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H.Res. 97: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 185) to terminate the requirement imposed by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for proof of COVID-19 vaccination for foreign travelers, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 24) disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022; and providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 26) disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022.


This resolution sets the rules for debate for H.R. 185, such as limiting who can submit an amendment and setting floor debate time.

Sponsor and status

Nicholas Langworthy

Sponsor. Representative for New York's 23rd congressional district. Republican.

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Last Updated: Feb 7, 2023
Length: 3 pages
Introduced
Feb 7, 2023
118th Congress (2023–2025)
Status

Agreed To (Simple Resolution) on Feb 7, 2023

This simple resolution was agreed to on February 7, 2023. That is the end of the legislative process for a simple resolution.

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History

Feb 6, 2023
 
Text Published

Updated bill text was published as of Preprint (Unknown).

Feb 7, 2023
 
Introduced

Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber.

Feb 7, 2023
 
Agreed To

The resolution was passed in a vote in the House. A simple resolution is not voted on in the other chamber and does not have the force of law.

Feb 7, 2023
 
Reported by House Committee on Rules

A committee issued a report on the bill, which often provides helpful explanatory background on the issue addressed by the bill and the bill's intentions.

H.Res. 97 is a simple resolution in the United States Congress.

A simple resolution is used for matters that affect just one chamber of Congress, often to change the rules of the chamber to set the manner of debate for a related bill. It must be agreed to in the chamber in which it was introduced. It is not voted on in the other chamber and does not have the force of law.

Resolutions numbers restart every two years. That means there are other resolutions with the number H.Res. 97. This is the one from the 118th Congress.

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