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HRES 247 105th Congress House Congress Capitol (Washington, D.C.) Drug abuse House of Representatives House rules and procedure Smoking

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit smoking in rooms and corridors leading to the House floor and in the Rayburn room.

Introduced: September 26, 1997 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Sep 26, 1997
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends rule XIV (decorum and debate) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to ban smoking in rooms or corridors leading to the House floor or in the Rayburn room.

What's happening now September 26, 1997

Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 14, 1998
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Mar 26, 1998
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Oct 21, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 247: Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit smoking in rooms and corridors leading to the House floor and in the Rayburn room.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HRES-247/
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"H. Res. 247: Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit smoking in rooms and corridors leading to the House floor and in the Rayburn room.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HRES-247/.
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H. Res. 247, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HRES-247/.
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