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HRES 42 115th Congress House Congress House of Representatives Legislative rules and procedure

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide for the consideration of reported bills or joint resolutions that have not been considered by the House within 60 calendar days.

Introduced: January 10, 2017 Introduced by: Peters, Scott H. Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Jan 10, 2017
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends Rule XIV (Order and Priority of Business) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to authorize the chair and ranking minority member of a committee, or the chair and ranking minority member of its applicable subcommittee, if a bill or joint resolution reported by the committee has not been considered within 60 calendar days, to offer jointly a motion for consideration of the measure.

What's happening now January 10, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 42: Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide for the consideration of reported bills or joint resolutions that have not been considered by the House within 60 calendar days.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-42/
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"H. Res. 42: Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide for the consideration of reported bills or joint resolutions that have not been considered by the House within 60 calendar days.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-42/.
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H. Res. 42, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-42/.
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[H. Res. 42: Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide for the consideration of reported bills or joint resolutions that have not been considered by the House within 60 calendar days.](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-42/)
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