[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 796 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 796

  Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the 
   consideration of a resolution proposing to remove a Member from a 
  standing committee unless the resolution is offered by, or with the 
   concurrence of, the Leader of the party of the Member that is the 
                       subject of the resolution.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 17, 2021

Mr. Cole 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 the 
   consideration of a resolution proposing to remove a Member from a 
  standing committee unless the resolution is offered by, or with the 
   concurrence of, the Leader of the party of the Member that is the 
                       subject of the resolution.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. REMOVAL OF A MEMBER FROM A STANDING COMMITTEE.

    Clause 5(a)(1) of rule X of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended to read as follows:
    ``(1)(A) The standing committees specified in clause 1 shall be 
elected by the House within seven calendar days after the commencement 
of each Congress, from nominations submitted by the respective party 
caucus or conference. A resolution proposing to change the composition 
of a standing committee shall be privileged if offered by direction of 
the party caucus or conference concerned.
    ``(B) A resolution proposing to remove a Member from a standing 
committee shall not be in order unless offered by, or with the 
concurrence of, the Leader of the party of the Member that is the 
subject of the resolution.
    ``(C) The Committee on Rules may not report a rule or order that 
waives the application of subdivision (B).''.
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