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What This Bill Does

This House rule resolution controls floor treatment for two fiscal year 2026 further consolidated appropriations bills. It allows the Speaker to move the House into Committee of the Whole for H.R. 7148, waives points of order, limits general debate to one hour, treats the part A Rules Committee amendment as adopted, limits further amendments to part B of the Rules Committee report, and allows one motion to recommit. It also makes H.R. 7147 in order with the amendment specified in section 7 treated as adopted, one hour of debate, and one motion to recommit. The resolution lets the Appropriations Committee chair insert explanatory material in the Congressional Record by January 23, 2026; prevents the Clerk from sending the H.R. 7148 passage message to the Senate until H.R. 7147 passes; directs engrossment of H.R. 7148 to add divisions A, B, and C of H.R. 7006 and titles I through V of H.R. 7147; adopts H. Res. 375 as amended by part C of the Rules Committee report; and repeals a Senate-notification provision related to legal process for Senate data disclosures.

Who Benefits and How

House majority leadership benefits by coordinating H.R. 7148, H.R. 7147, H.R. 7006, and H. Res. 375 through one procedural package. The House Appropriations Committee chair benefits from authority to enter explanatory material in the Congressional Record. Supporters of H.R. 7148 and H.R. 7147 benefit from defined floor paths, waived points of order, and amendment texts treated as adopted. Agencies and programs funded by the appropriations measures benefit procedurally because the bills are moved toward passage and engrossment. Senate offices benefit from repeal of the Senate-notification legal-process requirement if they viewed that requirement as burdensome or problematic.

Who Bears the Burden and How

House Members seeking open amendments bear a burden because H.R. 7148 amendments are limited to part B of the Rules Committee report and H.R. 7147 uses a specified amendment. House minority leadership must work within one hour of debate and one recommit motion for each appropriations bill. The House Clerk must delay Senate transmission, merge multiple bill texts, redesignate divisions, conform cross-references and short titles, and make technical corrections. Supporters of Senate legal-process notification requirements bear a burden because section 7 repeals those requirements and gives them no force or effect.

Key Provisions

• Establishes Committee of the Whole procedures for H.R. 7148 with one hour of Appropriations Committee debate.
• Limits H.R. 7148 amendments to those printed in part B of the Rules Committee report.
• Provides consideration of H.R. 7147 with the section 7 amendment treated as adopted.
• Authorizes the Appropriations Committee chair to insert explanatory material in the Congressional Record by January 23, 2026.
• Requires the Clerk to hold the H.R. 7148 Senate message until H.R. 7147 passes.
• Directs engrossment of H.R. 7148 to add H.R. 7006 divisions and H.R. 7147 titles, redesignate divisions, and make technical corrections.
• Repeals Senate-notification requirements relating to legal process for disclosures of Senate data.