# Plain Language Summary: Task Force on the Legislative Process

Congress is creating a special committee to study how to speed up the legislative process when bills have strong bipartisan support. Right now, when one chamber of Congress (the House or Senate) passes a bill with overwhelming agreement, the other chamber still has to go through its normal procedures, which can take a long time. This task force will figure out ways to let bills that passed one chamber with broad support move faster through the other chamber, potentially getting important legislation to the President's desk more quickly.

The task force will have 12 members—six from the House of Representatives and six from the Senate, split evenly between the majority and minority parties. The leadership from both chambers will appoint these members, with at least one person from each party's Rules Committee included. These are the committees that handle how bills move through Congress, so they'll bring expertise about the legislative process. The task force will gather ideas and proposals from Congress members and staff about different ways to expedite bills with bipartisan backing.

Within one year, the task force must produce a report analyzing various options for speeding up legislation and make recommendations that at least nine of its twelve members agree on. Once they deliver this report to the House and Senate Rules Committees, those committees will post it publicly on their websites so Congress members and the public can see what they've proposed. After the report is delivered, the task force will dissolve, and its records will be kept by the Rules Committees for future reference.

In practical terms, this doesn't immediately change how Congress works—it's a study group designed to come up with ideas. But if Congress adopts any of the task force's recommendations, it could mean that bills with strong support from both parties move through the legislative process faster, potentially making it easier to pass bipartisan legislation.

Establishing the Task Force on the Legislative Process.

Williams, Nikema

 <p>This concurrent resolution temporarily establishes a bipartisan and bicameral task force to report on ways to expedite the consideration of legislation that passed in its originating chamber with wide bipartisan support. The task force must submit a final report of its recommendations within one year of the passage of this concurrent resolution. The task force terminates upon the submission of the report.</p>