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HRES 26 103th Congress House Congress House of Representatives House rules and procedure Legislation Legislative resolutions

To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit putting the question on final passage of any measure until copies of that measure have been available to Members for at least one day.

Introduced: March 3, 1993 See on congress.gov
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Jan 5, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Jan 5, 1993
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives to make it out of order to put the question upon final passage of any bill or resolution until printed copies of the measure have been available for all Members for at least one day.

Provides for the suspension of this Act for a particular bill or resolution in a national emergency upon the joint request of the Speaker and Minority Leader and with an affirmative two-thirds vote.

What's happening now January 5, 1993

Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

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BUYER, STEPHEN
· Mar 3, 1993
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Feb 3, 1993
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 26: To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit putting the question on final passage of any measure until copies of that measure have been available to Members for at least one day.. 103rd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HRES-26/
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"H. Res. 26: To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit putting the question on final passage of any measure until copies of that measure have been available to Members for at least one day.." 103rd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HRES-26/.
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H. Res. 26, 103rd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HRES-26/.
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[H. Res. 26: To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit putting the question on final passage of any measure until copies of that measure have been available to Members for at least one day.](https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HRES-26/)
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