Sponsor
Erin Houchin
Representative · R-IN
Representative · R-IN
The resolution speeds consideration and provides predictable, time‑limited procedures so specific bills can move quickly, at the cost of reducing debate, amendment opportunities, and procedural checks—raising risks to oversight, transparency, and potential fiscal or policy consequences.
D.C. residents and taxpayers: H.R. 5103 and other targeted bills can be considered and advanced more quickly, potentially speeding enactment of programs (e.g., Beautify the District) that deliver local improvements.
House members and staff: predictable, time‑limited debate procedures (defined one‑hour splits and debate limits) provide structured floor scheduling and reduce prolonged delays, helping the House complete other legislative business sooner.
Taxpayers and the public: waiving points of order and deeming committee substitutes adopted advances provisions with less committee/floor scrutiny, increasing the risk of unintended policy changes or fiscal costs.
House minority members and amendment sponsors: restrictions on amendments and allowing only a single motion to recommit curtail opportunities to improve legislation or slow enactment, reducing minority influence and detailed review.
Public and stakeholders: fast‑tracking and tighter debate limits reduce opportunities for public input and transparency about legislative changes.
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Sets expedited, closed-floor procedures for three House measures (waives points of order, limits debate, deems committee substitutes adopted) and extends a prior resolution date through the 119th Congress.
Official title: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8029) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 1128) expressing the support of the House of Representatives for the Department of Homeland Security; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5103) to establish a program to Beautify the District of Columbia and establish the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Commission; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7084) to amend title 46, United States Code, with respect to the types of vessels that may enter or operate in navigable waters of the United States or transfer cargo in any port or place under the jurisdiction of the United States, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.
Introduced March 24, 2026 by Erin Houchin · Last progress March 25, 2026
Provides expedited, closed-floor procedures in the House for three separate measures by waiving points of order, deeming committee substitutes adopted, limiting debate to one hour (divided between committee chairs and ranking members), ordering the previous question for final passage, and allowing a single motion to recommit where specified. Also extends a date in a prior House resolution from a fixed calendar date to "the remainder of the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress." The resolution is procedural: it controls how three bills and one prior resolution are considered on the House floor rather than changing substantive policy or funding levels.