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House resolution · 111th Congress · Did not become law

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that legislation and conference reports be available on the Internet for 72 hours before consideration by the House, and for other purposes.

H.Res. 554Introduced Jun 17, 2009Policy area: Congress
Sponsor: Rep. Brian Baird D-WA
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Where it went

Latest action: Sep 23, 2009 — Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Walden. Petition No: 111-6. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/111/lrc/pd/Petitions/Dis6.htm">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.Res. 554.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.Res. 554, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 26, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

217 cosponsors — 171 Republicans, 46 Democrats

170 of 217 cosponsors (78%) are from the other party.

Robert Aderholt (R-AL), W. Akin (R-MO), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Michael Arcuri (D-NY), Steve Austria (R-OH), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), J. Barrett (R-SC), John Barrow (D-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Melissa Bean (D-IL), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Boehner (R-OH), Jo Bonner (R-AL), John Boozman (R-AR), Dan Boren (D-OK), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Bobby Bright (D-AL), Paul Broun (R-GA), Henry Brown (R-SC), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL) and 187 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brian Baird.

Sponsor’s state and district

Washington in Congress · WA-3 district

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Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.