Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2189) to modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology and less-than-lethal weapons, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 261) to amend the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to prohibit requiring an authorization for the installation, continued presence, operation, maintenance, repair, or recovery of undersea fiber optic cables in a national marine sanctuary if such activities have previously been authorized by a Federal or State agency; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3617) to amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to secure the supply of critical energy resources, including critical minerals and other materials, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.

Summary

Allows immediate House floor votes on two separate bills by waiving points of order, treating committee substitutes as adopted, limiting debate to one hour, and permitting one motion to recommit. Also suspends counting of calendar days under the National Emergencies Act for certain presidential emergencies from February 10, 2026 through July 31, 2026, effectively pausing the statutory timing for joint resolutions to terminate those emergencies during that period.

• Authorizes immediate House floor consideration of two separate bills by waiving points of order and treating committee substitutes as adopted.
• Limits debate on each bill to one hour, equally divided between the committee chair and ranking member (or designees).
• Allows one motion to recommit on each bill but bars other dilatory motions through a previous-question order.
• One bill addressed undersea fiber-optic cable activities in national marine sanctuaries where prior federal or state authorization exists.
• The other bill focuses on securing critical energy resources, including critical minerals, through changes to the Department of Energy Organization Act.
• Temporarily suspends the counting of calendar days under the National Emergencies Act for certain presidential emergencies during Feb 10–July 31, 2026.
• The NEA suspension pauses the statutory timing for joint resolutions to terminate specified emergencies, affecting congressional timing for those resolutions.
• The resolution is procedural in nature and does not itself enact the substantive policies in the two expedited bills.
• Effects are short-term and procedural but may influence the ability of Congress to debate, amend, or timely terminate certain emergencies.