    [House Calendars for February 17, 2012 - 112th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

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                             ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS

                         FIRST SESSION    CONVENED JANUARY 5, 2011
                                          ADJOURNED JANUARY 3, 2012

                        SECOND SESSION    CONVENED JANUARY 3, 2012

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                                C A L E N D A R S

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                           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.
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    Legislative Day 24                                       Calendar Day 24

                            Friday, February 17, 2012

                              HOUSE MEETS AT 9 A.M.

                                 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 514, 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 514, 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 514, 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.