[House Calendars for January 4, 2019 - 116th Congress, 1st Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


                           UNFINISHED BUSINESS



 

                2019

H. Res. 6                            A resolution adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One

  Jan. 3                              Hundred Sixteenth Congress, and for other purposes. (Pending in the

                                      House.)

 

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                            TABLE OF CONTENTS



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                                                                 Section

Union Calendar....................................................     1

House Calendar....................................................     2

Private Calendar..................................................     3

Consensus Calendar................................................     4

Calendar of Motions to Discharge Committees.......................     5

Public Laws.......................................................     6

Private Laws......................................................     7

History of Bills and Resolutions:

        House Bills...............................................     8

        House Joint Resolutions...................................     9

        House Concurrent Resolutions..............................    10

        House Resolutions.........................................    11

        Senate Bills..............................................    12

        Senate Joint Resolutions..................................    13

        Senate Concurrent Resolutions.............................    14

        Senate Resolutions........................................    15

Reported Bills Referred under Time Limitations....................    16

Bills in conference...............................................    17

Bills through conference (printed the first legislative day of 

    each week the House is in session)............................    18

Index of Short Titles (printed the first legislative day of each 

    week the House is in session).................................    19

Index (printed the first legislative day of each week the House is 

    in session)...................................................    20

Calendar of year 2019 ............................................    21

Status of major bills (first session) ............................    21





               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.

        (d) Precedents, rulings, or procedures in effect before the One 

Hundred Eleventh Congress regarding the priority of business and the 

availability of other business on Wednesday shall be applied only to the 

extent consistent with this clause.''

        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).