Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that any bill or resolution that is not reported from a committee of subject-matter jurisdiction requires a two-thirds vote to be considered as passed.

IV 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 255 Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that any bill or resolution that is not reported from a committee of subject- matter jurisdiction requires a two-thirds vote to be considered as passed. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 18, 2021 Ms. TENNEY submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules RESOLUTION Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that any bill or resolution that is not reported from a committee of subject-matter jurisdiction requires a two-thirds vote to be considered as passed. Resolved, That rule XXI of the Rules of the House 1 of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the 2 following new clause: 3 ‘‘13. A bill or resolution introduced in the House that 4 is not reported by the committee of subject-matter juris- 5 diction may not be considered as passed or agreed to un- 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:41 Mar 19, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR255.IH HR255 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HRES 255 IH less so determined by a vote of not less than two-thirds 1 of the members voting, a quorum being present.’’. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:41 Mar 19, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR255.IH HR255 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS