48-Hour Bill Review Resolution

IV 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. RES. 1086 Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the consider- ation of legislation in the House unless the text of the legislation which will be considered has been made publicly available in electronic form for a mandatory minimum review period. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AUGUST 18, 2020 Mr. CLINE (for himself and Mr. PHILLIPS) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules RESOLUTION Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the consideration of legislation in the House unless the text of the legislation which will be considered has been made publicly available in electronic form for a mandatory minimum review period. Resolved, 1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 2 This resolution may be cited as the ‘‘48-Hour Bill 3 Review Resolution’’. 4 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:42 Aug 19, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR1086.IH HR1086 TKELLEY on DSKBCP9HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HRES 1086 IH SEC. 2. PROHIBITING CONSIDERATION OF TEXT OF LEGIS- 1 LATION UNTIL COMPLETION OF MANDATORY 2 MINIMUM REVIEW PERIOD. 3 Rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representa- 4 tives is amended by adding at the end the following new 5 clause: 6 ‘‘13.(a) It shall not be in order to consider a bill, joint 7 resolution, resolution, or conference report unless the text 8 to be considered of the bill, joint resolution, resolution, or 9 conference report has been publicly available in electronic 10 form for the mandatory minimum review period. 11 ‘‘(b) The application of paragraph (a) to a bill, joint 12 resolution, resolution, or conference report may not be 13 waived other than by a resolution approved by the House 14 which consists solely of the following text: ‘That clause 15 13(a) of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Represent- 16 atives shall not apply to lllll’, with the blank 17 space filled in with the number of the bill, joint resolution, 18 resolution, or conference report involved. 19 ‘‘(c) In this clause, the ‘mandatory minimum review 20 period’ with respect to a bill, joint resolution, resolution, 21 or conference report is the 48-hour period which begins 22 when the text to be considered of the bill, joint resolution, 23 resolution, or conference report is first made publicly 24 available in electronic form.’’. 25 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:42 Aug 19, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR1086.IH HR1086 TKELLEY on DSKBCP9HB2PROD with BILLS