Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7148) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7147) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.
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Would set the House floor procedures for debating and passing two fiscal year 2026 appropriations bills (H.R. 7148 and H.R. 7147), including debate time limits, which amendments are allowed, and the order in which the bills are engrossed and sent to the Senate.
It also would adopt a substantive amendment repealing Senate notification requirements on legal process for disclosures of Senate data, folding that policy change into the procedural package.
What this bill would do
What it would do
This resolution sets the terms for House floor debate and amendment of two fiscal year 2026 appropriations bills, H.R. 7148 and H.R. 7147. It would allow the Speaker to move the House into Committee of the Whole for H.R. 7148, waive points of order, cap general debate at one hour, and limit further amendments to those specifically listed in the Rules Committee report. It sets similar terms for H.R. 7147, including one hour of debate and one motion to recommit, and directs that H.R. 7148 not be transmitted to the Senate until H.R. 7147 passes.
The resolution also directs the Clerk on specific technical steps for combining and redesignating divisions of H.R. 7148 and H.R. 7147 during engrossment, adopts an earlier House resolution (H. Res. 375) as amended, and adopts an amendment to H.R. 7147 repealing a Senate notification requirement on legal process for disclosures of Senate data. It does not itself enact the underlying appropriations.
Key provisions
- 1Would allow the Speaker to resolve the House into Committee of the Whole to consider H.R. 7148, with one hour of general debate and amendments limited to those in the Rules Committee report.
- 2Would make it in order to consider H.R. 7147 in the House, with points of order waived and one hour of debate before final passage.
- 3Would bar the Clerk from transmitting H.R. 7148 to the Senate until H.R. 7147 passes the House.
- 4Would direct the Clerk to combine and redesignate divisions of H.R. 7006 and H.R. 7147 into the engrossment of H.R. 7148.
- 5Would adopt House Resolution 375, as amended by the Rules Committee report, as part of this resolution.
- 6Would adopt an amendment to H.R. 7147 repealing Senate notification requirements on legal process for disclosures of Senate data.
Who would be affected
Members of the House of Representatives debating and voting on the two appropriations bills, the House Committee on Appropriations and Rules Committee, the House Clerk's office handling engrossment, and ultimately federal agencies and programs whose funding depends on H.R. 7148 and H.R. 7147.
Why it matters
The resolution determines which amendments lawmakers can offer and how much debate occurs before the House votes on major fiscal year 2026 funding bills, shaping the legislative path for government appropriations. It also inserts a substantive policy change—repealing a Senate data-disclosure notification requirement—into the process.
What would change
Changes to existing law
Repeals Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 (Section 213 of title II of division C) (Sec. 7)
Repeals Senate notification requirements relating to legal process on disclosures of Senate data, with no force or effect.
Agencies directed to act
Effective dates
- Deadline for the Appropriations chair to insert explanatory material in the Congressional Record
How implementation would work
Upon adoption, the resolution governs the House floor sequence: the Speaker may convene the Committee of the Whole for H.R. 7148 under capped debate and pre-cleared amendments, followed by consideration of H.R. 7147 with its own debate limits. The Clerk then executes specified engrossment steps—merging divisions from H.R. 7006 and H.R. 7147 into H.R. 7148, redesignating divisions, conforming cross-references, and making technical corrections—before either bill can be transmitted to the Senate, with transmission of H.R. 7148 held until H.R. 7147 passes.
Legislative status & sources
Latest action
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Official CRS summary
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Legislative subjects
Congress; House of Representatives; Legislative rules and procedure
Committee report
H. Rept. 119-462