[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1649 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1649

  Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish the 
           Committee on Regulatory Review and American Jobs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 22, 2010

Mr. Posey submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                           Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish the 
           Committee on Regulatory Review and American Jobs.

    Resolved, That (a) clause 1 of rule X of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by redesignating paragraphs (n) through (t) 
as paragraphs (o) through (u) and by inserting after paragraph (m) the 
following new paragraph:
            ``(n) Committee on Regulatory Review and American Jobs.--
                    ``(1) Reviewing all final and proposed Federal 
                regulations to determine if such regulations would 
                result in the loss of U.S. jobs.
                    ``(2) Imposing a moratorium on such regulations.''.
    (b) Rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is 
amended by adding at the end the following new clause:
``Privileged motions respecting bills reported by the Committee on 
              Regulatory Review and American Jobs
    ``8. If a bill reported by the Committee on Regulatory Review and 
American Jobs has been referred to the applicable calendar by the 
Speaker, after such bill has been on that calendar for sixty calendar 
days, a motion to proceed to its consideration is privileged.''.
    Sec. 2.  The amendments made by the first section shall take effect 
immediately before noon, January 3, 2011.
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