This resolution sets the House floor rules for four separate bills. It limits debate, controls which changes lawmakers may offer, and allows final votes to happen more quickly.
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Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2483) to reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2931) to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to relocate certain offices of the Small Business Administration in sanctuary jurisdictions, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2966) to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to require an applicant for certain loans of the Administration to provide certain citizenship status documentation, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2987) to amend the Small Business Act to require a limit on the number of small business lending companies, and for other purposes. is a House bill passed by the House. The latest recorded action: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Latest action on H.Res. 458: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Who this affects: This resolution mainly affects House lawmakers, committees, and people watching the four covered bills. It decides how much debate happens and which changes can come up for a vote. People involved in opioid treatment and recovery programs, small businesses, lenders, and Small Business Administration offices may care because these rules shape the path of the separate policy bills.
Why this matters: This matters because the House can change a bill a lot by controlling how much debate happens and which amendments get a vote. The resolution could help the House move faster on opioid and small business bills. It could also leave out changes that some lawmakers want to offer. The final real-world impact depends on whether the House passes the four separate bills and what those bills say.
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