HRES1009-119

What This Bill Does

This House rule resolution makes three measures eligible for floor consideration. It provides H.R. 6945, concerning state authority to use TANF funds for pregnancy centers, with a Rules Committee Print 119-17 substitute, waives points of order, treats the bill as read, provides one hour of Ways and Means debate, and allows one motion to recommit. It provides H.R. 6359, requiring higher education institutions to disseminate information on pregnant students' rights, accommodations, and resources, with the Education and Workforce Committee substitute adopted, waives points of order, provides one hour of debate, and allows one motion to recommit. It also provides H.J. Res. 140, a Congressional Review Act disapproval resolution for a Bureau of Land Management public land withdrawal order in Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, Minnesota, with one hour of Natural Resources debate and one recommit motion.

Who Benefits and How

House majority leadership benefits by scheduling three priority social policy, education, and public-land measures under controlled floor terms. Supporters of pregnancy centers benefit because H.R. 6945 gets a protected path to a vote on TANF-use authority. Pregnant students benefit procedurally because H.R. 6359 receives floor time on information about rights, accommodations, and resources. Supporters of the BLM disapproval resolution benefit because H.J. Res. 140 can move toward overturning Public Land Order No. 7917 for Minnesota lands. State TANF agencies, higher education institutions, and public-land users benefit or bear burdens depending on the underlying bills, but this resolution mainly determines the floor path.

Who Bears the Burden and How

House Members seeking unprinted amendments or procedural objections bear a burden because points of order are waived, substitutes are treated as adopted, and debate is limited. House minority leadership must operate within one hour of debate and one recommit motion for each measure. Opponents of pregnancy-center TANF authority, opponents of the pregnant-student information bill, and defenders of the BLM withdrawal order face a procedural disadvantage because the rule protects the measures from floor challenges. Committee staff must manage separate debate time across Ways and Means, Education and Workforce, and Natural Resources jurisdictions.

Key Provisions

• Provides consideration of H.R. 6945 with Rules Committee Print 119-17 treated as adopted.
• Provides consideration of H.R. 6359 with the Education and Workforce substitute treated as adopted.
• Provides consideration of H.J. Res. 140 disapproving the BLM Public Land Order No. 7917 withdrawal.
• Waives points of order against consideration and provisions of each covered measure.
• Establishes one hour of debate and one motion to recommit for each measure.
• Orders the previous question to final passage for the three covered measures.