[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 20, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H3]
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                  MAKING IN ORDER MORNING HOURS DEBATE

  Mr. DeLAY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that during the 
remainder of the 108th Congress:
  (1) on legislative days of Monday when the House convenes pursuant to 
House Resolution 488, the House shall convene 90 minutes earlier than 
the time otherwise established by that resolution solely for the 
purpose of conducting morning-hour debate;
  (2) on legislative days of Tuesday when the House convenes pursuant 
to House Resolution 488:
  (a) before May 31, 2004, the House shall convene for morning-hour 
debate 90 minutes earlier than the time otherwise established by that 
resolution; and (b) after May 31, 2004, the House shall convene for 
morning-hour debate 1 hour earlier than the time otherwise established 
by that resolution;
  (3) on legislative days of Tuesday after May 31, 2004, when the House 
convenes for morning-hour debate pursuant to a separate order of the 
House, the House shall resume its session 90 minutes after such 
convening;
  (4) the time for morning-hour debate shall be limited to 30 minutes 
allocated to each party (except that on Tuesdays after May 31, 2004, a 
1-hour period shall be limited to 25 minutes allocated to each party 
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 to morning-hour debate shall be as 
follows:
  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; initial and subsequent recognitions for 
debate shall alternate between the parties; recognition shall be 
conferred by the Speaker only pursuant to lists submitted by the 
Majority leader and by the Minority leader; no Member may address the 
House for longer than 5 minutes, except the Majority leader, the 
Minority leader, or the Minority whip; and 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.
  The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Texas?
  There was no objection.

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