[House Calendars for October 19, 2023 - 118th Congress, 1st Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




                CALENDAR OF MOTIONS TO DISCHARGE COMMITTEES                

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Rule XV, clause 2:

``(a)(1) A Member may present to the Clerk a motion in writing to discharge--

``(A) a committee from consideration of a public bill or public resolution 
that has been referred to it for 30 legislative days; or

'`(B) the Committee on Rules from consideration of a resolution that has been 
referred to it for seven legislative days and that proposes a special order of 
business for the consideration of a public bill or public resolution that has 
been reported by a committee or has been referred to a committee for 30 
legislative days. 

``(2) Only one motion may be presented for a bill or resolution. A Member may 
not file a motion to discharge the Committee on Rules from consideration of a 
resolution providing for the consideration of more than one public bill or 
public resolution or admitting or effecting a nongermane amendment to a public 
bill or public resolution. 

``(b) A motion presented under paragraph (a) shall be placed in the custody 
of the Clerk, who shall arrange a convenient place for the signatures of 
Members. A signature may be withdrawn by a Member in writing at any time 
before a motion is entered on the Journal. The Clerk shall make the signatories 
a matter of public record, causing the names of the Members who have signed 
a discharge motion during a week to be published in a portion of the 
Congressional Record designated for that purpose on the last legislative day 
of the week and making cumulative lists of such names available each day for 
public inspection in an appropriate office of the House. The Clerk shall 
devise a means for making such lists available to offices of the House and to 
the public in electronic form. When a majority of the total membership of 
the House shall have signed the motion, it shall be entered on the Journal, 
published with the signatories thereto in the Record, and referred to the 
Calendar of Motions to Discharge Committees. 

``(c)(1) A motion to discharge that has been on the calendar for at least 
seven legislative days (except during the last six days of a session of 
Congress) shall be privileged only at a time or place, designated by the 
Speaker, in the legislative schedule within two legislative days after the 
day on which a Member whose signature appears thereon announces to the House 
an intention to offer the motion. When such a motion is called up, the House 
shall proceed to its consideration under this paragraph without intervening 
motion except one motion to adjourn. Privileged motions to discharge shall 
have precedence in the order of their entry on the Journal.

``(2) When a motion to discharge is called up, the bill or resolution to 
which it relates shall be read by title only. The motion is debatable for 
20 minutes, one-half in favor of the motion and one-half in opposition thereto. 

``(d)(1) If a motion prevails to discharge the Committee on Rules from 
consideration of a resolution, the House shall immediately consider the 
resolution, pending which the Speaker may entertain one motion that the House 
adjourn but may not entertain any other dilatory motion until the resolution 
has been disposed of. If the resolution is adopted, the House shall 
immediately proceed to its execution.

``(2) If a motion prevails to discharge a committee from consideration of a 
public bill or public resolution, a motion that the House proceed to the 
immediate consideration of such bill or resolution shall be privileged if 
offered by a Member whose signature appeared on the motion to discharge. The 
motion to proceed is not debatable. If the motion to proceed is adopted, the 
bill or resolution shall be considered immediately under the general rules of 
the House. If unfinished before adjournment of the day on which it is called 
up, the bill or resolution shall remain the unfinished business until it is 
disposed of. If the motion to proceed is rejected, the bill or resolution 
shall be referred to the appropriate calendar, where it shall have the same 
status as if the committee from which it was discharged had duly reported 
it to the House.

``(e)(1) When a motion to discharge originated under this clause has once been 
acted on by the House, it shall not be in order to entertain during the same 
session of Congress--

``(A) a motion to discharge a committee from consideration of that bill or 
resolution or of any other bill or resolution that, by relating in substance to 
or dealing with the same subject matter, is substantially the same; or 

``(B) a motion to discharge the Committee on Rules from consideration of a 
resolution providing a special order of business for the consideration of that 
bill or resolution or of any other bill or resolution that, by relating in 
substance to or dealing with the same subject matter, is substantially the same. 

``(2) A motion to discharge on the Calendar of Motions to Discharge Committees 
that is rendered out of order under subparagraph (1) shall be stricken from that 
calendar.''
      
      
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Motion No.                                                              Calen- 
 and date           Title           Committee     Motion filed by-       dar  
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