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HRES-1224House2026-04-29Congress

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7567) to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2031, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2616) to require public elementary and middle schools that receive funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to obtain parental consent before changing a minor's gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form or sex-based accommodations, including locker rooms or bathrooms; providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 33) setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035; providing for consideration of the bill (S. 1318) to direct the American Battle Monuments Commission to establish a program to identify American-Jewish servicemembers buried in United States military cemeteries overseas under markers that incorrectly represent their religion and heritage, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1346) to amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.

YourVoice.Now Summary

Transparency & AccountabilityTargeted & Unrelated Provisions

No change to your money or your benefits — this House rule set the debate terms for five other bills.

Transparency & Accountability

Chances to amend four of the five bills — none allowed

Four measures got no floor changes at all: the school-consent bill, the budget plan, the grave-markers bill, and the ethanol bill. On the farm bill, only changes cleared in advance by the Rules Committee could be offered. Named members had to offer them.

Separate votes on replacement bill texts — treated as already adopted

For the farm bill, the school-consent bill, the grave-markers bill, and the ethanol bill, the rule swapped in new committee text and counted it as adopted. The House held no separate vote on the swap.

Objections that a bill breaks House rules — all waived

Members can normally object that part of a bill breaks House rules. This rule blocked those objections for all five measures.

Limits on fast-track votes — lifted through May 1, 2026

Fast-track votes skip amendments and need two-thirds to pass. The rule let the Speaker call them any time through May 1, 2026, after consulting the Minority Leader.

Targeted & Unrelated Provisions

Ethanol fuel bill attached to the farm bill

H.R. 1346 changes an ethanol fuel rule under the Clean Air Act. The clerk was told to add its text to the end of the farm bill, so the two travel to the Senate as one bill with no separate vote on the merger.

Another House bill attached to the grave-markers bill

The clerk was told to add the text of H.R. 1919, a separate bill the House already passed, to the end of S. 1318. S. 1318 deals with grave markers for Jewish servicemembers buried overseas; the addition got no vote of its own.

More about this bill

Nothing here changes your money, your benefits, or your paperwork. This is a House floor rule, adopted April 29, 2026. It set the debate terms for five other measures. Those measures cover farm and food programs through 2031 and the federal budget plan. They also cover parental consent for school gender records, grave markers for Jewish servicemembers, and an ethanol fuel change. General debate was capped at one hour for each measure. Four of the five could not be changed on the floor at all. On the farm bill, only changes pre-cleared by the Rules Committee could be offered. The rule also folded an ethanol bill into the farm bill without a separate vote. It did the same with another House bill and the grave-markers bill. This rule passed none of those measures. It only set how the House would take them up.

Congressional Summary

Congress's official summary of this bill still describes an earlier version of the text, so we have left it out here. You can read it on Congress.gov.

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Details

Congress
119th
Chamber
House
Status
summarized
Action
Agreed to in House
Action Date
2026-04-29
Date Added
2026-05-02
Source
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