[House Calendars for May 16, 2012 - 112th Congress, 2nd 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
 
                2012
H.R. 4119                            A bill to reduce the trafficking of drugs and to prevent human smuggling
  May 15                              across the Southwest Border by deterring the construction and use of
                                      border tunnels. (Pending is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules
                                      and pass, as amended.)
 
H.R. 2621                            A bill to establish the Chimney Rock National Monument in the State of
  May 15                              Colorado, and for other purposes. (Pending is the vote on the motion to
                                      suspend the rules and pass, as amended.)
 
H.R. 2745                            A bill to amend the Mesquite Lands Act of 1986 to facilitate implementation
  May 15                              of a multispecies habitat conservation plan for the Virgin River in Clark
                                      County, Nevada. (Pending is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules
                                      and pass, as amended.)
 
H. Res. 568                          A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding
  May 15                              the importance of preventing the Government of Iran from acquiring a
                                      nuclear weapons capability. (Pending is the vote on the motion to suspend
                                      the rules and agree, as amended.)
 
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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
Calendar of year 2012 ............................................    20
Status of major bills (first session) ............................    20
Status of major bills (second 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).