[House Calendars, Final - 117th Congress, 2nd Session]
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ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION CONVENED JANUARY 3, 2021
ADJOURNED JANUARY 3, 2022
SECOND SESSION CONVENED JANUARY 3, 2022
ADJOURNED JANUARY 3, 2023
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FINAL EDITION
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 117th Congress.
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. Additionally, Members must sign up with their
leadership for any special-order speech at least one
day 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 117th Congress:
DEBATE (1) on legislative days of Monday or Tuesday when
the House convenes pursuant to House Resolution 863,
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 863, 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 863, 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.