[Deschler's Precedents, Volume 1, Chapters 1 - 6]
[Chapter 5.  The House Rules, Journal, and Record]
[A. House Rules and Manual]
[Â§ 1. In General; Printing]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                               CHAPTER 5
 
                  The House Rules, Journal, and Record
 
                       A. HOUSE RULES AND MANUAL
 
Sec. 1. In General; Printing



    The following sections discuss the House Rules and Manual, with 
emphasis on certain general principles relating to the adoption and 
application of the rules.(1)
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 1. See also the general discussion of the rules in 8 Cannon's 
        Precedents Sec. Sec. 3376-3396.
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    The House Rules and Manual is a House document.(2) 
Included in it are the Constitution; Jefferson's Manual;(3) 
the rules of the House; certain provisions of the Legislative 
Reorganization Acts of 1946 and 1970; pertinent forms, such as forms of 
putting questions, of petitions, resolutions, bills, reports from 
committees, and the like; a description of the introduction of a bill 
and its progress to final passage; a description of joint committees; 
materials relating to the franking privilege and the assignment of 
rooms in the House office buildings; and a comprehensive index. Also 
included at appropriate points throughout the House Rules and Manual 
are the commentary of the Parliamentarian and pertinent references to 
the precedents of the House and to court cases and other materials.
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 2. Thus, the House Rules and Manual used by the 92d Congress was H. 
        Doc. No. 439, 91st Cong. 2d Sess. (1971).
 3. See Sec. 2, infra.
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    A statute(4) provides that each House may order printed 
as many copies as it desires, of the Senate Manual and of the House 
Rules and Manual.
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 4. 44 USC Sec. 720.                          -------------------
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Resolution Relating to House Rules and Manual

Sec. 1.1 At the end of a Congress, a resolution is customarily adopted 
    providing for the printing and distribution of a revised edition of 
    the House Rules and Manual for the succeeding Congress.

    A typical resolution relating to the printing and distribution of 
the House Rules and Manual was that adopted in the 91st 
Congress:(5)
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 5. 116 Cong. Rec. 44599, 91st Cong. 2d Sess., Jan. 2, 1971. 
        Substantially the same form of resolution has been adopted in 
        other Congresses. See, as examples, 114 Cong. Rec. 31313, 90th 
        Cong. 2d Sess., Oct. 14, 1968; 104 Cong. Rec. 19699, 85th Cong. 
        2d Sess., Aug. 23, 1958; and 94 Cong. Rec. 5746, 80th Cong. 2d 
        Sess., May 12, 1948.

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                                  H. Res. 1339

        Resolved, That a revised edition of the Rules and Manual of the 
    House of Representatives for the Ninety-second Congress be printed 
    as a House document, and that 1,600 additional copies shall be 
    printed and bound for the use of the House of Representatives, of 
    which 700 copies shall be bound in leather with thumb index and 
    delivered as may be directed by the Parliamentarian of the House 
    for distribution to officers and Members of Congress.