Erin Houchin (R-IN)
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5371) making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 719) honoring the life and legacy of Charles Charlie James Kirk; and for other purposes.
A Republican resolution with no cosponsors
Last activity — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Adopted
The chamber formally agreed to it, and for a resolution that is the finish line: what it says is now officially the chamber's position, rule or tribute.
Nothing more is needed. A resolution is how a chamber speaks for itself or sets its own rules, so adopting it is what puts it into effect. It is not a law, so there is nothing for the President to sign.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- Adopted by the House 216–210
A House resolution is the House speaking for itself: stating a position, honouring someone, or setting its own rules. Adopting it is the whole process. Once the House agrees to it, it is officially the House's word; it is not a law, so the Senate and the President have no part in it.
What this bill would do
H. Res. 722 sets the rules for considering a bill that makes continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026 in the House of Representatives. It allows for the bill to be considered as read and waives all points of order against its consideration and provisions. The resolution also provides for one hour of debate and allows one motion to recommit before final passage. Additionally, it sets the rules for considering a resolution honoring the life and legacy of Charles Charlie James Kirk. Finally, it amends sections of a previous House resolution to change a date from March 31, 2026, to January 31, 2026.
What Congress actually voted on
2 recorded votes have been taken on this bill. One of them decided something; the rest moved it along.
- The House: the vote on whether to adopt the resolution A resolution is one chamber speaking for itself — setting its own rules, taking a position, honouring someone — and it never goes to the President. Agreeing to it is the whole decision. Passed 216 yes · 210 no
09/17/2025 · Roll call 273 · recorded as “On Agreeing to the Resolution”
- The House: a vote to stop debate and move to the decision A House procedural vote that closes off further debate and amendments. It is about the schedule, not the substance, and it usually falls along party lines. Previous question agreed to 213 yes · 207 no
09/17/2025 · Roll call 272 · recorded as “On Ordering the Previous Question”
Who it would affect, and how
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- 9/17/2025
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 216 - 210, 1 Present (Roll no. 273). (text: CR H4386: 3)
- On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 216 - 210, 1 Present (Roll no. 273). (text: CR H4386)
- On ordering the previous question Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 213 - 207 (Roll no. 272). (consideration: CR H4393)
- Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4393)
- POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H. Res. 722, the Chair put the question on ordering the previous question and by voice vote announced the ayes had prevailed. Mr. McGovern demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H. Res. 722.
- Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H4386)
- 9/16/2025
- The House Committee on Rules reported an original measure, H. Rept. 119-299, by Mrs. Houchin.
- Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 45.
- The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 5371 and H. Res. 719 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on H.R. 5371.
- Bill introduced.
3 bills Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
- 119-HR-5371: Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026
- 119-HRES-707: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4922) to limit youth offender status in the District of Columbia to individuals 18 years of age or younger, to direct the Attorney General of the District of Columbia to establish and operate a publicly accessible website containing updated statistics on juvenile crime in the District of Columbia, to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to prohibit the Council of the District of Columbia from enacting changes to existing criminal liability sentences, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5143) to establish standards for law enforcement officers in the District of Columbia to engage in vehicular pursuits of suspects, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5140) to lower the age at which a minor may be tried as an adult for certain criminal offenses in the District of Columbia to 14 years of age; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5125) to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to terminate the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1047) to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reform the interconnection queue process for the prioritization and approval of certain projects, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3015) to reestablish the National Coal Council in the Department of Energy to provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Energy on matters related to coal and the coal industry, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3062) to establish a more uniform, transparent, and modern process to authorize the construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of international border-crossing facilities for the import and export of oil and natural gas and the transmission of electricity; and for other purposes.
- 119-HRES-719: Honoring the life and legacy of Charles Charlie James Kirk.