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BUDS Resolution

Authorizing two Members to serve as joint sponsors of a bill, resolution, or joint resolution in the House of Representatives if one of the Members is from the majority party and the other is from the minority party.

Introduced Jun 11, 2025

Latest action (Jun 11, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Referred to
Rules Committee
Policy area
Congress

Summary
  • Allows two House Members to jointly sponsor a bill or resolution if one is from the majority party and one is from the minority party.
  • Permits both joint sponsors to name cosponsors to a jointly sponsored bill or resolution.
  • Requires both joint sponsors to submit constitutional authority statements for a jointly sponsored bill or resolution.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
15 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Jun 11, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Rules. · house
  2. Jun 11, 2025 Submitted in House

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Full text

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H. Res. 501 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 501

Authorizing two Members to serve as joint sponsors of a bill, resolution, or joint resolution in the House of Representatives if one of the Members is from the majority party and the other is from the minority party.

RESOLUTION

Authorizing two Members to serve as joint sponsors of a bill, resolution, or joint resolution in the House of Representatives if one of the Members is from the majority party and the other is from the minority party.

Resolved,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This resolution may be cited as the “Building Unity through Dual Sponsors Resolution” or the “BUDS Resolution”.

SEC. 2. JOINT SPONSORSHIP OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS.

(a) Authorizing Joint Sponsorship.—Clause 7 of rule XII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

“(e) A public bill or public resolution may be sponsored jointly by two Members, including the Delegates and the Resident Commissioner, if one of the Members is from the majority party and the other Member is from the minority party.”.

(b) Conforming Amendment Relating to Authority To Name Cosponsors.—Clause 7(b)(1) of rule XII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by inserting after the first sentence the following: “In the case of a public bill or public resolution which is sponsored jointly by two Members pursuant to paragraph (e), both of the sponsors may name cosponsors.”.

(c) Conforming Amendment Relating to Submission of Constitutional Authority Statement.—Clause 7(c)(1) of rule XII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking “the sponsor submits” and inserting “the sponsor submits (or, in the case of a public bill or public resolution which is sponsored jointly by two Members pursuant to paragraph (e), both of the sponsors submit)”. <all>

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