H.Res. 648: To eliminate floor privileges and access to Member exercise facilities for registered lobbyists who are former Members or officers of the House.

109th Congress · introduced 2006-01-31 · Congress · Latest: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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Where it came from: introduced 2006-01-31 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-26] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 3 (2006): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, HRES648 (2006-02-01), Passed. See all
Where it stands now: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

To eliminate floor privileges and access to Member exercise facilities for registered lobbyists who are former Members or officers of the House.

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends rule IV (The Hall of the House) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to deny entitlement to the privilege of admission to the Hall of the House and adjacent rooms to any former Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, a former Parliamentarian of the House, or a former elected officer of the House or former minority employee nominated as an elected officer of the House, if he or she is a registered lobbyist or agent of a foreign principal. (Continues the current prohibition regarding direct personal or pecuniary interest in any pending or reported legislative measure, or employment by or representation of any party or organization for the purpose of influencing, directly or indirectly, the passage, defeat, or amendment of any legislative proposal.) Authorizes the Speaker of the House to promulgate regulations exempting ceremonial or educational functions from these prohibitions. Prohibits the House from providing access to any exercise facility (available exclusively to Members and former Members, officers and former officers of the House, and their spouses) to any former Member, former officer, or spouse who is a registered lobbyist or agent of a foreign principal.

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

To eliminate floor privileges and access to Member exercise facilities for registered lobbyists who are former Members or officers of the House.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)

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Sponsor: Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-26] · 0 cosponsors

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Recorded votes

House roll call 3 (2006): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, HRES648 (2006-02-01): Passed

Words on this page, explained (3)

Resolution: A formal statement or decision by a legislative body. Simple resolutions often only express an opinion or set rules for one chamber; they do not become law.
Roll-call vote: A vote where each member's position is recorded by name, so the public can see how every member voted. "Yea" means yes, "Nay" means no, "Present" means the member was there but did not take a side.
Rulemaking: The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-109hres648.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/109/hres>

Record fed-us-cong109-hres648 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109