Providing for the announcement of pairs from a written list furnished to the Clerk, and for other purposes.
Summary
What This Bill Does
This resolution sets a House voting-procedure rule for the 119th Congress. It allows pairs to be announced by the Clerk immediately before the Chair announces the result of a vote by the House or the Committee of the Whole. The pair list must be furnished to the Clerk in writing and signed by the Member making the statement. The list must be published in the Congressional Record as part of the proceedings immediately after the names of Members not voting. A pair may be announced only once during the same legislative day.
Who Benefits and How
House Members using pair arrangements benefit because the resolution creates a formal written-list process for announcing pairs around votes. Members absent from a vote benefit because the Congressional Record can document the paired voting arrangement immediately after the nonvoting list. The Clerk benefits from a clear signed-list requirement rather than informal pair announcements. The Chair benefits because pair announcements occur at a defined moment before vote results are announced. Readers of the Congressional Record benefit because pairs are published in a predictable location.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Members making pair statements must provide a written signed list to the Clerk. The Clerk must announce pairs before vote results and publish the list in the Congressional Record. The Chair must sequence the vote announcement around the pair announcement. Members seeking repeated announcements bear a limit because pairs may be announced only once during the same legislative day.
Key Provisions
- Authorizes pair announcements from a written list furnished to the Clerk during the 119th Congress.
- Requires the Member making the statement to sign the written pair list.
- Directs the Clerk to announce pairs before the Chair announces vote results.
- Requires publication of the list in the Congressional Record after names of Members not voting.
- Limits pair announcements to once during the same legislative day.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Authorizes pair announcements during the 119th Congress from a written list furnished to the Clerk, signed by the Member making the statement, published in the Congressional Record after names of those not voting, and announced only once per legislative day.
Key Policy Areas
Government
Primary Purpose
Authorizes pair announcements during the 119th Congress from a written list furnished to the Clerk, signed by the Member making the statement, published in the Congressional Record after names of those not voting, and announced only once per legislative day.
Policy Domains
House resolution provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- House Members using pair arrangements
- Members absent from a vote
- Clerk of the House
- Chair of the House
- Congressional Record staff
- Congressional Record readers
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Members making pair statements
- Clerk of the House
- Chair of the House
- House floor staff
- Members seeking repeated announcements
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Legislative Progress
Passed HousePassed House (inferred from eh version)
Mrs. Luna submitted the following resolution; which was referred to …
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "chair"
- → Chair of the House or Committee of the Whole
- "clerk"
- → Clerk of the House
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