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[H. Res. 5 Engrossed in House (EH)]

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H. Res. 5

                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                       January 9, 2023.
    Resolved,

SECTION 1. ADOPTION OF THE RULES OF THE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS.

    The Rules of the House of Representatives of the One Hundred Seventeenth 
Congress, including applicable provisions of law or concurrent resolution that 
constituted rules of the House at the end of the One Hundred Seventeenth 
Congress, are adopted as the Rules of the House of Representatives of the One 
Hundred Eighteenth Congress, with amendments to the standing rules as provided 
in section 2, and with other orders as provided in this resolution.

SEC. 2. CHANGES TO THE STANDING RULES.

    (a) Initiatives to Reduce Spending and Improve Accountability.--
            (1) Cut-as-you-go.--In rule XXI, amend clause 10 to read as follows:
    ``10.(a)(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c), it shall not be in 
order to consider a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment thereto or a 
conference report thereon, if the provisions of such measure have the net effect 
of increasing mandatory spending for the period of either--
            ``(A) the current year, the budget year, and the four fiscal years 
        following that budget year; or
            ``(B) the current year, the budget year, and the nine fiscal years 
        following that budget year.
    ``(2) For purposes of this clause, the terms `budget year' and `current 
year' have the meanings specified in section 250 of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and the term `mandatory spending' has the 
meaning of `direct spending' specified in such section 250 except that such term 
shall also include provisions in appropriation Acts that make outyear 
modifications to substantive law as described in section 3(4)(C) of the 
Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.
    ``(b) If a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment thereto, is considered 
pursuant to a special order of the House directing the Clerk to add as new 
matter at the end of such bill or joint resolution the entire text of a separate 
measure or measures as passed by the House, the new matter proposed to be added 
shall be included in the evaluation under paragraph (a) of the bill, joint 
resolution, or amendment.
    ``(c)(1) Except as provided in subparagraph (2), the evaluation under 
paragraph (a) shall exclude a provision expressly designated as an emergency for 
the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, in the case of a point of order under 
this clause against consideration of--
    ``(A) a bill or joint resolution;
    ``(B) an amendment made in order as original text by a special order of 
business;
    ``(C) a conference report; or
    ``(D) an amendment between the Houses.
    ``(2) In the case of an amendment (other than one specified in subparagraph 
(1)) to a bill or joint resolution, the evaluation under paragraph (a) shall 
give no cognizance to any designation of emergency.''.
            (2) Requiring a vote on raising the debt limit.--Amend rule XXVIII 
        to read as follows:

                                  ``RULE XXVIII

                                ``(Reserved.)''.

            (3) Point of order against amendments to appropriations bills 
        increasing budget authority.--In clause 2 of rule XXI, add at the end 
        the following new paragraph:
    ``(g) An amendment to a general appropriation bill shall not be in order if 
proposing a net increase in the level of budget authority in the bill.''.
            (4) Limitations on increases in direct spending in reconciliation 
        initiatives.--In rule XXI, amend clause 7 to read as follows:
    ``7. It shall not be in order to consider a concurrent resolution on the 
budget, or an amendment thereto, or a conference report thereon that contains 
reconciliation directives under section 310 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 that specify changes in law such that the reconciliation legislation 
reported pursuant to such directives would cause an increase in net direct 
spending (as such term is defined in clause 10) for the period covered by such 
concurrent resolution.''.
    (b) Increased Threshold for Tax Rate Increases.--
            (1) Vote required for passage.--In clause 5 of rule XXI--
                    (A) redesignate paragraph (b) as paragraph (c); and
                    (B) insert after paragraph (a) the following new paragraph:
``Passage of tax rate increases
    ``(b) A bill or joint resolution, amendment, or conference report carrying a 
Federal income tax rate increase may not be considered as passed or agreed to 
unless so determined by a vote of not less than three-fifths of the Members 
voting, a quorum being present. In this paragraph, the term `Federal income tax 
rate increase' means any amendment to subsection (a), (b), (c), (d), or (e) of 
section 1, or to section 11(b) or 55(b), of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 
that imposes a new percentage as a rate of tax and thereby increases the amount 
of tax imposed by any such section.''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--In clause 10 of rule XX, strike 
        ``appropriations,'' and insert `` appropriations or increasing Federal 
        income tax rates (within the meaning of clause 5 of rule XXI),''.
    (c) Two-minute Votes.--In clause 9 of rule XX--
            (1) in the heading, strike ``Five-minute'' and insert ``Two-
        minute'';
            (2) in paragraph (a), strike ``five minutes'' and insert ``not less 
        than two minutes''; and
            (3) in paragraph (b), strike ``five-minute voting'' and insert 
        ``reduced voting times''.
    (d) Modifications to Calendar Wednesday.--In clause 6(a) of rule XV, strike 
``on the preceding legislative day'' and insert ``at least 72 hours in 
advance''.
    (e) Committee Authorization and Oversight Plans.--
            (1) Plans.--In rule X, amend clause 2(d) to read as follows:
    ``(d)(1) Not later than March 1 of the first session of a Congress, each 
standing committee (other than the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on 
Ethics, and the Committee on Rules) shall, in a meeting that is open to the 
public, adopt its authorization and oversight plan for that Congress. Such plan 
shall be submitted simultaneously to the Committee on Oversight and 
Accountability and the Committee on House Administration.
    ``(2) Each such plan shall include, with respect to programs and agencies 
within the committee's jurisdiction, and to the maximum extent practicable--
            ``(A) a list of such programs or agencies with lapsed authorizations 
        that received funding in the prior fiscal year or, in the case of a 
        program or agency with a permanent authorization, which has not been 
        subject to a comprehensive review by the committee in the prior three 
        Congresses;
            ``(B) a description of each such program or agency to be authorized 
        in the current Congress;
            ``(C) a description of each such program or agency to be authorized 
        in the next Congress, if applicable;
            ``(D) a description of any oversight to support the authorization of 
        each such program or agency in the current Congress; and
            ``(E) recommendations for changes to existing law for moving such 
        programs or agencies from mandatory funding to discretionary 
        appropriations, where appropriate.
    ``(3) Each such plan may include, with respect to the programs and agencies 
within the committee's jurisdiction--
            ``(A) recommendations for the consolidation or termination of such 
        programs or agencies that are duplicative, unnecessary, or inconsistent 
        with the appropriate roles and responsibilities of the Federal 
        Government;
            ``(B) recommendations for changes to existing law related to Federal 
        rules, regulations, statutes, and court decisions affecting such 
        programs and agencies that are inconsistent with the authorities of the 
        Congress under Article I of the Constitution; and
            ``(C) a description of such other oversight activities as the 
        committee may consider necessary.
    ``(4) In the development of such plan, the chair of each committee shall 
coordinate with other committees of jurisdiction to ensure that programs and 
agencies are subject to routine, comprehensive authorization efforts.
    ``(5) Not later than April 15 in the first session of a Congress, after 
consultation with the Speaker, the Majority Leader, and the Minority Leader, the 
Committee on Oversight and Accountability shall report to the House the 
authorization and oversight plans submitted by committees under subparagraph (1) 
together with any recommendations that it, or the House leadership group 
described above, may make to ensure the most effective coordination of 
authorization and oversight plans and otherwise to achieve the objectives of 
this clause.''.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--In clause 1(d)(2) of rule XI--
                    (A) in subdivision (B), strike ``oversight plans'' and 
                insert ``authorization and oversight plans''; and
                    (B) in subdivision (C), strike ``oversight plans'' and 
                insert ``authorization and oversight plans''.
    (f) Cost Estimates for Major Legislation to Include Macroeconomic Effects.--
In rule XIII, add at the end the following new clause:
``Estimates of major legislation
    ``8.(a) An estimate provided by the Congressional Budget Office under 
section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for any major legislation 
shall, to the extent practicable, incorporate the budgetary effects of changes 
in economic output, employment, capital stock, and other macroeconomic variables 
resulting from such legislation.
    ``(b) An estimate provided by the Joint Committee on Taxation to the 
Director of the Congressional Budget Office under section 201(f) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for any major legislation shall, to the extent 
practicable, incorporate the budgetary effects of changes in economic output, 
employment, capital stock, and other macroeconomic variables resulting from such 
legislation.
    ``(c) An estimate referred to in this clause shall, to the extent 
practicable, include--
            ``(1) a qualitative assessment of the budgetary effects (including 
        macroeconomic variables described in paragraphs (a) and (b)) of such 
        legislation in the 20-fiscal year period beginning after the last fiscal 
        year of the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget 
        that set forth appropriate levels required by section 301 of the 
        Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and
            ``(2) an identification of the critical assumptions and the source 
        of data underlying that estimate.
    ``(d) As used in this clause--
            ``(1) the term `major legislation' means any bill or joint 
        resolution--
                    ``(A) for which an estimate is required to be prepared 
                pursuant to section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
                and that causes a gross budgetary effect (before incorporating 
                macroeconomic effects) in any fiscal year over the years of the 
                most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget 
                equal to or greater than 0.25 percent of the current projected 
                gross domestic product of the United States for that fiscal 
                year; or
                    ``(B) designated as such by the chair of the Committee on 
                the Budget for all direct spending legislation other than 
                revenue legislation or the Member who is chair or vice chair, as 
                applicable, of the Joint Committee on Taxation for revenue 
                legislation; and
            ``(2) the term `budgetary effects' means changes in revenues, 
        outlays, and deficits.''.
    (g) Ethics Reform.--In clause 3(r) of rule XI--
            (1) strike ``(r) Upon receipt'' and insert ``(r)(1) Upon receipt''; 
        and
            (2) add at the end the following new subparagraph:
    ``(2) In addition to receiving written notifications from the Office of 
Congressional Ethics under subparagraph (1), the committee shall adopt rules 
providing for a process to receive from the public outside information offered 
as a complaint. The process shall include the establishment of a method for the 
submission of such information to the committee in electronic form.''.
    (h) Empaneling Investigative Subcommittee of Committee on Ethics.--In clause 
3(b) of rule XI, add at the end the following:
    ``(9) Whenever a Member, Delegate, or the Resident Commissioner is indicted 
or otherwise formally charged with criminal conduct in a court of the United 
States or any State, the Committee on Ethics shall, not later than 30 days after 
the date of such indictment or charge--
            ``(A) empanel an investigative subcommittee to review the 
        allegations; or
            ``(B) submit a report to the House describing its reasons for not 
        empaneling such an investigative subcommittee, together with the 
        actions, if any, the committee has taken in response to the 
        allegations.''.
    (i) Treatment of Evidence in Committee and Subcommittee Investigations.--In 
clause 3(p) of rule XI--
            (1) in subparagraph (5)(C), strike the semicolon at the end and 
        insert ``; or'';
            (2) in subparagraph (5)(D), strike ``or'' at the end;
            (3) strike subparagraph (5)(E);
            (4) in subparagraph (7), strike the semicolon at the end and insert 
        ``; and'';
            (5) in subparagraph (8), strike ``; and'' and insert a period; and
            (6) strike subparagraph (9).
    (j) Designating Committee on Oversight and Accountability.--In the standing 
rules, strike ``Committee on Oversight and Reform'' each place it appears and 
insert (in each instance) ``Committee on Oversight and Accountability''.
    (k) Designating Committee on Education and the Workforce.--In rule X--
            (1) in clause 1(e), strike ``Committee on Education and Labor'' and 
        insert ``Committee on Education and the Workforce''; and
            (2) in clause 3(d), strike ``Committee on Education and Labor'' and 
        insert ``Committee on Education and the Workforce''.
    (l) Subcommittees of Committee on Agriculture.--In clause 5(d)(2) of rule 
X--
            (1) redesignate subdivisions (B) through (F) as subdivisions (C) 
        through (G), respectively; and
            (2) insert after subdivision (A) the following new subdivision:
    ``(B) The Committee on Agriculture may have not more than six 
subcommittees.''.
    (m) Cybersecurity.--In clause 1(j)(3) of rule X, add at the end the 
following:
                    ``(G) Cybersecurity.''.
    (n) Scope of Authority to Act in Continuing Litigation Matters.--In clause 
8(c) of rule II, strike ``, including, but not limited to, the issuance of 
subpoenas,''.
    (o) Record Votes on Measures Reported by the Committee on Rules.--In clause 
3(b) of rule XIII, strike ``, and applies only to the maximum extent practicable 
to a report by the Committee on Rules on a rule, joint rule, or the order of 
business''.
    (p) Access to Hall of the House.--In clause 2(a)(14) of rule IV, strike 
``and of the Territories and the Mayor of the District of Columbia''.
    (q) Resolution Declaring the Office of Speaker Vacant.--In clause 2(a) of 
rule IX, strike subparagraph (3).

SEC. 3. SEPARATE ORDERS.

    (a) Holman Rule.--During the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, any reference 
in clause 2 of rule XXI to a provision or amendment that retrenches expenditures 
by a reduction of amounts of money covered by the bill shall be construed as 
applying to any provision or amendment (offered after the bill has been read for 
amendment) that retrenches expenditures by--
            (1) reduction of amounts of money in the bill;
            (2) the reduction of the number and salary of the officers of the 
        United States; or
            (3) the reduction of the compensation of any person paid out of the 
        Treasury of the United States.
    (b) Restoring Legislative Branch Accountability.--The regulations adopted 
pursuant to House Resolution 1096, One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, shall have 
no force or effect during the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress.
    (c) Requirement With Respect to Single-subject Bills.--
            (1) In general.--During the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, a bill 
        or joint resolution may not be introduced unless the sponsor submits for 
        printing in the Congressional Record a statement setting forth the 
        single subject of the bill or joint resolution. Such statement shall be 
        included with the statement required by clause 7(c) of rule XII, and 
        shall appear in a portion of the Record designated for that purpose and 
        be made publicly available in electronic form by the Clerk.
            (2) Effective date.--This subsection shall become effective on 
        February 1, 2023.
            (3) Transition.--On any bill or joint resolution introduced prior to 
        the effective date of this subsection, the statement required under 
        paragraph (1) shall, to the extent practicable, be submitted by the 
        sponsor prior to committee or House consideration.
    (d) Question of Consideration for Germaneness.--
            (1) In general.--During the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, it 
        shall not be in order to consider a rule or order that waives all points 
        of order against an amendment submitted to the Committee on Rules 
        otherwise in violation of clause 7 of rule XVI.
            (2) Disposition of point of order.--As disposition of a point of 
        order under paragraph (1), the Chair shall put the question of 
        consideration with respect to the rule or order, as applicable. The 
        question of consideration shall be debatable for 10 minutes by the 
        Member initiating the point of order and for 10 minutes by an opponent, 
        but shall otherwise be decided without intervening motion.
    (e) Budget Matters.--
            (1) Interim enforcement of allocations, aggregates, and other 
        appropriate levels pending adoption of concurrent resolution on the 
        budget.--
                    (A) In general.--During the first session of the One Hundred 
                Eighteenth Congress--
                            (i) the allocations, aggregates, and other 
                        appropriate levels submitted for printing in the 
                        Congressional Record by the chair of the Committee on 
                        the Budget shall be considered for all purposes in the 
                        House to be the allocations, aggregates, and other 
                        appropriate levels under titles III and IV of the 
                        Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and
                            (ii) the provisions of Senate Concurrent Resolution 
                        14, One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, shall have no 
                        force or effect.
                    (B) Revisions by chair of committee on the budget in certain 
                cases.--
                            (i) The chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
                        revise the allocations of a committee or committees, 
                        aggregates, and other appropriate levels referred to in 
                        subparagraph (A) for any bill or joint resolution, or 
                        amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if such 
                        measure would not increase direct spending in either the 
                        period of--
                                    (I) fiscal years 2023 to 2028; and
                                    (II) fiscal years 2023 to 2033.
                            (ii) The chair of the Committee on the Budget may 
                        revise the allocations of a committee or committees, 
                        aggregates, and other appropriate levels referred to in 
                        subparagraph (A) to take into account the most recent 
                        baseline published by the Congressional Budget Office.
                    (C) Authority for interim enforcement prior to election of 
                chair of committee on the budget.--Prior to the election of a 
                chair of the Committee on the Budget, the Majority Leader or his 
                designee may submit the matter referred to in subparagraph (A) 
                or make such revisions referred to in subparagraph (B).
                    (D) Exemption.--The chair of the Committee on the Budget or, 
                prior to the election of the chair, the Majority Leader or his 
                designee may adjust an estimate under clause 4 of rule XXIX to 
                exempt the budgetary effects of measures to protect taxpayers 
                with taxable incomes below $400,000 from an increase in audits 
                above the most recent tax year from the Internal Revenue 
                Service.
            (2) Long term spending point of order.--
                    (A) Congressional budget office analysis of proposals.--The 
                Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall, to the extent 
                practicable, prepare an estimate of whether a bill or joint 
                resolution reported by a committee (other than the Committee on 
                Appropriations), or amendment thereto or conference report 
                thereon, would cause, relative to current law, a net increase in 
                direct spending in excess of $2,500,000,000 in any of the 4 
                consecutive 10-fiscal year periods beginning with the first 
                fiscal year that is 10 fiscal years after the current fiscal 
                year.
                    (B) Point of order.--It shall not be in order to consider 
                any bill or joint resolution reported by a committee, or 
                amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that would cause 
                a net increase in direct spending in excess of $2,500,000,000 in 
                any of the 4 consecutive 10-fiscal year periods described in 
                subparagraph (A).
                    (C) Determinations of budget levels.--For purposes of this 
                subsection, the levels of net increases in direct spending shall 
                be determined on the basis of estimates provided by the chair of 
                the Committee on the Budget.
            (3) Analysis of inflationary impact for certain legislation.--During 
        the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, if an estimate provided by the 
        Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the Congressional 
        Budget Act of 1974 shows changes in mandatory spending that cause a 
        gross budgetary effect in any fiscal year over a 10-year period that is 
        equal to or greater than .25 percent of the projected gross domestic 
        product (measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers) 
        for the current fiscal year, or upon the request of the chair of the 
        Committee on the Budget, then such estimate shall include, to the extent 
        practicable, a statement estimating the inflationary effects of the 
        legislation, including whether the legislation is determined to have no 
        significant impact on inflation, is determined to have a quantifiable 
        inflationary impact on the consumer price index, or is determined likely 
        to have a significant impact on inflation but the amount cannot be 
        determined at the time the estimate is prepared.
            (4) Content of cbo analysis for certain legislation affecting the 
        federal hospital insurance trust fund or the old-age, survivors, and 
        disability insurance trust fund.--During the One Hundred Eighteenth 
        Congress, if an estimate provided by the Congressional Budget Office 
        under section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shows that 
        legislation impacting either the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund 
        or the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Trust Fund (OASDI) 
        causes a gross budgetary effect in any fiscal year over a 10-year period 
        that is equal to or greater than .25 percent of the projected gross 
        domestic product (measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban 
        Consumers) for the current fiscal year, or upon request of the chair of 
        the Committee on the Budget, then such estimate shall, to the extent 
        practicable, display--
                    (A) the impact of legislation on the Federal Hospital 
                Insurance Trust Fund's unfunded liabilities over a 25-year 
                projection, solvency projections, and the net present value of 
                those liabilities; and
                    (B) the impact of legislation on the OASDI trust fund's 
                unfunded liabilities over a 75-year projection, solvency 
                projections, and the net present value of those liabilities.
    (f) Spending Reduction Amendments in Appropriations Bills.--
            (1) During the reading of a general appropriation bill for amendment 
        in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, it shall 
        be in order to consider en bloc amendments proposing only to transfer 
        appropriations from an object or objects in the bill to a spending 
        reduction account. When considered en bloc under this paragraph, such 
        amendments may amend portions of the bill not yet read for amendment 
        (following disposition of any points of order against such portions) and 
        are not subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or 
        in the Committee of the Whole.
            (2) Except as provided in paragraph (1), it shall not be in order to 
        consider an amendment to a spending reduction account in the House or in 
        the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
            (3) A point of order under clause 2(b) of rule XXI shall not apply 
        to a spending reduction account.
            (4) A general appropriation bill may not be considered in the 
        Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union unless it 
        includes a spending reduction account as the last section of the bill. 
        An order to report a general appropriation bill to the House shall 
        constitute authority for the chair of the Committee on Appropriations to 
        add such a section to the bill or modify the figure contained therein.
            (5) For purposes of this subsection, the term ``spending reduction 
        account'' means an account in a general appropriation bill that bears 
        that caption and contains only--
                    (A) a recitation of the amount by which an applicable 
                allocation of new budget authority under section 302(b) of the 
                Congressional Budget Act of 1974 exceeds the amount of new 
                budget authority proposed by the bill; or
                    (B) if no such allocation is in effect, ``$0''.
    (g) Scoring Conveyances of Federal Land.--
            (1) In general.--In the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, for all 
        purposes in the House, a provision in a bill or joint resolution, or in 
        an amendment thereto or a conference report thereon, requiring or 
        authorizing a conveyance of Federal land to a State, local government, 
        or tribal entity shall not be considered as providing new budget 
        authority, decreasing revenues, increasing mandatory spending, or 
        increasing outlays.
            (2) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    (A) The term ``conveyance'' means any method, including 
                sale, donation, or exchange, by which all or any portion of the 
                right, title, and interest of the United States in and to 
                Federal land is transferred to another entity.
                    (B) The term ``Federal land'' means any land owned by the 
                United States, including the surface estate, the subsurface 
                estate, or any improvements thereon.
                    (C) The term ``State'' means any of the several States, the 
                District of Columbia, or a territory (including a possession) of 
                the United States.
    (h) Member Day Hearing Requirement.--During the first session of the One 
Hundred Eighteenth Congress, each standing committee (other than the Committee 
on Ethics) shall hold a hearing at which it receives testimony from Members, 
Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner on proposed legislation within its 
jurisdiction, except that the Committee on Rules may hold such hearing during 
the second session of the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress.
    (i) Information to Committees of Congress on Request.--During the One 
Hundred Eighteenth Congress, the chair of the Committee on Oversight and 
Accountability must be included as one of the seven members of the committee 
making any request of an Executive agency pursuant to section 2954 of title 5, 
United States Code.
    (j) Remote Appearance of Witnesses.--
            (1) In general.--During the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, at the 
        discretion of the chair of a committee and in accordance with 
        regulations submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the 
        chair of the Committee on Rules--
                    (A) witnesses at committee or subcommittee proceedings may 
                appear remotely;
                    (B) counsel shall be permitted to accompany witnesses 
                appearing remotely; and
                    (C) an oath may be administered to a witness remotely for 
                purposes of clause 2(m)(2) of rule XI.
            (2) Applicability.--This subsection shall apply only to witnesses 
        appearing in a non-governmental capacity.
    (k) Deposition Authority.--
            (1) In general.--During the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, the 
        chair of a standing committee (other than the Committee on Rules), and 
        the chair of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, upon 
        consultation with the ranking minority member of such committee, may 
        order the taking of depositions, including pursuant to subpoena, by a 
        member or counsel of such committee.
            (2) Regulations.--Depositions taken under the authority prescribed 
        in this subsection shall be subject to regulations issued by the chair 
        of the Committee on Rules and printed in the Congressional Record.
            (3) Persons permitted to attend depositions.--Deponents may be 
        accompanied at a deposition by two designated personal, nongovernmental 
        attorneys to advise them of their rights. Only members, committee staff 
        designated by the chair or ranking minority member, an official 
        reporter, the witness, and the witness's two designated attorneys are 
        permitted to attend. Other persons, including government agency 
        personnel, may not attend.
    (l) Broadening Availability and Utility of Legislative Documents in Machine-
readable Formats.--The Committee on House Administration, the Clerk, and other 
officers and officials of the House shall continue efforts to broaden the 
availability and utility of legislative documents in machine readable formats in 
the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress in furtherance of the institutional 
priorities of--
            (1) improving public availability and use of legislative information 
        produced by the House and its committees; and
            (2) enabling all House staff to produce comparative prints showing 
        the differences between versions of legislation, how proposed 
        legislation will amend existing law, and how an amendment may change 
        proposed legislation.
    (m) Improving the Committee Electronic Document Repository.--The Clerk, the 
Committee on House Administration, and other officers and officials of the House 
shall continue efforts to improve the electronic document repository operated by 
the Clerk for use by committees of the House in the One Hundred Eighteenth 
Congress, in furtherance of the institutional priority of increasing public 
availability and identification of legislative information produced and held by 
House committees, including votes, amendments, and witness disclosure forms.
    (n) Providing for Transparency With Respect to Memorials Submitted Pursuant 
to Article V of the Constitution of the United States.--With respect to any 
memorial presented under clause 3 of rule XII purporting to be an application of 
the legislature of a State calling for a convention for proposing amendments to 
the Constitution of the United States pursuant to Article V, or a rescission of 
any such prior application--
            (1) the chair of the Committee on the Judiciary shall, in the case 
        of such a memorial presented in the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress or 
        succeeding Congresses, and may, in the case of such a memorial presented 
        prior to the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, designate any such 
        memorial for public availability by the Clerk; and
            (2) the Clerk shall make such memorials as are designated pursuant 
        to paragraph (1) publicly available in electronic form, organized by 
        State of origin and year of receipt, and shall indicate whether the 
        memorial was designated as an application or a rescission.
    (o) War Powers Resolution.--During the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, a 
motion to discharge a measure introduced pursuant to section 6 or section 7 of 
the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1545-46) shall not be subject to a motion 
to table.
    (p) Further Expenses for Resolving Contested Elections.--
            (1) Amounts for expenses of committee on house administration.--
        There shall be paid out of the applicable accounts of the House of 
        Representatives such sums as may be necessary for further expenses of 
        the Committee on House Administration for the One Hundred Eighteenth 
        Congress for resolving contested elections.
            (2) Session limitation.--The amount specified in paragraph (1) shall 
        be available for expenses incurred during the period beginning at noon 
        on January 3, 2023, and ending immediately before noon on January 3, 
        2024.
            (3) Vouchers.--Payments under this subsection shall be made on 
        vouchers authorized by the Committee on House Administration, signed by 
        the chair of the Committee, and approved in the manner directed by the 
        Committee.
            (4) Regulations.--Amounts made available under this subsection shall 
        be expended in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Committee 
        on House Administration.
    (q) Ethics Reform.--The Speaker is directed to establish a bipartisan task 
force to conduct a comprehensive review of House ethics rules and regulations, 
and such task force shall submit recommended improvements to the Speaker, the 
Majority Leader, the Minority Leader, and the respective chairs and ranking 
minority members of the committees on Ethics and Rules.
    (r) Exercise Facilities for Former Members.--During the One Hundred 
Eighteenth Congress:
            (1) The House of Representatives may not provide access to any 
        exercise facility which is made available exclusively to Members and 
        former Members, officers and former officers of the House of 
        Representatives, and their spouses to any former Member, former officer, 
        or spouse who is a lobbyist registered under the Lobbying Disclosure Act 
        of 1995 or any successor statute or who is an agent of a foreign 
        principal as defined in clause 5 of rule XXV. For purposes of this 
        subsection, the term ``Member'' includes a Delegate or Resident 
        Commissioner to the Congress.
            (2) The Committee on House Administration shall promulgate 
        regulations to carry out this subsection.
    (s) Non-disclosure Agreements.--Any non-disclosure agreement imposed by any 
employing or contracting authority in the House of Representatives to which a 
paid or unpaid employee or contractor is or was required to agree as a term of 
employment shall--
            (1) provide clear guidance that the employee or contractor may 
        communicate concerning any matter with the Committee on Ethics, the 
        Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, or any other office or entity 
        designated by the Committee on House Administration without prior, 
        concurrent, or subsequent notice or approval; and
            (2) not be binding and shall have no legal effect to the extent to 
        which it requires prior, concurrent, or subsequent notice or approval 
        from anyone on any matter with respect to communications from an 
        employee or contractor to any of the committees, offices, or entities 
        described in paragraph (1).
    (t) Mandatory Anti-harassment and Anti-discrimination Policies for House 
Offices.--
            (1) Requiring offices to adopt policy.--Each employing office of the 
        House of Representatives under the Congressional Accountability Act of 
        1995 shall adopt an anti-harassment and anti-discrimination policy for 
        the office's workplace.
            (2) Regulations.--Not later than April 1, 2023, the Committee on 
        House Administration shall promulgate regulations to carry out this 
        subsection, and shall ensure that such regulations are consistent with 
        the requirements of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995, rule 
        XXIII, and other relevant laws, rules, and regulations.
    (u) Displaying Statement of Rights and Protections Provided to House 
Employees.--The Committee on House Administration shall issue regulations to 
provide that each employing office of the House of Representatives shall post in 
a prominent location in the office (including, in the case of the office of a 
Member, Delegate, or the Resident Commissioner, a prominent location in each 
district office) a statement of the rights and protections provided to employees 
of the House of Representatives under the Congressional Accountability Act of 
1995, including the procedures available to employees of the House under such 
Act for responding to and adjudicating allegations of violations of such rights 
and protections.
    (v) Requiring Members to Pay for Discrimination Settlements.--
            (1) In general.--In the case of a settlement of a complaint under 
        the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 in connection with a claim 
        alleging a violation described in paragraph (2) which is committed 
        personally by a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, if the 
        Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner is not required under law to 
        reimburse the Treasury for the amount of the settlement, the chair and 
        ranking minority member of the Committee on House Administration may not 
        approve the settlement pursuant to clause 4(d)(2) of rule X unless, 
        under the terms and conditions of the settlement, the Member, Delegate, 
        or Resident Commissioner is required to reimburse the Treasury for the 
        amount of the settlement.
            (2) Violations described.--A violation described in this paragraph 
        is--
                    (A) a violation of section 201(a) or section 206(a) of the 
                Congressional Accountability Act of 1995; or
                    (B) a violation of section 208 of such Act which consists of 
                intimidating, taking reprisal against, or otherwise 
                discriminating against any covered employee under such Act 
                because of a claim alleging a violation described in 
                subparagraph (A).
    (w) Congressional Member Organization Transparency Reform.--
            (1) Payment of salaries and expenses through account of 
        organization.--A Member of the House of Representatives and an eligible 
        Congressional Member Organization may enter into an agreement under 
        which--
                    (A) an employee of the Member's office may carry out 
                official and representational duties of the Member by assignment 
                to the Organization; and
                    (B) to the extent that the employee carries out such duties 
                under the agreement, the Member shall transfer the portion of 
                the Members' Representational Allowance (MRA) of the Member 
                which would otherwise be used for the salary and related 
                expenses of the employee to a dedicated account in the House of 
                Representatives which is administered by the Organization, in 
                accordance with the regulations promulgated by the Committee on 
                House Administration under paragraph (2).
            (2) Regulations.--The Committee on House Administration (hereafter 
        referred to in this subsection as the ``Committee'') shall promulgate 
        regulations as follows:
                    (A) Use of mra.--Pursuant to the authority of section 101(d) 
                of the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical 
                Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 5341(d)), the Committee shall 
                prescribe regulations to provide that an eligible Congressional 
                Member Organization may use the amounts transferred to the 
                Organization's dedicated account under paragraph (1)(B) for the 
                same purposes for which a Member of the House of Representatives 
                may use the Members' Representational Allowance, except that the 
                Organization may not use such amounts for franked mail, official 
                travel, or leases of space or vehicles.
                    (B) Maintenance of limitations on number of shared 
                employees.--Pursuant to the authority of section 104(d) of the 
                House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical 
                Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 5321(d)), the Committee shall 
                prescribe regulations to provide that an employee of the office 
                of a Member of the House of Representatives who is covered by an 
                agreement entered into under paragraph (1) between the Member 
                and an eligible Congressional Member Organization shall be 
                considered a shared employee of the Member's office and the 
                Organization for purposes of such section, and shall include in 
                such regulations appropriate accounting standards to ensure that 
                a Member of the House of Representatives who enters into an 
                agreement with such an Organization under paragraph (1) does not 
                employ more employees than the Member is authorized to employ 
                under such section.
                    (C) Participation in student loan repayment program.--
                Pursuant to the authority of section 105(b) of the Legislative 
                Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 4536(b)), relating to 
                the student loan repayment program for employees of the House, 
                the Committee shall promulgate regulations to provide that, in 
                the case of an employee who is covered by an agreement entered 
                into under paragraph (1) between a Member of the House of 
                Representatives and an eligible Congressional Member 
                Organization and who participates in such program while carrying 
                out duties under the agreement--
                            (i) any funds made available for making payments 
                        under the program with respect to the employee shall be 
                        transferred to the Organization's dedicated account 
                        under paragraph (1)(B); and
                            (ii) the Organization shall use the funds to repay a 
                        student loan taken out by the employee, under the same 
                        terms and conditions which would apply under the program 
                        if the Organization were the employing office of the 
                        employee.
                    (D) Access to house services.--The Committee shall prescribe 
                regulations to ensure that an eligible Congressional Member 
                Organization has appropriate access to services of the House.
                    (E) Other regulations.--The Committee shall promulgate such 
                other regulations as may be appropriate to carry out this 
                subsection.
            (3) Eligible congressional member organization defined.--In this 
        subsection, the term ``eligible Congressional Member Organization'' 
        means, with respect to the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, an 
        organization meeting each of the following requirements:
                    (A) The organization is registered as a Congressional Member 
                Organization with the Committee on House Administration.
                    (B) The organization designates a single Member of the House 
                of Representatives to be responsible for the administration of 
                the organization, including the administration of the account 
                administered under paragraph (1)(B), and includes the 
                identification of such Member with the statement of organization 
                that the organization files and maintains with the Committee on 
                House Administration.
                    (C) At least 3 employees of the House are assigned to 
                perform some work for the organization.
                    (D) During the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, at least 30 
                Members of the House of Representatives used a portion of the 
                Members' Representational Allowance of the Member for the salary 
                and related expenses of an employee who was a shared employee of 
                the Member's office and the organization.
                    (E) The organization files a statement with the Committee on 
                House Administration and the Chief Administrative Officer of the 
                House of Representatives certifying that it will administer an 
                account in accordance with paragraph (1)(B).
    (x) Determination With Respect to Placement of Measure on Consensus 
Calendar.--During the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, not later than 2 
legislative days after a measure is placed on the Consensus Calendar pursuant to 
clause 7(c) of rule XV, the Majority Leader shall, in the case such measure is 
not in compliance with any legislative protocols of the Majority Leader, submit 
to the Congressional Record a determination with respect to such noncompliance.
    (y) Transfer of Certain Committee Records to Committee on House 
Administration.--
            (1) Any committee designated by the Speaker pursuant to section 
        7(b)(1) of House Resolution 503, One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, is 
        directed to transfer any records obtained pursuant to such designation 
        to the Committee on House Administration, not later than January 17, 
        2023.
            (2) The Archivist is directed to transfer any noncurrent records of 
        a committee designated by the Speaker pursuant to section 7(b)(1) of 
        House Resolution 503, One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, and related to 
        the select committee established pursuant to such resolution which have 
        been archived pursuant to rule VII to the Committee on House 
        Administration not later than January 17, 2023.
            (3) Any records transferred or withdrawn pursuant to this subsection 
        shall become the records of the Committee on House Administration.
    (z) Procedures During District Work Periods.--
            (1) On any legislative day of the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress 
        occurring during a ``district work period'' as designated by the 
        Speaker--
                    (A) the Journal of the proceedings of the previous day shall 
                be considered as approved; and
                    (B) the Chair may at any time declare the House adjourned to 
                meet at a date and time, within the limits of clause 4, section 
                5, article I of the Constitution, to be announced by the Chair 
                in declaring the adjournment.
            (2) The Speaker may appoint Members to perform the duties of the 
        Chair for the duration of a district work period described in paragraph 
        (1) as though under clause 8(a) of rule I.
            (3) Each day during a district work period described in paragraph 
        (1) shall not constitute--
                    (A) a calendar day for purposes of section 7 of the War 
                Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1546);
                    (B) a legislative day for purposes of clause 7 of rule XIII;
                    (C) a calendar or legislative day for purposes of clause 
                7(c)(1) of rule XXII; or
                    (D) a legislative day for purposes of clause 7 of rule XV.
    (aa) Reduction of Unauthorized Spending.--
            (1) In general.--During the first session of the One Hundred 
        Eighteenth Congress, it shall not be in order to report an appropriation 
        in a general appropriation bill, for an expenditure not previously 
        authorized by law, in excess of the most recent level at which an 
        appropriation for such expenditure has been enacted into law.
            (2) Adoption of amendment to reduce appropriation.--If a point of 
        order under paragraph (1) is sustained, an amendment shall be considered 
        to have been adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole 
        reducing the amount of such appropriation to the most recent level at 
        which such appropriation has been enacted in law.
            (3) Requirement to entertain point of order.--The Chair shall not 
        entertain a point of order under paragraph (1) unless any levels 
        described in paragraph (2) have been submitted to the Chair.
    (bb) Numbering of Bills.--In the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, the first 
10 numbers for bills (H.R. 1 through H.R. 10) shall be reserved for assignment 
by the Speaker and the second 10 numbers for bills (H.R. 11 through H.R. 20) 
shall be reserved for assignment by the Minority Leader.

SEC. 4. COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS, AND HOUSE OFFICES.

    (a) Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.--
            (1) Establishment; composition.--
                    (A) Establishment.--There is hereby established for the One 
                Hundred Eighteenth Congress a select investigative subcommittee 
                of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability called the 
                Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic (hereinafter 
                referred to as the ``select subcommittee'').
                    (B) Composition.--
                            (i) The select subcommittee shall be composed of not 
                        more than 12 Members, Delegates, or the Resident 
                        Commissioner appointed by the Speaker, of whom not more 
                        than 5 shall be appointed in consultation with the 
                        Minority Leader. The Speaker shall designate one member 
                        of the select subcommittee as its chair. Any vacancy in 
                        the select subcommittee shall be filled in the same 
                        manner as the original appointment.
                            (ii) The chair and ranking minority member of the 
                        Committee on Oversight and Accountability shall be ex 
                        officio members of the select subcommittee but shall 
                        have no vote in the select subcommittee and may not be 
                        counted for purposes of determining a quorum.
                            (iii) Each member appointed to the select 
                        subcommittee shall be treated as though a member of the 
                        Committee on Oversight and Accountability for purposes 
                        of the select subcommittee.
            (2) Investigative functions and authority.--
                    (A) Investigative functions.--The select subcommittee is 
                authorized and directed to conduct a full and complete 
                investigation and study and, not later than January 2, 2025, 
                issue a final report to the House of its findings (and such 
                interim reports as it may deem necessary) regarding--
                            (i) the origins of the Coronavirus pandemic, 
                        including but not limited to the Federal Government's 
                        funding of gain-of-function research;
                            (ii) the efficiency, effectiveness, and transparency 
                        of the use of taxpayer funds and relief programs to 
                        address the coronavirus pandemic, including any reports 
                        of waste, fraud, or abuse;
                            (iii) the implementation or effectiveness of any 
                        Federal law or regulation applied, enacted, or under 
                        consideration to address the coronavirus pandemic and 
                        prepare for future pandemics;
                            (iv) the development of vaccines and treatments, and 
                        the development and implementation of vaccination 
                        policies for Federal employees and members of the armed 
                        forces;
                            (v) the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic 
                        and associated government response on individuals, 
                        communities, small businesses, health care providers, 
                        States, and local government entities;
                            (vi) the societal impact of decisions to close 
                        schools, how the decisions were made and whether there 
                        is evidence of widespread learning loss or other 
                        negative effects as a result of these decisions;
                            (vii) executive branch policies, deliberations, 
                        decisions, activities, and internal and external 
                        communications related to the coronavirus pandemic;
                            (viii) the protection of whistleblowers who provide 
                        information about waste, fraud, abuse, or other improper 
                        activities related to the coronavirus pandemic; and
                            (ix) cooperation by the executive branch and others 
                        with Congress, the Inspectors General, the Government 
                        Accountability Office, and others in connection with 
                        oversight of the preparedness for and response to the 
                        coronavirus pandemic.
                    (B) Authority.--
                            (i) The select subcommittee may report to the House 
                        or any committee of the House from time to time the 
                        results of its investigations and studies, together with 
                        such detailed findings and legislative recommendations 
                        as it may deem advisable.
                            (ii) The select subcommittee may not hold a markup 
                        of legislation.
            (3) Procedure.--
                    (A) Rule XI and the rules of the Committee on Oversight and 
                Accountability shall apply to the select subcommittee in the 
                same manner as a subcommittee except as follows:
                            (i) The chair of the select subcommittee may, after 
                        consultation with the ranking minority member, 
                        recognize--
                                    (I) members of the select subcommittee to 
                                question a witness for periods longer than five 
                                minutes as though pursuant to clause 2(j)(2)(B) 
                                of such rule XI; and
                                    (II) staff of the select subcommittee to 
                                question a witness as though pursuant to clause 
                                2(j)(2)(C) of such rule XI.
                            (ii) The select subcommittee may not authorize and 
                        issue subpoenas, but the Committee on Oversight and 
                        Accountability (or the chair of the Committee on 
                        Oversight and Accountability, if acting in accordance 
                        with clause 2(m)(3)(A)(i) of rule XI) may authorize and 
                        issue subpoenas to be returned at the select 
                        subcommittee.
                    (B) The provisions of this resolution shall govern the 
                proceedings of the select subcommittee in the event of any 
                conflict with the rules of the House or of the Committee on 
                Oversight and Accountability.
            (4) Service.--Service on the select subcommittee shall not count 
        against the limitations in clause 5(b)(2)(A) of rule X.
            (5) Successor.--The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the 
        ``successor in interest'' to the select subcommittee for purposes of 
        clause 8(c) of rule II.
            (6) Sunset.--The select subcommittee shall cease to exist 30 days 
        after filing the final report required under paragraph (2).
    (b) House Democracy Partnership.--House Resolution 24, One Hundred Tenth 
Congress, shall apply in the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress in the same manner 
as such resolution applied in the One Hundred Tenth Congress, except that the 
commission concerned shall be known as the House Democracy Partnership.
    (c) Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission.--Sections 1 through 7 of House 
Resolution 1451, One Hundred Tenth Congress, shall apply in the One Hundred 
Eighteenth Congress in the same manner as such provisions applied in the One 
Hundred Tenth Congress, except that--
            (1) the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission may, in addition to 
        collaborating closely with other professional staff members of the 
        Committee on Foreign Affairs, collaborate closely with professional 
        staff members of other relevant committees;
            (2) the resources of the Committee on Foreign Affairs which the 
        Commission may use shall include all resources which the Committee is 
        authorized to obtain from other offices of the House of Representatives; 
        and
            (3) any amounts authorized to provide full-time professional staff 
        and resources to the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission shall be in 
        addition to and separate from the amounts authorized for salaries and 
        expenses of the Committee on Foreign Affairs as provided by resolution 
        of the House, shall be administered by the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
        and shall be distributed equally between the co-chairs of the 
        Commission.
    (d) Office of Congressional Ethics.--Section 1 of House Resolution 895, One 
Hundred Tenth Congress, shall apply in the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress in 
the same manner as such provision applied in the One Hundred Tenth Congress, 
except that--
            (1) the Office of Congressional Ethics shall be treated as a 
        standing committee of the House for purposes of section 202(i) of the 
        Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i));
            (2) references to the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct 
        shall be construed as references to the Committee on Ethics;
            (3) any requirement for concurrence in section 1(b)(1) shall be 
        construed as a requirement for consultation;
            (4) any individual who is the subject of a preliminary review or 
        second-phase review by the board shall be informed of the right to be 
        represented by counsel and invoking that right should not be held 
        negatively against such individual;
            (5) the Office may not take any action that would deny any person 
        any right or protection provided under the Constitution of the United 
        States;
            (6) any member of the board currently serving a term in excess of 
        the limitations of section 1(b)(6) of such resolution shall be 
        considered as removed from the board; and
            (7) the provision regarding appointment and compensation of staff 
        shall require an affirmative vote of at least 4 members of the board not 
        later than 30 calendar days after the date of the adoption of this 
        resolution.

SEC. 5. ORDERS OF BUSINESS.

    (a) At any time after the adoption of this resolution the Speaker may, 
pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the 
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for consideration of the 
bill (H.R. 21) to provide for the development of a plan to increase oil and gas 
production under oil and gas leases of Federal lands under the jurisdiction of 
the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of the 
Interior, and the Secretary of Defense in conjunction with a drawdown of 
petroleum reserves from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The first reading of 
the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order against consideration of 
the bill are waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not 
exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the Majority Leader and the 
Minority Leader or their respective designees. After general debate the bill 
shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. The bill shall be 
considered as read. All points of order against provisions in the bill are 
waived. No amendment shall be in order except: (1) those amendments to the bill 
received for printing in the portion of the Congressional Record designated for 
that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII dated at least one day before the day of 
consideration of the amendment; and (2) up to 20 pro forma amendments for the 
purpose of debate, 10 of which may be offered by the Majority Leader or a 
designee and 10 of which may be offered by the Minority Leader or a designee. 
Each amendment so received may be offered only by the Member who caused it to be 
printed or a designee and shall be considered as read if printed. At the 
conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise 
and report the bill to the House with such amendments as may have been adopted. 
The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments 
thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to 
recommit.
    (b) Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the 
House any bill specified in subsection (c). All points of order against 
consideration of each such bill are waived. Each such bill shall be considered 
as read. All points of order against provisions in each such bill are waived. 
The previous question shall be considered as ordered on each such bill and on 
any amendment thereto to final passage without intervening motion except: (1) 
one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the Majority Leader and the 
Minority Leader or their respective designees; and (2) one motion to recommit.
    (c) The bills referred to in subsection (b) are as follows:
            (1) The bill (H.R. 23) to rescind certain balances made available to 
        the Internal Revenue Service.
            (2) The bill (H.R. 29) to authorize the Secretary of Homeland 
        Security to suspend the entry of aliens, and for other purposes.
            (3) The bill (H.R. 22) to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from 
        sending petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to 
        China, and for other purposes.
            (4) The bill (H.R. 27) to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
        Streets Act to direct district attorney and prosecutors offices to 
        report to the Attorney General, and for other purposes.
            (5) The bill (H.R. 28) to require the national instant criminal 
        background check system to notify U.S. Immigration and Customs 
        Enforcement and the relevant State and local law enforcement agencies 
        whenever the information available to the system indicates that a person 
        illegally or unlawfully in the United States may be attempting to 
        receive a firearm.
            (6) The bill (H.R. 7) to prohibit taxpayer funded abortions.
            (7) The bill (H.R. 26) to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
        prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper 
        degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or 
        attempted abortion.
    (d) Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order without 
intervention of any point of order to consider in the House any resolution 
specified in subsection (e). Each such resolution shall be considered as read. 
The previous question shall be considered as ordered on each such resolution to 
adoption without intervening motion or demand for division of the question 
except one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the Majority Leader 
and the Minority Leader or their respective designees.
    (e) The resolutions referred to in subsection (d) are as follows:
            (1) The resolution (H. Res. 11) establishing the Select Committee on 
        the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese 
        Communist Party.
            (2) The resolution (H. Res. 12) establishing a Select Subcommittee 
        on the Weaponization of the Federal Government as a select investigative 
        subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary.
    (f) Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the 
House the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 5) expressing support for the 
Nation's law enforcement agencies and condemning any efforts to defund or 
dismantle law enforcement agencies. All points of order against consideration of 
the concurrent resolution are waived. The concurrent resolution shall be 
considered as read. All points of order against provisions in the concurrent 
resolution are waived. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on 
the concurrent resolution and preamble to adoption without intervening motion or 
demand for division of the question except one hour of debate equally divided 
and controlled by the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader or their 
respective designees.
    (g) Upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the 
House the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 3) expressing the sense of 
Congress condemning the recent attacks on prolife facilities, groups, and 
churches. All points of order against consideration of the concurrent resolution 
are waived. The concurrent resolution shall be considered as read. All points of 
order against provisions in the concurrent resolution are waived. The previous 
question shall be considered as ordered on the concurrent resolution and 
preamble to adoption without intervening motion or demand for division of the 
question except one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the 
Majority Leader and the Minority Leader or their respective designees.
    (h) The Speaker may recognize a Member for the reading of the Constitution 
on any legislative day through February 28, 2023.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.