H.Res. 465: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that regular order should be restored in the House and Senate.

115th Congress · introduced 2017-07-20 · Congress · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-07-20 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-8] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that regular order should be restored in the House and Senate.

Plain summary

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: it should not be in order to consider a bill or resolution in the House unless each committee of referral had a hearing on it at which amendments were permitted, a vote was taken, and the committee filed a report on the measure; a conference report should not be filed in the House unless the conference committee held at least three meetings in which all committee members were allowed to be present, all items of difference between the chambers were addressed, voted on, and resolved by the full conference committee membership, and printed or electronic copies of the conference report and the accompanying joint explanatory statement were available to Members and Delegates for at least 48 hours before filing; both chambers should schedule simultaneous five-day work weeks in Washington and district work periods; and every bill brought to committee should be open to amendment and every bill brought to the floor of the House for a vote should be considered under an open rule.

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Official text

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that regular order should be restored in the House and Senate.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-8] · 0 cosponsors

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Words on this page, explained (4)

Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
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 (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hres465.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hres>

Record fed-us-cong115-hres465 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115