[House Calendars, Final - 109th Congress, 2nd Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



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                          ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS

                     FIRST SESSION    CONVENED JANUARY 4, 2005
                                      ADJOURNED DECEMBER 22, 2005

                    SECOND SESSION    CONVENED JANUARY 3, 2006
                                       

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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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                             SPECIAL ORDERS

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   PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF KAREN L. HAAS, 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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                              FINAL EDITION



                             SPECIAL ORDERS

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 109th 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. The Chair may 
                                    announce other television camera 
                                    adaptions during this period.

                                    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. Dreier, by unanimous consent, Ordered, 
DEBATE              That for the remainder of the 109th Congress: (1) on 
                    legislative days of Monday when the House convenes 
                    pursuant to House Resolution 8 the House shall 
                    convene 90 minutes earlier than the time otherwise 
                    established by that resolution solely for the 
                    purpose of conducting morning-hour debate; and (2) 
                    on legislative days of Tuesday when the House 
                    convenes pursuant to House Resolution 8: (a) before 
                    May 15, 2006, the House shall convene for morning-
                    hour debate 90 minutes earlier than the time 
                    otherwise established by that resolution; and (b) 
                    after May 15, 2006, the House shall convene for 
                    morning-hour debate one hour earlier than the time 
                    otherwise established by that resolution; and (3) on 
                    legislative days of Monday or Tuesday when the House 
                    convenes for morning-hour debate pursuant to an 
                    order other than House Resolution 8, the House shall 
                    resume its session 90 minutes after the time 
                    otherwise established by that order; (4) the time 
                    for morning-hour debate shall be limited to the 30 
                    minutes allocated to each party (except that on 
                    Tuesdays after May 15, 2006, 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 (5) 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 by 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 
                    following morning-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.


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