Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, and for other purposes.
The source supplies the latest action, but no lifecycle stage.
Latest action (3 Jan 2025): Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
What this bill does
H.Res. 5 adopts the rules governing how the House of Representatives operates for the two-year 119th Congress, largely carrying forward the prior Congress's rules with a set of specific amendments and separate orders. Key changes include renaming certain committees (such as Oversight and Government Reform, and Education and Workforce), eliminating the House Office of Diversity and Inclusion, restricting motions to vacate the Speaker's chair to majority-party members with eight cosponsors, allowing electronic voting in committees, limiting suspension-of-the-rules votes to Mondays through Wednesdays, and reviving the "Holman Rule" allowing certain amendments that cut federal salaries or positions. It also sets new budget-related points of order (including on long-term deficit impact and land conveyances), creates procedures for Congressional Member Organizations to manage shared staff funding, allows remote witness testimony in committees, and directs continued House efforts on artificial intelligence integration and machine-readable legislative documents.
This resolution affects how the House itself conducts business—it governs lawmakers, committees, and House administrative offices rather than the public directly, though some provisions (like CBO budget analyses or land-transfer scoring rules) could influence how future legislation affecting the public is written and considered.
As a simple resolution, H.Res. 5 applies only to the House and does not require Senate action or presidential signature. It was introduced by Rep. Michelle Fischbach and agreed to by the House on January 3, 2025, by a vote of 215–209. With its adoption, the rules took effect immediately for the 119th Congress, and no further action is required or possible on this resolution.
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Official summary
This resolution establishes rules for the House of Representatives for the 119th Congress.
The resolution adopts the rules from the 118th Congress with specified changes, including
• providing that a resolution vacating the Office of Speaker is only privileged (takes precedence over all matters other than motions to adjourn) if it is offered by a sponsor of the majority party joined by eight cosponsors from the majority party;
• providing that the Speaker may only entertain a motion to suspend the rules on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays;
• prohibiting waiver (by rule or by order) of the germaneness rule (which requires amendments to be of the same subject matter as the measure under consideration); and
• prohibiting consideration of measures that exceed a specified long-term budget impact according to the Congressional Budget Office.
Additional changes include
• authorizing the use of electronic voting within a committee;
Timeline
3 Jan 2025
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Common questions
- What does H.Res. 5 do?
- H.Res. 5 adopts the rules governing how the House of Representatives operates for the two-year 119th Congress, largely carrying forward the prior Congress's rules with a set of specific amendments and separate orders. Key changes include renaming certain committees (such as Oversight and Government Reform, and Education and Workforce), eliminating the House Office of Diversity and Inclusion, restricting motions to vacate the Speaker's chair to majority-party members with eight cosponsors, allowing electronic voting in committees, limiting suspension-of-the-rules votes to Mondays through Wednesdays, and reviving the "Holman Rule" allowing certain amendments that cut federal salaries or positions. It also sets new budget-related points of order (including on long-term deficit impact and land conveyances), creates procedures for Congressional Member Organizations to manage shared staff funding, allows remote witness testimony in committees, and directs continued House efforts on artificial intelligence integration and machine-readable legislative documents. This resolution affects how the House itself conducts business—it governs lawmakers, committees, and House administrative offices rather than the public directly, though some provisions (like CBO budget analyses or land-transfer scoring rules) could influence how future legislation affecting the public is written and considered. As a simple resolution, H.Res. 5 applies only to the House and does not require Senate action or presidential signature. It was introduced by Rep. Michelle Fischbach and agreed to by the House on January 3, 2025, by a vote of 215–209. With its adoption, the rules took effect immediately for the 119th Congress, and no further action is required or possible on this resolution.
- Has H.Res. 5 become law?
- The source does not supply a confirmed lifecycle stage for H.Res. 5. Check the latest action and official source below.
- Who sponsored H.Res. 5?
- H.Res. 5 was sponsored by Rep. Fischbach, Michelle [R-MN-7] (R-MN), with 0 cosponsors.
- What's the latest action on H.Res. 5?
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (3 Jan 2025).
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