[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 736 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 736

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit Members 
   from voting ``present'' on any question on which a record vote is 
                                 taken.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 3, 2019

Mr. Higgins of Louisiana 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 prohibit Members 
   from voting ``present'' on any question on which a record vote is 
                                 taken.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This resolution may be cited as the ``Stand For Something 
Resolution''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING MEMBERS FROM VOTING ``PRESENT'' ON QUESTIONS ON 
              WHICH A RECORD VOTE IS TAKEN.

    Rule XX of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by 
adding at the end the following new clause:
``Requiring voting in affirmative or negative
    ``12. On any question on which a record vote is taken in the House, 
including the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, 
or in any committee of the House, a Member may vote only in the 
affirmative or the negative and may not vote `present'.''.
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