House Rules Committee
House standing committee · Official website
Last updated · 4 sources
The House Rules Committee has 13 members: 9 Republicans and 4 Democrats.
Virginia Foxx is the chair and Jim McGovern is the ranking member.
It has 2 subcommittees and held 2 meetings in the last 30 days.
300 bills have been referred to the committee in the 119th Congress.
Bills referred, 119th Congress
300 bills have been referred to the committee in the 119th Congress. The 5 with the most recent action:
H.R. 10697 To amend titles 18 and 10, United States Code, to provide for congressional authority to terminate exceptions authorized to the prohibition on the use of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force as posse comitatus, and for other purposes.
Latest action Oct 1, 2026: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Rules, Appropriations, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
H.R. 10706 To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to clarify parameters for model testing and add accountability to model expansion under the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, and for other purposes.
Latest action Oct 1, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
H.Res. 1596 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9899) to designate Afghanistan under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit nationals of Afghanistan to be eligible for temporary protected status under such section, and for other purposes.
Latest action Oct 1, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
H.R. 10586 NATO Shield Act
Latest action Sep 24, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
H.R. 10497 To require explicit Congressional approval for troops or armed persons at polling places for the only exception in the United States Code, and for other purposes.
Latest action Sep 17, 2026: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Meetings, Sep 2 – Oct 1, 2026
· Meeting
H.J. Res. 210 – Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".; H.J. Res. 213 – Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".; H.R. 9576 – National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026; H.R. 10326 – PROOF Act; Senate amendments to H.R. 5334 – Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026
House Rules Committee · H-313 U.S. Capitol · Notice
Bills: H.J.Res. 210, H.J.Res. 213, H.R. 10326, H.R. 5334, H.R. 9576
· Meeting
Member Day Hearing on Proposed Rules Changes for the 120th Congress
House Rules Committee · H-313 U.S. Capitol · Notice
Subcommittees (2)
Legislative and Budget Process
Chair: Nick Langworthy · Ranking member: Teresa Leger Fernández · 6 members
Rules and Organization of the House
Chair: Michelle Fischbach · Ranking member: Mary Gay Scanlon · 6 members
Sources
- Committee membership (congress-legislators, CC0)
- Official committee website
- Committee meeting notices · retrieved Oct 1, 2026
- Bill status (Congress.gov / GovInfo BILLSTATUS) · retrieved Oct 2, 2026