under House Resolution 1451 of the One Hundred Tenth Congress, with changes to its staff collaboration and staffing amounts.","amount":null,"quote":"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"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2025-01-03","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/5/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-01","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/5","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/5/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hres-5.png","v":"15a40fe3cb2e","alt":"Votes on Record. H.Res. 5, 119th Congress: Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, and for other purposes. House: 215 Yea, 209 Nay. Outcome: Agreed to in House, 3 Jan 2025."}}