Sponsor
Austin Scott
Representative · R-GA
Representative · R-GA
This resolution speeds and regularizes House floor action—making votes and schedules more predictable—but does so by narrowing amendment opportunities, waiving procedural checks, and limiting public and member scrutiny, which increases the risk of rushed outcomes and concentrates decision-making power.
House members and the floor will act faster and with a more predictable calendar, accelerating consideration and final votes on H.R. 3944 and other measures (including H.R. 275 and H. Res. 516).
Debate time is defined and evenly divided for printed amendments and limited for measures (e.g., one-hour overall or 20 minutes for en bloc amendments), making floor scheduling more predictable and preventing open-ended debate.
Committees can bundle multiple pending amendments into en bloc amendments, speeding consideration of complex appropriations work and reducing the number of separate votes needed.
Ordinary members' ability to offer amendments and participate in shaping the bill is substantially curtailed, concentrating power in committees and leadership and limiting representational input.
Waiving points of order, prohibiting division of the question, and deeming committee amendments adopted remove procedural checks and reduce opportunities for formal objections and technical fixes.
Faster, more constrained procedures reduce public input and congressional oversight—particularly for measures that affect DHS reporting or complex policy—limiting stakeholder and community participation in deliberations.
Based on analysis of 14 sections of legislative text.
Sets House floor rules: limits amendments and debate on H.R. 3944 and fast-tracks consideration of H.R. 275, H.R. 875, and H. Res. 516 with waived points of order and limited motions.
Official title: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3944) making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 275) to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to publish on a monthly basis the number of special interest aliens encountered attempting to unlawfully enter the United States, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 875) to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who have been convicted of or who have committed an offense for driving while intoxicated or impaired are inadmissible and deportable; and providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 516) condemning the violent June 2025 riots in Los Angeles, California.
Introduced June 23, 2025 by Austin Scott · Last progress June 24, 2025
Sets specific House floor procedures for considering several bills and resolutions. It limits what amendments may be offered to H.R. 3944, allows certain en bloc and pro forma amendments controlled by Appropriations leaders, prescribes final-passage procedures (including a single motion to recommit), and makes immediate consideration in the House in order for three separate measures (a DHS reporting bill on special-interest aliens, an immigration DWI inadmissibility bill, and a House resolution condemning the June 2025 Los Angeles riots), each with debate limits, waiver of points of order, and only one motion to recommit.