    [House Calendars for December 17, 2015 - 114th Congress, 1st Session]
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                            ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS

                         FIRST SESSION    CONVENED JANUARY 6, 2015

                         SECOND SESSION

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    Legislative Day 156                                     Calendar Day 156

                           Thursday, December 17, 2015

                              HOUSE MEETS AT 9 A.M.

                                 SPECIAL ORDERS

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                                 SPECIAL ORDERS

    HOUR OF         On motion of Mr. Paulsen, by unanimous consent, Ordered,
    MEETING             That when the House adjourns Wednesday, Dec. 16,
                        2015, it adjourn to meet at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Dec.
                        17, 2015. (Agreed to Dec. 16, 2015.)
    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 114th 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 Chair
                        wishes to clarify for Members that any 60- or 30-
                        minute period that is not claimed at the appropriate
                        time will be considered to have expired; this
                        includes the first 60-minute period of the 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.

                    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 114th Congress: (1)
    DEBATE              on legislative days of Monday or Tuesday when the
                        House convenes pursuant to House Resolution 9, the
                        House shall convene 2 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 9, the
                        House shall convene 2 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 9, 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; and (6) the Speaker may
                        dispense with morning-hour debate upon receipt of a
                        notification described in clause 12(c) of rule I, or
                        upon a change in reconvening pursuant to clause
                        12(e) of rule I, and notify Members accordingly.
                        (Agreed to Jan. 6, 2015.)
    DAILY HOURS OF  Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 9 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. 6, 2015.)