    [House Calendars for September 15, 2020 - 116th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

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                            ONE HUNDRED SIXTEENTH CONGRESS

                         FIRST SESSION    CONVENED JANUARY 3, 2019
                                          ADJOURNED JANUARY 3, 2020

                         SECOND SESSION   CONVENED JANUARY 3, 2020

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                             U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE: 2020 99-038

    Legislative Day 113                                     Calendar Day 114

                           Tuesday, September 15, 2020

                                   SUSPENSIONS

                              HOUSE MEETS AT 9 A.M.

                             FOR MORNING-HOUR DEBATE

                                 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 second session of the 116th Congress:
    DEBATE              (1) on legislative days of Monday or Tuesday when
                        the House convenes pursuant to House Resolution 778,
                        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 778, 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 778, 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. 7, 2020.)
    DAILY HOURS OF  Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 778, 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, 2020.)