[House Calendars, Final - 108th Congress, 2nd Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


 
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                          ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS




                     FIRST SESSION    CONVENED JANUARY 7, 2003

                                      ADJOURNED DECEMBER 8, 2003

                    SECOND SESSION    CONVENED JANUARY 20, 2004
                                      ADJOURNED DECEMBER 7, 2004

                            C A L E N D A R S

                          OF THE UNITED STATES

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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                         HISTORY OF LEGISLATION











                              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      Index to the Calendars will be printed 
 calendars of the House to        in the first legislative day of each 
 be printed and distributed       week the House is in session.
 each legislative day.
 Rule II, clause 2(e)

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SPECIAL ORDER   The format for recognition for morning-hour debate and 
SPEECHES            restricted special order speeches, which began on 
                    February 23, 1994, was reiterated on January 4, 
                    1995, and was supplemented on January 3, 2001, will 
                    continue to apply in the 108th 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 five- minute special-order 
                    speeches. Such  speeches may not extend beyond 
                    the four-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 five- 
                    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-orders speeches. A Member recognized for 
                    a five-minute special-order speech may not be 
                    recognized for a longer special-order speech. 
                    The four-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 each day.

                    The allocation of time within each party's two- 
                    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 with their 
                    leadership  for any special-order speeches earlier 
                    than one week prior to the special-order, and 
                    additional guidelines may be established for such 
                    sign-ups by the respective leaderships.

                    Pursuant to clause 2(a) of rule V, the television 
                    cameras will not pan the Chamber, but a ``crawl'' 
                    indicating morning hour or that the House has     
                    completed its legislative business and is 
                    proceeding with special-order speeches will appear 
                    on the screen. Other television camera adaptations 
                    during this period may be announced by the Chair.

                    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 XVII should circumstances so 
                    warrant.

MORNING-HOUR    On motion of Mr. DeLay, by unanimous consent, Ordered, 
DEBATE              That during the remainder of the 108th Congress--  
                    (1) on legislative days of Monday when the House 
                    convenes pursuant to House Resolution 488, the 
                    House shall convene 90 minutes earlier than the 
                    time otherwise established by that resolution 
                    solely for the purpose of conducting morning- 
                    hour debate; (2) on legislative days of Tuesday 
                    when the House convenes pursuant to House 
                    Resolution 488: (a) before May 31, 2004, the 
                    House shall convene for morning-hour debate 
                    90 minutes earlier than the time otherwise 
                    established by that resolution; and (b) after 
                    May 31, 2004, the House shall convene for 
                    morning-hour debate 1 hour earlier than the time 
                    otherwise established by that resolution; (3) on 
                    legislative days of Tuesday after May 31, 2004, 
                    when the House convenes for morning-hour debate 
                    pursuant to a separate order of the House, the 
                    House shall resume its session 90 minutes after 
                    such convening; (4) the time for morning-hour 
                    debate shall be limited to 30 minutes allocated 
                    to each party (except that on Tuesdays after May 
                    31, 2004, a 1-hour period 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 (5) the form of proceeding to 
                    morning-hour debate shall be as follows: 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; intial and subsequent 
                    recognitions for debate shall alternate between 
                    the parties; recognition shall be conferred by 
                    the Speaker only pursuant to lists submitted by 
                    the Majority leader and by the Minority leader; 
                    no Member may address the House for longer than 
                    5 minutes, except the Majority leader, the 
                    Minority leader, or the Minority whip; and 
                    following moring-hour debate, the Chair shall 
                    declare a recess pursuant to clause 12(a) of 
                    rule I until the time appointed for the 
                    resumption of the session of the House. (Agreed 
                    to Jan. 20, 2004.)