House of Representatives refers HR128 to House Administration; sends multiple resolutions to Local and Consent Calendars

The House of Representatives read a resolution on first reading that would amend the House rules of procedure to allow additional constitutionally compliant, proportional penalties for members absent without leave and referred that resolution to the Committee on House Administration.

The matter was presented by the Clerk, who read the text and announced the referral. The Clerk said, "The House will come to order" and then read the resolution language and referral instruction. The resolution, identified as HR128, seeks to authorize "additional constitutionally compliant proportional penalties for members absent without leave for the purpose of impeding the action of the House that do not unfairly impair members' representative functions." The Clerk announced, "Refer to the Committee on House Administration."

The Clerk also announced that multiple resolutions were being referred to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars. Those items included HR108 and HR110 through HR113 attributed to Perez of El Paso; HR109 attributed to Leo Wilson; HR114 through HR119 and HR121 through HR122 attributed to Deh Ayala; and additional items listed as HR120, HR123, HR124 and HR125. After reading the list of referrals the Clerk announced that "the House stand at ease."

These announcements are formal referral actions; the transcript does not show debate, votes, or sponsor speeches on HR128 during the excerpt provided. No mover or seconder names, vote tallies, or subsequent committee actions were recorded in the provided transcript excerpt. The recorded action in the excerpt is the reading and formal referral of the items to the committees noted.

The referrals route the resolutions into committee consideration; the Committee on House Administration will receive HR128 for any further work on changes to internal House rules, and the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars will receive the listed resolutions for their review and placement on appropriate calendars. The transcript excerpt ends with the House briefly standing at ease, and provides no further detail on timing for committee consideration or any sponsor remarks.