Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and Ethics, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case…
This resolution makes changes to the House of Representatives' internal rules and directs the Clerk to place real-time clocks showing each U.S. time zone in the House chamber. It amends the House Code of Official Conduct wording, changes the suspension-of-the-rules process (including when the Speaker may entertain such motions, the required voting threshold, and debate time), and adds the clock requirement to be carried out under committee regulations. The changes affect only how the House conducts its business and how the chamber is arranged. As a simple resolution, it governs House procedure but does not create law that applies outside the House or bind the Senate or the President.
This is a House simple resolution considered and decided only by the House of Representatives; it does not go to the Senate or the President and does not have the force of public law.
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Res. 997 amends House rules to (1) require Members, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, officers, and employees to adhere to both the spirit and letter of the House Rules and committee rules; (2) change the suspension-of-rules procedure to require a two-thirds vote of Members voting with a quorum present, limit when the Speaker may entertain suspension motions to Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and the last six days of a session, allow only one pending adjournment motion before a suspension vote, and permit 40 minutes of debate (split evenly pro/con); and (3) direct the Clerk to install clocks showing each U.S. time zone in the Chamber, per Committee on House Administration regulations.
As a House-only rules resolution, it does not become statutory law and depends on House majority support; therefore statutory enactment is unlikely.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a focused administrative/operational measure that clearly specifies textual amendments to House Rules and assigns implementation responsibility for a limited operational task. It succeeds in specificity of textual change but omits several common implementation support elements.
Progressive values increased debate and minority protections; conservatives worry about majority constraints.
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Progressive values increased debate and minority protections; conservatives worry about majority constraints.
Likely to view the bill as a procedural reform that can strengthen accountability and protect deliberation.
They may welcome higher thresholds and more debate as checks on rushed or majority-driven actions, while noting some language ("spirit of the Rules") could be vague.
A pragmatic view: the bill tightens House procedure and promotes more debate, but it also adds constraints that could reduce efficiency.
Support would depend on clarifications about ambiguous language and safeguards for routine bipartisan business.
Likely to view the bill as an unnecessary restriction on majority authority and House efficiency.
Increased voting thresholds and limited suspension days are seen as procedural constraints that can impede the majority's ability to govern and manage floor business.
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As a House-only rules resolution, it does not become statutory law and depends on House majority support; therefore statutory enactment is unlikely.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Progressive values increased debate and minority protections; conservatives worry about majority constraints.
As a House-only rules resolution, it does not become statutory law and depends on House majority support; therefore statutory enactment is…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a focused administrative/operational measure that clearly specifies textual amendments to House Rules and assigns implementation responsibility for a limited opera…
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