[House Calendars for September 18, 2017 - 115th Congress, 1st Session]
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ONE HUNDRED FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION CONVENED JANUARY 3, 2017
SECOND SESSION
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C A L E N D A R S
OF THE UNITED STATES
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Legislative Day 134 Calendar Day 135
Monday, September 18, 2017
SUSPENSIONS
HOUSE MEETS AT 2 P.M.
SPECIAL ORDERS
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SPECIAL ORDERS
ADJOURNMENT On motion of Mr. Allen, by unanimous consent, Ordered,
UNTIL MONDAY, That when the House adjourns on Thursday, September
SEPTEMBER 18, 14, 2017, it adjourn to meet at 2 p.m. on Monday,
2017 September 18, 2017 and that the order of the House
of January 3, 2017, regarding morning-hour debate
not apply on that day. (Agreed to Sept. 14, 2017.)
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 115th 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.
MORNING HOUR That during the first session of the 115th Congress: (1)
DEBATE on legislative days of Monday or Tuesday when the
House convenes pursuant to House Resolution 9, the
House shall convene 2 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 9, the
House shall convene 2 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 9, 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; and (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, or
upon a change in reconvening pursuant to clause
12(e) of rule I, and notify Members accordingly.
(Agreed to Jan. 3, 2017.)
DAILY HOURS OF Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 9 and unless
MEETING otherwise ordered, the hour of daily meeting of the
House shall be 2 p.m. on Mondays; noon on Tuesdays
(or 2 p.m. if no legislative business was conducted
on the preceding Monday); noon on Wednesdays and
Thursdays; and 9 a.m. on all other days of the week
(Agreed to Jan. 3, 2017.)