[House Calendars, Final - 113th Congress, 2nd Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
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ONE HUNDRED THIRTEENTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION CONVENED JANUARY 3, 2013
ADJOURNED JANUARY 3, 2014
SECOND SESSION CONVENED JANUARY 3, 2014
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C A L E N D A R S
OF THE UNITED STATES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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HISTORY OF LEGISLATION
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SPECIAL ORDERS
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PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF KAREN L. HAAS, CLERK OF THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES:
By the Office of Legislative Operations
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The Clerk shall cause the Index to the Calendars will be printed
calendars of the House to in the first legislative day of each
be printed and distributed week the House is in session.
each legislative day.
Rule II, clause 2(e)
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FINAL EDITION
SPECIAL ORDERS
SPECIAL ORDER The Speaker's policy with regard to special-order
SPEECHES speeches announced on February 11, 1994, as
clarified and reiterated by subsequent Speakers,
will continue to apply in the 113th Congress, with
the following modifications.
The Chair may recognize Members for
special-order speeches for up to 4
hours. Such speeches may not extend
beyond the 4-hour limit without the
permission of the Chair, which may
be granted only with advance
consultation between the leaderships
and notification to the House.
However, the Chair will not
recognize for any special-order
speeches beyond 10 o'clock in the
evening.
The 4-hour limitation will be
divided between the majority and
minority parties. Each party is
entitled to reserve its first hour
for respective leaderships or their
designees. The second hour reserved
to each party will bedivided into
two 30-minute periods. Recognition
for one-hour periods and for 30-
minute periods will alternate
initially and subsequently between
the partieseach day. The Chair
wishes to clarify for Members that
any 60- or 30-minute period that is
not claimed at the appropriate time
will be considered to have expired;
this includes the first 60-minute
period of the day.
The allocation of time within each
party's 2-hour period (or shorter
periodif prorated to end by 10 p.m.)
will be determined by a list
submitted to the Chair by the
respective leaderships. Members may
not sign up with their leadership
for any special-order speeches
earlier than one week prior to the
special order. Additional guidelines
may be established for such sign-ups
by the respective leaderships.
Pursuant to clause 2(a) of rule V,
the television cameras will not pan
the Chamber, but a ``crawl''
indicating the conduct of morning-
hour debate or that the House has
completed its legislative business
and is proceeding with special-order
speeches will appear on the screen.
The Chair may announce
otheradaptations during this period.
The continuation of this format for
recognition by the Speaker is
without prejudice to the Speaker's
ultimate power of recognition under
clause 2 of ruleXVII and includes
the ability to withdraw recognition
for longer special-order speeches
should circumstances warrant.
MORNING-HOUR That during the second session of the 113th Congress:
DEBATE (1) on legislative days of Monday or Tuesday when
the House convenes pursuant to House Resolution 452,
the House shall convene two hours earlier than the
time otherwise established by the resolution for the
purpose of conducting morning-hour debate; (2) on
legislative days of Wednesday or Thursday, when the
House convenes pursuant to House Resolution 452, the
House shall convene two hours earlier than the time
otherwise established by the resolution for the
purpose of conducting morning-hour debate; (3) when
the House convenes pursuant to an order other than
House Resolution 452, the House shall convene for
the purpose of conducting morning-hour debate only
as prescribed by such order; (4) the time for
morning-hour debate shall be allocated equally
between the parties and may not continue beyond 10
minutes before the hour appointed for the resumption
of the session of the House; (5) the form of
proceeding for morning-hour debate shall be as
follows: (a) the prayer by the Chaplain, the
approval of the Journal and the Pledge of Allegiance
to the flag shall be postponed until resumption of
the session of the House; (b) initial and subsequent
recognitions for debate shall alternate between the
parties; (c) recognition shall be conferred by the
Speaker only pursuant to lists submitted by the
majority leader and by the minority leader; (d) no
Member may address the House for longer than 5
minutes, except the majority leader, the minority
leader, or the minority whip; (e) no legislative
business shall be in order except the filing of
privileged reports; and (f) following morning-hour
debate, the Chair shall declare a recess pursuant to
clause 12(a) of rule I until the time appointed for
the resumption of the session of the House; and (6)
the Speaker may dispense with morning-hour debate
upon receipt of a notification described in clause
12(c) of rule I and notify Members accordingly.