Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2189) to modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology and less-than-lethal weapons, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 261) to amend the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to prohibit requiring an authorization for the installation, continued presence, operation, maintenance, repair, or recovery of undersea fiber optic cables in a national marine sanctuary if such activities have previously been authorized by a Federal or State agency; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3617) to amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to secure the supply of critical energy resources, including critical minerals and other materials, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.

The resolution would make it in order for the House to consider three separate bills — H.R. 2189 (firearms law modernization), H.R. 261 (undersea fiber optic cables in marine sanctuaries), and H.R. 3617 (critical energy resource and mineral supply security) — each under a specified substitute amendment, with points of order against the bills waived, one hour of debate divided among named committee leaders for each bill, and one motion to recommit allowed per bill. Separately, it would provide that each day between February 10, 2026, and July 31, 2026, does not count as a 'calendar day' under the National Emergencies Act's expedited procedure for joint resolutions terminating national emergencies declared on February 1, April 2, July 30, or August 6, 2025. This would not itself pass or amend the underlying bills; it only sets the procedural path for their consideration.

Members of the House of Representatives debating and voting on H.R. 2189, H.R. 261, and H.R. 3617; the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, and Energy and Commerce Committees named to control debate time; and any member seeking to force a vote terminating the four named national emergency declarations.

By waiving points of order and pre-adopting substitute texts, the rule streamlines passage of the three underlying bills without further floor amendment fights. The National Emergencies Act provision delays the timeline for any privileged resolution to terminate the four named emergencies, effectively limiting Congress's expedited tool for ending them through July 2026.

Once adopted, the resolution immediately governs floor procedure: each of the three bills would be taken up in turn, debated for the allotted hour split among the named committees' leaders, considered under the pre-approved substitute text, and be subject to one motion to recommit before a final passage vote. The National Emergencies Act provision operates by administrative effect, excluding a defined block of calendar days from the day-count that triggers expedited, privileged consideration of emergency-termination resolutions, without any agency rulemaking or reporting involved.