Sponsor
Austin Scott
Representative · R-GA
Representative · R-GA
This resolution speeds consideration of S.5 by curtailing debate and procedural protections, trading fuller legislative deliberation and amendment opportunities for a faster up-or-down vote.
No explicit benefits listed in the section summaries (the resolution is purely procedural).
Federal employees and their Congressional representatives (especially the House minority): the House can force S.5 to an immediate final vote with only one hour of debate, waive points of order, and order the previous question, which shortens deliberation, limits opportunities for amendments, and increases the likelihood the bill passes without changes.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Allows immediate House consideration and an up-or-down vote on a Senate bill requiring DHS to take into custody aliens charged with theft, while limiting debate and waiving points of order.
Makes immediate House consideration of a Senate bill that would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens charged in the U.S. with theft. It waives all points of order against the bill and its provisions, deems the bill as read, and forces a final passage vote with only two exceptions: one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the House Judiciary Committee (or their designees), and one motion to commit.
Introduced January 21, 2025 by Austin Scott · Last progress January 22, 2025