Consideration of Seven Measures Including Energy and Water Development Appropriations, BLM Rule Disapprovals, and Probes

H. Res. 672 · H. Res. 598, H. Res. 605, H. Res. 668, and 4 more

This rule currently governs H. Res. 598, H. Res. 605, H. Res. 668, and 4 more.

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Overview

Floor outcome, , and debate structure.

Floor adoption

212-208

Floor vote date

Jul 18, 2025

h222-1-119

9-4

212-209

one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective designees.

Committee motion

Motion by Mr. Griffith to report the rule. Adopted: 9-4

Who Ran The Debate?

The and the original source documents.

Measures Governed

The bills and resolutions linked to this special rule entry.

H. Res. 598

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Providing for the adoption of the resolution (H. Res. 589) providing for the public release of certain documents, records, and communications related to the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein.

H. Res. 605

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Establishing the Select Subcommittee to Investigate the Remaining Questions Surrounding January 6, 2021.

H. Res. 668

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Directing the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to continue its ongoing investigation into the possible mismanagement of the Federal government’s investigation of Mr. Jeffrey Epstein and Ms. Ghislaine Maxwell, and for other purposes.

Rule Instructions

Numbered parsed from the source rule text.

No.	Provision text
2	Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
3	Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective designees.
4	Each amendment shall be considered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment except as provided by section 4 of the rule, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.

Rules Committee Vote

Recorded votes on the .

Member	Vote	Party bloc
Mrs. Fischbach	yea	Majority
Mr. Norman	yea	Majority

Amendment	Sponsor	Summary
1	Garcia (CA)	Revised Deems the Attorney General in contempt of the U.S. House of Representatives should the Department of Justice fail to fully comply with the subpoena of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform demanding documents and other materials related to the Epstein case.
2	Leger Fernández (NM)	Requires Chair of Oversight and Government Reform Committee to consult with and obtain agreement of Ranking Member before redacting or withholding information.