[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 537 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 537

    Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to limit the 
    eligibility for nomination to serve as Speaker of the House of 
       Representatives to Members and Members-elect of the House.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 19, 2021

     Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania 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 limit the 
    eligibility for nomination to serve as Speaker of the House of 
       Representatives to Members and Members-elect of the House.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This resolution may be cited as the ``Mandating that being an 
Elected Member Be an Essential Requirement for Speakership Resolution'' 
or the ``MEMBERS Resolution''.

SEC. 2. LIMITING ELIGIBILITY FOR NOMINATION TO SPEAKER TO MEMBERS AND 
              MEMBERS-ELECT.

    Rule I of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by 
adding at the end the following new clause:
``Eligibility for nomination to serve as Speaker
    ``13. An individual is not eligible to be nominated to serve as 
Speaker unless the individual is a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner (or, in the case of a nomination made prior to the 
beginning of the Congress in which the individual would serve as 
Speaker, is a Member-elect, Delegate-elect, or Resident Commissioner-
elect).''.
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