[House Calendars, Final - 104th Congress, 2nd Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]





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                       ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS


                     FIRST SESSION  CONVENED JANUARY 4, 1995
                                    ADJOURNED JAN. 3 (Legislative 
                                      day of Dec. 22, 1995), 1996
 
                    SECOND SESSION  CONVENED JANUARY 3, 1996
                                    ADJOURNED OCTOBER 4, 1996

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                            C A L E N D A R S

                         OF  THE  UNITED  STATES

                       HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES

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                         HISTORY OF LEGISLATION

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                              FINAL EDITION



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   PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ROBIN H. CARLE, CLERK OF THE HOUSE   
                           OF REPRESENTATIVES:

                 BY THE OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE OPERATIONS

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 Calendars shall be printed      Index to the Calendars will be printed 
 daily--Rule XIII: clause 6     in the first legislative day of each week 
                                        the house is in session.

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                             SPECIAL ORDERS

SPECIAL ORDER   The format for recognition for morning hour debate and 
SPEECHES            restricted special order speeches, which began on 
                    February 23, 1994, will continue until the 
                    adjournment of the 2nd Session of the 104th Congress 
                    sine die as outlined below:
                                    On Tuesday, following legislative 
                                    business, the Chair may recognize 
                                    Members for special order speeches 
                                    up to midnight, and such speeches 
                                    may not extend beyond midnight. On 
                                    all other days of the week, the 
                                    Chair may recognize Members for 
                                    special order speeches up to 4 hours 
                                    after the conclusion of 5-minute 
                                    special order speeches. Such 
                                    speeches may not extend beyond the 
                                    4-hour limit without the permission 
                                    of the Chair, which may grant it 
                                    only with advance consultation 
                                    between the leaderships and 
                                    notification to the House. However, 
                                    at no time shall the Chair recognize 
                                    for any special order speeches 
                                    beyond midnight.

                                    The Chair will first recognize 
                                    Members for 5-minute special order 
                                    speeches, alternating initially and 
                                    subsequentially between the parties, 
                                    regardless of the date the order was 
                                    granted by the House. The Chair will 
                                    then recognize longer special order 
                                    speeches. The 4-hour limitation will 
                                    be divided between the majority and 
                                    minority parties. Each party is 
                                    entitled to reserve its first hour 
                                    for respective leaderships or their 
                                    designees. Recognition will 
                                    alternate initially and 
                                    subsequentially between the parties, 
                                    regardless of the date the order was 
                                    granted by the House.

                                    The allocation of time within each 
                                    party's 2-hour period, or shorter 
                                    period if prorated to end by 
                                    midnight, is to be determined by a 
                                    list submitted to the Chair by the 
                                    respective leaderships. Members may 
                                    not sign up for any special order 
                                    earlier than 1 week prior to the 
                                    special order, and additional 
                                    guidelines may be established for 
                                    such signups by the respective 
                                    leaderships.

MORNING HOUR    On motion of Mr. Armey, by unanimous consent, Ordered, 
DEBATE              That until the adjournment of the 2nd Session of the 
                    104th Congress Sine Die the House shall convene 90 
                    minutes earlier than the time otherwise established 
                    by order of the House on Mondays and Tuesdays of 
                    each week solely for the purpose of conducting 
                    ``morning hour'' debates under the following 
                    conditions: 1. The Prayer by the Chaplain, approval 
                    of the Journal, and the pledge of allegiance to the 
                    flag shall be postponed until resumption of the 
                    House session following the completion of morning 
                    hour debate; 2. Debate shall be limited to thirty 
                    minutes allocated to each party, with initial and 
                    subsequent recognitions alternating between parties; 
                    3. Recognition shall be conferred by the Speaker 
                    pursuant to lists submitted by the respective 
                    leaderships; 4. No Member shall be permitted to 
                    address the House for longer than five minutes 
                    except for the Majority Leader, Minority Leader, and 
                    Minority Whip; and 5. Morning hour debate shall be 
                    followed by a recess declared by the Speaker 
                    pursuant to clause 12 of rule 1, until the appointed 
                    hour for the resumption of legislative business.
                Provided, further that on Tuesdays falling after May 14 
                    of each year -
                                    the House shall convene for such 
                                    debates one hour earlier than the 
                                    time otherwise established by order 
                                    of the House (rather than 90 minutes 
                                    earlier); and

                                    the time for such debates shall be 
                                    limited to 25 minutes allocated to 
                                    each Party (rather than 30 minutes 
                                    to each); but

                                     in no event shall such debates 
                                    continue beyond the time that falls 
                                    10 minutes before the appointed hour 
                                    for the resumption of legislative 
                                    business.