HRES 5 Agreed to

Adopts the rules of the 118th Congress as the House rules for the 119th Congress, with changes to suspension votes, committee names, remote voting and witnesses, and House ethics and workplace offices.

Official title: Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, and for other purposes.

Outcome Agreed to by the House

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House

Passed 03-JAN-2025

Key points

Limits motions to suspend the rules to Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays.
Renames the Office of Congressional Ethics the Office of Congressional Conduct and eliminates the Office of Diversity and Inclusion.
Renames the Committee on Oversight and Accountability and the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and allows committees to adopt electronic voting.
Lets committee chairs allow witnesses to appear remotely, except executive branch witnesses, and requires offices to adopt anti-harassment policies.

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Official CRS summary

Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Introduced in House, 03-JAN-2025).

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Policy area

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Sponsor Michelle Fischbach (R-MN) Cosponsors · 0

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