[House Calendars for January 2, 2015 - 113th Congress, 1st Session]
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                         ONE HUNDRED THIRTEENTH CONGRESS

                     FIRST SESSION    CONVENED JANUARY 3, 2013
                                      ADJOURNED JANUARY 3, 2014 

                    SECOND SESSION    CONVENED JANUARY 3, 2014
                                     
                                       

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                       HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES

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                         HISTORY OF LEGISLATION

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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.
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                           U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE: 2014 49-038
Legislative Day 135                                     Calendar Day 137

                         Friday, January 2, 2015




 
                          HOUSE MEETS AT 1 P.M.


                             SPECIAL ORDERS

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                             SPECIAL ORDERS

MORNING HOUR    That during the second session of the 113th Congress: 
DEBATE              (1) on legislative days of Monday or Tuesday when 
                    the House convenes pursuant to House Resolution 452, 
                    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, when the 
                    House convenes pursuant to House Resolution 452, 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 452, 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; (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; and (6) 
                    the Speaker may dispense with morning-hour debate 
                    upon receipt of a notification described in clause 
                    12(c) of rule I and notify Members accordingly. 
                    (Agreed to Jan. 7, 2014.)
DAILY HOURS OF  Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 452 and unless 
MEETING             otherwise ordered, the hour of daily meeting of the 
                    House shall be 2 p.m. on Mondays; noon on Tuesdays 
                    (or 2 p.m. if no legislative business was conducted 
                    on the preceding Monday); noon on Wednesdays and 
                    Thursdays; and 9 a.m. on all other days of the week. 
                    (Agreed to Jan. 7, 2014.)