Amending House Resolution 211 to ensure that days occurring during the first session of the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress constitute calendar days for purposes of section 202 of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622) with respect to a joint resolution terminating a national emergency declared by the President on February 1, 2025.
H.Res. 304 amends a previous House rule (H.Res. 211) to clarify how days are counted when Congress considers a resolution to terminate a national emergency declared by the President on February 1, 2025. Under the National Emergencies Act, Congress has a limited time period to vote on ending a presidential emergency declaration, and the resolution counts "calendar days" rather than legislative days. This technical amendment ensures that all calendar days during the House's current session count toward that deadline, removing a provision that could have excluded certain days from the calculation. The change takes effect retroactively as if it were part of the original rule adopted in March 2025. No funding is authorized or required by this resolution.
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