HRES-1438 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8800) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8884) to amend title II of the Social Security Act to reauthorize demonstration authority for the disability insurance program; providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 113) establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7008) to amend chapter 131 of title 5 to require certain restrictions on stocks for Members of Congress and their spouses and dependents, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6955) to make improvements to the Federal banking laws, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9770) making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.

YourVoice.Now Summary

Transparency & AccountabilityTargeted & Unrelated Provisions

Six measures head to the House floor — one hour of debate each, and few or no amendments allowed.

Transparency & Accountability

House vote on Members' stock trading limits — now guaranteed

H.R. 7008 would restrict stock holdings for members of Congress, their spouses, and dependents. The rule guarantees a final vote on it, using a text the Rules Committee modified.

Floor debate on each of six measures — one hour each

General debate on each measure is capped at one hour, split evenly between the two parties. The defense bill gets extra time on top of that for amendments.

Amendments to the defense bill — only pre-approved ones allowed

Members can offer only the amendments the Rules Committee printed in its report, in the order listed. The Armed Services chair may also bundle several of those into one 40-minute block.

Amendments to the budget plan and stopgap bill — none allowed

The ten-year budget plan and the short-term funding bill go straight to final votes with no member amendments. The one exception: the Budget Committee chair may fix math errors in the budget plan.

Separate votes on the Rules Committee's replacement texts — none needed

For five of the six measures, a replacement text written in the Rules Committee counts as adopted the moment this rule passes. Members never vote on those swaps on their own.

House rule objections — waived across all six measures

Normally any member can object that a bill or a provision breaks House rules, which can stop it cold. This rule blocks those objections for all six measures and their contents.

Targeted & Unrelated Provisions

Second bill's text added to the defense bill — S. 1383

The Clerk is directed to attach the full text of S. 1383, already passed by the House, to the end of the defense bill. Once the House passes it, the two travel to the Senate as one bill.

More about this bill

Nothing here changes your daily life directly. This is a House floor rule, adopted July 21, 2026. It sets debate terms for six separate measures. Those include the 2027 defense bill, a ten-year budget plan, and a short-term government funding bill. Each measure gets one hour of debate. The budget plan and the funding bill get no member amendments. The defense bill allows only amendments the Rules Committee picked in advance. For five of the six, a rewritten text counts as adopted without its own vote. Objections that a provision breaks House rules are waived throughout. The rule also tells the Clerk to add another bill, S. 1383, to the defense bill.

Congressional Summary

This resolution provides for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 8800) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8884) to amend title II of the Social Security Act to reauthorize demonstration authority for the disability insurance program; providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 113) establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7008) to amend chapter 131 of title 5 to require certain restrictions on stocks for Members of Congress and their spouses and dependents, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6955) to make improvements to the Federal banking laws, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9770) making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.

Details

Congress: 119th
Chamber: House
Status: summarized
Action: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 86.
Action Date: 2026-07-20
Date Added: 2026-07-21
Source: Congress.gov →

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