119th Congress (2025–2027) · House resolution · Sponsor: Rep. Fischbach, Michelle [R-MN-7]
Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, and for other purposes.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Roll-call votes | 3 |
| Chamber | House |
| Latest vote | 2025-01-03: Passed |
| Latest action | 2025-01-03: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| Policy area | Congress |
| Official record | Congress.gov |
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, includingproviding 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 includeauthorizing the use of electronic voting within a committee;authorizing remote appearances by non-executive branch witnesses and their counsel in committee proceedings; eliminating the House Office of Diversity and Inclusion; eliminating certain collective bargaining rights for employees of the House of Representatives; reauthorizing the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party; reauthorizing the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission; and reauthorizing the House Democracy Assistance Commission (an entity that advises democratic parliaments in other countries) and renaming it the House Democracy Partnership. The resolution provides for the consideration of H…
Subjects: Abortion, Administrative law and regulatory procedures, Advanced technology and technological innovations, Appropriations, Asia, Assault and harassment offenses, Border security and unlawful immigration, Budget deficits and national debt, Budget process, China
Every recorded vote on this bill, newest first, with a link to the official tally. Member-by-member positions are on each member’s profile.
| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay | Not voting | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-03 | House | Yea-and-Nay | Passed | 211 | 206 | 9 | Official tally |
| 2025-01-03 | House | Yea-and-Nay | Failed | 206 | 211 | 9 | Official tally |
| 2025-01-03 | House | Yea-and-Nay | Passed | 212 | 207 | 7 | Official tally |
HRES5 in the 118th Congress (2023–2025): Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Eighteenth…
HRES5 (Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, and for other purposes.) was introduced in the 119th Congress (2025–2027) by Rep. Fischbach, Michelle [R-MN-7].
On 2025-01-03: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
3 recorded votes in the 119th Congress. The most recent, on 2025-01-03, was "Yea-and-Nay": Passed.
No. Bill numbers restart each Congress. HRES5 was also used in the 118th Congress for different legislation.