[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 415 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 415

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that regular order 
              should be restored in the House and Senate.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 10, 2015

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

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that regular order 
              should be restored in the House and Senate.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. REQUIRING REGULAR ORDER IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE.

    It is the sense of the House of Representatives that--
            (1) it should not be in order to consider a bill or 
        resolution in the House unless each committee to which the bill 
        or resolution is referred--
                    (A) had a hearing on the bill or resolution at 
                which amendments were permitted to be offered and 
                debated and a vote was taken on each amendment offered 
                and on final passage, and
                    (B) filed a report with respect to the bill or 
                resolution;
            (2) a conference report should not be filed in the House 
        unless--
                    (A) the conference committee held at least 3 
                meetings in which all members of the conference 
                committee were allowed to be present,
                    (B) all items of difference between the House and 
                Senate were addressed, voted on, and resolved by the 
                full conference committee membership, and
                    (C) printed or electronic copies of the conference 
                report and the accompanying joint explanatory statement 
                were available to Members and Delegates for at least 48 
                hours prior to filing;
            (3) the House and Senate should schedule simultaneous 5-day 
        work weeks in Washington and district work periods; and
            (4) every bill brought to committee should be open to 
        amendment and every bill brought to the floor of the House for 
        a vote should be considered under an open rule.
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