# H.Res. 1499 (119th): This resolution provides for the consideration of the bill (H.R

This resolution provides for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1501) to amend the FAST Act to include certain mineral production activities as a covered project, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9436) to amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 to extend the time period for which certain regulations concerning the North Atlantic right whale are effective; providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 1490) providing for the condemnation and denouncement of socialism in all its forms, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4795) to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit an institution that participates in a nonexpressive commercial boycott of Israel from being eligible for certain funds under that Act, to require an institution that participates in certain programs under that Act to certify that students are not unreasonably obstructed from participating in academic programs in Israel, and for other purposes; and relating to consideration of motions to suspend the rules.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: antisemitism_policy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: foreign_policy. Category: war_peace. Lane tag: prudential.
Lane: higher_education. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: legislative_process. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: mineral_production. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: procedural_rule. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: procedural_rules. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 287: On Ordering the Previous Question. Vote type: procedural.
Roll 288: On Agreeing to the Resolution. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill is a procedural rule that combines ordinary, prudential regulatory items with a contested measure (H.R. 4795) that conditions federal funds on institutional stances in a political dispute. It does not directly advance a named moral harm, and the bundled items do not clearly restrain one. The combination of prudential and contested components fits the mixed category.
Theological note: The resolution is primarily procedural, but it bundles measures that touch stewardship of creation (mineral production and wildlife regulation), the condemnation of socialism as an ideology, and the conditioning of federal education funds on institutions' positions on boycotts. These bear on stewardship, the proper limits of civil authority over associational and expressive conduct, and the equitable treatment of students and institutions. Each component would need separate review on its own terms.

## Recorded votes

Roll 287: On Ordering the Previous Question. Yea 212 · Nay 205 · Other 15.
Roll 288: On Agreeing to the Resolution. Yea 210 · Nay 208 · Other 14.

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