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HCONRES.7 - 119th Congress
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2025-01-28 - Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
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2025-01-28
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This resolution would create a temporary bipartisan task force made up of members of both the House and Senate to study ways to make it easier for Congress to quickly consider bills that already passed one chamber with strong support in the other. The group would look at different fast-track options, gather input and ideas, and then give Congress a report with its findings and any recommended changes. The task force would end after it delivers its report.
- The task force would have 12 members: 3 appointed by the House Speaker, 3 by the House minority leader, 3 by the Senate majority leader, and 3 by the Senate minority leader.
- At least one appointee from each group must serve on the Rules Committee or the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, and the leaders would also choose 2 co-chairs together.
- The group would study ways for both chambers to speed up consideration of bills that pass the other chamber by unanimous consent, voice vote, or by at least two-thirds of members voting.
- It must issue a report within one year to House and Senate leaders and the two rules committees. Any recommendation in the report must be approved by at least 9 of the 12 members. After that, the task force ends and its records go to the committees.
Official Summaries
This concurrent resolution temporarily establishes a bipartisan and bicameral Task Force on the Legislative Process. The task force must analyze and report on ways to expedite the consideration of legislation that passed in its originating chamber with wide and bipartisan support.
The task force must submit a final report of its recommendations within one year of the passage of this concurrent resolution. Congress must make the report publicly available.
The task force terminates upon the submission of the report.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 7 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. CON. RES. 7
Establishing the Task Force on the Legislative Process.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 28, 2025
Ms. Williams of Georgia submitted the following concurrent resolution;
which was referred to the Committee on Rules
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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Establishing the Task Force on the Legislative Process.
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),
SECTION 1. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to implement the 131st
recommendation of the Select Committee on the Modernization of
Congress, passed by the Select Committee during the 117th Congress, to
create a Task Force on the Legislative Process that analyzes the range
of legislative processes by which, if adopted by both Houses, each
House would provide expedited consideration of legislation that was
passed by the other House with wide and bipartisan support.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF TASK FORCE.
(a) Establishment; Purpose.--There is hereby established the Task
Force on the Legislative Process (hereafter referred to as the ``Task
Force'') whose purpose shall be to analyze the range of options for
bicameral legislation expedition.
(b) Definition.--In this concurrent resolution, the term
``bicameral legislation expedition'' means any legislative process by
which each House of Congress jointly provides for expedited
consideration of legislation which was passed by the other House by
unanimous consent, by voice vote, or with the approval of not fewer
than \2/3\ of the members voting.
SEC. 3. MEMBERSHIP.
(a) Composition.--The Task Force shall be composed of 12 members
appointed as follows:
(1) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall
appoint 3 individuals who are Members of the House of
Representatives, of whom at least one shall be a majority
member of the Committee on Rules of the House.
(2) The Minority Leader of the House shall appoint 3
individuals who are Members of the House of Representatives, of
whom at least one shall be a minority member of the Committee
on Rules of the House.
(3) The Majority Leader of the Senate shall appoint 3
individuals who are Members of the Senate, of whom at least one
shall be a majority member of the Committee on Rules and
Administration of the Senate.
(4) The Minority Leader of the Senate shall appoint 3
individuals who are Members of the Senate, of whom at least one
shall be a minority member of the Committee on Rules and
Administration of the Senate.
(b) Co-Chairs.--The Speaker, Minority Leader of the House, Majority
Leader of the Senate, and Minority Leader of the Senate shall jointly
select 2 of the members of the Task Force to serve as co-chairs of the
Task Force.
(c) Vacancies.--A vacancy in the membership of the Task Force shall
be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
(d) Inclusion of Delegates and Resident Commissioner.--For purposes
of this section, a ``Member'' of the House of Representatives includes
a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress.
SEC. 4. DUTIES.
(a) Procedures.--The Task Force shall establish a process to
solicit information, input, and legislative proposals which are
directly related to the purpose of the Task Force under section 2.
(b) Report.--
(1) Contents.--The Task Force shall issue a report to the
Speaker of the House, the Minority Leader of the House, the
Majority Leader of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the
Senate, the Committee on Rules of the House of Representatives,
and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate,
and shall include in the report--
(A) an analysis of the range of options for
bicameral legislation expedition; and
(B) any recommendations relating to bicameral
legislation expedition which are approved by not fewer
than 9 of its members.
(2) Deadline.--The Task Force shall issue the report
required under paragraph (1) not later than one year after the
date of the adoption of this concurrent resolution.
(c) Use of Staff.--The Task Force may use the services of staff of
the House and Senate to assist it in carrying out its duties.
SEC. 5. POSTING OF PROPOSALS BY COMMITTEES.
Upon receiving the report issued by the Task Force under section
4(b), the Committee on Rules of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate shall each publicly
post the report on a public page of its website.
SEC. 6. TERMINATION.
(a) In General.--The Task Force shall terminate upon issuing the
report required under section 4(b).
(b) Disposition of Records.--Upon its termination, the records of
the Task Force shall be transferred to, and shall become part of, the
records of the Committee on Rules of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.
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