HRES 5 · 119th CongressAdopted

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

Latest updateJan 3, 2025

Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 215 - 209 (Roll no. 5). (text: CR H8-14)

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The House of Representatives operates under standing rules that govern floor procedures, committee operations, and member conduct. These rules carry over from one Congress to the next unless explicitly changed. At the start of each new Congress, the House formally adopts its rules for the coming two-year term. The current rules framework includes provisions on how bills are numbered, how committees function, how members interact with leadership, and what procedural safeguards exist around spending and budget matters.

This resolution adopts the House rules from the previous Congress for the 119th Congress while making targeted amendments. The Speaker and House leadership direct changes to several procedural mechanisms: requiring eight majority-party cosponsors to remove the Speaker from office (up from current practice), permitting electronic voting in committees, renaming the Committee on Oversight and Accountability back to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, eliminating the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, and restricting motions to suspend House rules to Mondays through Wednesdays. The resolution also codifies long-standing practices around Article V constitutional amendment memorials, reserves the first 20 bill numbers for leadership assignment, and clarifies procedures during designated district work periods when members return home.

These changes take effect immediately upon adoption of the resolution. The procedural modifications affect how the House conducts daily business—committees gain flexibility with electronic voting, the Speaker gains procedural protection through the higher threshold for removal, and the legislative calendar becomes more structured around district work periods. The elimination of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion removes that administrative function from the House payroll. The budget-related provisions establish new scoring rules for federal land conveyances and require the Congressional Budget Office to analyze long-term spending impacts and inflationary effects of certain legislation, changing how committees evaluate bills before floor consideration.

Key Provisions

1Require eight majority-party cosponsors to offer a resolution declaring the Speaker's office vacant, raising the threshold for removing the Speaker from office.
2Authorize House committees to adopt rules permitting electronic voting in accordance with regulations established by the Committee on Rules and Committee on House Administration.
3Eliminate the Office of Diversity and Inclusion from House administrative structure and remove references to that office from House rules.
4Restrict motions to suspend House rules to Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, limiting the days on which the House may bypass normal procedures.
5Establish that federal land conveyances to states, local governments, or tribal entities shall not be scored as creating new budget authority or increasing spending for purposes of House budget rules.

★ Why this matters

The resolution restructures House floor procedures and administrative operations, making it harder to remove the Speaker through a single member's action, streamlining committee voting through electronic means, and changing how the House evaluates the fiscal impact of legislation. The elimination of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion removes a dedicated administrative function. New budget-scoring rules for land transfers and requirements for inflation analysis in Congressional Budget Office estimates will influence which bills committees advance and how members debate spending proposals.

● Who this affects

House members and leadership face new procedural constraints and protections—majority-party members must coordinate to challenge the Speaker, while all members gain electronic voting options in committees. The Congressional Budget Office gains new analytical requirements when evaluating legislation affecting Medicare, Social Security, and inflation. State and local governments benefit from the new scoring rule for federal land conveyances, as such transfers will no longer count against budget limits. House administrative staff experience changes in organizational structure with the elimination of the diversity office. Federal employees and contractors who worked in that office are directly affected by its removal.

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<DOC>
H. Res. 5

                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                       January 3, 2025.
    Resolved,

SECTION 1. ADOPTION OF THE RULES OF THE ONE HUNDRED EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS.

    The Rules of the House of Representatives of the One Hundred Eighteenth 
Congress, including applicable provisions of law or concurrent resolution that 
constituted rules of the House at the end of the One Hundred Eighteenth 
Congress, are adopted as the Rules of the House of Representatives of the One 
Hundred Nineteenth Congress, with amendments to the standing rules as provided 
in section 2, and with other orders as provided in this resolution.

SEC. 2. CHANGES TO THE STANDING RULES.

    (a) Resolution Declaring the Office of Speaker Vacant.--In clause 2(a) of 
rule IX, add the following new subparagraph:
    ``(3) A resolution causing a vacancy in the Office of Speaker shall not be 
privileged except if it is offered by a member of the majority party and has 
accumulated eight cosponsors from the majority party at the time it is 
offered.''.
    (b) Permitting Electronic Voting in Committee.--In rule XI--
            (1) in clause 1(d)(2)(E), strike ``clauses 2(n), (o), or (p)'' and 
        insert ``clauses 2(o), (p), or (q)''; and
            (2) in clause 2, insert after paragraph (m) the following new 
        paragraph (and redesignate the succeeding paragraphs accordingly):
    ``(n) A committee may adopt a rule or motion permitting the use of 
electronic voting in accordance with regulations submitted for printing in the 
Congressional Record by the chair of the Committee on Rules and the chair of the 
Committee on House Administration.''.
    (c) Clarification of Role of Chief Administrative Officer in Vacant 
Offices.--In clause 4 of rule II, add at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(e) The Chief Administrative Officer shall assist the Clerk in carrying 
out the responsibilities described in clause 2(i).''.
    (d) Designating Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.--In the 
standing rules, strike ``Committee on Oversight and Accountability'' each place 
it appears and insert (in each instance) ``Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform''.
    (e) Designating Committee on Education and Workforce.--In rule X--
            (1) in clause 1(e), strike ``Committee on Education and the 
        Workforce'' and insert ``Committee on Education and Workforce''; and
            (2) in clause 3(d), strike ``Committee on Education and the 
        Workforce'' and insert ``Committee on Education and Workforce''.
    (f) Striking Office of Diversity and Inclusion.--
            (1) Strike.--In rule II, strike clause 9 and redesignate the 
        succeeding clause accordingly.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--In clause 4(d)(1)(A) of rule X--
                    (A) strike ``the Office of Diversity and Inclusion,''; and
                    (B) strike ``Inspector General, Office of Dive…

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Kristen McDonald Rivet

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Representative McDonald Rivet is a Democrat (member of New Democrat Coalition) serving in the 119th Congress. House rules adoption votes typically follow party lines, and Democrats generally support Democratic-led procedural frameworks. However, the public record contains no explicit statements about this specific rules bill. Her profile emphasizes affordability initiatives, tax relief, and constituent services rather than procedural matters. Without direct evidence of her position on this particular rules package, the assessment is based on typical Democratic voting patterns on House rules, which generally align with party leadership positions, combined with her moderate positioning within the New Democrat Coalition. Low-to-moderate confidence due to lack of specific information.

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