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WASHINGTON, DC — Rules Committee Chairman James P. McGovern (D-MA) today released the following statement on the passing of Congressman Alcee Hastings (FL-20). Hastings served as Vice Chair of the Rules Committee and was Chairman of its Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative James P. McGovern, Chairman of the House Rules Committee, and Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following joint statement after their respective committees examined possible reforms to the War Powers Resolution to reclaim Congressional authority:
Will explore the limitations of this 1973 law and how the House Rules process could reform it to work more effectively in the modern Congress
Announcements
The Committee on Rules will meet today, July 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM ET in H-313, The Capitol on the following emergency measure:
- Senate Amendment to H.R. 4 – Rescissions Act of 2025
The Committee stands in recess subject to the call of the Chair.
The Committee on Rules will meet Monday, July 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM ET in H-313, The Capitol on the following measures:
- H.J. Res. 104 – Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to ‘‘Miles City Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment’’.
- H.J. Res. 105 – Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to ‘‘North Dakota Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan’’.
- H.J. Res. 106 – Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to ‘‘Central Yukon Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan’’.
- H.R. 3486 – Stop Illegal Entry Act
- H.R. 3898 – PERMIT Act
This meeting is now postponed subject to the call of the Chair.
The Committee on Rules will meet Today, July 16, 2025 at 4:00 PMET in H-313, The Capitol on the following emergency measure:
- H. Res. ____ – Directing the Clerk to make certain engrossment modifications