Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide for the consideration of continuing resolutions to fund the Government at the current rate of operations if offered not more than 24 hours before funding for the Government expires.

Amends Rule XXI (Restrictions on Certain Bills) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to make it in order, during the 24-hour period before funding for the government expires, for any Member to move to consider any joint resolution continuing appropriations for the government at the current rate of operations for 30 days. Prohibits the measure from containing other matter.

Declares that, if the measure passes the House, then, during the 30-day period it covers:

• it shall not be in order to consider any resolution providing for an adjournment period of more than three calendar days unless legislation is agreed to that funds the government until the end of the applicable fiscal year; and
• no funds of the House may be used for official travel of any of its Members, officers, or employees which is undertaken during such period.

[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 475 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 475

 Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide for the 
 consideration of continuing resolutions to fund the Government at the 
  current rate of operations if offered not more than 24 hours before 
                  funding for the Government expires.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 9, 2015

   Ms. Graham (for herself, Mr. Katko, Mr. Ashford, Mrs. Bustos, Mr. 
    Cooper, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Costa, Ms. Sinema, Mrs. 
   Kirkpatrick, Mr. Nolan, Mr. O'Rourke, and Mr. Bishop of Georgia) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                                on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide for the 
 consideration of continuing resolutions to fund the Government at the 
  current rate of operations if offered not more than 24 hours before 
                  funding for the Government expires.

    Resolved, That rule XXI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new 
clause:
    ``12.(a) During the 24-hour period which ends on the date on which 
funding for the Government expires, it shall be in order for any Member 
to move to consider any joint resolution continuing appropriations for 
the Government at the current rate of operations for 30 days. Such 
resolution may contain no other matter.
    ``(b) A motion to consider any continuing resolution described in 
paragraph (a) if offered by any Member pursuant to that paragraph shall 
be privileged and shall have precedence of all other questions.
    ``(c) If the continuing resolution described in paragraph (a) 
passes the House, then, during the 30-day period covered by the joint 
resolution--
            ``(1) it shall not be in order to consider any resolution 
        providing for an adjournment period of more than 3 calendar 
        days unless a bill or joint resolution is agreed to that funds 
        the Government until the end of the applicable fiscal year; and
            ``(2) no funds of the House may be used for official travel 
        of any Member, officer, or employee of the House which is 
        undertaken during such period.''.
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