Sponsor
Austin Scott
Representative · R-GA
Representative · R-GA
Official title: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7567) to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2031, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2616) to require public elementary and middle schools that receive funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to obtain parental consent before changing a minor's gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form or sex-based accommodations, including locker rooms or bathrooms; providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 33) setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035; providing for consideration of the bill (S. 1318) to direct the American Battle Monuments Commission to establish a program to identify American-Jewish servicemembers buried in United States military cemeteries overseas under markers that incorrectly represent their religion and heritage, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1346) to amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.
Introduced April 29, 2026 by Austin Scott · Last progress April 29, 2026
The resolution speeds and centralizes House consideration of many measures—helping the majority move bills quickly and preserving parental authority in one area—while trading away extended debate, amendment rights, procedural checks, and some transparency that can curtail scrutiny of budgets, rights, and policy details.
Members of the House, federal employees, and taxpayers will see faster, more predictable floor consideration and final votes on multiple measures because the rules impose time-limited debate, predesignated amendments, and previous-question orders across several bills.
Parents and families retain explicit decision authority over minors' gender markers and preferred names in covered schools, preserving parental control over those school records and decisions.
American‑Jewish servicemembers and relevant federal personnel may get faster authorization of an identification program because the House can quickly consider and vote on S.1318 under the streamlined rule.
Members of the House and their constituents will have reduced opportunities to debate, offer amendments, and use points of order, because time limits, preprinted amendment orders, and waivers of points of order are imposed across multiple measures.
Decision-making is concentrated with majority leadership and procedural shortcuts reduce transparency and public input, making it harder for outside stakeholders and the public to see or influence substantive changes before final passage.
Budget and appropriations outcomes face higher risk of insufficient scrutiny because fast‑track procedures can move budgetary levels (FY2027–2035) through the House without full committee review, increasing chance of unexamined fiscal commitments.
Based on analysis of 10 sections of legislative text.
Sets expedited House floor procedures, waives points of order, limits amendments, prescribes engrossing rules, and allows suspension motions through May 1, 2026.
Sets special House floor procedures to expedite consideration of multiple separate measures by waiving points of order, deeming committee substitutes adopted, limiting further amendments, and ordering final passage procedures with constrained debate and a single motion to recommit. It also directs clerical engrossing steps for certain bills and temporarily authorizes the Speaker to call suspension-of-rules votes through May 1, 2026. Applies these expedited procedures to several different measures including an amendment to the Clean Air Act related to ethanol waiver language, a parental-consent education bill about minor students' gender markers and related school practices, the congressional budget resolution, and a bill addressing identification of American‑Jewish servicemembers in overseas cemeteries; it also controls how texts are appended or conformed when engrossed and how certain packaged amendments are offered en bloc on the floor.