House GOPers release rules package for 118th Congress. Just out. Expected to be voted on overnight
https://rules.house.gov/sites/republicans.rules118.house.gov/files/BILLS-118hresPIH-118th-rules-of-the-house-of-reps-V3.pdf
Based on what ive read so far, theres so many loopholes…
—In clause 3(b) of rule XI, add
20 at the end the following:
21 ‘‘(9) Whenever a Member, Delegate, or the Resident
22 Commissioner is indicted or otherwise formally charged
23 with criminal conduct in a court of the United States or
24 any State, the Committee on Ethics shall, not later than
25 30 days after the date of such indictment or charge–‘‘(A) empanel an investigative subcommittee to
2 review the allegations; or
3 ‘‘(B) submit a report to the House describing
4 its reasons for not empaneling such an investigative
5 subcommittee, together with the actions, if any, the
6 committee has taken in response to the allegations.’’.
That's an interesting one.
https://rules.house.gov/sites/republicans.rules118.house.gov/files/BILLS-118hresPIH-118th-rules-of-the-house-of-reps-V3.pdf
(So if McCarthy, or another Speaker who get removed, still gets paid.)
(q) RESOLUTION DECLARING THE OFFICE OF
8 SPEAKER VACANT.—In clause 2(a) of rule IX, strike sub9 paragraph (3).
10 SEC. 3. SEPARATE ORDERS.
11 (a) HOLMAN RULE.—During the One Hundred
12 Eighteenth Congress, any reference in clause 2 of rule
13 XXI to a provision or amendment that retrenches expendi14 tures by a reduction of amounts of money covered by the
15 bill shall be construed as applying to any provision or
16 amendment (offered after the bill has been read for
17 amendment) that retrenches expenditures by—
18 (1) reduction of amounts of money in the bill;
19 (2) the reduction of the number and salary of
20 the officers of the United States; or
21 (3) the reduction of the compensation of any
22 person paid out of the Treasury of the United
23 States.
https://rules.house.gov/sites/republicans.rules118.house.gov/files/BILLS-118hresPIH-118th-rules-of-the-house-of-reps-V3.pdf
The chair of the Com14 mittee on the Budget or, prior to the election
15 of the chair, the Majority Leader or his des16 ignee may adjust an estimate under clause 4 of
17 rule XXIX to exempt the budgetary effects of
18 measures to protect taxpayers with taxable in19 comes below $400,000 from an increase in au20 dits above the most recent tax year from the In21 ternal Revenue Service.
https://rules.house.gov/sites/republicans.rules118.house.gov/files/BILLS-118hresPIH-118th-rules-of-the-house-of-reps-V3.pdf
(CBO has to tell the House when a bill would be over $2.5 Billion.)
(2) LONG TERM SPENDING POINT OF ORDER.—
23 (A) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
24 ANALYSIS OF PROPOSALS.—The Director of the
25 Congressional Budget Office shall, to the extent
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1 practicable, prepare an estimate of whether a
2 bill or joint resolution reported by a committee
3 (other than the Committee on Appropriations),
4 or amendment thereto or conference report
5 thereon, would cause, relative to current law, a
6 net increase in direct spending in excess of
7 $2,500,000,000 in any of the 4 consecutive 10-
8 fiscal year periods beginning with the first fiscal
9 year that is 10 fiscal years after the current fis10 cal year.
(Can't ask for funds without offering a cut somewhere)
A general appropriation bill may not be con20 sidered in the Committee of the Whole House on the
21 state of the Union unless it includes a spending re22 duction account as the last section of the bill. An
23 order to report a general appropriation bill to the
24 House shall constitute authority for the chair of the
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1 Committee on Appropriations to add such a section
2 to the bill or modify the figure contained therein.
(Something here about contested elections)
FURTHER EXPENSES FOR RESOLVING CON22 TESTED ELECTIONS.—
23 (1) AMOUNTS FOR EXPENSES OF COMMITTEE
24 ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION.—There shall be paid
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1 resentatives such sums as may be necessary for fur2 ther expenses of the Committee on House Adminis3 tration for the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress
4 for resolving contested elections.
(Covid investigations)
the origins of the Coronavirus pan25 demic, including but not limited to the
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1 Federal Government’s funding of gain-of2 function research;
3 (ii) the efficiency, effectiveness, and
4 transparency of the use of taxpayer funds
5 and relief programs to address the
6 coronavirus pandemic, including any re7 ports of waste, fraud, or abuse;
8 (iii) the implementation or effective9 ness of any Federal law or regulation ap10 plied, enacted, or under consideration to
11 address the coronavirus pandemic and pre12 pare for future pandemics;
(iv) the development of vaccines and
14 treatments, and the development and im15 plementation of vaccination policies for
16 Federal employees and members of the
17 armed forces;
18 (v) the economic impact of the
19 coronavirus pandemic and associated gov20 ernment response on individuals, commu21 nities, small businesses, health care pro22 viders, States, and local government enti23 ties;
24 (vi) the societal impact of decisions to
25 close schools, how the decisions were made
and whether there is evidence of wide2 spread learning loss or other negative ef3 fects as a result of these decisions;
4 (vii) executive branch policies, delib5 erations, decisions, activities, and internal
6 and external communications related to the
7 coronavirus pandemic;
8 (viii) the protection of whistleblowers
9 who provide information about waste,
10 fraud, abuse, or other improper activities
11 related to the coronavirus pandemic; and
12 (ix) cooperation by the executive
13 branch and others with Congress, the In14 spectors General, the Government Account15 ability Office, and others in connection
16 with oversight of the preparedness for and
17 response to the coronavirus pandemic.
(Increasing oil production)
a plan to increase oil and gas production under oil and
15 gas leases of Federal lands under the jurisdiction of the
16 Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Energy, the Sec17 retary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Defense in con18 junction with a drawdown of petroleum reserves from the
19 Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The first reading of the bill
20 shall be dispensed with. All points of order against consid21 eration of the bill are waived. General debate shall be con22 fined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally di23 vided and controlled by the Majority Leader and the Mi24 nority Leader or their respective designees. After general
25 debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under
(Hodgepodge of other stuff)
The bills referred to in subsection (b) are as fol7 lows:
8 (1) The bill (H.R. 23) to rescind certain bal9 ances made available to the Internal Revenue Serv10 ice.
11 (2) The bill (H.R. 29) to authorize the Sec12 retary of Homeland Security to suspend the entry of
13 aliens, and for other purposes.
14 (3) The bill (H.R. 22) to prohibit the Secretary
15 of Energy from sending petroleum products from the
16 Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China, and for other
17 purposes.
The bill (H.R. 7) to prohibit taxpayer fund6 ed abortions.
(1) The resolution (H. Res. 11) establishing the
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1 tween the United States and the Chinese Communist
2 Party.