[House Calendars for January 5, 2016 - 114th Congress, 2nd Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
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ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION CONVENED JANUARY 6, 2015
ADJOURNED DECEMBER 18, 2015
SECOND SESSION CONVENED JANUARY 4, 2016
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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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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.
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Legislative Day 2 Calendar Day 2
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
PRIVATE CALENDAR--SUSPENSIONS
HOUSE MEETS AT 2 P.M.
SPECIAL ORDERS
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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 114th 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 be divided into
two 30-minute periods. Recognition
for one-hour periods and for 30-
minute periods will alternate
initially and subsequently between
the parties each 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
period if 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 other
adaptations 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 rule XVII and includes
the ability to withdraw recognition
for longer special-order speeches
should circumstances warrant.