    [House Calendars for October 8, 2019 - 116th Congress, 1st Session]
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                            ONE HUNDRED SIXTEENTH CONGRESS

                         FIRST SESSION    CONVENED JANUARY 3, 2019

                         SECOND SESSION

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    Legislative Day 146                                     Calendar Day 146

                            Tuesday, October 8, 2019

                                   SUSPENSIONS

                              HOUSE MEETS AT 1 P.M.

                                 SPECIAL ORDERS

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                                 SPECIAL ORDERS

    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 116th 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. The Chair will not recognize a Member for
                        more than one special-order speech per week, nor may
                        a Member sign up for a second special-order speech
                        in the same week. 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 116th Congress: (1)
    DEBATE              on legislative days of Monday or Tuesday when the
                        House pursuant to House Resolution 10, the House
                        shall convene 2 h than the time otherwise
                        established by the resolution for th conducting
                        morning-hour debate; (2) on legislative days of W
                        Thursday when the House convenes pursuant to House
                        Resolutio House shall convene 2 hours earlier than
                        the time otherwise by the resolution for the purpose
                        of conducting morning-hour (3) when the House
                        convenes pursuant to an order other than Resolution
                        10, the House shall convene for the purpose of co
                        morning-hour debate only as prescribed by such
                        order; (4) th morning-hour debate shall be allocated
                        equally between the p may not continue beyond 10
                        minutes before the hour appointed resumption of the
                        session of the House; and (5) the form of for
                        morning-hour debate shall be as follows: (a) the
                        prayer Chaplain, the approval of the Journal and the
                        Pledge of Alle to the flag shall be postponed until
                        resumption of the sessi House; (b) initial and
                        subsequent recognitions for debate sh alternate
                        between the parties; (c) recognition shall be conf
                        by the Speaker only pursuant to lists submitted by
                        the Major and by the Minority Leader; (d) no Member
                        may address the Ho longer than 5 minutes, except the
                        Majority Leader, the Minor or the minority whip; (e)
                        no legislative business shall be i except the filing
                        of privileged reports; and (f) following m debate,
                        the Chair shall declare a recess pursuant to clause
                        rule I until the time appointed for the resumption
                        of the se the House; and (6) the Speaker may
                        dispense with morning-hou upon receipt of a
                        notification described in clause 12(c) of or upon a
                        change in reconvening pursuant to clause 12(e) of
                        and notify Members accordingly. (Agreed to Jan. 3,
                        2019, legislative day, October 04, 201.)
    DAILY HOURS OF  Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 10, 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. 3, 2019, legislative day, October
                        04, 201.)