[House Calendars for December 17, 2020 - 116th Congress, 2nd Session]
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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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                       HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES

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Legislative Day 156                                     Calendar Day 157

                       Thursday, December 17, 2020

                               SUSPENSIONS


 
                          HOUSE MEETS AT 12 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.)