[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.)