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This resolution sets the rules for how the House will debate a bill about canceling some government spending. It points to spending cuts the President proposed on June 3, 2025, under the Impoundment Control Act. The resolution itself doesn’t make the cuts; it just arranges the debate and voting in the House on whether to approve those proposed cancellations .
In everyday terms, this means the House is preparing to decide whether to take back certain funds that were previously approved. Any real changes to programs or services would come from the bill being considered, not from this resolution alone .
Introduced June 11, 2025 by Virginia Ann Foxx · Last progress June 11, 2025
Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the engrossment of H.R. 1.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 213 - 207 (Roll no. 165). (text: CR H2639)
On ordering the previous question Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 210 - 204 (Roll no. 164).
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H. Res. 499.