[House Calendars for January 18, 2013 - 113th Congress, 1st Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


 



                CALENDAR OF MOTIONS TO DISCHARGE COMMITTEES                



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      Rule XV, clause 2:

      ``2. (a) Motions to discharge committees shall be in order on the 

 second and fourth Mondays of a month. 

         ``(b)(1) A Member may present to the Clerk a motion in writing 

 to discharge_

      ``(A) a committee from consideration of a public bill or public 

 resolution that has been referred to it for 30 legislative days; or 

      ``(B) the Committee on Rules from consideration of a resolution that has

 been referred to it for seven legislative days and that proposes a special

 order of business for the consideration of a public bill or public resolution

 that has been reported by a committee or has been referred to a 

 committee for 30 legislative days. 

     ``(2) Only one motion may be presented for a bill or resolution. A Member 

 may not file a motion to discharge the Committee on Rules from consideration

 of a resolution providing for the consideration of more than one public bill

 or public resolution or admitting or effecting a nongermane amendment to a

 public bill or public resolution. p``(c) A motion presented under paragraph

 (b) shall be placed in the custody of the Clerk, who shall arrange a

 convenient place for the signatories of Members. A signature may be withdrawn

 by a Member in writing at any time before a motion is entered on the Journal.

 The Clerk shall make signatures a matter of public record, causing the names

 of the Members who have signed a discharge motion during a week to be

 published in a portion of the Congressional Record designated for that

 purpose on the last legislative day of the week and making cumulative lists

 of such names available each day for public inspection in an appropriate

 office of the House. The Clerk shall devise a means for making such lists

 available to offices of the House and to the public in electronic form. When

 a majority of the total membership of the House shall have signed the motion,

 it shall be entered on the Journal, published with the signatories thereto in

 the Record, and referred to the Calendar of Motions to Discharge Committees. 

     ``(d)(1) On the second and fourth Mondays of a month (except during the

 last six days of a session of Congress), immediately after the Pledge of

 Allegiance to the Flag, a motion to discharge that has been on the calendar

 for at least seven legislative days shall be privileged if called up by a

 Member whose signature appears thereon. When such a motion is called up, the

 House shall proceed to its consideration under this paragraph without

 intervening motion except one motion to adjourn. Privileged motions to

 discharge shall have precedence in the order of their entry on the Journal. 

       ``(2) When a motion to discharge is called up, the bill or resolution

 to which it relates shall be read by title only. The motion is debatable

 for 20 minutes, one-half in favor of the motion and one-half in opposition

 thereto. 

       ``(e)(1) If a motion prevails to discharge the Committee on Rules 

 from consideration of a resolution, the House shall immediately consider the

 resolution, pending which the Speaker may entertain one motion that the House

 adjourn. After the result of such a motion to adjourn is announced, the

 Speaker may not entertain any other dilatory motion until the resolution has

 been disposed of. If the resolution is adopted, the House shall immediately

 proceed to its execution.

       ``(2) If a motion prevails to discharge a committee from

 consideration of a public bill or public resolution, a motion that the House

 proceed to the immediate consideration of such bill or resolution shall be

 privileged if offered by a Member whose signature appeared on the motion to

 discharge. The motion to proceed is not debatable. If the motion to proceed

 is adopted, the bill or resolution shall be considered immediately under the

 general rules of the House. If unfinished before adjournment of the day on

 which it is called up, the bill or resolution shall remain the unfinished

 business until it is disposed of. If the motion to proceed is rejected, the

 bill or resolution shall be referred to the appropriate calendar, where it

 shall have the same status as if the committee from which it was discharged

 had duly reported it to the House.

        ``(f)(1) When a motion to discharge originated under this clause has 

 once been acted on by the House, it shall not be in order to entertain 

 during the same session of Congress_

      ``(A) a motion to discharge a committee from consideration of that 

 bill or resolution or of any other bill or resolution that, by relating in

 substance to or dealing with the same subject matter, is substantially the

 same; or 

       ``(B) a motion to discharge the Committee on Rules from consideration

 of a resolution providing a special order of business for the consideration

 of that bill or resolution or of any other bill or resolution that, by

 relating in substance to or dealing with the same subject matter, is

 substantially the same.

       ``(2) A motion to discharge on the Calendar of Motions to Discharge

 Committees that is rendered out of order under subparagraph (1) shall be

 stricken from that calendar.''



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Motion No.                                                        Calen- 

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