Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to limit the privileged status of a motion causing a vacancy in the Office of Speaker to motions offered by direction of not fewer than 112 Members from the majority party or 112 Members from the minority party.

This resolution limits the privileged status (precedence over the regular order of business, superseding or interrupting other matters before the House of Representatives) of a motion before the House causing a vacancy in the office of Speaker.  Specifically, privilege may occur on such a motion only when offered by at least 112 Members from the majority party or at least 112 Members from the minority party.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 826 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 826

    Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to limit the 
   privileged status of a motion causing a vacancy in the Office of 
 Speaker to motions offered by direction of not fewer than 112 Members 
    from the majority party or 112 Members from the minority party.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 30, 2023

   Mr. Miller of Ohio submitted the following resolution; which was 
                   referred to the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to limit the 
   privileged status of a motion causing a vacancy in the Office of 
 Speaker to motions offered by direction of not fewer than 112 Members 
    from the majority party or 112 Members from the minority party.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON PRIVILEGED STATUS OF MOTION TO VACATE CHAIR.

    Clause 2(a) of rule IX of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
    ``(3) A resolution causing a vacancy in the Office of Speaker shall 
not be privileged except if offered by direction of not fewer than 112 
Members from the majority party or 112 Members from the minority 
party.''.
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