Operation Citizen · CL-003 · procedure check

What the current evidence can carry.

Use: distinguish an enacted policy provision from the procedure that carried it. This record shows what has been checked, what must be narrowed, and what evidence is still missing.

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Current findings

supported after correction

The enacted laws contain 20 separately identifiable appropriations restrictions in the corrected list.

The supplied table contains 19 rows. Official P.L. 119-74 section 434 adds the omitted restriction on implementing mandatory greenhouse-gas reporting for manure-management systems. The supplied explanation that the contractor political-spending restriction appeared twice does not match sections 632 and 735 of P.L. 119-75, which address different disclosures.

not supported as worded

All 20 federal rules were erased.

Several provisions temporarily restrict use of appropriated funds; some stop future rules, guidance, fees, treaty implementation, or enforcement rather than repeal an existing final rule. Use “regulatory or enforcement restrictions” until each item is typed.

requires narrower wording

No member voted on any of the restrictions.

The record may show no separate up-or-down vote on each restriction. House members can still vote on the special rule that waives points of order and on final passage of the combined vehicle.

use procedural wording

House Rule XXI was overridden.

Rule XXI creates points of order. A special rule can waive those points of order. Record the waiver language and adoption vote; describe it as a waiver, not a rule violation or erasure.

false assumption; separate method required

The Senate follows the same route.

The Senate does not use House special rules. Senate Rule XVI, points of order, unanimous-consent agreements, amendments, motions to waive, cloture, and action on House messages require a separate record.

Verified enacted text

The cited subjects appear in these public laws.

Official lawSections checked
P.L. 119-37sections 726, 728, 735, 736, 737, 752, 775
P.L. 119-74sections 430, 433, 434, 435, 530, 534, 537
P.L. 119-75sections 413, 510, 619, 632, 735, 7046

Official enacted text checked

The omitted twentieth restriction is identified.

P.L. 119-74 §434: Prohibits use of funds to implement a rule provision requiring mandatory reporting of greenhouse-gas emissions from manure-management systems.

This verifies the presence of the cited provisions and corrects the twentieth row. It does not yet verify the complete 298-row population or every House and Senate procedural step.

Tested House paths

These four vehicles now have procedure and vote records.

Enacted vehicleDebate resolutionRecorded decisionsSeparate-vote finding
P.L. 119-4 · H.R. 1968H.Res. 211House Roll 66, March 11, 2025: 216-214
House Roll 69, March 11, 2025: 217-213		One motion to recommit was permitted; no provision-level vote is established by the special rule.
P.L. 119-37 · H.R. 5371H.Res. 722 for initial House passage; H.Res. 873 for concurrence in the Senate amendmentHouse Roll 272, September 17, 2025: 216-210; House Roll 283, November 12, 2025: 213-209
House Roll 280, September 19, 2025: 217-212; House Roll 284, November 12, 2025: 222-209 on concurrence		The enacted Senate amendment was accepted through one concurrence motion under H.Res. 873.
P.L. 119-74 · H.R. 6938H.Res. 977House Roll 363, January 7, 2026: 214-212
House Roll 367, January 8, 2026: 397-28		House Rolls 365 and 366 separately retained Division A and Divisions B-C. They were division-level decisions, not votes on each restriction.
P.L. 119-75 · H.R. 7148H.Res. 1014House Roll 401, January 22, 2026: 214-213
House Roll 405, January 22, 2026: 341-88; House Roll 413, February 3, 2026: 217-214 on concurrence in Senate amendments		Two amendments received separate votes, but the listed restrictions did not receive individual up-or-down votes in the recorded House path.

The two chamber records

House

  1. vehicle and version
  2. Rule XXI provision implicated
  3. Rules Committee report
  4. special-rule resolution
  5. exact waiver text
  6. roll call adopting the special rule
  7. amendments made in order or blocked
  8. final-passage roll call
  9. whether the provision received a separate vote

Senate

  1. vehicle received or substitute offered
  2. Rule XVI issue
  3. point of order raised and disposition
  4. unanimous-consent agreement
  5. motion to waive and vote
  6. amendments offered and disposed
  7. cloture vote
  8. final-passage vote
  9. conference report or amendment between chambers

Evidence still required

Do not promote the count until these items are closed.

  1. Type every item as existing-rule implementation restriction, future-rule restriction, guidance/policy restriction, fee restriction, enforcement restriction, or statutory/treaty implementation restriction.
  2. Complete provision-level division and duration fields and map the Senate treatment of each enacted vehicle.
  3. Package the underlying 298-row extraction and coding table.

Official procedure sources

House Rule XXI and current House rulesSenate Standing Rule XVICRS: The Congressional Appropriations ProcessCRS: Limitations in Appropriations Measures