Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1501) to amend the FAST Act to include certain mineral production activities as a covered project, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9436) to amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 to extend the time period for which certain regulations concerning the North Atlantic right whale are effective; providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 1490) providing for the condemnation and denouncement of socialism in all its forms, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4795) to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit an institution that participates in a nonexpressive commercial boycott of Israel from being eligible for certain funds under that Act, to require an institution that participates in certain programs under that Act to certify that students are not unreasonably obstructed from participating in academic programs in Israel, and for other purposes; and relating to consideration of motions to suspend the rules.

Sent four measures to a House floor vote — one hour of debate each, and no amendments.

The details

Nothing in your daily life changed when the House adopted this. A floor rule only sets the terms of debate. It spends no money and sets no rules for anyone outside the House. Its job was to move other measures to a vote. The House agreed to it on September 1, 2026, by a vote of 210 to 208. Four measures were cleared to reach the floor. One deals with permits for certain mineral production. One would extend how long current rules on the North Atlantic right whale stay in effect. One is a resolution condemning socialism, an opinion with no force of law. The fourth would cut off some Higher Education Act money for colleges that join a commercial boycott of Israel. Each got one hour of debate, split evenly between the two parties. The terms were tight. No floor amendments were allowed. On the three bills, members got one motion to send the bill back to committee. Objections that a bill breaks House rules were waived. For H.R. 9436 and H.R. 4795, the House voted on a Rules Committee print rather than the version printed in the bill. The rule also stretched debate to one hour on a proposed constitutional amendment to fix the Supreme Court at nine justices.