Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a supermajority vote of Members present and voting to subject a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to the censure or disapproval of the House, or removal from committee membership.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 906 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 906

    Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a 
 supermajority vote of Members present and voting to subject a Member, 
Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to the censure or disapproval of the 
              House, or removal from committee membership.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 21, 2025

    Mr. Beyer (for himself, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Lawler, Ms. 
 Morrison, Mr. Kiley of California, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Turner of Ohio, 
    Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Moskowitz, Mr. 
   McClintock, Ms. Scholten, Ms. Omar, Mr. Walkinshaw, Mr. Bera, Ms. 
    McCollum, Ms. Craig, Ms. McBride, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Mrs. 
Dingell, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Cuellar, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Ivey, Mr. 
Doggett, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, and Ms. Salinas) 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 require a 
 supermajority vote of Members present and voting to subject a Member, 
Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to the censure or disapproval of the 
              House, or removal from committee membership.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. THRESHOLD REQUIRED FOR VOTE FOR CENSURE, DISAPPROVAL, AND 
              REMOVAL FROM COMMITTEE.

    Rule XVII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended 
by adding at the end the following new clause:
``Censure, disapproval, and removal from committee
    ``11. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not be 
subjected to the censure or disapproval of the House, nor to removal 
from committee membership, unless not less than 60 percent of the 
Members voting, a quorum being present, vote in favor of the resolution 
to censure, disapprove, or remove such Member, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner from committee assignments.''.
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