Sponsor
Austin Scott
Representative · R-GA
Representative · R-GA
This resolution speeds consideration and voting on several time-sensitive measures and creates more predictable, efficient floor procedures, but does so by curtailing debate, amendment opportunities, and procedural safeguards—concentrating power and reducing transparency in the legislative process.
House members, federal employees, state governments, taxpayers, veterans, and affected stakeholders can get faster floor votes because the resolution expedites consideration of multiple bills by limiting debate and fast-tracking them to a vote.
Members of the House and stakeholders have a more orderly and predictable amendment process because the resolution requires preprinted/structured amendments, time-limited debate, and preserves the single motion to recommit.
Veterans and their families may get faster closure in time-sensitive individual cases because the House can immediately consider bills ordering VA action (e.g., disinterment and investigation).
House members, state governments, and voters lose opportunities to influence legislation because the resolution restricts amendments and limits debate, reducing representational input and deliberation.
Taxpayers, federal employees, and state officials face greater risk of errors or overlooked issues because the resolution waives points of order and deems bills read, curtailing procedural safeguards and oversight.
State governments, taxpayers, and energy stakeholders could see negative impacts on state energy planning and costs because fast-tracking energy-policy changes (e.g., PURPA reforms) reduces normal state and stakeholder scrutiny.
Based on analysis of 14 sections of legislative text.
Establishes special House floor rules to expedite consideration, limit debate, and constrain amendments for several specified bills and permits certain Record insertions and limited Speaker procedural authority.
Official title: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3898) to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make targeted reforms with respect to waters of the United States and other matters, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3383) to amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 with respect to the authority of closed-end companies to invest in private funds; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3638) to direct the Secretary of Energy to prepare periodic assessments and submit reports on the supply chain for the generation and transmission of electricity, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3628) to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to add a standard related to State consideration of reliable generation, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3668) to promote interagency coordination for reviewing certain authorizations under section 3 of the Natural Gas Act, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (S. 1071) to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disinter the remains of Fernando V. Cota from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.
Introduced December 9, 2025 by Austin Scott · Last progress December 10, 2025
Sets special House floor procedures to allow fast consideration of a set of named energy, finance, and veterans bills and related actions. It waives many procedural hurdles, sets debate limits, identifies which amendments are in order, and orders final passage procedures (including one motion to recommit) for each listed bill; it also lets two committee chairs insert explanatory material into the Record and permits the Speaker to dispense with routine business on certain days before January 6, 2026.