[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.