Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Jan 9, 2023 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Progress
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- IntroducedJan 9, 2023
- Agreed to in HouseJan 9, 2023
Summary
This resolution establishes the rules of the House of Representatives for the 118th Congress by adopting and modifying the rules from the 117th Congress; it also adopts other procedural orders.
Specific changes include
- permitting a single Member to call for a vote to remove the Speaker;
- prohibiting consideration of legislation that increases without offsetting mandatory spending in set budget windows;
- eliminating the Gephardt rule, which provides for the automatic passage of a joint resolution to suspend the debt ceiling upon passage of a concurrent resolution on the budget;
- requiring a three-fifths majority of House Members to approve tax rate increases;
- reinstating the Holman rule, which allows for the termination of or a salary deduction for a federal official or cuts to a specific program through amendments to appropriations bills;
- nullifying regulations that extend collective bargaining rights to certain congressional employees; and
- requiring that sponsors identify the single subject that each bill focuses on.
The resolution further acts as a special rule for particular legislation, including bills that address (1) Internal Revenue Service funding, (2) sales from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China, and (3) establishing committees to investigate U.S.-Chinese competition and the weaponization of the federal government.
The Congressional Budget Office must include in its cost estimates for major legislation macroeconomic effects (e.g., changes in economic output and employment).
The resolution also establishes new and reauthorizes and modifies existing commissions, offices, and committees. For example, it establishes a subcommittee to investigate the coronavirus pandemic and modifies the operation of the House Ethics Committee and Office of Congressional Ethics.
Recorded votes 3
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 23 | On Agreeing to the Resolution | Passed220–213 | Jan 9, 2023 |
| House 22 | On Motion to Commit | Failed210–220 | Jan 9, 2023 |
| House 21 | On Ordering the Previous Question | Passed211–205 | Jan 9, 2023 |
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 9, 2023Introduced in House
- Jan 9, 2023Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H51-70)
- Jan 9, 2023DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H. Res. 5.
- Jan 9, 2023ORDER OF PROCEDURE - Mr. Cole asked unanimous consent that the Speaker be authorized to postpone the vote on ordering the previous queston on H. Res. 5 to a designated time later today. Agreed to without objection.
- Jan 9, 2023ORDER OF PROCEDURE - Mr. Cole asked unanimous consent that the Chair may reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any question relating to H. Res. 5 that follows a 15 minute vote. Agreed to without objection.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H51–H73Text printed H51–H56Amendments H70Motions H71Recorded votes H71, H72consideration of certain bills and resolutionsamend and adopt, previous questionAnalyses H57–H60 | Andrew S. Clyde R-GA, Barbara Lee D-CA, Chip Roy R-TX, Diana DeGette D-CO, Dusty Johnson R-SD, Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC, H. Morgan Griffith R-VA, J. French Hill R-AR, James P. McGovern D-MA (amendment), Jeff Duncan R-SC, Judy Chu D-CA, Kat Cammack R-FL, Katherine M. Clark D-MA, Michael C. Burgess R-TX, Michelle Fischbach R-MN, Nanette Diaz Barragán D-CA, Pete Aguilar D-CA, Pramila Jayapal D-WA, Ralph Norman R-SC, Richard E. Neal D-MA, Ritchie Torres D-NY, Rosa L. DeLauro D-CT (motion), Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Steny H. Hoyer D-MD, Steve Scalise R-LA, Steven Horsford D-NV, Suzan K. DelBene D-WA, Tom Cole R-OK | Jan 9, 2023 |
Research
What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 7
Hearings whose printed record names this resolution, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | MEMBER DAY HEARING ON PROPOSED RULES CHANGES FOR THE 119TH CONGRESS83 pages | Rules Committee | Sep 19, 2024 |
| Serial No. 118-114 | A HEARING WITH DR. ANTHONY FAUCI74 pages | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Jun 3, 2024 |
| Serial No. 118-107 | A HEARING WITH THE PRESIDENT OF ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE DR. PETER DASZAK74 pages | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | May 1, 2024 |
| Serial No. 118-81 | MEMBER DAY11 pages | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Dec 11, 2023 |
| Serial No. 118-43 | MEMBER DAY33 pages | Homeland Security Committee | Dec 6, 2023 |
CRS reports 21
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this resolution or the law it became, newest first.
About this resolution 1
Products that name it in their title: its number, its law number or one of its short titles.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R47384 | Changes to House Rules Affecting the Congressional Budget Process Included in H.Res. 5 (118th Congress) | Report | Jan 12, 2023 |
Also cite it 20
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R40962 | Members’ Representational Allowance: History and Usage | Report | Oct 13, 2026 |
| RL30787 | Parliamentary Reference Sources: House of Representatives | Report | Apr 29, 2026 |
| R44243 | Electing the Speaker of the House of Representatives: Frequently Asked Questions | Report | Apr 21, 2026 |
| RL32794 | House Committee Funding: Process and Historical Appropriations and Authorizations | Report | Sep 24, 2025 |
| R46786 | Rules Governing House Committee and Subcommittee Assignment Procedures | Report | Aug 14, 2025 |
Related bills 8
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Appropriations
- Asia
- Assault and harassment offenses
- Budget deficits and national debt
- Budget process
- China
- Congress
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- Congressional committees
- Congressional leadership
- Congressional officers and employees
- Congressional operations and organization
- Congressional oversight
- Evidence and witnesses
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government trust funds
- Higher education
- House Committee on Agriculture
- House Committee on Appropriations
- House Committee on Education and the Workforce
- House Committee on Ethics
- House Committee on Oversight and Accountability
- House Committee on Rules
- House Committee on the Budget
- House of Representatives
- Income tax rates
- Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
- Land transfers
- Legislative rules and procedure
- Members of Congress
- Oil and gas
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- Student aid and college costs
- War and emergency powers
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 9, 2023Engrossed in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
