[House Calendars for December 6, 2011 - 112th Congress, 1st Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
2011
H.R. 2584 A bill making appropriations for the Department of the Interior,
July 25 environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30,
July 26 2012, and for other purposes. (Pending in the Committee of the Whole House
July 27 on the State of the Union; Mr. Campbell of California, Chair.)
July 28
H.R. 944 A bill to eliminate an unused lighthouse reservation, provide management
Dec. 5 consistency by incorporating the rocks and small islands along the coast
of Orange County, California, into the California Coastal National
Monument managed by the Bureau of Land Management, and meet the original
Congressional intent of preserving Orange County's rocks and small
islands, and for other purposes. (Pending is the vote on the motion to
suspend the rules and pass.)
S 535 A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease certain lands
Dec. 5 within Fort Pulaski National Monument, and for other purposes. (Pending is
the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and pass.)
H.R. 2360 A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to extend the
Dec. 5 Constitution, laws, and jurisdiction of the United States to installations
and devices attached to the seabed of the Outer Continental Shelf for the
production and support of production of energy from sources other than oil
and gas, and for other purposes. (Pending is the vote on the motion to
suspend the rules and pass.)
H.R. 2351 A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to continue stocking fish in
Dec. 5 certain lakes in the North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National
Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area. (Pending is the
vote on the motion to suspend the rules and pass.)
H.R. 1560 A bill to amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian
Dec. 5 Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to allow the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Tribe
to determine blood quantum requirement for membership in that tribe.
(Pending is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and pass.)
S 683 A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain parcels of land to the town
Dec. 5 of Mantua, Utah. (Pending is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules
and pass.)
S. Con. Res. 32 A resolution to authorize the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make
Dec. 5 technical corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 470, an Act to further
allocate and expand the availability of hydroelectric power generated at
Hoover Dam, and for other purposes. (Pending is the vote on the motion to
suspend the rules and agree.)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section
Union Calendar.................................................... 1
House Calendar.................................................... 2
Private Calendar.................................................. 3
Calendar of Motions to Discharge Committees....................... 4
Public Laws....................................................... 5
Private Laws...................................................... 6
History of Bills and Resolutions:
House Bills............................................... 7
House Joint Resolutions................................... 8
House Concurrent Resolutions.............................. 9
House Resolutions......................................... 10
Senate Bills.............................................. 11
Senate Joint Resolutions.................................. 12
Senate Concurrent Resolutions............................. 13
Senate Resolutions........................................ 14
Reported Bills Referred under Time Limitations.................... 15
Bills in conference............................................... 16
Bills through conference (printed the first legislative day of
each week the House is in session)............................ 17
Index of Short Titles (printed the first legislative day of each
week the House is in session)................................. 18
Index (printed the first legislative day of each week the House is
in session)................................................... 19
Calendar of year 2011 ............................................ 20
Status of major bills (first session) ............................ 20
THE MORNING HOUR FOR THE CALL OF COMMITTEES
Rule XIV, clause 4:
``4. After the unfinished business has been disposed of, the
Speaker shall call each standing committee in regular order and then
select committees. Each committee when named may call up for
consideration a bill or resolution reported by it on a previous day and
on the House Calendar. If the Speaker does not complete the call of the
committees before the House passes to other business, the next call
shall resume at the point it left off, giving preference to the last
bill or resolution under consideration. A committee that has occupied
the call for two days may not call up another bill or resolution until
the other committees have been called in their turn.''
Note.--Call rests with the Committee on Agriculture.
CALENDAR WEDNESDAY BUSINESS
Rule XV, clause 6:
``6. (a) On Wednesday of each week, business shall not be in
order before completion of the call of those committees (except as
provided by clause 4 of rule XIV) whose chair, or other member
authorized by the committee, has announced to the House a request for
such call on the preceding legislative day.
(b) A bill or resolution on either the House or the Union
Calendar, except bills or resolutions that are privileged under the
Rules of the House, may be called under this clause. A bill or
resolution called up from the Union Calendar shall be considered in the
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union without motion,
subject to clause 3 of rule XVI. General debate on a measure considered
under this clause shall be confined to the measure and may not exceed
two hours equally divided between a proponent and an opponent.
(c) This clause does not apply during the last two weeks of a
session of Congress.''
Note.--Call rests with the Committee on Agriculture.
SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE DAYS
Calendar Wednesday.............. Wednesday of each week, when
specifically noticed, except during
the last 2 weeks of a session
(clause 6, rule XV).
Discharge Calendar.............. Second and fourth Mondays of each
month, except during the last 6 days
of a session (clause 2, rule XV).
District of Columbia business... Second and fourth Mondays of each
month (clause 4, rule XV).
Private Calendar................ First and third Tuesdays of each
month (clause 5, rule XV).
Suspension of rules............. Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays
and during the last 6 days of a
session (clause 1, rule XV).