HRES 5 · 108th Congress · Congress

Adopting rules for the One Hundred Eighth Congress.

Introduced 2003-01-07· Sponsored by Rep. DeLay, Tom [R-TX-22]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.(2003-01-07)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2003-01-07
Roll #4
Yea 221Nay 203
Democrats
0 Yea·202 Nay
Republicans
221 Yea·0 Nay
PassedHouse · 2003-01-07
Roll #4
Yea 221Nay 203
Democrats
0 Yea·202 Nay
Republicans
221 Yea·0 Nay
FailedHouse · 2003-01-07
Roll #3
Yea 200Nay 225
Democrats
198 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
1 Yea·225 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Adopts the rules of the House of Representatives for the 107th Congress as the rules of the House for the 108th Congress, with amendments regarding: (1) Speaker succession; (2) repeal of the Speaker's term limit; (3) declaration of an emergency recess; (4) staff access to the House Floor; (5) a Rules Committee Member on the Budget Committee; (6) associate and professional staff of the Appropriations Committee; (7) postponement of votes in committee; (8) the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct; (9) joint referral; (10) dynamic scoring in Ways and Means Committee reports; (11) use of personal electronic equipment on the Floor; (12) accounting for vacancies in House membership; (13) proceedings during a call of the House; (14) five-minute voting in series; (15) prohibition on limitation amendments in a general appropriation bill for the administration of taxes and tariffs; (16) motions to instruct during conference; (17) a fiduciary relationship exemption for physicians; (18) perishable food as a gift; (19) a gift ban exemption for charity travel; and (20) automatic increases in the statutory limit on public debt. Continues from the 107th Congress: (1) certain budget enforcemen…

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