[House Calendars, Final - 106th Congress, 2nd Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]





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                       ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS

                     FIRST SESSION    CONVENED JANUARY 6, 1999
                                      ADJOURNED NOVEMBER 22, 1999


                    SECOND SESSION    CONVENED JANUARY 24, 2000
                                      ADJOURNED DECEMBER 15, 2000

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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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                     HOUSE CALENDAR - FINAL EDITION


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   PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JEFF TRANDAHL, CLERK OF THE HOUSE   
                           OF REPRESENTATIVES:

                 By the Office of Legislative Operations

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 The Clerk shall cause the calendars   -  Index to the Calendars will be 
  to be printed and distributed each   -   printed the first legislative
  legislative day, Rule II: clause 2(e) -  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 during the 106th 
                    Congress as outlined below:
                                    On Tuesdays, 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 four 
                                    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 be granted 
                                    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 
                                    subsequently 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 subsequently 
                                    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 
                                    speeches earlier than 1 week prior 
                                    to the special order, and additional 
                                    guidelines may be established for 
                                    such sign-ups by the respective 
                                    leaderships.

                                    The continuation of this format for 
                                    recognition by the Speaker is 
                                    without prejudice to the Speaker's 
                                    ultimate power of recognition under 
                                    (clause 2 of rule XIV) clause 2 of 
                                    rule XVII should circumstances so 
                                    warrant. (Agreed to Jan. 6, 1999.)

MORNING-HOUR    On motion of Mr. Armey, by unanimous consent, Ordered, 
DEBATE              That on legislative days of Monday and Tuesday 
                    during the first session of the 106th Congress--(1) 
                    the House shall convene 90 minutes earlier than the 
                    time otherwise established by order of the House 
                    solely for the purpose of conducting morning-hour 
                    debate (except that on Tuesdays after May 4, 1999, 
                    the House shall convene for that purpose one hour 
                    earlier than the time otherwise established by order 
                    of the House); (2) the time for morning-hour debate 
                    shall be limited to 30 minutes allocated to each 
                    party (except that on Tuesdays after May 4, 1999, 
                    the time shall be limited to 25 minutes allocated to 
                    each party and may not continue beyond 10 minutes 
                    before the hour appointed for the resumption of the 
                    session of the House); and (3) the form of 
                    proceeding to morning-hour debate shall be as 
                    follows: (a) the prayer by the Chaplain, the 
                    approval of the Journal, and the Pledge of 
                    Allegiance to the Flag shall be postponed until 
                    resumption of the session of the House; (b) initial 
                    and subsequent recognitions for debate shall 
                    alternate between the parties; (c) recognition shall 
                    be conferred by the Speaker only pursuant to lists 
                    submitted by the Majority Leader and the Minority 
                    Leader; (d) no Member may address the House for 
                    longer than 5 minutes (except the Majority Leader, 
                    the Minority Leader, or the Minority Whip); and (e) 
                    following morning-hour debate, the Chair shall 
                    declare a recess pursuant to clause 12 of rule I 
                    until the time appointed for the resumption of the 
                    session of the House. (Agreed to Jan. 19, 1999.)