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H. Res. 1469 - Ensuring accountability for key officials in the Biden-Harris administration responsible for decisionmaking and execution failures throughout the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

H. Res. 1469 - Ensuring accountability for key officials in the Biden-Harris administration responsible for decisionmaking and execution failures throughout the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Hearing Information

Meeting Information

Monday, September 23, 2024 - 4:00pm H-313, The Capitol View Announcement »

Bill Text

Text of H. Res. 1469PDFXML

(as introduced)

Hearing Documents

Rule PDF

H. Res. 1486PDFXML

H. Rept. 118-705PDF

Amendment to H. Rept. 118-705 PDF

(adopted by unanimous consent by the House on September 24, 2024)

Rule Information

COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY A RECORD VOTE of 9-4 on Monday, September 23, 2024.

FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 1486:
Agreed to by a record vote of 212-207, after agreeing to the previous question by a record vote of 208-204, on Tuesday, September 24, 2024.

MANAGERS: Burgess/McGovern

1. Structured rule for H.R. 3334. 

2. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. 

3. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs or their respective designees. 

4. Provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Foreign Affairs now printed in the bill, modified by the amendment printed in part A of the Rules Committee report, shall be considered as adopted, and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. 

5. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended. 

6. Makes in order only the amendments printed in part B of the Rules Committee report. Each amendment shall be considered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question. 

7. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part B of the Rules Committee report. 

8. Provides one motion to recommit. 

9. Closed rule for H.R. 8205. 

10. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. 

11. Provides that, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118-51 shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. 

12. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended. 

13. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their respective designees. 

14. Provides one motion to recommit. 

15. Structured rule for H.R. 8790. 

16. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. 

17. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Natural Resources or their respective designees. 

18. Provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Natural Resources now printed in the bill, modified by the amendment printed in part C of the Rules Committee report, shall be considered as adopted, and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. 

19. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended. 

20. Makes in order only the amendments printed in part D of the Rules Committee report. Each amendment shall be considered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question. 

21. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part D of the report. 

22. Provides one motion to recommit. 

23. Closed rule for H. Res. 1469. 

24. Provides that upon adoption of the resolution it shall be in order without intervention of any point of order to consider H. Res. 1469. 

25. Provides that the resolution shall be considered as read. 

26. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs or their respective designees. 

27. Provides that Section 3(j) of House Resolution 5 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(3) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this subsection, ‘non-governmental capacity’ shall mean any capacity except representing the executive branch of the United States government.”.

Amendments (click each header to sort table by that column)

#Version #Sponsor(s)PartySummaryStatus
1Version 2Gaetz (FL)(link is external)RepublicanWithdrawn Holding both General Mark Milley and General Frank McKenzie, responsible for their failures with respect to the Afghanistan withdrawWithdrawn

Committee Votes

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 271

Motion by Mr. McGovern to amend the language in the rule related to defining the governmental capacity of witnesses to remove that restriction entirely and remove the requirement for the Majority Leader to approve the remote participation of witnesses. Defeated: 4–9

Majority Members
Vote
Minority Members
Vote

Mr. Reschenthaler
Nay
Mrs. Fischbach
Nay
Mr. Massie
Nay
Mr. Norman
Nay
Mr. Roy
Nay
Mrs. Houchin
Nay
Mr. Langworthy
Nay
Mr. Scott (GA)
Nay
Mr. Burgess, Chair
Nay
Mr. McGovern
Yea
Ms. Scanlon
Yea
Mr. Neguse
Yea
Ms. Leger Fernández
Yea

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 274

Motion by Mr. Reschenthaler to report the rule. Adopted: 9–4

Majority Members
Vote
Minority Members
Vote

Mr. Reschenthaler
Yea
Mrs. Fischbach
Yea
Mr. Massie
Yea
Mr. Norman
Yea
Mr. Roy
Yea
Mrs. Houchin
Yea
Mr. Langworthy
Yea
Mr. Scott (GA)
Yea
Mr. Burgess, Chair
Yea
Mr. McGovern
Nay
Ms. Scanlon
Nay
Mr. Neguse
Nay
Ms. Leger Fernández
Nay