I Rules of the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress 101. Adoption of the Rules of the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress The Rules of the House of Representatives of the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, including applicable provisions of law or concurrent resolution that constituted rules of the House at the end of the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, are adopted as the Rules of the House of Representatives of the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, with amendments to the standing rules as provided in section 102, and with other orders as provided in this resolution. 102. Changes to the Standing Rules (a) Notification of convening of the House In clause 12 of rule I, insert , Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner after Members each place it appears. (b) Voting by delegates and the Resident Commissioner in the Committee of the Whole (1) In clause 3(a) of rule III, insert In a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, each Delegate and the Resident Commissioner shall possess the same powers and privileges as Members of the House. before Each Delegate . (2) In clause 6 of rule XVIII, add at the end the following new paragraph: (h) Whenever a recorded vote on any question has been decided by a margin within which the votes cast by the Delegates and the Resident Commissioner have been decisive, the Committee of the Whole shall rise and the Speaker shall put such question de novo without intervening motion. Upon the announcement of the vote on that question, the Committee of the Whole shall resume its sitting without intervening motion. . (c) Allowing delegates and the Resident Commissioner to serve on joint committees In clause 3(b) of rule III, strike and to any and insert , joint committee, or . (d) Admittance to the Hall of the House In clause 2(a) of rule IV— (1) strike subparagraphs (1) and (2) and insert the following: (1) Members of Congress, Members-elect, Delegates, Delegates-elect, the Resident Commissioner, and the Resident Commissioner-elect. (2) Contestants in election cases during the pendency of their