[Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 108th Congress]
[108th Congress]
[House Document 107-284]
[General Index]
[Pages 1201-1377]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]
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INDEX
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Section
Section
Absence. See also Attendance; Quorum
Attendance required.
Arrest of Members for absence................................. 1021-1023
Arrest of Members attending committee meetings during
call of the House notwithstanding leave for
committee to sit.................................. 324
Call of House................................................ 1025, 1026
Call of House in old form..................................... 1021-1024
Deductions from pay of Members on account of absence.. 86,
671
House may excuse, during call of the House............ 1022
Jurisdiction of matters relating to................... 730
Members to be present unless excused.................. 671
Failure of quorum in Committee of the Whole........... 982
Of chairman in committee.............................. 793
Rule of Parliament as to.............................. 311
Leave of.
Presentation of requests for.......................... 671
Revoked but not granted during call of the House...... 1022
Accounts.
In the House, jurisdiction as to.......................... 724
Of receipt and expenditures of public money to be
published............................................. 143
Accusation.
Common fame as ground for................................. 341
Right of accused to be informed of in criminal cases...... 213
Acts.
Signed by Speaker...................................... 624, 626
States reciprocally to give full faith and credit to
public................................................ 183
Addresses.
Signed by Speaker......................................... 624
Of and to the early Presidents............................ 316
Adhere, motion to. See Amendments between the Houses.
Adjourn, motion to. See also Adjournment.
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Nature and conditions of.
Amendment of................................................... 585, 912
Repetition of......................................... 918
General conditions of.......................................... 911, 912
May be held dilatory.................................. 903
Precedence of.
High privilege and precedence of.......................... 439, 911, 912
In order after ordering of yeas and nays.............. 80
In order before reading of the Journal................ 621
In order in House as in Committee of the Whole........ 427
Not in order in Committee of the Whole.................... 333, 334, 912
When not in order in House............................ 912
Not to interrupt Member having the floor in debate............. 393, 946
One in order pending motion for suspension of rules... 890
One in order pending report from Committee on Rules... 857
Privileged over motion to reconsider.................. 1003
Privileged over questions of privilege................ 698
Yields to presentation but not consideration of
conference reports................................ 1077
Relation of, to quorum.
In order in absence of quorum.................................. 52, 1022
In order during call of the House............................ 1025, 1026
Not in order when Committee of the Whole rises to
report proceedings incident to securing quorum.... 912
To fix the day.
General conditions of motion to fix the day to which the House
shall adjourn.................................................. 911, 913
Adjournment. See also Adjourn, motion to.
Of the House alone.
At the end of the term of a Congress.................. 6
Emergency postponement of reconvening time...................... 83, 639
For three days or less...................................... 82, 83, 639
Hours of, entered on the Journal...................... 647
House has adjourned for more than one day before
election of Speaker............................... 83
Pronounced by the Speaker............................. 587
Speaker takes Chair at hour to which House has
adjourned......................................... 621
Of Congress--Requirements as to.
Adjournment during pleasure effected by a recess...... 586
Case in which President may cause..................... 171
Neither House to adjourn for more than three days
without consent of other..........................82, 83
Joint leadership recall authority under adjournment resolutions to
another time or place............................................. 82-84
Of a session as related to constitutional day of
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meeting........................................... 45
Parliamentary law as to the adjournment of the Lords
and Commons....................................... 584
Prohibited before completion of congressional budget process....... 1127
(sec. 310)
Session not terminated by an adjournment of Congress
for a fixed time over three days.................. 590
Time of............................................... 6
To be in July with certain exceptions................. 1105
Of Congress--Manner of.
For more than three days by privileged concurrent
resolution........................................ 84
Jurisdiction of resolutions for final, of Congress.... 733
Manner of closing a session by action of the two
Houses............................................ 591
Resolutions relating to, not presented to President
for approval...................................... 115
Of Congress--Effect of.
As affecting signing of enrolled bills................ 577
As affecting the functions of committees.............. 589
As related to action on a veto message................ 107
Conferences not interrupted by........................ 533
Duties of clerks as to committee papers at............ 695
Effect of, as to bills in hands of President.......... 111
Effect of adjournment to day certain, as to bills in
hands of President................................ 113
Impeachment not interrupted by................................. 592, 620
Journal of last day not approved................................ 74, 621
Obsolete law as to business at time of................ 385
Parliamentary law as to business at the termination of
a session......................................... 592
Of a debate.
Of a debate, obsolete practice as to.................. 444
Administrative oversight.
Former subcommittee on.................................... 744
Administrator of General Services.
Bills that become law deposited with................... 105, 109
Admiralty.
Judicial power extends to cases of........................ 178
Admission. See Floor; Galleries.
Advance appropriations.
Point of order against.................................... 1127
Adverse Reports. See Committees, Reports of.
Affirmation. See also Oath.
In lieu of oath........................................... 196
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In support of certain warrants............................ 211
Senators on, for trial of impeachments.................... 615b
Affrays. See Decorum.
Age.
As qualification of a Representative...................... 9
As qualification of a Senator............................. 35
As qualification of the President of the United States.... 154
Reference to, as a qualification of suffrage.............. 226
Right to vote extended to persons 18 years or older....... 257
Aging.
Former select committee on................................ 784
Agree, motion to.
Amendments in order on motion to.......................... 487
Negative of, equivalent to affirmative of disagree........ 487
Order of precedence of............... 486, 528, 528a, 528b, 528d
Precedence of motion to amend over motion to agree or
disagree.................................... 528, 528b, 528d
Priority of amendments over..................... 456, 528b, 528d
Agreements among States. See States.
Agriculture.
Committee on, history and jurisdiction of................. 715
Aid to enemies of United States. See Treason.
Alcoholic liquors.
Jurisdiction as to bills relating to, generally........... 731
Jurisdiction as to sale of, in District of Columbia....... 723
Aliens.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to, generally.............. 730
Alliance among States. See States.
Alteration of a bill. See Bills.
Ambassadors.
Admitted to the floor of the House........................ 678
Duty of President to receive.............................. 172
Gallery for use of........................................ 682
Judicial power extends to cases affecting................. 178
Jurisdiction of Supreme Court in cases affecting.......... 179
President appoints........................................ 166
Amend, motion to.
General conditions of.
Conditions, form, and precedence of the motion.................. 922-927
In order to amend motion to commit with instructions
unless previous question ordered.................. 917
Must be germane................................................. 928-940
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Precedence of motion to, over motion to agree or disagree.... 528, 528a,
Not to be applied to a conference report.............. 550
Not in order in third degree................................... 454, 923
Precedence of.................................................. 911, 926
528b, 528d
Precedence of motion to, over one to strike out or
agree............................................. 456
Rule as to offering, degree of........................ 922
Substitute............................................ 922
To title of a bill........................................ 427, 512, 922
Withdrawal of......................................... 925
Yields precedence to motion to refer.................. 449
Relations of.
Application of previous question to............................ 450, 994
Not applicable to the previous question........................ 452, 927
Relations of, to motion to postpone.................. 449, 451, 453, 927
Relations of, to other motions........................ 927
Relations of, to points of order...................... 924
Striking out and inserting.
Matter to be inserted not divisible............................ 920, 921
Negative of motion to strike out not a bar to further amendment.... 920,
921
Relations to motion to strike out enacting words...... 988
To strike out and insert not divisible......................... 920, 921
Amendments.
General conditions of.
Amending portions of bill already amended............. 469
Form, conditions, precedence of................................. 922-927
Commemoratives prohibited............................. 823
Conferees restricted as to action on Senate amendments
proposing appropriations.......................... 1076
Copies of, furnished by Clerk......................... 978
Closing debate on..................................... 959
Divisibility of amendments............................. 921, 1042, 1063a
Do not have several readings as in case of bills...... 496
En bloc..................................................... 1042, 1063a
Modification of....................................... 922
Not in order in the third degree............................... 454, 923
Of a conference report not in order................... 542
Of motion to adjourn........................................... 585, 927
On general appropriation bills, limited....................... 1039-1043
On general appropriation bills, en bloc..................... 1042, 1063a
Priority of, over motions to strike out or agree...... 456
Proposing a commemorative prohibited.................. 823
Proposing an appropriation prohibited................. 1065
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Proposing settlement of certain claims prohibited..... 822
Proposing taxes or tariffs............................. 1066-1068, 1076a
Reading, motion to dispense with, in Committee of the
Whole............................................. 986
Relation of, to division of the question for voting............ 482, 921
Relation of point of order to motion to amend......... 924
Right of Member who has spoken to the main question to speak to an
amendment...................................................... 465, 959
Self-executed adoption of amendments by special rule.......... 928, 1065
Senate may concur with, on revenue bills.............. 102
Separate vote on Senate, if not germane............... 1091
Speaker not to decide as to legislative or legal effect or
consistency of................................................. 466, 629
Germane.
Required to be germane................................ 928
Amendment being considered, which would have been
subject to a point of order, may be perfected by
amendments germane to it.......................... 1052
Amendments imposing conditions, qualifications and
limitations....................................... 940
Amendments to bills amending existing law............. 939
Amendments to special orders reported from Rules
Committee......................................... 928
Committee jurisdiction as test of germaneness......... 934
Fundamental purpose as test of germaneness............ 933
General provision not germane to a specific subject... 937
Instructions to committees and amendments thereto must
be germane........................................ 930
One individual proposition not germane to another..... 936
Parliamentary law as to germaneness................... 467
Proposition to which amendment must be germane........ 929
Senate amendments and matter contained in conference reports,
procedure for consideration if not germane.............. 931, 1090, 1091
Specific subjects germane to general propositions of
the class......................................... 938
Subject matter as test of germaneness................. 932
Various tests of germaneness are not exclusive........ 935
Striking out and inserting.
Application of the motion to strike out............... 472
Conditions of repetition of motions to strike out and
insert............................................ 471
Conditions of striking out an amendment already agreed
to................................................ 474
Effect of affirmative vote on motion to strike out and
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Motions to strike out and insert not divisible................. 920, 921
Negative decision on motion to strike out not bar to further
amendment...................................................... 920, 921
insert............................................ 473
Principles as to perfecting, before inserting or
striking out...................................... 469
Priority of perfecting amendments over................ 456
Reading the motion and putting the question on motion
to strike out and insert.......................... 470
To strike out certain words of a bill................. 468
Of bills.
Action of House on those, reported from a committee... 423
Clerk makes corrections of section numbers of......... 479
For joining and dividing bills........................ 476
For transposing the sections.......................... 477
In ``House as in Committee of the Whole''............. 427
Method of noting amendments to a bill................. 417
Numerical designations of amendments printed in Record 987
Of bills in standing and select committees............ 412
Offered after second reading and before engrossment and third
reading........................................................ 428, 497
Order of amending bills in the House.................. 413
To the preamble....................................... 414
To title of a bill, parliamentary law as to............... 427, 512, 922
In Committee of the Whole.
Dispensing with reading of certain amendments in
Committee of the Whole............................ 986
Amendments preempted by motion to rise after appropriation bill
read................................................... 1039, 1040, 1043
Numerical designations of amendments printed in Record 987
On general appropriation bills, en bloc..................... 1042, 1063a
Pro forma, in Committee of the Whole.................. 981
Printing in Record of proposed, 10 minutes debate
required on, in Committee of the Whole............ 987
Reading concurrent resolution on budget for amendment. 990
Rule as to consideration of, in Committee of the Whole.... 978, 980, 981
Withdrawal of, in Committee of the Whole....................... 925, 978
By Committee of the Whole.
Consideration and report of, by Committee of the Whole 336
Consideration of, by the House after report from
Committee of the Whole............................ 337
For filling blanks, and amending numbers.............. 455
For filling blanks as to time......................... 475
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For filling blanks left by the other House............ 478
Former automatic de novo votes in House where
Delegates' votes decisive in Committee of the
Whole............................................. 985
Not to be withdrawn when reported from Committee of
the Whole......................................... 335
Of Journal.
Cut off when previous question is ordered on motion to approve
Journal......................................................... 74, 621
Nature of............................................. 74
Precedence of................................................... 74, 621
Scope of.............................................. 71
To the Constitution.
Differences as to, committed to conference............ 530
Form and action on.................................... 233
Jurisdiction over..................................... 730
Methods of making............................................... 190-193
Not approved by the President......................... 115
The twenty-seven................................................ 208-258
Two-thirds vote on conference report as to..................... 192, 549
Two-thirds vote not necessary on amendments to a
resolution proposing a constitutional amendment... 192
Two-thirds vote required on amendment of other House
to joint resolution proposing a constitutional
amendment......................................... 192
Yeas and nays not necessarily taken on................ 76
Amendments between the Houses.
General principles as to.
Amendments to Senate amendment may not contain
appropriation on legislative bill................. 1065
Degree of amendments between the Houses............... 529
Discussion of, in Jefferson's Manual............................ 521-529
Germaneness, separate vote on Senate amendments included in
conference reports or reported in disagreement if not germane...... 931,
1090, 1091
Germaneness, amendments to Senate amendment should be germane...... 931,
1091
Germaneness, reference of nongermane Senate amendments
to committee...................................... 874
Senate amendments to legislative bills containing appropriations
1076, 1065
Senate amendments to appropriation bills containing legislation... 1076,
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Text to which both Houses have agreed not to be changed....... 527, 1088
1084
Senate amendments containing taxes or tariffs............... 1066, 1076a
Stage of disagreement on............................... 528a, 528c, 1074
Status of, after rejection of a conference report............. 551, 1090
Two-thirds vote required on agreeing to amendment of
the other House to a constitutional amendment..... 224
Parliamentary principles relative to motions as to.
Adherence and conference, relations of......................... 553, 554
Disagree, amendments in order on motion to............ 487
Disagreeing, insisting, and adhering................ 521, 522, 526, 528b
Division of question on....................................... 525, 528d
Receding, discussion in Jefferson's Manual...................... 523-526
Receding, one House not to recede from its own amendment with an
amendment; or depart from form fixed by adherence.............. 524, 526
Receding, practice of the House as to receding from
its own amendment to a bill of the other House.... 524
Receding, practice of the House as to receding from
disagreement to amendment of the other House...... 525
Previous question, motion to amend not in order when
demanded on motion to concur...................... 486
Previous question, motion to recede not in order when
ordered on motion to adhere....................... 525
Previous question, effect of demanding or ordering on the motion
to refer...................................................... 486, 1002
To lay on the table................................ 519, 528b, 528d, 914
To refer........................................... 486, 528d, 916, 1002
To reject nongermane matter in............................... 1089, 1091
To send to conference, see Conferences.
Precedence of motions as to.
Precedence of motions for disposition of...... 486, 519, 525, 528, 528a,
528b, 528d, 916, 1002, 1084, 1089, 1091
Precedence of motions before stage of disagreement...... 486, 528, 528a,
528b,
Precedence of motions after stage of disagreement........ 486, 525, 528,
528a, 528d,
Precedence of motions to dispose of nongermane matter in
conference reports........................................... 1089, 1090
Precedence of motions to dispose of nongermane matter reported in
disagreement................................................. 1089, 1091
Precedence of motion to insist as to legislative
amendment to appropriation bill................... 1084
Precedence of motion to adhere.......................... 486, 528b, 528d
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Equivalent questions as to.
Discussion of equivalent questions on motions relating to....... 485-488
Equivalent questions on motions to agree and disagree
as related to amendments.......................... 487
No equivalent questions on motions to recede, insist,
and adhere........................................ 488
Consideration of.
Consideration, generally............. 528, 528a, 1072, 1073, 1075, 1076a
Debate on amendments reported in disagreement......... 1086
Legislative amendments to appropriation bills......... 1084
Nongermane Senate amendments in conference reports or reported in
disagreement.................................................. 1089-1091
Senate amendments carrying a tax or tariff.................. 1066, 1076a
Senate amendments in Committee of the Whole............ 528a, 1072, 1073
Senate amendments in House.............. 528a, 873, 874, 1071-1073, 1075
When privileged....................................... 1075
Reference of Senate amendments from Speaker's table... 528a,
873, 874
When consideration of Senate amendments should be in Committee of
the Whole.................................................... 528a, 1073
Conferences on. See Conferences.
Animal industry.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 715
Announcement of vote. See Voting.
Answer.
In an impeachment...................................... 612, 613
Right of accused to be heard before an investigating
committee............................................. 803
Apology of Members to the House for disorder. See Decorum.
Appeal.
From decisions of Speaker......................... 379, 624, 628
Debate on................................................. 628
Guaranty against arbitrary control of Speaker............. 629
House controls decisions of the Speaker by................ 379
From decisions of the Clerk at organization............... 643
None on a question of recognition and on counts by Chair
629, 949
None on decision as to dilatory motions................ 629, 903
None on refusal to entertain prohibited point of order of
no quorum............................................. 629
None from responses to parliamentary inquiries............ 629
On questions as to priority of business decided without
debate................................................ 884
Appearance.
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Of respondent in an impeachment................... 608, 610, 611
Right of accused to be heard before investigating
committee............................................. 803
Appellate jurisdiction of Supreme Court. See Supreme Court.
Application of laws to legislative branch. See Congressional
Accountability.
Appointments.
President makes........................................... 166
Power of Congress as to................................... 166
In recess of the Senate by the President.................. 167
Of select and conference committees, rules and practice as
to.................................................... 317,
637, 782
Of committee staff, see Committee staffs.
Apportionment.
Adjustment by districts................................ 226, 227
First and last............................................ 15
Jurisdiction of matters relating to interstate compacts on
apportionment of water for irrigation purposes........ 732
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to generally............ 724
Of Representatives among the several States............... 226
Old provision for......................................... 14
Questions as to elections in relation to congressional
districts............................................. 228
Reduction of basis of, for abridgment of the suffrage..... 226
Requirement that congressional districts be equally
populated............................................. 229
Appropriation bills, general.
Privilege of.
Considered in Committee of the Whole.................. 973
Designated emergencies................................ 1041
Exempt from Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.............. 1127
Hearings and reports to be available three days
(excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays)
in advance of consideration of bills.............. 852
Not privileged against Calendar Wednesday............. 901
Offsetting amendments to.................................... 1042, 1063a
Precedence of, in Committee of the Whole.............. 977
Precedence of, in order of business................... 856
Privileged for report and consideration........................ 853, 855
Public, placed on Union Calendar...................... 828
Reported by Committee on Appropriations only.......... 717
Report on must describe changes in existing law....... 847
Restrictions on conferees............................. 1076
Vote on, by yeas and nays............................. 1033
Authorizations, legislation, and limitations.
Authorization of law for appropriations................ 1036, 1038, 1045
Authorization for claims and salaries................. 1046
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Authorization for committee expenses.................. 763
Authorization for public works........................ 1047
Burden of proof on those proposing appropriation on... 1044
Continuation of a public work by appropriations....... 1048
Continuation of a public work, examples illustrating.. 1049
Continuation of a public work, new buildings at
existing institutions as a........................ 1050
Continuation of a public work, new vessels for naval
and other services as in.......................... 1051
Legislation on appropriation bills:
Contingencies and congressional action............ 1055
Construing or amending existing law............... 1056
Generally......................................... 1052
Imposing duties or requiring determinations....... 1054
Mandating expenditures............................ 1057
Retrenching expenditures in order (Holman rule)... 1038,
1040, 1062
Rule prohibiting.............................. 1038-1040
Senate amendments...................... 1076, 1058, 1084
Waivers; amending legislation permitted to remain. 1058
Limitations on appropriation bills generally...... 1053
Limitations on, in order..................................... 1040, 1053
Effect of, on executive discretion................ 1054
Consistent with existing law................. 1040, 1056
Amendments at end of reading in Committee of the
Whole......................................... 1040
Points of order on general appropriation bills........ 1044
Unauthorized appropriations and legislation on general
appropriation bills............................... 1036
Unexpended balances not to be included unless in continuation of
public work already commenced................................ 1037, 1063
Appropriations.
Conditions of.
Advance, point of order against....................... 1127
Annual, committee endeavor to insure.................. 755
Estimates of, transmission and reference.............. 827
Jurisdiction of....................................... 716
Necessary for drawing money from Treasury............. 143
None for armies for a longer term than two years...... 129
Propositions for, considered in Committee of the Whole 973
Senate amendments proposing, may not be agreed to by
House conferees under certain conditions.......... 1076
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To be made by law..................................... 143
Committee on.
Budget Act procedures for, including referral to, of
bills providing new entitlement authority......... 745
Must show, in report on general appropriation bill, effect of any
provisions changing existing law.................................... 847
Staff for................................................. 772, 776, 778
Subcommittee markup of all appropriation bills before
report of first regular appropriation bill........ 835
Rescissions of appropriations, jurisdiction over...... 716
Separate headings for rescissions and transfers of
unexpended balances required in certain bills and
reports........................................... 716
Sequential referral to, of bills containing new entitlement
authority exceeding budget resolution allocation........ 1128 (sec. 401)
Exempted from the former rule proscribing committee
sittings during five-minute rule.................. 801
Budget hearings, within 30 days after transmittal of
budget............................................ 745
Hearings and reports of, to be available three days
(excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays)
before consideration of appropriation bills....... 852
Powers and duties concerning appointments, qualifications of staff
763, 773, 778, 779
To study existing permanent appropriations with view
to reducing....................................... 747
To study organization and operation of agencies....... 743
Committees not having jurisdiction of.
May not report an appropriation....................... 1065
Point of order may be made at any time................ 1065
Point of order may be made against amendment to Senate
amendment......................................... 1065
Approval.
Of bills by President. See also Enrolled bills.
As to approval of concurrent resolutions by........... 396
Errors as to.......................................... 106
Notice of............................................. 106
Of bills, effect of intervening recess on............. 814
Of joint resolutions.................................. 397
Of orders, resolutions, and votes, as to presentation
for............................................... 115
Parliamentary law as to presenting a bill for the
King's assent..................................... 572
President's approval given by signature............... 104
Presentation of enrolled bills to..................... 577
Signing of enrolled bills for presentation to the
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Time and conditions of signature.......................... 104, 105, 111
In general...................................................... 73, 621
President......................................... 575
Amendment precedes.................................... 74
Place of, in order of business........................ 869
Arid lands.
Jurisdiction as to irrigation of.......................... 732
Armed Services, Committee on.
History, jurisdiction and duties of....................... 718
Special oversight functions of............................ 744
Armies.
Congress to raise and support............................. 129
Congress to make rules for................................ 131
No appropriation for a longer term than two years......... 129
States not to keep troops in time of peace................ 148
Arming.
Of the militia............................................ 133
Armories.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 718
Arms.
Right of people to keep and bear.......................... 209
Arms export control.
expedited procedures................................... 1130(16)
Army.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 718
Officers in, disqualified as Members...................... 98
President, Commander in Chief of.......................... 160
Trial for crimes in....................................... 212
Arrest. See also Absence.
House releases a Member under............................. 305
Jefferson's discussion of privilege of Member of Congress
as to.............................................. 288, 289
Members liable to, for absence although attending a
committee with leave to sit........................... 324
Of Members for absence................................ 1021-1023
Privileges of Members of Parliament as to......... 287, 305, 307
Privilege of Senators and Representatives from............90, 91
Speaker's power to order, doubtful........................ 622
Arsenals.
Power of Congress over places purchased for............... 134
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 718
727
Art.
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Articles of impeachment. See Impeachment.
Assaults.
Works of, duty of Committee on House Administration as to. 724
Arrest and imprisonment in case of, on Member returning... 91
Members punished for................................. 62-66, 294
On clerk of a committee in the Capitol a question of
privilege............................................. 773
On Members for words spoken in debate..................... 92
On Members, power of House to punish for.................. 294
Proceedings in cases of, on the floor..................... 367
Speaker takes Chair to quell disorder from, in Committee
of the Whole.................................. 331, 332, 622
Assay offices.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 722
Assembly.
Of Congress at least once every year.................... 45, 242
Rights of people as to.................................... 208
Assent. See Approval.
Attainder.
No bill of, to be passed.................................. 139
States not to pass bill of................................ 146
Limitations of, for treason............................... 182
Attendance. See also Absence; Quorum.
Count of Members present to secure a quorum of record..... 1020
At committee meetings when House is in session............ 801
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 679
Leave for committee to sit does not release its members
from, during call of the House........................ 324
Names of absent, reported when quorum fails in Committee
of the Whole.......................................... 982
Members may be compelled to attend........................ 52-55
Members privileged from arrest during.................... 90, 91
Members to be present unless excused...................... 671
Of Commons and House of Representatives at an impeachment
trial.............................................. 616, 617
Secured by call of the House................... 1014, 1021, 1025
Attest.
Of Clerk on bills, writs.................................. 648
Attire.
Of Members............................................. 622, 962
Attorneys.
Admission of, in investigations........................... 348
Role in impeachment..................................... 601-620
Auditing.
Of accounts against contingent fund (applicable accounts
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Authorization of Law. See Appropriation bills.
Authors.
of the House)......................................... 724
Congress may provide for copyrights for................... 124
Aviation programs, funding for.
Point of order............................................ 1064a
Bail.
Excessive not to be required.............................. 215
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act. See Budget.
Ballot.
Rule for voting by........................................ 1034
House of Representatives elects President by.............. 221
Members not to remain by Clerk's desk during count of..... 962
Presidential electors vote, by in several States.......... 219
Record of, in Journal..................................... 72
Speaker required to vote on............................... 631
Banking and Financial Services, [now Financial Services] Committee
on............................................................ 722
Bankruptcy.
Power of Congress to make laws on......................... 120
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 730
Bar, of House.
Method of examining witnesses at.......................... 343
Trials at, and arraignment of contumacious witnesses at... 344
Battlefields.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 732
Bells (legislative call system)................................... 1016
Bicentennial Office of House...................................... 669
Bill of Attainder.
None to be passed......................................... 139
States not to pass........................................ 146
Bills.
Forms, printing, loss, alteration.
Distinction between a bill and a joint resolution..... 397
Indorsement of the title on an engrossed bill......... 431
Loss of............................................... 352
Improper alteration................................... 352
Introduction of.
By request............................................ 826
Commemoratives prohibited............................. 823
Cosponsorship of public............................... 825
Cosponsorship of public, more than one Member
designated as first sponsor....................... 825
Fraudulent introduction of............................ 821
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Obsolete provisions as to introduction and readings of.......... 398-400
Fraudulent introduction of............................ 821
Signing of, by chief sponsor.......................... 825
Reference of.
By Speaker to committees.............................. 816
Committal of, on third reading............................ 494, 916, 994
Correction of, error of reference......................... 824, 825, 869
Custody of, in committees............................. 695
Delivery of bills to committees....................... 403
House may send to any committee................................ 816, 820
House bills returned with Senate amendments on a different subject
873, 874
Not to be brought back from committees on motion to
reconsider........................................ 1011
Parliamentary law (largely obsolete) as to reference
of................................................ 401
Public......................................................... 816, 825
Recommittal of, to select or standing committees or Committee of
the Whole.......................................... 420, 994, 1001-1002c
Referral procedures, multiple referral or referral to ad hoc
committee...........................................816, 816a, 816b, 820
With amendments between the Houses... 486, 528-528d, 873, 874, 916, 1002
Consideration by committees and report. See Committees.
In Committee of the Whole. See also Amendments; Calendar
Wednesday; Committee of the Whole.
Consideration of nonprivileged bills, after call of committees..... 882,
883
Construction of the rule requiring consideration in... 973
Debate in Committee of the Whole................ 948, 957, 978, 979, 987
Designation of public works, consideration prohibited. 1068a
Elimination of portions of general appropriation bills 1044
Forms of going into Committee of the Whole............ 328
General practice as to consideration.................. 973
Old parliamentary usage as to consideration of matters
as modified by House rules and practice........... 326
Order of House to consider certain bills in Committee
of the Whole precludes report of others........... 335
Precedence of revenue and appropriation bills in
Committee of the Whole............................ 977
Precedence of motion to go into Committee of the Whole
to consider general appropriation bills........... 856
Question of order on appropriation bills.............. 1044
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Recommittal of bills to Committee of the Whole........... 420, 988, 1001
Reading and amendment under five-minute rule.......... 980
Revenue and appropriation bills considered in
Committee of the Whole............................ 973
Subjects not requiring consideration in Committee of the Whole.... 528a,
973
Subjects requiring consideration in Committee of the
Whole............................................. 973
Unfinished business in Committee of the Whole......... 879
Withdrawal of amendments in Committee of the Whole.... 925
Consideration and amendment in House.
Action on, in the House after being reported from
committee......................................... 423
Amended after second reading.......................... 428
Amendments of, before third reading................... 497
Amendments for joining and dividing................... 476
Amendment to the title of............................. 922
Amendment to the title of, in ``House as in Committee
of the Whole''.................................... 427
As to possession of, by the House..................... 437
Consideration of a preamble........................... 414
Consideration of, when reported from Committee of the
Whole............................................. 337
Filling blanks left in by the other House............. 478
House in perfecting does not agree to paragraph or
sections of, individually......................... 456
Order of considering and amending in the House........ 413
Obsolete requirement as to reading of amendments to... 496
Parliamentary law as to amendment to the title........ 512
Presumed to have gone through the stages when reported
from Committee of the Whole....................... 335
Prohibition against retroactive income tax rate
increase.......................................... 1068
Transposition of sections of, by amendments........... 477
Reading, engrossment, and passage.
Reading, engrossment, and passage of.................. 941
First and second readings............................. 942
Manner of reading a bill the second time.............. 428
Third reading by title after engrossment....................... 941, 943
Debate in relation to third reading................... 498
Test of strength on engrossment after amendment....... 429
Test of strength on a bill before amending............ 430
Obsolete requirements as to third reading and passage.......... 492, 493
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Putting the question on the passage of................ 499
Clerk certifies to passage of all..................... 648
Question on rejection of, comes indirectly............ 484
Division of, not in order, on vote on engrossment or
passage........................................... 921
Three-fifths vote to increase income tax rates........ 1067
Voting on............................................. 944
Yeas and nays automatically ordered on appropriation
and tax measures and on concurrent resolution on
the budget........................................ 1033
Speaker's discretionary authority to postpone further
proceedings on the question of passage............ 1030
Effect of rejection or passage of.
Action on similar bill after rejection................ 944
Once rejected not to be brought up again at the same
session........................................... 515
Exceptions to the rule against bringing up a matter
once rejected..................................... 517
Expedients for changing the effect of bills once
passed............................................ 516
Bills not altered after their passage................. 500
Use of joint resolution to correct error in bill sent
to the President.................................. 518
Passage of supplementary bills........................ 518
Obsolete parliamentary practice as to riders.......... 495
Procedure on loss of.................................. 352
Improper alteration of................................ 352
Action of the two Houses on.
Both Houses pass identical..................................... 873, 944
Fail when both Houses continue to insist or adhere.... 522
For raising revenue to originate in House............. 102
From the other House laid on the table................ 519
Information from the other House as to................ 520
Lost when conference report is not acted on........... 549
Not to be noticed in other House until communicated... 308
Rejection of, communicated to the other House......... 568
Votes by which they are passed not communicated....... 567
When neglected by the other House..................... 570
Enrollment and presentation to President for approval.
Enrollment, signing, and presentation to the President for
approval........................................................ 572-577
[Former] Duties of Committee on House Administration as to
enrollment................................................ 577, 724, 754
Report as to accuracy of enrolled..................... 625
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Reports as to accuracy of enrolled, privileged........ 648
Rule of Parliament as to enrollment................... 573
Speaker signs enrolled......................................... 624, 625
Speaker declines to sign enrolled, when motion to
reconsider is pending............................. 1007
Speaker pro tempore signs under conditions............ 632
Speaker's signature vacated........................... 625
Presented to the President for approval................... 104, 105, 110
Errors in when sent to the President.................. 110
Become laws without President's approval under conditions....... 111-113
Effect of recess of Congress before approval.......... 814
Method of approval........................................ 104, 105, 110
Method of disapproval........................................... 104-109
Notice of approval.................................... 106
Notice and action as to disapproval................... 104
When signed by President deposited with Administrator
of General Services............................... 105
When vetoed and passed deposited with Administrator of
General Services.................................. 109
Private. See Private bills.
Bills of credit.
States not to emit........................................ 146
Biomedical research and development.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 721
Blanks.
Rule as to filling by amendment........................... 455
Amendments, filling as to time............................ 475
Filling those left by the other House..................... 478
Not counted in vote by ballot............................. 1034
Blood, corruption of.
For treason............................................... 182
Bonded debt.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 741
Books.
Not to be taken from the Clerk's table during debate...... 364
Jurisdiction of matters relating to purchase of........... 724
Borrow.
Power of Congress to borrow money......................... 118
Botanic Garden.
Under control of Committees on House Administration and
Transportation and Infrastructure.................. 724, 739
Boundary lines.
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Bounties.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to...................... 729, 730
Debt incurred for, certain not to be questioned........... 232
Breach of the peace.
Members not privileged from arrest for....................90, 91
Relation of privilege to cases of...................... 305, 306
Bribery.
An impeachable offense.................................... 173
Power of House to punish attempts at, on Members....... 293, 294
Bridges.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 739
Bills for construction of certain banned.................. 822
Broadcasting.
Press coverage of committee hearings.................... 807-812
Of House proceedings, rule for............................ 684
Budget.
Committee on.
History, composition, jurisdiction, and duties................. 719, 758
Special oversight functions of........................ 748
Studies and reports required of....................... 748
Staff for, former rule on appointment of.............. 778
Submissions to, from standing committees.............. 756
Quorum requirements in................................ 800
Exempted from former rule proscribing committee
sittings during five-minute rule.................. 801
Privileged reports by................................. 853
Concurrent resolution on.
Amendments to must be mathematically consistent and
contain certain matter............................ 990
Consideration of........................................ 1127 (sec. 305)
Considered read after general debate.................. 990
Definition of............................................. 1127 (sec. 3)
Procedures contained in................................. 1127 (sec. 301)
Timetable for budget process............................ 1127 (sec. 300)
Yeas and nays automatically ordered................... 1033
Congressional budget process.
Definitions............................................... 1127 (sec. 3)
Timetable............................................... 1127 (sec. 300)
Advance budget and revenue authority ineligible for consideration
before adoption of concurrent resolution................ 1127 (sec. 303)
Budget Committee must handle budget legislation....... 1127
(sec. 306)
Appropriation bills reported before June 10............. 1127 (sec. 307)
July adjournment not in order--
Until House passes appropriation bills....... 1127 (sec.
309)
Until reconciliation legislation completed... 1127 (sec.
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Reports, summarized projections......................... 1127 (sec. 308)
Reconciliation process.................................. 1127 (sec. 310)
Budget authority and revenue legislation to be within appropriate
limits.................................................. 1127 (sec. 311)
310)
Rule establishing public debt limit as part of, rule
for............................................... 1104
Provisions to improve fiscal procedures.
Bills providing certain entitlement authority may not be
considered.............................................. 1128 (sec. 401)
Certain bills providing entitlement authority to be referred to
Committee on Appropriations........................ 747, 1128 (sec. 401)
Cost estimate by Congressional Budget Office............ 1128 (sec. 407)
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act..... 1128
Budget Enforcement Act of 1990........................ 1129
Generally.
Hearings on by Appropriations Committee............... 746
Budget Act procedures by Appropriations Committee..... 747
Emergency designations in appropriation bills......... 1041
Year-ahead requests for new budget authority.......... 1129
Program review and evaluation......................... 1010
Transmittal of budget by President.................... 169
Congressional Budget Office, functions of... 748, 845, 1081, 1119, 1127,
1128
Impoundment Control Act and line item veto authority.
Line item veto authority....................................... 1130(6b)
Procedures on rescission bills and impoundment resolutions..... 1130(6a)
Buildings, office.
Assignment of rooms in.................................... 1114
Buildings, public.
Appropriations for, as in continuance of a public work.... 1037,
1050
Power of Congress over places purchased for............... 134
Jurisdiction as to, generally............................. 739
Jurisdiction as to buildings abroad....................... 729
Jurisdiction as to marine hospitals....................... 721
Jurisdiction of bills for penitentiaries.................. 730
Burden of proof.
On proponent of amendment, as to germaneness.............. 928
On those proposing items in a general appropriation bill.. 1044
Business. See also Order of business.
In general.
As related to election of Clerk....................... 30
May be transacted only by quorum............................ 52, 55, 510
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Not transacted before approval of Journal............. 621
Parliamentary law as to that pending at the end of a
session........................................... 592
Obsolete law as to, at end of a session............... 385
Resumption of business of a preceding session of
Congress.......................................... 814
Order of.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to................... 733
Unfinished. See Unfinished business.
Cabinet.
Majority of and Vice President to determine Presidential
inability............................................. 255
President may require opinions from members of............ 161
Of President, gallery for use of.......................... 682
Calendar Wednesday.
Rule for order of business on............................. 900
Business of, protected by two-thirds vote................. 857
In order to consider President's veto..................... 901
One committee can occupy but one day, except for
unfinished business, until other committees called.... 901
Previous question ordered on bill undisposed of on Tuesday
comes up as unfinished business Thursday.............. 901
Privilege of general appropriation bills limited on.... 856, 901
Calendars.
Corrections Calendar, see Corrections Calendar.
The three for reports of committees....................... 828
Adverse reports........................................ 832, 893
For motions to discharge committees.................... 830, 892
Former, for unanimous consent and decisions............... 899
Nonprivileged reports filed with the Clerk for reference
to.................................................... 831
Of Committee of the Whole, order of taking up bills on.... 977
Publication and distribution of........................... 649
Call of committees.
In order on Calendar Wednesday............................ 900
Business on Calendar Wednesday protected by two-thirds
vote.................................................. 857
Interruption of, for consideration of nonprivileged bills
in Committee of the Whole.......................... 882, 883
Place of, in order of business............................ 869
Rule and practice for consideration of bills during.... 880, 881
Unfinished business in.................................. 876-879
Call of the House. See also Absence.
Motion for, in order in absence of quorum................. 55
After previous question is ordered........................ 1029
Arrest of Members.................................... 1021, 1023
Call of the House.................................... 1025, 1026
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Call of the House in the old form..................... 1021-1024
Clerks to tell Members present............................ 1025
Count of those not voting to make a quorum of record on a
record vote........................................... 1020
Dispensing with, after quorum appears................ 1025, 1028
Electronic equipment for.................................. 1014
Motions during a call of the House........................ 1024
Ordering and conducting the call of the House in the old
form.................................................. 1022
Power to compel attendance................................52, 55
Rule of Parliament as to.................................. 311
Speaker may recognize for motion for at any time.......... 1028
Call to order.
For disorder in debate................................. 960, 961
May interrupt Member having floor......................... 393
Campaign contributions.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 724
Prohibition on distribution of in Hall of House........... 683
Canals.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to Panama Canal and the
maintenance of........................................ 718
Jurisdiction of committees as to.......................... 739
Canals, interoceanic.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 718
Capitation tax.
To be in proportion to census............................. 140
Capitol.
Speaker's control of House wing of........................ 623
Architect of, admitted to floor of the House.............. 678
Jurisdiction as to matters relating to building........... 739
Preservation Commission................................... 1125a
Police, duties of Sergeant-at-Arms as to.................. 656
Captures.
Congress to make rules concerning......................... 127
Caucus.
Held in Hall of House..................................... 677
Party caucuses nominate Members for election to standing
committees............................................ 757
Majority caucus nominates chairmen of standing committees. 761
Membership is required for committee membership........ 760, 782
Early organizational...................................... 1126
Celebrations.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 723
Cemeteries, national.
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Censure.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to...................... 732, 740
Course of a Member, when subject of debate as to.......... 375
For assault on Member for words spoken in debate.......... 94
Instances of.............................................. 65
Of a Delegate............................................. 675
Of a counsel before investigating committees.............. 803
Of Member when called to order in debate............... 960, 961
Procedure of punishment by................................ 65
Punishment for personalities in debate.................... 363
Reprimand................................................. 64
Speaker not to administer, of own authority............... 622
Census.
Taken as basis of apportionment........................... 15
Capitation or direct taxes to be proportioned to.......... 140
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 723
Ceremonies.
As to participation of the House in.................... 387, 388
Use of Hall of the House for.............................. 677
Certificates.
Of the electoral vote, transmittal and opening......... 151, 219
Currency, jurisdiction of subjects relating to............ 722
Chair.
Speaker takes it at hour of meeting, not waiting for
ascertainment of a quorum.......................... 310, 621
Speaker takes, to restore order in Committee of the Whole. 622
To be addressed when a Member desires to interrupt in
debate................................................ 364
Chairmen.
Of standing or select committee.
Of standing committees elected by the House.................... 317, 761
Administers oaths to witnesses............................ 343, 346, 805
Duties relating to appointment, qualification, compensation of
staff...................................................... 767, 771-781
May be delegated power to issue subpoenas............. 805
Presides over committee............................... 317
Prior claim of, to recognition........................ 953
Procedure of, in investigations....................... 803
Procedure of, in submitting reports from standing or
select committees................................. 418
Reports to the House by, must be made promptly........ 834
Resignation of, presents question of privilege........ 699
Signs subpoenas issued by committee (or subcommittee). 805
Speaker appoints, of select and conference committees. 637
Term limits for committee and subcommittee............ 761
Usually reports from a standing or select committee............ 317, 415
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Vacancy in the position of............................ 761
Vice chairman presides in absence of.................. 793
Of subcommittees.
Former authority to appoint staff..................... 767
Of Committee of the Whole.
Selection of................................................... 327, 970
Seating of............................................ 328
Administers oaths to witnesses................................. 343, 346
Always reports from Committee of the Whole............ 415
Causes roll to be called on failure of a quorum and
reports unless proceedings are vacated............ 982
Functions of.......................................... 971
Power to preserve order............................... 970
Report of, alone recognized........................... 335
Of joint committee.
Of a joint committee.................................. 325
Challenge.
Of the right of a Member to take the oath.............. 202, 203
Chaplain.
Election and oath of...................................... 640
Offers prayer.......................................... 640, 665
Place in order of business of prayer by................... 869
Charges.
Against a Member or Senator in course of an inquiry..... 321-323
Course of Member when charges against himself are debated. 375
Chief Administrative Officer.
Election, oath, and removal of............................ 640
Duties of................................................. 661
Duty to cooperate in the performance of reviews and audits 663
Financial and operational reports to Committee on House
Administration........................................ 662
Chief Justice.
Pay of.................................................... 86
Role in impeachment proceedings............ 608a, 615, 615a, 618
Citizens.
Limitations on suits of, against States................... 218
Of the United States and the several States............... 225
Of States, judicial power extends to cases affecting
certain............................................... 178
Privileges and immunities not to be abridged.............. 225
Privileges and immunities of, in States other than their
own................................................... 184
Right to vote of those eighteen years of age or older..... 257
Those of the United States as to voting................... 234
Citizenship.
As qualification of Representative........................ 9, 10
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As qualification of a Senator............................. 35
As a qualification of the President of the United States.. 154
Reference to, as a qualification for suffrage............. 226
Civil aviation.
Jurisdiction over subjects related to generally........... 739
Jurisdiction over research and development................ 735
Civil law.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 730
Civil offices.
May be removed by impeachment............................. 173
Members not to be appointed to certain.................... 96
Civil Service.
Jurisdiction over all Federal Civil Service, including
intergovernmental personnel........................... 723
Claims.
In general.
Amendments proposing settlement of certain, banned.... 822
Bills for settlement of certain, banned............... 822
Authorization of payment of, on general appropriation
bills............................................. 1046
Bills referring to Court of Claims considered in
Committee of the Whole ........................... 973
Consideration of, on Tuesdays......................... 895
Constitution not to prejudice certain................. 188
Ex-Members interested in, not admitted to the floor... 678
Jurisdiction of, generally............................ 730
Jurisdiction of war claims............................ 730
Jurisdiction of, paid from Indian funds............... 732
Jurisdiction of private land claims................... 732
Jurisdiction as to certain foreign.................... 729
Jurisdiction of, against the United States............ 730
Jurisdiction relating to international and other...... 729
Reference of bills for private, restricted to certain
committees........................................ 817
Relation of officers and employees of House to........ 1102
Those for slaves not to be paid....................... 232
Withdrawal of papers relating to...................... 696
Claims, Court of.
Status of reports of, on the calendars.................... 828
Classes.
Of Senators............................................... 33
Classified information. See Information.
Clerical staff of committees. See Committee staffs.
Clerk.
Election and oath of.
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Election, oath, and removal of........................ 640
Election of, as related to business and adoption of
rules.............................................30, 59
Oath administered to, by Speaker...................... 198
In absence of, designated official acts............... 651
Duties at organization of House.
Continues in office until successor is elected........ 642
Duties of, at organization of the House............... 643
Makes up the roll for organization.................... 644
Officiates at election of Speaker.............................. 312, 643
Sergeant-at-Arms maintains order under direction of,
pending election of Speaker....................... 648
Legislative duties of.
Allowing no papers to be taken from the table or out
of his custody.................................... 352
Amending section numbers of a bill.................... 479
Announcing pairs...................................... 1031
Attesting and sealing writs, warrants, subpoenas...... 648
Authority to receive messages from the President and
the Senate at any time House is not in session.... 652
Calendars, publication and distribution of............ 649
Call of the House............................................ 1021, 1025
Calling the roll...................................... 1015
Certifying to passage of bills........................ 648
Collecting and transferring noncurrent records........ 695
Committees formerly to make accounting of funds to.... 780
Copies of amendments offered in Committee of the Whole 978
Custody of committee papers........................... 695
Custody of oath not to disclose classified information 1095
Delivering resolutions of inquiry..................... 865
Distribution of Journal and documents................. 647
Former insertions in the Congressional Record relating
to committee staff................................ 780
Engrossment and enrollment of bills................... 648
Introduction of bills................................. 818
Making no changes in enrolling a bill................. 573
Motions to discharge committees....................... 892
Noting Members to make a quorum on a vote of record... 1020
Noting questions of order with the decisions in the
Journal........................................... 647
Papers on file........................................ 696
Placing bills on Corrections Calendar................. 898
Reading motions....................................... 904
Referring nonprivileged reports to calendars.......... 831
Stands while he reads................................. 428
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Taking a vote by clerk tellers........................ 1012
Taking a vote by the yeas and nays.................... 504
Executive duties of.
Administration of vacant Member's office.............. 653
As member of Federal Elections Commission............. 642
Delivery of documents................................. 650
Deposits noncurrent records with General Services
Administration.................................... 695
Discretionary authority as to printing................ 642
Duty to furnish to Members list of certain reports.... 646
Duty to cooperate in the performance of reviews and
audits............................................ 655
Duty under the gift rule.............................. 1100
Financial and operational reports to Committee on
House Administration.............................. 654
Formerly kept contingent and stationery accounts and
furnished stationery.............................. 642
Formerly made certain contracts....................... 642
Maintains House library............................... 650
Maintains list of Members to act as Speaker pro
tempore in the case of vacancy in Office of the
Speaker........................................... 632
Role in payment of officers and employees............. 642
Receives testimony taken in election cases............ 642
Clerks.
Of Members, allowance for................................. 88
Of committees, see Committee staffs.
Of Speaker, Leaders, and Whips............................ 88
Clerk's desk (or table).
Disorderly words taken down at......................... 960, 961
Members may address the House from........................ 945
Members not to write at, or take books or papers from,
during debate......................................... 364
No Member to remain near, during record vote.............. 962
Cloakrooms.
Exclusion of persons from................................. 921
Closing debate. See Debate.
Coast Guard.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 739
Bills to correct certain discharge records banned......... 822
Coast Guard Academy.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 739
Coastal zone management.
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Code of Official Conduct. See Official conduct.
Codification.
Jurisdiction over subjects related to.................. 732, 739
Of laws, jurisdiction of, bills for....................... 730
Coexisting questions. See Questions.
Coin.
Congress to regulate value of............................. 121
Congress may provide punishment for counterfeiting the.... 122
States to make gold and silver only a tender for payment
of debts.............................................. 146
Power of Congress relating to coinage (including foreign). 121
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 722
Colleges, agricultural.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 715
Comfort.
To enemies of the United States........................ 181, 232
Commander in Chief. See President.
Commemoratives prohibited......................................... 823
Commerce.
Energy and Commerce, Committee on......................... 721
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to financial aid to..... 722
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to, with foreign nations 729
Power of Congress to regulate............................. 119
No regulation shall give preferences to any ports......... 142
Commissions.
Congressional Mailing Standards........................... 1113
House Office Building..................................... 1114
U.S. Capitol Preservation................................. 1125a
President to issue, to officers........................... 172
For recess appointments of the President.................. 167
Created by law, to sit in a recess after expiration of a
Congress.............................................. 589
Places on, not incompatible offices....................... 98
Primary and supplemental expense resolutions for.......... 763
Commit, motion to. See also Recommit.
Precedence and use of.
Precedence and general conditions of............... 911, 916, 1001-1002c
Debate on motion to, with instructions........................ 917, 1002
Relation of, to early use of the previous question............. 448, 449
Has precedence of motion to amend..................... 449
Instructions with............................................ 917, 1002b
May not be postponed.................................. 451
Not to be suppressed by another privileged motion..... 450
Not used in Committee of the Whole.................... 916
Repetition of......................................... 918
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Use of................................................ 446
Application of, to bills.
After previous question ordered, Committee on Rules limited as to
857, 1001
After previous question ordered......................... 994, 1001, 1002
In order as to bill on third reading.................. 494
Method of dividing a bill by, with instructions....... 476
Not applied to reports from Committee on Rules pending
previous question................................. 857
Opposition have preference in recognition for, after previous
question is ordered......................................... 1001, 1002c
Ten minutes debate permitted on motion to recommit with
instructions on bill or joint resolution.................... 1001, 1002a
On bills with amendments between Houses...... 486, 528b, 528d, 916, 1002
Committee of the Whole.
In general.
House may attend impeachment trial in................. 617
No control over admission to floor.................... 678
Powers and privileges of Delegates and Resident Commissioner in.... 675,
970
Procedure of the House as in.................................... 424-427
Rare case of investigation conducted by............... 343
Relations of, to the Congressional Record............. 688
Two continuing committees of.......................... 332
Chairman of.
Chairman preserves order.............................. 970
Functions of.......................................... 971
Discretionary authority as to quorum calls............ 982
Discretionary authority as to five-minute votes on questions in
sequence...................................................... 984, 1032
Parliamentary method of selecting..................... 327
Selection of Chairman................................. 970
Quorum of.
Quorum of...................................................... 329, 982
Call of, by electronic device or clerks....................... 982, 1019
When failure of may be raised......................... 982
Rising and reports as related to quorum............... 983
Short or notice quorum call at discretion of Chairman. 982
Sitting, rising.
Former automatic de novo vote in House where
Delegates' votes decisive......................... 985
Informal rising to receive a message........................... 330, 563
Informal rising for signing of enrolled bill.......... 625
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May take a recess only with consent of the House...... 586
Motion to rise privileged...................................... 334, 983
Motion to rise not in order during time yielded for
general debate.................................... 979
Motion to rise prior amendments offered after reading
of general appropriation bills.................... 1040
Report from Committee on Rules not in order after
House votes to go into............................ 857
Rising after disorder in.............................. 331
Rising when a quorum fails............................... 982, 983, 1027
Rising with unfinished business................................ 333, 334
Motions to go into.
Form of............................................... 328
Privileged motion to go into, to consider and general
appropriation bills............................... 856
Consideration of nonprivileged bills in, after call of, committees
882, 883
Nonprivileged public bills in, considered on Calendar
Wednesday......................................... 900
Place in order of business for motions to consider
nonprivileged bills in............................ 869
Speaker's declaration into............................ 972
Subjects considered in.
Subjects requiring consideration in................... 973
As to origination of business in...................... 412
Bill must show on face falls within the rule ......... 973
Conference report not referred to..................... 550
Construction of the rule requiring consideration in
.................................................. 973
Elimination of portions of general appropriation bills
by................................................ 1044
General practice as to consideration in .............. 973
Old parliamentary usage as to consideration of matters
in, as modified by House rules and practice....... 326
Questions of order on appropriation bill in........... 1044
Recommittal of bills to................................. 420, 1001-1002c
Reference of Senate bills from Speaker's table to.............. 873, 874
Senate amendments considered in.............................. 1072, 1073
Subjects not requiring consideration in...................... 528a, 973
Procedure in, as to motions.
Amendments not to be withdrawn in..................... 925
Application of House rules to.................................. 340, 992
Five-minute recorded vote in, immediately following
quorum call....................................... 982
Five-minute recorded votes in, on questions in sequence....... 984, 1032
Unanimous consent to modify special orders entertained
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Motions for previous question and to adjourn not used in...... 333, 912,
in................................................ 993
995
Motion to reconsider not in order in.................. 1003
Recorded vote in....................................... 1012, 1030, 1032
Relations of motion to strike out enacting words to............ 988, 990
Yeas and nays not taken in............................ 76
Debate in.
Closing the five-minute debate........................ 987
General debate in..................................... 978
Hour rule of debate applicable to..................... 957
Motion to close general debate........................ 979
Relevancy of debate in................................ 948
Ten minutes debate on amendments submitted in advance
and printed in Record............................. 987
Reading in. See also Amendments.
Reading of bill in.................................... 942
Reading of concurrent resolution on the budget in..... 990
Order of business in.
Order of business in.................................. 977
Calendars for the business of......................... 828
Unfinished business in................................ 879
Reports of, and consideration in House.
Action of the House on amendment reported from........ 423
Amendments of, considered in the House......................... 336, 337
Bills from, considered in the House................... 338
Discharge of.......................................... 339
Duties of Speaker and House as to reception of reports
of................................................ 335
Former automatic de novo votes in House where
Delegates' votes decisive in Committee of the
Whole............................................. 985
Recommitted when report ruled out by House............ 335
Parliamentary law as to reports from........................... 334, 983
Disorder in.
Action in case of disorderly words in.......................... 960, 961
Disorderly words taken down in, reported to the House..... 369, 960, 961
Effect of breaking up of, by disorder.......................... 332, 622
Quarrels in, and duty of the Speaker as to............ 331
Questions of privilege in............................. 667
Sergeant-at-Arms enforces order in.................... 648
Speaker restores order in............................. 622
Committee staffs.
Admitted to floor of House under certain
conditions............................................ 678
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Consultants and training.............................. 774, 1095
Subcommittee staff appointments formerly by chairman and
ranking minority member............................... 767
Expense resolution for committee staffs................... 763-d
Former clerical/professional staff distinction.............. 779
Former professional/investigative staff distinction....... 777
Interrogation of witnesses................................ 802
Staff of committees, number and appointment........ 767, 771-781
Reduction in staff for 104th Congress....................... 773
Minority staff.................................... 767, 773, 779
Staff duties.............................................. 773
Associate or shared staff.............................. 776, 779
Duties of House Administration as to......... 724, 773, 776, 779
Duties as to papers....................................... 695
Former reports on staff................................... 780
Printed amendments submitted to........................... 986
Rate of pay for........................................... 777
Staff for Committees on Appropriations and (formerly)
Budget............................................. 776, 778
Permission of Committee on House Administration required
for appointment of staff from Governmental agencies... 779
Nonpartisan staff......................................... 780
Committee stenographers.
Appointment of............................................ 685
Committees.
Constitution and election of.
Appointment of Members under indictment or conviction to....... 305, 306
Clerks of, see Committee staffs.
Delegates and Resident Commissioner may vote in....... 675
Election of, by ballot................................ 1034
Establishment of subcommittees limited................ 762
Former rule regarding election of ranking minority
member to Budget Committee........................ 719
General power of Delegates and Resident Commissioner in........ 675, 676
House elects the standing committees on nominations by
caucuses.......................................... 757
Member-elect may be appointed on, before taking the
oath.............................................. 300
Members' committee assignments limited................ 760
Membership on, contingent upon membership in party
caucus............................................ 760
Names and number of the standing................................ 714-741
Old and modern requirements as to constitution of..... 402
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Select committees, see Select committees.
Rules and practice as to the appointment of.................... 317, 757
Selection of chairmen of select and of standing
committees........................................ 761
Serve through a Congress.............................. 317
Service of Resident Commissioner and Delegates on.............. 675, 676
Speaker appoints select and conference committees.............. 637, 782
Subcommittees limited................................. 762
Term limits for chairmen of committees and
subcommittees..................................... 761
Vacancies in, filled by election by House............. 762
Vice chairman of...................................... 793
Jurisdiction of, and reference to.
For jurisdiction and history of, individually, see Jurisdiction.
Act only on matters referred to them.................. 412
Bills not to be brought back from, on motion to
reconsider........................................ 1011
Commemoratives prohibited............................. 823
Delivery of bills to.................................. 403
Duty of, in case of recommittal with instructions..... 420
Functions of, in correcting errors of reference of bills....... 824, 825
Jurisdiction as to creation, and duties of............ 733
Jurisdiction of, as affected by errors in reference of
bills............................................. 824,
825
Nearly all business of the House considered in........ 446
Papers not read in House on ordinary reference to..... 436
Parliamentary law (largely obsolete) as to reference
of bills to....................................... 401
Private claims to be referred to certain.............. 817
Private claims bills banned in certain cases.......... 822
Receive petitions only through the House.............. 320
Recommittal to select or standing, or of the Whole.... 420
Referral of bills and other matters, procedures for ........... 816-816b
Sittings and procedure of.
Additional and special meetings....................... 793
Broadcasting and press coverage of meetings and hearings........ 807-812
Clerks of, see Committee staffs.
Debate in............................................. 318
Decorum in......................................... 369, 787, 803
Executive sessions of..................................... 796, 798, 803
Intelligence, Select Committee on, special procedures
for............................................... 785
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May be empowered to sit during recesses of a Congress. 589
May only act when together................................ 407, 793, 799
Former rule proscribing sitting during five-minute rule........ 324, 801
Meetings and action of..................................... 408, 793-805
Meeting when chairman fails to call................... 793
Meetings open to public........................................ 746, 798
Method of voting amendments to a bill in.............. 417
Noting amendments to bill in committee................ 417
Parliamentary law governing consideration of bills in. 412
Power of, over body and title of a bill............... 411
Power to sit and act.................................. 805
Presence of Member of the House in a select........... 410
Procedure in generally......................................... 427, 792
Proxy voting prohibited............................... 797
Quorum of a select or standing.................. 343, 409, 799, 800, 805
Quorum must be present when perjurious testimony is given to
support charge of perjury................................. 343, 409, 800
Quorum to release testimony received in executive
session........................................... 803
Quorum for taking testimony........................... 800
Quorum for reporting a measure........................ 799
Quorum for issuing a subpoena.................................. 343, 805
Vice chairman or ranking member presides in absence of chairman.... 761,
793
Reading of investigative or oversight reports waived.. 788
Recess of a committee................................. 787
Reconsideration of a vote in.......................... 416
Record of actions by, to be kept...................... 794
Regular meetings...................................... 793
Rise when the House sits unless leave be given to
remain sitting (obsolete)......................... 324
Rules of committee same as House...................... 787
Rules of committees must be written and published in
Record............................................ 791
Secrecy of procedure...................................... 319, 798, 803
Subcommittees subject to direction of full committee.. 787
Subpoena power........................................ 805
Time of hearings and subject matter to be placed in
daily Congressional Record and entered into
committee scheduling service of House Information
Resources......................................... 798
Transcripts of meetings and hearings paid from
contingent fund (applicable accounts of the House) 789
Vice chairman......................................... 793
Votes in, available for inspection.................... 794
Witnesses before committees, see Witnesses.
Hearings.
Exclusion of Members and public from.................. 798
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Five-minute rule when examining witnesses in.......... 802
On appropriation bills hearings and reports to be
available three days in advance of consideration.. 852
Rules to be adhered to in................................. 746, 798, 803
Broadcasting and press coverage of.............................. 807-812
Executive hearings open to noncommittee Members....... 798
Hearings open to public................................... 746, 798, 803
Hearings to be preserved in Library of Congress....... 1107
Notice requirement for hearings....................... 798
Five-minute rule applicable during interrogation of
witnesses......................................... 802
Quorum must be present when perjurious testimony is given to
support charge of perjury................................. 343, 409, 800
Quorum to release testimony received in executive
session........................................... 803
Quorum for taking testimony........................... 800
Quorum to close hearing to discuss or receive certain testimony or
evidence....................................................... 798, 803
Reports of, generally.
Action of the House on amendments reported from....... 423
Action of the House on reports from................... 422
Activities report..................................... 790
Adverse......................................... 831, 832, 853, 861, 893
Adverse reports from Committee on Rules........................ 861, 893
Amendments reported by, should be germane............. 928
Authorization, signing, and validity of..... 407, 408, 415, 799, 831-852
Availability in electronic form....................... 796
Availability of, prior to floor consideration.................. 850, 851
By whom made......................................... 317, 834, 804, 850
Calendars on which reports of, await action of the House........ 828-899
Calling up reports made in order by adoption of a
resolution by the House........................... 862
Direction of, for making its report....................... 317, 415, 845
Filing of, by chairman or majority..............................834, 835
From Committee on Rules, not divisible................ 919
Hearings and reports of Appropriations Committee to be
available three days in advance of consideration
of bills.......................................... 852
Joint Economic Committee, report of................... 1108
Layover requirements.................................. 850
Limitations on reports from Committee on Rules........ 857
Origin and effect of the rule giving privilege to
certain reports................................... 854
Placing adverse reports on the Calendars............. 853, 861, 832, 893
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Practice as to reading reports of, in the House....... 435
Prior claim of Member in charge of bill to recognition 953
Prior right of Members of, to recognition for debate.. 955
Privileged reports of........................................... 853-868
Privilege of individual committees to report.......... 855
Privilege of reports from Committee on Rules.......... 857
Recommittal of................................ 405, 420, 917, 1001-1002c
Reports to the House must be made promptly............ 834
Restriction on reporting bill containing an
appropriation..................................... 1065
Select committee, report of........................... 419
Speaker does not decide on sufficiency of............. 628
Submitting reports............................................. 317, 418
Single volume......................................... 837
Supplemental, filing of........................................ 804, 838
Reports, contents required in.
Appropriations Committee reports on general
appropriation bills must state effect of any
provision changing existing law............... 847
Congressional Accountability Act, requirements
under......................................... 842
Constitutional authority statement................ 841
Cover must reflect inclusion of certain matters... 804
Former ``Dynamic estimate'' of changes in revenues
expected to result from enactment of ``major''
tax legislation (discretionary)............... 849
Macroeconomic analyses of tax proposals........... 849
Estimate of cost.................................. 844
Estimate and comparison of Congressional Budget
Office........................................ 840
Estimate and comparison of funding levels...... 840, 844
Filing after hours if views....................... 788
Former reporting requirement relating to committee
staff......................................... 780
General performance goals and objectives.......... 840
Investigative and oversight reports considered as
read.......................................... 788
Joint reports..................................... 788
Minority, supplemental, and additional views....... 804,
831, 833, 836
New budget authority and tax expenditures,
statement as to............................... 840
Obsolete provision for directing a committee to
withdraw and report........................... 404
Oversight findings and recommendations......... 742, 840
Oversight findings and recommendations of
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Committee on Government Reform.................. 749
Report on bills amending or repealing statutes
must show by typographical device parts of
statute affected.............................. 846
Rules Committee reports on resolutions repealing
or amending Rules of the House must show by
typographical device parts of Rules affected.. 848
Resolutions of inquiry, requirements for reports
of.......................................... 864-867
Tax complexity................................ 849, 1092
Unfunded Mandates................... 790, 843, 845, 1127
Vote totals and names on amendments and motion to
report........................................ 839
To be in writing and to be printed.................... 833
Oversight functions.
Ad hoc oversight committees........................... 743
General oversight by committees as to laws within their
jurisdiction.................................................... 742-743
General oversight findings and recommendations to be
included in reports............................... 840
Establishment of oversight subcommittees required..... 743
Oversight of Committee on Government Reform........... 743
Former requirement that oversight findings of Committee on
Government Reform be included in each committee's reports...... 749, 840
Oversight plans submitted to Committees on Government
Reform and House Administration................... 743
General oversight of Committee on Appropriations............... 742, 743
Special oversight functions of Committees on Armed
Services, Budget, Education and the Workforce,
Energy and Commerce, International Relations,
Resources, Science, and Small Business............ 744
Additional functions of committees.................... 745
Budget hearings....................................... 746
Budget Act procedures......................................... 747, 1127
Budget Committee, additional functions of............. 748
Government Reform Committee, additional functions of.. 749
Requirement for oversight subcommittee................ 743
Discharge, instructions.
Motion to discharge and instruct............................... 406, 892
Motion to discharge from consideration of vetoed bill. 108
Motion to discharge under certain public laws...................... 1130
Obsolete provision for direction to withdraw and bring
back a bill....................................... 404
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Recommittal with directions to report forthwith....... 405
Speaker usually does not judge of fidelity of, to
instructions...................................... 628
Call of.
Place of, in order of business........................ 869
Business on Calendar Wednesday protected by two-thirds
vote.............................................. 857
Calendar Wednesday.................................... 900
Morning hour.......................................... 880
In general.
Availability of publications in electronic form....... 796
Conferences held by means of select joint............. 532
Correction of error in Journal by..................... 583
Custody of papers of.................................. 695
Duties of, as to resolutions of inquiry........................ 864, 867
Establishment of subcommittees limited................ 762
Expenses of, primary, additional, and interim funding. 768
Exception to initial funding.......................... 766
Points of order in House against committee procedure.. 798
Records of, to be accessible to all Members........... 796
Reference in debate to proceedings of................. 360
Rights as to motions to suspend the rules............. 885
Verbatim meeting and hearing transcripts.............. 794
Staff of. See Committee staffs.
Committees, joint.
Authorized by concurrent resolutions...................... 396
Number and functions of............................... 1108-1113
Authorized by concurrent resolutions...................... 396
Compliance with clause 2(a) of rule XI.................... 783
Conferences held by means of.............................. 532
Expiration of select...................................... 419
Taxation, formerly rendered ``dynamic estimate'' on
``major'' tax legislation............................. 849
Taxation, renders ``macroeconomic analyses'' of tax
proposals............................................. 849
Membership on contingent on party membership.............. 782
Quorum, chairman, and voting in........................... 325
Commodities exchanges.
Jurisdiction of subjects related to....................... 715
Common defense.
Power of Congress to provide for.......................... 117
Common fame.
As a ground for impeachment............................... 605
As foundation for investigation........................... 341
Common law.
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Jury trial for suits at................................... 214
Rules of, in courts....................................... 214
Communications.
Rule for reference of............................. 816, 873, 874
Executive, transmission of, to House...................... 827
Compacts.
States not to make, without consent of Congress........... 148
Jurisdiction of, over interstate, generally............... 730
Jurisdiction of, relating to apportionment of waters for
irrigation purposes................................... 732
Jurisdiction of, over interstate energy................... 721
Compensation. See also Pay.
For private property taken for public use................. 212
Of spouses of Members and employees....................... 1095
Compliance, Office of. See Congressional accountability.
Compulsory process.
For obtaining witnesses................................... 213
Concur, motion to. See also Agree, motion to.
Relative to striking out enacting words................... 988
Concurrent resolutions.
Nature and use of......................................... 396
As to approval of, by the President....................... 396
Adjournment for more than three days by................... 84
On the budget.................................... 719, 990, 1127
Congressional disapproval provisions utilizing............ 1130
Confederation.
Validity of debts of...................................... 194
States not to make........................................ 146
Conferees. See Conferences.
Conferences.
Objects and nature of.
By means of select committees......................... 532
Effect of recess of Congress on....................... 814
Free and simple in modern practice.................... 540
Free or instructed.................................... 557
Over matters other than differences as to amendments.. 531
Obsolete provision as to conference on first reading.. 559
Parliamentary law as to free and simple............... 539
Parliamentary law as to purposes for which conferences
may be held....................................... 558
Questions asked of other House by, rather than by
message........................................... 569
Relations of adherence and conference under the parliamentary law
and in Congress.................................... 528b, 528d, 553, 554
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Usually asked over differences as to amendments....... 530
As to requests for.
Adherence does not prevent granting requests for...... 522
Generally................................ 528a, 530, 533, 535, 1069-1093
Motions to request, precedence of..... 528a, 528b, 528d, 535, 1069, 1070
Requests declined or neglected................................ 534, 1070
Separate vote on certain amendments between the Houses when
request is made.............................................. 1070, 1072
Managers and their powers.
As affected by free and simple conference................. 539, 540, 557
Managers of, appointment, removal, and function................ 536, 637
Managers of, motion to instruct or discharge.................. 541, 1079
Managers restricted to the disagreements of the two Houses.... 546, 1088
Managers may not agree to Senate amendments making
appropriations.................................... 1076
Managers may not agree to Senate amendments to
appropriation bills containing legislation........ 1076
May report a germane modification within the scope of
disagreement where one House strikes out all after
enacting clause of bill of other House and inserts
new language...................................... 1088
Meeting and action of managers................................ 548, 1093
Open conference meetings.............................. 1093
Quorum, evidence of................................... 543
Reappointment of managers at second or subsequent..... 537
Remedy where managers exceed their authority.......... 547
Speaker appoints...................................... 637
Text to which both Houses have agreed not to be changed by
managers unless by authority of both Houses................... 527, 1088
Vacancies in managers................................. 538
Reports of managers.
Accompanying statement................................ 1080
Accompanying statement, Speaker decides as to
sufficiency of.................................... 628
Action on a report in the two Houses.................. 549
As to consideration in Committee of the Whole......... 973
Consideration in House not in order until report
available for three days and copies available at
least two hours................................... 1082
Considered as read if available....................... 1085
Considered rejected if conferees have improperly
closed meeting.................................... 1093
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Debate on, equally divided between parties............ 1086
Effect of disagreement to a conference report............ 551, 954, 1091
Form of conference reports............................... 542, 543, 1080
Have precedence of motion to reconsider............... 1003
High privilege of..................................... 1077
Legislation contained in amendments in disagreement,
procedure for consideration....................... 1084
Limited to scope of matter committed to conference.... 527,
546, 1088
Motions in order during action on a report............... 550, 1089-1091
May report germane modification of amendment in nature
of substitute..................................... 1088
Nongermane matter contained in conference agreements, procedure
for consideration............................................ 1089, 1090
Nongermane matter in amendments in disagreement, procedure for
consideration................................................ 1089, 1091
Not to interrupt reading of Journal................... 621
Parliamentary law as to reports of managers........... 542
Partial reports....................................... 544
Postponing record votes on agreeing to................ 1030
Precedence of, over report from Committee on Rules.... 857
Printing in Record of amendment in total disagreement. 1083
Recommittal of.................................... 550, 1001-1002c, 1088
Printing of reports and statements in the Record...... 1082
Rejection of, status of amendments after................. 551, 1089-1091
Reports of inability to agree................................. 545, 1083
Retroactive income tax rate increase prohibited in.... 1068
Quorum, evidence of................................... 543
Signing of............................................ 543
Speaker decides as to validity of reports............. 627
Statements relating to Federal unfunded mandates............. 1081, 1127
Three-day layover and two-hour availability before
consideration..................................... 1082
Three-fifths vote to increase income tax rates........ 1067
To be in writing...................................... 542
To be entered in the Journal.......................... 542
Unamendable........................................... 542
When on constitutional amendments agreed to by two-
thirds vote....................................... 192
Yeas and nays automatically ordered on adoption of
certain........................................... 1033
Custody of papers in.
After an effective conference......................... 555
When managers fail to agree........................... 556
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Confession.
When asked before disagreement........................ 552
In cases of treason....................................... 181
Confirmation.
Congress, of President's nominee as Vice President........ 256
Congress.
Meeting, term.
Meets once a year............................................... 45, 242
Term and adjournment of............................... 6
Adjourns in July with certain exceptions.............. 1105
Neither House to adjourn for more than three days or to another
place without consent of the other............................... 82, 84
Place of meeting, see Place.
Power of President to convene or adjourn Houses of.............. 82, 171
President to give information of the state of the
Union to.......................................... 168
Prohibited from adjourning sine die before completion of
congressional budget process............................ 1127 (sec. 310)
Powers of--legislative and general.
Legislative........................................... 3
As to migration of importation of persons............. 137
Consent of, to acceptance of certain gifts............ 144
To establish patents and copyrights................... 124
To establish post offices and post roads.............. 123
To make laws to carry its powers into effect.......... 136
To provide for legislative veto of executive actions.. 1130
To regulate coinage, weights, and measures............ 121
To regulate commerce.................................. 119
To regulate naturalization and bankruptcy............. 120
Powers of--as to taxes, money, property, and territory.
To lay and collect taxes.............................. 117
To borrow money....................................... 118
Money to be drawn only on appropriations by........... 143
Over the seat of Government and ceded places................... 134, 135
Over the territory and other property of the United
States............................................ 188
Powers of--as to war.
To declare war, grant letters of marque............... 127
To support armies..................................... 129
To provide a navy..................................... 130
To make rules for land and naval forces............... 131
To provide for calling out the militia................ 132
To provide for organization of militia................ 133
Relative powers of Congress and the President......... 128
Powers of--as to elections, sufferage.
As to apportionment and establishment of districts............. 226, 227
Determines time of choosing electors.................. 153
May by law provide for cases where President-elect nor
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May choose President and Vice President in certain cases........ 221-223
May confirm nomination to fill vacancy in Vice Presi-
Vice President-elect shall qualify................ 244
dency........................................................ 253, 256
Instances where House and Senate have confirmed
nominee as Vice President......................... 256
May decide termination of Presidential disability..... 255
May provide for case wherein death occurs among those
from whom House and Senate may choose President
and Vice President................................ 246
May provide for succession to Presidency or new election....... 155, 244
Power to make or alter regulations as to elections of
Representatives................................... 42
To legislate to enforce the 13th, 14th, 15th, 23d, and 24th
amendments to the Constitution.................. 224, 233, 234, 250, 251
To remove political disabilities...................... 230
Powers of--as to courts.
Regulates jurisdiction of Supreme Court............... 179
To establish inferior courts................................... 125, 177
To fix places for trial of crimes..................... 180
To regulate the proving of acts, records, and judicial
proceedings of the States......................... 183
Powers of--as to the States.
As to admission, consolidation, or division of States. 187
May revise and control certain State laws............. 147
No State to lay imposts or duties on exports or
imports without consent of........................ 147
Consent of, for certain acts of States as to duties,
troops, war, and compacts......................... 148
Powers of--to provide certain punishments.
Each House may punish its Members for disorderly
behavior.......................................... 62
To provide punishment for counterfeiting.............. 122
To provide punishment for piracies.................... 126
To declare punishment of treason...................... 182
Powers of--as to amending Constitution.
As to amendments to the Constitution.................. 190
To propose amendments to the Constitution or call a
convention........................................ 190
Jurisdiction of proposed amendments to................ 730
Powers of--limitations on.
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As related to writ of habeas corpus................... 138
As to religion, free speech, the press, or right of
assembly and petition............................. 208
Laws of, not binding on House in judging elections.... 51
Limitation on capitation or other direct tax.......... 140
No bill of attainder or ex post facto law to be passed 139
No export duties to be laid........................... 141
No preferences to be given as to commerce by water.... 142
No titles of nobility to be granted................... 144
Congressional accountability.
Approval of regulations with respect to................ 1130(27)
Committee reports accompanying measures must contain
statement relating to................................. 842
Former rule on application of laws to Congress............ 1101
Office of Compliance...................................... 1116
Point of order for insufficient committee report.......... 842
Settlements under approval by House Administration........ 754
Congressional Budget Office. See Budget.
Congressional disapproval, laws providing mechanisms for.......... 1130
Congressional Offices.
Compilation of....................................... 1113-1125c
Congressional Record.
Reports of debates.
Correction of............................................. 689, 967, 968
Duties of Joint Committee on Printing in relation to.. 1111
General control of Committee on House Administration
over.............................................. 728
Jurisdiction relating to improvement of............... 1111
``Leave to print'' in, including cost of.............. 692
Not the official record of proceedings................ 69
Power of Chairman of Committee of the Whole over...... 972
Privilege of Member to revise his remarks............. 691
Privilege of propositions to correct........................... 685, 690
Relation of Committee of the Whole to................. 688
Reporters of debates.................................. 685
Substantially verbatim account of remarks............ 687, 691, 967, 968
Matters recorded in.
Amendments to be offered during five-minute rule may
be printed in advance, and given a numerical
designation....................................... 987
Certain messages printed in........................... 815
Clerk supervises daily insertions in.................. 1111
Committee meetings and hearings inserted in........... 1111
Former ``bullet'' symbols in.......................... 692
House activities of previous day inserted in.......... 1111
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Index daily of proceedings of previous day............ 1111
Introduction of bills, petitions, resolutions entered
in................................................ 818
Legislative program for the day to be inserted........ 1111
Messages from President entered in.................... 875
Names of Members signing discharge petitions.......... 892
Printing of conference reports in..................... 1082
Reference of public bills, memorials entered in................ 825, 826
Substantially verbatim account of remarks................. 691, 967, 968
Titles of reported bills entered in................... 831
Congressional Research Service.................................... 1117
Consent.
Unanimous. See Unanimous consent.
Of Congress.
For acceptance of certain gifts....................... 144
For certain acts of States as to duties, troops, war,
and compacts...................................... 148
No State to tax imports or exports without............ 147
Of a State.
Required before its equal suffrage in the Senate may
be disturbed...................................... 190
Conservation.
Energy resources, jurisdiction of matters relating to..... 721
Petroleum (naval), jurisdiction of matters relating to.... 718
Radium, jurisdiction of matters relating to............... 732
Soil, jurisdiction of matters relating to................. 715
Wildlife, jurisdiction of matters relating to............. 732
Consideration, question of.
Form and history of....................................... 906
Conditions of raising.................................. 862, 907
Not to be raised against a report from Committee on Rules. 857
On Calendar Wednesday..................................... 901
Questions subject to...................................... 908
To dispose of points of order raised under the Unfunded
Mandates Reform Act............................... 909, 1127
Relation of, to other motions............................. 907
Relation of, to points of order....................... 909, 1077
Where quorum fails on yea-and-nay vote and adjournment
intervenes............................................ 76
Consistency.
Speaker not to decide questions of..................... 466, 628
Constituency.
Apportionment and establishment of districts........... 226, 227
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Constitution of the United States.
Status of, as related to right to take the oath........... 204
Establishment.
Enumerated rights of, and those reserved to people.... 216
Established by the people............................. 1
Formation of.......................................... 2
Disabilities arising from violation of the oath to
support........................................... 230
Jefferson's discussion of privilege of Members of Congress under
the............................................................ 288, 289
Judicial power extends to cases of law and equity
arising under..................................... 178
Nothing in it to prejudice certain claims............. 188
Oath to support....................................... 196
Officers of House sworn to support.................... 640
Powers delegated to the United States by.............. 217
President sworn to preserve........................... 158
Supreme law of the land............................... 195
Ratification and amendment of.
Amendments to, jurisdiction over...................... 730
Differences as to amendment to, committed to
conference........................................ 530
Extension of time for ratification of proposed
amendment......................................... 192
Joint resolution for amendment of, not approved by
President......................................... 115
Limitation on amendment of............................ 190
Methods of amending............................................. 190-192
Ratification of....................................... 207
The 27 amendments of............................................ 208-258
Two-thirds vote on conference report as to............ 549
Yeas and nays not necessarily taken on amendments to.. 76
Constitutional conventions.
Relation of, to State legislatures, in fixing times of
elections............................................. 43
May be called for purpose of proposing amendments to
Constitution.......................................... 190
Constitutional prerogatives.
Of House as to revenue legislation........................ 102
Questions of, committed to conference..................... 531
Questions relating to, treated as of privilege............ 698
Precedence of questions of................................ 698
Constitutional privilege.
Questions relating to................................... 698-702
Constitutions.
Those of States subordinate to that of United States...... 195
Consular service.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 729
Consuls.
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Consultants.
President appoints........................................ 166
Training.................................................. 774
Lobbying by............................................... 1095
Jurisdiction of Supreme Court in cases affecting.......... 179
Judicial power extends to cases affecting................. 178
Consumers.
Affairs and protection of, jurisdiction over.............. 721
Contempts.
Committee reports on, privileged for immediate
consideration without three-day layover............ 299, 698
Power of the House to punish for........................ 293-299
Contestants.
In election cases, admitted to the floor.................. 678
Relations of, to incompatible offices..................... 100
Contested elections.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 724
Contests affected by death................................ 18
Clerk receives testimony taken in contests................ 642
Contingency fund (applicable accounts of the House).
Duties of Committee on House Administration as to...... 724, 763
Clerk formerly kept account of disbursements out of....... 642
Commission and other entity expenses, payment from........ 763
Committee expenses, payment from.......................... 763
Committee transcripts, cost of printing paid from......... 789
Early organization caucuses funded from................... 1126
Privileged reports on..................................... 853
Continuation of a public work.
Appropriations for.............................. 1036, 1048-1051
Examples illustrating..................................... 1049
New buildings at existing institutions as a............... 1050
Unexpended balances may be appropriated for.......... 1037, 1063
Contract labor.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 720
Contractors.
Not ineligible as Members................................. 98
Contracts.
Obligations of, no State to impair........................ 146
Clerk formerly made or approved certain................... 644
Controversies.
To which the judicial power extends....................... 178
Convening of Congress.
At least once in every year............................. 45, 242
Emergency postponement of reconvening of the House...... 83, 639
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Laws appointing a different day for....................... 243
Reconvening (recall) authority under adjournment
resolution, to reconvene at another time or to another
place, See Reconvene.
Convention.
To amend the Constitution, method of calling of........... 190
Convict labor.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 720
Conviction.
Two-thirds vote for, in impeachments...................... 38
Evidence for, for treason................................. 181
For crime as basis for involuntary servitude.............. 224
In impeachments......................................... 41, 619
Members should refrain from voting and committee
participation following............................... 939
Copyrights.
Copyright royalties, limitation on........................ 1099
Jurisdiction as to bills relating to...................... 730
Corporations.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 730
Correction.
Bills for, of military and naval records are banned....... 822
Of Congressional Record............ 685, 689, 690, 744, 967, 968
Of reference of public bills, place of, in order of
business.............................................. 869
Of reference of bills from Speaker's table............. 873, 874
Of reference of bills, correction in errors............... 824
Corrections Calendar.
Corrections Calendar Office............................... 1124
Rule providing for..................................... 829, 898
Postponed proceedings on questions for consideration of
bills called from..................................... 1030
Corridors.
Speaker's control of...................................... 623
Corruption.
Of blood, for treason..................................... 182
Cosponsorship, of bills. See Bills.
Cost, limit of.
On public works........................................... 1047
Coughing.
Not in order during debate................................ 364
Counsel.
General, Office of........................................ 670
Floor privileges for respondent counsel in disciplinary
proceeding............................................ 678
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For accused in criminal prosecutions...................... 213
In cases of expulsion..................................... 66
Admission of, in investigations........................ 348, 803
May be censured and excluded from hearings................ 803
Count.
Electoral.
Constitutional provision for.......................... 219
Jurisdiction of matters relating to................... 728
In the Hall of the House.............................. 220
On a division or other vote.
Appeal from Chair's count prohibited........................... 629, 630
Decision by voice of majority--tie votes.............. 508
Decision of points of order during.................... 507
Division of the House after determination by sound............ 501, 1012
Duty of Speaker to make an honest count............... 1012
Interruption of, by demand for yeas and nays.......... 77
Messages not received during rising vote or by tellers 562
Not to be interrupted by conference report............ 1077
Parliamentary provisions as to division, not
applicable in the House........................... 502
Questions of order arising during, decided
peremptorily...................................... 628
Rule as to voting by division......................... 1012
Two-thirds votes...................................... 509
Of a quorum.
Certain business suspended by failure of a quorum.............. 510, 832
By Speaker, to ascertain as to quorum after previous
question is ordered............................... 1029
Not to be verified by tellers or on appeal...................... 54, 629
Of House when absence of quorum is observed........... 310
On record vote and otherwise by Speaker........................ 54, 1020
Counterfeiting.
Congress may provide punishment for....................... 122
Courthouses.
Jurisdiction as to bills for construction of.............. 739
Courts.
Of the United States.
Appointment of officers of............................ 166
Congress to constitute inferior....................... 125
Determination of relevancy of materials subpoenaed
from House........................................ 291a
Inferior, their judges................................ 177
Judges bound by Constitution and laws................. 195
Judicial power vested in supreme and inferior......... 177
Jurisdiction of, in general........................... 178
Jurisdiction of Supreme Court......................... 179
Limitations of judicial power in suits of law or
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equity............................................ 218
Tenure, compensation of judges........................ 177
Trials of suits at common law in...................... 214
As related to proceedings of Congress.
Privilege of Members of Congress as to demands of..... 290,
291a, 697
Relations of Members of Parliament to................. 287
Relations of State courts to election cases........... 50
Status of reports of Court of Claims on calendars..... 828
Reference of claims to Court of Claims considered in
Committee of the Whole............................ 973
Judicial appearances on behalf of House............... 291b
Jurisdiction as to certain, in District of Columbia... 723
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to.................. 730
Jurisdiction as to, in foreign lands.................. 729
In insular possessions and territories................ 732
Credentials. See also Members.
As related to the right of a Member to take the oath...... 204
Prima facie effect of, dependent on vacancy............... 23
House Administration Committee may consider questions as
to................................................. 724, 728
Credit.
For public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of a
State in other States................................. 183
Power of Congress to borrow money on...................... 118
States not to emit bills of............................... 146
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to public............... 722
Crimes.
Abridgment of suffrage for................................ 226
As to what are high....................................... 175
Extradition for........................................... 185
High impeachable offenses................................. 175
Involuntary servitude as punishment for................... 224
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 730
Members refrain from voting and committee action when
convicted of.......................................... 1095
Persons to be held to answer for, only on conditions...... 212
Trial of all, except in impeachments, to be by jury....... 180
Criminal law.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 730
Criminal prosecutions.
Rights of accused in all.................................. 213
Security as to accusations, and trial..................... 212
Criticism. See also Debate.
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Of the House and its proceedings, in debate............... 361
Of the Speaker............................................ 362
Of the motives of Members................................. 363
Cruel punishments.
Not to be inflicted....................................... 215
Currency.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 722
Custody.
Procuring attendance of witness in, from other House...... 345
Customhouses.
Customs, jurisdiction as to............................... 741
Jurisdiction as to buildings for.......................... 739
Special oversight jurisdiction............................ 744
Dairy products.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 715
Damages to property.
Bills of payments for, banned with exceptions............. 822
Dams.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to................... 732, 739
Day.
Journal dated as of legislative........................... 69
Speaker takes Chair on each legislative................... 621
Dean of the House.
Administers oath to Speaker............................... 198
Death.
Bills for payment of certain claims against the United
States for, banned.................................... 822
Ceremonies for deceased Members........................... 724
Of officers of House, vacancies caused by may be filled
temporarily by Speaker................................ 640
Of Member, vacancy caused by.............................. 18
Of President or Vice President of United States... 155, 244, 252
Of Speaker................................................ 28
Debate.
Exhibits.
Use of in debate.............................. 622, 963, 964
Freedom of.
Members not to be questioned for, in another place.... 92
Members of Parliament exempted from question as to.... 287,
302, 309
Not to be interfered with by other House by notice of. 308
Privilege of Members of Parliament as to.............. 287
Obtaining the floor for.
Conditions under which a Member's right to the floor
is subjected to the will of the House............. 355
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Member who has spoken to the main question may speak to an
amendment...................................................... 465, 959
Member to speak but once, except one Member in reply.. 959
Member's right to close debate on amendment considered
under five-minute rule............................ 959
Morning-hour debates.................................. 951
Motion to be stated before............................ 904
Obtaining the floor in debate......................... 945
One-minute speeches................................... 950
Oxford-style debates.................................. 952
Parliamentary law as to recognition by the Speaker.... 356
Procedure of the Member in seeking recognition........ 354
Recognition of Members by the Speaker for debate, generally..... 949-956
Right of a Member to be heard a second time........... 357
Special-order speeches................................ 950
Rights of Member as to opening and closing in debate.. 958
The hour rule for debate.............................. 957
Interruptions of.
Interruptions in...................................... 364
Interruption of a Member in debate.................... 946
Certain motions only in order when a question is under 911
Member having the floor in, not to be interrupted by
motions........................................... 393
Member in, may be interrupted by conference report.... 1077
Messages received during.............................. 561
The call to order in debate.................................... 960, 961
Words taken down in debate..................................... 960, 961
Disorder in.
Calls to order............................................ 364, 960, 961
Disorder and interruptions during..................... 364
Disorderly words taken down and reported from
Committee of the Whole............................ 369
Impertinent, superfluous, or tedious speaking......... 359
Members censured for disorder in...................... 65
Parliamentary law as to taking down disorderly words.. 368
Parliamentary method of silencing a tedious Member.... 365
Rules of debate restraint on captiousness of Members.. 285
Warm words and assaults............................... 367
Personalities, references to other House, committees.
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Criticism of the Speaker.............................. 362
Debate, proceedings, and Members of the other House....... 371, 372, 945
Decorum and abstention from personalities...................... 361, 945
Duty of the Speaker to prevent expressions offensive
to the other House................................ 374
Language reflecting on the House...................... 360
Motives of Members not to be arraigned......................... 363, 945
Reference to proceedings of committees................ 360
Reference to the Executive..................................... 370, 945
Reference to occupants of galleries................... 966
Relevancy of................................................... 945, 948
Closing of, in the House.
Effect of order of yeas and nays in closing........... 80
Effect of previous question on................................. 994, 995
Not precluded until the negative has been put......... 490
Limitations on.
Forty minutes of:
After previous question is ordered............. 995, 999
On motion to suspend the rules.................... 891
On certain nongermane amendments between the
Houses................................... 1070, 1072
On nongermane Senate amendments included in
conference report......................... 1089-1091
Recognition for................................... 955
Limit of, on appeals........................................... 624, 629
Morning-hour debate................................... 951
On conference reports, and on certain motions relating to
amendments between the Houses................................ 1084, 1086
On certain secondary motions.......................... 911
On question of order, within Speaker's discretion..... 628
On questions of privilege............................. 698
On motion to instruct conferees....................... 1078
On motion to reconsider............................... 1010
On motion to strike out enacting words................ 989
On rescission bills and deferral resolutions................... 1130(6a)
One-minute speeches................................... 950
Oxford-style debates.................................. 952
Special-order speeches................................ 950
Strictly enforced..................................... 957
Ten minutes of:
On amendments submitted in advance and printed in
Record........................................ 987
On motion to recommit with instructions..... 1001, 1002a
Twenty minutes of:
On motions to discharge........................... 892
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Under various laws permitting congressional approval.. 1130
General debate in Committee of the Whole.
Closing of, in Committee of the Whole.......................... 978, 979
In Committee of the Whole under the old parliamentary
usage............................................. 326
Five-minute debate.
Closing five-minute................................... 987
Closing five-minute, in Committee of the Whole........ 987
Five-minute, on motion to dispense with Calendar
Wednesday......................................... 900
Member's right to close debate on amendment considered
under the five-minute rule........................ 959
Reading and amendment under the five-minute rule...... 980
Recognition for, under the five-minute rule........... 980
Rule as to five-minute, in Committee of the Whole..... 978
Ten minutes on amendments previously printed in Record
even though debate under is limited............... 987
Time not yielded under five-minute.................... 980
Questions not debatable.
Amendment to title decided without.................... 922
Appeals as to priority of business decided without.... 884
Correction of reference of public bills to be made
without........................................... 825
Motions to adjourn, lay on the table, and for the
previous question not debatable................... 911
Motion that Journal be read........................... 621
Motion to discharge a committee not debatable (except under clause
2, rule XV).................................................... 406, 867
Under former rule XXX, questions as to reading of
papers were determined without.................... 965
Record of. See Congressional Record.
Relevancy of
Requirement of........................................ 945
Application of rule................................... 948
Irrelevant remarks removed from Record by unanimous
consent only...................................... 687
In general.
Course of the Member when business concerning himself
is debated........................................ 375
In standing and select committees..................... 318
Morning-hour debates.................................. 951
Obsolete practice as to adjournment of debate......... 444
Obsolete practice as to Member's advice during points
of order.......................................... 507
On bills, usually occurs before engrossment and third
reading........................................... 498
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One-minute speeches................................... 950
Oxford-style debates.................................. 952
Participation of the Speaker in debate......................... 358, 947
Quorum necessary during......................................... 54, 510
Special-order speeches................................ 950
Under reservation of right to object to a unanimous-consent
request........................................................ 381, 872
Debt.
Claims for slaves......................................... 232
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to bonded............... 741
None incurred in aid of insurrection to be paid........... 232
Power of Congress to pay public........................... 117
States restricted as to tender in payment of.............. 146
Validity of those contracted prior to the Constitution.... 194
Validity of debt of the United States not to be questioned 232
Debt limit, rule for establishment of statutory........... 1104
Decisions. See Appeal.
Declarations of war.
Congress to make.......................................... 127
Jurisdiction as to........................................ 729
War Powers Resolution................................... 1130(2)
Declination.
Of seat by Member......................................... 20
Decorum. See also Debate.
As to sitting in place.................................... 353
Assaults and affrays...................................... 367
Attire................................................. 622, 962
Call to order for transgressions in............... 364, 960, 961
Clerk to preserve, at organization of the House........... 643
Committees, preservation of....................... 369, 787, 803
Conduct of counsel in investigation....................... 803
Conduct of Members in the Hall............................ 962
Decorum of Members in debate, see Debate.
Disorder in Committee of the Whole........................ 331
Member may speak from any place on floor.................. 945
Members' presence when business concerning Member debated. 375
Movements of Member during voting......................... 506
Power of House to punish and expel for breaches of........ 62
Exhibits, use of.................................. 622, 963, 964
Speaker preserves, on floor............................ 331, 622
Smoking forbidden......................................... 962
Use of wireless telephone or personal computer forbidden.. 962
Wearing of hats forbidden.............................. 377, 962
Deductions.
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From the compensation of Members........................ 86, 671
From the compensation of Members for State income taxes... 648
Defense.
Power of Congress to provide for public................... 117
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to public............... 718
Counsel for, in criminal cases............................ 213
Defense production.
Jurisdiction over subjects related to..................... 722
Deficiencies.
Jurisdiction of appropriations for........................ 716
Degree.
Of amendments.......................................... 922, 923
Of amendments between the Houses.......................... 529
Delegated powers.
Of the Constitution....................................... 217
Delegates.
Admitted to floor of House................................ 678
Clerk formerly kept stationery accounts of................ 642
Clerk to distribute certain documents to.................. 647
Compensation of........................................... 86
Former de novo votes in House where vote decisive in
Committee of Whole.................................... 985
Elected to committees..................................... 675
Establishment and nature of office........................ 675
From District of Columbia, formerly required to be elected
to the former Committee on District of Columbia....... 675
From territory of American Samoa.......................... 675
Impeachment began at instance of a........................ 603
May have been appointed a teller.......................... 1013
Formerly could be appointed Chairman, Committee of the
Whole................................................. 970
May be appointed a conferee............................... 676
May be appointed to select committee...................... 676
May call a Member to order............................. 960, 961
Powers and privileges of, on floor and in committee....... 603,
675, 676, 960, 970, 1030
Powers and privileges of, in Committee of the Whole....... 675
Rooms of, in office buildings............................. 1114
Sergeant-at-Arms formerly disbursed pay of................ 648
Sworn..................................................... 675
Department of Agriculture.
Jurisdiction of appropriations for, and bills relating to
715, 716
Department of Defense.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 718
Department of Energy.
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Department of Justice.
Jurisdiction over general management of................... 721
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 730
Departments. See Executive departments and agencies.
Desertion.
Certain private bills to correct records are banned....... 822
Designation of public works.
Consideration prohibited.................................. 1068a
Desk, Clerk's. See Clerk's desk.
Dilatory motions.
Amendments printed in Record may not be................... 987
Forbidden pending report from Committee on Rules.......... 857
Not to be entertained by the Speaker...................... 903
One motion to adjourn only in order pending motion to
suspend rules......................................... 890
Right to demand yeas and nays not to be overruled as...... 77
Direct tax. See also Taxes and tariffs.
Director of Non-legislative and Financial Services
Former position and functions of.......................... 664
Disabilities.
Of President or Vice President.................... 155, 244, 252
Political, arising from disloyalty........................ 232
Consideration of bills removing........................... 731
Of President-elect or Vice President-elect................ 244
Disagree, motion to. See Amendments between the Houses.
Disagreement.
President may adjourn Congress in a certain case of....... 171
Stage of, see Amendments between the Houses.
Discharge.
Motions to, of a committee............................. 406, 892
Motions to, under certain public laws...................... 1130
Motions as to Committee of the Whole not privileged....... 339
Motion to discharge a committee from consideration of
vetoed bill........................................... 108
Of a committee, from a resolution of inquiry.............. 867
Discipline.
Of the militia............................................ 133
Of Members.............................................. 62, 806
Discoveries.
Congress may provide exclusive rights to.................. 124
Disease.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to, generally........... 721
Of animals................................................ 715
Disorder.
Disorderly words taken down....................... 369, 960, 961
Galleries or lobby, cleared by Speaker for................ 622
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In Committee of the Whole......................... 331, 332, 622
May interrupt reading of Journal.......................... 621
Parliamentary law as to taking down disorderly words...... 368
Parliamentary law as to taking down words in Committee of
the Whole............................................. 369
Power of Chairman of Committee of the Whole as to, in
galleries and lobby................................... 970
Power of each House to punish for......................... 62-66
Proceedings in case of, on the floor...................... 367
Disqualification.
As judgment in impeachment.............................. 41, 619
Members not to hold incompatible offices................. 97-101
Service of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct..... 806
Disqualifying interest.
Of a Member as to voting.......................... 376, 671, 672
District of Columbia.
In general.
Bills relating to, as unfinished business............. 879
Home Rule Act, disapproval procedures under..................... 1130(5)
Jurisdiction as to Government buildings within........ 739
Jurisdiction as to parks in........................... 732
Power of Congress as to legislation over....................... 134, 135
Representation in Electoral College of................ 250
Second and fourth Mondays for business of............. 894
Former Committee on.
Jurisdiction transferred.............................. 723
Delegate from, powers of. See Delegates.
Districts.
Adjustment of, to apportionment........................... 227
Questions as to elections in relation to.................. 228
Requirement that districts be equally populated........... 229
Disturbance.
Galleries or lobby cleared by Speaker for................. 622
Of another in debate not in order......................... 364
Division.
Of papers for reference.
Of matter for reference to committees..................... 421, 816, 818
Of bills for reference................................ 816
Voting by.
Rule as to voting by.................................. 1012
Business suspended by failure of quorum............... 510
Decision by voice of majority--tie votes.............. 508
Decisions of points of order during................... 507
Division of the House after determination by sound............ 501, 1012
Interruption of, by demand for yeas and nays.......... 77
Messages not received during rising vote or vote by
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tellers........................................... 562
Not to be interrupted by conference report............ 1077
Parliamentary provisions as to division, not
applicable in the House........................... 502
Questions of order arising during, decided
peremptorily...................................... 628
Repetition of demand for division..................... 1012
Two-thirds votes...................................... 509
Of the question for a vote.
As related to debate on amendment..................... 482
Into substantive propositions.................................. 919, 921
Jefferson's discussion of............................. 481
Motion to recede and concur divisible......................... 525, 528d
Motion to strike out and insert not divisible.................. 920, 921
Offsetting amendments to appropriation bills indivisible.... 1042, 1063a
Parliamentary law as to............................... 480
Principles governing.................................. 921
Resolutions or orders reported by Committee on Rules not divisible
919, 921
Resolutions electing standing committees not divisible 919
Dockyards.
Power of Congress over places purchased for............... 134
Documents.
Reading of those, accompanying President's message........ 170
Clerk to distribute certain, to Members................... 650
Domestic violence.
States may ask protection from............................ 189
Doorkeeping.
Doorkeeping duties of Sergeant-at-Arms................. 380, 658
History of former Office of the Doorkeeper................ 663a
Doors.
Of the House kept by Sergeant-at-Arms.................. 380, 658
Closed on call of the House when ordered by Speaker....... 1019
Drug testing.
Rule providing for drug testing of Members, officers, and
employees............................................. 635
Due process of law.
No person to be deprived of life, liberty, or property
without............................................... 212
No State to deprive a person of life, liberty, or property
without............................................... 225
Duties. See Taxes and tariffs.
Economic and Educational Opportunities, Committee on. See Education and
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Economic report.
the Workforce, Committee on.
Economic Committee, Joint......................................... 1108
Time for filing of, by President.......................... 169
Economic stabilization.
Jurisdiction over subjects related to..................... 722
Education.
Jurisdiction of subjects on............................ 720, 729
Education and Labor, Committee on. See Education and the Workforce,
Committee on.
Effects.
Security of, as to searches and seizures.................. 211
Elections.
Of officers of the two Houses.
Of officers of the House except Speaker......................... 29, 640
Of officers of House, except that Speaker may fill
vacancies temporarily by appointment.............. 640
Of officers of the Senate............................. 37
Of President pro tempore of the Senate................ 313
Of Speaker...................................................... 26, 312
Of Speaker and other officers of House................26, 30
Of Speaker pro tempore................................ 314
Motion to proceed to election of Speaker of higher
privilege than motion to correct the roll......... 644
Rule for, by ballot................................... 1034
Of Representatives. See also Contested elections.
Apportioned among the States according to numbers..... 226
Apportionment of, jurisdiction as to.................. 730
Apportionment of (obsolete provision)................. 14
Apportionments, first and last and minimum basis of... 15
By the people......................................... 5
Campaign contributions, jurisdiction of matters
relating to....................................... 724
Clerk receives testimony taken in contests............ 642
Contests affected by death............................ 18
Each House judge of................................... 46-51
Election by districts.......................................... 228, 229
Functions of State executive.......................... 24
Jurisdiction as to laws relating............................... 724, 728
Of Members, questions relating to, considered by House
Administration Committee....................................... 724, 728
Power of each House to judge as related to State laws. 47-50
Power to judge as related to law of Congress.......... 51
Prima facie title, enrollment by Clerk not conclusive
as to............................................. 644
Qualifications of electors............................ 7
Question of final right as related to oath............ 204
Questions as to elections in relation to congressional
districts......................................... 228
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Federal Elections Commission, disapproval of regulations....... 1139(17)
Regulation of times, places, and manner of............42, 43
Suffrage not to be abridged for race, color........... 234
To fill vacancies..................................... 17
Of Senators.
Of Senators................................................. 32, 34, 236
Congress not to interfere as to place of choosing
Senators.......................................... 42
Vice President votes in case of tie in cases of
contest in Senate................................. 36
Of President of the United States and Vice President........... 149-153,
219-223, 249
Of electors of President and Vice President........... 151
No person to be elected President more than twice..... 249
Power of Congress to provide for special, for
President......................................... 155
Majority of electors required to choose a President of
the United States................................. 221
Qualifications of electors of President as to loyalty. 230
Jurisdiction of matters relating to................... 724
Election of President by House in certain cases................. 221-223
Election of Vice President by Senate in certain cases........... 221-223
Congress to provide for case wherein death occurs
among those from whom House and Senate choose
President and Vice President respectively......... 246
Electoral count.
Constitutional provision for........................... 219, 220
Jurisdiction of matters relating to.................... 724, 728
Electoral votes.
Transmittal and count of.................................. 220
Electors.
Of President, appointment and numbers of............... 151, 250
Of President, qualifications of loyalty................... 226
Of President, voting of, and count of the votes........... 219
Of Senators, qualifications of......................... 236, 238
Qualifications of Electors............................. 151, 152
Electronic equipment and form of publication.
Committee publications available in electronic form....... 796
Wireless telephone and personal computer forbidden in
Chamber............................................... 962
Voting and quorum calls by, see Voting.
Emancipation.
Of slaves, no compensation for............................ 232
Emergency Planning, Preparedness, and Operations.
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Emoluments.
Office of................................................. 1125c
Conditions on acceptance of, by officers.................. 144
Of civil office under United States, increase of during
term bars Senators and Representatives................ 96
Employees.
Admission of, to the floor.............................. 678-681
Appointed by officers of the House........................ 640
Application of employment laws to legislative branch, see
Congressional accountability.
Clerk formerly disbursed pay of........................... 642
Code of conduct for....................................... 1095
Compensation, retirement, and benefits, jurisdiction over. 724
Consultant contractors.................................... 1095
Sergeant-at-Arms responsible for conduct of his........... 658
Drug testing of, see Drug testing.
Duties of Committee on House Administration as to......... 724
Former rule on fair employment practices.................. 1101
Former, admission of to floor.......................... 678, 921
Nondiscrimination in relation to.......................... 1095
Of committees, see Committee staffs.
Of House, relations to claims............................. 1102
Prohibition on distribution of campaign contributions by.. 683
Spouses of, employment of................................. 1095
To be assigned only to duties for which they are appointed 640
Enacting words, striking out.
Rule relating to motion................................... 988
Practice as to use of motion.............................. 989
Enemies.
Treason to consist in adhering to or aiding............... 181
Aid or comfort to those of the United States.............. 232
Energy and Commerce, Committee on................................. 721
Energy matters. See also Nuclear energy.
Jurisdiction over.
Coastal zone management........................................ 732, 739
Commercial application of energy technology........... 721
Conservation of energy resources...................... 721
Energy information generally.......................... 721
Energy research and development....................... 735
Interstate energy compacts............................ 721
Interstate transmission of power...................... 721
Mineral resources of public lands and mining.......... 732
National energy policy generally...................... 721
Naval petroleum and oil shale reserves................ 718
Water power........................................... 739
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Engagements.
Expedited procedures contained in energy-related laws. 1130
Validity of those entered into before adoption of
Constitution.......................................... 194
Engrossment.
Of a bill, question on, and procedure.................. 941, 943
Properly done after a bill is amended..................... 428
Reading in full not required........................... 941, 943
Test of strength on....................................... 429
Endorsement of the title on an engrossed bill............. 431
Enrolled bills.
As to raising a question of privilege over delay of, in
reaching the President................................ 572
As to signing of, by Speaker pro tempore.................. 625
Authority of pro tempore presiding officers to sign
enrolled bills..................................... 576, 632
Clerk, duties in connection with....................... 648, 754
Conditions of signing by the Speaker................... 624, 625
Parliamentary law as to enrollment........................ 573
Practice of the two Houses of Congress as to enrollment... 574
Presentation of, to the President......................... 577
Privileged reports relative to............................ 853
Report as to accuracy..................................... 625
Signing of, for presentation to the President............. 575
Signature vacated......................................... 625
Enrolling clerk.
To make no changes in text of a bill...................... 573
Enumeration.
Of people for apportionment............................... 15
Capitation or direct taxes to be proportioned to.......... 140
Environmental research and development.
Jurisdiction over subjects related to..................... 735
Equal protection.
Of law, guaranteed........................................ 225
Equity.
Judicial power extends to all cases of.................... 178
Limitation of judicial power in suits of.................. 218
Equivalent questions. See Question; Amendments between the Houses.
Errors.
Cancellation of signatures of an enrolled bill for..... 575, 625
Correction of, in enrollment of a bill.................... 573
Correction of, in messages................................ 565
Correction of, in reference of a bill to a calender....... 828
Correction of, in reference of bills, petitions........ 824, 825
Correction of, in reference of bills from Speaker's table
873, 874
Correction of, in the Journal by a committee.............. 583
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In a yea-and-nay vote..................................... 1017
In bills sent to the President............................ 110
In former vote by tellers................................. 1013
Questions of privilege affect integrity of proceedings.... 698
Rectifying of, after report by tellers.................... 503
Use of joint resolutions to correct bills sent to the
President............................................. 518
Establishment.
Of religion, Congress to make no law respecting........... 208
Estimates.
Of appropriations, transmission of, to Congress........... 827
Ethics.
Code of Official Conduct.................................. 1095
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, see Standards
of Official Conduct, Committee on.
Financial disclosure...................................... 1103
Former Select Committee on................................ 738
Unofficial office accounts prohibited..................... 1096
Limitations on use of frank............................... 1097
Limitations on outside earned income...................... 1099
Sanctions for ethical violations...........................62-66
Evidence.
Methods of taking............................. 341-348, 802, 803
Duties of committee clerks as to.......................... 695
Ex-Members. See Former Members.
Ex post facto law.
None to be passed......................................... 139
States not to pass........................................ 146
Examination. See Witnesses.
Excessive bail or fines.
Not to be required........................................ 215
Excises. See Taxes and tariffs.
Exclusion.
Of certain private bills.................................. 822
Of commemoratives......................................... 823
Of Member for holding incompatible offices................ 101
Of Member-elect for disqualification.................... 12, 205
Of petitions, bills for cause.......................... 819, 824
Excuses. See Absence.
Executive. See President; Executive departments and agencies.
Executive communications.
Transmission to House..................................... 827
Reference of...................................... 816, 873, 874
Executive departments and agencies.
Appropriations Committee to study organization and
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operation of.......................................... 742
Congress may vest appointment of certain inferior officers
in heads of........................................... 166
Congressional review of agency rulemaking.............. 1130(29)
Gallery for use of heads of............................... 682
Heads of, admitted to the floor of the House.............. 678
Jurisdiction of matters relating to reorganization of..... 723
No employees of, detailed to committee may be employed on
professional staff except under certain conditions.... 779
Of Government, power of Congress to legislate as to....... 136
Title 5, U.S.C. 3101; authority to authorize appropriation
for salary of clerks.................................. 1046
Reference of papers from............................... 873, 874
Resolutions of inquiry of............................... 864-868
President may require opinions from officers of........... 161
Privilege of, as to papers from files..................... 696
Expenditures in, jurisdiction as to....................... 723
Executive expenses.
Jurisdiction of appropriations for........................ 716
Executive of State.
May apply for protection against domestic violence........ 189
Power to demand fugitives from justice.................... 185
Executive officers.
Bound by oath to support the Constitution................. 196
Executive power.
Vested in the President................................... 149
Exhibits.
Use of in debate.................................. 622, 963, 964
Expenditures.
Of public money, account to be published.................. 143
Experiment stations.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 715
Explanation.
Of Member called to order in debate.................... 960, 961
Personal, made by unanimous consent....................... 945
Export controls.
Jurisdiction over subjects related to..................... 729
Export duties. See Taxes and tariffs.
Expulsion.
Power of the two Houses to punish by................. 62, 63, 66
Course of Member when subject to debate as to............. 375
Of a Delegate, question as to............................. 675
Of Member-elect before taking the oath.................... 300
Expunging.
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Extradition.
Of entries of Journal..................................... 71
Of fugitives from justice in any State.................... 185
Extraordinary occasions.
Power of President to convene Congress on................. 171
Fact.
Privilege of the Speaker to speak as to................... 358
Jurisdiction of Supreme Court as to....................... 179
Fair employment practices and application of certain laws.
History of former rules................................... 1101
Faith.
For public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of a
State in other States................................. 183
Falsehood.
Not to be charged on Members in debate.................... 363
Fame, common.
As foundation for investigation........................... 341
As a ground for impeachment............................... 605
Farm Credit Administration and farm security.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 715
Federal mandates.
Statements for conference reports relating to........ 1081, 1127
Committee reports must contain effect of accompanying
measures on............................. 790, 843, 845, 1127
Effective date of Unfunded Mandates Reform Act............ 1127
Motion to strike.......................................... 991
Question of consideration to dispose of points of order
raised under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
910, 1127
Rules Committee activity report to include waivers
relating to....................................... 790, 1127
Rules Committee may not waive certain points of order
under Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995............ 1127
Felony.
Conviction of Member for, nonparticipation in committee
and House business.................................... 1095
Senators and Representatives not privileged from arrests
for...................................................90, 91
Relation of privilege to cases of...................... 305, 306
Congress to punish, on the high seas...................... 126
Extradition for........................................... 185
Files. See Papers.
Financial audits.
By Inspector General...................................... 667
House officers to cooperate in performance of..... 655, 660, 663
Of House and joint entities............................... 667
Financial disclosure.
By Members, officers, principal assistants, and committee
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professional staff.................................... 1103
Ethics in Government Act.................................. 1103
Financial audits of House and joint entities.............. 667
Financial Services, Committee on.................................. 722
Fines.
Excessive, not to be imposed.............................. 215
As condition of discharging Member arrested for absence... 55
First reading. See Reading.
Fisheries.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 732
Marine Fisheries Conservation Act, expedited procedures
under.............................................. 1130(22)
Five-minute rule.
Applicability to committee hearings....................... 802
Closing of debate under................................... 987
Former rule proscribing committee sittings during...... 324, 801
Debate must be on the subject............................. 948
Debate on motion to dispense with Calendar Wednesday...... 900
Debate on amendments submitted in advance and printed in
Record................................................ 987
Debate on appeal in Committee of the Whole................ 629
Reading and amendment of bills under...................... 980
Pro forma amendments...................................... 981
Fix the day and hour, motion to. See Adjourn, motion to.
Flag.
Jurisdiction of, subject of............................... 731
Pledge of Allegiance...................................... 869
Flood control.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 739
Floor, Hall of House.
Abuse of privilege of..................................... 679
Admission of representative of press and radio to...... 693, 694
Admission when the House is not sitting................... 680
Prohibition on distribution of campaign contributions on
650a, 683
Decorum of Members on, see Decorum.
Duty of Sergeant-at-Arms to clear of nonprivileged persons 658
Electoral count held in................................... 220
Exhibits, use of, see Exhibits.
Persons and officials admitted during sessions of the
House......................................... 678, 680, 681
Sergeant-at-Arms enforces rules relating to privilege of.. 658
Speaker preserves order on............................. 331, 622
Use of.................................................... 677
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Food programs for children in schools.
Yielding of, in debate, see Debate.
Jurisdiction over subjects related to..................... 720
Forces.
Conditions to make rules for land and naval............... 131
Land or naval, trial for crimes in........................ 212
Foreign affairs.
Arms Export Control Act, expedited procedures under.... 1130(16)
International commodity agreements, jurisdiction over..... 729
International economic policy, jurisdiction over.......... 729
International education, jurisdiction over................ 729
International financial and monetary organizations,
jurisdiction over.................................. 722, 744
International fishing agreements, jurisdiction over.... 732, 744
International waters, jurisdiction over................... 729
Limitation on loans to foreign entities................ 1013(32)
Non-proliferation and nuclear export agreements... 729, 1130(10)
President's relations to.................................. 165
Termination of Cuban Economic Embargo.................. 1130(28)
Foreign Affairs, Committee on. See International Relations, Committee
on.
Foreign coin. See Coin.
Foreign gifts and decorations.
Constitutional prohibition................................ 144
House rules regarding................................. 753, 1100
Law regulating acceptance................................. 145
Foreign ministers.
Admitted to the floor of the House........................ 678
Gallery for use of........................................ 682
Foreign nations.
Judicial power extends to cases affecting certain......... 178
Limitations on suits of subjects of, against.............. 218
Power of Congress to regulate commerce with............... 119
States not to make engagements with, except on conditions. 148
Titles, gifts from.................................... 144, 1100
Forest reserves and forestry.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to...................... 715, 732
Forfeiture.
In cases of, treason...................................... 182
Form of government.
Republican, guaranteed to the State....................... 189
Former Members, admission to floor. See Floor.
Forms.
Of putting question
For viva voce vote.................................... 630
On question of consideration.......................... 906
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On engrossment and third reading of a bill............ 941
On the passage of a bill.............................. 499
Of resolutions of inquiry................................. 865
Of reports from Committee of the Whole................. 333, 334
Of salutation of reception of messages.................... 564
Of going into Committee of the Whole...................... 328
Of oath of Members........................................ 197
Forthwith.
Reference with instructions to report..................... 917
Forts.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 718
Power of Congress over places purchased for............... 134
Forty minutes' debate. See Debate.
Fourteen days.
Discharge of resolutions of inquiry..................... 864-867
Franking privilege.
House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards....... 1113
Limitation on use of...................................... 1097
Fraud.
In introduction of a bill................................. 821
Free conference. See Conference.
Freedom.
Of religion, speech, the press, and right of assembly and
petition.............................................. 208
Fugitives.
From justice, extradition of.............................. 185
From service or labor, return of.......................... 186
Gallaudet College.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 720
Galleries.
As to right to demand clearing of......................... 382
Distribution, admission, and control of................... 682
Members may not introduce occupants in, to House.......... 966
Power of Chairman of Committee of the Whole as to order in 970
Speaker may order, to be cleared.......................... 622
The Press Gallery......................................... 693
The Radio/TV Gallery...................................... 694
General Accounting Office, assistance to committees............... 1115
General appropriation bills. See Appropriations.
General Counsel.
Office of............................................ 670, 1125b
General debate. See Debate.
General revenue sharing.
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General Services Administrator.
Jurisdiction over......................................... 723
Bills that become law deposited with................... 105, 109
General welfare.
Power of Congress to provide for.......................... 117
Geological survey.
Jurisdiction of legislation relating to................... 732
Germane.
Amendments required to be germane......................... 928
Amendment being considered, which would have been subject
to a point of order, may be perfected by amendments
germane to it......................................... 1058
Amendments imposing conditions, qualifications, and
limitations........................................... 940
Amendments to bills amending existing law................. 939
Burden of proof as to germaneness......................... 928
Committee jurisdiction as test of germaneness............. 934
Fundamental purpose as test of germaneness................ 933
A general provision not germane to a specific subject..... 937
Instructions to committees and amendments thereto must be
germane............................................... 930
One individual proposition not germane to another......... 936
Parliamentary law as to germaneness....................... 467
Proposition to which amendment must be germane............ 929
Senate amendments and matter contained in conference
reports, separate vote if not germane....... 931, 1089, 1090
Specific subjects germane to general propositions of the
class................................................. 938
Subject matter as test of germaneness..................... 932
Various tests of germaneness are not exclusive............ 935
Gifts.
Acceptance of by House Administration Committee........... 753
Foreign................................................... 144
Gift rule................................................. 1100
Government.
Economy and efficiency in, jurisdiction over.............. 723
Intergovernmental relationships, jurisdiction over........ 723
Republican form of, guaranteed to the States.............. 189
Right of people to petition............................... 208
Government Operations, Committee on. See Government Reform, Committee
on.
Government Reform, Committee on.
History and jurisdiction of............................... 723
General oversight functions of......................... 743, 749
Former requirement that oversight findings of to be
included in reports of other committees............... 840
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Government, seat of.
Responsibility as to commemoratives....................... 823
Power of President to convene Congress at another place.... 82,
84, 171
Power of Congress to legislate for........................ 134
Governors of States.
Admitted to the floor of the House........................ 678
Fill certain vacancies in Senate.......................... 34
Issue writs to fill vacancies in representation...........17, 24
May apply for protection against domestic violence........ 189
Power to demand fugitives from justice.................... 185
Grand Jury.
Indictment by, as related to trial for crime.............. 212
Grants.
Of land, judicial power extends to cases affecting certain 178
Grievances.
Right of people to petition for redress of................ 208
Grounds.
Jurisdiction as to occupied or improved................... 739
Guam, Delegate from. see Delegates.
Habeas corpus.
Suspension of writ of..................................... 138
Hall of the House. See Floor, Hall of House; Galleries.
Harbors.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to the improvement of... 739
Hatch Act.
Jurisdiction over subjects related to..................... 723
Hats.
Not to be worn by Members in the House................. 377, 962
Heads of departments. See also Departments.
Admitted to the floor of the House........................ 678
Congress may vest appointment of certain inferior officers
in.................................................... 166
Gallery for use of Cabinet................................ 682
Rule for reference of papers from...................... 873, 874
Health.
Jurisdiction over subjects related to generally........... 721
Care and facilities supported by general revenues,
jurisdiction over..................................... 721
Care supported by payroll deductions, jurisdiction over... 741
Biomedical research and development, jurisdiction over.... 721
Public health and quarantine, jurisdiction over........... 721
Veterans' health care, jurisdiction over.................. 740
Human nutrition, jurisdiction over........................ 715
Hearings.
Exclusion of Members and public from...................... 798
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Five-minute rule when examining witnesses in.............. 802
On appropriation bills hearings and reports to be
available three days in advance of consideration...... 852
Rules to be adhered to in......................... 746, 798, 803
High crimes and misdemeanors, impeachable offenses. See Impeachment.
High seas.
Punishment of piracies and felonies on.................... 126
Hissing.
Not in order during debate................................ 364
Historian
Office of House........................................... 669
Holidays and celebrations.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 723
Holman rule.
Decisions under Holman rule (in brief).................... 1062
Homeland Security.
Select Committee on....................................... 1112a
Homes, soldiers'. See Soldiers' homes.
Honorarium.
Limitations on................................. 1095, 1099, 1103
Hour of meeting.
Speaker takes Chair at.................................... 621
Fixed..................................................... 621
Standing order as to, expires with the session............ 386
Jurisdiction of orders as to daily........................ 733
Motion to fix.......................................... 911, 913
Hour rule.
Of debate................................................. 957
House Administration, Committee on.
Allowances of Members and committees, authority to adjust
86, 88
Approval of reserve fund for committee expenses........... 763
Availability for one day of reports on committee expense
resolutions................................... 851, 764, 765
Chairman and four members serve on Joint Committee on the
Library............................................... 1110
Chairman and four members serve on Joint Committee on
Printing.............................................. 1111
Details to committees from Government agencies permitted
by.................................................... 779
Duty as to acceptance of gifts............................ 679d
Duty as to approval of certain employment settlements..... 679e
Duty as to relations of officers and employees to claims.. 1102
Duty as to direction of Inspector General................. 752
[Former] Duty as to enrolled bills........................ 754
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Duty as to termination of LSOs.............................. 88a
Former Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight........... 744
History, jurisdiction, and duties of................... 724, 750
Oversight responsibilities................................ 743
Privileged reports from................................... 853
Reports on committee expense resolutions............... 763, 764
Reports on election cases................................. 853
Responsibilities relating to committee staff........... 776, 779
House as in Committee of the Whole.
Procedure in............................................ 424-427
Procedure in generally applicable to House committees...... 407,
792
House Calendar.
Certain bills placed on, to await action of House......... 828
Bills on, considered on Calendar Wednesday................ 900
Bills on, considered during ``Morning Hour''.............. 880
Bills from, on Corrections Calendar.................... 829, 898
House of Commons.
Members of.
Common fame as ground for investigation of............ 341
Privilege of.......................................... 287-289, 305, 307
Relation to the sovereign............................. 309
Powers of and Procedure in.
Call of the House..................................... 311
Election of Speaker................................... 312
Entry of votes in Journal of................................... 581, 582
Jurisdiction of as to impeachments.................... 601
Motion to strike...................................... 468
Parliamentary law as to the adjournment of the Lords
and Commons....................................... 584
Possession of a bill by............................... 437
Power to punish for contempt.......................... 296
Previous question.............................................. 461, 463
Principles as to disagreeing, insisting, and adhering. 521
Privileged motions.................................... 447
Proceedings in cases of assaults and affrays.......... 367
Receipt of address.................................... 316
Rules as related to the privilege of minorities....... 283
Sessions of Parliament.................................... 588
Voting in...................................................... 502, 505
House of Representatives.
Part of Congress.......................................... 3
Accounts, jurisdiction of matters relating to............. 724
Assignment of rooms in office buildings................... 1114
Attendance of, at an impeachment trial.................... 617
Authority as to treaties................................ 594-599
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Bicentennial, Office of................................... 669
Bills for raising revenue to originate in................... 102
Choice of President by................................. 221, 222
Chooses Speaker and other officers................... 26-30, 640
Composed of Members chosen by people...................... 5-7
Confirms nomination of Vice President..................... 253
Contingent fund (applicable accounts of the House), leave
to report on expenditures at any time................. 853
Contingent fund (applicable accounts of the House),
jurisdiction of matters relating to................... 724
Door of, kept by Sergeant-at-Arms...................... 380, 658
Early organization of..................................... 1126
Electoral votes to be counted in presence of.............. 219
Employment of persons, jurisdiction of matters relating to 724
Has power of impeachment.................................. 31
Historian for............................................. 669
Indecent language against, not permitted in debate........ 360
Its power to make rules................................... 58-60
Leadership, compensation, and emoluments of...............86, 89
Library, Clerk's.......................................... 650
Library, jurisdiction of matters relating to.............. 724
May it prescribe qualifications of Members?............... 12
Meets at 12 m.............................................6, 621
Members, see Members.
Officers, see Officers.
Place of meeting, see Place.
Power of President to convene or adjourn.................. 171
Power to punish and expel its Members..................... 62-66
Questions of privilege affecting........................ 698-668
Required to keep a Journal................................ 68
Rules, see Rules.
Services, jurisdiction of matters relating to............. 724
Use of Hall of............................................ 677
Vacancies in.............................................. 17-25
House office buildings.
Administration of, jurisdiction of matters relating to.... 724
Assignment of rooms in.................................... 1114
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 739
House offices.
Compilation of....................................... 1113-1125c
House Recording Studio. See Recording Studio.
House restaurant. See Restaurant.
Houses.
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Relation between two of Congress.
Provisions of Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 applicable to
both.......................................................... 1105-1107
Bill from one laid on the table in the other.......... 520
Communicate fact of rejection of a bill............... 568
Complaint by one House of conduct of a Member of the
other............................................. 373
Debate and proceedings in the other House not to be
noticed in debate................................. 371
Duty of the Speaker to prevent expressions offensive
to the other House................................ 374
Do not communicate votes by which bills are passed.... 567
Each judge of elections............................... 46
Information transmitted as to bills................... 520
Messages between to be sent only when both are sitting 570
Messages from the President usually sent to both at
once.............................................. 571
Neither should encroach on the other.................. 308
Procedure when an inquiry in one, implicates a Member
of the other...................................... 323
Procuring attendance of witness in custody of other
House............................................. 345
Questions asked by committee, not by message.......... 569
Questions as to prerogatives committed to conference.. 531
Relations of, as to summoning Members or officers as
witnesses......................................... 292
Right of each, to inspect Journal of the other........ 582
The other House and its Members not to be criticized
in debate......................................... 372
Private.
Security of, as to searches and seizures.............. 211
As to quartering of soldiers in....................... 210
Housing.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to public and private.... 722
Howard University.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 720
Immigration.
Power of Congress over.................................... 137
Jurisdiction of subjects relative to...................... 730
Immunities.
Of citizens not to be abridged............................ 225
Of citizens in States other than their own................ 184
Of witnesses before committees............................ 343
Impeachment.
Civil officers removable by............................... 173
As to who is a civil officer.............................. 174
Nature of impeachable offenses............................ 175
Later impeachment inquiries............................... 176
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Cases of, not to be tried by jury......................... 180
House has sole power of................................... 31
Senate alone tries........................................ 38
Conviction by two-thirds only............................. 38
Judgment in cases of...................................... 41
President not to pardon in cases of....................... 162
Jurisdiction of Lords and Commons as to................... 601
Parliamentary law as to accusation in..................... 602
Inception of proceedings in the House of Representatives.. 603
A proposition to impeach a question of privilege.......... 604
Investigation of charges.................................. 605
Procedure of committee in investigating................... 606
Common fame as ground for investigation with view to...... 341
Carried to the Senate..................................... 607
The writ of summons for appearance of respondent.......... 608
Exhibition and form of articles........................... 609
Parliamentary law as to appearance of respondent.......... 610
Requirements of the Senate as to appearance of respondent. 611
Answer of respondent...................................... 612
Other pleadings........................................... 613
Examination of witnesses.................................. 614
Attendance of the Commons................................. 616
Attendance of the House of Representatives................ 617
Voting on the articles in the trial....................... 618
Judgment in............................................... 619
Not interrupted by adjournments........................... 620
Continued before the Senate from session to session....... 592
Importation.
Of persons, power of Congress over........................ 137
Of intoxicating liquors................................... 248
Imports. See Taxes and tariffs.
Imposts. See Taxes and tariffs.
Impoundment.
Control Act of 1974.................................... 1130(6a)
Impoundment resolutions, definitions, and procedures for
consideration of................................... 1130(6a)
Deferral of appropriations, jurisdiction over.......... 716, 717
Imprisonment.
Of person who assaulted a Member.......................... 91
As to termination of an order of.......................... 386
Inability.
Of President or Vice President.................... 155, 254, 255
Of President-elect or Vice President-elect................ 244
Inauguration.
Ceremonies of............................................. 159
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Joint Committee on........................................ 1112
Of President when day falls on Sunday..................... 150
Incapacity. See also Vacancy.
Of Members-elect.......................................... 205
Of the President.......................................... 256
Income.
Limitation on outside earned.............................. 1099
Incompatible offices.
Relation of Members to................................... 97-101
As to what are............................................ 98
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 730
Indefinite postponement.
Use of the motion for..................................... 443
Index.
Of the Journal, Clerk to make............................. 647
Indians.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to................... 720, 732
Authority of House as to Indian treaties.................. 598
Power of Congress to regulate commerce with............... 119
Excluded from basis of representation where not taxed..... 226
Indictment. See also Impeachment.
Of grand jury as related to trial for crime............... 212
Informal rising of Committee of the Whole. See Committee of the Whole.
Information.
Classified, oath not to disclose.......................... 1095
To be given to Congress by the President............... 169, 170
Inhabitancy.
As qualification of a Member.............................. 11
As qualification of a Senator............................. 35
As qualification of the President of the United States.... 154
As modifying the vote of presidential electors............ 219
As a condition of citizenship in the United States and the
States................................................ 225
Inland waterways.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 739
Inquiry.
Resolution of.
As related to the Executive........................... 868
Discharge of committee from........................... 867
Form and delivery of.................................. 865
Privileged status of.................................. 866
Rule relating to...................................... 864
For an investigation. See Investigations.
Parliamentary.
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Insert, motion to. See Amendment.
Insist, motion to. See Amendments between the Houses.
Inspection laws.
No appeal from responses to........................... 629
Rights of States to levy duties or imposts, to execute.... 147
Inspector General.
Office of................................................. 667
Instructions. See Commit; Conference; Discharge; Recommit; Recommittal;
Refer.
Insular affairs.
Jurisdiction of revenue matters........................... 741
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to, generally........... 732
Insult.
Member censured for, to the House......................... 65
Bills or petitions excluded for being insulting........ 818, 891
Insurrection.
Suppression of............................................ 132
Debts incurred in suppressing, not to be questioned....... 232
Debts incurred in aid of, not to be paid.................. 232
Participation in, as a disqualification for office........ 230
Intelligence, Permanent Select Committee on.
History and jurisdiction of............................... 785
Oversight jurisdiction of................................. 744
Procedures for disclosure of classified information... 785, 1095
Interest.
Disqualifying personal, as to voting.............. 376, 671, 672
Intergovernmental cooperation, jurisdiction over.................. 723
Internal Revenue Taxation, Joint Committee on..................... 1109
Internal security.
Jurisdiction over......................................... 731
International Relations, Committee on.
History and jurisdiction of............................... 729
Special oversight functions of............................ 744
Reports private bills..................................... 817
Interoceanic canals.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 718
Interruptions.
Procedure as to, during debate............................ 364
Member having the floor not to be interrupted by motions.. 946
Of Member having the floor in debate...................... 945
Of Member having the floor, by a call to order............ 393
Of business or debate, by conference report............... 1077
Of a record vote.......................................... 1018
Of record vote by recess not permitted.................... 586
Of the call of committees................................. 881
Interstate commerce.
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Interstate Commerce Commission, jurisdiction over................. 739
Interstate compacts. See Compacts.
Intervening questions. See Privileged Questions; Privilege, questions
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 721
of.
Intoxicating liquors.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to interstate commerce in.. 730
Jurisdiction as to sale of, in District of Columbia....... 723
Transportation and importation under the 21st amendment... 248
Introducer, right to speak twice. See Debate.
Introduction of bills. See Bills.
Invasions.
Repelling of.............................................. 132
States to be protected against............................ 189
Suspension of writ of habeas corpus for................... 138
Inventors.
Congress may provide for patents for...................... 124
Investigation. See also Committees; Contempt; Counsel; Impeachment;
Witnesses.
Common fame as a ground for............................... 341
Earlier and later practice as to, inquiries at the bar of
the House............................................. 344
Jurisdiction of resolutions ordering...................... 733
Method of obtaining testimony of a Member of the other
House................................................. 347
Procedure when a Member or Senator is involved.......... 321-323
Procuring attendance of a witness in custody of the other
House................................................. 345
Involuntary servitude.
Not to exist except for punishment for crime.............. 224
Irrigation and reclamation.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 732
Island possessions.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 732
Jefferson's Manual.
As source of general parliamentary law.................... 60
Part of rules of House.................................... 1105
Purposes and methods of preparation of (footnote)......... 283
Text of................................................. 283-620
Jeopardy.
Of life and limb, not to occur twice...................... 212
Joint committees. See Committees, joint.
Joint resolutions.
Nature and use of......................................... 397
Clerk certifies to passage of............................. 648
For amendments to Constitution, not approved by President. 115
Division of, not in order on vote on engrossment or
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passage............................................... 921
Signed by Speaker......................................... 624
Use of, to correct an error in a bill sent to the
President............................................. 518
Used for abrogating treaties.............................. 599
Used for amendment to the Constitution.................... 191
Joint rules.
Jurisdiction as to........................................ 733
Abrogated............................................... 61, 316
Reference to.............................................. 1105
Joint sponsorship. See Bills; Memorials.
Journal.
The official record.
Clerk to publish and distribute....................... 647
House required to keep and publish.................... 68
Not to go out of Clerk's custody...................... 352
Secrecy of portions of................................ 68
The official record............................................. 69, 582
Entries in.
Record of proceedings only............................ 70
Clerk to note questions of order in............................ 628, 647
Conditions under which reports are printed in......... 422
Control of House over................................. 71
Of amendments......................................... 580
Of certain messages................................... 815
Of conference reports................................. 542
Of hour of adjournment................................ 790
Of introduction of bills, petitions, and resolutions
in................................................ 818
Of Members noted to make a quorum..................... 1020
Of messages from President............................ 875
Of motions............................................ 902
Of motions (obsolete provisions as to)................ 578
Of motions to discharge committees.................... 892
Of names of absentees when quorum fails in Committee
of the Whole...................................... 982
Of names of Members appearing during call of the House 1021
Of President's objection to a vetoed bill............. 104
Of questions and answers in, at examinations at the bar of the
House.......................................................... 343, 344
Of questions postponed or laid on the table........... 579
Of record of votes.................................... 72
Of former recorded teller votes in Committee of the
Whole or in House................................. 1013
Of reference of public bills, memorials........................ 825, 826
Of report of enrolled bills presented to the President 577
Of titles of reported bills........................... 831
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Of votes in, in the House of Commons.................. 581
Of yeas and nays generally............................ 75-80
Of yeas and nays on vetoed bill....................... 104
Relations of, to presence of a quorum.......................... 55, 1027
Words of censure...................................... 65
Reading of.
For approval.......................................... 621
As related to quorum........................................... 55, 1027
Business not transacted before........................ 621
Disorder during....................................... 621
Interruption of....................................... 621
Member sworn in before......................................... 201, 621
Motion to adjourn before.............................. 621
Motion that, be read in full only upon rejection of
Speaker's approval................................ 621
Place in order of business............................ 869
Reading of, not interrupted by conference report...... 1077
Reading of, may be interrupted by a question of
privilege......................................... 710
Amendment and approval.
Amendment of.................................................... 74, 621
Approval of, by House........................................... 73, 621
Correction of, through a committee.................... 583
Postponement of record vote on, approval of........... 1030
Preliminary approval by Speaker....................... 621
Judges.
Bound by Constitution and laws............................ 195
Of Supreme Court, President appoints...................... 166
Of Supreme Court, admitted to the floor................... 678
Of Supreme Court, gallery for use of...................... 682
Tenure and compensation of................................ 177
As to impeachable offenses by........................... 174-176
Judgment in impeachments. See Impeachment.
Judicial expenses.
Jurisdiction of appropriations for........................ 716
Judicial officers.
Bound by oath to support the Constitution................. 196
Judicial power.
Jurisdiction of Supreme Court............................. 179
Limitations of, in suits in law and equity................ 218
Scope of.................................................. 178
Vested in supreme and inferior courts..................... 177
Judicial proceedings.
States reciprocally to give full faith and credit to...... 183
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Judiciary, Committee on the.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 730
History and jurisdiction of............................ 730, 731
Reports private claims bills........................... 730, 817
Records transferred to from former Committee on Internal
Security.............................................. 731
Jurisdiction.
Of committees of the House.
Conferred by uncorrected error in reference of public
bill.............................................. 825
Not conferred by erroneous reference of private bill.. 824
Of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.............. 744, 785
Referrals to assure each committee opportunity to
report on subjects within......................... 816
Of the standing committees, severally.
Agriculture........................................... 715
Appropriations........................................ 716
Armed Services........................................ 718
Budget................................................ 719
Energy and Commerce................................... 721
District of Columbia, former Committee on............. 723
Education and the Workforce........................... 720
Financial Services.................................... 722
Government Reform..................................... 723
House Administration.................................. 724
International Relations............................... 729
Judiciary...................................................... 730, 731
Merchant Marine and Fisheries, former Committee on... 718, 732, 735, 739
Post Office and Civil Service, former Committee on.... 723
Resources............................................. 732
Rules................................................. 733
Science............................................... 735
Small Business........................................ 736
Standards of Official Conduct......................... 737
Transportation and Infrastructure..................... 739
Veterans' Affairs..................................... 740
Ways and Means........................................ 741
Of the United States.
As related to citizenship............................. 225
Slavery and involuntary servitude forbidden in places
under............................................. 224
Of the Supreme Court.
Original and appellate, of Supreme Court.............. 179
Jurors.
All cases of crimes to be tried by, except in impeachments 180
Grand, indictment by, as related to trial for crime....... 212
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Privilege of Members of Congress as to summons as...... 290, 291
Privilege of members of Parliament as to summons as....... 287
Relation of trial by, to impeachment...................... 615
Right to trial by, in criminal prosecutions............... 213
Suits at common law tried by.............................. 214
Justice.
An object of the Constitution............................. 1
Extradition of fugitives from............................. 185
Kings.
Gifts, titles, to be accepted on conditions............... 144
Labor.
Return of fugitives from.................................. 186
Jurisdiction of regulation or prevention of importation of
contract labor........................................ 720
Jurisdiction of matters relating to transportation labor.. 739
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to, generally........... 720
Land forces.
Congress to make rules for................................ 131
Lands.
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, expedited
procedures under................................... 1130(20)
Federal Land Policy and Management Act, expedited
procedures under................................... 1130(21)
Indian, jurisdiction as to................................ 732
Irrigation of, jurisdiction as to......................... 732
Judicial power extends to cases affecting certain grants.. 178
Jurisdiction as to occupied or improved grounds........... 739
Jurisdiction of private claims to...................... 679, 817
Mineral, jurisdiction of matters relating to.............. 732
Public, jurisdiction of matters relating to............... 732
Law.
As related to legislative functions.
As agency for prescribing qualifications.............. 12
As related to power of House to elect officers........29, 30
Application of laws to legislative branch, see Congressional
accountability.
Appropriations to be made by.......................... 143
Authority to administer oaths conferred by............ 59
Bill to be approved before becoming................... 104
Civil and criminal, jurisdiction of subjects related
to................................................ 730
Fixes compensation of Representatives and Senators.... 86
Meeting of Congress by.......................................... 45, 279
Of Congress as related to power to judge elections.... 51
Of State as related to House's power of judging
elections......................................... 48-50
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Passed over veto by two-thirds........................ 104
Procedures contained in, for congressional vetoes of
executive action.................................. 1130
Relation of, to power to determine rules.................. 59, 388, 1130
Revision of, jurisdiction of subjects relating to..... 730
That of 1789 relating to administration of oath at
organization...................................... 198
Parliamentary.
General, before adoption of rules..................... 60
Jefferson's Manual as a statement of the parliamentary 284
Relations of the parliamentary law to the early
practice of Congress.............................. 285
Making and execution of.
Congress to provide for calling forth militia to
execute........................................... 132
Power of Congress to make............................. 136
President to see that laws are faithfully executed.... 172
When made in pursuance of the Constitution the supreme
law of the land................................... 195
Relations of judicial power to.
Congress may fix places for trial of certain crimes by 180
Judicial power extends to all cases of................ 178
Jurisdiction of Supreme Court as to................... 179
Jury trial for suits at common........................ 214
Limitation of judicial power in suits of.............. 218
Of United States, judicial power extends to cases
arising under..................................... 178
Rules of, in courts................................... 214
Guarantees of liberty and property.
Due process of, no person to be deprived of life,
liberty, or property without...................... 212
Due process of, no person to be deprived of life,
liberty, or property by a State without........... 225
Equal protection of, guaranteed....................... 225
Impairing obligations of contract, no State to pass... 146
No ex post facto, to be passed........................ 139
States not to pass ex post facto...................... 146
In General.
Application of laws to legislative branch, see Congressional
accountability.
Certain, of States subject to revision and control of
Congress.......................................... 147
Of nations, offenses against.......................... 126
Punishment of, additional to impeachment.............. 41
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Law Librarian.
Treaties abrogated by................................. 599
Admitted to floor of the House............................ 678
Law Revision Counsel.
Office of, establishment and duties of.................... 1120
Lay on the table, motion to.
Conditions, precedence, and effect of.
Precedence and general effect and conditions of................ 911, 914
Conditions of, repetition of.......................... 918
Effect of, as to main question and secondary questions 914
May intervene before Member in charge begins debate... 955
Not debatable......................................... 911
Not in order in Committee of the Whole................ 914
Older and modern use of............................... 445
Relations to other motions.
May be applied to other secondary motions............. 914
Not in order after previous question is ordered....... 914
Relations of, to motion to reconsider................. 1009
Relations of, to the previous question................ 998
Application of.
Applicable to bills from the other House.............. 519
Applicable to preamble of a resolution................ 414
Applicable to vetoed bill............................. 108
Applicable to Senate amendments....................... 528d
Not applied to a conference report.................... 550
Leadership.
Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group, members of............... 670
Coordination of oversight plans........................... 743
Joint recall authority.................................... 84
Member of on Budget Committee............................. 758
Special order hours....................................... 950
Staff allowances.......................................... 89
Staff floor privileges.................................... 678
Clearance of certain unanimous consent requests........... 857
Leave for committees to report at any time. See Committees.
Leaves of absence. See Absence.
Leave to print in Congressional Record. See Congressional Record.
Legal tender.
States restricted as to making............................ 146
Legislation.
On general appropriation bills prohibited, see
Appropriation Bills.
Power of Congress as to District of Columbia and ceded
places................................................ 134
Power of Congress to legislate to enforce the 13th, 14th,
and 15th amendments........................... 224, 233,
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234
Territorial, revision of, jurisdiction as to.............. 732
Legislative call system........................................... 1016
Legislative Counsel, Office of.................................... 1118
Legislative day.
Speaker takes Chair on each............................... 621
Journal dated as of....................................... 69
Legislative expenses.
Jurisdiction of appropriations for........................ 716
Legislative oversight by standing committees. See Committees.
Legislative powers. See also Congress, powers of.
Of Congress............................................ 117, 136
Vested in Congress........................................ 3
Legislative service organizations................................. 88a
Legislative veto.
Laws providing mechanisms for congressional disapproval... 1130
Legislatures of States.
Function of, in prescribing times of elections of
Representatives.......................................42, 43
As related to qualifications of Electors.................. 7
Choose Senators (obsolete)................................ 32
Constitutional convention to be called on application of.. 190
In recess of, governor appoints Senator (obsolete)........ 34
May apply for protection against domestic violence........ 189
May empower State executive to make temporary appointment
of Senator............................................ 236
Power as to joining or dividing of their States........... 187
Direct manner of appointment of electors of President..... 151
Power of Congress over places purchased with consent of... 134
Members of, bound by oath to support the Constitution..... 196
Ratification of constitutional amendments by.............. 190
Letters of Marque.
And reprisal, Congress to grant........................... 127
States not to grant....................................... 146
Liberty.
An object of the Constitution............................. 1
No person to be deprived of it without due process of law. 212
No State to deprive a person of, without due process of
law................................................... 225
Librarian.
Preserves committee hearings.............................. 1107
Of Congress, admitted to floor of House................... 678
Assistant in Law Library admitted to floor of House....... 678
Library. See also Congressional Research Service.
Of Congress, jurisdiction of Committee on House
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Administration as to.................................. 727
Of Congress, jurisdiction of matters relating to buildings
and grounds........................................... 739
Of Clerk's office, certain books and documents to be
retained in........................................... 650
Preserves committee hearings.............................. 1107
Joint Committee on........................................ 1110
Lie.
Not to be charged against Member in debate................ 363
Life.
No person to be deprived of it without due process of law. 212
No State to deprive a person of, without due process of
law................................................... 225
Persons not to be put twice in jeopardy of................ 212
Lighthouses.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 739
Limitations.
On general appropriation bills, see Appropriation bills.
On outside earned income.................................. 1099
On use of frank........................................... 1097
Line item veto authority.
Presidential authority................................. 1130(6b)
Lists.
Presidential electors to make certain..................... 219
Loans (foreign).
Jurisdiction of matters relating to............... 729, 730, 731
Lobby.
Speaker may order, to be cleared.......................... 622
Power of Chairman of Committee of the Whole as to order in 970
Lobbying.
By committee consultants.................................. 1095
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 731
Gifts from lobbyists........................... 1095, 1100, 1103
Loss of a bill. See Bills.
Loyalty.
As related to the oath and qualifications.............. 205, 230
Removal of disabilities as to............................. 231
Mace.
Symbol of Sergeant-at-Arms................................ 657
Magazines.
Power of Congress over places purchased for............... 134
Mail.
Delivery of............................................... 668
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 723
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Majority.
House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards....... 1113
Required in elections.
Necessary for election on ballot vote................. 1034
Of Senators for choice of a Vice President............ 263
President chosen by................................... 263
Speaker elected by.............................................. 27, 312
In procedure of the House.
Constitutes quorum of a standing or select committee for certain
actions.............................................. 409, 798, 799, 805
Constitutes quorum of House...........................52, 53
Decisions of the House reached by..................... 508
May reconsider a vote ordering yeas and nays.......... 79
Questions as to priority of business decided by....... 884
To send bill to conference on motion................... 1069, 1070, 1071
Rules to be a restraint on............................ 283
Special requirements as to two-thirds vote............ 509
Managers of a conference. See Conference.
Manner of elections. See Elections.
Manual, Jefferson's. See Jefferson's Manual.
Marine affairs.
Jurisdiction over subjects related to..................... 732
Marine hospitals.
Jurisdiction as to........................................ 721
Maritime jurisdiction.
Judicial power extends to cases of........................ 178
Marque, Letters of.
Congress to grant......................................... 127
States not to grant....................................... 146
Mass mailing.
Franking of............................................... 1097
Measures.
Congress to fix standard of............................... 121
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 735
Meeting.
Of Congress.
Once every year................................................. 45, 242
Laws appointing different day for..................... 243
Power of President to convene......................... 171
Other power to convene................................ 171
Time of............................................... 6
Jurisdiction of bills to change date of............... 730
Duties of Clerk at organization of the House.................... 643-645
Administration of the oath at organization...................... 198-204
Of the House.
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Speaker takes Chair at hour of........................ 621
Standing order as to daily hour of, expires with the
session........................................... 386
Jurisdiction of orders as to.......................... 733
Of committees.
Of committees............................................. 407, 793, 805
Former rule proscribing committee sittings during five-minute rule
324, 801
Of managers of a conference........................... 548
Of presidential electors in the several States........ 262
Power to sit and act inside United States............. 805
When chairman refuses to call......................... 793
Members.
Election of. See Elections; Contested elections.
Vacancies by death, resignation. See Vacancies.
Qualifications of. See Qualifications.
Relations of, to oaths. See Oath.
Compensation, seats, rooms, and clerks.
Admission to floor of House, see Floor.
Clerk to distribute certain documents to.............. 649
Clerk formerly kept stationery accounts of............ 642
Clerk to furnish to, a list of certain reports........ 646
Committee on House Administration may adjust certain
allowances........................................86, 88
Compensation of.............................................. 85-88, 258
Compensation may not vary until intervening Congress.. 258
Family and card galleries for use of.................. 682
Franking privilege........................................... 1097, 1113
Jurisdiction over subjects related to................. 724
Jurisdiction over travel matters of................... 724
Mileage of, determined by a committee........................... 85, 724
Nondiscrimination in employment by.................... 1095
Members' Representational Allowance................... 88
Outside earned income of.............................. 1099
Rooms of, in office building.......................... 1114
Sergeant-at-Arms formerly disbursed pay and mileage of 648
Spouses of, employment of............................. 1095
Travel on official business, designation by Speaker... 636
Unofficial office allowances prohibited............... 1096
Privilege of.
Questions of privilege affecting, defined by rule..... 698
Arrest, privilege of Members from.....................90, 91
Arrest, parliamentary law as to arrest of a Member.... 307
Attitude of the House as to demands of the courts.............. 291, 697
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Privilege of Members.................................. 698
Jefferson's discussion as to going and returning...... 289
Jefferson's discussion as to rights of courts to
summon as witnesses and jurors.................... 290
Jefferson's review of privilege of members of
Parliament........................................ 287
Members of Congress under the Constitution............ 288
Neither House to exercise authority over those of the
other............................................. 373
Not to be questioned in another place for speech or debate....... 92, 93
Scope of privilege of speech and debate......................... 93, 301
Parliamentary law as to questioning for speech or
debate............................................ 302
Parliamentary law of privilege as related to treason,
felony............................................ 305
Power of the House to punish for attempts against.............. 293, 299
Precedence of questions of personal privilege......... 698
Privilege of, of Parliament........................... 287
Raising questions of privilege........................ 698
Relations of, to privilege............................ 301
Relations of the courts to parliamentary privilege.... 303
Rule for responding to subpoenas...................... 697
Relations of sovereign to members of Parliament....... 309
Status of Member-elect as to.......................... 300
Attendance of. See Attendance.
Decorum of. See Decorum.
Drug testing of. See Drug testing.
Introduction of bills and petitions by. See Bills; Petitions.
In debate. See Debate.
Right to seat.
Leave to report matters relating to at any time....... 853
Rights of, as to motion.
Conditions of motion to reconsider by........................ 1003, 1004
In charge of bill, relations of, to previous question. 997
Motions reduced to writing on demand of............... 902
Rights of, as to motions to discharge committees...... 892
Rights of, as to motions to suspend the rules.................. 885, 888
Rights to demand question of consideration............ 906
Rights to have papers read.
Do not necessarily have a right to have papers read on
plea of privilege................................. 433
Former rights of, as to reading of papers in their places..... 434, 964,
965
Right of, to have paper read once.............................. 432, 964
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But no right where question is not put................ 433
General rights as to procedure.
As to right to attend a select committee.............. 410
As to right to attend committee hearing............... 798
Impeachment may be instituted on responsibility of.... 603
May appeal from decisions of Speaker........................... 624, 629
May not enter protests on the Journal................. 70
Right of, to cause a secret session................... 969
Right of, as to calling up bills taken from committees
on motions to discharge........................... 892
Rights of, as to placing adverse reports on the calendar....... 832, 893
Rights of, to demand the execution of a subsisting order....... 381, 872
Rights of, to inspect the Journal..................... 582
Rights of, access to committee files.................. 796
Voting of. See Voting.
In general.
Memorial Day for deceased, jurisdiction of matters
relating to....................................... 724
Prohibition on distribution of campaign contributions
in Hall of House.................................. 683
Members-elect.
Admitted to floor of the House............................ 678
Election of, to an incompatible office.................... 99
Punishment of............................................. 62-66
Franking privilege........................................ 1113
Oath of, as related to quorum............................. 56
Questions as to seating under disabilities of fourteenth
amendment............................................. 231
Relations of, to incompatible offices.................... 98-101
Status of, as to privilege, oath, committee service....... 300
Memorials.
Introduction and reference of..................... 816, 818, 825
Joint sponsorship of...................................... 825
Correction of reference of............................. 824, 825
Duties of Speaker and Members in presenting............... 818
Exclusion of.............................................. 824
Introduction by request................................... 826
Nature of................................................. 389
Merchant marine.
Jurisdiction of, subjects relating to.................. 718, 739
Merchant Marine and Fisheries, former Committee on.
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Messages.
Former jurisdiction transferred.............. 718, 732, 735, 739
Usages as to.
As to neglected bills................................. 570
At organization of two Houses......................... 56
Between the Houses as to vetoed bills................. 106
Certain, entered in Journal and Record................ 815
Certain required by law............................... 169
Confidential, from the President or Senate............ 969
Correction and return of messages..................... 565
Disposal of messages after reception.................. 566
From the Senate, reference of.................................. 873, 874
From the Senate, Clerk may receive in adjournment..... 652
Information by message as to bills passed............. 567
Information by message as to rejection of bills....... 568
Informal rising of Committee of the Whole, to receive.......... 330, 563
Questions asked by conference, not by message......... 569
Quorum not required during receipt of................. 1027
Received during a record vote......................... 1018
Received, but not read in absence of quorum........... 55
Received during debate................................ 561
Reception during voting, absence of a quorum.......... 562
Salutation of messengers by the Speaker............... 564
Sent only when both Houses are sitting................ 560
Of the President.
Clerk may receive in period of adjournment............ 652
To Congress............................................... 168, 169, 571
Notice of approval of bills by President sent by...... 106
Reception and action on............................... 170
Reading and action on, when bill is vetoed............ 107
Entered on Journal and Record......................... 875
Rule of reference of............................................ 873-875
Reference and distribution of annual.................. 875
Metric system.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 735
Migration.
Of persons, power of Congress as to....................... 137
Mileage, allowance of.
Of Representatives........................................ 86
Sergeant-at-Arms formerly disbursed....................... 648
Committee on House Administration ascertains.............. 724
Military academy.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 718
Military affairs.
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Military and naval records.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 718
Bills to correct, banned.................................. 822
Military bases.
Disapproval procedures relating to closures and
realignments of.................................... 1139(25)
Military parks.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 732
Military reservations.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 718
Militia.
Congress to provide for calling forth..................... 132
Congress to provide for organizing, arming, and
disciplining.......................................... 133
Right to bear arms........................................ 290
President Commander in Chief of, in certain cases......... 160
Trials for crimes in...................................... 212
Minerals.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 732
Miners, welfare of.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to.................... 720, 732
Mines and mining.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 732
Ministers, public.
Duty of President to receive.............................. 172
Foreign, admitted to the floor of the House............... 678
Gallery for use of foreign................................ 682
Judicial power extends to cases affecting................. 178
Jurisdiction of Supreme Court in cases affecting.......... 179
President appoints........................................ 166
Minority.
Committee staff for, see Committee staffs.
Debate equally divided for, on conference reports and
amendments in disagreement............................. 1086
Of managers of a conference may not submit a report....... 543
Reference of views of, on committee reports to Calendar... 831
Rules for the protection of............................... 283
Signing and filing of views of......................... 833, 804
Mints.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 722
Misdemeanors.
As to what are............................................ 175
Impeachable offenses.............................. 173, 175, 176
Mondays.
First, in December of meeting of Congress (obsolete)...... 45
Every Monday for suspension of rules...................... 885
Second and fourth, for District of Columbia bills and
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Money.
motions to discharge committees.................... 892, 894
Account of public, to be published........................ 143
Appropriations of, considered in Committee of the Whole... 973
Congress to coin and regulate the value of................ 121
Jurisdiction over deposit of public....................... 741
No appropriation of, for armies for longer term than two
years................................................. 129
Not to be drawn from Treasury except on appropriation..... 143
Power of Congress to borrow............................... 118
Proper application of, and enforcement of payment of,
jurisdiction as to.................................... 723
Public bills appropriating, placed on Union Calendar...... 828
States not to coin or issue............................... 146
Monuments.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 732
Morning hour.
Rule and practice for consideration of bills in........ 880, 881
For call of committees, place of, in order of business.... 869
Unfinished business in.................................... 879
Interruption of........................................ 882, 883
Debates................................................... 951
Motions.
In general.
Calls for orders of the day, obsolete................. 393
Certain, only in order in absence of quorum.................... 55, 1022
Conditions of withdrawal.............................. 904
Considered to be pending as to recommendations of
Committee of the Whole............................ 338
For practice as to, in rejection and second reading of
bills............................................. 484
In some cases considered as pending................... 945
In order during call of the House............................ 1024, 1026
Incidental questions intervening during consideration
of main question.................................. 457
Intervening questions relating to reading of papers,
obsolete.......................................... 459
Matters of privilege as intervening questions....................... 457
None to be made except by rising and addressing the
Chair............................................. 394
Not to interrupt Member having the floor.............. 393
Obsolete parliamentary law as to entry of, in the
Journal........................................... 578
Parliamentary law as to making and reading............ 392
Parliamentary law as to withdrawal of.......................... 392, 460
Reading or statement of........................................ 392, 904
Reduced to writing and entered on the Journal......... 902
Repetition of motions................................. 918
Second not required for ordinary...................... 392
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Usually required before debate may proceed............ 945
Coexisting and equivalent.
Jefferson's discussion of coexisting.................. 483
Equivalent, in general................................ 485
Where negative of one amounts to affirmative of another......... 485-488
Dilatory.
Debate for 10 minutes not allowed when offering of
amendments printed in Record is................... 987
Dilatory motions not admitted pending motion to
suspend the rules................................. 890
Forbidden pending report from Committee on Rules...... 857
Right to demand yeas and nays not to be overruled as.. 77
To be ruled out generally............................. 903
In Committee of the Whole.
To adjourn and for the previous question not in order in Committee
of the Whole................................................... 333, 334
To close general debate............................... 979
To reconsider, not used in Committee of the Whole..... 416
To strike out enacting words................................... 988, 989
Those admitted in ``House as in Committee of the Whole''........ 425-427
To rise and report at conclusion of reading general
appropriation bill................................ 1040
Putting the question on. See Putting the question.
Privileged motions, generally. See also Privileged questions.
General principles of priority of motions............. 449
Jefferson's discussion of certain privileged motions.. 441
Laws attaching privilege to congressional disapproval
procedures........................................ 1130
Matters of privilege as intervening business............... 458, 698-713
Obsolete intervening questions relating to reading of
papers............................................ 459
Obsolete parliamentary law governing orders of the day 440
Obsolete provisions as to priority of privileged
motions........................................... 448
One privileged or secondary motion not to be
suppressed by another............................. 450
Precedence and conditions of.................................... 911-917
Privileged interruptions of daily order of business............ 870, 871
Privileged motions in the Senate and in Parliament.... 447
Theory as to privileged motions....................... 438
For motions in order when question is under debate, see:
Adjourn, motion to.
Previous question, motion for.
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Postpone, motion to.
Refer, motion to; Reference.
Amend, motion to; Amendments.
Question of consideration. See Consideration, question of.
Motion to instruct conferees. See Conferences.
Motion to recommit. See Recommit, motion to; Commit.
Motion to reconsider. See Reconsider, motion to.
Motion to suspend the rules. See Suspension of rules.
Motions used in adjusting amendments between the Houses. See
Amendments between Houses; Conferences.
Motions relating to reading of papers and amendments. See
Reading.
Motion to discharge a committee. See Discharge.
Miscellaneous motions. See also Privileged questions.
By Majority Leader under former rule proscribing
committee sittings during five-minute rule........ 801
For a recess.............................................. 586, 911, 913
For a recess in committee............................. 787
Motion to strike Federal unfunded mandate............. 991
To read the Journal................................... 621
To rescind a special order not privileged under the
rules............................................. 734
Motives.
Of members not to be arraigned............................ 363
Mover.
Right of, to speak twice.................................. 959
Right to close debate on amendment considered under five-
minute rule........................................... 959
National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and National Space
Council.
Jurisdiction of........................................... 735
National Archives.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 723
National cemeteries.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 732
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fisheries research
laboratory.
Jurisdiction of bills transferring interest in............ 735
National parks.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 732
National Science Foundation.
Jurisdiction of........................................... 735
National Weather Service.
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Natural Resources, Committee on. See Resources, Committee on.
Naturalization.
Jurisdiction of........................................... 735
Power of Congress to establish rule of.................... 120
Relations to citizenship.................................. 225
Jurisdiction as to........................................ 730
Naval affairs.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 718
Naval and military records.
Private bills to correct, banned.......................... 822
Naval vessels.
Appropriations for, as in continuance of a public work.... 1050
Navigation.
Between States not to be hampered by duties............... 147
Jurisdiction of matters relating to pollution of navigable
waters................................................ 739
Jurisdiction of matters relating to public works for the
benefit of............................................ 739
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to generally............ 739
Navy.
Bills to correct certain records banned................... 822
Congress to provide and maintain.......................... 130
Congress to make rules for................................ 131
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 718
President, Commander in Chief of.......................... 160
States not to maintain.................................... 148
Trial for crimes in....................................... 212
Navy yards.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 718
Power of Congress over places purchased for............... 134
Negative.
Of one question amounting to the affirmative of another
485-488
Neutrality.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 729
Newspapers, admission to the floor. See Floor.
Nobility.
Titles of, not to be granted.............................. 144
No State to grant title of................................ 146
Foreign gifts and decorations accepted with consent of
Congress.............................................. 145
Notes.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 722
Nuclear energy.
Jurisdiction over.
Jurisdiction of Committee on Energy and Commerce...... 721
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Military applications................................. 718
Non-proliferation and export agreements............... 729
Regulation of domestic industry....................... 721
Research and development.............................. 735
Oversight jurisdiction......................................... 721, 744
Expedited procedures.
Nuclear non-proliferation provisions of the Atomic Energy Act
1130(10)
Nuclear waste fund fees........................................ 1130(15)
Nuclear Waste Policy Act....................................... 1130(22)
Oath. See also Affirmation.
Of Senators, Representatives, officers, and employees of the
House.
Administration of, at organization of the House....... 198
Administration, as related to quorum........................ 53, 56, 200
Administered to Member before reading of Journal...... 621
As related to qualifications.......................... 9
Challenge of right to take...................................... 202-204
Consideration of objections to taking of.............. 203
Dean administers to Speaker........................... 198
Disabilities arising from violation of................ 230
Form of............................................... 197
Function of Speaker in administering.................. 231
Member-elect named on committee, expelled, or permitted to resign
before taking............................................... 63, 66, 300
Names of Members not entered on roll for yeas and nays
until sworn....................................... 300
Not to disclose classified information................ 1095
Of Chief Justice in impeachments...................... 615a
Of Senators, for trial of impeachment.......................... 38, 615b
Officers of House sworn............................... 640
Precedence of......................................... 198
Privilege of administration of........................ 201
Quorum not required during administration of.......... 1027
Relation of credentials to right to take.............. 204
Sanity and loyalty as related to...................... 205
Senators, Representatives, and other officers bound by 196
In general.
Of President of the United States..................... 158
Right to administer, given by law rather than by rule. 59
Speaker, Members, and chairmen may administer to witnesses.... 343, 346,
805
In support of certain warrants........................ 211
Objections. See also Unanimous consent.
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Challenge of right of a Member to take the oath........ 202, 205
Ten Members required under former rule proscribing
committee sittings during five-minute rule............ 801
Of President to a bill.................................... 104
To administration of oath to Members by the Speaker....... 199
Obligation.
Of contracts, State not to pass bills impairing........... 146
Obscenity.
Bills for petitions rejected for....................... 818, 824
Occasions, extraordinary.
Power of President to convene Congress on................. 171
Other power of convening.................................. 171
Oceanography.
Jurisdiction over subjects related to..................... 735
Offenses.
Power of President to grant pardons for................... 162
Against law of nations.................................... 126
Office.
In general.
As to meaning of word.................................97, 98
Acceptance of, conditions of, from certain sources.... 144
Acceptance of gifts by holders of, conditions of...... 144
Compilation of House and Congressional offices............... 1113-1125c
Electors, no person holding office of trust or profit
under United States to be an elector.............. 151
Impeachment from............................................... 173, 174
Jurisdiction as to abolition.......................... 723
Of judges, held during good behavior.................. 177
Religious test for, none required under United States. 196
Term of President's....................................... 149, 150, 249
Incompatible.
As to what are incompatible........................... 98
Appointment of Members-elect to....................... 99
Holding of, under the United States disqualifies Mem- ber........ 97-101
Jurisdiction of matters relating to................... 730
Members not to be appointed to certain................ 96
Procedure in case of acceptance of, by Member......... 101
Relations of contestants to........................... 100
Office accounts.
Prohibition of unofficial................................. 1096
Office buildings.
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Officers.
Assignment of rooms in.................................... 1114
Office of Technology Assessment................................... 1121
Of the United States.
Accountability of, jurisdiction as to................. 723
Bound by oath to support the Constitution............. 228
Civil, may be removed by impeachment........................... 173, 174
Congress may determine agency for appointing of
inferior.......................................... 166
Of departments, President may require opinions from... 161
Of the militia........................................ 133
Of United States, as related to legislative power..... 136
Of United States, and the States, qualifications of as
to loyalty........................................ 230
President appoints.................................... 166
President to commission............................... 172
Senators not civil officers who may be impeached...... 174
Of the House of Representatives.
Audits of............................................. 667
Clerk formerly disbursed pay of....................... 642
Compensation, retirement, and benefits, jurisdiction
over.............................................. 724
Continue in office until successors are chosen........ 640
Drug testing of, see Drug testing.
Election of, and terms....................................... 26-30, 640
Election of, except Speaker..................................... 29, 640
Neither House to exercise authority over those of the
other............................................. 373
Nondiscrimination in employment by.................... 1095
Oath, administered to, by Speaker.............................. 198, 199
Oversight of.......................................... 744
Privilege of floor extended to present and former..... 678
Prohibition on distribution of campaign contributions
by................................................ 683
Relations to claims................................... 1102
Removal of..................................................... 315, 640
Vacancies, Speaker may fill by temporary appointment
of................................................ 640
Of the Senate.
Vice President and his vote........................... 36
Choice of President pro tempore and other officers.... 37
Official conduct.
Code of, for Members, officers, and employees............. 1095
Committee on Standards of................................. 737
Financial disclosure...................................... 1103
Outside earned income..................................... 1099
Revisions of remarks in debate, standard of............ 967, 968
Use of Frank.............................................. 1097
Unofficial office accounts................................ 1096
Official record.
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Official reporters.
Journal as................................................ 582
Of debates, appointment and removal of................. 724, 685
One-fifth.
Of those present order yeas and nays......................75, 78
Of quorum order recorded vote (or formerly teller vote)... 1012
One-minute speeches............................................... 950
Opening.
Of debate, rights of Member as related to closing......... 958
Opinions.
President may require from heads of departments........... 161
Not entered on Journal.................................... 70
Opposition.
Preference in recognition given to, for motion to recommit
after previous question is ordered.................... 911
Right to prior recognition passes to, when essential
motion is lost........................................ 954
Order.
Of the House and preservation of.
Breach of, for Speaker to refuse to put a question in
order............................................. 304
Call to, for disorder in debate................................ 960, 961
Call to, may interrupt Member......................... 393
Clerk to preserve, at organization of the House................ 643, 645
Necessity of rules for preservation of................ 285
Parliamentarylawastotakingdowndisorderlywords.................. 368, 369
Power of Chairman of Committee of the Whole to preserve, in
galleries and lobby............................................ 970, 971
Proceedings in case of disorder on the floor.......... 367
Sergeant-at-Arms maintains, under direction of the
Speaker........................................... 648
Sergeant-at-Arms bears mace while enforcing........... 657
Speaker calls House to................................ 621
Speaker preserves, on floor, in lobby, and galleries.. 622
Speaker may restore in Committee of the Whole............. 331, 332, 622
Questions of.
As to delay in decision of questions of............... 378
Clerk to decide at organization of the House................... 643, 645
Clerk to note in Journal.............................. 649
Decided by Speaker............................................. 624, 628
Decision of, during a division........................ 507
Decisions of questions of, by Chairman of Committee of
the Whole......................................... 972
House controls decisions of, by appeal................ 379
Intervening questions of.............................. 457
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Practice governing Speaker in deciding................ 628
Raising of, on appropriation bills in Committee of the
Whole............................................. 1044
Raising of, at any time against appropriation in
legislative bills or amendments................... 1065
Raising of, at any time against tax or tariff in
certain bills or amendments....................... 1066
Relation of question of consideration to.............. 909
Reserving, as to general appropriation bills................. 1044, 1035
Speaker to be heard first in matters of............... 358
Time of raising, as to consideration of bills in
Committee of the Whole............................ 973
Order of business. See also Business.
Rule and conditions of.
The rule prescribing.................................. 869
Advantage of an order of.............................. 349
Conditions of the old and modern orders of business... 350
Early discretion of Speaker as to..................... 349
Jurisdiction as to.................................... 733
Obsolete parliamentary law governing orders of the day 440
Recognition by the Speaker in accordance with requirements of... 949-956
Right of a Member to demand the execution of a subsisting order.... 381,
872
The calendars on which reports of committees await action of the
House........................................................... 828-899
Interruptions of.
Business of District of Columbia on second and fourth
Mondays........................................... 894
Business on Tuesdays for consideration of the Private
Calendar.......................................... 895
Call of Committees on Calendar Wednesday.............. 900
Call of Committees on Calendar Wednesday protected by two-thirds
vote........................................................... 857, 900
Consideration of amendments between Houses, when privileged.... 528-528d
Consideration of a motion to reconsider............... 1005
Effect of privileged reports on....................... 854
Effect of special orders on Tuesday business.......... 895
High privilege of general appropriation bills......... 856
Interruption by request for unanimous consent......... 872
Intervening questions as to privilege on reading of papers..... 458, 459
Intervening questions of order........................ 457
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Intervention of private business on Tuesday........... 895
Making and use of special orders...................... 734
Motion for leave for a committee to sit during
sessions not privileged........................... 324
Precedence of questions of privilege............................ 698-713
Privilege of conference reports....................... 1077
Privileged interruptions of order of business......... 870
Privileged interruptions specified.................... 871
Privileged legislative veto provisions............................. 1130
Privileged reports from certain committees...................... 853-868
Speaker's table.
Business on, disposal of...................................... 528a, 873
Matters on, for action by the House or by Speaker
alone............................................. 874
Messages on, parliamentary law as to disposal of...... 566
Messages from the President on, consideration of...... 170
Messages from the President on, reference of.......... 875
Unfinished business.
Rule for unfinished business.......................... 876
Business unfinished in periods set apart for classes
of business....................................... 879
Construction of rule as to unfinished business........ 877
Consideration of unfinished business............................ 876-879
Priority of unfinished business in Committee of the
Whole............................................. 977
Precedence of a question on which previous question is
ordered........................................... 877
Procedure in the morning hour......................... 881
Rules and practice for call of committees...................... 880, 881
The morning hour for the call of committees........... 880
Call of Committees--Interruption to go into Committee of the
Whole.
Conditions of the motion to go into Committee of the
Whole at the end of one hour...................... 883
Interruption of the call of committees by motion to go
into Committee of the Whole House on the state of
the Union......................................... 882
Rule for consideration of bills in Committee of the Whole after
call of committees............................................. 882, 883
Orders of the day.
Orders of the day now obsolete........................ 384
Parliamentary law as to proceeding with orders of the
day............................................... 383
In Committee of the Whole.
On calendars of Committee of the Whole................ 977
Orders.
As to presentation of, to President for approval.......... 115
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Nature and use of, as compared with resolutions........... 395
Standing, reference to.................................... 1105
As to termination of, with reference to the end of the
session............................................... 386
Execution of a subsisting order not to be demanded while a
Member has the floor in debate........................ 393
Obsolete reference to, in order of business............... 869
Right of a Member to demand the execution of a subsisting
order.............................................. 381, 872
Orders, special.
Application of motion to postpone to................... 734, 915
Effect of, on Tuesday business............................ 895
Privilege of reports of................................ 853, 857
Use and method of making.................................. 734
Organization of the two Houses of Congress.
Administration of the oath at............................. 198
Clerk's duties at...................................... 643, 645
Clerk makes up the roll of Members-elect for.............. 644
Challenge of the right to take the oath................. 202-204
Early organization........................................ 1126
Election of Speaker and other officers.................... 26-30
Election of Speaker and Clerk as related to adoption of
rules................................................. 59
House has adjourned for more than one day before election
of the Speaker........................................ 83
Messages received before.................................. 562
President's power to convene Congress..................... 171
Other power to convene.................................... 171
Procedure before adoption of rules........................ 60
Quorum in two Houses as related to........................ 56
Relation of credentials to the right to take the oath..... 204
Right of the House to determine its order of proceeding in
effecting............................................. 388
Sanity and loyalty as related to the oath................. 205
Speaker's function in administering oath at............... 199
Taking oath as related to presence of quorum............ 56, 200
Vice President votes in case of tie as to................. 36
Yeas and nays may be ordered before....................... 76
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.
Expedited procedures under............................. 1130(23)
Outside earned income.
Limitations on............................................ 1099
Oxford-style debates.
Structure of.............................................. 952
Pairs.
Forms and announcement of................................. 1031
Not to be announced out of order.......................... 1015
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Panama Canal.
In order in Committee of the Whole........................ 1031
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 718
Papers.
Security of private.
Security of, as to searches and seizures.............. 211
In possession of the House.
Attitude of one House as to the demands of the other
for............................................... 292
Certain, not to go out of Clerk's custody............. 352
Certain, in Clerk's custody, not open to public....... 642
Court demands for..................................... 291
Noncurrent deposited with Archivist................... 695
Not to be taken from the Clerk's table during debate.. 364
Oath not to disclose classified records............... 1095
Of committees, custody of...................................... 695, 796
President allowed to withdraw certain, accompanying a
message........................................... 571
Withdrawal of, from files............................. 696
Relations of, to conference.
Custody of, when a conference is asked before
disagreement...................................... 552
Custody of, after an effective conference............. 555
Custody of, when managers fail to agree............... 556
House must possess, before acting on a conference
report............................................ 549
Request for a conference always by House possessed of. 530
Reading of.
By consent of the House under former rule XXX......... 965
Committee reports not read except on order or in
debate............................................ 435
Criticizing the Senate or Senators not to be read..... 372
Intervening questions as to........................... 459
Member not always privileged to read...................... 434, 964, 965
Not necessarily to be read on plea of privilege....... 433
Objections to under former rule XXX............................ 964, 965
On demand of a Member................................. 964
On reference.......................................... 436
Parliamentary law as to............................... 432
President's messages.................................. 188
Paragraphs.
Amendment of bills by.................................. 413, 980
Amendments should be germane to........................... 929
House does not agree to, severally in perfecting a bill... 456
Reading of bills by.................................... 413, 980
Transposition of, in a bill by motion to amend............ 477
Pardons.
Power of President to grant............................ 162, 164
Parks, District of Columbia.
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Parks, military.
Jurisdiction over subjects related to..................... 732
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 732
Parks, national.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 732
Parliament. See House of Commons.
Parliamentarian.
Office of................................................. 1122
Precedents compiled by.................................... 1122
Parliamentary inquiries.
No appeal from responses to............................... 629
Recognition to propound................................... 628
Parliamentary law.
As used before adoption of rules.......................... 60
Jefferson's Manual as a statement of...................... 284
Relations of, to the early practice of Congress........... 286
Passage of bills. See Bills.
Passages.
Speaker's control of, in House wing....................... 623
Patents.
Power of Congress to provide for.......................... 124
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 730
Pay.
Clerk formerly disbursed that of employees and certifies
that of Members in recess............................. 642
Cost of living adjustments................................... 86
Of committee staff, see Committee staffs.
Of department officers, jurisdiction as to................ 729
Of judges................................................. 177
Of Members during recess, Clerk certifies to (obsolete)... 647
Of officers and employees, Clerk formerly disbursed....... 642
Of President of the United States......................... 157
Of Representatives and Senators........... 85, 86, 258, 1130(12)
Of Speaker and leadership.................................86, 89
Of witnesses.............................................. 813
Pay orders............................................. 1130(12)
Quadrennial commission................................. 1130(12)
Sergeant-at-Arms formerly disbursed that of Members....... 648
Penalties.
For absent Members........................................ 52
Penitentiaries.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 730
Pensions.
Certain bills for, banned................................. 822
Debt incurred for certain, not to be questioned........... 232
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Jurisdiction of appropriations for........................ 716
Of all wars, jurisdiction of bills for.................... 740
Pension Reform Act, disapproval procedures in........... 1130(8)
People.
Establish the Constitution................................ 1
Powers reserved to, by the Constitution................... 216
Quartering soldiers among................................. 424
Representatives chosen by................................. 5
Right of, to keep and bear arms........................... 209
Rights reserved to........................................ 217
Security of, as to accusations, trials, and property...... 212
Security of, as to searches and seizures.................. 211
Their right of assembly and petition...................... 208
Perjury.
To sustain a conviction of, a quorum of a committee must
be in attendance when perjurious testimony is given.... 343,
409, 803
Person.
Security of, as to searches and seizures.................. 211
Personal explanations.
Made by unanimous consent................................. 945
Personal interest.
Disqualifying as to voting........................ 376, 671, 673
Personal privilege.
Method of presentation of questions of personal, as
distinguished from general............................ 698
Precedence of questions of................................ 698-
668
Privilege of the Member................................... 698
Procedure of Member in presenting question of............. 945
Personalities.
Arraignment of motives of Members not in order............ 363
Member must refrain from, in debate....................... 945
Members censured for...................................... 65
Not permitted in debate................................... 361
Persons.
No State to deprive, of life, liberty, or property
unlawfully, or deny equal protection of the laws to... 225
Petition.
Introduction and reference of.......................... 816, 818
Division of, for reference............................. 421, 816
Duties of Speaker and Members in presenting............... 819
Correction of reference of................................ 824
Exclusion of.............................................. 824
Nature of................................................. 389
Parliamentary law as to reception of...................... 391
Received by committees only through the House............. 320
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Right of petition guaranteed.............................. 208
Signing and presentation of............................... 390
Pictures.
Jurisdiction as to........................................ 724
Taking of, in committee hearings.......................... 811
Piracies.
Congress to punish........................................ 126
Place.
Ceremonial functions in another place..................... 82
Neither House to adjourn to another, without consent of
other House.......................................... 82, 84
Power of President to convene Congress away from seat of
Government.......................................... 82, 171
Places of elections.
Regulation of.............................................42, 43
Pleadings.
In an impeachment...................................... 612, 613
Pledge of Allegiance.............................................. 869
Pocket veto.
Bills retained by President after Congress adjourns....... 112
Effect of adjournment to day certain...................... 113
Points of order.
Decisions on.
Chairman of Committee of the Whole decides............ 971
Clerk to decide, at organization of the House.................. 643, 645
Decisions of, during a division....................... 507
House by appeal controls decisions on................. 379
Obsolete practice as to Members' advice on............ 507
Power of Speaker to delay decisions................... 378
Practice governing Speaker in deciding................ 628
In general.
Clerk to note certain, in Journal..................... 649
In House on procedure in committee.................................. 798
On appropriation bills................................ 1044
On conference reports.................................... 547, 1089-1091
On nongermane portions of conference reports and amendments in
disagreement.................................................. 1089-1091
On resolutions, raised before reading completed....... 628
Relation of.
To conference reports................................. 547
To general appropriation bills........................ 1044
To retroactive increases in income tax rates.......... 1068
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To motions to amend................................... 924
To committee procedure............................... 798, 799, 842, 843
To question of consideration............................. 909, 910, 1127
Reserving of.
Against general appropriation bills.......................... 1044, 1035
Against conference reports............................ 547
Time of raising.
At any time against an appropriation in legislative
bills or amendments............................... 1065
At any time against tax or tariff provisions in
certain bills or amendments....................... 1066
Former rule with respect to reporting a measure from
committee......................................... 839
On appropriation bills in Committee of the Whole...... 1044
On consideration of bills in Committee of the Whole... 973
On conference reports where conferees met in closed
session........................................... 1093
On motions to amend................................... 924
On resolutions........................................ 628
With respect to committee procedure................... 798
Waivers. See Rules.
Police, Capitol. See Capitol.
Political disabilities.
Arising from disloyalty................................... 230
Consideration of bills removing........................... 895
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 730
Poll tax.
Right to vote not denied for failure to pay............... 251
Population.
The basis of representation............................... 226
Jurisdiction over population and demography generally..... 723
Ports.
Of one State not to be favored............................ 142
Possession.
Of a bill by the House.................................... 437
Post Office and Civil Service, former Committee on.
Jurisdiction transferred.................................. 723
Post offices.
Congress may establish.................................... 123
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 723
Jurisdiction as to buildings for.......................... 739
Post roads.
Congress may establish.................................... 123
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to construction......... 739
Postal savings banks.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 723
Postmaster.
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Former election and oath of............................... 668
Former superintendent of House post office................ 668
Postpone, motion to.
Precedence and general conditions of................... 911, 915
Application of previous question to....................... 450
Applied to motion to resolve into Committee of the Whole.. 915
As to application to a special order...................... 805
Debate on................................................. 911
Discussion of relations of, to early use of the previous
question........................................... 448, 449
May be amended............................................ 453
Nature of the motion to postpone to a day certain......... 444
Not to be applied to other secondary motions.............. 451
Not to be entertained after previous question is ordered.. 915
Not to be suppressed by another privileged motion......... 450
Relation of, to motion to amend........................... 449
Relations of, to the previous question.................... 998
Repetition of............................................. 918
Use of, to put off indefinitely....................... 443, 1130
Powers.
Of Congress--General legislative.
Legislative........................................... 3
As to migration or importation of persons............. 137
Consent of, to acceptance of certain gifts..................... 144, 145
No preferences to be given as to commerce by water.... 142
To establish patents and copyrights................... 124
To establish post offices and post roads.............. 123
To make laws to carry its powers into effect.......... 136
To provide punishment for counterfeiting.............. 122
To regulate coinage, weights, and measures............ 121
To regulate commerce.................................. 119
To regulate naturalization and bankruptcy............. 120
To provide for disapproval of executive action........ 1130
Of Congress--As to elections and political disabilities.
As to apportionment and establishment of districts............. 226, 227
Determines time of choosing electors.................. 153
May by law provide for case where neither President-
elect nor Vice President-elect shall qualify...... 244
May provide for succession to presidency or new election....... 155, 244
Power to make or alter regulations as to election of
Representatives................................... 42
To remove political disabilities...................... 230
Of Congress--Over revenue and expenditures.
To lay and collect taxes.............................. 117
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To borrow money....................................... 118
Money to be drawn from Treasury only on appropriations 143
Limitation on capitation or other direct tax.......... 140
No export duties to be laid........................... 141
Of Congress--As to commerce, currency, mails, patents.
To regulate commerce.................................. 119
To regulate bankruptcy................................ 120
To regulate coinage, weights, and measures............ 121
To provide punishment for counterfeiting.............. 122
To establish post offices and post roads.............. 123
To establish patents and copyrights................... 124
No preferences to be given as to commerce by water.... 142
Of Congress--As to courts, crimes.
To regulate jurisdiction of Supreme Court............. 179
To establish inferior courts................................... 125, 177
To regulate the proving of acts, records, and judicial
proceedings of the States......................... 183
To fix places for trial of certain crimes............. 180
To provide punishment for piracies.................... 126
To declare punishment of treason...................... 182
As related to writ of habeas corpus................... 138
No bill of attainder or ex post facto law to be passed 139
Of Congress--As to wars.
To declare war, grant Letters of Marque........................ 127, 163
To support armies..................................... 128
To provide a navy..................................... 130
To make rules for land and naval forces............... 131
To provide for calling out the militia................ 132
To provide for organization of militia................ 133
War Powers Resolution........................................... 1130(2)
Of Congress--Jurisdiction over territory and property.
To exercise jurisdiction over seat of Government and
ceded places...................................... 134
Over the territory and other property of the United
States............................................ 188
Of Congress--As to immigration and naturalization.
As to migration or importation of persons............. 137
To regulate naturalization............................ 120
Of Congress--As related to States and people.
To revise and control certain State laws.............. 147
As to admission, consolidation, or division of States. 187
Not to interfere with religion, free speech, the
press, or right of assembly and petition.......... 208
No titles of nobility to be granted................... 144
Those delegated and those reserved to States and
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people............................................ 217
Of the House of Representatives.
To confirm Vice President............................. 253
To elect its Speaker and other officers...................... 26-30, 640
To judge elections of its Members..................... 46-51
To punish and expel its Members....................... 62-66
To make rules......................................... 58-60
To punish for contempt.......................................... 293-299
As to treaties................................................. 594, 599
Of impeachment........................................ 31
Senate tries impeachments............................. 38
Of President, courts, and States.
Executive, vested in President of the United States... 149
Judicial, vested in the courts.................................. 177-179
Judicial, limitation on, in suits in law or equity.... 218
Of the States, limitations on, as to certain subjects........... 146-148
Reserved to States and people......................... 217
Prayer. See also Chaplain; Clerk.
Offered by Chaplain....................................... 640
Chaplain opens each day's sitting with.................... 665
By the Chaplain, place of, in order of business........... 869
Quorum in relation to..................................... 1027
Preamble.
Amended after the body of the resolution has been
considered, and after engrossment of joint resolution. 414
As to application of previous question to................. 996
As to separate vote on.................................... 414
Of a resolution may be laid on table...................... 414
Precedence.
Of intervening business.
Certain privileged questions which interrupt the order of business
870, 871
Intervening questions as to reading papers............ 458
Intervening questions of order........................ 457
Of conference reports................................. 1077
Of conference report over report from Committee on
Rules............................................. 857
Of a proposition to administer the oath to Members.... 233
Of a question on which the previous question is
ordered........................................... 878
Of questions of privilege.................................. 458, 698-668
Of questions of privilege as related to pending business........ 698-668
Of revenue and appropriation bills in Committee of the
Whole............................................. 977
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Questions as to, decided by a majority without debate. 884
Of motions.
For disposition of amendments between the Houses, see Amendments
between Houses.
General provisions of the priority of................. 449
Obsolete provisions as to priority of privileged...... 448
Secondary or privileged......................................... 911-917
To adjourn............................................ 911
To adjourn to day or time certain..................... 911
To amend.............................................. 926
To amend Journal precedes approval.................... 74
To amend over motions to agree or disagree..................... 528-528d
To amend over motions to strike out or agree.......... 456
To discharge committees............................... 892
To dispense with further proceedings under a call of the House.... 1019,
1022
To go into Committee of the Whole to consider
appropriation bills............................... 856
To read the Journal................................... 621
To reconsider......................................... 1005
To strike out enacting words of a bill......................... 988, 989
To suspend the rules.................................. 887
Precedents.
Compilation of............................................ 1122
Place of, in the law of the House......................... 351
Delay in decision of a question of order in order to
examine............................................... 378
Preferences.
Not to be given to ports of one State over another........ 142
Prerogatives.
Of House as to revenue legislation........................ 102
Questions related to, treated as of privilege............. 698
Questions of, committed to conference..................... 531
Presentment.
Of grand jury as related to trial for crime............... 212
Presents.
Conditions as to acceptance of, by officers............... 144
President of the Senate.
Vice President............................................ 36
President pro tempore..................................... 37
Electoral votes transmitted to............................ 153
President of the United States. See also Executive.
Relations of, to Congress--In general.
Admitted to the floor of the House.................... 678
Gallery for use of.................................... 682
Houses may request him to transmit constitutional
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amendments to the States.......................... 191
May convene or adjourn Congress under certain
conditions........................................ 171
May notify Congress of ratification of a
constitutional amendment.......................... 191
President pro tempore chosen when Vice President
becomes........................................... 37
Reference to, in debate............................... 370
War powers of Congress and the President................... 128, 1130(2)
Relations of, to Congress--Messages and information from.
Address by and to..................................... 316
Clerk may receive messages from, when House adjourned. 652
Confidential messages from............................ 969
Declaration of inability to discharge duties of office 254
Gives Congress information and makes recommendations.. 168
Messages from, usually sent to both Houses at once.... 571
Messages required by law.............................. 169
Reception of messages from............................ 170
Resolutions of inquiry as related to........................... 865, 868
Rule for reference of messages from............................ 873, 876
Transmits budget during first 15 days of session...... 169
Transmitting proposed rescissions and deferrals of budget
authority...................................................... 1130(6a)
Relations of, to Congress--Approval of bills by.
Approval or disapproval of bills by................... 104
Approval, act of, as to time and manner........................ 105, 110
Approval, notice of, sent by message.................. 106
Approval of concurrent resolutions by................. 396
Approval of joint resolution by....................... 397
As to presentation of orders, resolutions, and votes
for approval...................................... 115
Bills that become law without approval................ 111
Constitutional amendments, President does not sign
joint resolution submitting....................... 191
Effect of recess on................................... 814
Enrolled bills, signing of, for presentation to the
President......................................... 575
Enrolled bills, authority of pro tempore presiding
officers to sign.................................. 576
Enrolled bills, presentation of, to the President..... 577
Enrollment of bills, parliamentary law as to.......... 573
Enrollment of bills, practice of the two Houses of
Congress as to.................................... 574
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Errors in bills sent to the President................. 110
Line item veto authority....................................... 1130(6b)
Parliamentary law as to presenting a bill for the
King's assent..................................... 572
Pocket veto........................................... 112
Pocket veto, effect of adjournment to a day certain on 113
Veto, action on................................................ 108, 109
Veto, two-thirds of Members present and voting and not
two-thirds of entire membership sufficient to pass
a bill over....................................... 109
Office and general powers and duties.
Appoints public officers.............................. 166
Commander in Chief of Army and Navy................... 160
Commissions officers.................................. 172
Executive power vested in............................. 149
Executes the laws..................................... 172
Fills vacancies in offices during recesses of Senate.. 167
Grants reprieves and pardons.......................... 162
Holds office four years............................... 149
Jurisdiction of bills relating to office of........... 730
Makes treaties........................................ 165
Opinions of his advisers.............................. 161
Receives ambassadors.................................. 172
Term of................................................... 149, 150, 241
Election, oath, impeachment, inability.
Chief Justice presides when tried on impeachment...... 38
Compensation of....................................... 157
Congress to provide for case wherein death occurs
among those from whom the House chooses a
President......................................... 246
Election of, by the House in certain cases...................... 221-223
Electors for choice of................................ 151
Grounds for impeachment of..................................... 175, 176
Inability of.............................................. 252, 254, 255
Inauguration of....................................... 159
Limitation on right of electors to vote for........... 219
May be impeached............................................... 173, 176
Meeting of electors of, and transmission and count of
votes for......................................... 219
No person to be elected President more than twice..... 249
Oath of............................................... 158
Qualification of...................................... 154
Qualifications of electors of, as to loyalty.......... 230
Qualifications of electors, questions as to........... 152
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President-elect of the United States.
Time of choosing electors and action of............... 153
Removal, death, resignation, or disability of.............. 155, 252-256
Vice President as acting President........................ 252, 254, 255
Death or failure to qualify............................... 244
President pro tempore.
Chosen by Senate in certain cases......................... 37
Election and tenure of.................................... 313
Presides in certain impeachments.......................... 615a
Press.
Coverage of committee hearings and meetings............. 807-812
Freedom of, guaranteed.................................... 208
Members of, admission to the floor, see Floor.
Admission to press gallery................................ 693
Previous question, motion for.
Uses of.
The rule of the....................................... 994
History, uses of the parliamentary.................... 463
Obsolete use of....................................... 442
Not in order in Committee of the Whole......................... 333, 334
Use of, in House as in Committee of the Whole......... 427
Precedence of.
Among other secondary motions......................... 911
Of Parliament......................................... 461
Questions on which it is ordered, as unfinished
business.......................................... 877
Questions of order pending the motion for............. 1000
Relations of, to failure of a quorum.................. 1029
Application of.
General application of......................................... 994, 996
To debatable secondary and privileged motions......... 450
Moving and putting of.
Considered as ordered on certain preferential motions
to insist......................................... 1084
Effect of, on debate.................................. 995
Forty minutes of debate after ordering of...................... 891, 999
Forty minutes debate not allowed when ordered on motion not
debatable................................................. 979, 891, 999
Manner of putting..................................... 462
Moving on nongermane Senate amendments contained in conference
reports or reported in disagreement........................... 1089-1091
Not debatable......................................... 911
Recognition passes to Member leading opposition when
voted down........................................ 954
Right to move......................................... 997
Right to close debate not to be exercised after
ordering of....................................... 959
Speaker's discretionary authority to postpone further
proceedings on.................................... 1030
Effect of, on amendment.
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Effect of, on amendments in general................... 994
Order of, on motion to agree to Senate amendments
prevents motion to amend but not to refer......... 486
Prevents amendment when ordered on motion to approve
Journal........................................... 74
Relations of, to other motions.
General relation of, to other motions......................... 998, 1002
Having been moved on a motion to adhere, the motion to
recede not admitted............................... 525
Having been moved on a motion to insist, a motion to
recede and concur admitted........................ 525
May not be postponed.................................. 451
Motion to amend not applicable to the................. 452
Motion to commit after it is ordered.................. 1002
Motion to commit pending, not applied to reports of
Committee on Rules pending previous question...... 857
Motion to recommit after ordering of, limitation on
Committee on Rules................................ 857
Motion to recommit in connection with and right of opposition as
to..................................................... 911, 1001, 1002c
Motion to lay on table not in order after ordering of. 914
Relation of motion to reconsider to.......................... 1005, 1006
Prima facie title.
Credentials as related to a Member's right to take the
oath.................................................. 204
Effect of credentials as related to vacancy............... 23
Princes.
Titles, gifts from, to be accepted on conditions only..... 144
Printing See Congressional Record.
General provisions as to.
Discretion of Clerk as to............................. 642
Of committee transcripts, paid for by contingent fund
(applicable accounts of the House)................ 789
Of reports when referred to calendars................. 831
Privileged reports from Committee on House
Administration on................................. 853
Reports of committees to be printed................... 833
Joint Committee on.
Duties of, as to Congressional Record......................... 686, 1111
History, jurisdiction, and duties of.................. 1111
Membership on......................................... 1111
Priority. See Precedence.
All questions relating to priority of business to be
decided without debate................................ 884
Private bills.
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As unfinished business.................................... 879
Certain, banned........................................... 822
Correction of error in reference.......................... 824
Dispensing with call of calendar....................... 895, 897
Introduction and reference of..................... 816, 817, 818
Interruption of regular order on Tuesdays for
consideration of the Private Calendar................. 895
Pension bills.......................................... 822, 895
Placed on Private Calendar when reported.................. 828
Restriction on reference of certain.................... 817, 822
Private claims. See Private bills.
Private pension bills. See Private bills.
Private property.
Not to be taken without compensation...................... 248
Privilege of floor. See Floor.
Privilege, questions of.
Definition, precedence, and consideration of.
Consideration of...................................... 713
Constitutional privilege....................................... 698, 702
Distinction between questions of privilege and
privileged questions.............................. 707
Definition and precedence of questions of............. 698-700, 709, 711
Intervention of questions of.......................... 458
Precedence of questions of personal....................... 699, 708, 711
Relation of, to quorum................................ 712
Relation of, to the order of business................. 871
Raising of.
Breach of privilege reported from Committee of the
Whole............................................. 335
Debate on............................................. 699
Members not necessarily entitled to have papers read
on plea of........................................ 433
Method of presentation of questions of general and personal..... 698-707
Preliminary decision of Speaker as to questions of.... 628
Procedure when raised by floor leaders......................... 699, 713
Procedure when raised by Member................................ 699, 945
Questions of, in relation to a quorum................. 712
Question of, taken from the table..................... 914
Time and place of consideration designated by Speaker. 699
Affecting the House--In general.
Abuse of privilege of the floor....................... 679
Administration of the oath to Members................. 201
Assault on clerk of a committee a question of......... 773
Attitude of one House as to demands of the other for
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attendance or papers.............................. 292
Attitude of the House as to demands of the courts..... 291
Breach of, for one House to encroach or interfere as
to the other...................................... 308
Demand of courts for papers................................... 291a, 697
Jefferson's discussion of privilege as related to
rights of courts to summon witnesses and jurors... 290
Judicial appearances on behalf of House............... 291b
Procedure for response to subpoenas................... 697
Proposition to impeach a high question of............. 604
Relations of the Sovereign to the Parliament and its
members........................................... 309
Relations of the courts to parliamentary privilege.... 303
Resolution for removal of an officer of the House a
question of....................................... 315
Affecting the House--Relating to procedure.
Breach of privilege for the Speaker to decline to put
a question which is in order...................... 304
Censure or expel as questions of...................... 67
Censure for personalities in debate a question of..... 363
Correction of Congressional Record a question of............... 685, 690
Correction of an error in a message a question of..... 565
Discharge of committees from questions of............. 406
Error in reference of a bill to a calendar a question
of................................................ 828
Hour rule of debate applies to........................ 957
May not be invoked to effect change in rules of the
House............................................. 706
Messages received, while question of, is before House. 562
Previous question applies to questions of............. 996
Proposal to enter protest on the Journal not a matter
of................................................ 70
Question of, raised by fraudulent introduction of a
bill.............................................. 821
Raising a question of, over delay of an enrolled bill
in reaching the President......................... 572
Reception of President's message while question of, is
pending........................................... 170
Resolutions providing for adjournment for more than
three days........................................ 84
Affecting the House--Contempts.
Question of privilege..................................... 299, 702, 713
Jefferson's discussion of power of the House to punish for
contempts....................................................... 293-299
Affecting the Member.
Of the Member......................................... 698
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Assault on Member returning to House a breach of...... 91
Jefferson's discussion of privilege of Members of Congress...... 287-289
Members not to be questioned in another place for
speech or debate.................................. 92
Scope of the privilege of speech and debate..................... 93, 301
Parliamentary law as to the arrest of a Member........ 306
Parliamentary law of privilege as related to treason,
felony............................................ 305
Parliamentary law as to questioning for speech........ 302
Practice of the House as to Members indicted or
convicted......................................... 306
Relations of Members and others to privilege and the
waiving thereof................................... 301
Senators and Representatives privileged from arrest...90, 91
Status of the Member-elect as to privilege............ 300
Of citizens.
Not to be abridged by the States...................... 225
In States other than their own........................ 184
Questions relating to:
Organization.......................................... 701
Constitutional prerogatives........................... 702
Official conduct...................................... 703
Integrity of proceedings.............................. 704
Comfort and convenience............................... 705
Privileged questions.
Theory and examples of.
The theory as to...................................... 438
Distinction between questions of privilege and
privileged questions.............................. 707
Incident questions, like points of order, which
intervene during consideration of the main
question.......................................... 457
Intervening questions relating to reading of papers... 459
Laws providing congressional disapproval by privileged resolution
1130
Matters privileged to interrupt the daily order of business.... 870, 871
Matters of privilege as intervening questions......... 458
May not interrupt a call of committees................ 881
Not to be called up on Calendar Wednesday...................... 900, 901
Obsolete parliamentary law governing orders of the day 440
Presence of nonprivileged matter destroys privileges.. 855
Resolutions of inquiry......................................... 866, 867
Reports as.
Of certain committees........................................... 853-868
Conference reports.................................... 1077
Method of submitting to the House.............................. 418, 854
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Nonprivileged, reference of, to calendars............. 831
Precedence of conference report over report from
Committee on Rules................................ 857
Reference of, to calendars............................ 828
Right to report at any time gives right to consider at any time
(subject to requirement of availability for three days)........ 853, 854
Motions as--General principles.
Precedence and conditions of.................................... 911-917
General principles of priority of motions............. 449
In general, one privileged motion not to be suppressed
by another........................................ 450
Jefferson's discussion of certain privileged motions.. 441
Obsolete provisions as to priority of privileged
motions........................................... 448
Privileged motions in the Senate and in Parliament.... 447
For motions as--When question is under debate, see:
Adjourn, motion to.
Previous question, motion for.
Postpone, motion to.
Refer, motion to; Reference.
Amend, motion to; Amendments.
Motions as--Various. See also Motions.
By Majority Leader under former rule proscribing
committee sittings during five-minute rule........ 801
Motions to dispose of amendments between Houses, see Amendments
between the Houses.
Motions to proceed to election of Speaker of higher
privilege than motion to correct the roll......... 644
Motions requesting conferences................................ 528a, 535
Motions to consider bills made in order by a
resolution adopted by the House................... 850
Motion to consider omnibus private bills in order on
third Tuesday..................................... 895
Relation of motion to consider to other motions.............. 1003, 1005
To close general debate in Committee of the Whole..... 979
To discharge a committee from consideration of vetoed
bill.............................................. 108
To go into Committee of the Whole to consider general
appropriation bills............................... 856
To read the Journal................................... 621
To recess in committee................................ 787
To recess in House........................................ 586, 911, 913
To strike out the enacting words of a bill..................... 988, 989
To suspend the rules............................................ 885-888
Motions as--Certain not. See also Motions.
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Motion to recess formerly not a....................... 586
Motion to rescind not a............................... 734
Proceedings.
Certain of the House not to be criticized in debate....... 360
Each House determines rules of............................ 58
House governs Journal entries............................. 71
House required to publish a journal of.................... 67
Journal a record of, only................................. 70
States reciprocally to give full faith and credit to
judicial.............................................. 183
Committee, see Committees.
Process.
Of law required to deprive a person of life, liberty, or
property.............................................. 225
Writ of summons for appearance of respondent in an
impeachment........................................ 608, 611
For obtaining witnesses................................... 213
Professional staffs of committees. See Committee staffs.
Profit.
No one holding office of, to accept certain gifts, titles. 144
Pro forma amendment.
In Committee of the Whole................................. 981
Proof, burden of.
On those proposing an amendment, as to germaneness........ 928
On those proposing items on general appropriation bills... 1047
Property.
Appropriations of, considered in Committee of the Whole... 973
Disclosure of............................................. 1103
No person to be deprived of, without due process of law... 212
No State to deprive a person of, without due process of
law................................................... 225
Power of Congress to make rules and regulations as to
public................................................ 188
Private, not to be taken without compensation............. 212
Public bills appropriating, placed on Union Calendar...... 828
Proposer, right to close debate. See Debate.
Prosecutions.
Rights of accused in all criminal......................... 213
Security as to accusations and trial...................... 212
Protection.
Equal, of the laws guaranteed............................. 225
Protests.
Not entered on Journal as a matter of right............... 70
Proxy voting in committees. See Committees.
Public bills. See Bills.
Public buildings and grounds.
Appropriations for, as in continuance of a public work.... 1050
Jurisdiction as to, generally............................. 739
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Jurisdiction as to, abroad................................ 729
Jurisdiction as to marine hospitals....................... 721
Jurisdiction of bills for penitentiaries.................. 730
Jurisdiction as to immigrant stations..................... 730
Jurisdiction as to Patent Office............................ 730
Public credit.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 722
Public debt. See also Debt.
Claims for loss or emancipation of slaves not to be paid.. 234
Limit, rule establishing as part of congressional budget
process............................................... 1104
None incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion to be
paid.................................................. 234
Validity of that of the United States not to be questioned 234
Public defense. See Defense.
Public health. See Health.
Public lands.
Jurisdiction of matters related to........................ 732
Public money. See Money.
Public safety. See Safety, public.
Public works.
Authorization of appropriations for....................... 1047
Appropriations in continuation of......... 1036, 1037, 1048-1051
Designation of prohibited................................. 1068a
Public Works and Transportation, Committee on. See Transportation and
Infrastructure, Committee on.
Publication.
Of accounts of receipts and expenditures of public money.. 143
Of Journals of each House................................. 68
Puerto Rico. See Resident Commissioner.
Punishments.
Censure or reprimand, of a Member......................... 63-65
Congress may provide, for counterfeiting.................. 122
Cruel and unusual, not to be inflicted.................... 254
Each House may provide, of its Members for disorderly
behavior.............................................. 62
Expulsion, see Expulsion.
For assault on Member for words spoken in debate.......... 92
For disclosure of intelligence information................ 785
Involuntary servitude as.................................. 224
Member liable to, when called to order in debate....... 960, 961
Of a Delegate............................................. 675
Of piracies and felonies on the high seas................. 164
Of the law additional to impeachment...................... 41
Power of the House to punish for contempt............... 293-299
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, see Standards
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of Official Conduct, Committee on.
Speaker may not inflict................................... 622
Putting the question.
By the chairman in committees............................. 317
By the Speaker............................................ 630
Decorum during............................................ 962
Duty of Speaker as to..................................... 304
Effect of, in ending debate............................... 490
First in the affirmative and then the negative............ 489
Informal.................................................. 491
Messages not received during.............................. 562
Point of no quorum may be raised during............... 982, 1027
Speaker rises while....................................... 428
Forms of:
For vote by clerk tellers or by electronic device..... 1012
For previous question................................. 462
For question of consideration......................... 906
In examinations at the bar of the House........................ 343, 344
Of final, in an impeachment trial in Senate........... 618
On engrossment and third reading of a bill............ 941
On a motion to strike out............................. 468
On motion to strike out and insert.................... 470
On the passage of a bill.............................. 499
Qualifications.
Of Representatives.
As electors of President.............................. 151
As related to a Member's right to take the oath....... 204
As to sanity and loyalty as........................... 205
Conviction of crime as related to voting and
participation in committee business............... 1095
House Administration Committee may consider questions
relating to....................................... 724
In case of disqualification minority candidate not
seated............................................ 13
Incompatible offices, See Incompatible offices.
No religious test required for office under United
States............................................ 196
Of Representatives.................................... 9-11
Of Senators, Representatives, electors of President,
officers of the United States, and State officers
as to loyalty..................................... 230
Other than those of Constitution...................... 12
Power of each House, to judge as to................... 46-51
Removal of disabilities under fourteenth amendment.... 231
Of Senators, President, Vice President.
As to inhabitancy modifying votes of presidential
electors.......................................... 219
Of electors of President....................................... 151, 152
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Of officers and employees............................. 1102
Of President of the United States..................... 154
Of Senators as to age, citizenship, and inhabitancy... 35
Of Vice President..................................... 221
For suffrage.
Of electors of Representatives........................ 7
Reference to.......................................... 226
Quarantine.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 721
Quarrels.
In Committee of the Whole................................. 331
Intervening questions relating to......................... 458
Members may be pledged not to prosecute................... 367
Quasi committee.
Procedure in............................................ 424-427
Question.
Coexisting and equivalent questions.
Equivalent in general................................. 485
Equivalent on amendments between the Houses........... 486
Jefferson's discussion of coexisting.................. 483
No equivalent questions on motions to recede, insist,
and adhere........................................ 488
On agreeing to a conference report the negative of
agreeing equals the affirmative of disagreeing.... 550
The motions to agree and disagree as related to
motions to amend.................................. 487
Where affirmative of one amounts to negative of another......... 485-488
Putting of. See Putting the question.
Division of. See Division.
Relation of, to debate.
Member to confine himself to the...................... 945
Member who has spoken to, may speak also to amendment. 959
Of order. See Points of order.
Of consideration. See Points of order.
Of privilege. See Privilege.
In general.
As to reading of papers............................... 459
Asked of other House by conference rather than by
message........................................... 569
Former practice as to, in rejection and second reading
of bills.......................................... 484
Members of Parliament exempted from, as to debate..... 287,
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Quorum.
302, 309
How constituted.
Adjustment to......................................... 1024a
Committees may fix one-third or more as quorum for
certain actions................................... 800
Committees may fix two or more as quorum to take
testimony and to close certain hearings........... 800
Constituted by a majority............................. 52
Consists of a majority of standing or select committee or
subcommittee to report, to issue subpoenas, or to close meetings
or hearings.......................................... 409, 798, 799, 805
Interpretation of meaning of majority................. 53
Must be present when perjurious testimony is given to support
charge of perjury......................................... 343, 409, 800
Of the Committee of the Whole.................................. 329, 982
Of House of Representatives and Senate in voting for
President and Vice President of the United States. 221
Of a joint committee.................................. 325
Of Senators in an impeachment trial................... 615b
Quorum in committees to report........................ 799
Count of.
Theory of quorum present and Speaker's count.................... 54, 628
When necessary.
After failure of, must be of record before transaction
of business....................................... 55
Effect of failure of, as to motions in order pending a
motion to suspend the rules....................... 890
Enrolled bills not signed in absence of............... 625
Failure of, on second of motion to suspend the rules.. 888
Necessary during debate and other business (obsolete). 310
Of House, necessary for business...................... 52
Quorum not required in certain situations............. 1027
Quorum not required in the House unless pending motion
or proposition put to vote........................ 1027
Quorum not required in Committee of the Whole, after
once ascertained on that day, unless pending
motion or proposition put to vote................. 982
Relations of, to acts of House........................ 55
Relations of, to reception of messages................55, 56
Relations of motion to reconsider to.................. 1003
Reporting a measure in committee...................... 799
Voting, debate, and other business suspended by
failure of (obsolete)............................. 510
Call of the House.
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Arrest of Members..................................... 1023
Call of the House............................................ 1025, 1026
Call of the House in the old form..................... 1021
Call of the House after previous question is ordered.. 1029
Count of those not voting to make a quorum of record
on a record vote.................................. 1020
Dispensing with call after quorum responds............ 1023
Motions during a call of the House.................... 1024
Ordering and conducting the call of the House in the
old form.......................................... 1022
Power to compel attendance............................52, 55
Use of clerks to record............................... 1019
Use of electronic equipment to record................. 1014
Point of order as to.
Before adoption of rules.............................. 60
Before approval of Journal............................ 621
Failure of, on yea-and-nay vote to be noted........... 76
Former rule with respect to reporting a measure from
committee......................................... 839
Making point as to.................................... 54
Not in order before Chaplain offers prayer........... 56, 621, 869, 1027
Point as to, may be dilatory.......................... 903
Prohibition against making in certain situations.............. 982, 1027
Right of a Member to have the House told when a quorum
is not present.................................... 382
Time of making point of............................... 55
Withdrawal of point as to............................. 55
Motions in absence of.
Excuses, but not leaves of absence, granted by less
than.............................................. 671
Less than may order yeas and nays..................... 76
Motions in order in absence of........................ 55
Questions of privilege in the absence of.............. 698
Right to demand yeas and nays not waived by demand for 77
In Committee of the Whole.
Discretionary during general debate in................ 982
Not required, after once ascertained on that day,
unless pending motion or proposition put to vote.. 982
Of Committee of the Whole consists of 100 Members..... 982
Procedure in case of failure of....................... 982
Rising and reports of, as related to.................. 983
Short or notice quorum................................ 982
Relation of, to organization.
As related to right of Member to take oath...................... 56, 232
At organization of the two Houses..................... 56
Relations of, to business of two Houses at
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organization...................................... 56
In general.
At calling of House to order.......................... 621
Clerk to furnish Members a list of certain............ 646
Relations of, to calling of the House to order when
Speaker takes the Chair........................... 310
Relations of Journal to absence of.................... 55
Relations of, to reading of Journal................... 55
One-fifth of, orders recorded vote (or former vote by
tellers).......................................... 1012
Radio gallery. See Galleries.
Radio service.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to, generally.............. 721
Railroads.
Jurisdiction over......................................... 739
Railway-mail service.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 723
Raising revenue. See Revenue.
Ramseyer rule. See Committees.
Ratification.
Of the Constitution....................................... 207
Of amendments to the Constitution......................... 190
Procedure of Senate in ratifying treaties................. 600
Reading.
Of papers.
Member not always privileged to read a paper in his place..... 434, 964,
965
Intervening questions as to........................... 459
Objections to reading of papers under former rule XXX.......... 964, 965
Of papers on which the House is to vote........................ 392, 964
Of such as criticize the Senate or Senators not in
order............................................. 372
On reference.......................................... 436
Papers not necessarily to be read on plea of privilege......... 433, 964
Papers read on demand of a Member..................... 964
Papers read by consent of the House under former rule
XXX............................................... 965
Parliamentary law as to........................................ 432, 964
Reports of committees not read except in order or in
debate............................................ 435
Of bills, resolutions, conference reports.
Rule for.............................................. 941
A bill read in Committee of the Whole not read in full
when taken up in House............................ 338
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Amendments before third............................... 497
Committal of, on third................................ 494
Debate in relation to third........................... 498
Engrossed copy, reading in full not required................... 941, 943
First and second............................................... 941, 942
Manner of reading a bill the second time.............. 428
Obsolete requirements as to.................................... 399, 400
Obsolete requirements as to third.............................. 492, 493
Of a bill in Committee of the Whole................... 942
Of bills for amendment under the five-minute rule..... 980
Of concurrent resolution on the budget................ 990
Of conference reports and amendments in disagreement, dispensed
with......................................................... 1082, 1083
Of Journal, not interrupted by conference report...... 1077
Of Journal, place of, in order of business............ 869
Of President's messages and accompanying documents.... 188
Of a veto message..................................... 107
Raising points of order before completing reading of
resolution........................................ 628
Raising points of order before completing reading of
amendment......................................... 924
Speaker sits while reading, but the Clerk stands...... 428
Third reading after engrossment....................... 943
Of amendments.
Motions to dispense with reading...................... 986
Reappropriations.
Citations relating to................................ 1037, 1063
Not in order on general appropriation bill unless in
continuation of public works already commenced... 1037, 1063
Reasons.
Not entered on Journal.................................... 70
Rebellion.
Debts incurred in suppressing, not to be questioned....... 234
Debts incurred in aid of, not to be paid.................. 234
Participation in, as a disqualification for office........ 230
Suffrage may be abridged for.............................. 226
Suspension of writ of habeas corpus for................... 138
Recapitulation.
Of a vote, Speaker's discretion as to..................... 1015
Recede, motion to.
Precedence of......................... 486, 528-528d, 1089, 1091
Motion to recede and concur takes precedence of motion to
recede and concur with amendment or insist........ 525, 528d
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Motion to recede and concur divisible................. 525, 528d
Not equivalent of either insisting or adhering when
decided in negative................................... 488
One House not to recede from its own amendment with an
amendment............................................... 526
Parliamentary law as to receding.................. 523, 528-528d
Practice of the House as to receding from its own
amendment to a bill of the other House................ 524
Practice of the House as to receding from disagreement to
amendment of the other House.......................... 525
Receipts.
Of public money, account of, to be published.............. 143
Reception.
Duty of President to receive ambassadors.................. 172
Recess. See also Adjournment.
In general.
Of Congress........................................... 590
Of a Congress, effect on pending business............. 814
Of Congress, issue of subpoenas during................ 342
Of Congress, jurisdiction of resolutions relating to.. 733
Of Senate, power of President to fill offices during.. 167
Of House, during day's sitting, conditions of......... 586
Of House, Speaker's authority to declare....................... 638, 639
Of House, emergency reconvening................................. 83, 639
Of a committee........................................ 787
Motion for.
Status of................................................. 586, 911, 913
Limitation of, on Calendar Wednesdays................. 900
Reclamation.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 732
Recognition.
To call up a bill made in order by a resolution adopted by
the House............................................. 715
For debate and amendment under the five-minute rule....... 980
For motions to discharge committees on second and fourth
Mondays............................................... 892
For motion to go to conference....................... 1069, 1070
For the motion to reconsider.............................. 1004
For the previous question................................. 997
For question of privilege............................... 698-668
Loss of right to recognition by Member in charge.......... 954
Parliamentary law as to Speaker's duty in................. 356
Preliminary action of Member in seeking................... 945
Preference in, to be given to opposition for motion to
recommit after previous question is ordered....... 911, 917,
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1001, 1002
Prior right of Members of the committee to recognition for
debate................................................ 955
Procedure of the Member in seeking........................ 354
Under former rule requiring a second on the motion to
suspend the rules..................................... 889
Speaker's power of...................................... 949-956
Speaker's power of with respect to Senate amendments...... 1070,
1072
Speaker governed by usage in...................... 356, 953, 956
Speaker not to recognize Members to introduce occupants of
galleries to House.................................... 966
No appeal from Speaker's decision in...................... 356
Exceptions to the usages constraining the Speaker as to
recognitions.......................................... 956
Right to speak a second time.............................. 357
Recommendations.
President to make, to Congress............................ 168
Recommit, motion to. See also Commit, motion to.
Precedence and general conditions of....... 911, 916, 1001-1002c
After previous question is ordered, privilege and effect
of.......................................... 994, 1001, 1002
Debate on, with instructions......................... 1001, 1002
Germaneness test with respect to.......................... 929
In order as to bill on third reading...................... 494
Instructions with.............................. 917, 1001, 1002b
Instructions to strike out amendment adopted by the House
not in order.......................................... 917
Instructions may be amended by substituting different
instructions...................................... 917, 1002
Instructions must be germane to bill before the House...... 930,
1002
Speaker does not usually decide as to whether or not
committees have followed.............................. 628
Limiting by Committee on Rules............................ 857
May be applied to a conference report under certain
circumstances............................... 550, 1001, 1002
Method of dividing a bill by, with instructions........... 476
Not used in Committee of the Whole........................ 916
Not applied to reports from Committee on Rules pending
previous question..................................... 857
One motion to, in order after previous question is ordered
911, 1001, 1002
Repetition of motions..................................... 918
Recognition to offer...................... 911, 917, 1001, 1002c
Recommittal.
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Of bills to select or standing committees................. 420
Duty of committee in case of.............................. 917
Of bills amending or repealing statutes when committee
reports fail to comply with rule...................... 846
Of bills to Committee of the Whole........................ 420
Of report from Committee of the Whole when ruled out in
the House............................................. 335
When House nonconcurs in recommendation of Committee of
the Whole to strike out enacting words................ 988
Speaker does not usually decide as to whether or not
committees have followed.............................. 628
Reconsider, motion to.
Rule for the motion and its precedence.................... 1003
Discussion of procedure of................................ 1005
Application of............................................ 1006
Application of, to bills in committee..................... 1011
As to use in a standing or select committee........... 416, 1005
Debate on................................................. 1010
Delegates and Resident Commissioner not to make........... 741
Effect of................................................. 1007
Enrolled bills not signed pending......................... 625
Maker of.................................................. 1004
May be held dilatory...................................... 903
May be applied to vote refusing yeas and nays or ordering
yeas and nays (if not executed).................... 79, 1007
Not used in Committee of the Whole........................ 416
Relations of, to motion to lay on the table............... 1009
Relations of, to the previous question............... 1005, 1006
Repetition of........................................ 1006, 1007
Vote on................................................... 1008
Vote on ordering yeas and nays may be reconsidered by less
than a quorum......................................... 76
Reconsideration.
Bill once rejected not to be brought up again the same
session............................................... 515
Early Senate practice as to............................... 513
Exceptions to the rule against bringing up a matter once
rejected.............................................. 516
Expedients for changing the effect of bills once passed... 516
Of a vetoed bill by the two Houses........................ 104
Member voting ``present'' not counted in determining the
two-thirds............................................ 109
Two-thirds of those voting, a quorum present, sufficient
to pass bill.......................................... 109
Passage of supplementary bills............................ 518
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Reconvening.
Parliamentary law as to................................... 514
Emergency reconvening of the House, Speaker's authority..... 83,
639
Reconvening of Congress by joint leadership under recall
authority in adjournment resolutions................. 82, 84
Record. See also Congressional Record.
The Journal as............................................ 582
Record vote.
Changes and corrections of votes.......................... 1017
Count of those voting to make a quorum of record on a
record vote........................................... 1020
Electronic device.................................... 1014, 1019
In committee, formerly used as proof quorum present when
reporting............................................. 839
In Committee of the Whole on the failure of quorum........ 982
Interruptions of the record vote.......................... 1018
Manner of, during call of the House....................... 1022
Not to be interrupted for conference report............... 1077
Not to be interrupted by arrival of time for recess... 586, 1018
Oath administered to a Member during...................... 201
Postponement of, by Speaker............................... 1030
Speaker may recognize for motion for call of House at any
time.................................................. 1028
Recorded vote.
Ordered by one-fifth of quorum in House................... 1012
By electronic device or by tellers........................ 1012
Ordered by 25 in Committee of the Whole............... 984, 1012
Repetition of demand for.................................. 1013
Vote by considered vote by yeas and nays.................. 1012
Recording Studio.
Establishment and composition of House Recording Studio... 1125
Records. See Papers.
Red Cross.
Jurisdiction as to affairs of............................. 729
Redress.
Of grievances, right of people to petition for............ 208
Refer, motion to. See also Recommit, motion to.
Precedence and status of.
Precedence and general conditions of........................... 911, 916
Has precedence of motion to amend..................... 449
May not be postponed.................................. 451
Not to be suppressed by another privileged motion..... 450
Repetition of......................................... 918
Use of.
General use of................................................. 401, 446
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Not used in Committee of the Whole.................... 916
Admitted in ``House as in Committee of the Whole''............. 425, 427
In relation to motion to strike out enacting words.... 988
In relation to amendments between Houses....................... 528-528d
In order as to bill on third reading.................. 494
Motion applicable to a vetoed bill.................... 108
Instructions with..................................... 917
Instructions may be amended.............................. 917, 929, 1002
Instructions must be germane to bill before the House
and not to general law sought to be amended....... 1002
Method of dividing a bill by, with instructions....... 476
Relations of, to previous question.
Application of previous question to................... 450
Relations of, to the previous question......................... 486, 998
After previous question is ordered, privilege and effect of... 994, 1002
Minority has preference in recognition for, after previous
question is ordered......................................... 1001, 1002c
After previous question is ordered, Committee on Rules
limited as to..................................... 57
Not applied to reports from Committee on Rules pending
previous question................................. 857
Discussion of relations of, to early use of the previous question
448, 449
Reference.
Of bills. See Bills.
Of memorials, petitions.
By Speaker................................................ 816, 825, 873
By Members..................................................... 816, 818
Private claims referred to certain committees......... 817
Of communications, rule for............................... 816, 873, 874
Of messages of the President, rule for..................... 816, 873-875
Of executive documents................................ 827
Papers not read in House on ordinary reference to
committee......................................... 436
Correction of errors in reference of.
Errors in............................................. 824
Correction of, for public bills....................... 825
Of public bills, place of correction of, in order of
business.......................................... 869
Change of, for errors in.............................. 824
Correction of, in case of bills referred from Speaker's table...... 873,
874
Of bill to a calendar, error in, a question of
privilege......................................... 828
Regents.
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Regular order.
Do not hold incompatible offices.......................... 98
Improper use of demand for................................ 381
Right of the Member to demand..................... 381, 382, 872
Not to be demanded while a Member has the floor in debate. 393
Regulations.
Power of Congress to make, concerning territory and other
property.............................................. 188
Power of Congress to make, as to jurisdiction of Supreme
Court................................................. 179
Rejection.
Effect of.............................................. 515, 517
Bill is lost when a conference report is not agreed to.... 549
Bills fail when both Houses continue to insist or adhere.. 522
Of a bill, action on similar bill......................... 944
Of a bill, communicated to the other House................ 568
Of bills, question on, comes indirectly................... 484
Status of amendments after rejection of conference report. 551
Striking out enacting words of a bill equivalent to....... 988
Relatives.
May not be employed by Members............................ 88
Relevancy of debate. See Debate.
Religion.
Congress to make no law respecting establishment of, or
free exercise of...................................... 208
Religious tests not required for officers under United
States................................................ 196
Remonstrance.
Nature of................................................. 389
Removal.
Of President from office.................................. 155
Of Speaker................................................ 315
Renegotiation.
Jurisdiction over subject related to...................... 722
Repetition.
Of motions, general rules as to........................ 911, 918
Of motion to reconsider.............................. 1006, 1007
Of motion to strike out and insert..................... 471, 472
Of motion to request a conference......................... 535
Of demand for yeas and nays............................... 77
Of motion to reconsider vote ordering yeas and nays....... 79
Of a question once determined............................. 514
Of amendments............................................. 468
Reporters.
Of debates................................................ 685
Of debates, duties of Committee on House Administration as
to.................................................... 724
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Reports.
Press, admission to the floor, see Floor.
Of committees. See Committees.
From Committees of the Whole. See also Committee of the Whole.
As related to amendments adopted...................... 336
As to breach of privilege............................. 335
Bill presumed to have passed necessary stages......... 335
Bills from, considered in the House................... 338
Chairman alone makes reports.......................... 335
Consideration of amendments from, in the House........ 337
Discharge of Committee of the Whole................... 339
Minutes of Clerk in lieu of, when Committee is
discharged........................................ 339
Not to be amended by the House........................ 335
Of disorderly words taken down............................ 369, 960, 961
Of motion to strike out the enacting words............ 988
Recommitted when ruled out in House................... 335
Of Chairman when Committee rises before a matter is concluded...... 333,
334, 983
Quorum not required after Committee of the Whole has
risen and before report made to House............. 1027
When a quorum fails................................... 982
Of managers of conferences. See Conferences.
In general. See also Clerk; Sergeant-at-Arms; Chief
Administrative Officer.
Of Members, officers, and employees on financial
disclosure........................................ 1103
From heads of departments, rule for reference of............... 873, 874
From heads of departments to be studied by committees........... 744-749
Rectification of errors after report of tellers....... 503
Representation.
Office of General Counsel............................ 670, 1125b
Reduction of, for abridgement of the right of suffrage.... 226
Representatives.
Election, privilege, and duties. See Members.
House of.
Part of Congress...................................... 3
Attendance at an impeachment trial.................... 617
Authority as to treaties........................................ 594-599
Bills for raising revenue to originate in............. 102
Choice of President by......................................... 221, 222
Chooses Speaker and other officers.................... 26-30
Composed of Members chosen by people.................. 5, 7
Confirms Vice President............................... 253
Electoral votes to be counted in presence of.......... 219
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Has power of impeachment.............................. 31
Indecent language against, not permitted in debate.... 360
Convening time........................................ 6
Power of President to convene or adjourn.............. 171
Questions of privilege affecting............................... 698, 700
Required to keep a Journal............................ 68
Rules as to use of Hall............................... 677
The office building................................... 1114
Vacancies in.......................................... 17-25
Reprieves.
Power of President to grant............................... 162
Reprimand.
Of a Member............................................... 64
Reprisal.
Letters of, Congress to grant............................. 127
States not to grant....................................... 146
Republican form of government.
Guaranteed to the States.................................. 189
Request.
For a conference.
Declined or neglected................................. 534
Made by the House possessed of the papers............. 530
Motions to........................................ 528a, 535, 1069, 1070
Practice as to making................................. 533
Usual but not essential that names of managers be
transmitted with.................................. 536
Bills introduced by.
Introduction of bills, resolutions by................. 826
Rescind, motion to.
Not privileged under rules governing the order of business 734
As to entries on Journal.................................. 71
Rescission.
Of appropriations, jurisdiction of Appropriations
Committee............................................. 716
Separate headings required on in certain bills and reports 716
Rescission bills, definition and procedure for
consideration of under Impoundment Control Act..... 1130(6a)
Reservation.
Of rights of people....................................... 216
Of points of order on general appropriation bills.... 1044, 1035
Of objection to unanimous-consent request................. 872
Reserved powers.
Of the State and people................................... 217
Residence.
As a condition of citizenship in the United States and the
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Resident Commissioner.
State of.............................................. 225
Admitted to floor of House................................ 678
Clerk to distribute certain documents to.................. 649
Compensation of........................................... 86
Elected to committees..................................... 675
Former de novo vote in House where vote of decisive in
Committee of the Whole................................ 985
From Puerto Rico, power and privileges of......... 675, 676, 970
May be appointed to select and conference committees...... 676
Formerly could be appointed Chairman, Committee of the
Whole................................................. 970
Of Puerto Rico, admitted to the floor..................... 678
Powers and privileges in Committee of the Whole........ 675, 970
Rooms of, in office building.............................. 1114
Resignations.
As related to procedure for punishments................... 63-66
From committees, privilege of and debate on....... 700, 668, 948
Of chairman of a committee, selection of a successor...... 761
Of Member-elect before taking oath........................ 300
Of President of the United States or Vice President.... 155, 156
Of Speaker................................................ 28
Procedure for considering................................. 700
Vacancy from.............................................. 19
Vacancies caused by, in Senate............................ 34
Resolutions.
Commemoratives.
Prohibited............................................ 823
Simple, of the House--Nature and forms of.
As to presentation of, to President for approval...... 115
Consideration of a preamble........................... 414
Introduction by request............................... 826
Introduction and reference of private................. 818
Introduction of public................................ 825
Nature and use of, as compared with others............ 395
Raising a question of privileges of the House......... 698
Reference of.......................................... 816
Of inquiry............................................ 864
Use, to disapprove Executive actions.................. 1130
Simple, of the House--Of inquiry.
Discharge of a committee from a resolution of inquiry. 867
Forms of resolutions of inquiry and delivery thereof.. 865
Privileged status of resolutions of inquiry........... 866
Resolutions of inquiry as related to the Executive.... 868
Simple, of the Senate.
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Not referred in House................................. 874
Concurrent.
Adjournment for more than three days by concurrent
resolution........................................ 84
Reference of.......................................... 816
Their use..................................................... 396, 1130
Joint.
Their use..................................................... 397, 1130
Clerk certifies to passage of......................... 648
Division of, not in order on vote on engrossment of
passage........................................... 921
Reference of.......................................... 816
Signed by Speaker..................................... 624
Used for abrogating treaties.......................... 599
Used for amendments to the Constitution............... 291
Use of, correct an error in a bill sent to the
President......................................... 518
Resources, Committee on.
History and jurisdiction of............................... 732
Special oversight functions of............................ 744
Restaurant.
Of House, jurisdiction of matters relating to............. 739
Of House, management of................................... 725
Retrenching expenditures, amendment providing new
legislation in order on appropriation bill........ 1036-1062
Return.
Of a message sometimes asked.............................. 565
Returns.
Power of House to judge as to............................. 46-51
Revenue.
Power to raise.
Account of receipts of public money to be published... 143
Capitation or direct taxes to be proportioned to
census............................................ 140
Export duties forbidden............................... 141
General power of Congress to raise.................... 117
Not to be raised on commerce by water between States.. 142
Power of States as to raising of............................... 147, 148
Regulations of, not to favor ports.................... 142
Retroactive income tax rate increases prohibited...... 1068
Consideration of bills for raising.
Amendments must relate to particular item............. 940
Bills for raising, to originate in House.............. 102
Bills raising, placed on Union Calendar............... 828
Bills raising, considered in Committee of the Whole... 973
Consideration in order on third Tuesday............... 895
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to.................. 741
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Point of order against certain bills or amendments carrying taxes
or tariffs.................................................. 1066, 1076a
Jurisdiction as to oleomargarine...................... 715
Precedence of bills raising, in Committee of the Whole 977
Precedence of, in order of business................... 856
Vote on measures raising income tax rates.................... 1033, 1067
Revenue sharing, general.
Jurisdiction over......................................... 723
Revenue treaties.
Authority of House as to.................................. 597
Revision of the laws.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 730
Law Revision Counsel, Office of........................... 1120
Riders.
Nongermane Senate amendments.......................... 1089-1091
Rule forbidding, on general appropriation bills, see
Appropriations.
On bills, obsolete parliamentary practice as to........... 495
Rights.
Of the people under the Constitution.
Those enumerated in Constitution and others retained
by the people..................................... 216
As to quartering of soldiers.......................... 210
As to searches and seizures........................... 211
Excessive bail or fines and cruel punishments
prohibited........................................ 215
Of citizens of the United States as to privileges and
immunities........................................ 225
Of citizens of the United States to vote.............. 235
Of persons to life, liberty, property, and equal
protection of the laws............................ 225
Of religion, speech, free press, assembly, and
petition.......................................... 208
Security as to accusations, trials, and property...... 212
To a fair trial by jury............................... 213
To jury trial in suits at common law.................. 214
To bear arms.......................................... 209
To vote, of citizens eighteen years of age or older... 257
Certain, of Members of the House.
Members not always entitled to read papers in their places.... 434, 964,
965
Members not necessarily entitled to have papers read
on plea of privilege.............................. 433
Of Member to have paper read.......................... 432
Of Members, to call to order in debate......................... 960, 961
Of Members to demand division of the House after vote
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Of Members to demand the execution of a subsisting order....... 381, 872
by sound.......................................... 501
Of Members to inspect the Journal..................... 582
Rising. See also Committee of the Whole.
Of a Committee when the House sits........................ 324
Rivers and harbors.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 739
Precedence of bills to improve, in Committee of the Whole. 977
Roads.
Post, jurisdiction of subjects relating to................ 739
Jurisdiction as to highways and their safety in general... 739
Roll Call.
Members not to remain near Clerk's desk during roll call.. 962
Method of call of the roll for the yea-and-nay vote....... 1015
Rolls.
Of Members-elect, Clerk makes up.......................... 644
Duty of Clerk as related to qualifications................ 9
Names of Members not entered on yea and nay, until sworn.. 300
Speaker's name not on that from which yeas and nays are
called................................................ 631
Rooms.
Assignment of, in office buildings........................ 1114
Control of, in House wing................................. 623
Duty of Committee on House Administration as to........... 724
Exclusion of persons from those leading to the Hall.... 678, 680
Rules.
House makes its own.
Abrogation of joint rules....................................... 61, 316
As related to privileges of minorities................ 283
Congressional Budget Act rules may be changed by the
House............................................. 1127
Each House makes its own.............................. 58-60
Early parliamentary law as related to................. 286
House's construction of its power to adopt............ 388
Jefferson's Manual, part of........................... 1105
Jefferson's views as to power to make................. 387
Jurisdiction as to............................................. 733, 734
Necessity of.......................................... 285
Not to be changed by report from Committee of the
Whole............................................. 335
Power to administer oaths not conferred by............ 59
Power to make, not impaired by rule or law...................... 59, 388
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Those of the House in effect in Committee of the Whole so far as
applicable..................................................... 340, 992
Procedure before adoption of.......................... 60
Committee on.
History, jurisdiction, and powers of.................. 682
Limitations on reports from........................... 857
Member of serves on Budget Committee.................. 758
Activity reports of................................... 790
Exempted from former rule proscribing committee
sittings during five-minute rule.................. 801
Must specify reported waivers......................... 863
Privileged reports of................................. 857
Report from, providing special order of business not
divisible......................................... 857
Report may be considered immediately by two-thirds
vote.............................................. 857
Certain reports may be considered immediately without two-thirds
vote.................................................... 850, 1082, 1083
Reports, adverse, from......................................... 861, 893
Reports from, on resolutions repealing or amending
rules of House must show by typographical device
parts of rules affected........................... 848
Right to report at any time confined to privileged matters..... 853, 857
Suspension of. See Suspension of rules.
Power of Congress to make certain.
Congress to make, for land and naval forces........... 131
Congress to make, concerning captures on land and
water............................................. 127
Power of Congress to make, concerning territory and
other property.................................... 188
Rumor.
As a ground for impeachment............................... 605
As foundation for investigation........................... 341
Rural development and electrification.
Jurisdiction of subjects related to....................... 715
Safety, public.
As related to suspension of writ of habeas corpus......... 138
Salaries.
Of Representatives and Senators............ 85-88, 258, 1130(12)
Of Speaker................................................ 86
Jurisdiction as to, of legislative employees.............. 724
Authorization of appropriations for, in general
appropriation bills................................... 1046
Sanity.
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Savings banks, postal.
As related to the oath and qualifications................. 205
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 723
Science.
Congress may promote, by patent and copyright laws........ 124
Science, Committee on.
History, jurisdiction, and duties of...................... 735
Special oversight functions of............................ 744
Science, Space, and Technology, Committee on. See Science, Committee
on.
Seal.
Of the House, Clerk affixes............................... 648
Searches.
As related to security of persons, papers................. 211
Seat of Government.
Power of Congress to legislate for..................... 134, 135
Power of President to convene Congress at another place..... 82,
171
District of Columbia denominated as....................... 135
Seats.
Obsolete requirement that a Member sit in his place....... 353
Second.
Not required for ordinary motions...................... 392, 904
Formerly required on motions to suspend the rules......... 889
Of motion to adjourn on new call of House................. 1025
Yeas and nays not taken on vote to........................ 77
Second reading.
Of a bill, obsolete requirement as to..................... 400
Of bills to be in full................................. 941, 942
Manner of reading a bill a second time.................... 428
Secondary motions. See also Motions.
Application of motion to amend to other................... 927
Discussion of use and relations of...................... 437-464
In general, one not to be suppressed by another........... 450
Precedence and conditions of............................ 911-917
Secrecy.
Of portions of the Journal................................ 68
Of committee procedure.................................... 319
Secret sessions.
Rule for and procedure in.............................. 785, 969
Of committees, banned with certain exceptions............. 798
Secretary of State.
Bills that become laws deposited with (obsolete)....... 105, 109
Secrets.
Of the House, oath of officers to keep (obsolete)......... 640
Sections.
Amendment of bills by..................................... 413
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Amendments should be germane to........................... 928
Clerk amends numbers of, in a bill........................ 479
House does not agree to severally, in perfecting a bill... 456
Reading of bills by....................................... 980
Transportation of, in a bill by amendment................. 477
Securities.
Congress may provide punishment for counterfeiting........ 122
Jurisdiction over depository institution securities....... 722
Jurisdiction over exchange................................ 722
Security.
Of the people as to searches and seizures................. 211
Seizures.
As related to security of persons, papers................. 211
Select committees.
Ad hoc to consider legislation............................ 816b
Former Aging.............................................. 784
Compliance with clause 2(a) of rule XI.................... 783
Conferences held by means of.............................. 532
Ethics.................................................... 738
Generally................................................. 1112a
Homeland Security......................................... 1112a
Membership contingent on party membership................. 782
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence............. 744, 785
Speaker appoints.......................................... 637
Reports, dissolution, and revival of...................... 419
U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns
With the People's Republic of China................... 1112a
Senate.
Part of Congress.......................................... 3
Concurs in treaties by two-thirds vote.................... 165
Congress not to interfere as to place of choosing Senators 42
Composition of............................................ 32
Division into classes..................................... 33
Election of Senators................................ 32, 42, 236
Electoral votes transmitted to President of............... 219
Electoral votes to be counted in presence of.............. 219
Filling vacancies in.................................... 34, 236
May amend revenue bills................................... 102
No State to be deprived of equal suffrage in, without
consent............................................... 191
Power of President to appoint officers during recess of... 167
Permissible references to Senate action................... 945
President pro tempore..................................... 37
Procedure in ratifying treaties........................... 600
Qualifications of Senators.............................. 35, 230
References to debate and proceedings therein, criticisms
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of not generally in order in the House......... 371-374, 945
Vice President............................................ 36
Tries impeachments........................................ 38-41
Senate amendments. See Amendments Between the Houses; Conferences.
Senate bills.
Rule for reference of............................. 816, 873, 874
Consideration of, from Speaker's table with reference to
Committee of the Whole............................. 873, 874
Senate resolutions.
Simple resolutions of Senate not referred in House........ 874
Sergeant-at-Arms.
Doorkeeping duties..................................... 380, 658
Duty to cooperate in the performance of reviews and audits 660
Duties of, on call of the House................ 1021, 1023, 1025
Election, oath, and removal of............................ 640
Enforces authority of House in House and in Committee of
the Whole............................................. 648
Enforces rules as to decorum on floor..................... 962
Financial and operational reports to Committee on House
Administration........................................ 659
Formerly disbursed pay and mileage of Members........... 86, 648
Makes up roll of Members-elect in certain cases........... 648
Of the Senate, admitted to the floor of the House......... 678
The Mace as symbol of his office.......................... 657
Service.
Fugitives from, return of................................. 186
Servitude.
Involuntary, not to exist except as punishment for crime.. 224
Suffrage not to be abridged for previous condition of..... 234
Sessions. See also Adjournments
Sessions and recesses (adjournments) of Congress..... 82-84, 590
Adjournment of Congress during August in certain
situations............................................ 1105
Adjournment prohibited before completion of congressional
budget process........................................ 1127
Close of, as related for constitutional day of meeting of
Congress............................................ 45, 242
Conference asked at one and concluded at next............. 533
Congress adjourns not later than last day of July in
certain situations.................................... 1105
Congress may extend session beyond July................... 1105
Effect of adjournment on action on a veto................. 107
Executive, of committees, banned with certain exceptions.. 798
Impeachments continue from one to another................. 620
Manner of closing session by action of the two Houses...... 242,
591
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Obsolete law as to business at end of..................... 385
Of Congress, resumption of business of a preceding........ 814
Of Parliament............................................. 588
Parliamentary law as to business at the termination of a
session............................................... 592
Relations of, to adjournments for more than three days.... 84
Rule for secret, of the House............................. 969
Sitting committees in recesses, and creation of
commissions to sit after Congress adjourns............ 589
Termination of, as affecting approval of bills............ 577
Seven days.
Any member of standing committee may call up bill after
resolution making bill in order has been adopted for
more than............................................. 862
Any member of Rules Committee may call up special rule
after it has been on calendar for..................... 861
Filing of committee report within, after written request.. 834
See clause 2, rule XV, relating to motion to discharge.... 892
Special committee meetings to be called within, upon
request of committee majority......................... 793
Sex discrimination.
Discrimination in employment.............................. 1095
Right of suffrage......................................... 240
Ships.
Of war not to be kept by States in time of peace.......... 148
Signature.
Approval of bill by President valid only with............. 105
As to signing of enrolled bills by Speaker pro tempore.... 632
Of enrolled bills for presentation to the President.... 575, 576
Of enrolled bill canceled.............................. 575, 625
Of bills, effect of recess of Congress on................. 814
Of conference reports..................................... 543
Of prime sponsor of bill at introduction.................. 821
Of reports of committees and minority views............ 408, 833
Of writs, warrants, acts, subpoenas....................... 624
Speaker declines to sign a bill when motion to reconsider
is pending............................................ 1007
Speaker does not sign bills in absence of a quorum
(obsolete)............................................ 625
Simple conferences. See Conferences.
Six days.
Last, of session, status of motion to reconsider during... 1003
Last, of session, suspension of rules during.............. 885
Conference report not required to be printed in Record on
last............................................. 1082, 1083
Slavery.
Not to exist in the United States......................... 224
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Suffrage not to be abridged for previous condition of..... 234
No claims to be paid for.................................. 232
Small business.
Generally.
Assistance and protection, jurisdiction over.......... 736
Participation in Federal contracts, jurisdiction over. 736
Committee on.
History and jurisdiction of........................... 736
Special oversight functions of........................ 744
Smithsonian Institution.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to.................... 724, 739
Smoking.
Forbidden on floor of House............................... 962
Social Security.
Jurisdiction over health care and facilities supported by
payroll deductions.................................... 741
Jurisdiction over health care supported by general
revenues.............................................. 721
Jurisdiction of, generally................................ 741
Soldiers.
As to quartering of....................................... 210
Of the World War, jurisdiction of matters relating to..... 740
Soldiers' homes.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 718
Speaker.
Election of.
Chosen by the House............................................. 26, 312
Chosen by majority on rollcall vote by surname.................. 27, 640
Election of, as related to adoption of rules.......... 59
Election of, in case of death or resignation.......... 28
Election or appointment of Speaker pro tempore............ 314, 632, 634
Former four-term limit................................ 635a
Has the power to name a Speaker pro tempore under conditions... 632, 634
House has adjourned for more than one day before
election of Speaker............................... 83
Motion to proceed to election of, of higher privilege
than motion to correct the roll................... 644
Nominations for, precedence of................................... 27, 60
Removal of............................................ 315
Sergeant-at-Arms maintains order pending election of.. 648
Relations of, to oath.
Administers oath to Members and officers.............. 198
As to power to direct a Member whose right to be sworn
is challenged, to step aside...................... 203
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Functions of, in administering the oath to Members.... 199
May administer oaths to witnesses..................... 343
Oath, administered to, by Dean of House............... 198
Preserves order and decorum.
Preserves order and decorum........................... 622
Censure inflicted by, on order of House............... 65
Duty of, as to accommodating differences among Members 367
May cause lobby or gallery to be cleared for disorder. 622
May not censure or punish a Member.........................622, 960, 961
May not recognize Members to introduce occupants in
galleries......................................... 966
May not entertain requests to extend floor privileges. 679
Parliamentary law as to naming a Member by, for
disorder.......................................... 366
Power of, as to abuse of privilege of the floor....... 679
Power to order arrest................................. 622
Sergeant-at-Arms maintains order and executes commands
of House under direction of....................... 648
Decides questions of order.
Decides questions of order..................................... 624, 628
Advice from Members while deciding a question of order
during a division................................. 507
Authority of, to delay decision or a question of order 378
House by appeal controls decisions on..................... 379, 624, 629
May not decide questions of consistency as to
amendments........................................ 466
Not to pass on sufficiency of a committee's report.... 833
Practice governing, in deciding questions of order.... 628
Questions not for his decision........................ 628
Duties of, as to quorum.
Actual count of, to ascertain quorum after previous
question is ordered............................... 1029
Count of quorum by.................................... 54
Duties of, when Committee of the Whole rises without a
quorum............................................ 982
May order the noting of Members to make quorum on vote
of record......................................... 1020
May recognize for call of the House................... 1028
Required to notice failure of quorum on yea-and-nay
vote.............................................. 76
Takes Chair at hour of meeting, not waiting for
ascertainment of quorum........................... 310
Duties of, as to sittings and adjournment.
Takes the Chair....................................... 621
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Calls House to order.................................. 621
May declare recesses....................................... 83, 638, 639
Declares adjournment at end of Congress............... 6
Pronounces adjournment................................ 587
Right of, to cause secret session..................... 969
Conduct of.
As a witness before a committee....................... 346
Former four-term limit................................ 635a
Functions of, at examinations at the bar of the House.......... 343, 344
Reprimand of.......................................... 64
Rules a restraint on caprice of....................... 285
Duties, generally.
Authority, duties, and privileges as to use of galleries....... 682, 694
Authority to implement broadcasting of House
proceedings....................................... 684
Certifies to compensation of Members.................. 86
Directed to notify governor of State in case of
certain vacancies................................. 22
Drug testing of Members, officers, and employees...... 635
Duties of, general control of Hall, corridors, and
rooms............................................. 623
Ex officio member of Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence...................................... 785
May designate Members, officers, and employees to
travel on official business of the House, on
vouchers approved by him.......................... 636
Office for Legislative Floor Activities............... 1123
Appointment of committees by.
Appoints select and conference committees............. 637
Removes conference committees......................... 637
Appointment of officers of House temporarily by.
Appoints temporarily to fill vacancies................ 640
Relations to petitions, bills, and order of business.
Declines to sign a bill when motion to reconsider is
pending........................................... 1007
Directs Clerk as to reference of nonprivileged report
to calendars...................................... 831
Duties as to referring matters from Speaker's table............ 873, 874
Duties of, as to placing bills on the Corrections Calendar.....898, 1124
Duties of, in presenting petitions.................... 818
Duty as to reception and reference of executive communications..... 816,
827
Duty to exclude certain bills, memorials.................. 818, 822, 823
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Duty of, when validity of a report is questioned...... 408
Early discretion of, as to the order of business...... 349
Exercises discretion about interrupting pending
business to receive a message..................... 562
Functions of, in relation to request for unanimous
consent........................................... 872
Makes reference of public bills, memorials......................816, 825
Messenger saluted by.................................. 564
Objects to action on a bill without reading........... 942
Sign acts, writs, subpoenas.................................... 624, 626
Signing of enrolled bills by................................... 575, 624
Powers and duties as to recognition.
Speaker's power of recognition.................................. 949-956
Designates time and place for consideration of
questions of privilege............................ 698
Discretion to recognize for motion for call of House.. 1028
Discretion to recognize for motion to send bill to conference..... 528a,
1069, 1070
Discretion to recognize authorized committee member to
call up bill made in order by resolution.......... 715
Duty of, as to entertaining questions of privilege.............. 698-668
Duty as to recognition for motion to reconsider....... 1004
Exceptions to the usages constraining the Speaker as
to recognitions................................... 956
Former duty as to recognizing for second of motion to
suspend the rules................................. 889
Function of, in recognizing for debate................ 354
Limitation on power to entertain motion for recess on
Wednesdays........................................ 900
Limitation on power of, to entertain motions pending
report of Committee on Rules...................... 857
Loss of right to recognition by Member in charge...... 954
No appeal from his recognition................................. 356, 629
Not to entertain dilatory motions..................... 903
Not to entertain motion to suspend the rules as to use
of Hall of House.................................. 677
Not to entertain motions or requests to suspend rule
relating to admission to the floor................ 678
May entertain one motion to adjourn pending motion to
suspend rules..................................... 890
Power to entertain motions to suspend rules limited... 885
Preliminary action of Member in seeking recognition... 945
Principles as to recognition for motion for the
previous question................................. 997
Prior right of Members of the committee to recognition
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Required to give preference to opposition for motion to recommit
after previous question is ordered.......................... 1001, 1002c
for debate........................................ 955
Speaker governed by usage in recognition.............. 953
With respect to former Consent Calendar............... 899
Relations of, to debate.
Criticism of in debate.................................... 362, 960, 961
Duty as to calling to order in debate.......................... 960, 961
Duty of, to suppress reflections on motives........... 363
Duty of, to prevent expressions in debate offensive to
the other House................................... 374
Participation of, in debate........................... 358
To be addressed when a Member desires to interrupt in
debate............................................ 364
Puts the question.
Decorum while he is putting the question.............. 962
Duty of, to state motions............................. 904
Formal and informal putting of the question by.................. 489-491
Must put a question which is in order................. 304
Putting of the question by, and taking the vote....... 630
Reads sitting but rises to put a question............. 428
Duty and rights as to voting.
Formerly appointed tellers............................ 1013
Discretionary authority to postpone certain
proceedings....................................... 1030
Discretionary authority to reduce electronic vote to
five minutes...................................... 1032
Discretionary authority to use electronic device in taking vote... 1012,
1032
Duty of, when an order of yeas and nays is demanded... 78
Duty to divide the House on demand of a Member after
vote by sound..................................... 501
Forbidden to entertain a request to record a vote
after the record vote............................. 1015
Has not usually decided as to vote of a Member
personally interested............................. 672
His vote on a record vote............................. 1015
His vote ordinarily and in case of tie........................ 631, 1015
Not deprived of vote by rule.......................... 59
Procedure of, in taking a vote of yeas and nays....... 504
Relations to Committee of the Whole.
Appoints Chairman of Committee of the Whole and leaves
Chair............................................. 970
Declaration of resolve into Committee of the Whole
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pursuant to special order......................... 972
Duty of, as to recognition of a report from a
Committee of the Whole............................ 335
Function of, when the House goes into Committee of the
Whole............................................. 328
May take the Chair to restore order in Committee of the Whole...... 331,
332, 622
Remains in the Chair in House as in Committee of the
Whole............................................. 424
Takes the Chair at informal rising of Committee of the Whole to
receive a message.............................................. 330, 563
Powers and duties of, as to conferences.
Functions and duty of, in appointing and removing managers of a
conference................................................ 536, 637, 782
May rule out a conference report where managers exceed
their authority................................... 547
Duties as to Journal and Record.
Approves Journal...................................... 621
May cause Journal to be read.......................... 621
Duties as to reporters of debates and committee
stenographers..................................... 685
May not prevent House from amending Journal........... 71
Relations of, to Congressional Record.......................... 685, 691
Vacancy in office of. See Vacancies and Speaker pro tempore.
Speaker's Office for Legislative Floor Activities.
Establishment of.......................................... 1123
Speaker pro tempore.
Appointed by the Speaker or elected by the House....... 632, 634
Choice of................................................. 314
Chosen on removal of Speaker.............................. 315
Competency of, to administer oath to Members.............. 199
Speaker's table.
Business on, place in order of business................... 869
Must be authorized by committee in formal meeting to make
motion................................................ 874
Rule for disposition of business on.................... 873, 874
Senate bill must be substantially same as House bill as
reported from House committee......................... 874
Senate bill to be called up, House bill must correctly be
on House Calendar..................................... 874
Special orders. See also Rules.
Effect of, on Tuesday business............................ 895
Oxford-style debates...................................... 952
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Privilege of reports of........................... 853, 855, 857
Quorum calls not in order during speeches................. 1027
Relation of motion to postpone to...................... 734, 915
Rules Committee must specify waivers contained in......... 863
Speeches.................................................. 950
Use of, and method of making.............................. 734
Speech.
Freedom of, guaranteed.................................... 208
Members not to be questioned in another place for......... 92
Members of Parliament exempted from question as to.... 287, 302,
309
Not to be noticed by the other House...................... 308
Spitting.
Not in order during debate................................ 364
Spouses.
Of Members and employees, employment of................... 1095
St. Elizabeth's Hospital, jurisdiction of......................... 723
Staffs of committees. See Committee staffs.
Standard.
Congress to fix, for weights and measures................. 121
Standards of Official Conduct, Committee on.
Approval of copyright royalty contracts................... 1099
Composition of............................................ 759
Duties and procedures of as to standards of conduct and
investigations........................................ 806
Duties under the gift rule................................ 1100
Employing agency under Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act.. 737
Exempted from former rule proscribing committee sittings
during five-minute rule............................... 801
History and jurisdiction of............................... 737
Inspector General makes certain reports to................ 667
Privileged reports from................................... 853
Sanction Committee may recommend.......................... 62-66
Standing committees. See Committees.
Standing orders.
Duration of............................................... 386
State executive.
Fills certain vacancies in Senate (obsolete).............. 34
Issues writs to fill vacancies in representation..........17, 24
May be empowered by legislature to make temporary
appointment of Senator................................ 236
State of the Union.
President to inform Congress of........................... 168
Statement.
Accompanying conference report, rule as to................ 1080
Of receipts and expenditures of public money to be
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States.
published............................................. 143
Relations to the two Houses.
Admission of, jurisdiction of bills for............... 732
Authority of, as to establishment of congressional
districts......................................... 227
Clerk to distribute Journal to legislative bodies of.. 647
Constitutional convention to be called on application
of legislatures of................................ 192
Governors of, admitted to the floor of the House...... 678
House of Representatives votes by, in choosing
President......................................... 221
Legislatures prescribe time of elections..............42, 43
May not prescribe qualifications of Members........... 12
None to be deprived of equal suffrage in Senate
without its consent............................... 191
People of the several, to choose Representatives...... 5
Qualifications of electors of Representatives of, in.. 7
Ratification of constitutional amendments by.......... 192
Representation to be apportioned among................ 226
State laws related to House's power to judge elections 48-50
Two Senators from each................................ 32
Relations of, to President.
Appoint electors of President......................... 151
Electors of, limited as to votes for President and
Vice President.................................... 219
Meeting of presidential electors in................... 219
President Commander in Chief of militia of, in certain
cases............................................. 160
Relations of, to courts, crimes.
Judges in, bound by Constitution of the United States. 195
Judicial power extends to cases affecting............. 178
Jurisdiction of Supreme Court in cases affecting...... 179
Limitations as to certain suits against............... 218
Relations of, as to extradition....................... 185
To give full faith and credit to public acts, records,
and judicial proceedings of one another........... 183
Trials for crimes in.................................. 180
Citizenship and suffrage in, and authority of.
Citizenship of........................................ 225
No State by law to abridge the privileges and
immunities of citizens............................ 225
Not to abridge suffrage for race, color............... 235
Not to deprive any person of life, liberty, or
property unlawfully, or deny equal protection of
the laws.......................................... 225
Privileges and immunities of the citizens of.......... 184
Admission, consolidation, or division of.............. 187
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Authority as to militia............................... 133
Certain claims of, not to be prejudiced by the
Constitution...................................... 188
Duties not to be levied by, on commerce by water...... 142
Eighteen-year-old persons and older granted suffrage.. 257
Jurisdiction of bills as to compacts between, in
general........................................... 730
Jurisdiction of compacts between, of waters for
irrigation purposes............................... 732
Jurisdiction of compacts over interstate energy....... 721
Jurisdiction of matters relating to boundaries........ 730
Necessity of militia for security of.................. 209
No tax or duty on articles exported from.............. 141
Not to pay any debt incurred in aiding insurrection or
rebellion......................................... 234
Officers of, bound by oath to support the Constitution 196
One not to enter into agreement or compact with
another except on condition....................... 148
Ports of, not to be given preferences................. 142
Power of Congress to regulate commerce among.......... 119
Power of Congress over places purchased with consent
of................................................ 134
Powers of, as to migration or importation of persons.. 137
Powers of, as to treaties, alliances, confederations, and other
functions, limited.............................................. 146-148
Powers reserved to, by the Constitution............... 217
Qualifications of officers as to loyalty.............. 232
Relations of, as to fugitives from service or labor... 186
United States to guarantee republican form of
government and protect from invasion and domestic
violence.......................................... 189
Stationery.
Clerk formerly furnished.................................. 642
Clerk formerly kept accounts of Members and Delegates as
to.................................................... 642
For Members............................................... 88
Statistics.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to, generally.............. 723
Jurisdiction of matters relating to labor................. 720
Statuary.
Jurisdiction as to........................................ 724
Statutes.
Revision of, jurisdiction as to........................... 730
Statutory limit on public debt.
Rule providing for........................................ 1104
Stenographers.
Admission of unofficial................................... 693
Of Committees, appointment of............................. 685
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Strike out enacting words.
Official reporters of debates............................. 685
Rule governing motions to................................. 988
Practice as to use of motions to.......................... 989
Strike out, motion to.
Application of............................................ 472
Conditions of striking out an amendment already agreed to. 474
Effect of affirmative vote on motion to, and insert....... 473
Federal unfunded mandate.................................. 991
Motion to strike out and insert not divisible............. 920
Negative decision of, not bar to further amendment........ 920
Perfecting before voting on............................... 469
Practice of Parliament and the House as to................ 468
Priority of perfecting amendments over.................... 456
Repetition of the motion to, and insert................... 471
Subcommittees. See also Committees.
Limited number may be established......................... 762
May authorize and issue subpoenas......................... 805
Oversight function of..................................... 743
Staff for................................................. 767
Subject to full committee control......................... 787
Subjects.
Of foreign states, limitations on suits of, against States 218
Judicial power extends to cases affecting those of foreign
states................................................ 178
Subpoenas.
Clerk seals and attests all............................... 648
From courts for papers of House........................ 291, 697
Issue of, during recess of Congress....................... 342
Procedure for response to subpoenas....................... 697
Signed by Speaker...................................... 624, 626
Standing committees and their subcommittees may issue..... 805
Authorizing and signing committee subpoenas............... 805
Substantive propositions.
As related to division of the question................. 919, 921
Substitute amendment.
Amendment of.............................................. 923
As to division of......................................... 920
Rule as to offering of.................................... 922
Time of offering in ``House as in Committee of the Whole'' 427
Suffrage.
Abridgment of a cause of reduction of representation...... 226
Of States in the Senate................................... 190
Right to, not to be abridged for race, color, or sex... 234, 236
Right to, not to be abridged by poll tax.................. 251
Suits.
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As to jury trial for those at common law.................. 214
Limitation of judicial power in cases of law or equity.... 219
Summons.
Writ of, in an impeachment............................. 608, 611
Sunday.
Not taken into account in adjournment for three days or
less.................................................. 83
Excepted from the ten-day limit as to bills presented to
President............................................. 111
When inauguration day falls on............................ 150
Sundry civil expenses.
Jurisdiction of appropriations for........................ 716
Supplemental budget.
Transmittal of............................................ 169
Supreme Court.
Admission to Floor, see Floor.
Gallery for, see Galleries.
Judges of................................................. 682
Jurisdiction of........................................... 179
Repository of judicial power.............................. 177
Tenure and compensation of judges of...................... 177
Suspension.
Of writ of habeas corpus.................................. 138
Suspension of rules.
Consideration of.......................................... 886a
Consideration on certain suspension days of former Consent
Calendar.............................................. 899
If quorum not present when former vote on ordering second
taken by tellers, vote then had under call of the
House by yeas and nays................................ 889
Motion for, as unfinished business........................ 879
Motion for, entertained after yeas and nays are demanded.. 80
Nature of the motion...................................... 886
One motion to adjourn in order pending.................... 890
Postponement of votes until designated time............... 1030
Precedence of the motion.................................. 887
Recognition by Speaker for motion on...................... 956
Rule governing the motion for............................. 885
Rule relating to admission to the floor not to be
suspended............................................. 678
Formerly, second required................................. 889
Speaker not to entertain motion to suspend rule relating
to use of the Hall of the House....................... 677
When in order............................................. 885
Withdrawal of......................................... 889a, 905
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Table.
Forty minutes of debate on motions on..................... 891
Speaker's.
Rule for disposition of business on............................ 873, 874
Business on, place in daily order..................... 869
Clerk's.
No Member to remain near, during voting............... 962
Members not to take papers from, or write there during
debate............................................ 364
Papers on, not to go from Clerk's custody............. 352
Laying of adverse reports on.......................... 832
Motion to lay on the. See Lay on the table.
Taking down words.
Parliamentary law as to...................... 368, 369, 960, 961
Taxes and Tariffs.
Capitation or direct, to be proportioned to census........ 140
Committees not having jurisdiction of, may not report a
tax or tariff......................................... 1066
Amendments to bills reported, may not carry............... 1066
Former dynamic estimate of changes in revenues............ 849
Exempt foundations and trusts, jurisdiction over.......... 741
Export taxes prohibited................................... 141
Income taxes.............................................. 235
Limitation on rights of States to impose duties... 142, 147, 148
Old apportionment of...................................... 14
On persons migrating or imported.......................... 137
Point of order against certain bills and amendments
carrying........................................ 1066, 1076a
Power of Congress to lay and collect...................... 117
To be uniform............................................. 117
Propositions for, considered in Committee of the Whole.... 973
Formerly, report on ``major'' tax legislation may include
``dynamic estimate''.................................. 849
Report on tax proposal must include ``macroeconomic
analysis''............................................ 849
Retroactive income tax rates prohibited................... 1068
Tax complexity analysis............................... 849, 1092
Vote on measures raising income tax rates............ 1033, 1067
Technology Assessment.
Office of................................................. 1121
Televising.
Committee meetings and hearings......................... 807-812
House proceeding.......................................... 684
Tellers.
Clerk tellers.
Clerks to serve as, on quorum calls and recorded votes....... 1012, 1019
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Rule and practice..................................... 1012
Appointment of........................................ 1012
Chair may be counted on a vote by..................... 631
Demand for, may be held dilatory...................... 903
May be demanded after refusal of yeas and nays........ 80
May not be ordered to verify count of quorum.......... 54
Ordered by a fifth of a quorum........................ 1012
Rule and practice as to voting by.................................. 1012
Generally.
Appointment of, for electoral count................... 220
Clerk appoints, for election of Speaker............... 312
Former demand for and vote by......................... 1012
Former duty of Member to serve as teller.............. 1013
Formerly motion to suspend the rules seconded on vote
by................................................ 889
Messages not received during vote by.................. 562
Rectification of error after report of................ 503
Relation of, to point as to quorum.................... 54
Sometimes used in ordering yeas and nays.............. 504
Yeas and nays may be demanded during vote by.......... 77
Ten days.
Limit as to bills presented to President.................. 111
Tender, legal.
States restricted as to making............................ 146
Term.
Beginning of President's term.......................... 150, 241
Of Congress............................................... 6
Of Member elected to fill vacancy......................... 25
Of President of the United States...................... 149, 281
Of Representatives........................................ 5, 6
Of Senators............................................... 32
Of Speaker (former term limit) and other officers...... 26, 635a
Of Speaker expires with the Congress...................... 643
Of two years for appropriations for armies................ 171
Territories.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to boundaries of......... 730
Jurisdiction of matters relating to courts of............. 730
Jurisdiction of matters relating to generally............. 732
Power of Congress to make rules and regulations concerning 188
Privilege of Delegates from, see Delegates.
Testimony.
Methods of taking, by the House and committees......... 341-348,
798, 800, 802, 803
Power of the House to compel.............................. 295
Procedure when it implicates a Member of the other House,
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see Witnesses.
Quorum to receive, see Witnesses.
Required to secure conviction for treason................. 181
Witnesses before committees, see Witnesses.
Tests.
Of strength usually taken first on the engrossment of a
bill.................................................. 429
Of strength may be taken before bill is amended........... 430
Religious, not required for office under United States.... 196
Text of a bill.
House and not Speaker passes on questions relating to that
to which both Houses have agreed...................... 466
Perfection of, before striking out or agreeing............ 456
That to which both Houses have agreed not to be changed by
either House alone or by the conference............... 527
Thanks.
Of Congress, persons receiving, admitted to the floor..... 678
Third reading of a bill.
Amendments before......................................... 497
Committal of a bill on.................................... 494
Debate in relation to..................................... 498
Obsolete parliamentary law as to, of bills................ 493
Obsolete requirements as to reading and passage of bills
492, 943
Question on, and procedure............................. 941, 943
Three days. See Adjournment; Committees; Conferences.
Tie vote.
Decision on............................................... 508
In Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight............... 744
Question lost on.......................................... 631
Speaker's vote in case of............................. 631, 1015
Vote of Vice President in case of......................... 36
Time.
Of adjournment, power of President as to.................. 171
Amendments, filling blanks as to.......................... 475
Times of elections.
Regulation of.............................................42, 43
Titles.
Of bills.
Amendment of.......................................... 922
Amendment of in ``House as in Committee of the Whole'' 427
Endorsement of, on an engrossed bill.................. 431
Of reported bills entered in Journal and Record....... 831
Parliamentary law as to amendment of title to a bill.. 512
Power of a committee as to............................ 411
Of Journals.
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Of Journal............................................ 69
Of nobility.
Conditions on acceptance of, from foreign sources.............. 144, 145
No State to grant..................................... 146
None to be accepted by officers of United States............... 144, 145
None to be granted............................................. 144, 145
Tonnage.
States not to levy duties on.............................. 148
Tort claims.
Bills for certain, banned................................. 822
Trade, expedited procedures with respect to.
Termination of Cuban economic embargo.................. 1130(28)
U.S. participation in the WTO.......................... 1130(26)
Under the Trade Act of 1974............................ 1130(11)
Trademarks.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 730
Trading with the enemy.
Jurisdiction over subjects related to..................... 729
Transfers of unexpended balances.
Jurisdiction of subjects related to....................... 716
Separate headings for in certain bills and reports........ 716
Transportation and Infrastructure, Committee on.
History, jurisdiction, and duties of...................... 739
Transposition.
Obligation limitations.................................... 1064
Aviation programs, funding for............................ 1064a
Of portions of a bill by motion to amend.................. 477
Travel.
Of Members and employees.
By retiring or defeated Members following sine die
adjournment....................................... 1098
Use of committee funds for travel..................... 769
Use by committees of foreign currencies owned by the
United States..................................... 769
Reports by committees on use of foreign currencies.... 770
Expense resolutions for committee travel.............. 1098
Speaker may designate Members, officers, and employees
to travel on official business of the House, on
vouchers approved by him.......................... 636
Generally.
Travel and tourism, jurisdiction over subjects related
to................................................ 721
Treason.
An impeachable offense.................................... 173
Aid to enemies of the United States..................... 81, 230
Definition of............................................. 181
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Extradition for........................................... 185
Power of Congress to declare the punishment of............ 181
Relations of privilege to case of......................... 305
Senators and Representatives not privileged from arrest
for................................................... 90
Testimony for conviction of............................... 181
Treasurer of the United States.
Disburses pay of Members in certain cases................. 86
Treasury.
Compensation of Representatives and Senators paid out of.. 85
Duties and imposts on imports or exports levied by States
to go to.............................................. 147
Money not to be drawn from, except on appropriation....... 143
Jurisdiction as to subjects relating to................... 741
Treaties.
Abrogated by law.......................................... 599
Authority of the House as to revenue...................... 596
Authority of the House as to, in general.................. 596
Authority of the House as to, does not give rise to
question of privilege................................. 702
General action of the House as to......................... 595
General nature of......................................... 593
House approves Indian..................................... 598
Jefferson's discussion of, under the Constitution......... 594
Judicial power extends to cases arising under............. 178
Jurisdiction of those relating to revenue................. 741
President makes, with concurrence of Senate............... 165
Procedure of the Senate as to............................. 600
States not to make........................................ 146
Supreme law of the land................................... 195
Treaty rights.
Jurisdiction as to bills relating to...................... 729
Trial.
At bar of House for contempts............................. 344
By jury in suits at common law............................ 214
For capital or infamous crimes............................ 212
For crimes to be in State where committed or where
Congress may direct................................... 180
Of crimes to be by jury, except in cases of impeachment... 180
Persons not to be put twice in jeopardy................... 212
Rights as to, in criminal prosecutions.................... 213
Tribunals.
Congress to constitute inferior........................... 125
Troops.
States not to keep, in time of peace...................... 148
Trust.
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No one holding office of, to accept certain gifts...... 144, 145
Public, no religious test required for under United States 196
Trust funds.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 741
Trusts.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 730
Tuesday.
Interruption of regular order on the first and third
Tuesdays for consideration of the Private Calendar.... 895
Motions to suspend rules on............................... 885
Corrections Calendar called on second and fourth.......... 898
Twenty-minutes' debate.
On certain motions to discharge committees................ 892
Two-thirds vote. See Voting.
Two weeks.
Last, of session, rule for Calendar Wednesday not to apply
to.................................................... 900
Unanimous consent.
Amendments between Houses considered by................... 528a
Former calendar for bills to be considered by............. 899
Consideration in House as in Committee of the Whole by.... 424
Correction of reference of public bills may be made by.... 825
Interruption of the order of business for................. 872
Ordinary function of Speaker as to recognition of requests
for................................................ 872, 956
Practice of Speaker as to recognition of requests for..... 956
Private claims to be referred to certain committees only
by.................................................... 817
Request as to admission to the floor not to be entertained 678
Required for withdrawal of amendment in Committee of the
Whole................................................. 978
Reservation of objection to............................... 872
Right of Member to demand execution of subsisting order.... 381,
872
Unfinished business.
Rule for considering of................................... 876
Construction of the rule as to............................ 877
Business in periods set apart for classes of business..... 879
Private, on Tuesdays...................................... 895
Place of, in daily order of business...................... 869
Postponed votes........................................... 1030
Priority of, in Committee of the Whole.................... 977
Question of consideration does not recur as............... 907
Resumption of business of a preceding session of Congress. 814
Unfunded Mandates. See Federal mandates.
Union.
An object of the Constitution............................. 1
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Execution of laws of...................................... 132
States of, guaranteed republican form of government and
protection from invasion and domestic violence........ 189
Union Calendar.
Rule and practice for considering bills on, after call of
committees......................................... 882, 883
Bills placed on........................................... 828
Bills on, considered by unanimous consent in House as in
Committee of the Whole................................ 424
Bills on, considered on Calendar Wednesday................ 900
Bills from, on Corrections Calendar.................... 829, 898
Referral of State of the Union message to................. 168
Removal of bill from by Speaker........................... 973
United States Capitol Preservation Commission. See Capitol.
Unofficial office accounts.
Prohibited................................................ 1096
Unusual punishments.
Not to be inflicted....................................... 215
Urban development.
Jurisdiction over subjects related to..................... 722
Usage.
Governing the Speaker in recognitions..................... 953
Useless papers.
Disposition of, jurisdiction.............................. 724
Vacancies.
In membership of House.
Accounting for........................................ 1024a
Clerk administers office.............................. 653
Continuation of pay of clerical assistants............ 88
Declared for holding incompatible offices............. 101
From action of House............................................ 22, 205
From death............................................ 18
From declination...................................... 20
From incapacity....................................... 205
From resignation...................................... 19
From withdrawal....................................... 21
Functions of State executive as to.................... 24
Governor issues writs to fill......................... 17
In general............................................ 17-25
Questions as to existence of.......................... 23
Term of Member elected to............................. 25
In general.
In managers of a conference........................... 538
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In Office of Clerk.................................... 30
Of House officers, Speaker may fill temporarily....... 640
In Office of Speaker............................................ 28, 632
In Office of Vice President........................... 353
In Office of President........................... 155, 244-246, 252, 256
In offices, President to fill, during recess of Senate 167
In Senate............................................. 34
On Committees, filling of...................................... 757, 793
Vacating.
Of Speaker's signature to enrolled bill................... 625
Validity.
Of the public debt not to be questioned................... 234
Vessels. See also Ships.
Appropriations for, as in continuance of a public work.... 1051
Bound from State to State................................. 142
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 739
Jurisdiction of bills relating to mutiny and destruction
of.................................................... 730
Veterans' Affairs, Committee on.
History, jurisdiction, and duties of...................... 740
Other committees consolidated with........................ 740
Veto.
Of a bill by the President................................ 104
Consideration and action on vetoed bill in House... 104, 107-109
Line item veto authority of the President.............. 1130(6b)
Members answering present not considered in determining
two-thirds............................................ 109
Two-thirds of those voting, a quorum present, sufficient
to pass bill.......................................... 109
In order to consider on Calendar Wednesday................ 901
Pocket veto............................................... 112
Effect of adjournment to day certain as to pocket veto.... 113
Vice President.
Admitted to the floor of the House........................ 678
Confirmation of President's nominee to fill vacancy.... 253, 256
Election of............................. 151, 153, 246, 253, 256
Election of, by the Senate in certain cases............. 221-223
Limitation on right of electors to vote for............ 219, 220
May be impeached.......................................... 173
Meeting of electors of, and transmission and count of
votes for.......................................... 219, 220
Official duties of President devolve on, in certain cases
155, 252, 254, 255
President of Senate with a vote in case of tie............ 36
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Presides in certain impeachments.......................... 615a
Qualifications of......................................... 221
Qualifications of electors, as to loyalty.............. 230, 231
Removal, death, resignation, or inability of.............. 155
Term of................................................ 150, 241
To act as President if the House of Representatives fails
to choose............................................. 221
Views of minority.
Signing of................................................ 833
Reference of, to calendars................................ 831
Right to file............................................. 804
Violence.
Domestic, States may ask protection from.................. 189
Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund................................ 1128
Virgin Islands.
Delegate from, powers and privileges, see Delegates.
Visitors to institutions.
Do not hold incompatible offices.......................... 98
Viva voce vote.
Rules require officers of House, except Speaker, to be
elected by............................................ 640
Usage to elect Speaker by............................... 27, 640
Vocational education.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 720
Votes.
As to presentation of, to President for approval.......... 115
By which a bill is passed not communicated to the other
House................................................. 567
Delegates not to vote in House............................ 675
Delegates and Resident Commissioner, voting in committees
and formerly in the Committee of the Whole......... 675, 985
Each Senator to have one.................................. 32
Former de novo votes in House where Delegates' votes
decisive in Committee of the Whole.................... 985
Methods of recording in Journal...........................72, 75
Not to be noticed in the other House...................... 308
Of Chief Justice in impeachments.......................... 615a
Of electors of President, giving of....................... 153
Of Speaker not taken away by rule......................... 59
Of Speaker ordinarily and in case of tie.................. 631
Of Vice President in case of tie.......................... 36
Of States in the Senate................................... 190
Recorded vote considered vote by yeas and nays............ 1012
Speaker's authority to postpone........................... 1030
Transmittal and count of electoral..................... 219, 220
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Transmittal of, of electors of President.................. 153
Yeas and nays entered on Journal by order of one-fifth.... 75-78
Yeas and nays on vetoed bill entered on Journal........... 104
Voting.
Duties and rights of Members, Delegates, and Resident
Commissioner in.
Absent Members' votes not announced................... 1031
Member may demand count of Members to make quorum on
record vote....................................... 1020
Change of a vote........................................ 511, 1014, 1017
Disqualifying personal interest........................... 376, 671, 673
Control of vote by Member............................. 672
Duties and rights of Delegates and Resident Commissioner in
committees and formerly in Committee of the Whole.............. 675, 985
Former de novo votes in House where Delegates' votes
decisive in Committee of the Whole................ 985
May not authorize any other individual to cast his
vote.............................................. 674
Members convicted of certain crimes................... 1095
Members required to vote.............................. 671
Parliamentary law as to giving of votes............... 505
Proxy voting in committees prohibited................. 797
Relation of reading of papers to under former rule XXX......... 964, 965
Right of Member to have read once a paper on which he is to vote
432, 964
Withdrawal of a vote or correction of error in........ 1017
Right of, to demand a division of House after vote by
voice............................................. 501
Right to demand yeas and nays not to be overruled as
dilatory.......................................... 77
When Member involved in the cause of an inquiry................. 321-323
When Member involved in the course of an inquiry................ 321-323
Decisions by majority--tie.
Decision by voice of majority--tie votes.............. 508
Three-fifths vote.
On measures raising income tax rates.................. 1067
On bills considered on Corrections Calendar........... 898
Two-thirds vote.
In general............................................ 509
Calendar Wednesday, to dispense with business on............... 857, 900
Constitution, on proposed amendments to........................ 190, 192
Constitution, on amendment of other House to proposed
amendment to...................................... 192
Constitution, to agree to conference report on a proposed
amendment to................................................... 192, 549
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Expulsion, for........................................ 62
Impeachment, for conviction on........................ 38
Political disabilities, to remove.............................. 230, 231
Private Calendar, to dispense with on first Tuesday
each month........................................ 895
Report from Committee on Rules, to consider
immediately....................................... 857
Not required for immediate consideration of certain reports from
Committee on Rules...................................... 850, 1082, 1083
Suspension of the rules, on........................... 885
Treaties, Senate concurs in, by....................... 165
Veto, to pass bill over a...................................... 104, 109
By electronic system.
Use in House.......................................... 1014
Use in Committee of the Whole......................... 982
Bell and light indications............................ 1016
Procedure when voting system inoperable............... 1014a
Five-minute votes.
On postponed questions................................ 1030
On questions in sequence in House..................... 1032
On questions in sequence in Committee of the Whole.... 984
By sound and by division.
Division of the House after determination by sound.... 501
Messages not received during vote by division......... 562
Method of viva voce, and by division.................. 1012
Parliamentary provisions as to division not applicable
in the House...................................... 502
Repetition of demand for division..................... 1012
By recorded vote. See Recorded vote.
By tellers. See Tellers.
Former rule for voting by............................. 1012
By yeas and nays. See Yeas and nays.
By ballot.
Rule for.............................................. 1034
On bills, amendments.
As related to debate on amendment..................... 482
Former de novo votes in House where Delegates' votes
decisive in Committee of the Whole................ 985
On amendments, order and principle of................. 922
On articles in an impeachment......................... 618
On several stages and passage of a bill............... 944
Postponing record votes............................... 1030
Requirements as to, on a motion to reconsider......... 1008
Right to debate not precluded until negative is put... 482
Test of strength may be taken on a bill before
amendment......................................... 430
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Test of strength usually made on engrossment of a bill 429
Division. See Division.
In election of officers.
Electors, Presidential, chosen by ballot....................... 219, 220
Officers of House, except Speaker..................... 640
President, House elects, by ballot.................... 221
President, majority required in Electoral College or
in House to elect................................. 221
Speaker......................................................... 27, 312
Speaker elected by majority..................................... 27, 312
Vice President, in Senate in choice of................ 221
In general.
Bell and light system to indicate type of vote........ 1016
Business suspended by failure of a quorum............. 510
Decisions of points of order during................... 507
In joint committees................................... 325
Limitations on presentation of conference report
during............................................ 1077
Managers of two Houses vote separately at a conference 548
Members not to remain by Clerk's desk during.......... 962
Movement of Members during voting..................... 506
Postponed votes, Speaker's authority.................. 1030
Recording of votes by electronic equipment............ 1014
Right of suffrage not to be abridged for race, color, sex, poll
tax....................................................... 234, 240, 251
``Straw votes'' prohibited............................ 1012
Waiver. See also Rules.
Of privilege, not permitted to Members.................... 814
War.
Declaration of, Congress to make.......................... 127
Quartering of soldiers in houses during................... 210
States not to engage in, except on conditions............. 148
Treason to consist of levying of, against United States... 181
Trial for crimes in forces during......................... 212
Jurisdiction of bills declaring........................... 729
Jurisdiction of matters relating to soldiers of the World
Wars.................................................. 740
Jurisdiction as to pensions arising from.................. 740
Relative powers of Congress and the President...... 128, 1130(2)
War Claims.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 730
Warrants.
Clerk seals and attests all............................... 648
Certain, to issue only on certain conditions.............. 246
For arrest of absent Members......................... 1023, 1026
Signed by Speaker...................................... 624, 626
Warships.
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Water.
Not to be kept by States in time of peace................. 148
Jurisdiction of matters relating to common carriers by.... 739
Jurisdiction over water transportation generally.......... 739
Jurisdiction of matters relating to water power........... 739
Jurisdiction of matters relating to supply of, for
reclamation projects.................................. 732
Jurisdiction of matters relating to interstate compacts
relating to apportionment of, for irrigation purposes. 732
Jurisdiction of water conservation related to agriculture. 715
Waterways, inland.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 739
Ways and Means, Committee on.
Exempted from former rule proscribing committee sittings
during five-minute rule............................... 801
History and jurisdiction of............................... 741
Report from on ``major'' tax legislation formerly included
``dynamic estimate''.................................. 849
Report on tax proposal must include ``macroeconomic
analysis''............................................ 849
Weather Service, national.
Jurisdiction over subjects related to..................... 735
Wednesday, Calendar.
Rule for order of business on............................. 900
Business of, protected by two-thirds vote................. 857
In order to consider a veto message of the President...... 901
One committee can only occupy one day except to dispose of
unfinished business................................... 901
Previous question ordered, bill undisposed of on Tuesday,
goes over until Thursday.............................. 901
Privilege of general appropriation bills limited on.... 856, 900
Weights.
Congress to fix standard of............................... 121
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 735
Welfare, general.
An object of the Constitution............................. 1
Power of Congress to provide for.......................... 117
Welfare of miners.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 720
Wildlife.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to conservation of....... 732
Withdrawal.
Of motions, votes.
Of motions generally...................................... 392, 904, 905
Parliamentary law of as to motions.................... 460
Amendment reported from Committee of the Whole not
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Of motion to amend............................................. 922, 925
Of motion to amend in Committee of the Whole........................ 978
subject to........................................ 335
Of motion to amend in ``House as in Committee of the
Whole''........................................... 427
Of motion to reconsider............................... 1003
Of motion to suspend the rules........................ 889
Of point of no quorum................................. 55
Of vote............................................... 1017
Of Members, resignations, papers.
By President of paper accompanying a message.......... 571
Of a Member........................................... 22
Of Member when a matter concerning himself arises.............. 375, 376
Of papers from files.................................. 696
Of resignation not permitted.......................... 19
Of witnesses, counsel, and parties during examination
at bar of the House............................... 343
Witnesses.
Members as.
Members as witnesses.................................. 346
Method of obtaining testimony of a Member of the other
House............................................. 347
Power of one House to summon Members or officers of
the other......................................... 292
Privilege of Members of Congress as to summons as.............. 290, 292
Privilege of Members of Parliament not to be summoned
as................................................ 287
In examinations by the House.
Administration of oaths to................................ 343, 346, 805
Admission of counsel in........................................ 348, 803
Arraignment of contumacious........................... 344
Earlier and later practice as to inquiries at the bar
of the House...................................... 344
Examination of, in the House and in committee......... 343
Immunity of........................................... 343
Pay of................................................ 813
Power of the House to compel testimony................ 295
Procuring attendance of, when in custody of the other
House............................................. 345
The production of, at an inquiry...................... 342
Before committees.
Committee rules to be furnished to.................... 803
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Minority.............................................. 802
Interrogation of.......................................... 343, 802, 803
``Truth in testimony,'' curriculum vitae and
disclosure statements............................. 798
Testimony, advance statements of............................... 798, 803
Quorum must be present when perjurious testimony is given to
support charge of perjury............................ 343, 409, 800, 803
In criminal cases.
Compulsory process for obtaining...................... 213
Examination of, in an impeachment..................... 614
Necessary to convict for treason...................... 181
No person to be against self in criminal case......... 212
Right to confront, in criminal prosecutions........... 213
Words taken down.
Procedure in case of................................... 960, 961
Parliamentary procedure in taking down disorderly...... 368, 369
Work incentive programs.
Jurisdiction over subjects related to..................... 720
Works, public. See Public works.
Writing.
By Members at the Clerk's table during debate forbidden... 364
Motion reduced to, on demand of a Member.................. 902
Reports of committees to be in............................ 833
Writings.
Congress may provide exclusive rights to.................. 124
Writs.
Signed by Speaker...................................... 624, 626
Clerk seals and attests all............................... 648
Of election to fill vacancies............................. 17
Of habeas corpus, suspension of........................... 138
Of summonses in an impeachment......................... 608, 611
Yachts.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 739
Yeas and nays.
Automatically ordered.
On measures making general appropriations and
increasing income tax rates....................... 1033
On measures making general appropriations and
increasing income tax rates....................... 1093
Measures vetoed by the President...................... 104
Demanding and ordering.
Conditions of ordering.......................................... 76, 504
Demanding of.......................................... 77
Demand for, not to be held dilatory................... 903
Effect of the order of................................ 80
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In order in ``House as in Committee of the Whole''.... 427
Less than quorum may order............................ 76
One-fifth may order entry of, on Journal..............75, 78
Ordered during call of the House...................... 1019
Reconsideration of the ordering of.................... 79
Vacating order for.................................... 76
Voting by.
By the Speaker................................................ 631, 1015
Changes and corrections of votes...................... 1017
Combining the yea-and-nay vote with a call of the
House............................................. 1025
Count of those not voting to make a quorum of record
on a record vote.................................. 1020
Failure of quorum on, to be noticed................... 76
General provisions as to voting by.................... 504
In committees on amendments and motions to report a
bill, vote totals and names included in report.... 839
Interruptions of the record vote...................... 1018
Messages received during vote by...................... 562
Method of call of the roll for the yea-and-nay vote... 1015
Names of Members not entered on roll for, until sworn. 300
Not to be interrupted by arrival of time for a recess. 586
Not to be interrupted by conference report............ 1077
Qualifying in order to vote........................... 1015
Recorded vote considered vote by...................... 1012
Use of electronic device to record.................... 1014
Yielding.
Of Member having floor for motions or questions........... 946
Of time not permitted under five-minute debate............ 980
Zoological Park.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 739