Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4016) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3633) to provide for a system of regulation of the offer and sale of digital commodities by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1919) to amend the Federal Reserve Act to prohibit the Federal reserve banks from offering certain products or services directly to an individual, to prohibit the use of central bank digital currency for monetary policy, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (S. 1582) to provide for the regulation of payment stablecoins, and for other purposes; and waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
H. Res. 580 is a House of Representatives procedural rule that governs how several bills will be considered on the floor. Rather than a substantive law, it sets the terms for debating and amending multiple bills in a single package. The rule allows expedited floor consideration of (1) H.R. 4016 (Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and related provisions), (2) H.R. 3633 (a proposed regulatory framework for digital commodities by the SEC and CFTC), (3) H.R. 1919 ( amendments to the Federal Reserve Act concerning direct offerings to individuals and the use of central bank digital currency in policy), (4) S. 1582 (regulation of payment stablecoins), and (5) a related Rules-driven process affecting H.R. 4 (budget rescissions). It authorizes specific forms of amendments (notably amendments en bloc and substitute amendments), limits debate time, and waives certain procedural points of order to speed passage. The rule also allows a limited number of pro forma amendments and a single motion to recommit for each bill. In short, H. Res. 580 packages these bills for faster floor action while constraining how amendments can be offered and debated, and it waives several ordinary procedural hurdles to enable quick passage.
Key Points
- 1Expedites consideration of five measures on the floor:
- 2- H.R. 4016: Defense appropriations for FY 2026 (with related provisions).
- 3- H.R. 3633: Regulation of the offer and sale of digital commodities (SEC and CFTC) and related purposes.
- 4- H.R. 1919: Federal Reserve Act amendments (prohibiting certain direct offerings to individuals and restricting the use of central bank digital currency for monetary policy, with other purposes).
- 5- S. 1582: Regulation of payment stablecoins and related provisions.
- 6- Related process for H.R. 4 (budget authority rescission) as noted in the rules matter.
- 7Amendments and debate structure:
- 8- For H.R. 4016, amendments must come from those printed in the Rules Committee report (Part A), with limited amendment rights via “amendments en bloc” described in Sec. 3, and possible pro forma amendments (Sec. 4).
- 9- Amendments are considered read, debatable for limited time, and not subject to a division of the question, with points of order waived for these amendments (Sec. 2).
- 10- Amendments en bloc (Sec. 3) may be offered up to 20 minutes of debate, read as a block, and not subject to further amendment (except as allowed by Sec. 4).
- 11- Pro forma amendments allowed (up to 10 for debate) (Sec. 4).
- 12- Final passage subject to a single motion to recommit among other standard motions (Sec. 5).
- 13Substitution and “in the nature of a substitute”:
- 14- For H.R. 3633 and H.R. 1919, substitution amendments reflecting a specific pre-printed substitute (Rules Committee Print 119-6 and related Part B/C modifications) are to be considered as adopted, with the bills read as amended (Sec. 6 and 7).
- 15Time limits and debate:
- 16- H.R. 4016: general debate limited to one hour; amendments under the five-minute rule; read and debatable time divided between the chair and ranking minority member or their designees (Sec. 1-2).
- 17- H.R. 3633: one hour of debate split among the relevant committees for the main bill and a subsequent specified amendment (Sec. 6).
- 18- H.R. 1919: one hour of debate divided between the Financial Services Committee and its minority counterpart (Sec. 7).
- 19- S. 1582: one hour of debate (Sec. 8).
- 20Waivers of standard procedural rules:
- 21- Points of order against consideration of the listed bills are waived.
- 22- Points of order against provisions in the bills, as amended, are waived (where applicable).
- 23- The rule waives the two-thirds vote requirement (clause 6(a) of rule XIII) for a certain Rules-Committee report relating to H.R. 4 on a specified legislative day (Sec. 9).