Sponsor
Brian K. Fitzpatrick
Representative · R-PA
Representative · R-PA
This resolution waives a House procedural rule to allow expedited or altered consideration of H.R. 2548, trading established procedural constraints and transparency for increased flexibility in how the bill can be debated and amended.
House members: Waiving Clause 1(c) lets the House consider H.R. 2548 with potentially fuller debate and allow certain motions that would otherwise be out of order, giving members more procedural flexibility when handling this bill.
House members and legislative process observers: The waiver removes a procedural constraint (Clause 1(c.), enabling ad hoc consideration that increases unpredictability in how the bill is amended or debated and may allow procedural maneuvers not available under regular order.
General public and stakeholders (including federal employees): Reducing procedural restraints by waiving the rule can lower transparency and regular order, making it harder for the public and affected parties to follow, scrutinize, and hold the House accountable for changes to the bill.
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Temporarily waives a House floor rule for consideration of a specific bill and treats a named Member's substitute amendment as timely printed, with the last-submitted substitute prevailing if multiples are filed.
Waives a specific House floor rule that would otherwise bar certain motions or content during consideration of a designated bill, and sets a rule treating an amendment in the nature of a substitute (if submitted by a particular Member) as having been printed in the Congressional Record at least one day before consideration; if multiple such substitutes are submitted, only the last one is treated as adopted for purposes of consideration. The resolution is a short, procedural measure that changes House floor procedures only for the specified bill and specified amendment submissions.
Official title: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2548) to impose sanctions and other measures with respect to the Russian Federation if the Government of the Russian Federation refuses to negotiate a peace agreement with Ukraine, violates any such agreement, or initiates another military invasion of Ukraine, and for other purposes.
Introduced May 21, 2025 by Brian K. Fitzpatrick · Last progress May 21, 2025