[House Calendars for December 7, 2011 - 112th Congress, 1st Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




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                        ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS

                     FIRST SESSION    CONVENED JANUARY 5, 2011
                                      
                     SECOND SESSION   

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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
  calendars of the House to           will be included on the first
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Legislative Day 161                                     Calendar Day 163

                       Wednesday, December 7, 2011

                               SUSPENSIONS

                         HOUSE MEETS AT 10 A.M.

                         FOR MORNING-HOUR DEBATE


                             SPECIAL ORDERS

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                             SPECIAL ORDERS

SPECIAL ORDER   The Speaker's policy with regard to special-order 
SPEECHES            speeches announced on February 11, 1994, as 
                    clarified and reiterated by subsequent Speakers, 
                    will continue to apply in the 112th Congress, with 
                    the following modifications.
                The Chair may recognize Members for special-order 
                    speeches for up to 4 hours. 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, the Chair 
                    will not recognize for any special-order speeches 
                    beyond 10 o'clock in the evening.

                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. The second hour 
                    reserved to each party will be divided into two 30-
                    minute periods. Recognition for one-hour periods and 
                    for 30-minute periods will alternate initially and 
                    subsequently between the parties each day.

                The allocation of time within each party's 2-hour period 
                    (or shorter period if prorated to end by 10 p.m.) 
                    will 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. Additional guidelines may be established for 
                    such sign-ups by the respective leaderships.

                Before February 1, 2011, the Chair may recognize Members 
                    for 5-minute special-order speeches following the 
                    conclusion of legislative business, alternating 
                    initially and subsequently between the parties 
                    regardless of the date the order was granted by the 
                    House. The Chair may then recognize Members for 
                    longer special-order speeches. A Member recognized 
                    for a 5-minute special-order speech may not be 
                    recognized for a longer special-order speech.

                Pursuant to clause 2(a) of rule V, the television 
                    cameras will not pan the Chamber, but a ``crawl'' 
                    indicating the conduct of morning-hour debate 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 adaptations 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 and includes the ability to withdraw 
                    recognition for longer special-order speeches should 
                    circumstances warrant.

MORNING-HOUR    That during the first session of the 112th Congress: (1) 
DEBATE              on legislative days of Monday or Tuesday when the 
                    House convenes pursuant to House Resolution 10, the 
                    House shall convene two hours earlier than the time 
                    otherwise established by the resolution for the 
                    purpose of conducting morning-hour debate; (2) on 
                    legislative days of Wednesday or Thursday beginning 
                    on February 1, 2011, when the House convenes 
                    pursuant to House Resolution 10, the House shall 
                    convene two hours earlier than the time otherwise 
                    established by the resolution for the purpose of 
                    conducting morning-hour debate; (3) when the House 
                    convenes pursuant to an order other than House 
                    Resolution 10, the House shall convene for the 
                    purpose of conducting morning-hour debate only as 
                    prescribed by such order; (4) the time for morning-
                    hour debate shall be allocated equally between the 
                    parties 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 
                    for 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; (e) no legislative business shall be 
                    in order except the filing of privileged reports; 
                    and (f) 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.