[House Calendars for March 9, 2018 - 115th Congress, 2nd Session] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] ======================================================================== ONE HUNDRED FIFTEENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION CONVENED JANUARY 3, 2017 ADJOURNED JANUARY 3, 2018 SECOND SESSION CONVENED JANUARY 3, 2018 ________________________________________________________________________ C A L E N D A R S OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ___________________________________AND___________________________________ HISTORY OF LEGISLATION ======================================================================== ________________________________________________________________________ www.HouseCalendar.gov ________________________________________________________________________ PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF KAREN L. HAAS, CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: By the Office of Legislative Operations ________________________________________________________________________ The Clerk shall cause the Index to the Calendars will be included calendars of the House to on the first legislative day of each be distributed each week the House is in session legislative day. Rule II, clause 2(e) ======================================================================== U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE: 2018 79-038 Legislative Day 36 Calendar Day 37 Friday, March 9, 2018 HOUSE MEETS AT 10:30 A.M. SPECIAL ORDERS (See Next Page) SPECIAL ORDERS HOUR OF On motion of Mr. McCarthy, by unanimous consent, MEETING Ordered, That when the House adjourns Thursday, Mar. 8, 2018, it adjourn to meet at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Mar. 9, 2018. (Agreed to Mar. 8, 2018.) ADJOURNMENT On motion of Mr. McCarthy, by unanimous consent, UNTIL TUESDAY, Ordered, That, when the House adjourns on Friday, MARCH 13, 2018 March 9, 2018, it adjourn to meet on Tuesday, March 13, 2018, at 12:00 p.m. for Morning-Hour Debate and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. (Agreed to Mar. 8, 2018.) 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 second session of the 115th Congress: DEBATE (1) on legislative days of Monday or Tuesday when the House convenes pursuant to House Resolution 679, 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 679, 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 679, 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 andthe 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. 8, 2018.) DAILY HOURS OF Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 679 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. 8, 2018.)