Sponsor
Austin Scott
Representative · R-GA
Representative · R-GA
The resolution speeds House action and advances committee choices on both an education measure and a BLM rule disapproval, but does so by curtailing normal debate and procedural checks, reducing opportunities for amendments, scrutiny, and broader stakeholder input.
Members of Congress and the public: The resolution lets the House consider and vote quickly on H.R. 6359 and the BLM disapproval resolution by limiting debate to one hour and waiving certain procedural hurdles, speeding legislative action.
Students and schools/universities: Adopting the committee's substitute and deeming the bill read moves policy about information for pregnant students forward without additional procedural delay.
House members: Preserving one motion to recommit retains a final opportunity to offer an amendment or delay final passage.
Members of Congress, affected communities, and the public: Limits on debate and waived points of order reduce opportunities for extended deliberation and minority amendment influence, constraining scrutiny of legislation.
Students and schools/universities: Adopting the committee substitute and deeming the bill read prevents full floor scrutiny of alternative language, advancing policy about pregnant students without broader member or stakeholder input.
Rural communities and state governments: The fast-track process limits deliberation before overturning major land‑use decisions (the BLM rule), increasing the risk that local impacts and technical concerns will not be considered.
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Expedites House consideration of a college pregnancy-information measure and a CRA disapproval of a BLM land-withdrawal rule by waiving points of order and limiting debate.
Introduced January 20, 2026 by Austin Scott · Last progress January 21, 2026
Directs expedited House floor consideration of two separate measures by waiving many procedural obstacles and tightly limiting debate. One measure concerns requiring colleges to give information to pregnant students; the other is a Congressional Review Act disapproval of a Bureau of Land Management rule that withdrew certain federal lands in northern Minnesota. Both are treated as read, points of order are waived, debate is time-limited and equally divided, and each allowance includes a single motion to recommit.