US Congress House Resolution 554 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 171-48)
Status: Introduced on June 17 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-09-23 - Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Walden. Petition No: 111-6. (Discharge petition text with signatures.)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amends Rule XIII (Calendars and Committee Reports) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to make it out of order in the House to consider a measure or matter until 72 hours (currently, until the third day) (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays unless the House is in session on such a day) after its text (and, if any, the text of all accompanying reports) have been made available to Members, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner (Members), and the general public. Requires the full text of the legislation and each committee report, without further amendment before floor consideration, to be posted continuously by means of the Internet. Prohibits consideration in the House of a general appropriation bill reported by the Committee on Appropriations until 72 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays unless the House is in session on such a day) after printed hearings of the Committee have been available to Members. Prohibits the Committee on Rules from reporting a rule or order proposing a waiver of this resolution or of Rule XXII (House and Senate Relations) unless a question of consideration of the rule is adopted by a vote of two-thirds of the Members voting, a quorum being present. Amends Rule XXII (House and Senate Relations) to make it out of order in the House to consider a conference report, the accompanying signed joint explanatory statement, or a motion to dispose of a Senate amendment reported in disagreement by a conference committee until after: (1) the 72-hour availability requirement has been met; and (2) posting on the Internet. Declares that nothing in this resolution or any amendment made by it shall be interpreted to require or permit the declassification or posting on the Internet of classified information in the custody of the House. Requires such classified information to be made available to Members in a timely manner as appropriate under existing laws and rules. Expresses the sense of the House that, with the objective of preventing circumvention of this resolution, that the Committee on Rules should develop standardized policies and procedures to require that proposed amendments (except those offered under an open rule) that are major in size, scope, or cost be posted on the Internet for an appropriate number of hours.

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that legislation and conference reports be available on the Internet for 72 hours before consideration by the House, and for other purposes.

Rep. Robert Aderholt [R-AL]	Rep. Todd Akin [R-MO]	Rep. Rodney Alexander [R-LA]	Rep. Michael Arcuri [D-NY]
Rep. Steve Austria [R-OH]	Rep. Michele Bachmann [R-MN]	Rep. Spencer Bachus [R-AL]	Rep. Brian Baird [D-WA]
Rep. Gresham Barrett [R-SC]	Rep. John Barrow [D-GA]	Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R-MD]	Rep. Joe Barton [R-TX]
Rep. Melissa Bean [D-IL]	Rep. Judy Biggert [R-IL]	Rep. Brian Bilbray [R-CA]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]
Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]
Rep. John Boehner [R-OH]	Rep. Jo Bonner [R-AL]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Rep. Dan Boren [D-OK]
Rep. Leonard Boswell [D-IA]	Rep. Charles Boustany [R-LA]	Rep. Kevin Brady [R-TX]	Rep. Bobby Bright [D-AL]
Rep. Paul Broun [R-GA]	Rep. Henry Brown [R-SC]	Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite [R-FL]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]
Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. Dan Burton [R-IN]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]	Rep. Dave Camp [R-MI]
Rep. John Campbell [R-CA]	Rep. Eric Cantor [R-VA]	Rep. Anh Cao [R-LA]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]
Rep. Christopher Carney [D-PA]	Rep. John Carter [R-TX]	Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]	Rep. Michael Castle [R-DE]
Rep. Jason Chaffetz [R-UT]	Rep. Ben Chandler [D-KY]	Rep. Howard Coble [R-NC]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Michael Conaway [R-TX]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]
Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL]	Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. John Culberson [R-TX]	Rep. Kathleen Dahlkemper [D-PA]
Rep. Geoff Davis [R-KY]	Rep. Lincoln Davis [D-TN]	Rep. Nathan Deal [R-GA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]	Rep. Charles Djou [R-HI]	Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]	Rep. Chet Edwards [D-TX]
Rep. Vernon Ehlers [R-MI]	Rep. Jo Emerson [R-MO]	Rep. Mary Fallin [R-OK]	Sen. Jeff Flake [R-AZ]
Rep. John Fleming [R-LA]	Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Virginia Foxx [R-NC]
Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R-NJ]	Rep. Elton Gallegly [R-CA]	Rep. Scott Garrett [R-NJ]
Rep. Jim Gerlach [R-PA]	Rep. Phil Gingrey [R-GA]	Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]	Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]
Rep. Kay Granger [R-TX]	Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]	Rep. Tom Graves [R-GA]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]
Rep. Parker Griffith [R-AL]	Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]	Rep. Ralph Hall [R-TX]	Rep. Gregg Harper [R-MS]
Rep. Doc Hastings [R-WA]	Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]	Rep. Jeb Hensarling [R-TX]	Rep. Wally Herger [R-CA]
Rep. Baron Hill [D-IN]	Rep. Peter Hoekstra [R-MI]	Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Bob Inglis [R-SC]
Rep. Darrell Issa [R-CA]	Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]	Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. Sam Johnson [R-TX]
Rep. Timothy Johnson [R-IL]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Jim Jordan [R-OH]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]
Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Jack Kingston [R-GA]	Sen. Mark Kirk [R-IL]
Rep. Larry Kissell [D-NC]	Rep. John Kline [R-MN]	Rep. Frank Kratovil [D-MD]	Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]
Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]	Rep. Steven LaTourette [R-OH]	Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]
Rep. Christopher Lee [R-NY]	Rep. Jerry Lewis [R-CA]	Rep. John Linder [R-GA]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]
Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Frank Lucas [R-OK]	Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]
Rep. Daniel Lungren [R-CA]	Rep. Connie Mack [R-FL]	Rep. Daniel Maffei [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Donald Manzullo [R-IL]	Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Rep. Jim Marshall [D-GA]	Rep. Eric Massa [D-NY]
Rep. Jim Matheson [D-UT]	Rep. Kevin McCarthy [R-CA]	Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]
Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R-MI]	Rep. Patrick McHenry [R-NC]	Rep. Howard McKeon [R-CA]	Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]
Rep. Kendrick Meek [D-FL]	Rep. Charlie Melancon [D-LA]	Rep. John Mica [R-FL]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]
Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]	Rep. Gary Miller [R-CA]	Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]	Rep. Walter Minnick [D-ID]
Rep. Dennis Moore [D-KS]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Sue Myrick [R-NC]
Rep. Randy Neugebauer [R-TX]	Rep. Devin Nunes [R-CA]	Rep. Glenn Nye [D-VA]	Rep. Glenn Nye [D-VA]
Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Ron Paul [R-TX]	Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]	Rep. Mike Pence [R-IN]
Rep. Thomas Perriello [D-VA]	Rep. Thomas Petri [R-WI]	Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA]	Rep. Todd Platts [R-PA]
Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]	Rep. Tom Price [R-GA]	Rep. Adam Putnam [R-FL]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. George Radanovich [R-CA]	Rep. Denny Rehberg [R-MT]	Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]
Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Harold Rogers [R-KY]	Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]	Rep. Mike J. Rogers [R-MI]
Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]	Rep. Mike Ross [D-AR]
Rep. Paul Ryan [R-WI]	Rep. Steve Scalise [R-LA]	Rep. Mark Schauer [D-MI]	Rep. Jean Schmidt [R-OH]
Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]	Rep. John Shadegg [R-AZ]	Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL]
Rep. Heath Shuler [D-NC]	Rep. Bill Shuster [R-PA]	Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]
Rep. Adrian Smith [R-NE]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]	Rep. Mark Souder [R-IN]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Cliff Stearns [R-FL]	Rep. John Sullivan [R-OK]	Rep. Gene Taylor [D-MS]
Rep. Harry Teague [D-NM]	Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]
Rep. Mac Thornberry [R-TX]	Rep. Todd Tiahrt [R-KS]	Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]	Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]
Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]	Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Zach Wamp [R-TN]
Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]	Rep. Ed Whitfield [R-KY]	Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]
Rep. Frank Wolf [R-VA]	Rep. C.W. Young [R-FL]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-09-23		Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Walden. Petition No: 111-6. (Discharge petition text with signatures.)
2009-06-17		Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-resolution/554/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hres554/BILLS-111hres554ih.pdf