# H.Res. 5 (119th): This resolution establishes rules for the House of Representatives for the 119th Congress

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.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: congress. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: congressional_governance. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: house. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: house_rules. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: legislative_procedure. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: procedural. 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 3: On Ordering the Previous Question. Vote type: procedural.
Roll 4: On Motion to Commit with Instructions. Vote type: procedural.
Roll 5: On Agreeing to the Resolution. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The resolution is a procedural governance measure combining restraints on arbitrary legislative maneuvering (limits on vacating the Speaker, germaneness, budget-impact limits) with prudential changes and concerns, including elimination of certain employee collective bargaining rights. Mixed fits the metadata better than unclear, and no direct moral evil is named.
Theological note: Scripture grounds civil order in just and orderly governance, and rules that restrain arbitrary power, protect deliberation, and limit fiscal excess serve general equity. Provisions eliminating the diversity office and certain employee bargaining rights raise prudential questions about fair treatment of workers and the purpose of institutions, but the resolution itself is procedural and does not directly advance or restrain a named moral evil.

## Recorded votes

Roll 3: On Ordering the Previous Question. Yea 216 · Nay 210 · Other 8.
Roll 4: On Motion to Commit with Instructions. Yea 209 · Nay 214 · Other 11.
Roll 5: On Agreeing to the Resolution. Yea 215 · Nay 209 · Other 10.

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