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Introduced December 10, 2025 by Gregory W. Meeks · Last progress December 10, 2025
The bill speeds House-to-Senate communications to improve legislative efficiency, but imposes a tight one-day deadline that raises staffing strain for House administrative employees and incurs modest taxpayer-funded administrative costs.
House clerks and the public: the House Clerk must transmit notice of passage to the Senate within one day, speeding inter-chamber communication and potentially accelerating subsequent Senate action, enrollment, and overall legislative efficiency.
House administrative staff and federal employees will face a strict one-day deadline to transmit passage notices, increasing workload and potential operational strain during high-volume or emergency legislative periods.
Taxpayers: implementing and maintaining the one-day transmission requirement may create small additional administrative compliance costs funded by taxpayers.
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Suspends two specific House rule clauses for consideration of H.J. Res. 117 and requires the Clerk to notify the Senate of passage within one calendar day.
Prepares the House for consideration of H.J. Res. 117 by suspending two specific House rules that would otherwise constrain debate and by directing the House Clerk to notify the Senate of passage quickly. It temporarily removes clause 1(c) of Rule XIX and clause 8 of Rule XX for that consideration and requires the Clerk to send a message to the Senate within one calendar day after passage.