[House Calendars for September 14, 2022 - 117th Congress, 2nd Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
2022
H.R. 884 A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a national
Sept. 13 aviation preparedness plan for communicable disease outbreaks, and for
other purposes. (Pending is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules
and pass, as amended.)
H.R. 5774 A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Sept. 13 Assistance Act to ensure that unmet needs after a major disaster are met.
(Pending is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and pass, as
amended.)
H.R. 1468 A bill to amend title 40, United States Code, to eliminate the leasing
Sept. 13 authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and for other
purposes. (Pending is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and
pass, as amended.)
S 2293 A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Sept. 13 Assistance Act to provide certain employment rights to reservists of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes. (Pending is
the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and pass.)
S 4205 A bill to require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management
Sept. 13 Agency to establish a working group relating to best practices and Federal
guidance for animals in emergencies and disasters, and for other purposes.
(Pending is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and pass.)
S 442 A bill to amend title 40, United States Code, to require the Administrator
Sept. 13 of General Services to procure the most life-cycle cost effective and
energy efficient lighting products and to issue guidance on the
efficiency, effectiveness, and economy of those products, and for other
purposes. (Pending is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and
pass.)
H.R. 7939 A bill to make permanent certain educational assistance benefits under the
Sept. 13 laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the case of
changes to courses of education by reason of emergency situations, and for
other purposes. (Pending is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules
and pass, as amended.)
H.R. 7846 A bill to increase, effective as of December 1, 2022, the rates of
Sept. 13 compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the
rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of
certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes. (Pending is the vote on
the motion to suspend the rules and pass.)
H.R. 7735 A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to update the appraisal
Sept. 13 requirements for certain loans guaranteed by the Department of Veterans
Affairs, and for other purposes. (Pending is the vote on the motion to
suspend the rules and pass, as amended.)
H.R. 5916 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to allow for the electronic
Sept. 13 request of certain records, and for other purposes. (Pending is the vote
on the motion to suspend the rules and pass, as amended.)
H.R. 8260 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to shorten the timeframe for
Sept. 13 designation of benefits under Department of Veterans Affairs life
insurance programs, to improve the treatment of undisbursed life insurance
benefits by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
(Pending is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and pass, as
amended.)
H.R. 5865 A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
Sept. 13 located at 4110 Bluebonnet Drive in Stafford, Texas, as the ``Leonard
Scarcella Post Office Building''. (Pending is the vote on the motion to
suspend the rules and pass.)
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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 2021 ............................................ 21
Calendar of year 2022 ............................................ 21
Status of major bills (first session) ............................ 21
Status of major bills (second 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). Mondays of each
month (clause 4, rule XV).
Private Calendar................ First Tuesday 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).