[Deschler's Precedents, Volume 3, Chapters 10 - 14]
[Chapter 13. Powers and Prerogatives of the House]
[Index to Precedents]
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                               CHAPTER 13
 
                  Powers and Prerogatives of the House


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A. Generally

    Sec. 1. Scope
    Sec. 2. Admitting States to the Union

B. War Powers

    Sec. 3. In General
    Sec. 4. War Powers Act
    Sec. 5. Declarations of War
    Sec. 6. --House Action
    Sec. 7. --Senate Action
    Sec. 8. Legislation Authorizing Military Action Prior to War Powers 
            Act
    Sec. 9. Pre-World War II Legislative Restrictions on Military 
            Activity
   Sec. 10. Vietnam Era Restrictions on Military Activity
   Sec. 11. Receipt of Presidential Messages
   Sec. 12. Presidential Proclamations

C. House Prerogative to Originate Revenue Bills

   Sec. 13. In General
   Sec. 14. Consideration of Objections
   Sec. 15. Return of Senate Legislation
   Sec. 16. Tabling Objection to Infringement
   Sec. 17. Referring Objection to Committee
   Sec. 18. Action on House Bill in Lieu of Senate Bill

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   Sec. 19. Senate Action on Revenue Legislation
   Sec. 20. Authority to Make Appropriations

D. Congress and the Budget; Impoundment

   Sec. 21. In General; Congressional Budget Act

E. Relations With Executive Branch

   Sec. 22. In General; Confirmation of Nomination for Vice President
   Sec. 23. Executive Reorganization Plans

Appendix
  
                         DESCHLER'S PRECEDENTS


                          INDEX TO PRECEDENTS
                                     

ACTION agency reorganization plan, Sec. Sec. 23.1, 23.2
Agriculture and Interior, Departments of, reorganization plan 
    affecting, Sec. 23.8
Air Force, Army, and Navy, Departments of, reorganization plan 
    affecting, Sec. 23.9
Alaska, admission of, to Union, Sec. 2.1
American forces in Iceland, announcement of arrival of, Sec. 11.8
American ports, proclamation regarding use of, by belligerent nations, 
    Sec. 12.5
Appropriate, resolution regarding Senate authority to, Sec. 20.1
Appropriation for Department of Agriculture, Senate, Sec. 20.2
Appropriation for District of Columbia, Senate, Sec. Sec. 20.3, 20.4
Approval, by committee, of House bill in lieu of Senate bill, 
    Sec. Sec. 18.4, 18.5
Approval, on floor, of House bill in lieu of Senate bill, 
    Sec. Sec. 18.1-18.3
Army, Navy, and Air Force, Departments of, reorganization plan 
    affecting, Sec. 23.9
Backdoor spending, controls on, Sec. 21
Bases, exchange of destroyers for, Sec. 11.7
Berlin, resolution to protect, Sec. 8.9
Buckley v Valeo, Sec. 22.2
Budget, Bureau of, reorganization plan affecting, Sec. 23.3
Budget Committee, Sec. 21
Budget, congressional procedure to establish, Legislative 
    Reorganization Act of 1946 as affecting, Sec. 21.1
Budget control by Congress, Sec. 21
Bulgaria, House declaration of war as to, Sec. 6.4
Bulgaria, Hungary, and Rumania, request for declaration of war on, 
    Sec. 11.3
Bulgaria, Senate declaration of war as to, Sec. 7.4
Cambodia and Laos, prohibition of military support for, Sec. 10.2

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Cambodia, Laos, and North and South Vietnam, prohibition of funds for 
    military activities in, after fixed date, Sec. 10.4
Cambodia, North and South Vietnam, and Laos, prohibition of funds for 
    military activity in, after fixed date, Sec. 10.5
Cambodia, prohibition of American ground forces from, Sec. 10.3
Chair, constitutional issue not decided by, Sec. 19.1
Civil Aeronautics Board reorganization plan, Sec. 23.6
Commerce, Department of, reorganization plan affecting, Sec. 23.10
Committee approval of House bill in lieu of Senate bill, 
    Sec. Sec. 18.4, 18.5
Committee jurisdiction of bill incidentally producing revenue, Senate, 
    Sec. 19.2
Community Relations Service reorganization plan, Sec. 23.7
Concurrent resolutions on budget, Sec. 21
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, Sec. 21
Congressional Budget Office, Sec. 21
Congressional session, proclamation convening extraordinary, for 
    neutrality legislation, Sec. 12.3
Constitutional issue decided by Senate, Sec. 19.1
Cuba missile crisis, authorization to activate reserves during, 
    Sec. 8.11
Cuba, proclamation of embargo on trade with, Sec. 12.2
Cuba, resolution regarding Soviet weapons in, Sec. Sec. 8.7, 8.8
Deletion of tariff schedule amendments by Senate, Sec. 19.5
Destroyers for bases, announcement of exchange of, Sec. 11.7
District of Columbia government reorganization plan, Sec. 23.14
Embargo on trade with Cuba, proclamation of, Sec. 12.2
Emergency, proclamation of, regarding Korea, Sec. 12.1
Environmental Protection Agency reorganization plan, Sec. 23.16
Executive Office of the President and federal agencies, reorganization 
    plan affecting, Sec. 23.15
Federal agencies and Executive Office of the President reorganization 
    plan, Sec. 23.15
Federal Communications Commission reorganization plan, Sec. Sec. 23.17, 
    23.18
Federal Home Loan Bank Board reorganization plan, Sec. 23.19
Federal maritime functions reorganization plan, Sec. Sec. 23.20, 23.21
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation reorganization plan, 
    Sec. 23.22
Federal Security Agency, Social Security Board, and United States 
    Employment Service reorganization plan, Sec. 23.23
Federal Trade Commission reorganization plan, Sec. 23.24
Floor approval of House bill in lieu of Senate bill, Sec. Sec. 18.1-
    18.3
Forces, see military forces
Ford, Gerald R., confirmation of, as Vice President, Sec. 22.1
Foreign nations and Germany, proclamation regarding war between, 
    Sec. 12.4
Formosa and Pescadores, request for authority to protect, Sec. 11.5
Formosa and Pescadores, resolution to protect, Sec. Sec. 8.3, 8.4
Funds, prohibition of, for military activities in North and South 
    Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, Sec. 10.4
Germany and foreign nations, proclamation regarding war between, 
    Sec. 12.4

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Germany and Italy, request for declaration of war on, Sec. 11.2
Germany, House declaration of war on, Sec. 6.2
Germany, Senate declaration of war on, Sec. 7.2
Germany, termination of state of war with, Sec. 3.1
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Sec. Sec. 8.1, 8.2
Hawaii, admission of, to Union, Sec. 2.2
Health, Education, and Welfare reorganization plan, acceleration of 
    effective date for, Sec. Sec. 23.33, 23.34
Housing, Department of Urban Affairs and, reorganization plan 
    affecting, Sec. 23.13
Housing, lending, and insuring agencies reorganization plan, Sec. 23.25
Hungary, Bulgaria, and Rumania, request for declaration of war on, 
    Sec. 11.3
Hungary, House declaration of war on, Sec. 6.5
Hungary, Senate declaration of war on, Sec. 7.5
Iceland, announcement of arrival of American forces in, Sec. 11.8
Impoundment Act of 1974, Sec. 21
Impoundment controls by Congress, Sec. 21
Infringement of House revenue prerogative, Senate amendment to House 
    bill as, Sec. 19.4
Infringement of House revenue prerogative, Senate amendment to Senate 
    bill as, Sec. 19.3
Insuring, lending, and housing agencies reorganization plan, Sec. 23.25
Interior and Agriculture, Departments of, reorganization plan 
    affecting, Sec. 23.8
Internal Revenue, Bureau of, and Department of the Treasury 
    reorganization plan, Sec. 23.4
Italy and Germany, request for declaration of war on, Sec. 11.2
Italy, House declaration of war on, Sec. 6.3
Italy, Senate declaration of war on, Sec. 7.3
Japan, House declaration of war on, Sec. 6.1
Japan, request for declaration of war on, Sec. 11.1
Japan, Senate declaration of war on, Sec. 7.1
Jurisdiction of bill incidentally producing revenue, Senate committee, 
    Sec. 19.2
Korea, proclamation of national emergency regarding, Sec. 12.1
Labor, Department of, reorganization plan, Sec. Sec. 23.11, 23.12
Laos and Cambodia, prohibition of military support for, Sec. 10.2
Laos and Thailand, prohibition of American ground forces from, 
    Sec. 10.1
Laos, Cambodia, and North Vietnam, prohibition of funds for military 
    activities in, after fixed date, Sec. 10.4
Laos, North and South Vietnam, and Cambodia, prohibition of military 
    activity in, after fixed date, Sec. 10.5
Lebanon, announcement of deployment of Marines to, Sec. 11.9
Lending, housing, and insuring agencies reorganization plan, Sec. 23.25
Lend-lease Act, Sec. 9.3
Marines, announcement of deployment of, to Lebanon, Sec. 11.9
Maritime functions, reorganization plan for federal, Sec. Sec. 23.20, 
    23.21
Middle Eastern nations, request for authority to protect, Sec. 11.4
Middle Eastern nations, resolution to protect, Sec. Sec. 8.5, 8.6
Military activities, prohibition of funds for, in North and South 
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Military assistance to American Republics, Sec. 9.2
Military forces (American), announcement of arrival of, in Iceland, 
    Sec. 11.8
Military forces (American), prohibition of, from Cambodia, Sec. 10.3
Military forces (American), prohibition of, from Thailand and Laos, 
    Sec. 10.1
Military forces, inducted, limited to western hemisphere, Sec. 9.5
Military forces (Marines), announcement of deployment of, to Lebanon, 
    Sec. 11.9
Military forces, reserve, authorization to activate, Sec. Sec. 8.10, 
    8.11
Military forces, reserve, limited to western hemisphere, Sec. 9.4
Military involvement, prohibition of, in North and South Vietnam, Laos, 
    and Cambodia after fixed date, Sec. 10.5
Military support for Cambodia and Laos prohibited, Sec. 10.2
Narcotics, Bureau of, reorganization plan, Sec. 23.5
National emergency, proclamation of, regarding Korea, Sec. 12.1
National Labor Relations Board reorganization plan, Sec. Sec. 23.26, 
    23.27
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reorganization plan, 
    Sec. 23.28
Navy, Army, and Air Force, Departments of, reorganization plan 
    affecting, Sec. 23.9
Neutrality Act, Sec. 9.1
Neutrality legislation, extraordinary congressional session convened 
    for, Sec. 12.3
Neutrality legislation, request for, Sec. 11.6
North and South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, prohibition of funds for 
    military activities in, after fixed date, Sec. 10.4
North and South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, prohibition of military 
    involvement in, after fixed date, Sec. 10.5
Objection to Senate general surtax amendment to House excise tax bill, 
    tabling, Sec. 16.1
Pescadores and Formosa, request for authority to protect, Sec. 11.5
Pescadores and Formosa, resolution to protect, Sec. Sec. 8.3, 8.4
Ports (American), proclamation regarding use of, by belligerent 
    nations, Sec. 12.5
Postponing vote on reorganization plan, Sec. 23.35
Prerogative to raise revenue, Senate amendment to House bill as 
    infringement of, Sec. 19.4
Prerogative to raise revenue, Senate amendment to Senate bill as 
    infringement of, Sec. 19.3
Prerogatives of House, infringement of, as privileged matter, Sec. 14.1
Prerogatives of House, timeliness of objection to alleged Senate 
    infringement of, Sec. 14.2
President, Executive Office of, and federal agencies, reorganization 
    plan affecting, Sec. 23.15
President's authority to exchange ships for bases, opinion of Attorney 
    General on, Sec. 3.2
Privileged matter, infringement of House prerogative as, Sec. 14.1
Reconstruction Finance Corporation reorganization plan, Sec. 23.30
Referral to committee of objection to Senate authorization to use 
    securities proceeds as debt, Sec. 17.1
Reorganization plans
    ACTION, Sec. Sec. 23.1, 23.2
    Agriculture and Interior, Departments of, Sec. 23.8

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    Army, Navy, and Air Force, Departments of, Sec. 23.9
    Budget, Bureau of, Sec. 23.3
    Civil Aeronautics Board, Sec. 23.6
    Commerce, Department of, Sec. 23.10
    Community Relations Service, Sec. 23.7
    District of Columbia government, Sec. 23.14
    Environmental Protection Agency, Sec. 23.16
    Executive Office of the President and federa1 agencies, Sec. 23.15
    Federal Communications Commission, Sec. Sec. 23.17, 23.18
    Federal Home Loan Bank Board, Sec. 23.19
    Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, Sec. 23.22
    Federal Security Agency, United States Employment Service, and 
        Social Security Board, Sec. 23.23
    Federal Security, Federal Works, and loan agencies and Executive 
        Office of the President, Sec. 23.15
    Federal Trade Commission, Sec. 23.24
    Health, Education, and Welfare, Department of, acceleration of 
        effective date for, Sec. Sec. 23.33, 23.34
    insuring, housing, and lending agencies, Sec. 23.25
    Internal Revenue, Bureau of, and Department of the Treasury, 
        Sec. 23.4
    Labor, Department of, Sec. Sec. 23.11, 23.12
    lending, housing, and insuring agencies, Sec. 23.25
    maritime functions, Sec. Sec. 23.20, 23.21
    Narcotics, Bureau of, Sec. 23.5
    National Labor Relations Board, Sec. Sec. 23.26, 23.27
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Sec. 23.28
    Navy, Army, and Air Force, Departments of, Sec. 23.9
    postponing vote on, Sec. 23.35
    priority of consideration, Sec. 23.36
    Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Sec. 23.30
    Science, Office of, Sec. 23.29
    Securities and Exchange Commission, Sec. Sec. 23.31, 23.32
    Social Security Board, Federal Security Agency, and United States 
        Employment Service, Sec. 23.23
    United States Employment Service, Federal Security Agency, and 
        Social Security Board, Sec. 23.23
    Urban Affairs and Housing, Department of, Sec. 23.13
Reserve forces, authorization to activate, Sec. Sec. 8.10, 8.11
Reserve forces limited to Western Hemisphere, Sec. 9.4
Return of Senate measure
    adding another tax to House bill, Sec. 15.8
    amending Firearms Act, Sec. 15.7
    amending Silver Purchase Act, Sec. 15.1
    amending Tariff Act of 1930, Sec. 15.2
    amending tariff provisions, Sec. 15.6
    exempting olympic game receipts from taxation, Sec. 15.3
    raising duty on fishery products, Sec. 15.5
    redetermining sugar quota, Sec. 15.4
Revenue-raising prerogative, Senate amendment to House bill as 
    infringement of, Sec. 19.4
Revenue-raising prerogative, Senate amendment to Senate bill as 
    infringement of, Sec. 19.3
Rumania, Bulgaria, and Hungary, request for declaration of war on, 
    Sec. 11.3
Rumania, House declaration of war on, Sec. 6.6
Rumania, Senate declaration of war on, Sec. 7.6

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Science, Office of, reorganization plan affecting, Sec. 23.29
Securities and Exchange Commission reorganization plan, 
    Sec. Sec. 23.31, 23.32
Senate appropriation for Department of Agriculture, Sec. 20.2
Senate appropriation for District of Columbia, Sec. Sec. 20.3, 20.4
Senate authority to appropriate, resolution regarding, Sec. 20.1
Senate bill, committee approval of House bill in lieu of, 
    Sec. Sec. 18.4, 18.5
Senate bill, floor approval of House bill in lieu of, Sec. Sec. 18.1-
    18.3
Senate bill, return of, see Return of Senate measure
Senate committee jurisdiction of bill incidentally producing revenue, 
    Sec. 19.2
Senate deletion of tariff schedule amendments, Sec. 19.5
Senate infringement of House prerogatives, timeliness of objection to, 
    Sec. 14.2
Senate withdrawal of Internal Revenue Code amendments, Sec. 19.6
Social Security Board, Federal Security Agency, and United States 
    Employment Service reorganization plan, Sec. 23.23
South and North Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, prohibition of funds for 
    military activities in, after fixed date, Sec. 10.4
States, admission of, to Union
    Alaska, Sec. 2.1
    Hawaii, Sec. 2.2
Tabling objection to Senate general surtax amendment to House excise 
    tax bill, Sec. 16.1
Thailand and Laos, prohibition of American ground forces from, 
    Sec. 10.1
Timeliness of objection to alleged Senate infringement of House 
    prerogatives, Sec. 14.2
Timetable for budget preparation, Sec. 21
Treasury, Department of, and Bureau of Internal Revenue reorganization 
    plan, Sec. 23.4
United States Employment Service, Federal Security Agency, and Social 
    Security Board reorganization plan, Sec. 23.23
Urban Affairs and Housing, Department of, reorganization plan, 
    Sec. 23.13
Veto of War Powers Resolution, Sec. 4.1
Vice President, confirmation of Gerald R. Ford as, Sec. 22.1
Vietnam, North and South, Cambodia and Laos, prohibition of funds for 
    military activities in, after fixed date, Sec. 10.4
Vietnam, North and South, Cambodia and Laos, prohibition of military 
    activity in, after fixed date, Sec. 10.5
War
    Bulgaria, declaration of war on, by House, Sec. 6.4
    Bulgaria, declaration of war on, by Senate, Sec. 7.4
    Bulgaria, Hungary, and Rumania, request for declaration of war on, 
        Sec. 11.3
    Germany and foreign nations, proclamation regarding war between, 
        Sec. 12.4
    Germany and Italy, request for declaration of war on, Sec. 11.2
    Germany, declaration of war on, by House, Sec. 6.2
    Germany, declaration of war on by Senate, Sec. 7.2
    Hungary, Bulgaria, and Rumania, request for declaration of war on, 
        Sec. 11.3
    Hungary, declaration of war on, by House, Sec. 6.5

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    Hungary, declaration of war on, by Senate, Sec. 7.5
    Italy and Germany, request for declaration of war on, Sec. 11.2
    Italy, declaration of war on, by House, Sec. 6.3
    Italy, declaration of war on, by Senate, Sec. 7.3
    Japan, declaration of war on, by House, Sec. 6.1
    Japan, declaration of war on, by Senate, Sec. 7.1
    Japan, request for declaration of war on, Sec. 11.1
    Rumania, Bulgaria, and Hungary, request for declaration of war on, 
        Sec. 11.3
    Rumania, declaration of war on, by House, Sec. 6.6
    Rumania, declaration of war on, by Senate, Sec. 7.6
War Powers Resolution
    passage of, Sec. 4.2
    veto of, Sec. 4.1
Western Hemisphere, inducted land forces limited to, Sec. 9.5
Western Hemisphere, reserve forces limited to, Sec. 9.4
Withdrawal of Internal Revenue Code amendments by Senate, Sec. 19.6

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