    [Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 104th Congress]
    [104th Congress]
    [House Document 103-342]
    [Rules of the House of Representatives]
    [Page 767]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                    Rule XL.

                            EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS.

    Sec. 936. Reception and reference of executive
    communications, including estimates.

      Estimates of  appropriations and all other
    communications from the executive departments, intended for the
    consideration of any committees of the House, shall be addressed to the
    Speaker, and by him referred as provided by clause 2 of rule XXIV.

      This rule was adopted in 1867 and amended in 1880 (V, 6593). It was
    renumbered January 3, 1953, p. 24.

      Formerly estimates of appropriations were transmitted through the
    Secretary of the Treasury (IV, 3573-3576, 4045), but under the Budget
    Act they are transmitted by the President.