Sponsor
Austin Scott
Representative · R-GA
Representative · R-GA
The rule trades faster floor consideration of S.5 (potentially accelerating changes affecting federal employees) for curtailed debate and amendment opportunities, reducing minority and state-level influence on the legislation.
House members can vote on S.5 sooner, speeding potential congressional action and any resulting changes that would affect federal employees.
The rule limits opportunities for extended debate and amendment, reducing the House minority's and state governments' ability to influence or shape the bill's provisions.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Sets an expedited House-floor rule for consideration of S. 5: waives points of order, limits debate to one hour, and allows one motion to commit before final passage.
Provides expedited House floor procedures to consider S. 5, a Senate bill about taking into custody noncitizens charged in the U.S. with theft. The rule waives all points of order against consideration and against provisions in the bill, orders the bill considered as read, and limits further floor action to one hour of debate (equally divided) and one motion to commit before final passage. The expedited rule shortens and restricts the normal House floor process for this specific bill so that debate and procedural challenges are limited and a final vote is forced after the allocated debate time and any permitted motion to commit.
Official title: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 471) to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on Tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (S. 5) to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes.
Introduced January 21, 2025 by Austin Scott · Last progress January 22, 2025