United States 119th Congress Status: Passed House 11 D cosponsors

HJRES 72 — Relating to a national emergency by the President on February 1, 2025.

Last action — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the House. Introduced March 06, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the Senate.

Odds of enactment

Low chance

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Prognosis

Advancing 58% · moderate confidence

  • Passed House

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 11 sponsors

    1 primary, 10 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (11 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 1 recorded vote so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

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Plain-language change summary

The text indicates that the bill HJRES 72 has been received in the Senate on February 12, 2026, and has been read twice before being referred to the Committee on Finance. The lines removed suggest that there was a previous designation of the bill as "Engrossed in House," which is no longer included in this version. This change in designation reflects its transition from House consideration to Senate review.

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72 Engrossed in House (EH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H.
72 Referred in Senate (RFS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H.
72 _______________________________________________________________________ JOINT RESOLUTION Relating to a national emergency by the President on February 1, 2025.
72 _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 12, 2026 Received;
read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance _______________________________________________________________________ JOINT RESOLUTION Relating to a national emergency by the President on February 1, 2025.
Clerk.
KEVIN F.
119th CONGRESS 2d Session H.
MCCUMBER, Clerk.
J.
RES.
72 _______________________________________________________________________ JOINT RESOLUTION Relating to a national emergency by the President on February 1, 2025.
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Action History

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Introduced in House

  3. Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

  4. ORDER OF PROCEDURE - Mr. Mast asked unanimous consent that it be in order at any time to consider in the House H.J. Res. 72 if called up by the chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs or his designee; that all points of order against consideration of the joint resolution be waived; that the joint resolution be considered as read; that all points of order against provisions in the joint resolution be waived; and that the previous question be considered as ordered on the joint resolution to final passage without intervening motion except for one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs or their respective designees.

  5. Consideration initiated pursuant to a previous order.

  6. Considered pursuant to a previous order. (consideration: CR H2154-2161)

  7. DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.J. Res. 72.

  8. The previous question was ordered pursuant to a previous order of the House.

  9. POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.J. Res. 72, the Chair put the question on passage of the joint resolution and by voice vote, announced the noes had prevailed. Mr. Meeks demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.

  10. Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2169)

  11. Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 219 - 211 (Roll no. 65).

  12. On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 219 - 211 (Roll no. 65). (text: CR H2154)

  13. Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  14. Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 10 co-sponsors · 536 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (10)

Not signed on (536)

536 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HJRES 72?
HJRES 72 is sponsored by Meeks, Gregory W. (Democratic), Neal, Richard E. (Democratic), Larsen, Rick (Democratic), DelBene, Suzan K. (Democratic), Stanton, Greg (Democratic), Castro, Joaquin (Democratic), Underwood, Lauren (Democratic), Sherman, Brad (Democratic), Kaptur, Marcy (Democratic), Kamlager-Dove, Sydney (Democratic), and Panetta, Jimmy (Democratic).
What is the current status of HJRES 72?
This bill has passed the House. Introduced March 06, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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