[Deschler's Precedents, Volume 1, Chapters 1 - 6] [Chapter 5. The House Rules, Journal, and Record] [A. House Rules and Manual] [§ 1. In General; Printing] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov] [Page 301-302] CHAPTER 5 The House Rules, Journal, and Record A. HOUSE RULES AND MANUAL Sec. 1. In General; Printing The following sections discuss the House Rules and Manual, with emphasis on certain general principles relating to the adoption and application of the rules.(1) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. See also the general discussion of the rules in 8 Cannon's Precedents Sec. Sec. 3376-3396. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The House Rules and Manual is a House document.(2) Included in it are the Constitution; Jefferson's Manual;(3) the rules of the House; certain provisions of the Legislative Reorganization Acts of 1946 and 1970; pertinent forms, such as forms of putting questions, of petitions, resolutions, bills, reports from committees, and the like; a description of the introduction of a bill and its progress to final passage; a description of joint committees; materials relating to the franking privilege and the assignment of rooms in the House office buildings; and a comprehensive index. Also included at appropriate points throughout the House Rules and Manual are the commentary of the Parliamentarian and pertinent references to the precedents of the House and to court cases and other materials. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Thus, the House Rules and Manual used by the 92d Congress was H. Doc. No. 439, 91st Cong. 2d Sess. (1971). 3. See Sec. 2, infra. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- A statute(4) provides that each House may order printed as many copies as it desires, of the Senate Manual and of the House Rules and Manual. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. 44 USC Sec. 720. ------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Resolution Relating to House Rules and Manual Sec. 1.1 At the end of a Congress, a resolution is customarily adopted providing for the printing and distribution of a revised edition of the House Rules and Manual for the succeeding Congress. A typical resolution relating to the printing and distribution of the House Rules and Manual was that adopted in the 91st Congress:(5) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. 116 Cong. Rec. 44599, 91st Cong. 2d Sess., Jan. 2, 1971. Substantially the same form of resolution has been adopted in other Congresses. See, as examples, 114 Cong. Rec. 31313, 90th Cong. 2d Sess., Oct. 14, 1968; 104 Cong. Rec. 19699, 85th Cong. 2d Sess., Aug. 23, 1958; and 94 Cong. Rec. 5746, 80th Cong. 2d Sess., May 12, 1948. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 302]] H. Res. 1339 Resolved, That a revised edition of the Rules and Manual of the House of Representatives for the Ninety-second Congress be printed as a House document, and that 1,600 additional copies shall be printed and bound for the use of the House of Representatives, of which 700 copies shall be bound in leather with thumb index and delivered as may be directed by the Parliamentarian of the House for distribution to officers and Members of Congress.