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L.--Adjournment............................... 295
LI.--A session................................. 296
LII.--Treaties.................................. 300
LIII.--Impeachment............................... 303
RULES OF THE HOUSE
Rule I.--The Speaker............................... 323
II.--Other Officers and Officials.............. 341
III.--The Members, Delegates, and Resident
Commissioner of Puerto Rico............... 359
IV.--The Hall of the House..................... 363
V.--Broadcasting the House.................... 370
VI.--Official Reporters and News Media
Galleries................................. 373
VII.--Records of the House...................... 384
VIII.--Response to Subpoenas..................... 388
IX.--Questions of Privilege.................... 391
X.--Organization of Committees................ 407
XI.--Procedures of Committees and Unfinished
Business.................................. 510
XII.--Receipt and Referral of Measures and
Matters................................... 563
XIII.--Calendars and Committee Reports........... 577
XIV.--Order and Priority of Business............ 610
XV.--Business in Order on Special Days......... 620
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Rule XVI.--Motions and Amendments.................... 641
XVII.--Decorum and Debate........................ 691
XVIII.--The Committee of the Whole House on the
state of the Union........................ 717
XIX.--Motions Following the Amendment Stage..... 742
XX.--Voting and Quorum Calls................... 757
XXI.--Restrictions on Certain Bills............. 782
XXII.--House and Senate Relations................ 821
XXIII.--Statutory Limit on Public Debt............ 845
XXIV.--Code of Official Conduct.................. 849
XXV.--Limitations on Use of Official Funds...... 854
XXVI.--Limitations on Outside Earned Income and
Acceptance of Gifts....................... 858
XXVII.--Financial Disclosure...................... 880
XXVIII.--General Provisions........................ 903
Provisions of Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as Amended by the
Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970, Applicable to Both Houses
Congressional adjournment......................................... 905
Preservation of committee hearings................................ 906
Joint and Select Committees
Economic Committee, Joint......................................... 909
Internal Revenue Taxation, Joint Committee on..................... 909
Library, Joint Committee of Congress on the....................... 910
Printing, Joint Committee on...................................... 910
Inaugural Ceremonies, Joint Congressional Committee on............ 910
Select committees................................................. 910
House Offices
House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards............... 913
House Office Building Commission.................................. 913
General Accounting Office......................................... 913
Office of Compliance.............................................. 913
Congressional Research Service.................................... 914
Legislative Counsel............................................... 914
Congressional Budget Office....................................... 914
Law Revision Counsel.............................................. 914
Technology Assessment............................................. 914
Office of the Parliamentarian..................................... 914
Office of Floor Assistants........................................ 915
Corrections Calendar Office....................................... 915
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House Recording Studio............................................ 915
United States Capitol Preservation Commission..................... 915
Early organization of House....................................... 917
Miscellaneous Provisions of Congressional Budget Laws
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.................................. 923
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985......... 997
Budget Enforcement Act of 1990.................................... 1027
Congressional Disapproval Provisions Contained in Public Laws
Resolutions privileged for consideration in House................. 1031
Index
Index............................................................. 1161
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MAJOR RULE CITATION CHANGES
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OLD RULE NEW RULE
DESCRIPTION ----------------------------------------
Rule Clause Rule Clause
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Postponed votes................ I 5(b) XX 8
Tie vote lost.................. I 6 XX 1(c)
Lame duck travel authority..... I 8 XXV 10
Broadcasting House proceedings. I 9 V ........
Office of the Historian........ I 10 II 7
Office of the General Counsel.. I 11 II 8
Clerk.......................... III ........ II 2
Sergeant-at-Arms............... IV ........ II 3
Chief Administrative Officer... V ........ II 4
Office of the Inspector General VI ........ II 6
Chaplain....................... VII ........ II 5
Duties of Members.............. VIII ........ III 1-2
Committee on Standards of X 4(e) XI 3
Official Conduct..............
Referral....................... X 5 XII 2
Speaker's appointment of select X 6(f) I 11
and conference committees.....
Committee membership contingent X 6(g) X 10
on party membership...........
Committee reporting procedures. XI 2(l)(1), XIII 2
(2)
Content of reports............. XI 2(l)(3)- XIII 3
(5)
Availability of reports........ XI 2(l)(6) XIII 4
Committee travel............... XI 2(n) X 8
Committee broadcast rule....... XI 3 XI 4
Privileged reports............. XI 4 XIII 5
Reports of Rules Committee..... XI 4 XIII 6
Expense resolutions............ XI 5 X 6-7
Committee staff................ XI 6 X 9
Resident Commissioner/Delegates XII ........ III 3
Corrections Calendar........... XIII 4 XV 6
Decorum and debate............. XIV ........ XVII ........
Recognition.................... XIV 2 XVII 2
Voting and quorum calls........ XV ........ XX ........
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Dilatory motions on suspensions XVI 8 XV 1
Dilatory motions............... XVI 10 XVI 1
Previous question.............. XVII ........ XIX 1
Motion to recommit............. XVII 1 XIX 2
Reconsideration................ XVIII ........ XIX 3
Amendments..................... XIX ........ XVI 6
Senate amendments.............. XX ........ XXII 1-6
Reading of bills............... XXI 1 XVI 8
Content of reports on XXI 3 XIII 3(f)
appropriation bills...........
Private claims................. XXI 4 XII 2(d)
Appropriations in legislation.. XXI 5(a) XXI 4
Reappropriations............... XXI 6 XXI 2(a)(2)
Printing of appropriations XXI 7 XIII 4(c)
hearings......................
Reserving points of order on XXI 8 XXI 1
appropriation bills...........
Transportation obligation XXI 9 XXI 3
limitations...................
Cosponsorship.................. XXII 4 XII 7
Resolutions of inquiry......... XXII 5 XIII 7
Committee of the Whole House... XXIII ........ XVIII ........
Order of business.............. XXIV ........ XIV ........
Unfinished business............ XXIV 3 XIV 3
Private Calendar............... XXIV 6 XV 5
Calendar Wednesday............. XXIV 7 XV 7
District business.............. XXIV 8 XV 4
Priority of business........... XXV ........ XIV ........
Unfinished business in XXVI ........ XI 6
committee.....................
Suspension of the rules........ XXVII 1-2 XV 1
Discharge motions.............. XXVII 3 XV 2
Conference reports............. XXVIII ........ XXII 7-12
Secret sessions................ XXIX ........ XVII 9
Exhibits....................... XXX ........ XVII 6
Hall of the House.............. XXXI ........ IV 1
Admission to the Floor......... XXXII ........ IV 2-5
Admission to the galleries..... XXXIII ........ IV 6
Campaign contributions on Floor XXXII 5 IV 7
Official Reporters and the XXXIV ........ VI ........
media.........................
Pay of witnesses............... XXXV ........ XI 5
Records of the House........... XXXVI ........ VII ........
Withdrawal of papers........... XXXVII ........ VII 7
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Ballot votes................... XXXVIII ........ XX 11
Messages....................... XXXIX ........ XII 1
Executive communications....... XL ........ XII 8
Claims against the Government.. XLI ........ XXVI 6
General provisions............. XLII ........ XXVIII 1
Code of Official Conduct....... XLIII ........ XXIV ........
Financial disclosure........... XLIV ........ XXVII ........
Unofficial office accounts..... XLV ........ XXV 1-3
Limitation on use of frank..... XLVI ........ XXV 4-9
Outside earned income.......... XLVII ........ XXVI 1-3
Intelligence Committee......... XLVIII ........ X 11
Debt limit..................... XLIX ........ XXIII ........
Response to subpoenas.......... L ........ VIII ........
Gift rule...................... LI ........ XXVI 5
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GENERAL ORDER OF BUSINESS
Rule XIV
First. Prayer by Chaplain.
Second. Approval of Journal.
Third. The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
Fourth. Correction of reference of public bills.
Fifth. Disposal of business on Speaker's table.
Sixth. Unfinished business.
Seventh. The morning hour for the consideration of bills.
Eighth. Motions to go into the Committee of the Whole
House on the state of the Union.
Ninth. Orders of the day.
SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS
Mondays
Second and fourth Mondays:
Motions to discharge committees. Rule XV, clause 2.
District of Columbia Business. Rule XV, clause 4.
Every Monday:
Motions to suspend rules. Rule XV, clause 1.
Tuesdays
First and third Tuesdays:
Private Calendar. Rule XV, clause 5. Individual private bills
considered on the first Tuesday of each month, omnibus private
bills may be considered on third Tuesday of each month.
Second and fourth Tuesdays:
Corrections Calendar. Rule XV, clause 6.
Every Tuesday:
Motions to suspend rules. Rule XV, clause 1.
Wednesdays
Call of Committees under Calendar Wednesday. Rule XV, clause 7.
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CONSTITUTION
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We the People <<NOTE: Sec. 1. The preamble.>> of the United States, in
Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic
Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general
Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our
Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United
States of America.
The First Continental <<NOTE: Sec. 2. Formation of the
Constitution.>> Congress met in Philadelphia in September of 1774 and
adopted the Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress,
embodying rights and principles later to be incorporated into the
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