Sponsor
Austin Scott
Representative · R-GA
Representative · R-GA
The rule speeds and simplifies House consideration of specified measures — giving members a predictable, fast process and preserving a single motion to recommit — at the cost of reduced procedural checks, shorter debate, fewer amendment opportunities, and the risk of removing environmental protections and stakeholder input without fuller review.
House members can quickly consider and vote on specific measures (H.R.6359 and the disapproval of the BLM land-withdrawal), shortening floor time and accelerating congressional action.
House members and staff get a predictable, brief floor schedule because debate on the measures is limited to one hour.
The single motion to recommit is preserved, giving the House minority one formal procedural opportunity to propose amendments or delay final passage.
Waiving all points of order and fast-tracking consideration reduces procedural checks and opportunities for scrutiny, increasing the risk that problematic or insufficiently reviewed provisions pass.
Limiting debate to one hour and compressing consideration reduces time for deliberation and public scrutiny of complex policy changes, which can result in less-informed decisions.
If Congress disapproves the BLM withdrawal, communities that supported land protection could lose federal safeguards and conservation outcomes without extended deliberation.
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Sets expedited House debate and voting procedures for H.R. 6359 and for H.J. Res. 140 (disapproving a BLM land withdrawal in northeastern Minnesota).
Sets House floor rules to allow immediate consideration and expedited final passage procedures for two separate measures: one considered an Education and Workforce Committee substitute to H.R. 6359, and one joint resolution (H.J. Res. 140) that would disapprove a Bureau of Land Management land-withdrawal order affecting parts of northeastern Minnesota. Both measures are made in order with waived points of order, limited debate (one hour total divided between majority and minority designees), deemed read/adopted language as specified, and allowance for a single motion to recommit.
Official title: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6945) to amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to clarify the authority of States to use funds for pregnancy centers, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6359) to require institutions of higher education to disseminate information on the rights of, and accommodations and resources for, pregnant students, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 140) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to Public Land Order No. 7917 for Withdrawal of Federal Lands; Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, MN.
Introduced January 20, 2026 by Austin Scott · Last progress January 21, 2026