Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit Members from voting "present" on any question on which a record vote is taken.

IV 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 736 Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit Members from voting ‘‘present’’ on any question on which a record vote is taken. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DECEMBER 3, 2019 Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules RESOLUTION Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit Members from voting ‘‘present’’ on any question on which a record vote is taken. Resolved, 1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 2 This resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Stand For 3 Something Resolution’’. 4 SEC. 2. PROHIBITING MEMBERS FROM VOTING ‘‘PRESENT’’ 5 ON QUESTIONS ON WHICH A RECORD VOTE IS 6 TAKEN. 7 Rule XX of the Rules of the House of Representatives 8 is amended by adding at the end the following new clause: 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:25 Dec 04, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR736.IH HR736 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HRES 736 IH ‘‘Requiring voting in affirmative or negative 1 ‘‘12. On any question on which a record vote is taken 2 in the House, including the Committee of the Whole 3 House on the state of the Union, or in any committee of 4 the House, a Member may vote only in the affirmative or 5 the negative and may not vote ‘present’.’’. 6 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:25 Dec 04, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR736.IH HR736 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS