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Resolution · 119th Congress · HRES 78

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to permit certain resolutions to be privileged only if they are based on conduct which was the subject of an investigation and report by the appropriate committee of jurisdiction or if they are offered by direction of a party caucus or conference.

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Introduced 2025-01-28Topic: governance ethics

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

This resolution amends the House rules to permit certain resolutions to be privileged only if they are based on conduct which was the subject of an investigation and report by the appropriate committee of jurisdiction or if they are offered by direction of a party caucus or conference. This applies to a resolution (1) impeaching an officer of the government; (2) censuring, reprimanding, or expelling a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner; or (3) causing a vacancy to occur in the office of the Speaker or in the position of a chair or ranking minority member of a committee.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2025-01-28HouseReferred to the House Committee on Rules.refer
2025-01-28HouseReferred to the House Committee on Rules.refer
2025-01-28Submitted in Houseintroduce
2025-01-28Submitted in Housereport
2025-01-28Submitted in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-28. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.