Sponsor
Darrell Issa
Representative · R-CA
Representative · R-CA
The bill creates a ready, furnished, and secured official residence for the Speaker funded from existing Defense O&M funds—improving House leadership readiness and clarity of housing arrangements while increasing taxpayer costs, reducing explicit appropriations oversight, and risking diversion of Defense maintenance resources.
House leadership (the Speaker) will have a designated, official residence within 180 days, clarifying housing arrangements and protocol and supporting continuity of leadership.
The residence will be maintained, furnished, and secured, reducing the risk of costly emergency repairs or security incidents that could disrupt House leadership operations.
Necessary furnishings, utilities, security, and staffing can be funded from existing Department of War O&M appropriations, avoiding the need for an immediate new appropriation vote.
Taxpayers will bear the costs of selecting, equipping, furnishing, maintaining, repairing, and securing an official residence for the Speaker, increasing public expenditures.
Drawing on Department of War O&M funds for the residence could redirect resources away from other Defense facility maintenance or projects funded from the same pool, potentially delaying or degrading those activities.
Using existing appropriations for these expenses reduces explicit congressional appropriation review and oversight of the additional spending, effectively shifting spending decisions away from regular appropriations scrutiny.
Based on analysis of 5 sections of legislative text.
Creates an official Speaker of the House residence, allows Department of War to prepare and support it using existing O&M funds, and prevents transfer of ownership to the Speaker.
Official title: Designating an official residence for the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Introduced July 9, 2026 by Darrell Issa · Last progress July 9, 2026
Designates an official residence for the Speaker of the House and directs the Department of War, in consultation with the Architect of the Capitol, to select, furnish, maintain, repair, alter, and secure that residence. The resolution allows existing Department of War operation and maintenance funds to be used for furnishing, improvements, utilities, communications, security, staffing, and operational support for the residence, but clarifies the Speaker gains no ownership or personal property interest in the residence. The resolution takes effect immediately on enactment and requires the Department of War to designate a residence within 180 days. It relies on amounts already appropriated for Department of War facilities rather than creating new appropriations or grants of ownership to the Speaker.