HRES 199 United States House · 118th Congress

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 140) to amend title 5, United States Code, to prohibit Federal employees from advocating for censorship of viewpoints in their official capacity, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 27) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Revised Definition of 'Waters of the United States'"; and providing for consideration of the bill (S. 619) to require the Director of National Intelligence to declassify information relating to the origin of COVID-19, and for other purposes.

H.Res. 199 is a procedural resolution that sets the rules for the House to consider three specific bills. It outlines debate time, amendment procedures, and voting rules for: 1) H.R. 140 (prohibiting federal employees from advocating censorship in official roles), 2) H.J. Res. 27 (seeking congressional disapproval of an environmental rule on "waters of the United States"), and 3) S. 619 (requiring declassification of COVID-19 origin information). The resolution itself does not change policy but enables structured consideration of these measures. It affects House procedures and the timeline for voting on these three legislative proposals.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Mar 2023
House Passage
Mar 2023
Senate Passage
President
Introduced Mar 7, 2023 Last action Mar 8, 2023
Floor votes · House Mar 8, 2023

How they voted

217205
Passed · 12 other
Total votes 434
Mar 8, 2023
D Democratic213
205 Nay 8
96% Nay
I Independent1
1 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican220
216 Yea 4
98% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
10
Key actions
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Committee
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Amendments
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Mar 8, 2023
Introduced
On agreeing to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by recorded vote: 216 - 206 (Roll No. 135).
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Mar 8, 2023
Lower · Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by recorded vote: 216 - 206 (Roll No. 135).
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Mar 8, 2023
Introduced
On ordering the previous question on the amendment (A001) and the resolution. Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 217 - 205 (Roll no. 134).
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Mar 7, 2023
Lower · Passed
The House Committee on Rules reported an original measure, H. Rept. 118-7, by Mr. Massie.
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Mar 7, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Thomas Massie
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