H.Res. 5 · Where this bill is now
Adopted
House: Adopted Jan 3, 2025, 215–209 (roll call 5)
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summarySets House rules for the 119th Congress
This resolution establishes the rules that guide how the House of Representatives operates. It keeps most rules from the previous Congress but makes some changes, like requiring nine House members from the majority party to sponsor a motion removing the Speaker, limiting when the Speaker can suspend rules to Mondays through Wednesdays, and preventing budget bills from exceeding certain spending limits. It also creates some structural changes to House offices and committees.
How it affects you
This resolution directly affects House members and staff by changing how they work and what rights they have. Most everyday Americans won't notice immediate changes in their lives, though these rules shape how Congress operates behind the scenes and can influence what bills get considered.
Read the official summary (Introduced in House, Jan 3, 2025)
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;
• 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.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.
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
1st SessionH.Res. 5
RESOLUTION
Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7) · Introduced Jan 3, 2025 · Congress · 1 version of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Jan 3, 2025: “Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.”
How Congress voted
Official roll callsHouse · On Agreeing to the Resolution · Jan 3, 2025
Agreeing to the Resolution Passed 215–209
| Party | Yes | No | Didn’t vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democrats | 1 | 209 | 5 |
| Republicans | 214 | 0 | 5 |
1 member voted against most of their party: 1 Democrats voted Yes.
Source: Clerk of the House · roll call 5
Congress votes on whole bills and amendments, not on single sections.