Authorizing the Speaker to appoint a committee to notify the President of the assembly of the Congress.
Summary
What This Bill Does
This opening-day House resolution creates a two-Member House committee appointed by the Speaker. That House committee is to join with a Senate committee to notify the President of the United States that a quorum of each chamber has assembled and that Congress is ready to receive any communication the President may be pleased to make. The resolution is a formal interbranch notification step at the beginning of a Congress, not a policy bill affecting private parties.
Who Benefits and How
The President benefits because the notification confirms that Congress is organized and ready to receive presidential communications. The Speaker benefits from authority to appoint the two House Members who will carry the notice. The Senate committee benefits from a House counterpart for the joint notification. House Members benefit because the resolution completes a formal organizational step that allows regular legislative communication to proceed. Congressional staff benefit from clear instructions for the notification process.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Speaker must appoint two Members to the notification committee. The appointed House Members must participate in notifying the President. Senate counterparts must coordinate the joint communication. House administrative staff must support the appointment and notification process. No private person, business, or state government is regulated by the resolution.
Key Provisions
- Authorizes the Speaker to appoint a two-Member House notification committee.
- Requires the House committee to join with a Senate committee.
- Directs the joint committee to notify the President that both chambers have assembled.
- Provides notice that Congress is ready to receive presidential communications.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Directs the Speaker to appoint a two-Member House committee to join a Senate committee in notifying the President that both chambers have assembled and Congress is ready to receive presidential communications.
Key Policy Areas
Government
Primary Purpose
Directs the Speaker to appoint a two-Member House committee to join a Senate committee in notifying the President that both chambers have assembled and Congress is ready to receive presidential communications.
Policy Domains
House resolution provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- President of the United States
- Speaker of the House
- Senate notification committee
- House Members
- Congressional staff
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Speaker of the House
- Appointed House Members
- Senate counterparts
- House administrative staff
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
Passed HousePassed House (inferred from eh version)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without …
On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: …
Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed …
Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H8)
Submitted in House
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "speaker"
- → Speaker of the House
- "president"
- → President of the United States
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