Sponsor
Austin Scott
Representative · R-GA
Representative · R-GA
The rule speeds consideration of H.R. 881 and preserves a single motion to recommit — enabling quicker congressional action — but does so by compressing debate and limiting amendment/transparency and public input for colleges, universities, and affected stakeholders.
Schools and universities will see faster congressional action: the rule allows Congress to consider and vote on H.R. 881 quickly, enabling timely decisions about DHS funding restrictions related to Confucius Institutes.
Members of Congress (particularly the minority) retain a final procedural tool: permitting one motion to recommit preserves an opportunity to propose changes or delay final passage.
Members of Congress and higher-education stakeholders will have less time to scrutinize the bill: compressing debate and waiving points of order reduces time to examine complex higher-education and national security implications.
Affected institutions and constituents (including parents and families) will have fewer opportunities to influence the outcome: expedited procedures make it harder for institutions and the public to provide input before final passage.
Colleges and universities (and other stakeholders) face reduced transparency and amendment access: replacing the committee substitute with a Rules Committee print and deeming it adopted limits amendments and lowers transparency for those affected.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Orders expedited House floor consideration of a bill restricting DHS funding for colleges with Confucius Institute ties, waiving points of order, limiting debate to one hour, and permitting one motion to recommit.
Official title: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 276) to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the ‘‘Gulf of America”, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 881) to establish Department of Homeland Security funding restrictions on institutions of higher education that have a relationship with Confucius Institutes, and for other purposes.
Introduced May 5, 2025 by Austin Scott · Last progress May 6, 2025
Provides expedited House floor consideration for a bill that would restrict Department of Homeland Security funding for institutions of higher education that have a relationship with Confucius Institutes. It waives points of order, replaces the printed committee substitute with a Rules Committee print as the amendment in the nature of a substitute, deems the measure read, limits debate to one hour evenly divided, orders the previous question, and allows a single motion to recommit. The resolution changes House procedure for this specific measure only; it does not itself change DHS funding rules or create policy beyond setting terms for debate and final passage on the House floor.