[Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 104th Congress]
[104th Congress]
[House Document 103-342]
[General Index]
[Pages 1117-1299]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



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                                  INDEX


                                I N D E X

                                                                 Section
Absence.  See also Attendance, Quorum, etc.

    Attendance required.

        Arrest of Members for absence........................... 768-770

        Arrest of Members attending committee meetings during call 

            of the House notwithstanding leave for committee to 

            sit...................................................   324

        Call of House in new form............................. 773, 774a

        Call of House in old form............................... 768-771

        Deductions from pay of Members on account of absence......   86,

                                                                     657

        House may excuse, during call of the House................   769

        Jurisdiction of matters relating to.......................  679a

        Members to be present unless excused......................   656

        Names of Members reported when quorum fails in Committee 

            of the Whole..........................................   863

        Of Chairman in Committee..................................   705

        Rule of Parliament as to..................................   311

    Leave of.

        Presentation of requests for..............................   657

        Revoked but not granted during call of the House..........   769
Accounts.

    In the House, jurisdiction as to..............................  677a

    Of receipt and expenditures of public money to be published...   143
Accusation.

    Common fame as ground for.....................................   341

    Right of accused to be informed of in criminal cases..........   213
Accused.

    Right of, to be heard before investigating committee..........   712

    Rights of, in criminal prosecutions...........................   213
Acts.

    Signed by Speaker.......................................... 624, 626

    States reciprocally to give full faith and credit to public...   183
Addresses.

    Signed by Speaker.............................................   624

    Of and to the early Presidents................................   316 

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Adhere, motion to.
                                                                  

    Precedence of....................................... 486, 528b, 528d

    Insisting and adhering in the practice of the House...........   522

    Not equivalent of receding or insisting when decided in the 

        negative..................................................   488

    One House may not by amendment depart from the form it has 

        fixed by adherence........................................   526

    Parliamentary principles as to disagreeing, insisting, and 

        adhering..................................................   521

    Previous question being ordered on, the motion to recede not 

        admitted..................................................   525

    Relations of adherence to conference....................... 553, 554
Adjourn, motion to.  See also Adjournment.

    Nature and conditions of.

        As to amendment of..................................... 585, 783

        As to repetition of.......................................   789

        General conditions of.................................. 782, 783

        May be held dilatory......................................   803

        Not debatable.............................................   782

    Precedence of.

        High privilege and precedence of.................. 439, 782, 783

        In order after ordering of yeas and nays..................    80

        In order before reading of the Journal....................   621

        In order during new form of call of the House......... 773, 774a

        In order in House as in Committee of the Whole............   427

        Not in order after House has voted to go into Committee of 

            the Whole.............................................   783

        Not in order in Committee of the Whole............ 333, 334, 783

        Not in order where previous question ordered to final 

            passage without intervening motion....................   783

        Not to interrupt Member having the floor in debate..... 393, 750

        One in order pending motion for suspension of rules.......   801

        One in order pending report from Committee on Rules.......  729a

        Privileged over motion to reconsider......................   812

        Privileged over questions of privilege....................   661

        Yields to presentation but not consideration of conference 

            reports...............................................   909

    Relation of, to quorum.

        In order in absence of quorum........................... 52, 769

        In order during new form of call of the House......... 773, 774a

        Not in order when Committee of the Whole rises to report 

            proceedings incident to securing quorum...............   783 

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    To fix the day.

        General conditions of motion to fix the day to which the 

            House shall adjourn...................................   784

        Privilege of motion to adjourn to day and time certain..... 782, 

                                                                     784
Adjourn to day and time certain, motion to........................   782
Adjournment.  See also Adjourn, motion to.

    Of the House alone.

        At the end of the term of a Congress......................     6

        For 3 days or less........................................82, 83

        Hours of, entered on the Journal..........................   790

        House has adjourned for more than 1 day before election of 

            Speaker...............................................    83

        May be taken by less than a quorum................. 52, 769, 773

        Pronounced by the Speaker.................................   587

        Speaker takes Chair at hour to which House has adjourned..   621

    Of Congress--Requirements as to.

        Adjournment during pleasure effected by a recess..........   586

        Case in which President may cause.........................   171

        Neither House to adjourn for more than 3 days without 

            consent of other......................................82, 83

        Of a session as related to constitutional day of meeting..    45

        Parliamentary law as to the adjournment of the Lords and 

            Commons...............................................   584

        Prohibited before completion of congressional budget 

            process.................................... 1007 (sec. 310f)

        Session not terminated by an adjournment of Congress for a 

            fixed time over 3 days................................   590

        Time of...................................................     6

        To be in July with certain exceptions.....................   947

    Of Congress--Manner of.

        For more than 3 days by concurrent resolution.............    84

        Jurisdiction of resolutions for final, of Congress........  682a

        Manner of closing a session by action of the two Houses...   591

        Resolution to provide for, over 3 days privileged.........    84

        Resolutions relating to, not presented to President for 

            approval..............................................   115

    Of Congress--Effect of.

        As affecting signing of enrolled bills....................   577

        As affecting the functions of committees..................   589

        As related to action on a veto message....................   107

        Conferences not interrupted by............................   533

        Duties of clerks as to committee papers at................   932

        Effect of, as to bills in hands of President..............   111

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        Effect of adjournment to day certain, as to bills in hands 

            of President..........................................   113

        Impeachment not interrupted by............................   620

        Journal of last day not approved........................ 74, 621

        Obsolete law as to business at time of....................   385

        Parliamentary law as to business at the termination of a 

            session...............................................   592

    Of a debate.

        Of a debate, obsolete practice as to......................   444
Administrative Oversight.

    Former subcommittee on........................................   693
Administrator of General Services.

    Bills that become law deposited with....................... 105, 109
Admiralty.

    Judicial power extends to cases of............................   178
Admission.  See Floor and Galleries.
Adverse Reports.

    Placing of, on the Calendars..................................   744

    From Committee on Rules.......................................   730

    On privileged questions.......................................   726
Affirmation.  See also Oath.

    In lieu of oath...............................................   196

    In support of certain warrants................................   211

    Senators on, for trial of impeachments........................    38
Affirmative.

    Of one question amounting to the negative of another........ 485-488
Affrays.

    Proceedings in cases of, on the floor.........................   367
Age.

    As qualification of a Representative..........................     9

    As qualification of a Senator.................................    35

    As qualification of the President of the United States........   154

    Reference to, as a qualification of suffrage..................   226

    Right to vote extended to persons 18 years or older...........   257
Aging.

    Former select committee on....................................   702
Agree, motion to.

    Amendments in order on motion to..............................   487

    Negative of, equivalent to affirmative of disagree............   487

    Order of precedence of................... 486, 528, 528a, 528b, 528d

    Precedence of motion to amend over motion to agree or disagree

                                                         528, 528b, 528d

    Priority of amendments over........................  456, 528b, 528d 

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Agreements.
    

    States not to enter into, without consent of Congress.........   148
Agriculture.

    Committee on.

        History and jurisdiction of...............................   670
Aid.  See also Treason.

    To enemies of United States, treason....................... 181, 230
Alcoholic Liquors.

    Jurisdiction as to bills relating to, generally...............  679b

    Jurisdiction as to sale of, in District of Columbia...........   676
Aliens.

    Jurisdiction of bills relating to, generally..................  679a
Alliance.

    States not to enter into......................................   146
Alteration.

    Improper, of a bill...........................................   352
Ambassadors.

    Admitted to the floor of the House............................   919

    Duty of President to receive..................................   172

    Gallery for use of............................................   922

    Judicial power extends to cases affecting.....................   178

    Jurisdiction of Supreme Court in cases affecting..............   179

    President appoints............................................   166
Amend, motion to.

    General conditions of.

        Conditions, form, and precedence of the motion.......... 822-826

        In order to amend motion to commit with instructions 

            unless previous question ordered......................   788

        Must be germane......................................... 794-800

        Not to be applied to a conference report..................   550

        Not in order in third degree........................... 454, 823

        Precedence of.......................................... 782, 825

        Precedence of motion to, over motion to agree or disagree 

                                                   528, 528a, 528b, 528d

        Precedence of motion to, over one to strike out or agree..   456

        Rule as to offering, degree of, etc.......................   822

        Substitute................................................   822

        To title of a bill................................ 427, 512, 822

        Withdrawal of.............................................   824

        Yields precedence to motion to refer......................   449

    Relations of.

        Application of previous question to.................... 450, 804

        Not applicable to the previous question................ 452, 826

        Relations of, to motion to postpone.......... 449, 451, 453, 826

        Relations of, to other motions............................   826

        Relations of, to points of order..........................  823a 

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    Striking out and inserting.

        Matter to be inserted not divisible.......................   793

        Negative of motion to strike out not a bar to further 

            amendment.............................................   793

        Relations to motion to strike out enacting words..........   875

        To strike out and insert not divisible....................   793
Amendments.

    General conditions of.

        Amending portions of bill already amended.................   469

        Form, conditions, precedence, etc., of.................. 822-826

        Commemoratives prohibited.................................   852

        Conferees restricted as to action on Senate amendments 

            proposing appropriations..............................   829

        Copies of, furnished by Clerk.............................   870

        Closing debate on.........................................   762

        Divisibility of amendments............................ 792, 834f

        Do not have several readings as in case of bills..........   496

        En bloc...................................................  834f

        Modification of...........................................   822

        Not in order in the third degree....................... 454, 823

        Of a conference report not in order.......................   542

        Of motion to adjourn................................... 585, 826

        On general appropriation bills, limited........ 834c, 834d, 834e

        On general appropriation bills, en bloc...................  834f

        Priority of, over motions to strike out or agree..........   456

        Proposing a commemorative prohibited......................   852

        Proposing an appropriation prohibited.....................  846a

        Proposing settlement of certain claims prohibited.........   852

        Proposing taxes or tariffs............................ 846b-846d

        Reading, motion to dispense with, in Committee of Whole...  873b

        Relation of, to division of the question for voting.... 482, 792

        Relation of point of order to motion to amend.............  823a

        Right of Member who has spoken to the main question to 

            speak to an amendment.............................. 465, 762

        Senate may concur with, on revenue bills..................   102

        Separate vote on Senate, if not germane...................  913c

        Speaker not to decide as to legislative or legal effect or 

            consistency of..................................... 466, 627

    Germane.

        Required to be germane....................................   794

        Amendment being considered, which would have been subject 

            to a point of order, may be perfected by amendments 

            germane to it.........................................  842a

        Amendments imposing conditions, qualifications and 

            limitations...........................................   800 

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        Amendments to bills amending existing law.................   799

        Amendments to special orders reported from Rules Committee   794

        Committee jurisdiction as test of germaneness.............  798c

        Fundamental purpose as test of germaneness................  798b

        General provision not germane to a specific subject.......  798f

        Instructions to committees and amendments thereto must be 

            germane...............................................   796

        One individual proposition not germane to another.........  798e

        Parliamentary law as to germaneness.......................   467

        Proposition to which amendment must be germane............   795

        Senate amendments and matter contained in conference 

            reports, procedure for consideration if not germane.... 797, 

                                                              913b, 913c

        Specific subjects germane to general propositions of the 

            class.................................................  798g

        Subject matter as test of germaneness.....................  798a

        Various tests of germaneness are not exclusive............  798d

    Striking out and inserting.

        Application of the motion to strike out...................   472

        Conditions of repetition of motions to strike out and 

            insert................................................   471

        Conditions of striking out an amendment already agreed to.   474

        Effect of affirmative vote on motion to strike out and 

            insert................................................   473

        Motions to strike out and insert not divisible............   793

        Negative decision on motion to strike out not bar to 

            further amendment.....................................   793

        Principles as to perfecting, before inserting or striking 

            out...................................................   469

        Priority of perfecting amendments over....................   456

        Reading the motion and putting the question on motion to 

            strike out and insert.................................   470

        To strike out certain words of a bill.....................   468

    Of bills.

        Action of House on those, reported from a committee.......   423

        Clerk makes corrections of section numbers of.............   479

        For joining and dividing bills............................   476

        For transposing the sections..............................   477

        In ``House as in Committee of the Whole''.................   427

        Method of noting amendments to a bill.....................   417

        Numerical designations of amendments printed in Record....   874

        Of bills in standing and select committees................   412

        Offered after second reading and before engrossment and 

            third reading...................................... 428, 497 

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        Order of amending bills in the House......................   413

        To the preamble...........................................   414

        To title of a bill, parliamentary law as to....... 427, 512, 822

    In Committee of the Whole.

        Dispensing with reading of certain amendments in Committee 

            of the Whole..........................................  873b

        Limitation and retrenchment amendments preempted by motion 

            to rise......................................... 834c, 834dd

        Numerical designations of amendments printed in Record....   874

        On general appropriation bills, en bloc...................  834f

        Pro forma, in Committee of the Whole......................  873a

        Printing in Record of proposed, 10 minutes debate required 

            on, in Committee of Whole.............................   874

        Reading concurrent resolution on budget for amendment.....  876b

        Rule as to consideration of, in Committee of the Whole..... 870, 

                                                               872, 873a

        Withdrawal of, in Committee of the Whole............... 824, 870

    By Committee of the Whole.

        Consideration and report of, by Committee of the Whole....   336

        Consideration of, by the House after report from Committee 

            of the Whole..........................................   337

        For filling blanks, and amending numbers..................   455

        For filling blanks as to time.............................   475

        For filling blanks left by the other House................   478

        Former automatic de novo votes in House where Delegates' 

            votes decisive in Committee of the Whole..............  864b

        Not to be withdrawn when reported from Committee of the 

            Whole.................................................   335

    Of Journal.

        Cut off when previous question is ordered on motion to 

            approve Journal..................................... 74, 621

        Nature of.................................................    74

        Precedence of........................................... 74, 621

        Scope of..................................................    71

    To the Constitution.

        Differences as to, committed to conference................   530

        Form and action on........................................   233

        Jurisdiction over.........................................  679a

        Methods of making....................................... 190-193

        Not approved by the President.............................   115

        The twenty-seven........................................ 208-258

        Two-thirds vote on conference report as to............. 192, 549

        Two-thirds vote not necessary on amendments to a 

            resolution proposing a constitutional amendment.......   192 

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        Two-thirds vote required on amendment of other House to 

            joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment.   192

        Yeas and nays not necessarily taken on....................    76
Amendments between the Houses.

    General principles as to

        Amendments to Senate amendment may not contain 

            appropriation on legislative bill.....................  846a

        Degree of amendments between the Houses...................   529

        Discussion of in Jefferson's Manual..................... 521-529

        Germaneness, separate vote on Senate amendments included 

            in conference reports or reported in disagreement if 

            not germane................................. 797, 913b, 913c

        Germaneness, amendments to Senate amendment should be 

            germane........................................... 797, 913c

        Germaneness, reference of non-germane Senate amendments to 

            committee.............................................   883

        Senate amendments to legislative bills containing 

            appropriations.................................... 829, 846a

        Senate amendments to appropriation bills containing 

            legislation....................................... 829, 912c

        Senate amendments containing taxes or tariffs.............  846b

        Stage of disagreement on....................... 528a, 528c, 828b

        Status of, after rejection of a conference report..... 551, 913b

        Text to which both Houses have agreed not to be changed.... 527, 

                                                                    913a

        Two-thirds vote required on agreeing to amendment of the 

            other House to a constitutional amendment.............   224

    Parliamentary principles relative to motions as to.

        Adherence and conference, relations of................. 553, 554

        Disagreeing, insisting, and adhering........ 521, 522, 526, 528b

        Division of question on............................... 525, 528d

        Receding, discussion in Jefferson's Manual.............. 523-526

        Receding, one House not to recede from its own amendment 

            with an amendment; or depart from form fixed by 

            adherence.......................................... 524, 526

        Receding, practice of the House as to receding from its 

            own amendment to a bill of the other House............   524

        Receding, practice of the House as to receding from 

            disagreement to amendment of the other House..........   525

        Previous question, motion to amend not in order when 

            demanded on motion to concur..........................   486

        Previous question, motion to recede not in order when 

            ordered on motion to adhere...........................   525 

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        Previous question, effect of demanding or ordering on the 

            motion to refer.................................... 486, 808

        To lay on the table........................ 519, 528b, 528d, 785

        To refer.................................... 486, 528d, 787, 808

        To reject nongermane matter in....................... 913b, 913c

        To send to conference,  see Conferences.

    Precedence of motions as to.

        Precedence of motions for disposition of.... 486, 519, 525, 528, 

                            528a, 528b, 528d, 787, 808, 912c, 913b, 913c

        Precedence of motions before stage of disagreement.... 486, 528, 

                                                             528a, 528b,

        Precedence of motions after stage of disagreement..... 486, 525, 

                                                        528, 528a, 528d,

        Precedence of motions to dispose of nongermane matter in 

            conference reports....................................  913b

        Precedence of motions to dispose of nongermane matter 

            reported in disagreement..............................  913c

        Precedence of motion to insist as to legislative amendment 

            to appropriation bill.................................  912c

    Equivalent questions as to.

        Discussion of equivalent questions on motions relating to 

                                                                 485-488

        Equivalent questions on motions to agree and disagree as 

            related to amendments.................................   487

        No equivalent questions on motions to recede, insist, and 

            adhere................................................   488

    Consideration of.

        Consideration, generally.............................. 528, 528a

        Legislative amendments to appropriation bills.............  912c

        Non-germane Senate amendments in conference reports or 

            reported in disagreement......................... 913b, 913c

        Senate amendments in Committee of the Whole..... 528a, 827, 828a

        Senate amendments in House.................. 528a, 827, 882, 883

        Reference of Senate amendments from Speaker's table....... 528a,

                                                                 882-883

        When consideration of Senate amendments should be in 

            Committee of the Whole........................... 528a, 828a

    Conferences on.  See Conferences.
Animal industry.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................   670
Announcement of vote.

    Absent Members' votes not announced by colleague..............  660a

    Yeas and nays may be demanded after...........................    77 

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Answer.
                                                                  

    In an impeachment.......................................... 612, 613

    Right of accused to be heard before an investigating committee   712
Apology.

    Of Members to the House for disorder....................... 331, 332
Appeal.

    From decisions of Speaker............................. 379, 624, 628

    Debate on.....................................................   628

    Guaranty against arbitrary control of Speaker.................   628

    House controls decisions of the Speaker by....................   379

    From decisions of the Clerk at organization...................   637

    None on a question of recognition and on counts by Chair... 628, 753

    None on decision as to dilatory motions.................... 628, 803

    None on refusal to entertain prohibited point of order of no 

        quorum....................................................   628

    None from responses to parliamentary inquiries................   628

    On questions as to priority of business decided without debate   900
Appearance.

    Of respondent in an impeachment....................... 608, 610, 611

    Right of accused to be heard before investigating committee...   712
Appellate jurisdiction.

    Of Supreme Court..............................................   179
Application of laws to legislative branch.  See Congressional 

    Accountability.
Appointments.

    President makes...............................................   166

    Power of Congress as to.......................................   166

    In recess of the Senate by the President......................   167

    Of select and conference committees, rules and practice as to.  317,

                                                              701e, 701f

    Of committee staff,  see Committee staffs.
Apportionment.

    Adjustment by districts.................................... 226, 227

    First and last................................................    15

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to interstate compacts on 

        apportionment of water for irrigation purposes............   681

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to generally................  677a

    Of Representatives among the several States...................   226

    Old provision for.............................................    14

    Questions as to elections in relation to congressional 

        districts.................................................   228

    Reduction of basis of, for abridgment of the suffrage.........   226

    Requirement that congressional districts be equally populated.   229
Appropriation bills, general.

    Privilege of, etc.

        Considered in Committee of Whole..........................   865 

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        Designated emergencies....................................  834e

        Exempt from Unfunded Mandates Reform Act..................  1007

        Hearings and reports to be available 3 days (excluding 

            Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays) in advance of 

            consideration of bills................................   848

        Not privileged against Calendar Wednesday.................   898

        Offsetting amendments to..................................  834f

        Precedence of, in Committee of the Whole..................   869

        Precedence of, in order of business.......................   802

        Privileged for report and consideration................ 726, 728

        Public, placed on Union Calendar..........................   742

        Reported by Committee on Appropriations only..............  671b

        Report on must describe changes in existing law...........  844b

        Restrictions on conferees.................................   829

        Vote on, by yeas and nays.................................  774e

    Authorizations, legislation, and limitations.

        Authorization of law for appropriations......... 834a, 834b, 836

        Authorization for claims and salaries.....................   837

        Authorization for committee expenses......................   732

        Authorization for public works............................   838

        Burden of proof on those proposing appropriation on.......   835

        Continuation of a public work by appropriations...........   839

        Continuation of a public work, examples illustrating......   840

        Continuation of a public work, new buildings at existing 

            institutions as a.....................................  841a

        Continuation of a public work, new vessels for naval and 

            other services as in..................................  841b

        Legislation on appropriation bills:

            Contingencies and congressional action................  842b

            Construing or amending existing law...................  842c

            Generally.............................................  842a

            Imposing duties or requiring determinations...........  842d

            Mandating expenditures................................  842e

                Retrenching expenditures in order (Holman rule)... 834b, 

                                                              834d, 844a

                Rule prohibiting.............................. 834b-834d

                Senate amendments....................... 829, 842g, 912c

            Waivers; amending legislation permitted to remain.....  842f

            Limitations on appropriation bills generally..........  842h

        Limitations on, in order............................. 834d, 843a

            Effect of, on executive discretion....................  843b

                Consistent with existing law................. 834d, 843c

            Amendments at end of reading in Committee of Whole....  834d 

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        Points of order on general appropriation bills............   835

        Unauthorized appropriations and legislation on general 

            appropriation bills................................. 834-847

        Unexpended balances not to be included unless in 

            continuation of public work already commenced.........   847
Appropriations.

    Conditions of.

        Annual, committee endeavor to insure......................  699a

        Estimates of, transmission and reference..................   936

        Jurisdiction of...........................................  671a

        Necessary for drawing money from Treasury.................   143

        None for armies for a longer term than 2 years............   129

        Propositions for, considered in Committee of the Whole..... 865, 

                                                                866, 868

        Senate amendments proposing, may not be agreed to by House 

            conferees under certain conditions....................   829

        To be made by law.........................................   143

    Committee on.

        Budget Act procedures for, including referral to, of bills 

            providing new spending authority......................  694c

        Must show, in report on general appropriation bill, effect 

            of any provisions changing existing law................ 844b

        Staff for, appointment of............................. 734b, 736

        Subcommittee markup of all appropriation bills before 

            report of first regular appropriation bill............  713b

        Rescissions of appropriations, jurisdiction over..........  671a

        Separate headings for rescissions and transfers of 

            unexpended balances required in certain bills and 

            reports...............................................  671a

        Sequential referral to, of bills containing new spending 

            authority exceeding budget resolution allocation....... 1008 

                                                              (sec. 401)

        Exempted from the rule proscribing committee sittings 

            during five-minute rule...............................   710

        Budget hearings, within 30 days after transmittal of 

            budget......................................... 694 (a), (b)

        Hearings and reports of, to be available 3 days (excluding 

            Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) before 

            consideration of appropriation bills..................   848

        Powers and duties concerning appointments, qualifications, 

            etc., of staff........................ 732a, 733c, 734b, 736

        To study existing permanent appropriations with view to 

            reducing..............................................  694c

        To study organization and operation of agencies...........  692b 

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    Committees not having jurisdiction of.

        May not report an appropriation...........................  846a

        Point of order may be made at any time....................  846a

        Point of order may be made against amendment to Senate 

            amendment.............................................  846a
Approval.

    Of bills by President.  See also Enrolled bills.

        As to approval of concurrent resolutions by...............   396

        Errors as to..............................................   106

        Notice of.................................................   106

        Of bills, effect of intervening recess on.................   901

        Of joint resolutions......................................   397

        Of orders, resolutions, and votes, as to presentation for.   115

        Parliamentary law as to presenting a bill for the King's 

            assent................................................   572

        President's approval given by signature...................   104

        Presentation of enrolled bills to.........................   577

        Signing of enrolled bills for presentation to the 

            President.............................................   575

        Time and conditions of signature.................. 104, 105, 111

        In general.............................................. 73, 621

        Amendment precedes........................................    74

        Place of, in order of business............................   878
Arid Lands.

    Jurisdiction as to irrigation of..............................   681
Armed Services, Committee on.  See National Security, Committee on.
Armies.

    Congress to raise and support.................................   129

    Congress to make rules for....................................   131

    No appropriation for a longer term than two years.............   129

    States not to keep troops in time of peace....................   148
Arming.

    Of the militia................................................   133
Armories.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................   680
Arms.

    Right of people to keep and bear..............................   209
Army.

    Jurisdiction of bills relating to.............................   680

    Officers in, disqualified as Members..........................    98

    President, commander in chief of..............................   160

    Trial for crimes in...........................................   212 

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Arrest.  See also Absence.
                                                                  

    House releases a Member under.................................   305

    Jefferson's discussion of privilege of Member of Congress as 

        to..................................................... 288, 289

    Members liable to, for absence although attending a committee 

        with leave to sit.........................................   324

    Of Members for absence...................................... 768-770

    Privileges of Members of Parliament as to............. 287, 305, 307

    Privilege of Senators and Representatives from................90, 91

    Speaker's power to order, doubtful............................   622
Arsenals.

    Power of Congress over places purchased for...................   134

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................   680
Art.

    Works of, duty of Committee on House Oversight as to.......... 677a,

                                                                    677d
Articles.

    In an impeachment.............................................   609
Arts.

    Congress may promote, by patent and copyright laws............   124
Assaults.

    Arrest and imprisonment in case of, on Member returning.......    91

    Members censured for..........................................    63

    On clerk of a committee in the Capitol a question of privilege  733c

    On Members for words spoken in debate.........................    92

    On Members, power of House to punish for......................   294

    Proceedings in cases of, on the floor.........................   367

    Speaker takes Chair to quell disorder from, in Committee of 

        the Whole......................................... 331, 332, 622
Assay offices.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................   672
Assembly.

    Of Congress at least once every year........................ 45, 242

    Rights of people as to........................................   208
Assent.  See Approval.
Attainder.

    No bill of, to be passed......................................   139

    States not to pass bill of....................................   146

    Limitations of, for treason...................................   182
Attendance.  See also Absence, Quorum, etc.

    Count of Members present to secure a quorum of record on a 

        roll call.................................................   772

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to...........................   679

    Leave for committee to sit does not release its members from, 

        during call of the House..................................   324

    Members may be compelled to attend............................ 52-55 

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    Members privileged from arrest during.........................90, 91

    Members to be present unless excused..........................   656

    Of Commons and House of Representatives at an impeachment 

        trial.................................................. 616, 617
Attest.

    Of Clerk on bills, writs, etc.................................   642
Attire......................................................... 622, 763
Attorneys.

    Admission of, in investigations...............................   348
Auditing.

    Of accounts against contingent fund...........................   677
Authorization of Law.  See Appropriation bills.
Authors.

    Congress may provide for copyrights for.......................   124
Bail.

    Excessive not to be required..................................   215

    Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.....  1012
Ballot.

    Rule for voting by............................................   934

    House of Representatives elects President by..................   263

    Members not to remain by Clerk's desk during count of.........   763

    Presidential electors vote, by in several States..............   262

    Record of, in Journal.........................................    72

    Speaker required to vote on...................................   632
Banking and Financial Services, Committee on......................   672
Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, Committee on.  See Banking and 

    Financial Services, Committee on.
Bankruptcy.

    Power of Congress to make laws on.............................   120

    Jurisdiction of bills relating to.............................  679a
Bar, of House.

    Method of examining witnesses at..............................   343

    Trials at, and arraignment of contumacious witnesses at.......   344
Battlefields.

    Jurisdiction of bills relating to.............................   681
Behavior.

    Governs tenure of office by judges............................   177

    Of counsel before investigative committees....................   712

    Power of House to punish for disorderly....................... 62-66
Bells (legislative call system)...................................   765
Bicentennial Office of House......................................  996a
Bill of Attainder.

    None to be passed.............................................   139

    States not to pass............................................   146 

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Bills.
                                                                  

    Forms, printing, etc.

        Distinction between a bill and a joint resolution.........   397

        Indorsement of the title on an engrossed bill.............   431

    Introduction of.

        By request................................................   860

        Certain private bills prohibited..........................   852

        Commemoratives prohibited.................................   852

        Co-sponsorship of public..................................   854

        Co-sponsorship of public ---- more than one Member 

            designated as first sponsor...........................   854

        Fraudulent introduction of................................   851

        Introduction private......................................  849a

        Obsolete provisions as to introduction and readings of.. 398-400

        Signing of, by chief sponsor..............................   854

    Reference of.

        By Speaker to Committees..................................   700

        Committal of on third reading..................... 494, 787, 804

        Correction of error of reference.................. 853, 854, 878

        Custody of, in committees.................................   932

        House may send to any committee........................ 700, 850

        House bills returned with Senate amendments on a different 

            subject............................................ 882, 883

        Not to be brought back from committees on motion to 

            reconsider............................................   820

        Parliamentary law (largely obsolete) as to reference of...   401

        Private...................................................  849a

        Public................................................. 700, 854

        Recommittal of, to select or standing committees or 

            Committee of the Whole............................. 420, 804

        Referral procedures, multiple referral or referral to ad 

            hoc committee.......................................700, 850

        Restriction on reference of claims bills............... 845, 852

        With amendments between the Houses..... 486, 528-528d, 787, 808, 

                                                                882, 883

    Consideration by committees and report.  See also Committees.

        Adverse reports................................... 726, 730, 744

        Amendments reported should be germane.....................   794

        Authorization, signing, and validity of reports........ 408, 714

        Calendar for consideration of reports by unanimous 

            consent, former.......................................   746

        Committal with directions to report forthwith.......... 405, 788

        Consideration of, in committees...........................   412

        ``Corrections'' Calendar..................................  745a 

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        Delivery of, to committees................................   403

        Directions as to making reports.................... 415, 713-715

        Distribution of, to Calendars when reported by committees 

            and when committees are discharged............ 742, 746, 908

        Instruction to report.....................................   908

        Method of noting amendments on, in a committee............   417

        Method of submitting to the House...................... 317, 418

        Method of action on, in the House.........................   422

        Obsolete provision for directing a committee to withdraw 

            and report............................................   404

        Power of committees over..................................   411

        Practice as to reading of reports in the House............   435

        Privileged reports from certain committees............. 726, 728

        Reports and other actions are valid only when authorized 

            by the committee acting together................... 407, 408

        Reports on bills to be available three days (excluding 

            Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays)............. 715, 848

        Reports of select committees..............................   419

        Reports to be in writing and printed......................   821

        Restriction on reporting bill containing an appropriation.  846a

        Right to report at any time gives right to immediate 

            consideration (subject to three day layover rule).....   727

        Speaker does not decide as to sufficiency of reports......   627

    In Committee of the Whole.  See also Amendments, Calendar Wednesday, 

        Committee of the Whole.

        Concurrent resolution on the budget considered read for 

            amendment.............................................  876b

        Consideration of nonprivileged bills, after call of 

            committees......................................... 891, 892

        Construction of the rule requiring consideration in.......   866

        Debate in Committee of the Whole........ 752, 758, 870, 871, 874

        Elimination of portions of general appropriation bills....   835

        Forms of going into Committee of the Whole................   328

        General practice as to consideration......................   868

        Old parliamentary usage as to consideration of matters as 

            modified by House rules and practice..................   326

        Order of House to consider certain bills in Committee of 

            the Whole precludes report of others..................   335

        Precedence of revenue and appropriation bills in Committee 

            of the Whole..........................................   869

        Precedence of motion to go into Committee of the Whole to 

            consider revenue and general appropriation bills......   802

        Question of order on appropriation bills..................   835

        Reading and amendment under five-minute rule..............   872 

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        Recommittal of bills to Committee of the Whole......... 420, 875

        Revenue and appropriation bills considered in Committee of 

            the Whole.......................................... 865, 866

        Subjects not requiring consideration in Committee of the 

            Whole............................................. 528a, 867

        Subjects requiring consideration in Committee of the Whole   865

        Unfinished business in Committee of the Whole.............   888

        Withdrawal of amendments in Committee of the Whole........   824

    Consideration and amendment in House.

        Action on, in the House after being reported from 

            committee.............................................   423

        Amended after second reading..............................   428

        Amendments of, before third reading.......................   497

        Amendments for joining and dividing.......................   476

        Amendment to the title of.................................   822

        Amendment to the title of, in ``House as in Committee of 

            the Whole''...........................................   427

        As to possession of, by the House.........................   437

        Consideration of a preamble...............................   414

        Consideration of, when reported from Committee of the 

            Whole.................................................   337

        Filling blanks left in by the other House.................   478

        House in perfecting does not agree to paragraph or 

            sections of, individually.............................   456

        Order of considering and amending in the House............   413

        Obsolete requirement as to reading of amendments to.......   496

        Parliamentary law as to amendment to the title............   512

        Presumed to have gone through the stages when reported 

            from Committee of the Whole...........................   335

        Prohibition against retroactive income tax rate increase..  846d

        Transposition of sections of, by amendments...............   477

    Reading, engrossment, and passage.

        Reading, engrossment, and passage of......................   830

        First and second readings.................................   831

        Manner of reading a bill the second time..................   428

        Third reading by title after engrossment............... 830, 832

        Debate in relation to third reading.......................   498

        Test of strength on engrossment after amendment...........   429

        Test of strength on a bill before amending................   430

        Obsolete requirements as to third reading and passage...... 492, 

                                                                     493

        Putting the question on the passage of....................   499

        Clerk certifies to passage of all.........................   642 

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        Question on rejection of, comes indirectly................   484

        Division of, not in order, on vote on engrossment or 

            passage...............................................   792

        Three-fifths vote to increase income tax rates............  846c

        Voting on.................................................   833

        Yeas and nays automatically ordered on appropriation and 

            tax measures and on concurrent resolution on the 

            budget................................................  774e

        Speaker's discretionary authority to postpone further 

            proceedings on the question of passage................   631

    Effect of rejection or passage of.

        Action on similar bill after rejection....................   833

        Once rejected not to be brought up again at the same 

            session...............................................   515

        Exceptions to the rule against bringing up a matter once 

            rejected..............................................   517

        Expedients for changing the effect of bills once passed...   516

        Bills not altered after their passage.....................   500

        Use of joint resolution to correct error in bill sent to 

            the President.........................................   518

        Passage of supplementary bills............................   518

        Obsolete parliamentary practice as to riders..............   495

        Procedure on loss of......................................   352

        Improper alternation of...................................   352

    Action of the two Houses on.

        Both Houses pass identical............................. 833, 882

        Fail when both Houses continue to insist or adhere........   522

        For raising revenue to originate in House.................   102

        From the other House laid on the table....................   519

        Information from the other House as to....................   520

        Lost when conference report is not acted on...............   549

        Not to be noticed in other House until communicated.......   308

        Rejection of, communicated to the other House.............   568

        Votes by which they are passed not communicated...........   567

        When neglected by the other House.........................   570

    Enrollment and presentation to President for approval.

        Enrollment, signing, and presentation to the President for 

            approval............................................ 572-577

        Duties of Committee on House Oversight as to enrollment.... 577, 

                                                              677a, 677c

        Report as to accuracy of enrolled.........................   625

        Reports as to accuracy of enrolled, privileged............   726

        Rule of Parliament as to enrollment.......................   573

        Speaker signs enrolled................................  624, 625 

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        Speaker declines to sign enrolled, when motion to 

            reconsider is pending.................................   816

        Speaker pro tempore signs under conditions................   634

        Speaker's signature vacated...............................   625

        Presented to the President for approval........... 104, 105, 110

        Errors in when sent to the President......................   110

        Become laws without President's approval under conditions 

                                                                 111-113

        Effect of recess of Congress before approval..............   901

        Method of approval................................ 104, 105, 110

        Method of disapproval................................... 104-109

        Notice of approval........................................   106

        Notice and action as to disapproval.......................   104

        When signed by President deposited with Administrator of 

            General Services......................................   105

        When vetoed and passed deposited with Administrator of 

            General Services......................................   109
Bills of credit.

    States not to emit............................................   146
Biomedical research and development.

    Jurisdiction of bills relating to.............................   674
Blanks.

    Rule as to filling by amendment...............................   455

    Amendments, filling as to time................................   475

    Filling those left by the other House.........................   478

    Not counted in vote by ballot.................................   934
Blood, corruption of.

    For treason...................................................   182
Bonded debt.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................   688
Books.

    Not to be taken from the Clerk's table during debate..........   364

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to purchase of...............  677a
Borrow.

    Power of Congress to borrow money.............................   118
Botanic garden.

    Under control of Committees on House Oversight and 

        Transportation and Infrastructure..................... 677a, 686
Boundary lines.

    Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 678, 679a
Bounties.

    Debt incurred for, certain not to be questioned...............   232 

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Breach of the peace.
                                                                  

    Members not privileged from arrest for........................90, 91

    Relation of privilege to cases of.......................... 305, 306
Bribery.

    An impeachable offense........................................   173

    Power of House to punish attempts at, on Members........... 293, 294
Bridges.

    Jurisdiction of bills relating to.............................   686

    Bills for construction of certain banned......................   852
Broadcasting and press coverage of committee hearings........... 720-725
Broadcasting of house proceedings, rule for.......................  634c
Budget.

    Committee on.

        History, composition, jurisdiction and duties.............   673

        Special oversight functions of............................   695

        Studies and reports required of...........................   695

        Staff for, former rule on appointment of..................   736

        Submissions to, from standing committees..................  699b

        Quorum requirements in....................................   709

        Exempted from rule proscribing committee sittings during 

            five-minute rule......................................   710

        Privileged reports by.....................................   726

    Concurrent resolution on.

        Amendments to must be mathematically consistent and 

            contain certain matter................................  876b

        Consideration of................................ 1007 (sec. 305)

        Considered read after general debate......................  876b

        Definition of..................................... 1007 (sec. 3)

        Maximum deficit amount not to be exceeded....... 1007 (sec. 301, 

                                                                    304)

        Procedures contained in......................... 1007 (sec. 301)

        Timetable for budget process.................... 1007 (sec. 300)

        Yeas and nays automatically ordered.......................  774e

    Congressional budget process.

        Definitions....................................... 1007 (sec. 3)

        Timetable....................................... 1007 (sec. 300)

        Advance spending and revenue authority ineligible for 

            consideration before adoption of concurrent resolution

                                                         1007 (sec. 303)

        Budget Committee must handle budget legislation...........  1007

                                                              (sec. 306)

        Appropriation bills reported before June 10..... 1007 (sec. 307)

        July adjournment not in order--

                Until House passes appropriation bills....... 1007 (sec. 

                                                                    309)

                Until reconciliation legislation completed... 1007 (sec. 

                                                                    310)

        Reports, summarized projections................. 1007 (sec. 308) 

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        Reconciliation process.......................... 1007 (sec. 310)

        Budget authority, spending authority and revenue 

            legislation to be within appropriate limits...... 1007 (sec. 

                                                                    311)

        Establishment of public debt limit as part of, rule for...   945

    Provisions to improve fiscal procedures.

        Bills providing certain spending authority may not be 

            considered.................................. 1008 (sec. 401)

        Certain bills providing spending authority to be referred 

            to Committee on Appropriations........ 694c, 1008 (sec. 401)

        Definitions of spending authority.............. 1008 (sec. 401c)

        Authorizing  legislation  to  be  reported  by  May  15.... 1008 

                                                              (sec. 402)

        Cost estimate by Congressional Budget Office.... 1008 (sec. 407)

        Year-ahead requests for authorizations....................  1009

    Generally.

        Hearings on by Appropriations Committee...................  694b

        Budget Act procedures by Appropriations Committee.........  694c

        Emergency designations in appropriation bills.............  834e

        Year-ahead requests for new budget authority..............  1009

        Program review and evaluation.............................  1010

        Transmittal of budget by President........................   169

        Congressional Budget Office, functions of...... 695, 748c, 911a, 

                                                              1007, 1008

        Power of Rules Committee to waive provisions of Budget Act

                            682a, 729a, 1008 (sec. 402), 1010 (sec. 904)

    Impoundment Control Act.

        Procedures on rescission bills and impoundment resolutions

                                                                 1013(6)
Buildings, office.

    Assignment of rooms in........................................   989
Buildings, public.

    Appropriations for, as in continuance of a public work.... 841a, 847

    Power of Congress over places purchased for...................   134

    Jurisdiction as to, generally.................................   686

    Jurisdiction as to buildings abroad...........................   678

    Jurisdiction as to marine hospitals...........................   674

    Jurisdiction of bills for penitentiaries......................  679a
Burden of proof.

    On proponent of amendment, as to germaneness..................   794

    On those proposing items in a general appropriation bill......   835
Business.  See also Order of business.

    In general.

        As related to election of Clerk...........................    30

        May be transacted only by quorum.................... 52, 55, 510 

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        Not transacted before approval of Journal.................   621

        Parliamentary law as to that pending at the end of a 

            session...............................................   592

        Obsolete law as to, at end of a session...................   385

        Resumption of business of a preceding session of Congress.   901

    Order of.

        Jurisdiction of matters relating to.......................  682a

    Unfinished.  See Unfinished business.
Cabinet.

    Majority of and Vice President to determine Presidential 

        inability.................................................   255

    President may require opinions from members of................   161

    Of President, gallery for use of..............................   922
Calendar Wednesday.

    Rule for order of business on.................................   897

    Business of, protected by two-thirds vote.....................  729a

    In order to consider President's veto.........................   898

    One committee can occupy but one day, except for unfinished 

        business, until other committees called...................   898

    Previous question ordered on bill undisposed of on Tuesday 

        comes up as unfinished business Thursday..................   898

    Privilege of revenue and general appropriation bills limited 

        on..................................................... 802, 898
Calendars.

    The three for reports of committees...........................   742

    Adverse reports...............................................   744

    For ``Corrections''...........................................  745c

    For motions to discharge committees........................ 747, 908

    Former, for unanimous consent and decisions...................   746

    Nonprivileged reports filed with the Clerk for reference to...   743

    Of Committee of the Whole, order of taking up bills on........   869
Call of committees.

    In order on Calendar Wednesday................................   897

    Business on Calendar Wednesday protected by two-thirds vote...  729a

    Interruption of, for consideration of nonprivileged bills in 

        Committee of the Whole................................. 891, 892

    Place of, in order of business................................   878

    Rule and practice for consideration of bills during........ 889, 890

    Unfinished business in...................................... 885-888
Call of the House.  See also Absence.

    Motion for, in order in absence of quorum.....................    55

    After previous question is ordered............................   810

    Arrest of Members.......................................... 768, 770 

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    Call of the House in the new form................... 771b, 773, 774a

    Call of the House in the old form........................... 768-771

    Clerks to tell Members present................................  771b

    Count of those not voting to make a quorum of record on a roll 

        call......................................................   772

    Dispensing with, after quorum appears..................... 773, 774d

    Electronic equipment for......................................  774b

    Motions during a call of the House............................   771

    Ordering  and  conducting  the  call  of  the  House  in  the  

        old form..................................................   769

    Power to compel attendance....................................52, 55

    Rule of Parliament as to......................................   311

    Speaker may recognize for motion for at any time..............  774d
Call to order.

    For disorder in debate..................................... 760, 761

    May interrupt Member having floor.............................   393
Campaign contributions.

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to...........................  677a
Canal Zone.

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to Panama Canal and the 

        maintenance of, etc.......................................   680
Canals.

    Jurisdiction of committees as to..............................   686
Canals, interoceanic.

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to...........................   680
Capital.

    Power of President to convene Congress at a place other than 

        seat of government........................................   171
Capitation tax.

    To be in proportion to census.................................   140
Capitol.

    Speaker's control of House wing of............................   623

    Architect of, admitted to floor of the House..................   919

    Jurisdiction as to matters relating to building...............   686
Capitol police.

    Duties of Sergeant-at-Arms as to..............................   648
Captures.

    Congress to make rules concerning.............................   127
Caucus.

    Held in Hall of House.........................................   918

    Party caucuses nominate Members for election to standing 

        committees................................................  701a

    Majority caucus nominates chairmen of standing committees.....  701c

    Membership is required for committee membership...............  701b

    Early organizational..........................................   997 

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Celebrations.
                                                                  

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to...........................   676
Cemeteries, national.

    Jurisdiction of bills relating to.......................... 681, 687
Censure.

    Course of a Member, when subject of debate as to..............   375

    For assault on Member for words spoken in debate..............    94

    Instances of..................................................    63

    Of a Delegate.................................................   740

    Of a counsel before investigating committees..................   712

    Of Member when called to order in debate................... 760, 761

    Procedure of punishment by....................................    63

    Punishment for personalities in debate........................   363

    Reprimand.....................................................    63

    Speaker not to administer, of own authority...................   622
Census.

    Object of.

        Taken as basis of apportionment...........................    15

        Capitation or direct taxes to be proportioned to..........   140

        Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................   676
Ceremonies.

    As to participation of the House in........................ 387, 388

    Use of Hall of the House for..................................   918
Certificates.

    Of the electoral vote, transmittal and opening............. 151, 219

    Currency, jurisdiction of subjects relating to................   672
Chair.

    Speaker takes it at hour of meeting, not waiting for 

        ascertainment of a quorum.............................. 310, 621

    Speaker takes, to restore order in Committee of Whole.........   622

    To  be  addressed  when  a  Member  desires  to  interrupt  in 

        debate....................................................   364
Chairmen.

    Of standing or select committee.

        Of standing committees elected by the House........... 317, 701c

        Administers oaths to witnesses.................... 343, 346, 718

        Duties relating to appointment, qualification, 

            compensation, etc., of staff................. 732d, 733a-738

        May be delegated power to issue subpoenas.................   718

        Presides over committee...................................   317

        Prior claim of, to recognition............................   754

        Procedure of, in investigations...........................   712

        Procedure of, in submitting reports from standing or 

            select committees.....................................   418

        Reports to the House by, must be made promptly............  713a

        Resignation of, presents question of privilege............   662 

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        Signs subpoenas issued by committee (or subcommittee).....   718

        Speaker appoints, of select and conference committees.....  701e

        Term limits for committee and subcommittee................  701c

        Usually reports from a standing or select committee.... 317, 415

        Vacancy in the position of................................  701c

        Vice chairman presides in absence of......................   705

    Of subcommittees.

        Former authority to appoint staff.........................  732d

    Of Committee of the Whole.

        Selection of.......................................... 327, 861a

        Seating of................................................   328

        Administers oaths to witnesses......................... 343, 346

        Always reports from Committee of the Whole................   415

        Causes roll to be called on failure of a quorum and 

            reports unless proceedings are vacated................   863

        Functions of..............................................  861b

        Power to preserve order...................................  861a

        Report of, alone recognized...............................   335

    Of joint committee.

        Of a joint committee......................................   325
Challenge.

    Of the right of a Member to take the oath.................. 202, 203
Chaplain.

    Election and oath of..........................................   635

    Offers prayer.............................................. 621, 655

    Place in order of business of prayer by.......................   878
Charges.

    Against a Member or Senator in course of an inquiry......... 321-323

    Course of Member when charges against himself are debated.....   375
Chief Administrative Officer.

    Election, oath, and removal of................................   635

    Duties of.....................................................  651a

    Duty to cooperate in the performance of reviews and audits....  651c

    Financial and operational reports to Committee on House 

        Oversight.................................................  651b
Chief Justice.

    Presides over Senate when President of the United States is 

        tried.....................................................    38
Citizens.

    Limitations on suits of, against States.......................   218

    Of the United States and the several States...................   225

    Of States, judicial power extends to cases affecting certain..   178

    Privileges and immunities not to be abridged..................   225

    Privileges and immunities of, in States other than their own..   184 

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    Right to vote of those eighteen years of age or older.........   257

    Those of the United States as to voting.......................   234
Citizenship.

    As qualification of Representative............................ 9, 10

    As qualification of a Senator.................................    35

    As a qualification of the President of the United States......   154

    Reference to, as a qualification for suffrage.................   226
Civil aviation.

    Jurisdiction over subjects related to generally...............   686

    Jurisdiction over research and development....................   683
Civil law.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................  679a
Civil officers.

    May be removed by impeachment.................................   173
Civil offices.

    Members not to be appointed to certain........................    93
Civil Service.

    Jurisdiction over all Federal Civil Service, including 

        intergovernmental personnel...............................   676
Claims.

    In general.

        Amendments proposing settlement of certain, banned........   852

        Bills for settlement of certain, banned...................   852

        Authorization of payment of, on general appropriation 

            bills.................................................   837

        Bills referring to Court of Claims considered in Committee 

            of the Whole....................................... 865, 866

        Consideration of, on Tuesdays.............................   893

        Constitution not to prejudice certain.....................   188

        Ex-Members interested in, not admitted to the floor.......   919

        Jurisdiction of, generally................................  679a

        Jurisdiction of war claims................................  679a

        Jurisdiction of, paid from Indian funds...................   681

        Jurisdiction of private land claims.......................   681

        Jurisdiction as to certain foreign........................   678

        Jurisdiction of, against the United States................  679a

        Jurisdiction relating to international and other..........   678

        Reference of bills for private, restricted to certain 

            committees............................................   845

        Relation of officers and employees of House to............   937

        Those for slaves not to be paid...........................   232

        Withdrawal of papers relating to..........................   933
Claims, Court of.

    Status of reports of, on the calendars........................   742 

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Classes.
                                                                  

    Of Senators...................................................    33
Classified information.  See Information.
Clerical staff of committees.  See Committee staffs.
Clerk.

    Election and oath of.

        Election, oath, and removal of............................   635

        Election of, as related to business and adoption of rules.30, 59

        Oath administered to, by Speaker..........................   198

        In absence of, designated official acts...................   647

    Duties at organization of House.

        Continues in office until successor is elected............   637

        Duties of, at organization of the House...................   637

        Makes up the roll for organization........................   638

        Officiates at election of Speaker...................... 312, 637

        Sergeant-at-Arms maintains order under direction of, 

            pending election of Speaker...........................   648

    Legislative duties of.

                As to:

            Allowing no papers to be taken from the table or out 

                of his custody....................................   352

            Amending section numbers of a bill....................   479

            Announcing pairs......................................  660a

            Attesting and sealing writs, warrants, subpoenas, etc.   642

            Authority to receive messages from the President and 

                the Senate at any time House is not in session....  647b

                Call of the House.............................. 768, 773

            Calling the roll......................................   765

            Certifying to passage of bills........................   642

            Collecting and transferring noncurrent records........   932

            Committees formerly to make accounting of funds to....   739

            Copies of amendments offered in Committee of the Whole   870

            Custody of committee papers...........................   932

            Custody of oath not to disclose classified information   939

            Delivering resolutions of inquiry.....................   856

            Distribution of Journal and documents.................   641

            Former insertions in the Congressional Record relating 

                to committee staff................................   739

            Introduction of bills, etc............................  849a

            Making no changes in enrolling a bill.................   573

             Motions to discharge committees......................   908

            Noting Members to make a quorum on a vote of record...   772

            Noting questions of order with the decisions in the 

                Journal...........................................   641 

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            Papers on file........................................   933

            Placing bills on Corrections Calendar.................  745a

            Reading motions.......................................   776

            Referring nonprivileged reports to calendars..........   743

            Stands while he reads.................................   428

            Taking a vote by clerk tellers........................  630a

            Taking a vote by the yeas and nays....................   504

    Executive duties of.

        Administration of vacant Member's office..................  647c

        As member of Federal Elections Commission.................  647a

        Deposits noncurrent records with General Services 

            Administration........................................   932

        Discretionary authority as to printing....................  647a

        Duty to furnish to Members list of certain reports........   640

        Duty to cooperate in the performance of reviews and audits  647e

        Financial and operational reports to Committee on House 

            Oversight.............................................  647d

        Formerly kept contingent and stationery accounts and 

            furnished stationery..................................   642

        Formerly made certain contracts...........................   642

        Role in payment of officers and employees.................   642

        Receives testimony taken in election cases................  647a
Clerks.

    Of Members.

        Allowance to Members for..................................    88

    Of committees.  See Committee staffs.

    Of Speaker, Leaders, and Whips................................    88
Clerk's desk (or table).

    Disorderly words taken down at................................   761

    Members may address the House from............................   749

    Members not to write at, or take books or papers from, during 

        debate....................................................   364

    No Member to remain near, during roll call....................   763
Cloakrooms.

    Exclusion of persons from.....................................   921
Closing.

    In debate, right to, in various cases.........................   762

    Of debate, as related to opening..............................   759
Coast defenses.

    Jurisdiction of subjects on...................................   680
Coast Guard.

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to...........................   686 

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    Bills to correct certain discharge records banned.............   852
Coast Guard Academy.

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to...........................   686
Coastal zone management.

    Jurisdiction over subjects related to...................... 681, 686
Code of Official Conduct.  See Official conduct.
Codification.

    Of laws, jurisdiction of, bills for...........................  679a
Coexisting questions.  See Questions.
Coin.

    Congress to regulate value of.................................   121

    Congress may provide punishment for counterfeiting the........   122

    States to make gold and silver only a tender for payment of 

        debts.....................................................   146
Coinage.

    Power of Congress relating to.................................   121

    States not to make............................................   146

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................   672
Colleges, agricultural.

    Jurisdiction of bills relating to.............................   670
Color.

    Suffrage not to be abridged for...............................   234
Comfort.

    To enemies of the United States............................ 181, 232
Commander in Chief.

    President as the..............................................   160
Commemoratives prohibited.........................................   852
Commerce.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to financial aid to.........   672

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to, with foreign nations....   678

    Power of Congress to regulate.................................   119

    No regulation shall give preferences to any ports.............   142
Commerce, Committee on............................................   674
Commissions.

    President to issue, to officers...............................   172

    For recess appointments of the President......................   167

    Created by law, to sit in a recess after expiration of a 

        Congress..................................................   589

    Places on, not incompatible offices...........................    98

    Primary and supplemental expense resolutions for..............   732
Commit, motion to.  See also Recommit.

    Precedence and use of.

        Precedence and general conditions of................... 782, 787

        Debate on motion to, with instructions....................   782 

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        Discussion of relations of, to early use of the previous

          question............................................. 448, 449

        Has precedence of motion to amend.........................   449

        Instructions with.........................................   788

        May not be postponed......................................   451

        Not to be suppressed by another privileged motion.........   450

        Not used in Committee of the Whole........................   787

        Repetition of.............................................   782

        Use of....................................................   446

    Application of, to bills.

        After previous question is ordered, Committee on Rules 

            limited as to.................................... 729a, 729b

        After previous question is ordered, privilege and effect

          of................................................... 804, 808

        In order as to bill on third reading......................   494

        Method of dividing a bill by, with instructions...........   476

        Not applied to reports from Committee on Rules pending 

            previous question................................ 729a, 729b

        Opposition have preference in recognition for, after 

            previous question is ordered..........................   782

        Ten minutes debate permitted on motion to recommit with 

            instructions on bill or joint resolution..............   782

        On bills with amendments between Houses... 486, 528b, 528d, 787, 

                                                                     808
Committee of the Whole.

    In general.

        House may attend impeachment trial in.....................   617

        No control over admission to floor........................   919

        Powers and privileges of Delegates and Resident 

            Commissioner in................................... 740, 861a

        Procedure of the House as in............................ 424-427

        Rare case of investigation conducted by...................   343

        Relations of, to the Congressional Record.................   925

        Two continuing committees of..............................   332

    Chairman of.

        Chairman preserves order..................................  861a

        Functions of..............................................  861b

        Discretionary authority as to quorum calls................   863

        Discretionary authority as to five-minute votes on 

            questions in sequence........................... 864a, 774bb

        Parliamentary method of selecting.........................   327

        Selection of chairman.....................................  861a

    Quorum of.

        Quorum of.............................................. 329, 863 

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        Call of the committee by means of electronic device or by

          clerks.............................................. 863, 771b

        When failure of may be raised.............................   863

        Rising and reports as related to quorum...................   864

        Short or notice quorum call at discretion of chairman.....   863

    Sitting, rising, etc.

        Former automatic de novo votes in House where Delegates' 

            votes decisive in Committee of the Whole..............  864b

        Informal rising to receive a message................... 330, 563

        Informal rising for signing of enrolled bill..............   625

        May take a recess only with consent of the House..........   586

        Motion to rise privileged.............................. 334, 864

        Motion to rise not in order during time yielded for 

            general debate........................................   871

        Motion to rise prior to limitation and retrenchment 

            amendments to general appropriation bills.............  834d

        Report from Committee on Rules not in order after House 

            votes to go into......................................  729a

        Rising after disorder in..................................   331

        Rising when a quorum fails....................... 774c, 863, 864

        Rising with unfinished business........................ 333, 334

    Motions to go into.

        Form of going into Committee of the Whole.................   328

        Privileged motion to go into, to consider and general 

            appropriation bills...................................   802

        Consideration of nonprivileged bills in, after call of, 

            committees......................................... 891, 892

        Nonprivileged public bills in, considered on Calendar 

            Wednesday.............................................   897

        Place in order of business for motions to consider non-

            privileged bills in...................................   878

        Speaker's declaration into................................   862

    Subjects considered in.

        Subjects requiring consideration in.......................   865

        As to origination of business in..........................   412

        Bill must show on face falls within the rule..............   866

        Conference report not referred to.........................   550

        Construction of the rule requiring consideration in.......   866

        Elimination of portions of general appropriation bills by.   835

        General practice as to consideration in...................   868

        Old parliamentary usage as to consideration of matters in, 

            as modified by House rules and practice...............   326

        Questions of order on appropriation bill in...............   835

        Recommittal of bills to...................................   420 

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        Reference of Senate bills from Speaker's table to...... 882, 883

        Senate amendments considered in........................ 827, 828

        Subjects not requiring consideration in............... 528a, 867

    Procedure in, as to motions, etc.

        Amendments not to be withdrawn in.........................   824

        Application of House rules to.......................... 340, 877

        Five-minute recorded vote in, immediately following quorum 

            call..................................................   863

        Five-minute recorded votes in, on questions in sequence... 864a, 

                                                                   774bb

        Unanimous consent to modify special orders entertained in.  877a

        Motions for previous question and to adjourn not used in 

                                                           333, 783, 805

        Motion to reconsider not in order in......................   812

        Pairs in..................................................   660

        Recorded vote in.......................... 630, 631, 846a, 774bb

        Relations of motion to strike out enacting words to... 875, 876a

        Yeas and nays not taken in................................    76

    Debate in.

        Closing the five-minute debate............................   874

        General debate in.........................................   870

        Hour rule of debate applicable to.........................   758

        Motion to close general debate............................   871

        Relevance of debate in....................................   752

        Ten minutes debate on amendments submitted in advance and 

            printed in Record.....................................   874

    Reading in.  See also Amendments.

        Reading of bill in........................................   831

        Reading of concurrent resolution on the budget in.........  876b

    Order of business in.

        Order of business in......................................   869

        Calendars for the business of.............................   742

        Unfinished business in....................................   888

    Reports of, and consideration in House.

        Action of the House on amendment reported from............   423

        Amendments of, considered in the House....................   337

        Bills from, considered in the House.......................   338

        Discharge of..............................................   339

        Duties of Speaker and House as to reception of reports of.   335

        Former automatic de novo votes in House where Delegates' 

            votes decisive in Committee of the Whole..............  864b

        Parliamentary law as to reports from.. ................ 334, 864 

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    Disorder in.

        Action in case of disorderly words in.....................   761

        Disorderly words taken down in, reported to the House...... 369, 

                                                                     761

        Effect of breaking up of, by disorder.................. 332, 622

        Quarrels in, and duty of the Speaker as to................   331

        Questions of privilege in.................................   667

        Sergeant-at-Arms enforces order in........................   648

        Speaker restores order in.................................   622
Committee staffs.

    Admitted to floor under certain conditions....................   919

    Subcommittee staff appointments formerly by chairman and 

        ranking minority member...................................  732d

    Expense resolution for committee staffs...................... 732a-d

    Former clerical/professional staff distinction............. 733a-738

    Staff of committees, number and appointment......... 732d, 733a-733c

    Reduction in staff for 104th Congress..................... 733c, 737

    Minority staff...................................... 732d, 733c, 737

    Staff duties..................................................  734a

    Associate or shared staff................................. 734b, 737

    Duties of House Oversight as to............... 677a, 733c, 734b, 737

    Duties as to papers...........................................   932

    Former reports on staff.......................................   739

    Printed amendments submitted to...............................  873b

    Rate of pay for...............................................   735

    Staff for Committees on Appropriations and formerly Budget.... 734b, 

                                                                     736

    Permission of Committee on House Oversight required for 

        appointment of staff from governmental agencies...........   737

    Non-partisan staff............................................   738
Committee stenographers.

    Appointment, etc., of.........................................   923
Committees.

    Constitution and election of.

        Appointment of Members under indictment or conviction to 

                                                                305, 306

        Clerks of, see Committee staffs.

        Delegates and Resident Commissioner may vote in...........   740

        Election of, by ballot....................................   934

        Establishment of subcommittees limited....................  701d

        Former rule regarding election of ranking minority Member 

            to Budget Committee...................................  673b

        General power of Delegates and Resident Commissioner in... 701g, 

                                                                     740 

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        House elects the standing committees on nominations by 

            caucuses..............................................  701a

        Member-elect may be appointed on, before taking the oath..   300

        Members' committee assignments limited....................  701b

        Membership on contingent upon membership in party caucus..  701b

        Names and number of the standing........................ 669-688

        Old and modern requirements as to constitution of.........   402

        Reports, dissolution, and revival of select committees....   419

        Rules and practice as to the appointment of........... 317, 701a

        Selection of chairmen of select and of standing committees

                                                                 701c, e

        Serve through a Congress..................................   317

        Service of Resident Commissioner and Delegates on..... 701g, 740

        Speaker appoints select and conference committees.........  701e

        Term limits for chairmen of committees and subcommittees..  701c

        Vacancies in, filled by election by House.................  701d

        Vice chairman of..........................................  705d

    Jurisdiction of, and reference to.

        For jurisdiction and history of, individually, see 

            Jurisdiction.

        Act only on matters referred to them......................   412

        Bills not to be brought back from, on motion to reconsider   820

        Commemoratives prohibited.................................   852

        Delivery of bills to......................................   403

        Duty of, in case of recommittal with instructions.........   420

        Functions of, in correcting errors of reference of bills 

                                                                853, 854

        Jurisdiction as to creation, and duties of................  682a

        Jurisdiction of, as affected by errors in reference of 

            bills.................................................  853,

                                                                     854

        Nearly all business of the House considered in............   446

        Papers not read in House on ordinary reference to.........   436

        Parliamentary law (largely obsolete) as to reference of 

            bills to..............................................   401

        Private claims to be referred to certain..................   845

        Private claims bills banned in certain cases..............   852

        Receive petitions only through the House..................   320

        Recommittal to select or standing, or of the Whole........   420

        Referral of bills and other matters, procedures for.......   700 

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    Sittings and procedure of.

        Additional and special meetings...........................   705

        Broadcasting and press coverage of meetings and hearings 

                                                                 720-725

        Clerks of, see Committee staffs.

        Debate in.................................................   318

        Executive hearings open to non-committee Members..........   708

        Executive sessions of............................ 706c, 708, 712

        Five-minute rule applicable during interrogation of 

            witnesses.............................................   711

        Hearings open to public.......................... 694b, 708, 712

        Hearings to be preserved in Library of Congress...........   949

        Intelligence, Select Committee on, special procedures for.  944a

        May be empowered to sit during recesses of a Congress.....   589

        May only act when together....................... 407, 705, 713c

        May not sit during five-minute rule.................... 324, 710

        Meetings and action of............................. 408, 705-713

        Meeting when chairman fails to call.......................   705

        Meetings open to public............................... 694b, 708

        Method of voting amendments to a bill in..................   417

        Notice requirement for hearings...........................   708

        Parliamentary law governing consideration of bills in.....   412

        Power of, over body and title of a bill...................   411

        Power to sit and act......................................   718

        Presence of Member of the House in a select...............   410

        Procedure in generally................................ 427, 704b

        Proxy voting prohibited...................................   707

        Quorum of a select or standing......... 343, 409, 709, 713c, 718

        Quorum must be present when perjurious testimony is given 

            to support charge of perjury.................. 343, 409, 709

        Quorum to release testimony received in executive session.   712

        Quorum for taking testimony...............................   709

        Quorum for reporting a measure............................  713c

        Quorum to close hearing to discuss or receive certain 

            testimony or evidence.............................. 708, 712

        Quorum for issuing a subpoena.......................... 343, 718

        Vice chairman or ranking member presides in absence of 

            chairman.......................................... 701c, 705

        Recess of a committee.....................................  703a

        Reconsideration of a vote in..............................   416

        Record of actions by, to be kept..........................  706a

        Regular meetings..........................................   705

        Rise when the House sits unless leave be given to remain 

            sitting (obsolete)....................................   324

        Rules of committee same as House..........................  703a 

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        Rules of committees must be written and published in 

            Record................................................  704a

        Secrecy of procedure.............................. 319, 708, 712

        Subcommittees subject to direction of full committee......  703a

        Subpoena power............................................   718

        Time of hearings and subject matter to be placed in daily 

            Congressional Record and entered into committee 

            scheduling service of House Information Systems.......   708

        Transcripts of meetings and hearings paid from contingent 

            fund..................................................  703c

        Vice chairman.............................................  705a

        Votes in, available for inspection........................  706a

        Witnesses, administration of oath to......................   718

        Witnesses, called by minority.............................   711

        Witnesses, testimony of...................... 708, 709, 711, 712

        Witnesses, method of examination.................. 343, 711, 712

    Reports of.

        Former reporting requirement relating to committee staff..   739

        Action of the House on amendments reported from...........   423

        Action of the House on reports from.......................   422

        Adverse................................................ 726, 744

        Adverse reports from Committee on Rules...................   730

        Amendments reported by, should be germane.................   794

        Annual activities report..................................  703d

        Authorization of reports of........................... 408, 713b

        Availability of, prior to floor consideration.......... 715, 716

        By whom made................................ 317, 713a, 714, 715

        Calendars on which reports of, await action of the House 

                                                                 742-746

        Calling up reports made in order by adoption of a 

            resolution by the House...............................   717

                Certain contents required in reports:

            Requirements under the Congressional Accountability 

                Act of 1995.......................................  713g

                Requirements under the Unfunded Mandates Reform 

                    Act of 1995........................ 713h, 748c, 1007

            Appropriations Committee reports on general 

                appropriation bills must state effect of any 

                provision changing existing law...................  844b

            Cover must reflect inclusion of certain matters.......   714

            Estimate of cost......................................  748b

            Estimate and comparison of Congressional Budget Office  713e

                Estimate and comparison of funding levels.... 713e, 748b 

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            Inflationary impact statement.........................  713f

            Minority, supplemental, and additional views..........   714

            New budget authority and tax expenditures, statement 

                as to.............................................  713e

                Oversight findings and recommendations....... 692a, 713e

                Oversight findings and recommendations of 

                    Committee on Government Reform and Oversight 

                                                               696, 713e

            Report on bills amending or repealing statutes must 

                show by typographical device parts of statute 

                affected..........................................   745

            Rules Committee reports on resolutions repealing or 

                amending Rules of the House must show by 

                typographical device parts of Rules affected......   731

            Vote totals and names on amendments and motion to 

                report............................................  713d

        Direction of, for making its report................... 415, 713b

        Filing of, by chairman or majority....................713a, 713b

        From Committee on Rules, not divisible....................   791

        Hearings and reports of Appropriations Committee to be 

            available 3 days in advance of consideration of bills.   848

        Limitations on reports from Committee on Rules...... 729a, 729c, 

                                                               729d, 730

        Origin and effect of the rule giving privilege to certain 

            reports...............................................   727

        Parliamentary and present method of submitting reports of, 

            to the House..........................................   418

        Practice as to reading reports of, in the House...........   435

        Prior claim of Member in charge of bill to recognition....   754

        Prior right of Members of, to recognition for debate......   756

        Privileged reports of................................... 726-729

        Privilege of individual committees to report..............   728

        Privilege of reports from Committee on Rules........... 729a-730

        Reports to the House must be made promptly................  713a

        Restriction on reporting bill containing an appropriation.   846

        Rights of, as to placing adverse reports on the Calen-

          dars............................................ 726, 730, 744

        Speaker does not decide on sufficiency of.................   627

        Supplemental, filing of...................................   714

        To be in writing and to be printed........................   821

        Views of the minority............................. 714, 743, 821 

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    Oversight functions.

        Ad hoc oversight committees...............................  692b

        General oversight by committees as to laws within their 

            jurisdiction...................................... 692a-692b

        General oversight findings and recommendations to be 

            included in reports...................................  713e

        Establishment of oversight subcommittees required.........  692b

        Expense resolution not in order if a committee fails to 

            submit oversight plan.................................  692b

        Oversight of Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.  692b

        Oversight findings of Committee on Government Reform and 

            Oversight to be included in each committee's reports 

                                                               696, 713e

        Oversight plans submitted to Committees on Government 

            Reform and Oversight and House Oversight..............  692b

        General oversight of Committee on Appropriations..........  692b

        Special oversight functions of Committees on National 

            Security, Budget, Economic and Educational 

            Opportunities, Commerce, International Relations, 

            Resources, Science, and Small Business................   693

        Additional functions of committees........................   694

        Budget hearings...........................................  694b

        Budget Act procedures................................ 694c, 1007

        Budget Committee, additional functions of.................   695

        Government Reform and Oversight Committee, additional 

            functions of..........................................   696

        Requirement for oversight subcommittee....................  692b

    Discharge, instructions, etc.

        Motion to discharge and instruct....................... 406, 908

        Motion to discharge from consideration of vetoed bill.....   108

        Motion to discharge under certain public laws.............. 1013

        Obsolete provision for direction to withdraw and bring 

            back a bill...........................................   404

        Recommittal with directions to report forthwith...........   405

        Speaker usually does not judge of fidelity of, to 

            instructions..........................................   627

    Call of.

        Place of, in order of business............................   878

        Business on Calendar Wednesday protected by two-thirds 

            vote..................................................  729a

        Calendar Wednesday........................................   897

        Morning hour..............................................   889

    In general.

        Conferences held by means of select joint.................   532 

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        Correction of error in Journal by.........................   583

        Custody of papers of......................................   932

        Debates...................................................  753b

        Discretion as to printing hearings, etc...................   712

        Duties of, as to resolutions of inquiry................ 855, 858

        Establishment of subcommittees limited....................  701d

        Expense resolution not in order if committee failed to 

            submit oversight plan.................................  692b

        Expenses of, primary, additional, and interim funding.....   732

        Legislative oversight by................................ 692-697

        Points of order in House against committee procedure......   708

        Records of, to be accessible to all Members...............  706a

        Reference in debate to proceedings of.....................   360

        Report on oversight function............................ 692-697

        Rights as to motions to suspend the rules................... 902

        Utilization of reports and employees of General Accounting 

            Office................................................   990

        Verbatim meeting and hearing transcripts..................  706a

    Staff of.   See Committee staffs.
Committees, joint.

    Quorum, chairman, and voting in........................... 325, 701e

    Authorized by concurrent resolutions..........................   396

    Number and functions of..................................... 983-987
Commodities exchanges.

    Jurisdiction of subjects related to...........................   670
Common defense.

    Power of Congress to provide for..............................   117
Common fame.

    As a ground for impeachment...................................   605

    As foundation for investigation...............................   341
Common law.

    Jury trial for suits at.......................................   214

    Rules of, in courts...........................................   214
Communications.

    Rule for reference of................................. 700, 882, 883

    Executive, transmission of, to House..........................   936
Compact.

    States not to make, without consent of Congress...............   148
Compacts, interstate.

    Jurisdiction of, generally....................................  679a

    Jurisdiction of, relating to apportionment of waters for 

        irrigation purposes.......................................   681

    Jurisdiction of, over interstate energy.......................   674 

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Compensation.  See also Pay.
                                                                  

    For private property taken for public use.....................   212
Compulsory process.

    For obtaining witnesses.......................................   213
Concur, motion to.

    Relative to striking out enacting words.......................   875

    See also Agree, motion to.
Concurrent resolutions.

    Nature and use of.............................................   396

    As to approval of, by the President...........................   396

    Adjournment for more than three days by.......................    84

    On the budget............................................ 673b, 1007

    Congressional disapproval provisions utilizing................  1013
Confederation.

    Validity of debts of..........................................   194

    States not to make............................................   146
Conferees.  See Conferences.
Conferences.

    Objects and nature of.

        By means of select committees.............................   532

        Effect of recess of Congress on...........................   901

        Free and simple in modern practice........................   540

        Free or instructed........................................   557

        Over matters other than differences as to amendments......   531

        Obsolete provision as to conference on first reading......   559

        Parliamentary law as to free and simple...................   539

        Parliamentary law as to purposes for which conferences may 

            be held...............................................   558

        Questions asked of other House by, rather than by message.   569

        Relations of adherence and conference under the 

            parliamentary law and in Congress...... 528b, 528d, 553, 554

        Usually asked over differences as to amendments...........   530

    As to requests for.

        Adherence does not prevent granting requests for..........   522

        Generally....................... 528a, 530, 533, 535, 827, 828a,

        Motions to request, precedence of.... 528a, 528b, 528d, 535, 827

        Requests declined or neglected........................ 534, 828a

        Separate vote on certain amendments between the Houses 

            when request is made..................................   827

    Managers and their powers.

        As affected by free and simple conference.............. 539, 540

        Managers of, appointment, removal, and function....... 536, 701e

        Managers of, motion to instruct or discharge........... 541, 910

        Managers restricted to the disagreements of the two Houses


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                                                               546, 913a 

        Managers may not agree to Senate amendments making 

            appropriations........................................   829

        Managers may not agree to Senate amendments to 

            appropriation bills containing legislation............   829

        May report a germane modification within the scope of 

            disagreement where one House strikes out all after 

            enacting clause of bill of other House and inserts new 

            language..............................................   913

        Meeting and action of managers........................ 548, 913d

        Open conference meetings..................................  913d

        Quorum, evidence of.......................................   543

        Reappointment of managers at second or subsequent.........   537

        Remedy where managers exceed their authority..............   547

        Speaker appoints..........................................  701e

        Text to which both Houses have agreed not to be changed by 

            managers unless by authority of both Houses....... 527, 913a

        Vacancies in managers.....................................   538

    Reports of managers.

        Accompanying statement....................................   911

        Accompanying statement, Speaker decides as to sufficiency 

            of....................................................   627

        Action on a report in the two Houses......................   549

        As to consideration in Committee of the Whole.............   867

        Consideration in House not in order until report available 

            for three days and copies available at least two hours  912a

        Considered as read if available...........................  912d

        Considered rejected if conferees have improperly closed 

            meeting...............................................  913d

        Debate on, equally divided between parties................  912a

        Effect of disagreement to a conference report.... 551, 755, 913c

        Form of conference reports........................ 542, 543, 911

        Have precedence of motion to reconsider...................   812

        High privilege of.........................................   909

        Legislation contained in amendments in disagreement, 

            procedure for consideration...........................  912c

        Limited to scope of matter committed to conference........  527,

                                                               546, 913a

        Motions in order during action on a report............ 550, 913b

        May report germane modification of amendment in nature of 

            substitute............................................  913a

        Nongermane matter contained in conference agreements, 

            procedure for consideration...........................  913b

        Nongermane matter in amendments in disagreement, procedure 

            for consideration.....................................  913c 

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        Not to interrupt reading of Journal.......................   621

        Parliamentary law as to reports of managers...............   542

        Partial reports...........................................   544

        Postponing rollcall votes on agreeing to..................  631a

        Precedence of, over report from Committee on Rules........  729a

        Printing in Record of amendment in total disagreement.....  912b

        Printing of reports and statements in the Record..........  912a

        Rejection of, status of amendments after.............. 551, 913b

        Reports of inability to agree......................... 545, 912b

        Retroactive income tax rate increase prohibited in........  846d

        Quorum, evidence of.......................................   543

        Signing of................................................   543

        Speaker decides as to validity of reports.................   627

        Statements relating to Federal unfunded mandates..... 911a, 1007

        Speaker's discretionary authority to postpone further 

            proceedings on agreeing to conference reports.........   631

        Three-day layover and two-hour availability before 

            consideration.........................................  912a

        Three-fifths vote to increase income tax rates............  846c

        To be in writing..........................................   542

        To be entered in the Journals.............................   542

        Unamendable...............................................   542

        When on constitutional amendments agreed to by two-thirds 

            vote..................................................   192

        Yeas and nays automatically ordered on adoption of certain  774e

    Custody of papers in.

        After an effective conference.............................   555

        When managers fail to agree...............................   556

        When asked before disagreement............................   552
Confession.

    In cases of treason...........................................   181
Confirmation.

    Instances where House and Senate have confirmed President's 

        nominee as Vice President.................................   256
Congress.

    Meeting, term, etc.

        Meets once a year....................................... 45, 242

        Term and adjournment of...................................     6

        Adjourns in July with certain exceptions..................   947

        Neither House to adjourn for more than three days or to 

            another place without consent of the other............    82

        Power of President to convene or adjourn Houses of........   171 

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        President to give information of the state of the Union to   168

        Prohibited from adjourning sine die before completion of 

            congressional budget process............... 1007 (sec. 310f)

    Powers of--legislative and general.

        Legislative...............................................     3

        As to migration of importation of persons.................   137

        Consent of, to acceptance of certain gifts................   144

        To establish patents and copyrights.......................   124

        To establish post offices and post roads..................   123

        To make laws to carry its powers into effect..............   136

        To provide for legislative veto of executive actions......  1013

        To regulate coinage, weights, and measures................   121

        To regulate commerce......................................   119

        To regulate naturalization and bankruptcy.................   120

    Powers of--as to taxes, money, property, and territory.

        To lay and collect taxes, etc.............................   117

        To borrow money...........................................   118

        Money to be drawn only on appropriations by...............   143

        Over the seat of Government and ceded places........... 134, 135

        Over the territory and other property of the United States   188

    Powers of--as to war.

        To declare war, grant letters of marque, etc..............   127

        To support armies.........................................   129

        To provide a navy.........................................   130

        To make rules of government for land and naval forces.....   131

        To provide for calling out the militia....................   132

        To provide for organization, etc., of militia.............   133

        Relative powers of Congress and the President.............   128

    Powers of--as to elections, sufferage, etc.

        As to apportionment and establishment of districts..... 226, 227

        Determines time of choosing electors......................   153

        May by law provide for cases where President-elect nor 

            Vice President-elect shall qualify....................   244

        May choose President and Vice President in certain cases 

                                                                 221-223

        May confirm nomination to fill vacancy in Vice Presi-

          dency................................................ 253, 256

        Instances where House and Senate have confirmed nominee as 

            Vice President........................................   256

        May decide termination of Presidential disability.........   255 

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        May provide for case wherein death occurs among those from 

            whom House and Senate may choose President and Vice 

            President.............................................   246

        May provide for succession to Presidency or new election 

                                                                155, 244

        Power to make or alter regulations as to elections of 

            Representatives.......................................    42

        To legislate to enforce the thirteenth, fourteenth, 

            fifteenth, twenty-third, and twenty-fourth amendments 

            to the Constitution................. 224, 233, 234, 250, 251

        To remove political disabilities..........................   230

    Powers of--as to courts, etc.

        Regulates jurisdiction of Supreme Court...................   179

        To establish inferior courts........................... 125, 177

        To fix places for trial of crimes.........................   180

        To regulate the proving of acts, records, and judicial 

            proceedings of the States.............................   183

    Powers of--as to the States.

        As to admission, consolidation, or division of States.....   187

        May revise and control certain State laws.................   147

        No State to lay imposts or duties on exports or imports 

            without consent of....................................   147

        Consent of, for certain acts of States as to duties, 

            troops, war, and compacts.............................   148

    Powers of--to provide certain punishments.

        Each House may punish its Members for disorderly behavior.    62

        To provide punishment for counterfeiting..................   122

        To provide punishment for piracies, etc...................   126

        To declare punishment of treason..........................   182

    Powers of--as to amending Constitution.

        As to amendments to the Constitution......................   190

        To propose amendments to the Constitution or call a 

            convention............................................   190

        Jurisdiction of proposed amendments to....................  679a

    Powers of--Limitations on.

        As related to writ of habeas corpus.......................   138

        As to religion, free speech, the press, or right of 

            assembly and petition.................................   208

        Laws of, not binding on House in judging elections........    51

        Limitation on capitation or other direct tax..............   140

        No bill of attainder or ex post facto law to be passed....   139

        No export duties to be laid...............................   141

        No preferences to be given as to commerce by water........   142 

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        No titles of nobility to be granted.......................   144
Congressional accountability.

    Application of laws to Congress...............................  946b

    Committee reports accompanying measures must contain statement 

        relating to...............................................  713g

    Effective date................................................  946b

    Expedited procedures contained in.............................1013(32

                                                                       )

    Office of Compliance..........................................  946b

    Point of order for insufficient committee report..............  713g

    Procedure for consideration of alleged violations.............  946b
Congressional Budget Office.  See Budget.
Congressional disapproval, laws providing mechanisms for..........  1013
Congressional Record.

    Reports of debates.

        Correction of................................... 764a, 764b, 926

        Duties of Joint Committee on Printing in relation to....924, 987

        General control of Committee on House Oversight over......  677e

        Jurisdiction relating to improvement of...................   986

        ``Leave to print'' in.....................................   929

        Not the official record of proceedings....................    69

        Power of Chairman of Committee of the Whole over..........   862

        Privilege of Member to revise his remarks.................   928

        Privilege of propositions to correct................... 923, 927

        Relation of Committee of the Whole to.....................   925

        Reporters of debates......................................   923

        Substantially verbatim account of remarks..... 764a, 764b, 924a, 

                                                                     928

    Matters recorded in.

        Amendments to be offered during five-minute rule may be 

            printed in advance, and given a numerical designation.   874

        Certain messages printed in...............................   935

        Clerk supervises daily insertions in......................   986

        Committee meetings and hearings inserted in...............   986

        Former ``bullet'' symbols in..............................   929

        House activities of previous day inserted in..............   986

        Index daily of proceedings of previous day................   986

        Introduction of bills, petitions, resolutions, etc., 

            entered in............................................   849

        Legislative program for the day to be inserted............   986

        Messages from President entered in........................   884

        Names of Members signing discharge petitions..............   908

        Pairs printed in..........................................   660

        Printing of conference reports in.........................  912a

        Reference of public bills, memorials, etc., entered in..... 854, 

                                                                     860

        Substantially verbatim account of remarks....... 764a, 764b, 928 

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        Titles of reported bills entered in.......................   743
Congressional Research Service....................................   991
Consent.

    Unanimous.  See Unanimous consent.

    Of Congress.

        For acceptance of certain gifts...........................   144

        For certain acts of States as to duties, troops, war, and 

            compacts..............................................   148

        No State to tax imports or exports without................   147

    Of a State.

        Required before its equal suffrage in the Senate may be 

            disturbed.............................................   190
Conservation.

    Energy resources, jurisdiction of matters relating to.........   674

    Petroleum (naval), jurisdiction of matters relating to........   680

    Radium, jurisdiction of matters relating to...................   681

    Soil, jurisdiction of matters relating to.....................   670

    Wildlife, jurisdiction of matters relating to.................   681
Consideration, question of.

    Form and history of...........................................   778

    Conditions of raising...................................... 717, 779

    Not to be raised against a report from Committee on Rules..... 729a, 

                                                                    729b

    On Calendar Wednesday.........................................   898

    Questions subject to..........................................   780

    Question of consideration to disposed of points of order 

        raised under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995...... 781, 

                                                                    1007

    Relation of, to other motions.................................   779

    Relation of, to points of order............................ 781, 909

    Where quorum fails on yea-and-nay vote and adjournment 

        intervenes................................................    76
Consistency.

    Speaker not to decide questions of......................... 466, 627
Constituency.

    Apportionment and establishment of districts............... 226, 227

    Status of, as related to right to take the oath...............   204
Constitution of the United States.

    Establishment, etc.

        Enumerated rights of, and those reserved to people........   216

        Established by the people.................................     1

        Formation of..............................................     2

        Disabilities arising from violation of the oath to support   230

        Jefferson's discussion of privilege of Members of Congress 

            under the.......................................... 288, 289 

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        Judicial power extends to cases of law and equity arising 

            under.................................................   178

        Nothing in it to prejudice certain claims.................   188

        Oath to support...........................................   196

        Officers of House sworn to support........................   635

        Powers delegated to the United States by..................   217

        President sworn to preserve, etc..........................   158

        Supreme law of the land...................................   195

    Ratification and amendment of.

        Amendments to, jurisdiction over..........................  679a

        Differences as to amendment to, committed to conference...   530

        Extension of time period for ratification of proposed 

            amendment.............................................   192

        Joint resolution for amendment of, not approved by 

            President.............................................   115

        Limitation on amendment of................................   190

        Methods of amending..................................... 190-192

        Ratification of...........................................   207

        The twenty-seven amendments of.......................... 208-258

        Two-thirds vote on conference report as to................   549

        Yeas and nays not necessarily taken on amendments to......    76
Constitutional conventions.

    Relation of, to State legislatures, in fixing times, etc., of 

        elections.................................................    43

    May be called for purpose of proposing amendments to 

        Constitution..............................................   190
Constitutional prerogatives.

    Of House as to revenue legislation............................   102

    Questions of, committed to conference.........................   531

    Questions relating to, treated as of privilege................   662

    Precedence of questions of....................................   664
Constitutional privilege.

    Questions relating to...................................... 662, 664
Constitutions.

    Those of States subordinate to that of United States..........   195
Consular service.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................   678
Consuls.

    President appoints............................................   166

    Jurisdiction of Supreme Court in cases affecting..............   179

    Judicial power extends to cases affecting.....................   178
Consumers.

    Affairs and protection of, jurisdiction over..................   674 

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Contempts.
                                                                  

    Committee reports on, privileged for immediate consideration 

        without 3-day layover.................................. 299, 668

    Power of the House to punish for............................ 293-299
Contestants.

    In election cases, admitted to the floor......................   919

    Relations of, to incompatible offices.........................   100
Contested elections.

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to...........................  677a

    Contests affected by death....................................    18

    Clerk receives testimony taken in contests....................   647
Contingency fund.

    Duties of Committee on House Oversight as to.............. 677a, 732

    Clerk formerly kept account of disbursements out of...........   642

    Commission and other entity expenses, payment from............   732

    Committee expenses, payment from..............................   732

    Committee transcripts, cost of printing paid from.............  703c

    Early organization caucuses funded from.......................   997
Continuation of a public work.

    Appropriations for.................................... 834a, 839-841

    Examples illustrating.........................................   840

    New buildings at existing institutions as a...................  841a

    Unexpended balances may be appropriated for...................   847
Contract labor.

    Jurisdiction of bills relating to.............................   675
Contractors.

    Not ineligible as Members.....................................    98
Contracts.

    Obligations of, no State to impair............................   146

    Clerk formerly made or approved certain.......................   644
Controversies.

    To which the judicial power extends...........................   178
Convening of Congress.

    At least once in every year................................. 45, 242

    Laws appointing a different day for...........................   243
Convention.

    To amend the Constitution, method of calling of...............   190
Convict labor.

    Jurisdiction of bills relating to.............................   675
Conviction.

    Two-thirds vote for, in impeachments..........................    38

    Evidence for, for treason.....................................   181

    For crime as basis for involuntary servitude..................   224

    In impeachments shall not extend further than removal from 

        office, etc...............................................    41 

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    Members should refrain from voting and committee participation 

        following.................................................    41
Copyrights.

    Power of Congress to provide for..............................   124

    Jurisdiction as to bills relating to..........................  679a
Corporations.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................  679a
Correction.

    Bills for, of military and naval records are banned...........   852

    ``Corrections'' Calendar......................................  745a

    Of Congressional Record.............. 693, 764a, 764b, 923, 926, 927

    Of reference of public bills, place of, in order of business..   878

    Of reference of bills, etc., from Speaker's table.......... 882, 883

    Of reference of bills, correction in errors...................   853
Corridors.

    Speaker's control of..........................................   623
Corruption.

    Of blood, for treason.........................................   182

    Co-sponsorship, of bills......................................   854
Cost, limit of.

    On public works...............................................   838
Coughing.

    Not in order during debate....................................   364
Counsel.

    General, Office of............................................  634e

    For accused in criminal prosecutions..........................   213

    In cases of expulsion.........................................    65

    Admission of, in investigations............................ 348, 712

    May be censured and excluded from investigative hearings......   712
Count.

    Electoral.

        Constitutional provision for..............................   219

        Jurisdiction of matters relating to.......................  677e

        In the Hall of the House..................................   220

    On a division or other vote.

        Appeal from Chair's count prohibited................... 628, 629

        Decision by voice of majority--tie votes..................   508

        Decision of points of order during........................   507

        Division of the House after determination by sound..... 501, 630

        Duty of Speaker to make an honest count...................   630

        Interruption of, by demand for yeas and nays..............    77

        Messages not received during rising vote or by tellers....   562

        Not to be interrupted by conference report................   909

        Parliamentary provisions as to division, not applicable in 

            the House.............................................   502 

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        Questions of order arising during, decided peremptorily...   627

        Rule as to voting by division.............................   630

        Two-thirds votes..........................................   509

    Of a quorum.

        Certain business suspended by failure of a quorum...... 510, 744

        By Speaker, to ascertain as to quorum after previous 

            question is ordered...................................   810

        Not to be verified by tellers or on appeal.............. 54, 628

        Of House when absence of quorum is observed...............   310

        On roll call and otherwise by Speaker................... 54, 772
Counterfeiting.

    Congress may provide punishment for...........................   122
Courthouses.

    Jurisdiction as to bills for construction of..................   686
Courts.

    Of the United States.

        Appointment of officers of................................   166

        Congress to constitute inferior...........................   125

        Determination of relevancy of materials subpoenaed from 

            House.................................................  291a

        Inferior, their judges....................................   177

        Judges bound by Constitution and laws.....................   195

        Judicial power vested in supreme and inferior.............   177

        Jurisdiction of, in general...............................   178

        Jurisdiction of Supreme Court.............................   179

        Limitations of judicial power in suits of law or equity...   218

        Tenure, compensation, etc., of judges.....................   177

        Trials of suits at common law in..........................   214

    As related to proceedings of Congress.

        Privilege of Members of Congress as to demands of.........  290,

                                                               291a, 946

        Relations of Members of Parliament to.....................   287

        Relations of State courts to election cases...............    50

        Status of reports of Court of Claims on calendars.........   742

        Reference of claims to Court of Claims considered in 

            Committee of the Whole............................. 865, 866

        Judicial appearances on behalf of House...................  291b

        Jurisdiction as to certain, in District of Columbia.......   676

        Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................  679a

        Jurisdiction as to, in foreign lands......................   678

        In insular possessions and territories....................   681
Credentials.  See also Members.

    As related to the right of a Member to take the oath..........   204 

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    Prima facie effect of, dependent on vacancy...................    23

    House Oversight Committee may consider questions as to... 677a, 677e
Credit.

    For public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of a State 

        in other States...........................................   183

    Power of Congress to borrow money on..........................   118

    States not to emit bills of...................................   146

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to public...................   672
Crimes.

    Abridgment of suffrage for....................................   226

    As to what are high...........................................   175

    Extradition for...............................................   185

    High impeachable offenses.....................................   173

    Involuntary servitude as punishment for.......................   224

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................  679a

    Members refrain from voting and committee action when 

        convicted of..............................................   939

    Persons to be held to answer for, only on conditions..........   212

    Trial of all, except in impeachments, to be by jury...........   180
Criminal law.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................  679a
Criminal prosecutions.

    Rights of accused in all......................................   213

    Security as to accusations, and trial.........................   212
Criticism.  See also Debate.

    Of the House and its proceedings, in debate...................   361

    Of the Speaker................................................   362

    Of the motives of Members.....................................   363
Cruel punishments.

    Not to be inflicted...........................................   215
Currency.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................   672
Custody.

    Procuring attendance of witness in, from other House..........   345
Customhouses.

    Customs, jurisdiction as to...................................   688

    Jurisdiction as to buildings for..............................   686

    Special oversight jurisdiction................................   693
Dairy products.

    Jurisdiction of bills relating to.............................   670
Damages to property.

    Bills of payments for, banned with exceptions.................   852
Dams.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to....................... 681, 686 

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Day.
    

    Journal dated as of legislative...............................    69

    Speaker takes Chair on each legislative.......................   621
Dean of the House.

    Administers oath to Speaker...................................   198
Death.

    Bills for payment of certain claims against the United States 

        for, banned...............................................   852

    Ceremonies for deceased Members...............................  677a

    Of officers of House, vacancies caused by may be filled 

        temporarily by Speaker....................................   635

    Of Member, vacancy caused by..................................    18

    Of President or Vice President of United States....... 155, 244, 252

    Of Speaker....................................................    28
Debate.  See also General debate.

    Exhibits.

        Use of in debate.................................. 622, 915, 916

    Freedom of.

        Members not to be questioned for, in another place........    92

        Members of Parliament exempted from question as to........  287,

                                                                302, 309

        Not to be interfered with by other House by notice of.....   308

        Privilege of Members of Parliament as to..................   287

    Obtaining the floor for.

        Conditions under which a Member's right to the floor is 

            subjected to the will of the House....................   355

        Member to speak but once, except one Member in reply......   762

        Member who has spoken to the main question may speak to an 

            amendment.......................................... 465, 762

        Member's right to close debate on amendment considered 

            under five-minute rule................................   762

        Morning-hour debates......................................  753b

        Motion to be stated before................................   776

        Obtaining the floor in debate.............................   749

        One-minute speeches.......................................  753a

        Oxford-style debates......................................  753c

        Parliamentary law as to recognition by the Speaker........   356

        Procedure of the Member in seeking recognition............   354

        Recognition of Members by the Speaker for debate, 

            generally........................................... 753-757

        Right of a Member to be heard a second time...............   357

        Special order speeches....................................  753a

        Rights of Member as to opening and closing in debate......   759

        The hour rule for debate..................................   758

    Interruptions of.

        Interruptions in..........................................   364 

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        Interruption of a Member in debate........................   750

        Certain motions only in order when a question is under....   782

        Member having the floor in, not to be interrupted by 

            motions, etc..........................................   393

        Member in, may be interrupted by conference report........   909

        Messages received during..................................   561

        The call to order in debate...............................   760

        Words taken down in debate................................   761

    Disorder in.

        Calls to order......................................... 364, 760

        Disorder and interruptions during.........................   364

        Disorderly words taken down and reported from Committee of 

            the Whole.............................................   369

        Impertinent, superfluous, or tedious speaking.............   359

        Members censured for disorder in..........................    63

        Parliamentary law as to taking down disorderly words......   368

        Parliamentary method of silencing a tedious Member........   365

        Rules of debate restraint on captiousness of Members......   285

        Warm words and assaults...................................   367

    Personalities, references to other House, committees, etc.

        Criticism of the Speaker..................................   362

        Debate, proceedings, and Members of the other House... 371, 372, 

                                                                     749

        Decorum and abstention from personalities in debate.... 361, 749

        Duty of the Speaker to prevent expressions offensive to 

            the other House.......................................   374

        Language reflecting on the House..........................   360

        Motives of Members not to be arraigned................. 363, 749

        Reference to proceedings of committees, etc...............   360

        Reference to the Executive............................. 370, 749

        Reference to occupants of galleries.......................   764

        Relevancy of........................................... 749, 752

    Closing of, in the House.

        Effect of order of yeas and nays in closing...............    80

        Effect of previous question on......................... 804, 805

        Not precluded until the negative has been put.......... 842, 490

    Limitations on.

                Forty minutes of:

            After previous question is ordered....................   805

            On motion to suspend the rules........................   907

            On certain non-germane amendments between the Houses..   827 

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            On non-germane Senate amendments included in 

                conference report.................................  913b

        Limit of, on appeals................................... 624, 628

        Morning-hour debate.......................................  753b

        On conference reports, and on certain motions relating to 

            amendments between the Houses....... 912a, 912b, 912c, 913b, 

                                                                    913c

        On certain secondary motions..............................   782

        On question of order, within Speaker's discretion.........   627

        On questions of privilege.................................   661

        On motion to instruct conferees...........................  909a

        On motion to reconsider...................................   819

        On motion to strike out enacting words....................   876

        On rescission bills and deferral resolutions............ 1013(6)

        One-minute speeches.......................................  753a

        Oxford-style debates......................................  753c

        Special order speeches....................................  753a

        Strictly enforced.........................................   758

                Ten minutes of:

            On amendments submitted in advance and printed in 

                Record............................................   874

            On motion to recommit with instructions...............   782

                Twenty minutes of:

            On motions to discharge...............................   908

        Under various laws permitting congressional approval......  1013

    General debate in Committee of the Whole.

        Closing of, in Committee of the Whole.................. 870, 871

        In Committee of the Whole under the old parliamentary 

            usage.................................................   326

    Five-minute debate.

        Closing five-minute.......................................   874

        Closing five-minute, in Committee of the Whole............   874

        Five-minute, on motion to dispense with Calendar Wednesday   897

        Member's right to close debate on amendment considered 

            under the five-minute rule............................   762

        Reading and amendment under the five-minute rule..........   872

        Recognition for, under the five-minute rule...............   872

        Rule as to five-minute, in Committee of the Whole.........   870

        Ten minutes on amendments previously printed in Record 

            even though debate under is limited...................   874

        Time not yielded under five-minute........................   872 

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    Questions not debatable.

        Amendment to title decided without........................   822

        Appeals as to priority of business decided without........   900

        Correction of reference of public bills to be made without   854

        Motions to adjourn, lay on the table, and for the previous 

            question not debatable................................   782

        Motion that Journal be read...............................   621

        Motion to discharge a committee not debatable (except 

            under clause 3, rule XXVII)........................ 406, 858

        Under former rule XXX, questions as to reading of papers 

            were determined without...............................   917

    Record of.  See Congressional Record.

    In general.

        Course of the Member when business concerning himself is 

            debated...............................................   375

        In standing and select committees.........................   318

        Morning-hour debates......................................  753b

        Obsolete practice as to adjournment of debate.............   444

        Obsolete practice as to Member's advice during points of 

            order.................................................   507

        On bills, usually occurs before engrossment and third 

            reading...............................................   498

        One-minute speeches.......................................  753a

        Oxford-style debates......................................  753c

        Participation of the Speaker in debate................. 358, 751

        Quorum necessary during................................. 54, 510

        Special order speeches....................................  753a

        Under reservation of right to object to a unanimous-

            consent request.................................... 381, 881
Debt.

    Claims for slaves not to be paid..............................   232

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to bonded...................   688

    None incurred in aid of insurrection to be paid...............   232

    Power of Congress to pay public...............................   117

    States restricted as to tender in payment of..................   146

    Validity of those contracted prior to the Constitution........   194

    Validity of debt of the United States not to be questioned....   232

    Debt limit, rule for establishment of statutory...............   945
December.

    Early organization caucuses held in...........................   997

    First Monday in, for meeting of Congress (obsolete)...........    45
Decisions.  See also Appeal.

    Of the Speaker controlled by appeal................... 379, 624, 628
Declarations of war.

    Congress to make..............................................   127 

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    Jurisdiction as to............................................   678


Declination.
    War Powers Act................................................1013(2)

    Of seat by Member.............................................    20
Decorum.  See also Debate.

    As to sitting in place........................................   353

    Assaults and affrays..........................................   367

    Attire..................................................... 622, 763

    Call to order for transgressions in........................ 364, 760

    Clerk to preserve, at organization of the House...............   637

    Conduct of counsel in investigation...........................   712

    Conduct of Members in the hall................................   763

    Decorum of Members in debate,  see Debate.

    Disorder in Committee of the Whole............................   331

    Member may speak from any place on floor......................   749

    Members' presence when business concerning Member debated.....   375

    Movements of Member during voting.............................   506

    Power of House to punish and expel for breaches of............ 62-66

    Exhibits, use of...................................... 622, 915, 916

    Speaker preserves, on floor................................ 331, 622

    Smoking forbidden.............................................   763

    Use of personal, electronic office equipment forbidden........   763

    Wearing of hats forbidden.................................. 377, 763
Deductions.

    From the compensation of Members............................ 86, 657

    From the compensation of Members for state income taxes.......   648
Defense.

    Power of Congress to provide for public.......................   117

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to public...................   680

    Counsel for, in criminal cases................................   213
Defense production.

    Jurisdiction over subjects related to.........................   672
Deficiencies.

    Jurisdiction of appropriations for............................  671a
Degree.

    Of amendments.............................................. 822, 823

    Of amendments between the Houses..............................   529
Delegated powers.

    Of the Constitution...........................................   217
Delegates.

    Admitted to Floor.............................................   919

    Clerk formerly kept stationery accounts of....................   642

    Clerk to distribute certain documents to......................   641

    Compensation of...............................................    86

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    Former de novo votes in House where vote of decisive in 

        Committee of Whole........................................  864b

    Elected to committees.........................................   740

    Establishment and nature of office............................   740

    Franking privilege............................................   987

    From District of Columbia, formerly required to be elected to 

        the former Committee on District of Columbia..............   740

    From territory of American Samoa..............................   740

    Impeachment began at instance of a............................   603

    May have been appointed a teller..............................  630b

    Formerly could be appointed Chairman, Committee of the Whole..  861a

    May be appointed a conferee...................................  701g

    May be appointed to select committee..........................  701g

    May call a Member to order....................................   760

    Powers and privileges of, on floor and in committee...........  603,

                                               631, 701g, 740, 760, 861a

    Powers and privileges of, in Committee of the Whole...........   740

    Rooms of, in office buildings.................................   989

    Sergeant-at-Arms formerly disbursed pay of....................   648

    Stationery and clerk hire.....................................    88

    Sworn.........................................................   740
Department of Agriculture.

    Jurisdiction of appropriations for, and bills relating to. 670, 671a
Department of Defense.

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to...........................   680
Department of Energy.

    Jurisdiction over general management of.......................   674
Department of Justice.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................  679a
Departments.  See also Executive departments.

    Congress may vest appointment of certain inferior officers in 

        heads of..................................................   166

    Expenditures in, jurisdiction as to...........................   678

    Executive, privilege of, as to papers from the files..........   933

    Gallery for use of heads of...................................   922

    Heads of, admitted to the floor of the House..................   919

    Jurisdiction of appropriations for, and bills relating to.....  671a

    Of Government, power of Congress to legislate as to...........   136

    President may require opinions from heads of..................   161

    Reference of papers from................................... 882, 883

    Resolutions of inquiry to................................... 855-859
Desertion.

    Certain private bills to correct records are banned...........   852 

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Desk, Clerk's.  See Clerk's desk.
Dilatory motions.
                                                                  

    Amendments printed in Record may not be.......................   874

    Forbidden pending report from Committee on Rules......... 729a, 729b

    Not to be entertained by the Speaker..........................   803

    One motion to adjourn only in order pending motion to suspend 

        rules.....................................................   801

    Right to demand yeas and nays not to overruled as.............    77
Director of Non-legislative and Financial Services

    Former position and functions of..............................  651e
Direct tax.  See also Taxes.

    To be apportioned to census...................................   140

    Old apportionment of..........................................    14
Disabilities.

    Of President or Vice President of United States....... 155, 244, 252

    Political, arising from disloyalty............................   232

    Consideration of bills removing...............................  679b

    Of President-elect or Vice President-elect of United States...   244
Disagree, motion to.

    Amendments in order on motion to..............................   487

    Negative of, equivalent to affirmative of motion to agree.....   487

    Parliamentary principles as to disagreeing, insisting and 

        adhering......................................... 521, 528a-528d

    Precedence of................................... 486, 528-528d, 913c

    Precedence of motion to amend over motion to agree or disagree   528
Disagreement.

    President may adjourn Congress in a certain case of...........   171

    Stage of....................................... 528-528d, 828b, 913c
Discharge.

    Motions to, of a committee................................. 406, 908

    Motions to, under certain public laws.......................... 1013

    Motions as to Committee of the Whole not privileged...........   339

    Motion to discharge a committee from consideration of vetoed 

        bill......................................................   108

    Of a committee, from a resolution of inquiry..................   858
Discipline.

    Of the militia................................................   133

    Of Members.................................................. 62, 698
Discoveries.

    Congress may provide exclusive rights to......................   124
Disease.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to, generally...............   674

    Of animals....................................................   670
Disorder.

    Disorderly words taken down................................ 369, 761 

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    Galleries or lobby, cleared by Speaker for....................   622

    In Committee of the Whole............................. 331, 332, 622

    May interrupt reading of Journal..............................   621

    Parliamentary law as to taking down disorderly words..........   368

    Parliamentary law as to taking down words in Committee of the 

        Whole.....................................................   369

    Power of Chairman of Committee of the Whole as to, in 

        galleries and lobby.......................................  861a

    Power of each House to punish for............................. 62-66

    Proceedings in case of, on the floor..........................   367
Disqualification.

    As judgment in impeachment....................................    41

    Members not to hold incompatible offices..................... 97-101

    Service of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.........   698
Disqualifying interest.

    Of a Member as to voting.............................. 376, 657, 658
Distribution.

    Of President's annual message (obsolete)................... 725, 884
District of Columbia.

    In general.

        Bills relating to, as unfinished business.................   888

        Home Rule Act, disapproval procedures under............. 1013(5)

        Jurisdiction as to government buildings within............   686

        Jurisdiction as to parks in...............................   681

        Power of Congress as to legislation over............... 134, 135

        Representation in Electoral College of....................   250

        Second and fourth Mondays for business of.................   899

    Former Committee on.

        Jurisdiction transferred..................................   676

    Delegate from, powers of.  See Delegates.
Districts.

    Adjustment of, to apportionment...............................   227

    Questions as to elections in relation to......................   228

    Requirement that districts be equally populated...............   229
Disturbance.

    Galleries or lobby cleared by Speaker for.....................   622

    Of another in debate not in order.............................   364
Division.

    Of papers for reference.

        Of matter for reference to committees............. 421, 700, 849

        Of bills for reference....................................   700

    Voting by.

        Rule as to voting by......................................   630

        Business suspended by failure of quorum...................   510

        Decision by voice of majority--tie votes..................   508 

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        Decisions of points of order during.......................   507

        Division of the House after determination by sound..... 501, 630

        Interruption of, by demand for yeas and nays..............    77

        Messages not received during rising vote or vote by 

            tellers...............................................   562

        Not to be interrupted by conference report................   909

        Parliamentary provisions as to division, not applicable in 

            the House.............................................   502

        Questions of order arising during, decided peremptorily...   627

        Repetition of demand for division.........................   630

        Two-third votes...........................................   509

    Of the question for a vote.

        As related to debate on amendment.........................   482

        Into substantive propositions.......................... 791, 792

        Jefferson's discussion of.................................   481

        Motion to recede and concur divisible................. 525, 528d

        Motion to strike out and insert not divisible.............   793

        Offsetting amendments to appropriation bills indivisible..  834f

        Parliamentary law as to...................................   480

        Principles governing......................................   792

        Resolutions or orders reported by Committee on Rules not 

            divisible.......................................... 791, 792

        Resolutions electing standing committees not divisible....   791
Dockyards.

    Power of Congress over places purchased for...................   134
Documents.

    Reading of those, accompanying President's message............   170

    Clerk to distribute certain, to Members.......................   641
Domestic violence.

    States may ask protection from................................   189
Doorkeeping.

    Doorkeeping duties of Sergeant-at-Arms.................... 380, 650a

    History of former Office of the Doorkeeper......................651d
Doors.

    Of the House kept by Sergeant-at-Arms..................... 380, 650a

    Closed on call of the House when ordered by Speaker...........  771b
Due process of law.

    No person to be deprived of life, liberty, or property without   212

    No State to deprive a person of life, liberty, or property 

        without...................................................   225
Duties.  See also Taxes.

    Export taxes or duties prohibited.............................   141

    Limitations on rights of States to lay........................   147

    Net produce of, to go to National Treasury....................   147

    Not to be levied on commerce by water between States..........   142 

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    On persons migrated or imported...............................   137

    Power of Congress to lay and collect..........................   117

    States not to levy on tonnage.................................   148

    To be uniform.................................................   117
Economic and Educational Opportunities, Committee on.

    History, jurisdiction and duties of...........................   675

    Special oversight functions of................................   693
Economic Committee, Joint.........................................   983
Economic report.

    Time for filing of, by President..............................   169
Economic stabilization.

    Jurisdiction over subjects related to.........................   672
Education.

    Jurisdiction of subjects on................................ 675, 678
Education and Labor, Committee on.  See Economic and Educational 

    Opportunities, Committee on.
Effects.

    Security of, as to searches and seizures......................   211
Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives in Congress.

    Jurisdiction of subjects on.............................. 677a, 677e
Elections.

    Of officers of the two Houses.

        Of officers of the House except Speaker................. 29, 635

        Of officers of House, except that Speaker may fill 

            vacancies temporarily by appointment..................   635

        Of officers of the Senate.................................    37

        Of President pro tempore of the Senate....................   313

        Of Speaker.............................................. 26, 312

        Of Speaker and other officers of House....................26, 30

        Of Speaker pro tempore....................................   314

        Motion to proceed to election of Speaker of higher 

            privilege than motion to correct the roll.............   638

        Rule for, by ballot.......................................   934

    Of Representatives.  See also Contested elections.

        Apportioned among the States according to numbers.........   226

        Apportionment of, jurisdiction as to......................  679a

        Apportionment of (obsolete provision).....................    14

        Apportionments, first and last and minimum basis of.......    15

        By the people.............................................     5

        Campaign contributions, jurisdiction of matters relating 

            to....................................................  677a

        Clerk receives testimony taken in contests................  647a

        Contests affected by death................................    18

        Each House judge of....................................... 46-51

        Election by districts.................................. 228, 229 

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        Functions of State executive..............................    24

        Jurisdiction as to laws relating..................... 677a, 677e

        Of Members, questions relating to, considered by House 

            Oversight Committee.............................. 677a, 677e

        Power of each House to judge as related to State laws..... 47-50

        Power to judge as related to law of Congress..............    51

        Prima facie title, enrollment by Clerk not conclusive as 

            to....................................................   638

        Qualifications of electors................................     7

        Question of final right as related to oath................   204

        Questions as to elections in relation to congressional 

            districts.............................................   228

        Regulation of times, places, and manner of................42, 43

        Regulations of Federal Elections Commission disapproval...

                                                                1013(19)

        Suffrage not to be abridged for race, color, etc..........   234

        To fill vacancies.........................................    17

    Of Senators.

        Of Senators......................................... 32, 34, 236

        Congress not to interfere as to place of choosing Senators    42

        Vice President votes in case of tie in cases of contest in 

            Senate................................................    36

        Of President of the United States and Vice President... 149-153,

                                                            219-223, 249

        Of electors of President and Vice President...............   151

        No person to be elected President more than twice.........   249

        Power of Congress to provide for special, for President...   155

        Majority of electors required to choose a President of the 

            United States.........................................   221

        Qualifications of electors of President as to loyalty.....   230

        Jurisdiction of matters relating to.......................  677a

        Election of President by House in certain cases......... 221-223

        Election of Vice President by Senate in certain cases... 221-223

        Congress to provide for case wherein death occurs among 

            those from whom House and Senate choose President and 

            Vice President respectively...........................   246
Electoral count.

    Constitutional provision for............................... 219, 220

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to...................... 677a, 677e
Electoral votes.

    Transmittal and count of......................................   220
Electors.

    Of President, appointment and numbers of................... 151, 250

    Of President, qualifications of loyalty.......................   226 

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    Of President, voting of, and count of the votes...............   219

    Of Senators, qualifications of............................. 236, 238

    Qualifications of Electors................................. 151, 152
Electronic device.

    Personal, electronic office equipment forbidden in Chamber....   763

    Voting and quorum calls by............................... 771b, 774b
Emancipation.

    Of slaves, no compensation for................................   232
Emoluments.

    Conditions on acceptance of, by officers......................   144

    Of civil office under United States, increase of during term 

        bars Senators and Representatives.........................    96
Employees.

    Admission of, to the floor................................. 919-921b

    Appointed by officers of the House............................   635

    Application of employment laws to legislative branch  See 

        Congressional accountability.

    Clerk formerly disbursed pay of...............................   642

    Code of conduct for...........................................   939

    Compensation, retirement, and benefits, jurisdiction over.....  677a

    Sergeant-at-Arms responsible for conduct of his...............  650a

    Duties of Committee on House Oversight as to..................  677a

    Fair employment practices................................ 946a, 946b

    Former, admission of to floor.............................. 919, 921

    Of committees,  see Committee staffs.

    Of House, relations to claims.................................   937

    Non-discrimination in relation to................... 939, 946a, 946b

    To be assigned only to duties for which they are appointed....   635
Enacting words, striking out.

    Rule relating to motion.......................................   875

    Practice as to use of motion..................................  876a
Enemies.

    Treason to consist in adhering to or aiding...................   181

    Aid or comfort to those of the United States..................   232
Energy and Commerce, Committee on.  See Commerce, Committee on.
Energy matters.  See also Nuclear energy.

    Jurisdiction over.

        Coastal zone management................................ 681, 686

        Commercial application of energy technology...............   674

        Conservation of energy resources..........................   674

        Energy information generally..............................   674

        Energy research and development...........................   683

        Interstate energy compacts................................   674

        Interstate transmission of power..........................   674 

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        Mineral resources of public lands and mining..............   681

        National energy policy generally..........................   674

        Naval petroleum and oil shale reserves....................   680

        Water power...............................................   686
Engagements.

    Validity of those entered into before adoption of Constitution   194
Engrossment.

    Of a bill, question on, and procedure...................... 830, 832

    Properly done after a bill is amended.........................   428

    Reading in full not required............................... 830, 832

    Test of strength on...........................................   429

    Endorsement of the title on an engrossed bill.................   431
Enrolled bills.

    As to raising a question of privilege over delay of, in 

        reaching the President....................................   572

    As to signing of, by Speaker pro tempore......................  634a

    Authority of pro tempore presiding officers to sign enrolled 

        bills.....................................................   576

    Committee on House Oversight, duties in connection with....... 677c, 

                                                                    697b

    Conditions of signing by the Speaker....................... 624, 625

    Parliamentary law as to enrollment............................   573

    Practice of the two Houses of Congress as to enrollment.......   574

    Presentation of, to the President.............................   577

    Privileged reports relative to................................   726

    Report as to accuracy.........................................   625

    Signing of, for presentation to the President.................   575

    Signature vacated.............................................   625
Enrolling clerk.

    To make no changes in text of a bill..........................   573
Entry.

    Of yeas and nays on Journal...................................    75
Enumeration.

    Of people for apportionment...................................    15

    Capitation or direct taxes to be proportioned to..............   140
Environmental research and development.

    Jurisdiction over subjects related to.........................   683
Equal protection.

    Of law, guaranteed............................................   225
Equity.

    Judicial power extends to all cases of........................   178

    Limitation of judicial power in suits of......................   218 

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Equivalent questions.  See Question.
Errors.
                                                                  

    Cancellation of signatures of an enrolled bill for......... 575, 625

    Correction of, in enrollment of a bill........................   573

    Correction of, in messages....................................   565

    Correction of, in reference of a bill to a calender...........   742

    Correction of, in reference of bills, petitions, etc....... 853, 854

    Correction of, in reference of bills from Speaker's table...... 882, 

                                                                     883

    Correction of, in the Journal by a committee..................   583

    In a yea-and-nay vote.........................................   766

    In bills sent to the President................................   110

    In vote by tellers............................................  630b

    Questions of privilege affect integrity of proceedings........   661

    Rectifying of, after report by tellers........................   503

    Use of joint resolutions to correct bills sent to the 

        President.................................................   518
Establishment.

    Of religion, Congress to make no law respecting...............   208
Estimates.

    Of appropriations, transmission of, to Congress...............   936
Ethics.

    Code of Official Conduct......................................   939

    Committee on Standards of Official Conduct................. 685, 726

    Financial disclosure..........................................   940

    Former Select Committee on....................................  943b

    Unofficial office accounts prohibited.........................   941

    Limitations on use of frank...................................   942

    Limitations on outside earned income..........................  943a
Evidence.

    Methods of taking, by the House and committees.... 341-348, 711, 712

    Duties of committee clerks as to..............................   932
Ex-Members.  See Former Members.
Ex post facto law.

    None to be passed.............................................   139

    States not to pass............................................   146
Examination.

    Of Members at bar of the House and before committees..........   346

    Of witnesses before committees and at the bar of the House....  343,

                                                           344, 711, 712

    Of witnesses in an impeachment................................   614

    Admission of counsel in.................................... 348, 712
Exceptions.

    Power of Congress to make, as to jurisdiction of Supreme Court   179
Excessive bail.

    Not to be required............................................   215 

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Excessive fines.
                                                                  

    Not to be imposed.............................................   215
Excises.

    Power of Congress to lay and collect..........................   117

    To be uniform.................................................   117
Exclusion.

    Of certain private bills......................................   852

    Of commemoratives.............................................   852

    Of Member for holding incompatible offices....................   101

    Of Member-elect for disqualification........................ 12, 205

    Of petitions, bills, etc., for cause...................... 849a, 853
Excuses.  See also Absence.

    For absence at call of the House..............................   769

    Members to be present unless excused..........................   656

    Requests for leave of absence.................................   657
Executive.  See also President.

    References to the President in debate.........................   370
Executive communications.

    Transmission to House.........................................   936

    Reference of.......................................... 700, 882, 883
Executive departments.  See also Departments.

    Appropriations Committee to study organization and operation 

        of........................................................  692a

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to reorganization of.........   676

    No employees of, detailed to committee may be employed on 

        professional staff except under certain conditions........   737

    Title 5, U.S.C. 3101; authority to authorize appropriation for 

        salary of clerks, etc.....................................   837

    Resolutions of inquiry of................................... 855-859

    President may require opinions from officers of...............   161

    Privilege of, as to papers from files.........................   933

    Expenditures in, jurisdiction as to...........................   676
Executive expenses.

    Jurisdiction of appropriations for............................  671a
Executive of State.

    May apply for protection against domestic violence............   189

    Power to demand fugitives from justice........................   185
Executive officers.

    Bound by oath to support the Constitution.....................   196
Executive power.

    Vested in the President.......................................   149
Exhibits.

    Use of in debate...................................... 622, 915, 916
Expenditures.

    Of public money, account to be published......................   143 

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Experiment stations.
                                                                  

    Jurisdiction of bills relating to.............................   670
Explanation.

    Of Member called to order in debate...........................   760

    Personal, made by unanimous consent...........................   749
Export controls.

    Jurisdiction over subjects related to.........................   678
Export duties.

    Forbidden.....................................................   141

    Limitation of right of State to lay duties on exports.........   147
Expulsion.

    Power of the two Houses to punish by..................... 62, 64, 65

    Course of Member when subject to debate as to.................   375

    Of a Delegate, question as to.................................   740

    Of Member-elect before taking the oath........................   300
Expunging.

    Of entries of Journal.........................................    71
Extradition.

    Of fugitives from justice in any State........................   185
Extraordinary occasions.

    Power of President to convene Congress on.....................   171
Fact.

    Privilege of the Speaker to speak as to.......................   358

    Jurisdiction of Supreme Court as to...........................   179
Fair employment practices

    Office of.....................................................  946a

    Required in House........................................ 946a, 946b
Faith.

    For public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of a State 

        in other States...........................................   183
Falsehood.

    Not to be charged on Members in debate........................   363
Fame, common.

    As foundation for investigation...............................   341

    As a ground for impeachment...................................   605
Farm Credit Administration.

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to...........................   670
Farm security.

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to...........................   670
Federal mandates

    Statements for conference reports relating to............ 911a, 1007

    Committee reports must contain effect of accompanying measures 

        on................................. 703d, 713g, 713h, 748c, 1007

    Effective date of Unfunded Mandates Reform Act................  1007

    Motion to strike..............................................  873c 

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    Question of consideration to dispose of points of order raised 

        under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995........ 781, 1007

    Rules Committee activity report to include waivers relating to

                                                              703d, 1007

    Rules Committee may not waive certain points of order under 

        Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995......................  1007
Felony.

    Conviction of Member for, non-participation in committee and 

        House business............................................   939

    Senators and Representatives not privileged from arrests for..90, 91

    Relation of privilege to cases of.......................... 305, 306

    Congress to punish, on the high seas..........................   126

    Extradition for...............................................   185
Files.

    Custody of committee papers............................... 706c, 932

    Withdrawal of papers from.....................................   933
Financial audits.

    By Inspector General..........................................   654

    House Officers to cooperate in performance of...... 647e, 650c, 651c

    Of House and joint entities...................................   654
Financial disclosure.

    By Members, officers, principal assistants and committee 

        professional staff........................................   940

    Ethics in Government Act......................................   940

    Financial audits of House and joint entities..................   654
Fines.

    Excessive, not to be imposed..................................   215

    As condition of discharging Member arrested for absence.......    55
First reading.

    Of bills, by title......................................... 830, 831

    Of a bill, obsolete requirement as to.........................   399
Fisheries.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................   681
Five-minute rule.

    Applicability to committee hearings...........................   711

    Closing of debate under.......................................   874

    Committees may not sit during reading of bill under........ 324, 710

    Debate must be on the subject.................................   752

    Debate on motion to dispense with Calendar Wednesday..........   897

    Debate on amendments submitted in advance and printed in 

        Record....................................................   874

    Debate on appeal in Committee of the Whole....................   628

    Reading and amendment of bills under..........................   872

    Pro forma amendments..........................................  873a 

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Fix the day and hour, motion to.
                                                                  

    To which the House shall adjourn, conditions of............ 782, 784
Flag.

    Jurisdiction of, subject of...................................  679b

    Pledge of Allegiance..........................................   878
Flood control.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................   686
Floor.

    Abuse of privilege of.........................................   920

    Admission of representative of press and radio to........ 930a, 930b

    Admission when the House is not sitting.......................  921a

    Decorum of Members on,  see Decorum.

    Duty of Sergeant-at-Arms to clear, of nonprivileged persons...  650a

    Exhibits, use of,  see Exhibits.

    Persons and officials admitted during sessions of the House.... 919, 

                                                              921a, 921b

    Sergeant-at-Arms enforces rules relating to privilege of......  650a

    Speaker preserves order on................................. 331, 622

    Yielding of, in debate,  see Debate.
Food programs for children in schools.

    Jurisdiction over subjects related to.........................   675
Forces.

    Conditions to make rules for land and naval...................   131

    Land or naval, trial for crimes in............................   212
Foreign affairs.

    International commodity agreements, jurisdiction over.........   678

    International economic policy, jurisdiction over..............   678

    International education, jurisdiction over....................   678

    International financial and monetary organizations, 

        jurisdiction over...................................... 672, 693

    International fishing agreements, jurisdiction over........ 681, 693

    International waters, jurisdiction over.......................   678

    Non-proliferation and nuclear export agreements...............   678

    President's relations to......................................   165
Foreign Affairs, Committee on.  See International Relations, Committee 

    on.
Foreign coin.

    Congress to regulate value of.................................   121
Foreign gifts and decorations.

    Law regulating acceptance of by persons holding office of 

        trust or profit under the United States...................   145
Foreign ministers.

    Admitted to the floor of the House............................   919

    Gallery for use of............................................   922

    Foreign national, gifts from..................................   939 

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Foreign nations.
                                                                  

    Judicial power extends to cases affecting certain.............   178

    Limitations on suits of subjects of, against..................   218

    Power of Congress to regulate commerce with...................   119

    States not to make engagements with, except on conditions.....   148

    Titles, gifts, et cetera, from, to be accepted on conditions..   144
Forest reserves.

    Jurisdiction of bills relating to.......................... 670, 681
Forestry.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................   670
Forfeiture.

    In cases of, treason..........................................   182
Form of government.

    Republican, guaranteed to the State...........................   189
Former Members, admission to floor.  See Floor.
Forms.

    Of putting question:

        For viva voce vote........................................   629

        On question of consideration..............................   778

        On engrossment and third reading of a bill................   830

        On the passage of a bill..................................   499

    Of resolutions:

        Of inquiry................................................   856

    Of reports:

        From Committee of the Whole............................ 333, 334

    Of salutation of reception of messages........................   564

    Of going into Committee of the Whole..........................   328

    Of oath of Members............................................   197
``Forthwith.''

    Reference with instructions to report.........................   788
Forts.

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to...........................   680

    Power of Congress over places purchased for...................   134
Forty minutes' debate.

    After previous question is ordered without debate.......... 805, 907

    On motion to reject non-germane Senate amendment..............  913c

    On motion to suspend the rules................................   907

    On non-germane provisions in conference report................  913b

    Recognition in................................................   756
Fourteen days.

    Discharge of resolutions of inquiry......................... 855-858
Franking privilege.

    Law as to.....................................................   987

    Limitation on use of..........................................   942
Fraud.

    In introduction of a bill.....................................   851 

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Free conference.
                                                                  

    Parliamentary law as to.......................................   539

    In modern practice............................................   540

    Usage as to...................................................   557
Freedom.

    Of religion, speech, the press, and right of assembly and 

        petition..................................................   208
Freedmen's Hospital.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................   675
Fugitives.

    From justice, extradition of..................................   185

    From service or labor, return of..............................   186
Gallaudet College.

    Jurisdiction of bills relating to.............................   675
Galleries.

    As to right to demand clearing of.............................   382

    Distribution, admission and control of........................   922

    Members may not introduce occupants in, to House..............   764

    Power of Chairman of Committee of the Whole as to Order in....  861a

    Speaker may order, to be cleared..............................   622

    The Press Gallery.............................................  930a

    The Radio/TV Gallery..........................................  930b
General Accounting Office, assistance to committees...............   989
General appropriation bills.  See Appropriations.
General Counsel.

    Office of.....................................................  634e
General debate.  See Debate.
General revenue sharing.

    Jurisdiction over.............................................   676
General Services Administrator.

    Bills that become law deposited with....................... 105, 109

    Noncurrent records deposited with by clerk....................   932
General welfare.

    Power of Congress to provide for..............................   117
Geological survey.

    Jurisdiction of legislation relating to.......................   681
Germane.

    Amendments required to be germane.............................   794

    Amendment being considered, which would have been subject to a 

        point of order, may be perfected by amendments germane to 

        it........................................................   842

    Amendments imposing conditions, qualifications, and 

        limitations...............................................   800

    Amendments to bills amending existing law.....................   799

    Burden of proof as to germaneness.............................   794

    Committee jurisdiction as test of germaneness.................  798c 

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    Fundamental purpose as test of germaneness....................  798b

    A general provision not germane to a specific subject.........  798f

    Instructions to committees and amendments thereto must be 

        germane...................................................   796

    One individual proposition not germane to another.............  798e

    Parliamentary law as to germaneness...........................   467

    Proposition to which amendment must be germane................   795

    Senate amendments and matter contained in conference reports, 

        separate vote if not germane.................... 797, 913b, 913c

    Specific subjects germane to general propositions of the class  798g

    Subject matter as test of germaneness.........................  798a

    Various tests of germaneness are not exclusive................  798d

    Gifts...................................................... 939, 940
Government.

    Economy and efficiency in, jurisdiction over..................   676

    Intergovernmental relationships, jurisdiction over............   676

    Republican form of, guaranteed to the States..................   189

    Right of people to petition...................................   208
Government Operations, Committee on.  See Government Reform and 

    Oversight, Committee on.
Government Reform and Oversight, Committee on.

    History and jurisdiction of...................................   676

    General oversight functions of............................ 692b, 696

    Oversight findings of to be included in reports of other 

        committees................................................  713e

    Responsibility as to commemoratives...........................   852
Government, seat of.

    Power of President to convene Congress at another place.......   171

    Power of Congress to legislate for............................   134
Governors of States.

    Admitted to the floor of the House............................   919

    Fill certain vacancies in Senate..............................    34

    Issue writs to fill vacancies in representation...............17, 24

    May apply for protection against domestic violence............   189

    Power to demand fugitives from justice........................   185
Grand Jury.

    Indictment by, as related to trial for crime..................   212
Grants.

    Of land, judicial power extends to cases affecting certain....   178
Grievances.

    Right of people to petition for redress of....................   208
Grounds.

    Jurisdiction as to occupied or improved.......................   686
Guam.

    Delegate from, powers and privileges of,  see Delegates. 

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Habeas corpus.
    

    Suspension of writ of.........................................   138
Hall of the House.

    Abuse of privilege of the floor...............................   920

    Admission to,  see Floor.

    Sergeant-at-Arms enforces rules relating to privileges of.....  650a

    Sergeant-at-Arms' duty to keep room over, clear of persons....  650a

    Electoral count held in.......................................   220

    Rules as to use of............................................   918

    Speaker's control of..........................................   623

    The various galleries and admission thereto,  see Galleries.
Harbors.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to the improvement of.......   686
Hatch Act.

    Jurisdiction over subjects related to.........................   676
Hats.

    Not to be worn by Members in the House..................... 377, 763
Heads of departments.  See also Departments.

    Admitted to the floor of the House............................   919

    Congress may vest appointment of certain inferior officers in.   166

    Gallery for use of Cabinet....................................   922

    Rule for reference of papers from.......................... 882, 883
Health.

    Jurisdiction over subjects related to generally...............   674

    Care and facilities supported by general revenues, 

        jurisdiction over.........................................   674

    Care supported by payroll deductions, jurisdiction over.......   688

    Biomedical research and development, jurisdiction over........   674

    Public health and quarantine, jurisdiction over...............   674

    Veterans' health care, jurisdiction over......................   687

    Human nutrition, jurisdiction over............................   670
Hearings.

    Exclusion of Members and public from..........................   708

    Five-minute rule when examining witnesses in..................   711

    On appropriation bills hearings and reports to be available 3 

        days in advance of consideration..........................   848

    Rules to be adhered to in............................ 694b, 708, 712
High crimes and misdemeanors.

    Impeachable offenses..........................................   173

    As to what are............................................. 175, 176
High seas.

    Punishment of piracies and felonies on........................   126
Hissing.


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.......................................................................
Holidays and celebrations.
    Not in order during debate....................................   364
Historian.................................................... 634d, 996a 

    Jurisdiction of bills relating to.............................   676
Holman rule.

    Decisions under Holman rule (in brief)........................  844a
Homes, soldiers'.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................   680

    Honorarium........................................... 939, 940, 943a
Hour of meeting.

    Speaker takes Chair at........................................   621

    Fixed at 12 m until 95th Congress.............................   621

    Standing order as to, expires with the session................   386

    Jurisdiction of orders as to daily............................  682a

    Motion to fix.............................................. 782, 784
Hour rule.

    Of debate.....................................................   758
House Oversight, Committee on.

    History, jurisdiction, and duties of...................... 677a, 697

    Authority to adjust allowances of members and committees......86, 88

    Authority to implement Fair Labor Standards Act in House......  946a

    Availability for one day of reports on committee expense 

        resolutions..................................... 716, 732b, 732c

    Chairman and four members serve on Joint Committee on the 

        Library...................................................   985

    Chairman and four members serve on Joint Committee on Printing   986

    Details to committees from government agencies permitted by...   737

    Duty as to relations of officers and employees to claims......   937

    Duty as to direction of officers..............................  697c

    Duty as to enrolled bills.....................................  697b

    Duty as to termination of LSOs........................... D88a, 697c

    Former Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight...............   693

    Oversight responsibilities....................................  692b

    Privileged reports from.......................................   726

    Reports on committee expense resolutions................. 732a, 732b

    Reports on election cases.....................................   726

    Responsibilities relating to committee staff.............. 734b, 737
House as in Committee of the Whole.

    Procedure in................................................ 424-427

    Procedure in generally applicable to House committees..... 407, 704b
House Calendar.

    Certain bills placed on, to await action of House.............   742

    Bills on, considered on Calendar Wednesday....................   897

    Bills on, considered during ``Morning Hour''..................   889

    Bills from, on Corrections Calendar...........................   746
House of Representatives.

    Part of Congress..............................................     3 

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    Accounts, jurisdiction of matters relating to.................  677a

    Assignment of rooms in office buildings.......................   984

    Attendance of, at an impeachment trial........................   617

    Authority as to treaties.................................... 594-599

    Bicentennial, Office of.......................................  634d

    Bills for raising revenue to originate in....................... 102

    Choice of President by..................................... 221, 222

    Chooses Speaker and other officers....................... 26-30, 635

    Composed of Members chosen by people..........................   5-7

    Confirms nomination of Vice President.........................   253

    Contingent fund, leave to report on expenditures at any time..   726

    Contingent fund, jurisdiction of matters relating to..........  677a

    Door of, kept by Sergeant-at-Arms......................... 380, 650a

    Early organization of.........................................   997

    Electoral votes to be counted in presence of..................   219

    Employment of persons, jurisdiction of matters relating to....  677a

    Has power of impeachment......................................    31

    Historian for.................................................  634d

    Indecent language against, not permitted in debate............   360

    Its power to make rules....................................... 58-60

    Leadership, compensation and emoluments of....................86, 89

    Library, jurisdiction of matters relating to..................  677a

    May it prescribe qualifications of Members?...................    12

    Meets at 12 m.................................................6, 621

    Members,  see Members.

    Officers,  see Officers.

    Power of President to convene or adjourn......................   171

    Power to punish and expel its Members......................... 62-66

    Questions of privilege affecting........................... 661, 662

    Required to keep a Journal....................................    68

    Rules,  see Rules.

    Services, jurisdiction of matters relating to.................  677a

    Use of Hall of................................................   918

    Vacancies in.................................................. 17-25
House office buildings.

    Administration of, jurisdiction of matters relating to........  677a

    Assignment of rooms in........................................   988

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to...........................   686
House restaurant.  See Restaurant.
Houses.

    Of Congress.

    Provisions of Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 

        applicable to both...................................... 947-949

        Bill from one laid on the table in the other..............   520

        Communicate fact of rejection of a bill...................   568 

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        Complaint by one House of conduct of a Member of the other   373

        Debate and proceedings in the other House not to be 

            noticed in debate.....................................   371

        Duty of the Speaker to prevent expressions offensive to 

            the other House.......................................   374

        Do not communicate votes by which bills are passed........   567

        Each judge of elections, etc..............................    46

        Information transmitted as to bills.......................   520

        Messages between to be sent only when both are sitting....   570

        Messages from the President usually sent to both at once..   571

        Neither should encroach on the other......................   308

        Procedure when an inquiry in one, implicates a Member of 

            the other.............................................   323

        Procuring attendance of witness in custody of other House.   345

        Questions asked by committee, not by message..............   569

        Questions as to perogatives committed to conference.......   531

        Relations of, as to summoning Members or officers as 

            witnesses.............................................   292

        Right of each, to inspect Journal of the other............   582

        The other House and its Members not to be criticized in 

            debate................................................   372

    Private.

        Security of, as to searches and seizures..................   211

        As to quartering of soldiers in...........................   210
Housing.

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to public and private........   672
Howard University.

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to...........................   675
Immigration.

    Power of Congress over........................................   137
Immigration and naturalization.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relative to..........................  679a
Immunities.

    Of citizens not to be abridged................................   225

    Of citizens in States other than their own....................   184

    Of witnesses before committees................................   343
Impeachment.

    Civil officers removable by...................................   173

    As to who is a civil officer..................................   174

    Nature of impeachable offenses................................   175

    Later impeachment inquiries...................................   176

    Cases of, not to be tried by jury.............................   180

    House has sole power of.......................................    31 

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    Senate alone tries............................................    38

    Conviction by two-thirds only.................................    38

    Judgment in cases of..........................................    41

    President not to pardon in cases of...........................   162

    Jurisdiction of Lords and Commons as to.......................   601

    Parliamentary law as to accusation in.........................   602

    Inception of proceedings in the House of Representatives......   603

    A proposition to impeach a question of privilege..............   604

    Investigation of charges......................................   605

    Procedure of committee in investigating.......................   606

    Common fame as ground for investigation with view to..........   341

    Carried to the Senate.........................................   607

    The writ of summons for appearance of respondent..............   608

    Exhibition and form of articles...............................   609

    Parliamentary law as to appearance of respondent..............   610

    Requirements of the Senate as to appearance of respondent.....   611

    Answer of respondent..........................................   612

    Other pleadings...............................................   613

    Examination of witnesses......................................   614

    Attendance of the Commons.....................................   616

    Attendance of the House of Representatives....................   617

    Voting on the articles in the trial...........................   618

    Judgment in...................................................   619

    Not interrupted by adjournments...............................   620

    Continued before the Senate from session to session...........   592
Importation.

    Of persons, power of Congress over............................   137

    Of intoxicating liquors.......................................   248
Imports.

    Limitation of right of States to lay duties on................   147
Imposts.

    Power of Congress to lay and collect..........................   117

    To be uniform.................................................   117

    Limitations on rights of States to lay........................   147

    Net results of, to go to Treasury of United States............   147
Impoundment.

    Control Act of 1974......................................... 1013(6)

    Impoundment resolutions, definitions and procedures for 

        consideration of........................................ 1013(6)

    Deferral of appropriations, jurisdiction over............ 671a, 671b
Imprisonment.

    Of person who assaulted a Member..............................    91

    As to termination of an order of..............................   386
Inability.

    Of President or Vice President of United States....... 155, 254, 255 

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    Of  President-elect  or  Vice President-elect  of  the  United 

        States....................................................   244
Inauguration.

    Ceremonies of.................................................   159

    Of President when day falls on Sunday.........................   150
Income.

    Limitation on outside earned..................................   943
Incompatible offices.

    Relation of Members to....................................... 97-101

    As to what are................................................    98

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to...........................  679a
Indefinite postponement.

    Use of the motion for.........................................   443
Index.

    Of the Journal, Clerk to make.................................   641
Indians.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to....................... 675, 681

    Authority of House as to Indian treaties......................   598

    Power of Congress to regulate commerce with...................   119

    Excluded from basis of representation where not taxed.........   226
Indictment.

    Of grand jury as related to trial for crime...................   212

    As related to impeachment.....................................    41
Informal rising.

    Of Committee of the Whole to receive a message................   330
Information.

    Classified, oath not to disclose..............................   939

    To be given to Congress by the President................... 169, 170
Inhabitancy.

    As qualification of a Member..................................    11

    As qualification of a Senator.................................    35

    As qualification of the President of the United States........   154

    As modifying the vote of presidential electors................   219

    As a condition of citizenship in the United States and the 

        States....................................................   225
Inland waterways.

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to...........................   686
Inquiry.

    Resolution of.

        As related to the Executive...............................   859

        Discharge of committee from...............................   858

        Form and delivery of......................................   856

        Privileged status of......................................   857

        Rule relating to..........................................   855 

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    For an investigation.  See Investigations.

        Procedure when it involves a Member or a Senator........ 321-323

    Parliamentary.

        No appeal from responses to...............................   628
Insert, motion to.

    Effect of affirmative vote on motion to strike out and........   473

    Matter to be inserted divisible...............................   792

    Perfecting before voting on...................................   469

    Putting question to strike out and............................   470

    Repetition of the motion to strike out and....................   471

    To strike out and insert not divisible........................   792
Insist, motion to.

    Effect of, on stage of disagreement...........................  828b

    Insisting and adhering in the practice of the House... 522, 528-528d

    Not equivalent of receding or adhering when decided in the 

        negative..................................................   488

    On nongermane matter in conference reports and amendments in 

        disagreement......................................... 913b, 913c

    On amendments in disagreement on appropriation bills 

        containing legislation....................................  912c

    Parliamentary principles as to disagreeing, insisting, and 

        adhering..................................................   521

    Precedence of....................... 486, 528-528d, 912c, 913b, 913c
Inspection laws.

    Rights of States to levy duties or imposts, to execute........   147
Inspector General.

    Office of.....................................................   654
Instructions.

    As related to motion to refer.................................   788

    Debate on motion to recommit with.............................   782

    Formal motion instructing committee to report a bill..........   908

    Duty of a committee when a report is recommitted with.........   420

    In order with motion to commit after previous question is 

        moved.....................................................   804

    Method of dividing a bill by motion to recommit with..........   476

    Minority has prior right to recognition.......................   541

    Motions for instructions, offering of.........................   541

    Practice as to, in conferences............................. 541, 557

    Speaker does not usually decide as to whether or not 

        committees have followed..................................   627

    To limit freedom of a conference..............................   540
Insular affairs.

    Jurisdiction of revenue matters...............................   688

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to, generally...............   681 

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Insult.
                                                                  

    Member censured for, to the House.............................    63

    Bills or petitions excluded for being insulting............ 849, 853
Insurrection.

    Suppression of................................................   132

    Debts incurred in suppressing, not to be questioned...........   232

    Debts incurred in aid of, not to be paid......................   232

    Participation in, as a disqualification for office............   230
Intelligence, Permanent Select Committee on.

    History and jurisdiction of...................................  944a

    Procedures for disclosure of classified information....... 939, 944a
Interest.

    Disqualifying personal, as to voting.................. 376, 657, 658
Intergovernmental cooperation, jurisdiction over..................   676
Internal Revenue Taxation, Joint Committee on.....................   984
Internal security.

    Jurisdiction over.............................................  679b
International Relations, Committee on.

    History and jurisdiction of...................................   678

    Special oversight functions of................................   693

    Reports private bills.........................................   845
Interoceanic canals.

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to...........................   680
Interruptions.

    Procedure as to, during debate................................   364

    Member having the floor not to be interrupted by motions, etc.   750

    Of Member having the floor in debate..........................   749

    Of Member having the floor, by a call to order................   393

    Of business or debate, by conference report...................   909

    Of a roll call................................................   767

    Of roll call by recess not permitted..........................   586

    Of the call of committees.....................................   890
Interstate commerce.

    Jurisdiction of bills relating to.............................   674
Interstate Commerce Commission, jurisdiction over.................   686
Interstate compacts.

    Jurisdiction of, generally....................................  679a

    Jurisdiction of interstate, relating to apportionment of 

        waters for irrigation purposes............................   681

    Jurisdiction of, over interstate energy.......................   674
Intervening questions.

    Certain privileged, to interrupt the order of business..... 879, 881

    Of order......................................................   457

    Precedence of questions of privilege.............. 458, 661, 664-666

    Private business in the order of business on Tuesday..........   893

    Privilege of conference reports...............................   909

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    Questions as to reading of papers.............................   459
Intoxicating liquors.

    Jurisdiction of bills relating to interstate commerce in......  679a

    Jurisdiction as to sale of, in District of Columbia...........   676

    Transportation and importation under the 21st amendment.......   248
Introducer.

    Right of, to speak twice......................................   762

    Right of, to close debate on amendment considered under five-

        minute rule...............................................   762
Introduction of bills.  See Bills.
Invasions.

    Repelling of..................................................   132

    States to be protected against................................   189

    Suspension of writ of habeas corpus for.......................   138
Inventors.

    Congress may provide for patents for..........................   124
Investigation.

    House's power of..............................................   295

    Admission of counsel....................................... 348, 712

    Appropriations Committee studies organization and operation of 

        Government agencies.......................................  692a

    By the House with a view to impeachment.......................   606

    Common fame as a ground for...................................   341

    Earlier and later practice as to, inquiries at the bar of the 

        House.....................................................   344

    Examination of witnesses in House and committee....... 343, 711, 712

    Examination of witnesses in an impeachment....................   614

    Jurisdiction of resolutions ordering..........................  682a

    Members as witnesses..........................................   346

    Method of obtaining testimony of a Member of the other House..   347

    Oversight investigations.................................... 692-696

    Power of committees and subcommittees to make.................   718

    Production of witnesses at....................................   342

    Procedure for executive session in committees.............. 708, 712

    Procedure when a Member or Senator is involved.............. 321-323

    Procuring attendance of a witness in custody of the other 

        House.....................................................   345

    Subpoenas may be issued by committees and subcommittees.......   718

    Witnesses before committees making must file written 

        statements of proposed testimony..........................   712
Involuntary servitude.

    Not to exist except for punishment for crime..................   224
Irrigation and reclamation.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................   681 

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Island possessions.
                                                                  

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to...........................   681
Jefferson's Manual.

    As source of general parliamentary law........................    60

    Part of rules of House........................................   938

    Purposes and methods of preparation of (footnote).............   283

    Text of..................................................... 283-620
Jeopardy.

    Of life and limb, not to occur twice..........................   212
Joint committees.

    Authorized by concurrent resolutions..........................   396

    Conferences held by means of..................................   532

    Expiration of select..........................................   419

    Economic......................................................   983

    Internal Revenue Taxation.....................................   984

    Library.......................................................   985

    Printing......................................................   986

    Quorum, chairman, and voting in...............................   325
Joint resolutions.

    Nature and use of.............................................   397

    Clerk certifies to passage of.................................   642

    For amendments to Constitution, not approved by President.....   115

    Division of, not in order on vote on engrossment or passage...   792

    Signed by Speaker.............................................   624

    Use of, to correct an error in a bill sent to the President...   518

    Used for abrogating treaties..................................   599

    Used for amendment to the Constitution........................   191
Joint rules.

    Jurisdiction as to............................................  682a

    Abrogated................................................... 61, 316

    Reference to..................................................   938
Joint sponsorship.

    Of public bills, resolutions, and memorials...................   854
Journal.

    The official record.

        Clerk to print and distribute.............................   641

        House required to keep and publish........................    68

        Not to go out of Clerk's custody..........................   352

        Secrecy of portions of....................................    68

        The official record..................................... 69, 582

    Entries in.

        Record of proceedings only................................    70

        Clerk to note questions of order in.................... 627, 641

        Conditions under which reports are printed in.............   422

        Control of House over.....................................    71

        Of amendments.............................................   580 

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        Of certain messages.......................................   935

        Of conference reports.....................................   542

        Of hour of adjournment....................................   790

        Of introduction of bills, petitions, resolutions, etc., in   849

        Of Members noted to make a quorum.........................   772

        Of messages from President................................   884

        Of motions................................................   775

        Of motions (obsolete provisions as to)....................   578

        Of motions to discharge committees........................   908

        Of names of absentees when quorum fails in Committee of 

            the Whole.............................................   863

        Of names of Members appearing during call of the House....   768

        Of President's objection to a vetoed bill.................   104

        Of questions and answers in, at examinations at the bar of 

            the House.......................................... 343, 344

        Of questions postponed or laid on the table...............   579

        Of record of votes........................................    72

        Of recorded teller votes in Committee of the Whole or in 

            House.................................................   630

        Of reference of public bills, memorials, etc........... 854, 860

        Of report of enrolled bills presented to the President....   577

        Of titles of reported bills...............................   743

        Of votes in, in the House of Commons......................   581

        Of yeas and nays generally................................ 75-80

        Of yeas and nays on vetoed bill...........................   104

        Relations of, to presence of a quorum.................. 55, 774c

        Words of censure..........................................    63

    Reading of.

        For approval..............................................   621

        As related to quorum................................... 55, 774c

        Business not transacted before............................   621

        Disorder during...........................................   621

        Interruption of...........................................   621

        Member sworn in before................................. 201, 621

        Motion to adjourn before..................................   621

        Motion that, be read in full only upon rejection of 

            Speaker's approval....................................   621

        Place in order of business................................   878

        Reading of, not interrupted by conference report..........   909

        Reading of, may be interrupted by a question of privilege.   665

    Amendment and approval.

        Amendment of............................................ 74, 621

        Approval of, by House................................... 73, 621

        Correction of, through a committee........................   583 

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        Postponement of record vote on, approval of...............   631

        Preliminary approval by Speaker...........................   621
Judge.

    Each House judge of elections, etc............................    46
Judges.

    Bound by Constitution and laws................................   195

    Of Supreme Court, President appoints..........................   166

    Of Supreme Court, admitted to the floor.......................   919

    Of Supreme Court, gallery for use of..........................   922

    Tenure and compensation of....................................   177

    As to impeachable offenses by............................... 174-176
Judgment.

    In impeachments............................................. 41, 619
Judicial expenses.

    Jurisdiction of appropriations for............................  671a
Judicial officers.

    Bound by oath to support the Constitution.....................   196
Judicial power.

    Jurisdiction of Supreme Court.................................   179

    Limitations of, in suits in law and equity....................   218

    Scope of......................................................   178

    Vested in supreme and inferior courts.........................   177
Judicial proceedings.

    States reciprocally to give full faith and credit to..........   183

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................  679a
Judiciary, Committee on the.

    History and jurisdiction of.............................. 679a, 679b

    Reports private claims bills.............................. 679a, 845

    Records transferred to from former Committee on Internal 

        Security..................................................  679b
Jurisdiction.

    Of committees of the House.

        Conferred by uncorrected error in reference of public bill   854

        Not conferred by erroneous reference of private bill......   853

        Of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.........  944a

        Referrals to assure each committee opportunity to report 

            on subjects within....................................   700

    Of the standing committees, severally.

        Agriculture...............................................   670

        Appropriations............................................   671

        Banking and Financial Services............................   672

        Budget....................................................   673

        Commerce..................................................   674

        District of Columbia, former Committee on.................   676 

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        Economic and Educational Opportunities....................   675

        Government Reform and Oversight...........................   676

        House Oversight...........................................   677

        International Relations...................................   678

        Judiciary............................................ 679a, 679b

        Merchant Marine and Fisheries, former Committee on.... 680, 681, 

                                                                683, 686

        National Security.........................................   680

        Post Office and Civil Service, former Committee on........   676

        Resources.................................................   681

        Rules.....................................................   682

        Science...................................................   683

        Small Business............................................   684

        Standards of Official Conduct.............................   685

        Transportation and Infrastructure.........................   686

        Veterans' Affairs.........................................   687

        Ways and Means............................................   688

    Of the United States.

        As related to citizenship.................................   225

        Slavery and involuntary servitude forbidden in places 

            under.................................................   224

    Of the Supreme Court.

        Original and appellate, of Supreme Court..................   179
Jurors.

    All cases of crimes to be tried by, except in impeachments....   180

    Grand, indictment by, as related to trial for crime...........   212

    Privilege of Members of Congress as to summons as.......... 290, 291

    Privilege of members of Parliament as to summons as...........   287

    Relation of trial by, to impeachment..........................   615

    Right to trial by, in criminal prosecutions...................   213

    Suits at common law tried by..................................   214
Justice.

    An object of the Constitution.................................     1

    Extradition of fugitives from.................................   185
Kings.

    Gifts, titles, etc., from, to be accepted on conditions.......   144
Labor.

    Return of fugitives from......................................   186

    Jurisdiction of regulation or prevention of importation of 

        contract labor............................................   675

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to transportation labor......   686

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to, generally...............   675
Land forces.

    Congress to make rules for....................................   131 

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Lands.
                                                                  

    Indian, jurisdiction as to....................................   681

    Irrigation of, jurisdiction as to.............................   681

    Judicial power extends to cases affecting certain grants......   178

    Jurisdiction as to occupied or improved grounds...............   686

    Jurisdiction of private claims to.......................... 679, 845

    Mineral, jurisdiction of matters relating to..................   681

    Public, jurisdiction of matters relating to...................   681
Law.

    As related to legislative functions.

        As agency for prescribing qualifications..................    12

        As related to power of House to elect officers............29, 30

        Application of laws to legislative branch,  see 

            Congressional Accountability.

        Appropriations to be made by..............................   143

        Authority to administer oaths conferred by................    59

        Bill to be approved before becoming.......................   104

        Civil and criminal, jurisdiction of subjects related to...  679a

        Fixes compensation of Representatives and Senators........    86

        Meeting of Congress by.................................. 45, 279

        Of Congress as related to power to judge elections........    51

        Of State as related to House's power of judging elections. 48-50

        Passed over veto by two-thirds............................   104

        Procedures contained in, for Congressional vetoes of 

            executive action......................................  1013

        Relation of, to power to determine rules.......... 59, 388, 1013

        Revision of, jurisdiction of subjects relating to.........  679a

        That of 1789 relating to administration of oath at 

            organization..........................................   198

    Parliamentary.

        General, before adoption of rules.........................    60

        Jefferson's Manual as a statement of the parliamentary....   284

        Relations of the parliamentary law to the early practice 

            of Congress...........................................   285

    Making and execution of.

        Congress to provide for calling forth militia to execute..   132

        Power of Congress to make.................................   136

        President to see that laws are faithfully executed........   172

        When made in pursuance of the Constitution the supreme law 

            of the land...........................................   195

    Relations of judicial power to.

        Congress may fix places for trial of certain crimes by....   180

        Judicial power extends to all cases of....................   178

        Jurisdiction of Supreme Court as to.......................   179

        Jury trial for suits at common............................   214

        Limitation of judicial power in suits of..................   218 

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        Of United States, judicial power extends to cases arising 

            under.................................................   178

        Rules of, in courts.......................................   214

    Guarantees of liberty and property.

        Due process of, no person to be deprived of life, liberty, 

            or property without...................................   212

        Due process of, no person to be deprived of life, liberty, 

            or property by a State without........................   225

        Equal protection of, guaranteed...........................   225

        Impairing obligations of contract, no State to pass.......   146

        No ex post facto, to be passed............................   139

        States not to pass ex post facto..........................   146

    In General.

        Application of laws to legislative branch,  see 

            Congressional Accountability.

        Certain, of States subject to revision and control of 

            Congress..............................................   147

        Of nations, offenses against..............................   126

        Punishment of, additional to impeachment..................    41

        Treaties abrogated by.....................................   599
Law Librarian, admitted to floor of the House.....................   919
Law Revision Counsel.

    Office of, establishment and duties of........................   996
Lay on the table, motion to.

    Conditions, precedence, and effect of.

        Precedence and general effect and conditions of........ 782, 785

        Conditions of, repetition of..............................   789

        Effect of, as to main question and secondary questions....   785

        May intervene before Member in charge begins debate.......   756

        Not debatable.............................................   782

        Not in order in Committee of the Whole....................   785

        Older and modern use of...................................   445

    Relations to other motions.

        May be applied to other secondary motions.................   785

        Not in order after previous question is ordered...........   785

        Relations of, to motion to reconsider.....................   818

        Relations of, to the previous question....................   809

    Application of.

        Applicable to bills from the other House..................   519

        Applicable to preamble of a resolution....................   414

        Applicable to vetoed bill.................................   108

        Applicable to Senate amendments...........................  528d

        Not applied to a conference report........................   550 

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Leave to print.
                                                                  

    In Congressional Record.......................................   929
Leave to report at any time.

    By certain committees on specific matters.....................   726
Leaves of absence.  See also Absence.

    Presentation of requests for..................................   657

    Revoked, but not granted during call of the House.............   769
Legal tender.

    States restricted as to making................................   146
Legislation.  See also Appropriation Bills.

    On general appropriation bills prohibited,  See Appropriation 

        Bills.

    Power of Congress as to District of Columbia and ceded places.   134

    Power of Congress to legislate to enforce the 13th, 14th, and 

        15th amendments of the Constitution.......................  224,

                                                                233, 234

    Territorial, revision of, jurisdiction as to..................   681
Legislative call system...........................................   765
Legislative Counsel.

    Office of.....................................................   992
Legislative day.

    Speaker takes Chair on each...................................   621

    Journal dated as of...........................................    69
Legislative expenses.

    Jurisdiction of appropriations for............................  671a
Legislative oversight.

    By standing committees...................................... 692-696
Legislative powers.  See also Congress, powers of.

    Of Congress................................................ 117, 136

    Vested in Congress............................................     3
Legislative service organizations.................................  88a.
Legislative veto.

    Laws providing mechanisms for Congressional disapproval.......  1013
Legislatures of States.

    Function of, in prescribing times, etc., of elections of 

        Representatives...........................................42, 43

    As related to qualifications of Electors......................     7

    Choose Senators (obsolete)....................................    32

    Constitutional convention to be called on application of......   190

    In recess of, governor appoints Senator (obsolete)............    34

    May apply for protection against domestic violence............   189

    May empower state executive to make temporary appointment of 

        Senator...................................................   236

    Power as to joining or dividing of their States...............   187

    Direct manner of appointment of electors of President.........   151

    Power of Congress over places purchased with consent of.......   134 

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    Members of, bound by oath to support the Constitution.........   196

    Ratification of constitutional amendments by..................   190
Letters of marque.

    And reprisal, Congress to grant...............................   127

    States not to grant...........................................   146
Liberty.

    An object of the Constitution.................................     1

    No person to be deprived of it without due process of law.....   212

    No State to deprive a person of, without due process of law...   225
Librarian.

    Preserves committee hearings..................................   949

    Of Congress, admitted to floor................................   919

    Assistant in Law Library admitted to floor of House...........   919
Library.

    In general.

        See also Congressional Research Service...................

        Of Congress, jurisdiction of Committee on House Oversight 

            as to.................................................  677d

        Of Congress, jurisdiction of matters relating to buildings 

            and grounds...........................................   686

        Of Clerk's office, certain books and documents to be 

            retained in...........................................   641

        Congressional Research Service established in.............   991

        Preserves committee hearings..............................   949

    Joint Committee on.

        Membership on.............................................   985
Lie.

    Not to be charged against Member in debate....................   363
Life.

    No person to be deprived of it without due process of law.....   212

    No State to deprive a person of, without due process of law...   225

    Persons not to be put twice in jeopardy of....................   212
Lighthouses.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................   686
Limit of cost.

    On public works...............................................   838
Limitations.  See also Appropriation bills.

    On general appropriation bills................. 834b-834d, 843a-843c

    On outside earned income......................................  943a

    On use of frank...............................................   942
Lists.

    Presidential electors to make certain.........................   219
Loans (foreign).

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to................. 678, 679a, 679b 

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Lobby.

    Speaker may order, to be cleared..............................   622

    Power of Chairman of Committee of the Whole as to order in....  861a
Lobbying.

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to...........................  679b
Lobbyists.

    Gifts from................................................. 939, 940
Loss.

    Of slaves not to be compensated...............................   232

    Of a bill.....................................................   352
Loyalty.

    As related to the oath and qualifications.................. 205, 230

    Removal of disabilities as to.................................   231
Mace.

    Symbol of Sergeant-at-Arms....................................   650
Magazines.

    Power of Congress over places purchased for...................   134
Mail.

    Delivery of............................................... 654, 654a
Mail service.

    Jurisdiction of bills relating to.............................   676
Main question.

    Member who has spoken to, may speak to an amendment also......   762
Majority.

    Required in elections.

        Necessary for election on ballot vote.....................   934

        Of Senators for choice of a Vice President................   263

        President chosen by.......................................   263

        Speaker elected by...................................... 27, 312

    In procedure of the House.

        Constitutes quorum of a standing or select committee for 

            certain actions......................... 409, 708, 713c, 718

        Constitutes quorum of House...............................52, 53

        Decisions of the House reached by.........................   508

        May reconsider a vote ordering yeas and nays..............    79

        Questions as to priority of business decided by...........   900

        Required to send bill to conference on motion.......... 827, 828

        Rules to be a restraint on................................   283

        Special requirements as to two-thirds vote................   509
Managers of a conference.  See Conference.
Manner of elections.

    Regulation of.................................................42, 43
Manual, Jefferson's.  See Jefferson's Manual.
Marine affairs.

    Jurisdiction over subjects related to.........................   681 

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Marine hospitals.
                                                                  

    Jurisdiction as to............................................   674
Maritime jurisdiction.

    Judicial power extends to cases of............................   178
Marque, letters of.

    Congress to grant.............................................   127

    States not to grant...........................................   146
Mass mailing.

    Franking of...................................................   942
Measures.

    Congress to fix standard of...................................   121

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................   683
Meeting.

    Of Congress.

        Once every year......................................... 45, 242

        Laws appointing different day for.........................   243

        Power of President to convene.............................   171

        Other power to convene....................................   171

        Time of...................................................     6

        Jurisdiction of bills to change date of...................  679a

        Duties of Clerk at organization of the House............ 637-639

        Administration of the oath at organization.............. 198-204

    Of the House.

        Speaker takes Chair at hour of............................   621

        Standing order as to daily hour of, expires with the 

            session...............................................   386

        Jurisdiction of orders as to..............................  682a

    Of committees, etc.

        Of committees..................................... 407, 705, 718

        Committees may not sit during five-minute rule......... 324, 710

        Of managers of a conference...............................   548

        Of presidential electors in the several States............   262

        Power to sit and act inside United States.................   718

        When chairman refuses to call.............................   705
Members.

    Election of.  See Elections  and Contested elections.

    Vacancies by death, resignation, etc.  See Vacancies.

    Qualifications of.  See Qualifications.

    Relations of, to oaths.  See Oath.

    Compensation, seats, rooms, clerks, etc.

        Admission to floor of House.  See Floor...................

        Clerk to distribute certain documents to..................   641

        Clerk formerly kept stationery accounts of................   642

        Clerk to furnish to, a list of certain reports............   640 

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        Committee on House Oversight may adjust certain allowances86, 88

        Compensation of...................................... 85-88, 258

        Compensation may not vary until intervening Congress......   258

        Family and card galleries for use of......................   922

        Franking privilege..................................... 942, 987

        Jurisdiction over subjects related to.....................  677a

        Jurisdiction over travel matters of.......................  677a

        Mileage of, determined by a committee.................. 85, 677a

        Non-discrimination in employment by.......................   939

        Official expenses allowances..............................    88

        Outside earned income of..................................  943a

        Rooms of, in office building..............................   988

        Sergeant-at-Arms formerly disbursed pay and mileage of....   648

        Stationery and clerk hire.................................    88

        Travel on official business, designation by Speaker.......  634b

        Unofficial office allowances prohibited...................   941

    Privilege of.

        Questions of privilege affecting, defined by rule.........   661

        Arrest, privilege of Members from.........................90, 91

        Arrest, parliamentary law as to arrest of a Member........   307

        Attitude of the House as to demands of the courts...... 291, 946

        Discussion of privilege of Members........................   663

        Jefferson's discussion as to going and returning..........   289

        Jefferson's discussion as to rights of courts to summon as 

            witnesses and jurors..................................   290

        Jefferson's review of privilege of members of Parliament..   287

        Members of Congress under the Constitution................   288

        Neither House to exercise authority over those of the 

            other.................................................   373

        Not to be questioned in another place for speech or debate92, 93

        Scope of privilege of speech and debate...................    93

        Parliamentary law as to questioning for speech or debate..   302

        Parliamentary law of privilege as related to treason, 

            felony, etc...........................................   305

        Power of the House to punish for attempts against...... 293, 299

        Precedence of questions of personal privilege.............   666

        Privilege of, of Parliament...............................   287

        Raising questions of privilege............................   668

        Relations of, to privilege................................   301

        Relations of the courts to parliamentary privilege........   303

        Rule for responding to subpoenas..........................   946

        Relations of sovereign to members of Parliament...........   309

        Status of Member-elect as to..............................   300 

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    Attendance of.

        At committee meetings when House is in session.............. 710

        Count of, to secure a quorum of record....................   772

        Jurisdiction of matters relating to.......................  679a

        Leaves of absence.........................................   657

        May be compelled to attend................................    52

        Names of absent, reported when quorum fails in Committee 

            of the Whole..........................................   863

        Required by rule to be present............................   656

        Secured by call of the House..................... 768, 773, 774b

    Decorum of.  See Decorum.

    Introduction of bills and petitions by.

        Certain private bills banned..............................   852

        Commemoratives banned.....................................   852

        Co-sponsorship............................................   854

        Duties of, in presenting petitions........................  849a

        Excluded bills, petitions, etc., returned to.......... 849a, 853

        Introduction and reference of private bills, petitions, 

            etc., by..............................................  849a

        Introduction of public bills, memorials, etc., by.........   854

        Original signature of prime sponsor required..............   851

    In debate.  See Debate.

    Right to seat.

        Leave to report matters relating to at any time...........   726

    Rights of, as to motion.

        Conditions of motion to reconsider by.................. 812, 813

        In charge of bill, relations of, to previous question.....   807

        Motions reduced to writing on demand of...................   775

        Rights of, as to motions to discharge committees..........   908

        Rights of, as to motions to suspend the rules.......... 902, 905

        Rights to demand question of consideration................   778

    Rights to have papers read.

        Do not necessarily have a right to have papers read on 

            plea of privilege.....................................   433

        Former rights of, as to reading of papers in their places 

                                                           434, 916, 917

        Right of, to have read once paper on which vote is to be 

            taken.............................................. 432, 916

        But no right where question is not put....................   433

    General rights as to procedure.

        As to right to attend a select committee..................   410

        As to right to attend committee hearing...................   708

        Impeachment may be instituted on responsibility of........   603

        May appeal from decisions of Speaker................... 624, 628

        May not enter protests on the Journal.....................    70 

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        Right of, to cause a secret session.......................   914

        Right of, as to calling up bills taken from committees on 

            motions to discharge..................................   908

        Rights of, as to placing adverse reports on the calendar..   744

        Rights of, to demand the execution of a subsisting order 

                                                                381, 881

        Rights of, to inspect the Journal.........................   582

        Rights of, access to committee files......................  706c

    Voting of.

        Absent Members' votes not announced.......................   658

        Change of vote by..................................... 766, 774b

        Control of vote by........................................   658

        Disqualifying personal interest................... 376, 657, 659

        Former duty of, to serve as teller........................  630b

        Duty of, to verify vote cast by electronic device.........  774b

        Examination of, at hearing at the bar of the House and 

            before committees.....................................   346

        May demand division of the question.......................   791

        May demand count of Members to make quorum on record vote.   772

        May not authorize any other individual to cast his vote or 

            record his presence...................................  660b

        Method of calling on yea-and-nay vote.....................   765

        Pairs of..................................................  660a

        Parliamentary law as to duty of, to vote..................   505

        Parliamentary law as to change of vote by.................   511

        Procuring attendance of, from the other House for 

            testimony.............................................   347

        Required to vote..........................................   656

        Right of, to demand a division of House after vote by 

            voice.................................................   501

        Right to demand yeas and nays not to be overruled as 

            dilatory..............................................    77

        When convicted of crime...................................   939

        When involved in the cause of an inquiry................ 321-323

        When involved in the course of an inquiry............... 321-323

        Yeas and nays of, taken on demand of one-fifth............    75

    In general.

        Memorial Day for deceased, jurisdiction of matters 

            relating to...........................................  677a
Members-elect.

    Admitted to floor of the House................................   919

    Election of, to an incompatible office........................    99

    Expulsion of..................................................    64

    Franking privilege............................................   987 

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    Oath of, as related to quorum.................................    56

    Questions as to seating under disabilities of fourteenth 

        amendment.................................................   231

    Relations of, to incompatible offices........................ 98-101

    Status of, as to privilege, oath, committee service, etc......   300
Memorials.

    Introduction and reference of........................ 700, 849a, 854

    Correction of reference of................................. 853, 854

    Duties of Speaker and Members in presenting...................  849a

    Exclusion of..................................................   853

    Introduction by request.......................................   860

    Nature of.....................................................   389
Merchant marine.

    Jurisdiction of, subjects relating to...................... 680, 686
Merchant Marine and Fisheries, former Committee on.

    Former jurisdiction transferred.................. 680, 681, 683, 686
Messages.

    Usages as to.

        As to neglected bills.....................................   570

        At organization of two Houses.............................    56

        Between the Houses as to vetoed bills.....................   106

        Certain, entered in Journal and Record....................   935

        Certain required by law...................................   169

        Confidential, from the President or Senate................   914

        Correction and return of messages.........................   565

        Disposal of messages after reception......................   566

        From the Senate, reference of.......................... 882, 883

        From the Senate, Clerk may receive in adjournment.........   647

        Information by message as to bills passed.................   567

        Information by message as to rejection of bills...........   568

        Informal rising of Committee of the Whole, to receive...... 330, 

                                                                     563

        Questions asked by conference, not by message.............   569

        Quorum not required during receipt of.....................  774c

        Received during a roll call...............................   767

        Received, but not read in absence of quorum...............    55

        Received during debate....................................   561

        Reception during voting, absence of a quorum, etc.........   562

        Salutation of messengers by the Speaker...................   564

        Sent only when both Houses are sitting....................   560

    Of the President.

        Clerk may receive in period of adjournment................  647a

        To Congress....................................... 168, 169, 571

        Notice of approval of bills by President sent by..........   106

        Reception and action on...................................   170 

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        Reading and action on, when bill is vetoed................   107

        Entered on Journal and Record.............................   884

        Rule of reference of.................................... 882-884

        Reference and distribution of annual......................   884

        Ways and Means considers distribution of President's 

            annual (obsolete).....................................   725
Metric system.

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to...........................   683
Migration.

    Of persons, power of Congress as to...........................   137
Mileage.

    Allowance of.

        Of Representatives........................................    86

        Sergeant-at-Arms formerly disbursed.......................   648

        Committee on House Oversight ascertains...................  677a
Military academy.

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to...........................   680
Military affairs.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................   680
Military bases.

    Disapproval procedures relating to closures and realignments 

        of..................................................... 1013(29)
Military and naval records.

    Bills to correct, banned......................................   852
Military parks.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................   681
Military reservations.

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to...........................   680
Militia.

    Status of.

        Congress to provide for calling forth.....................   132

        Congress to provide for organizing, arming, and 

            disciplining..........................................   133

        Right to bear arms........................................   290

        President Commander in Chief of, in certain cases.........   160

        Trials for crimes in......................................   212
Minerals.

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to...........................   681
Miners, welfare of.

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to........................ 675, 681
Mines and mining.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................   681
Ministers, public.

    Duty of President to receive..................................   172 

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    Foreign, admitted to the floor of the House...................   919

    Gallery for use of foreign....................................   922

    Judicial power extends to cases affecting.....................   178

    Jurisdiction of Supreme Court in cases affecting..............   179

    President appoints............................................   166
Minority.

    Committee staff for.  See Committee staffs.

    Debate equally divided for, on conference reports and 

        amendments in disagreement........................... 912a, 912b

    Of managers of a conference may not submit a report...........   543

    Reference of views of, on committee reports to Calendar.......   743

    Rules for the protection of...................................   283

    Signing and filing of views of............................. 821, 714
Mints.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................   672
Misdemeanors.

    As to what are................................................   175

    Impeachable offenses.................................. 173, 175, 176
Mondays.

    First, in December of meeting of Congress (obsolete)..........    45

    Every Monday for suspension of rules..........................   902

    Second and fourth, for District of Columbia bills and motions 

        to discharge committees................................ 899, 908
Money.

    Account of public, to be published............................   143

    Appropriations of, considered in Committee of the Whole.... 865, 868

    Congress to coin and regulate the value of....................   121

    Jurisdiction over deposit of public...........................   688

    No appropriation of, for armies for longer term than two years   129

    Not to be drawn from Treasury except on appropriation.........   143

    Power of Congress to borrow...................................   118

    Proper application of, and enforcement of payment of, 

        jurisdiction as to........................................   676

    Public bills appropriating, placed on Union Calendar..........   742

    States not to coin or issue...................................   146
Monuments.

    Jurisdiction of bills relating to.............................   681
Morning hour.

    Rule and practice for consideration of bills in............ 889, 890

    For call of committees, place of, in order of business........   878

    Unfinished business in........................................   888

    Interruption of............................................ 891, 892

    Debates.......................................................  753b

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Motions.
                                                                  

    In general.

        Calls for orders of the day, etc., obsolete...............   393

        Certain, only in order of absence of quorum............. 55, 769

        Conditions of withdrawal..................................   776

        Considered to be pending as to recommendations of 

            Committee of the Whole................................   338

        For practice as to, in rejection and second reading of 

            bills.................................................   484

        In some cases considered as pending.......................   749

        In order during call of the House..................... 771, 774a

        Incidental questions intervening during consideration of 

            main question.........................................   457

        Intervening questions relating to reading of papers, 

            obsolete..............................................   459

        Matters of privilege as intervening questions............... 457

        None to be made except by rising and addressing the Chair.   394

        Not to interrupt Member having the floor..................   393

        Obsolete parliamentary law as to entry of, in the Journal.   578

        Parliamentary law as to making and reading................   392

        Parliamentary law as to withdrawal of.................. 392, 460

        Reading or statement of................................ 392, 776

        Reduced to writing and entered on the Journal.............   775

        Repetition of motions.....................................   789

        Second not required for ordinary..........................   392

        Usually required before debate may proceed................   749

    Coexisting and equivalent.

        Jefferson's discussion of coexisting......................   483

        Equivalent, in general....................................   485

        Where negative of one amounts to affirmative of another. 485-488

    Dilatory.

        Debate for 10 minutes not allowed when offering of 

            amendments printed in Record is.......................   874

        Dilatory motions not admitted pending motion to suspend 

            the rules.............................................   801

        Forbidden pending report from Committee on Rules..... 729a, 729b

        Right to demand yeas and nays not to be overruled as......    77

        To be ruled out generally.................................   803

    In Committee of the Whole.

        To adjourn and for the previous question not in order in 

            Committee of the Whole............................. 333, 334

        To close general debate...................................   871

        To reconsider, not used in Committee of the Whole.........   416 

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        To strike out enacting words........................... 875-876a

        Those in order in ``House as in Committee of the Whole'' 

                                                                 425-427

        To rise and report at conclusion of reading general 

            appropriation bill....................................  834d

    Putting the question on.  See Putting the question.

    Privileged motions, generally.  See also Privileged questions.

        General principles of priority of motions.................   449

        Jefferson's discussion of certain privileged motions......   441

        Laws attaching privilege to congressional disapproval 

            procedures............................................  1013

        Matters of privilege as intervening business....... 458, 664-666

        Obsolete intervening questions relating to reading of 

            papers................................................   459

        Obsolete parliamentary law governing orders of the day....   440

        Obsolete provisions as to priority of privileged motions..   448

        One privileged or secondary motion not to be suppressed by 

            another...............................................   450

        Precedence and conditions of............................ 782-788

        Privileged interruptions of daily order of business.... 879, 880

        Privileged motions in the Senate and in Parliament........   447

        Theory as to privileged motions...........................   438

    For motions in order when question is under debate, see:

        Adjourn, motion to.

        Previous question, motion for.

        Postpone, motion to.

        Refer, motion to; and Reference.

        Amend, motion to; and Amendments.

    Question of consideration.  See Consideration, question of.

    Motion to recommit.  See Recommit, motion to, and Commit.

    Motion to reconsider.  See Reconsider, motion to.

    Motion to suspend the rules.  See Suspension of rules.

    Motions used in adjusting amendments between the Houses.  See 

        Amendments between Houses and Conferences.

    Motions relating to reading of papers and amendments.  See Reading.

    Motion to discharge a committee.  See Discharge.

    Miscellaneous motions, etc.  See also Privileged questions.

        By Majority Leader to permit committee sittings during 

            five-minute rule......................................   710

        For a recess........................................... 586, 782

        For a recess in committee.................................  703a

        Motion to strike Federal unfunded mandate.................  873c 

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        To read the Journal.......................................   621

        To rescind a special order not privileged under the rules.  682b
Motives.

    Of members not to be arraigned................................   363
Mover.

    Right of, to speak twice......................................   762

    Right to close debate on amendment considered under five-

        minute rule...............................................   762
National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and National Space 

    Council.

    Jurisdiction of...............................................   683
National Archives.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................   676
National cemeteries.

    Jurisdiction of bills relating to.............................   681
National parks.

    Jurisdiction of bills relating to.............................   681
National Science Foundation.

    Jurisdiction of...............................................   683
National Security, Committee on.

        History, jurisdiction and duties of.......................   680

        Special oversight functions of............................   693
National Weather Service.

    Jurisdiction of...............................................   683
Nations.
Natural Resources, Committee on.  See Resources, Committee on.
Naturalization.

    Power of Congress to establish rule of........................   120

    Relations to citizenship......................................   225

    Jurisdiction as to............................................  679a
Naval affairs.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................   680
Naval and military records.

    Private bills to correct, banned..............................   852
Naval vessels.

    Appropriations for, as in continuance of a public work........  841a
Navigation.

    Between States not to be hampered by duties, etc..............   147

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to pollution of navigable 

        waters....................................................   686

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to public works for the 

        benefit of................................................   686

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to generally................   686 

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Navy.
                                                                  

    Bills to correct certain records banned.......................   852

    Congress to provide and maintain..............................   130

    Congress to make rules for....................................   131

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to...........................   680

    President Commander in Chief of...............................   160

    States not to maintain........................................   148

    Trial for crimes in...........................................   212
Navy yards.

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to...........................   680

    Power of Congress over places purchased for...................   134
Negative.

    Of one question amounting to the affirmative of another..... 485-488
Neutrality.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................   678
Newspapers, admission to the floor.  See Floor.
Nobility.

    Titles of, not to be granted..................................   144

    No State to grant title of....................................   146

    Foreign gifts and decorations accepted with consent of 

        Congress..................................................   145
Notes.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................   672
Nuclear energy.

    Jurisdiction over.

        Jurisdiction of Committee on Commerce.....................   674

        Military applications.....................................   680

        Non-proliferation and export agreements...................   678

        Regulation of domestic industry...........................   674

        Research and development..................................   683

        Oversight jurisdiction................................. 674, 693
Oath.  See also Affirmation.

    Of Senators, Representatives, officers, and employees of the House.

        Administration of, at organization of the House...........   198

        Administration, as related to quorum................ 53, 56, 200

        Administered to Member before reading of Journal..........   621

        As related to qualifications..............................     9

        Challenge of right to take.............................. 202-204

        Consideration of objections to taking of..................   203

        Dean administers to Speaker...............................   198

        Disabilities arising from violation of....................   230

        Form of...................................................   197

        Function of Speaker in administering......................   231

        Member-elect named on committee, expelled, or permitted to 

            resign before taking................................ 64, 300 

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        Names of Members not entered on roll for yeas and nays 

            until sworn...........................................   300

        Not to disclose classified information....................   939

        Of Chief Justice in impeachments..........................    39

        Of Senators, for trial of impeachment.....................38, 40

        Officers of House sworn...................................   635

        Privilege of administration of............................   201

        Quorum not required during administration of..............  774c

        Relation of credentials to right to take..................   204

        Sanity and loyalty as related to..........................   205

        Senators, Representatives, and other officers bound by....   196

    In general.

        Of President of the United States.........................   158

        Right to administer, given by law rather than by rule.....    59

        Speaker, Members, and chairmen may administer to witnesses

                                                           343, 346, 718

        In support of certain warrants............................   211
Objections.  See also Unanimous consent.

    Challenge of right of a Member to take the oath............ 202, 205

    Ten Members required to prevent committee from meeting during 

        five-minute rule..........................................   710

    Of President to a bill........................................   104

    To administration of oath to Members by the Speaker...........   199
Obligation.

    Of contracts, State not to pass bills impairing...............   146
Obscenity.

    Bills for petitions rejected for........................... 849, 853
Occasions, extraordinary.

    Power of President to convene Congress on.....................   171

    Other power of convening......................................   171
Oceanography.

    Jurisdiction over subjects related to.........................   683
Offenses.

    Power of President to grant pardons for.......................   162

    Against law of nations........................................   126
Office.

    In general.

        As to meaning of word.....................................97, 98

        Acceptance of, conditions of, from certain sources........   144

        Acceptance of gifts by holders of, conditions of..........   144

        Electors, no person holding office of trust or profit 

            under United States to be an elector..................   151 

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        Impeachment, civil officers may be removed from office 

            by....................................................   173

        Impeachment, removal from office as judgment in...........    41

        Impeachment, regulation of office not a bar to............   174

        Jurisdiction as to abolition, etc.........................   676

        Of judges, held during good behavior......................   177

        Religious test for, none required under United States.....   196

        Term of President's............................... 149, 150, 249

    Incompatible.

        As to what are incompatible...............................    98

        Appointment of Members-elect to...........................    99

        Holding of, under the United States disqualifies Mem- ber 

                                                                  97-101

        Jurisdiction of matters relating to.......................  679a

        Members not to be appointed to certain....................    96

        Procedure in case of acceptance of, by Member.............   101

        Relations of contestants to...............................   100
Office accounts.

    Prohibition of unofficial.....................................   941
Office buildings.

    Assignment of rooms in........................................   988
Office of Technology Assessment...................................   995
Officers.

    Of the United States.

        Accountability of, jurisdiction as to.....................   676

        Bound by oath to support the Constitution.................   228

        Civil, may be removed by impeachment................... 173, 174

        Congress may determine agency for appointing of inferior..   166

        Of departments, President may require opinions from.......   161

        Of the militia............................................   133

        Of United States, as related to legislative power.........   136

        Of United States, and the States, qualifications of as to 

            loyalty...............................................   230

        President appoints........................................   166

        President to commission...................................   172

        Senators not civil officers who may be impeached..........   174

    Of the House of Representatives.

        Audits of.................................................   654

        Clerk formerly disbursed pay of...........................   642

        Compensation, retirement and benefits, jurisdiction over..  677a

        Continue in office until successors are chosen............   635

        Election of, and terms............................... 26-30, 635

        Election of, except Speaker............................. 29, 635 

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        Neither House to exercise authority over those of the 

            other.................................................   373

        Non-discrimination in employment by.......................   939

        Oath, administered to, by Speaker...................... 198, 199

        Oversight of..............................................   693

        Privilege of floor extended to present and former.........   919

        Relations to claims.......................................   937

        Removal of............................................. 315, 635

        Vacancies, Speaker may fill by temporary appointment of...   635

    Of the Senate.

        The Vice President and his vote...........................    36

        Choice of President pro tempore and other officers........    37
Official conduct.

    Code of, for Members, officers, and employees.................   939

    Committee on Standards of.....................................   685

    Financial disclosure..........................................   940

    Outside earned income.........................................  943a

    Revisions of remarks in debate, standard of.............. 764a, 764b

    Use of Frank..................................................   942

    Unofficial office accounts....................................   941
Official record.

    The Journal as................................................   582
Official reporters.

    Of debates, appointment and removal of.................... 677a, 923
One-fifth.

    Of those present order yeas and nays..........................75, 78

    Of quorum order recorded vote (or formerly teller vote).......  630a
One-minute speeches...............................................  753a
Opening.

    Of debate, rights of Member as related to closing.............   759
Opinions.

    President may require from heads of departments...............   161

    Not entered on Journal........................................    70
Opposition.

    Preference in recognition given to, for motion to recommit 

        after previous question is ordered........................   782

    Right to prior recognition passes to, when essential motion is 

        lost......................................................   755
Order.

    Of the House and preservation of.

        Breach of, for Speaker to refuse to put a question in 

            order.................................................   304

        Call to, for disorder in debate........................ 760, 761

        Call to, may interrupt Member.............................   393

        Clerk to preserve, at organization of the House........ 637, 638 

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        Necessity of rules for preservation of....................   285

        Parliamentarylawastotakingdowndisorderlywords.......... 368, 369

        Power of Chairman of Committee of the Whole to preserve, 

            in galleries and lobby........................... 861a, 861b

        Proceedings in case of disorder on the floor..............   367

        Sergeant-at-Arms maintains, under direction of the Speaker   648

        Sergeant-at-Arms bears mace while enforcing...............   650

        Speaker calls House to....................................   621

        Speaker preserves, on floor, in lobby, and galleries......   622

        Speaker may restore in Committee of the Whole..... 331, 332, 622

    Questions of.

        As to delay in decision of questions of...................   378

        Clerk to decide at organization of the House........... 637, 639

        Clerk to note in Journal..................................   641

        Decided by Speaker..................................... 624, 627

        Decision of, during a division............................   507

        Decisions of questions of, by Chairman of Committee of the 

            Whole.................................................   862

        House controls decisions of, by appeal....................   379

        Intervening questions of..................................   457

        Practice governing Speaker in deciding....................   627

        Raising of, on appropriation bills in Committee of the 

            Whole.................................................   835

        Raising of, at any time against appropriation in 

            legislative bill or amendments........................  846a

        Raising of, at any time against tax or tariff in certain 

            bills or amendments...................................  846b

        Relation of question of consideration to..................   781

        Reserving, as to general appropriation bills.......... 835, 848a

        Speaker to be heard first in matters of...................   358

        Time of raising, as to consideration of bills in Committee 

            of the Whole..........................................   865
Order of business.  See also Business.

    Rule and conditions of.

        The rule prescribing......................................   878

        Advantage of an order of..................................   349

        Conditions of the old and modern orders of business.......   350

        Early discretion of Speaker as to.........................   349

        Jurisdiction as to........................................  682a

        Obsolete parliamentary law governing orders of the day....   440

        Recognition by the Speaker in accordance with requirements 

            of.................................................. 753-757 

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        Right of a Member to demand the execution of a subsisting 

            order.............................................. 381, 881

        The calendars on which reports of committees await action 

            of the House........................................ 742-746

    Interruptions of.

        Business of District of Columbia on second and fourth 

            Mondays...............................................   899

        Business on Tuesdays for consideration of the Private 

            Calendar..............................................   893

        Call of Committees on Calendar Wednesday..................   897

        Call of Committees on Calendar Wednesday protected by two-

            thirds vote....................................... 729a, 897

        Consideration of amendments between Houses, when 

            privileged......................................... 528-528d

        Consideration of a motion to reconsider...................   814

        Effect of privileged reports on...........................   727

        Effect of special orders on Tuesday business..............   893

        High privilege of revenue and general appropriation bills.   802

        Interruption by request for unanimous consent.............   881

        Intervening questions as to privilege on reading of papers

                                                                458, 459

        Intervening questions of order............................   457

        Intervention of private business on Tuesday...............   893

        Making and use of special orders..........................  682b

        Motion for leave for a committee to sit during sessions 

            not privileged........................................   324

        Precedence of questions of privilege............... 661, 664-666

        Privilege of conference reports...........................   909

        Privileged interruptions of order of business.............   879

        Privileged interruptions specified........................   880

        Privileged legislative veto provisions..................... 1013

        Privileged reports from certain committees.............. 726-729

    Speaker's table.

        Business on, disposal of.............................. 528a, 882

        Matters on, for action by the House or by Speaker alone...   883

        Messages on, parliamentary law as to disposal of..........   566

        Messages from the President on, consideration of..........   170

        Messages from the President on, reference of..............   884

    Unfinished business.

        Rule for unfinished business..............................   885

        Business unfinished in periods set apart for classes of 

            business..............................................   888

        Construction of rule as to unfinished business............   886

        Consideration of unfinished business.................... 885-888 

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        Priority of unfinished business in Committee of the Whole.   869

        Precedence of a question on which previous question is 

            ordered...............................................   886

        Procedure in the morning hour.............................   890

        Rules and practice for call of committees.............. 889, 890

        The morning hour for the call of committees...............   889

    Call of Committees--Interruption to go into Committee of the Whole.

        Conditions of the motion to go into Committee of the Whole 

            at the end of one hour................................   892

        Interruption of the call of committees by motion to go 

            into Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 

            Union.................................................   891

        Rule for consideration of bills in Committee of the Whole 

            after call of committees........................... 891, 892

    Orders of the day.

        Orders of the day now obsolete............................   384

        Parliamentary law as to proceeding with orders of the day.   383

    In Committee of the Whole.

        On calendars of Committee of the Whole....................   869
Orders.

    As to presentation of, to President for approval..............   115

    Nature and use of, as compared with resolutions...............   395

    Standing, reference to........................................   938
Orders of the day.

    As to termination of, with reference to the end of the session   386

    Execution of a subsisting order not to be demanded while a 

        Member has the floor in debate............................   393

    Now obsolete..................................................   384

    Obsolete reference to, in order of business...................   878

    Parliamentary law as to proceeding with.......................   383

    Right of a Member to demand the execution of a subsisting 

        order.................................................. 381, 881
Orders, special.

    Application of motion to postpone to...................... 682b, 786

    Effect of, on Tuesday business................................   893

    Privilege of reports of.................................... 726, 729

    Use and method of making......................................  682b
Organization.

    Of the two Houses of Congress.

        Administration of the oath at.............................   198

        Clerk's duties at.........................................   637

        Clerk makes up the roll of Members-elect for..............   638

        Challenge of the right to take the oath................. 202-204 

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        Early organization........................................   997

        Election of Speaker and other officers.................... 26-30

        Election of Speaker and Clerk as related to adoption of 

            rules.................................................    59

        House has adjourned for more than one day before election 

            of the Speaker........................................    83

        Messages received before..................................   562

        President's power to convene Congress.....................   171

        Other power to convene....................................   171

        Procedure before adoption of rules........................    60

        Quorum in two Houses as related to........................    56

        Relation of credentials to the right to take the oath.....   204

        Right of the House to determine its order of proceeding in 

            effecting.............................................   388

        Sanity and loyalty as related to the oath.................   205

        Speaker's function in administering oath at...............   199

        Taking oath as related to presence of quorum............ 56, 200

        Vice President votes in case of tie as to.................    36

        Yeas and nays may be ordered before.......................    76
Outside earned income, limitations on.............................  943a
Oxford-style debates..............................................  753c
Pairs.

    Forms and announcement of.....................................  660a

    Not to be announced out of order..............................   765

    In order in Committee of the Whole............................  660a
Panama Canal.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................   680
Papers.

    Security of private.

        Security of, as to searches and seizures..................   211

    In possession of the House.

        Attitude of one House as to the demands of the other for..   292

        Certain, not to go out of Clerk's custody.................   352

        Certain, in Clerk's custody, not open to public...........   642

        Court demands for.........................................   291

        Not to be taken from the Clerk's table during debate......   364

        Of committees, custody of............................. 706c, 932

        President allowed to withdraw certain, accompanying a 

            message...............................................   571

        Withdrawal of, from files.................................   933

    Relations of, to conference.

        Custody of, when a conference is asked before disagreement   552

        Custody of, after an effective conference.................   555 

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        Custody of, when managers fail to agree...................   556

        House must possess, before acting on a conference report..   549

        Request for a conference always by House possessed of.....   530

    Reading of.

        By consent of the House under former rule XXX.............   917

        Committee reports not read except on order or in debate...   435

        Criticizing the Senate or Senators not to be read.........   372

        Intervening questions as to...............................   459

        Member not always privileged to read, in his place.... 434, 916, 

                                                                     917

        Not necessarily to be read on plea of privilege...........   433

        Objections to under former rule XXX.................... 916, 917

        On demand of a Member.....................................   916

        On reference..............................................   436

        Parliamentary law as to...................................   432

        President's messages, etc.................................   188
Paragraphs.

    Amendment of bills by...................................... 413, 872

    Amendments should be germane to...............................   795

    House does not agree to, severally in perfecting a bill.......   456

    Reading of bills by........................................ 413, 872

    Transposition of, in a bill by motion to amend................   477
Pardons.

    Power of President to grant................................ 162, 164
Parks, District of Columbia.

    Jurisdiction over subjects related to.........................   681
Parks, military.

    Jurisdiction of bills relating to.............................   681
Parks, national.

    Jurisdiction of bills relating to.............................   681
Parliamentarian.

    Office of.....................................................   996

    Precedents compiled by........................................   996
Parliamentary inquiries.

    No appeal from responses to...................................   628

    Recognition to propound.......................................   627
Parliamentary law.

    As used before adoption of rules..............................    60

    Jefferson's Manual as a statement of..........................   284

    Relations of, to the early practice of Congress...............   286
Passage of bills.

    Bills not altered after.......................................   500

    Both Houses pass identical....................................   833

    Clerk certifies to............................................   642 

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    Obsolete requirements as to...................................   492

    Putting the question on reading, engrossment  See Putting the 

        question.
Passages.

    Speaker's control of, in House wing...........................   623
Patents.

    Power of Congress to provide for..............................   124

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................  679a
Pay.

    Clerk formerly disbursed that of employees and certifies that 

        of Members in recess......................................   642

    Cost of living adjustments....................................... 86

    Of committee staff,  see Committee staffs.

    Of department officers, jurisdiction as to....................   678

    Of judges.....................................................   177

    Of Members during recess, Clerk certifies to (obsolete).......   647

    Of officers and employees, Clerk formerly disbursed...........   642

    Of President of the United States.............................   157

    Of Representatives and Senators............... 85, 86, 528, 1013(14)

    Of Speaker and leadership.....................................86, 89

    Of witnesses..................................................   931

    Pay orders................................................. 1013(14)

    Quadrennial commission..................................... 1013(14)

    Sergeant-at-Arms formerly disbursed that of Members...........   648
Penalties.

    For absent Members............................................    52
Penitentiaries.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................  679a
Pension Reform Act, disapproval procedures in .................. 1013(8)
Pensions.

    In general.

        Certain bills for, banned.................................   852

        Debt incurred for certain, not to be questioned...........   232

        Jurisdiction of appropriations for........................  671a

        Of all wars, jurisdiction of bills for....................   687
People.

    Establish the Constitution....................................     1

    Powers reserved to, by the Constitution.......................   216

    Quartering soldiers among.....................................   424

    Representatives chosen by.....................................     5

    Right of, to keep and bear arms...............................   209

    Rights reserved to............................................   217

    Security of, as to accusations, trials, and property..........   212

    Security of, as to searches and seizures......................   211

    Their right of assembly and petition..........................   208 

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Perjury.
                                                                  

    To sustain a conviction of, a quorum of a committee must be in 

        attendance when perjurious testimony is given..... 343, 409, 712
Person.

    Security of, as to searches and seizures......................   211
Personal explanations.

    Made by unanimous consent.....................................   749
Personal interest.

    Disqualifying as to voting............................ 376, 657, 658
Personal privilege.

    Method of presentation of questions of personal, as 

        distinguished from general................................   668

    Precedence of questions of.................................... 661, 

                                                                     666

    Privilege of the Member.......................................   663

    Procedure of Member in presenting question of.................   749
Personalities.

    Arraignment of motives of Members not in order................   363

    Member must refrain from, in debate...........................   749

    Members censured for..........................................    63

    Not permitted in debate.......................................   361
Persons.

    No State to deprive, of life, liberty, or property unlawfully, 

        or deny equal protection of the laws to...................   225
Petition.

    Introduction and reference of............................. 700, 849a

    Division of, for reference................................. 421, 700

    Duties of Speaker and Members in presenting...................  849b

    Correction of reference of....................................   853

    Exclusion of..................................................   853

    Nature of.....................................................   389

    Parliamentary law as to reception of..........................   391

    Received by committees only through the House.................   320

    Right of petition guaranteed..................................   208

    Signing and presentation of...................................   390
Pictures.

    Jurisdiction as to............................................  677a

    Taking of, in committee hearings..............................   724
Piracies.

    Congress to punish............................................   126
Place.

    Neither House to adjourn to another, without consent of other 

        House.....................................................    82

    Power of President to convene Congress away from seat of 

        government................................................   171
Places of elections.


    Regulation of.................................................42, 43 

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Pleadings.
                                                                  

    In an impeachment.......................................... 612, 613
Pledge of Allegiance..............................................   878
Pocket veto.

    Bills retained by President after Congress adjourns...........   112

    Effect of adjournment to day certain..........................   113
Points of order.

    Decisions on.

        Chairman of Committee of the Whole decides................  861b

        Clerk to decide, at organization of the House.......... 637, 639

        Decisions of, during a division...........................   507

        House by appeal controls decisions on.....................   379

        Obsolete practice as to Members' advice on................   507

        Power of Speaker to delay decisions.......................   378

        Practice governing Speaker in deciding....................   627

    In general.

        Clerk to note certain, in Journal.........................   641

        In House on procedure in committee.......................... 708

        On appropriation bills....................................   835

        On conference reports..................... 547, 913b, 913c, 913d

        On nongermane portions of conference reports and 

            amendments in disagreement....................... 913b, 913c

        On resolutions, raised before reading completed...........   627

    Relation of.

        To conference reports.....................................   547

        To general appropriation bills............................   835

        To retroactive increases in income tax rates..............  846d

        To motions to amend.......................................  823a

        To committee procedure.................... 708, 713d, 713g, 713h

        To question of consideration.................... 781, 781a, 1007

    Reserving of.

        Against general appropriation bills................... 835, 848a

        Against conference reports................................   547

    Time of raising.

        At any time against an appropriation in legislative bills 

            or amendments.........................................  846a

        At any time against tax or tariff provisions in certain 

            bills or amendments...................................  846b

        Former rule with respect to reporting a measure from 

            committee.............................................  713d

        On appropriation bills in Committee of the Whole..........   835

        On consideration of bills in Committee of the Whole.......   865

        On conference reports where conferees met in closed 

            session...............................................  913d

        On motions to amend.......................................  823a

        On resolutions............................................   627 

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        With respect to committee procedure.......................   708

    Waivers.  See Rules.
Police, Capitol.

    Duty of Sergeant-at-Arms as to................................   648
Political disabilities.

    Arising from disloyalty.......................................   230

    Consideration of bills removing...............................   893

    Jurisdiction of bills relating to.............................  679a
Poll tax.

    Right to vote not denied for failure to pay...................   251
Population.

    The basis of representation...................................   226

    Jurisdiction over population and demography generally.........   676
Ports.

    Of one State not to be favored................................   142
Possession.

    Of a bill by the House........................................   437
Post Office and Civil Service, former Committee on.

        Jurisdiction transferred..................................   676
Post offices.

    Congress may establish........................................   123

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................   676

    Jurisdiction as to buildings for..............................   686
Post roads.

    Congress may establish........................................   123

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to construction, etc........   686
Postal savings banks.

    Jurisdiction of bills relating to.............................   676
Postmaster.

    Former election and oath of...................................   636

    Former superintendent of House post office....................  654a
Postpone, motion to.

    Precedence and general conditions of....................... 782, 786

    Application of previous question to...........................   450

    Applied to motion to resolve into Committee of Whole..........   786

    As to application to a special order..........................   718

    Debate on.....................................................   782

    Discussion of relations of, to early use of the previous 

        question............................................... 448, 449

    May be amended................................................   453

    Nature of the motion to postpone to a day certain.............   444

    Not to be applied to other secondary motions..................   451

    Not to be entertained after previous question is ordered......   786

    Not to be suppressed by another privileged motion.............   450 

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    Relation of, to motion to amend...............................   449

    Relations of, to the previous question........................   809

    Repetition of.................................................   782

    Use of, to put off indefinitely....................... 443, 1013(11)
Powers.

    Of Congress--General legislative.

        Legislative...............................................     3

        As to migration or importation of persons.................   137

        Consent of, to acceptance of certain gifts............. 144, 145

        No preferences to be given as to commerce by water........   142

        To establish patents and copyrights.......................   124

        To establish post offices and post roads..................   123

        To make laws to carry its powers into effect..............   136

        To provide punishment for counterfeiting..................   122

        To regulate coinage, weights, and measures................   121

        To regulate commerce......................................   119

        To regulate naturalization and bankruptcy.................   120

        To provide for disapproval of executive action............  1013

    Of Congress--As to elections and political disabilities.

        As to apportionment and establishment of districts..... 226, 227

        Determines time of choosing electors......................   153

        May by law provide for case where neither President-elect 

            nor Vice President-elect shall qualify................   244

        May provide for succession to Presidency or new election 

                                                                155, 244

        Power to make or alter regulations as to election of 

            Representatives.......................................    42

        To remove political disabilities..........................   230

    Of Congress--Over revenue and expenditures.

        To lay and collect taxes..................................   117

        To borrow money...........................................   118

        Money to be drawn from Treasury only on appropriations....   143

        Limitation on capitation or other direct tax..............   140

        No export duties to be laid...............................   141

    Of Congress--As to commerce, currency, mails, patents, etc.

        To regulate commerce......................................   119

        To regulate bankruptcy....................................   120

        To regulate coinage, weights, and measures................   121

        To provide punishment for counterfeiting..................   122

        To establish post offices and post roads..................   123

        To establish patents and copyrights.......................   124

        No preferences to be given as to commerce by water........   142

    Of Congress--As to courts, crimes, etc.

        To regulate jurisdiction of Supreme Court.................   179

        To establish inferior courts........................... 125, 177 

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        To regulate the proving of acts, records, and judicial 

            proceedings of the States.............................   183

        To fix places for trial of certain crimes.................   180

        To provide punishment for piracies, etc...................   126

        To declare punishment of treason..........................   182

        As related to writ of habeas corpus.......................   138

        No bill of attainder or ex post facto law to be passed....   139

    Of Congress--As to wars.

        To declare war, grant letters of marque, etc........... 127, 163

        To support armies.........................................   128

        To provide a navy.........................................   130

        To make rules of government for land and naval forces.....   131

        To provide for calling out the militia....................   132

        To provide for organization, etc., of militia.............   133

        War Powers Act.......................................... 1013(2)

    Of Congress--Jurisdiction over territory and property.

        To exercise jurisdiction over seat of government and ceded 

            places................................................   134

        Over the territory and other property of the United States   188

    Of Congress--As to immigration and naturalization.

        As to migration or importation of persons.................   137

        To regulate naturalization................................   120

    Of Congress--As related to States and people.

        To revise and control certain State laws..................   147

        As to admission, consolidation, or division of States.....   187

        Not to interfere with religion, free speech, the press, or 

            right of assembly and petition........................   208

        No titles of nobility to be granted.......................   144

        Those delegated and those reserved to States and people...   217

    Of the House of Representatives.

        To confirm Vice President.................................   253

        To elect its Speaker and other officers.............. 26-30, 635

        To judge elections of its Members......................... 46-51

        To punish and expel its Members........................... 62-66

        To make rules............................................. 58-60

        To punish for contempt.................................. 293-299

        As to treaties......................................... 594, 599

        Of impeachment............................................    31

        Senate tries impeachments.................................    38

    Of President, courts, and States.

        Executive, vested in President of the United States.......   149

        Judicial, vested in the courts.......................... 177-179

        Judicial, limitation on, in suits in law or equity........   218


        Of the States, limitations on, as to certain subjects... 146-148 

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        Reserved to States and people.............................   217
Prayer.

    Offered by Chaplain...........................................   621

    Chaplain opens each day's sitting with........................   655

    By the Chaplain, place of, in order of business...............   878

    Quorum in relation to.........................................  774c
Preamble.

    Amended after the body of the resolution has been considered, 

        and after engrossment of joint resolution.................   414

    As to application of previous question to.....................   806

    As to separate vote on........................................   414

    Of a resolution may be laid on table..........................   414
Precedence.

    Of intervening business.

        Certain privileged questions which interrupt the order of 

            business........................................... 879, 880

        Intervening questions as to reading papers................   458

        Intervening questions of order............................   457

        Of conference reports.....................................   909

        Of conference report over report from Committee on Rules..  729a

        Of a proposition to administer the oath to Members........   233

        Of a question on which the previous question is ordered...   887

        Of questions of privilege..................... 458, 661, 664-666

        Of questions of privilege as related to pending business 

                                                                665, 666

        Of revenue and appropriation bills in Committee of the 

            Whole.................................................   869

        Questions as to, decided by a majority without debate.....   900

    Of motions.

        For disposition of amendments between the Houses.  See 

            Amendments between Houses.............................

        General provisions of the priority of.....................   449

        Obsolete provisions as to priority of privileged..........   448

        Secondary or privileged................................. 782-788

        To adjourn................................................   782

        To adjourn to day or time certain.........................   782

        To amend..................................................   825

        To amend Journal precedes approval........................    74

        To amend over motions to agree or disagree................  528-

                                                                    528d

        To amend over motions to strike out or agree..............   456

        To discharge committees...................................   908

        To dispense with further proceedings under a call of the 

            House............................................. 769, 771b 

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        To go into Committee of the Whole to consider revenue and 

            appropriation bills...................................   802

        To read the Journal.......................................   621

        To reconsider.............................................   814

        To strike out enacting words of a bill................. 875, 876

        To suspend the rules......................................   904
Precedents.

    Compilation of................................................   996

    Place of, in the law of the House.............................   351

    Delay in decision of a question of order in order to examine..   378
Preferences.

    Not to be given to ports of one State over another............   142
Prerogatives.

    Of House as to revenue legislation............................   102

    Questions related to, treated as of privilege.................   662

    Questions of, committed to conference.........................   531
Presentment.

    Of grand jury as related to trial for crime...................   212
Presents.

    Conditions as to acceptance of, by officers...................   144
President of the Senate.

    The Vice President............................................    36

    President pro tempore.........................................    37

    Electoral votes transmitted to................................   153
President of the United States.  See also Executive.

    Relations of, to Congress--In general.

        Admitted to the floor of the House........................   919

        Gallery for use of........................................   922

        Houses may request him to transmit constitutional 

            amendments to the States..............................   191

        May convene or adjourn Congress under certain conditions..   171

        May notify Congress of ratification of a constitutional 

            amendment.............................................   191

        President pro tempore chosen when Vice President becomes..    37

        Reference to, in debate...................................   370

        War powers of Congress and the President........... 128, 1013(2)

    Relations of, to Congress--Messages and information from.

        Address by and to.........................................   316

        Clerk may receive messages from, when House adjourned.....  647a

        Confidential messages from................................   914

        Declaration of inability to discharge duties of office....   254

        Gives Congress information and makes recommendations......   168 

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        Messages from, usually sent to both Houses at once........   571

        Messages required by law..................................   169

        Reception of messages from................................   170

        Resolutions of inquiry as related to................... 856, 859

        Rule for reference of messages from.................... 882, 885

        Transmits Budget during first fifteen days of session.....   169

        Transmitting proposed rescissions and deferrals of budget 

            authority........................................... 1013(6)

    Relations of, to Congress--Approval of bills by.

        Approval or disapproval of bills by.......................   104

        Approval, act of, as to time and manner................ 105, 110

        Approval, notice of, sent by message......................   106

        Approval of concurrent resolutions by.....................   396

        Approval of joint resolution by...........................   397

        As to presentation of orders, resolutions, and votes for 

            approval..............................................   115

        Bills that become laws without approval...................   111

        Constitutional amendments, President does not sign joint 

            resolution submitting.................................   191

        Effect of recess on.......................................   901

        Enrolled bills, signing of, for presentation to the 

            President.............................................   575

        Enrolled bills, authority of pro tempore presiding 

            officers to sign......................................   576

        Enrolled bills, presentation of, to the President.........   577

        Enrollment of bills, parliamentary law as to..............   573

        Enrollment of bills, practice of the two Houses of 

            Congress as to........................................   574

        Errors in bills sent to the President.....................   110

        Parliamentary law as to presenting a bill for the King's 

            assent................................................   572

        Pocket veto...............................................   112

        Pocket veto, effect of adjournment to a day certain on....   113

        Veto, action on........................................ 108, 109

        Veto, two-thirds of Members present and voting and not 

            two-thirds of entire membership sufficient to pass a 

            bill over.............................................   109

    Office and general powers and duties.

        Appoints public officers..................................   166

        Commander in Chief of Army and Navy.......................   160

        Commissions officers......................................   172

        Executive power vested in.................................   149

        Executes the laws.........................................   172

        Fills vacancies in offices during recesses of Senate......   167 

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        Grants reprieves and pardons..............................   162

        Holds office 4 years......................................   149

        Jurisdiction of bills relating to office of...............  679a

        Makes treaties............................................   165

        Opinions of his advisers..................................   161

        Receives ambassadors, etc.................................   172

        Term of........................................... 149, 150, 241

    Election, oath, impeachment, inability, etc.

        Chief Justice presides when tried on impeachment..........    38

        Compensation of...........................................   157

        Congress to provide for case wherein death occurs among 

            those from whom the House chooses a President.........   246

        Election of, by the House in certain cases.............. 221-223

        Electors for choice of....................................   151

        Grounds for impeachment of............................. 175, 176

        Inability of...................................... 252, 254, 255

        Inauguration of...........................................   159

        Limitation on right of electors to vote for...............   219

        May be impeached....................................... 173, 176

        Meeting of electors of, and transmission and count of 

            votes for.............................................   219

        No person to be elected President more than twice.........   249

        Oath of...................................................   158

        Qualification of..........................................   154

        Qualifications of electors of, as to loyalty..............   230

        Qualifications of electors, questions as to...............   152

        Time of choosing electors and action of...................   153

        Removal, death, resignation, or disability of...... 155, 252-256

        Vice President as acting President in certain cases... 252, 254, 

                                                                     255
President-elect of the United States.

    Death or failure to qualify...................................   244
President pro tempore.

    Chosen by Senate in certain cases.............................    37

    Election and tenure of........................................   313

    Presides in certain impeachments..............................    39
Press.

    Coverage of committee hearings and meetings................. 720-725

    Freedom of, guaranteed........................................   208

    Members of, admission to the floor,  see Floor.

    Admission to press gallery....................................  930a
Previous question, motion for.

    Uses of.

        The rule of the...........................................   804 

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        History, uses, etc., of the parliamentary.................   463

        Obsolete use of...........................................   442

        Not in order in Committee of the Whole................. 333, 334

        Use of, in House as in Committee of the Whole.............   427

    Precedence of.

        Among other secondary motions.............................   782

        Of Parliament.............................................   461

        Questions on which it is ordered, as unfinished business..   886

        Questions of order pending the motion for.................   811

        Relations of, to failure of a quorum......................   810

    Application of.

        General application of................................. 804, 806

        To debatable secondary and privileged motions.............   450

    Moving and putting of.

        Considered as ordered on certain preferential motions to 

            insist................................................  912c

        Effect of, on debate......................................   805

        Forty minutes of debate after ordering of.................   907

        Forty minutes debate not allowed when ordered on motion 

            not debatable...................................... 871, 907

        Manner of putting.........................................   462

        Moving on non-germane Senate amendments contained in 

            conference reports or reported in disagreement... 913b, 913c

        Not debatable.............................................   782

        Recognition passes to Member leading opposition when voted 

            down..................................................   755

        Right to move.............................................   807

        Right to close debate not to be exercised after ordering 

            of....................................................   762

        Speaker's discretionary authority to postpone further 

            proceedings on........................................   631

    Effect of, on amendment.

        Effect of, on amendments in general.......................   804

        Order of, on motion to agree to Senate amendments prevents 

            motion to amend but not to refer......................   486

        Prevents amendment when ordered on motion to approve 

            Journal...............................................    74

    Relations of, to other motions.

        General relation of, to other motions.................. 808, 809

        Having been moved on a motion to adhere, the motion to 

            recede not admitted...................................   525

        Having been moved on a motion to insist, a motion to 

            recede and concur admitted............................   525

        May not be postponed......................................   451

        Motion to amend not applicable to the.....................   452 

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        Motion to commit after it is ordered......................   808

        Motion to commit pending, not applied to reports of 

            Committee on Rules pending previous question..... 729a, 729b

        Motion to recommit after ordering of, limitation on 

            Committee on Rules............................... 729a, 729b

        Motion to recommit in connection with and right of 

            opposition as to......................................   782

        Motion to lay on table not in order after ordering of.....   785

        Relation of motion to reconsider to.................... 814, 815
Prima facie title.

    Credentials as related to a Member's right to take the oath...   204

    Effect of credentials as related to vacancy...................    23
Princes.

    Titles, gifts, etc., from, to be accepted on conditions only..   144
Printing.

    General provisions as to.

        ``Bullet'' symbols in Congressional Record................   929

        Discretion of Clerk as to.................................  647a

        Leave to print in Congressional Record....................   929

        Numerical designation of amendments printed in Record.....   874

        Of amendments in Record to be offered during five-minute 

            debate................................................   874

        Of committee transcripts, paid for by contingent fund.....  703c

        Of conference reports in Congressional Record.............  912a

        Of reports when referred to calendars.....................   743

        Privileged reports from Committee on House Oversight on...   726

        Reports of committees to be printed.......................   821

    Joint Committee on.

        Duties of, as to improvement of Congressional Record... 924, 986

        History, jurisdiction, and duties of......................   986

        Membership on.............................................   986
Priority.  See Precedence.

    All questions relating to priority of business to be decided 

        without date..............................................   900
Private bills.

    As unfinished business........................................   888

    Certain, banned...............................................   852

    Correction of error in reference..............................   853

    Dispensing with call of calendar........................... 893, 895

    Introduction and reference of........................ 700, 845, 849a

    Interruption of regular order on Tuesdays for consideration of 

        the Private Calendar......................................   893

    Placed on Private Calendar when reported......................   742 

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Private claims.
                                                                  

    Certain, banned...............................................   852

    Reference of bills for, restricted to certain committees......   845
Private pension bills.

    Certain, banned...............................................   852

    Consideration of, on Tuesday..................................   893
Private property.

    Not to be taken without compensation..........................   248
Privilege of floor.  See Floor.
Privilege, questions of.

    Definition and precedence of.

        Constitutional privilege..................................   664

        Distinction between questions of privilege and privileged 

            questions.............................................   664

        Definition and precedence of questions of.................   661

        General principles as to precedence of....................   664

        Intervention of questions of..............................   458

        Precedence of, as related to pending business.............   665

        Precedence of questions of personal....................... 661, 

                                                                     666

        Questions of, lose precedence by association with matter 

            not of................................................   667

        Relation of, to the order of business.....................   880

    Raising of.

        Breach of privilege reported from Committee of the Whole..   335

        Debate on.................................................   661

        Members not necessarily entitled to have papers read on 

            plea of...............................................   433

        Method of presentation of questions of general and 

            personal........................................... 661, 668

        Preliminary decision of Speaker as to questions of........   627

        Procedure when raised by Floor Leaders....................   661

        Procedure when raised by Member........................ 661, 749

        Questions of, in Committee of the Whole...................   667

        Questions of, in the absence of a quorum..................   667

        Question of, taken from the table.........................   785

        Raising questions of......................................   668

        Time and place of consideration designated by Speaker.....   661

    Affecting the House--In general.

        Generally.................................................   662

        Abuse of privilege of the floor...........................   920

        Administration of the oath to Members.....................   201

        Assault on clerk of a committee a question of.............  733a

        Attitude of one House as to demands of the other for 

            attendance or papers..................................   292

        Attitude of the House as to demands of the courts.........   291 

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        Breach of, for one House to encroach or interfere as to 

            the other.............................................   308

        Demand of courts for papers........................... 291a, 946

        Jefferson's discussion of privilege as related to rights 

            of courts to summon witnesses and jurors..............   290

        Judicial appearances on behalf of House...................  291b

        Procedure for response to subpoenas.......................   946

        Proposition to impeach a high question of.................   604

        Relations of the Sovereign to the Parliament and its 

            members...............................................   309

        Relations of the courts to parliamentary privilege........   303

        Resolution for removal of an officer of the House a 

            question of...........................................   315

    Affecting the House--Relating to procedure.

        Breach of privilege for the Speaker to decline to put a 

            question which is in order............................   304

        Censure or expel as questions of..........................    67

        Censure for personalities in debate a question of.........   363

        Correction of Congressional Record a question of....... 923, 927

        Correction of an error in a message a question of.........   565

        Discharge of committees from questions of.................   406

        Error in reference of a bill to a calendar a question of..   742

        Hour rule of debate applies to............................   758

        May not be invoked to effect change in rules of the House.   664

        Messages received, while question of, is before House.....   562

        Previous question applies to questions of.................   806

        Proposal to enter protest on the Journal not a matter of..    70

        Question of, raised by fraudulent introduction of a bill..   851

        Raising a question of, over delay of an enrolled bill in 

            reaching the President................................   572

        Reception of President's message while question of, is 

            pending...............................................   170

        Resolutions providing for adjournment for more than three 

            days..................................................    84

    Affecting the House--Contempts.

        Committee reports immediately privileged, 3-day 

            availability rule inapplicable..................... 299, 668

        Decision of the court in Anderson's case and attitude of 

            the House as to assaults..............................   294

        Jefferson's discussion of power of the House to punish for 

            contempts.............................................   293

        Kilbourn's case and views of the court as to inherent 

            power to punish.......................................   295

        Jefferson's views as to inherent power to punish..........   297 

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        Jefferson's statement of arguments against the inherent 

            power to punish.......................................   298

        Jefferson's suggestions as to a law to define procedure in 

            cases of contempt.....................................   299

    Affecting the Member.

        Of the Member.............................................   663

        Assault on Member returning to House a breach of..........    91

        Jefferson's discussion of privilege of Members of Congress   288

        Jefferson's review of that of members of Parliament.......   287

        Jefferson's discussion as to privilege of going and 

            returning.............................................   289

        Members not to be questioned in another place for speech 

            or debate.............................................    92

        Scope of the privilege of speech and debate...............    93

        Parliamentary law as to the arrest of a Member............   306

        Parliamentary law of privilege as related to treason, 

            felony, etc...........................................   305

        Parliamentary law as to questioning for speech............   302

        Practice of the House as to Members indicted or convicted.   306

        Relations of Members and others to privilege and the 

            waiving thereof.......................................   301

        Senators and Representatives privileged from arrest.......90, 91

        Status of the Member-elect as to privilege................   300

    Of citizens.

        Not to be abridged by the States..........................   225

        In States other than their own............................   184
Privileged questions.

    Theory and examples of.

        The theory as to..........................................   438

        Distinction between questions of privilege and privileged 

            questions.............................................   664

        Incident questions, like points of order, which intervene 

            during consideration of the main question.............   457

        Intervening questions relating to reading of papers.......   459

        Laws providing congressional disapproval by privileged 

            resolution............................................. 1013

        Matters privileged to interrupt the daily order of 

            business........................................... 879, 880

        Matters of privilege as intervening questions.............   458

        May not interrupt a call of committees....................   890

        Not to be called up on Calendar Wednesday.............. 897, 898

        Obsolete parliamentary law governing orders of the day....   440

        Presence of nonprivileged matter destroys privileges......   728

        Resolutions of inquiry................................. 857, 858 

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    Reports as.

        Of certain committees................................... 726-729

        Conference reports........................................   909

        Method of submitting to the House...................... 418, 727

        Nonprivileged, reference of, to calendars.................   743

        Precedence of conference report over report from Committee 

            on Rules..............................................  729a

        Reference of, to calendars................................   742

        Right to report at any time gives right to consider at any 

            time (subject to requirement of availability for 3 

            days).............................................. 726, 727

    Motions as--General principles.

        Precedence and conditions of............................ 782-788

        General principles of priority of motions.................   449

        In general, one privileged motion not to be suppressed by 

            another...............................................   450

        Jefferson's discussion of certain privileged motions......   441

        Obsolete provisions as to priority of privileged motions..   448

        Privileged motions in the Senate and in Parliament........   447

    For motions as--When question is under debate, see:

        Adjourn, motion to.

        Previous question, motion for.

        Postpone, motion to.

        Refer, motion to; and Reference.

        Amend, motion to; and Amendments.

    Motions as--Various.  See also Motions.

        By Majority Leader to permit committee sittings during 

            five-minute rule......................................   710

        Motions to dispose of amendments between Houses,  see 

            Amendments between Houses.

        Motions to proceed to election of Speaker of higher 

            privilege than motion to correct the roll.............   638

        Motions requesting conferences........................ 528a, 535

        Motions to consider bills made in order by a resolution 

            adopted by the House..................................   715

        Motion to consider omnibus private bills in order on third 

            Tuesday...............................................   893

        Relation of motion to consider to other motions........ 812, 814

        To close general debate in Committee of the Whole.........   871

        To discharge a committee from consideration of vetoed bill   108

        To go into Committee of the Whole to consider revenue and 

            general appropriation bills...........................   802

        To read the Journal.......................................   621

        To recess in committee....................................  703a

        To recess in House..................................... 586, 782 

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        To strike out the enacting words of a bill............ 875, 876a

        To suspend the rules.................................... 902-905

    Motions as--Certain not.  See also Motions.

        Motion to recess formerly not a...........................   586

        Motion to rescind not a...................................  682b
Proceedings.

    Certain of the House not to be criticized in debate...........   360

    Each House determines rules of................................    58

    House governs Journal entries.................................    71

    House required to publish a journal of........................    67

    Journal a record of, only.....................................    70

    States reciprocally to give full faith and credit to judicial.   183

    Committee,  see Committees.
Process.

    Of law required to deprive a person of life, liberty, or 

        property..................................................   225

    Writ of summons for appearance of respondent in an impeachment

                                                                608, 611

    For obtaining witnesses.......................................   213
Professional staffs of committees.  See Committee staffs.
Profit.

    No one holding office of, to accept certain gifts, titles, etc   144
Pro forma amendment.

    In Committee of the Whole.....................................  873a
Proof, burden of.

    On those proposing an amendment, as to germaneness............   794

    On those proposing items on general appropriation bills.......   838
Property.

    Appropriations of, considered in Committee of the Whole.... 865, 868

    Disclosure of.................................................   940

    No person to be deprived of, without due process of law.......   212

    No State to deprive a person of, without due process of law...   225

    Power of Congress to make rules and regulations as to public..   188

    Private, not to be taken without compensation.................   212

    Public bills appropriating, placed on Union Calendar..........   742
Proposer.

    Right of, to speak twice......................................   762

    Right to close debate on amendment considered under five-

        minute rule...............................................   762
Prosecutions.

    Rights of accused in all criminal.............................   213

    Security as to accusations and trial..........................   212
Protection.

    Equal, of the laws guaranteed.................................   225 

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Protests.
                                                                  

    Not entered on Journal as a matter of right...................    70
Proxy voting in committees prohibited.............................   707
Public bills.

    Certain, placed on Union Calendar, and others on House 

        Calendar..................................................   742

    Correction of reference of, place in order of business........   878

    Joint sponsorship of..........................................   854
Public buildings.

    Appropriations for, as in continuance of a public work........   841

    Jurisdiction as to, generally.................................   686

    Jurisdiction as to, abroad....................................   678

    Jurisdiction as to marine hospitals...........................   674

    Jurisdiction of bills for penitentiaries......................  679a

    Jurisdiction as to immigrant stations.........................  679a

    Jurisdiction as to Patent Office............................... 679a
Public buildings and grounds.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................   686
Public credit.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................   672
Public debt.

    Claims for loss or emancipation of slaves not to be paid......   234

    Limit, establishment of as part of congressional budget 

        process...................................................   945

    None incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion to be paid..   234

    Validity of that of the United States not to be questioned....   234
Public defense.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................   680
Public health.

    Jurisdiction of matters related to............................   674
Public lands.

    Jurisdiction of matters related to............................   681
Public money.

    Account of, to be published...................................   143

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to the deposit of............   688
Public safety.

    As related to suspension of writ of habeas corpus.............   178
Public works.

    Authorization of appropriations for...........................   838

    Appropriations in continuation of................ 834a, 839-841, 847
Public Works and Transportation, Committee on.  See Transportation and 

    Infrastructure, Committee on.
Publication.

    Of accounts of receipts and expenditures of public money......   143

    Of Journals of each House.....................................    68 

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Puerto Rico.
                                                                  

    Resident Commissioner from, powers and privileges of,  see 

        Resident Commissioner.
Punishments.

    Censure or reprimand, of a Member.............................    63

    Congress may provide, for counterfeiting......................   122

    Cruel and unusual, not to be inflicted........................   254

    Each House may provide, of its Members for disorderly behavior    62

    For assault on Member for words spoken in debate..............    92

    For disclosure of intelligence information....................  944a

    Involuntary servitude as......................................   224

    Member liable to, when called to order in debate........... 760, 761

    Of a delegate.................................................   740

    Of piracies and felonies on the high seas.....................   164

    Of the law additional to impeachment..........................    41

    Power of the House to punish for contempt................... 293-299

    Standards of Official Conduct Committee, duties of............   698

    Speaker may not inflict.......................................   622
Putting the question.

    By the chairman in committees.................................   317

    By the Speaker................................................   629

    Decorum during................................................   763

    Duty of Speaker as to.........................................   304

    Effect of, in ending debate...................................   490

    First in the affirmative and then the negative................   489

    Informal......................................................   491

    Messages not received during..................................   562

    Point of no quorum may be raised during................... 774c, 863

    Speaker rises while...........................................   428

    Forms of:

        For vote by clerk tellers or by electronic device.........  630a

        For previous question.....................................   462

        For question of consideration.............................   778

        In examinations at the bar of the House................ 343, 344

        Of final, in an impeachment trial in Senate...............   618

        On engrossment and third reading of a bill................   830

        On a motion to strike out.................................   468

        On motion to strike out and insert........................   470

        On the passage of a bill..................................   499
Qualifications.

    Of Representatives.

        As electors of President..................................   151

        As related to a Member's right to take the oath...........   204

        As to sanity and loyalty as...............................   205 

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        Conviction of crime as related to voting and participation 

            in committee business.................................   939

        House Oversight Committee may consider questions relating 

            to....................................................  677a

        In case of disqualification minority candidate not seated.    13

        Incompatible offices, Members not to hold................ 97-101

        Incompatible offices, jurisdiction over...................  679a

        No religious test required for office under United States.   196

        Of Representatives........................................  9-11

        Of Senators, Representatives, electors of President, 

            officers of the United States, and State officers as 

            to loyalty............................................   230

        Other than those of Constitution..........................    12

        Power of each House, to judge as to....................... 46-51

        Removal of disabilities under fourteenth amendment........   231

    Of Senators, President, Vice President, etc.

        As to inhabitancy modifying votes of presidential electors   219

        Of electors of President............................... 151, 152

        Of officers and employees.................................   937

        Of President of the United States.........................   154

        Of Senators as to age, citizenship, and inhabitancy.......    35

        Of Vice President.........................................   221

    For suffrage.

        Of electors of Representatives............................     7

        Reference to..............................................   226
Quarantine.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................   674
Quarrels.

    In Committee of the Whole.....................................   331

    Intervening questions relating to.............................   458

    Members may be pledged not to prosecute.......................   367
Quasi committee.

    Procedure in................................................ 424-427
Question.

    Coexisting and equivalent questions.

        Equivalent in general.....................................   485

        Equivalent on amendments between the Houses...............   486

        Jefferson's discussion of coexisting......................   483

        No equivalent questions on motions to recede, insist, and 

            adhere................................................   488

        On agreeing to a conference report the negative of 

            agreeing equals the affirmative of disagreeing........   550 

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        The motions to agree and disagree as related to motions to 

            amend.................................................   487

        Where affirmative of one amounts to negative of another. 485-488

    Putting of.  See Putting the question.

    Division of.  See Division.

    Relation of, to debate.

        Member to confine himself to the..........................   749

        Member who has spoken to, may speak also to amendment.....   762

    Of order.  See Points of order.

    Of consideration.  See Points of order.

    Of privilege.  See Privilege.

    In general.

        As to reading of papers...................................   459

        Asked of other House by conference rather than by message.   569

        Former practice as to, in rejection and second reading of 

            bills.................................................   484

        Members of Parliament exempted from, as to debate.........  287,

                                                                302, 309
Quorum.

    How constituted.

        Committee may fix one-third or more as quorum for certain 

            actions...............................................   709

        Committees may fix two or more as quorum to take testimony 

            and to close certain hearings.........................   709

        Constituted by a majority.................................    52

        Consists of a majority of standing or select committee or 

            subcommittee to report, to issue subpoenas, or to 

            close meetings or hearings.............. 409, 708, 713c, 718

        Interpretation of meaning of majority.....................    53

        Must be present when perjurious testimony is given to 

            support charge of perjury..................... 343, 409, 709

        Of the Committee of the Whole.......................... 329, 863

        Of House of Representatives and Senate in voting for 

            President and Vice President of the United States.....   221

        Of a joint committee......................................   325

        Of Senators in an impeachment trial.......................    40

        Quorum in committees to report............................  713c

    Count of.

        Theory of quorum present and Speaker's count............ 54, 628 

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    When necessary.

        After failure of, must be of record before transaction of 

            business..............................................    55

        Effect of failure of, as to motions in order pending a 

            motion to suspend the rules...........................   801

        Enrolled bills not signed in absence of...................   625

        Failure of, on second of motion to suspend the rules......   905

        Necessary during debate and other business (obsolete).....   310

        Of House, necessary for business..........................    52

        Quorum not required in certain situations.................  774c

        Quorum not required in the House unless pending motion or 

            proposition put to vote...............................  774c

        Quorum not required in Committee of Whole, after once 

            ascertained on that day, unless pending motion or 

            proposition put to vote...............................   863

        Relations of, to acts of House............................    55

        Relations of, to reception of messages....................55, 56

        Relations of motion to reconsider to......................   812

        Reporting a measure in committee..........................  713c

        Voting, debate, and other business suspended by failure of 

            (obsolete)............................................   510

    Call of the House.

        Arrest of Members.........................................   770

        Call of the House in the new form..................... 773, 774a

        Call of the House in the old form.........................   768

        Call of the House after previous question is ordered......   810

        Count of those not voting to make a quorum of record on a 

            roll call.............................................   772

        Dispensing with call after quorum responds................   770

        Motions during a call of the House........................   771

        Ordering and conducting the call of the House in the old 

            form..................................................   769

        Power to compel attendance................................52, 55

        Use of clerks to record...................................  771b

        Use of electronic equipment to record.....................  774b

    Point of order as to.

        Before adoption of rules..................................    60

        Before approval of Journal................................   621

        Failure of, on yea-and-nay vote to be noted...............    76

        Former rule with respect to reporting a measure from 

            committee.............................................  713d

        Making point as to........................................    54

        Not in order before Chaplain offers prayer... 56, 621, 878, 774c

        Point as to, may be dilatory..............................   803

        Prohibition against making in certain situations...... 774c, 863 

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        Right of a Member to have the House told when a quorum is 

            not present...........................................   382

        Time of making point of...................................    55

        Withdrawal of point as to.................................    55

    Motions in absence of.

        Excuses, but not leaves of absence, granted by less than..   657

        Less than may order yeas and nays.........................    76

        Motions in order in absence of............................    55

        Questions of privilege in the absence of..................   667

        Right to demand yeas and nays not waived by demand for....    77

    In Committee of the Whole.

        Discretionary during general debate in....................   863

        Not required, after once ascertained on that day, unless 

            pending motion or proposition put to vote.............   863

        Of Committee of the Whole consists of 100 members.........   863

        Procedure in case of failure of...........................   863

        Rising and reports of, as related to......................   864

        Short or Notice Quorum....................................   863

    Relation of, to organization.

        As related to right of Member to take oath.............. 56, 232

        At organization of the two Houses.........................    56

        Relations of, to business of two Houses at organization...    56

    In general.

        At calling of House to order..............................   621

        Clerk to furnish members a list of certain................   640

        Relations of, to calling of the House to order when 

            Speaker takes the Chair...............................   310

        Relations of Journal to absence of........................    55

        Relations of, to reading of Journal.......................    55

        One-fifth of, orders recorded vote (or former vote by 

            tellers)..............................................  630a
Race.

    Suffrage not to be abridged for...............................   235
Radio service.

    Jurisdiction of bills relating to, generally..................   674
Radio gallery.  See Galleries.
Railroads, jurisdiction over......................................   686
Railway-mail service.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................   676
Raising revenue.  See Revenue.
Ramseyer rule.

    Reports of committees under...................................   745 

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Ratification.
                                                                  

    Of the Constitution...........................................   207

    Of amendments to the Constitution.............................   190

    Procedure of Senate in ratifying treaties.....................   600
Reading.

    Of papers.

        Member not always privileged to read a paper in his place 

                                                           434, 916, 917

        Intervening questions as to...............................   459

        Objections to reading of papers under former rule XXX...... 916, 

                                                                     917

        Of papers on which the House is to vote................ 392, 916

        Of such as criticize the Senate or Senators not in order..   372

        On reference..............................................   436

        Papers not necessarily to be read on plea of privilege..... 433, 

                                                                     916

        Papers read on demand of a Member.........................   916

        Papers read by consent of the House under former rule XXX.   917

        Parliamentary law as to................................ 432, 916

        Reports of committees not read except in order or in 

            debate................................................   435

    Of bills, resolutions, conference reports, etc.

        Rule for..................................................   830

        A bill read in Committee of the Whole not read in full 

            when taken up in House................................   338

        Amendments before third...................................   497

        Committal of, on third....................................   494

        Debate in relation to third...............................   498

        Engrossed copy, reading in full not required........... 830, 832

        First and second..........................................   831

        Manner of reading a bill the second time..................   428

        Obsolete requirements as to............................ 399, 400

        Obsolete requirements as to third...................... 492, 493

        Of a bill in Committee of the Whole.......................   831

        Of bills for amendment under the five-minute rule.........   872

        Of concurrent resolution on the budget....................  876b

        Of conference reports and amendments in disagreement, 

            dispensed with................................... 912a, 912b

        Of Journal, not interrupted by conference report..........   909

        Of Journal, place of, in order of business................   878

        Of President's messages and accompanying documents........   188

        Of a veto message.........................................   107

        Raising points of order before completing reading of 

            resolution............................................   627 

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        Raising points of order before completing reading of 

            amendment.............................................  823a

        The Speaker sits while reading, but the Clerk stands......   428

        Third reading after engrossment...........................   832

    Of amendments.

        Motions to dispense with reading..........................  873b
Reappropriations.

    Citations relating to.........................................   847

    Not in order on general appropriation bill unless in 

        continuation of public works already commenced............   847
Reasons.

    Not entered on Journal........................................    70
Rebellion.

    Debts incurred in suppressing, not to be questioned...........   234

    Debts incurred in aid of, not to be paid......................   234

    Participation in, as a disqualification for office............   230

    Suffrage may be abridged for..................................   226

    Suspension of writ of habeas corpus for.......................   138
Recapitulation.

    Of a vote, Speaker's discretion as to.........................   765
Recede, motion to.

    Precedence of................................... 486, 528-528d, 913c

    Motion to recede and concur takes precedence of motion to 

        recede and concur with amendment or insist............ 525, 528d

    Motion to recede and concur divisible..................... 525, 528d

    Not equivalent of either insisting or adhering when decided in 

        negative..................................................   488

    One House not to recede from its own amendment with an 

        amendment................................................... 526

    Parliamentary law as to receding...................... 523, 528-528d

    Practice of the House as to receding from its own amendment to 

        a bill of the other House.................................   524

    Practice of the House as to receding from disagreement to 

        amendment of the other House..............................   525
Receipts.

    Of public money, account of, to be published..................   143
Reception.

    Duty of President to receive ambassadors, etc.................   172
Recess.

    In general.

        Of Congress...............................................   590

        Of a Congress, effect on pending business.................   901

        Of Congress, issue of subpoenas during....................   342

        Of Congress, jurisdiction of resolutions relating to......  682a 

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        Of Senate, power of President to fill offices during......   167

        Of House, during day's sitting, conditions of.............   586

        Of House, Speaker's authority to declare..................  634f

        Of a committee............................................  703a

    Motion for.

        Status of.............................................. 586, 782

        Limitation of, on Calendar Wednesdays.....................   897
Reclamation.

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to...........................   681
Recognition.

    To call up a bill made in order by a resolution adopted by the 

        House.....................................................   715

    For debate and amendment under the five-minute rule...........   872

    For motions to discharge committees on second and fourth 

        Mondays...................................................   908

    For motion to go to conference................................   827

    For the motion to reconsider..................................   813

    For the previous question.....................................   807

    For question of privilege.................................. 661, 668

    Loss of right to recognition by Member in charge..............   755

    Parliamentary law as to Speaker's duty in.....................   356

    Preliminary action of Member in seeking.......................   749

    Preference in, to be given to opposition for motion to 

        recommit after previous question is ordered...... 782, 788, 808a

    Prior right of Members of the committee to recognition for 

        debate....................................................   756

    Procedure of the Member in seeking............................   354

    Under former rule requiring a second on the motion to suspend 

        the rules.................................................   906

    Speaker's power of.......................................... 753-757

    Speaker's power of with respect to Senate amendments..........   827

    Speaker governed by usage in.......................... 356, 754, 757

    Speaker not to recognize Members to introduce occupants of 

        galleries to House........................................   764

    No appeal from Speaker's decision in..........................   356

    Exceptions to the usages constraining the Speaker as to 

        recognitions..............................................   757

    Right to speak a second time..................................   357
Recommendations.

    President to make, to Congress................................   168
Recommit, motion to.  See also Commit, motion to.

    Precedence and general conditions of....................... 782, 787

    After previous question is ordered, privilege and effect of.... 804, 

                                                                     808

    Debate on, with instructions..................................   782 

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    In order as to bill on third reading..........................   494

    Instructions with.............................................   788

    Instructions to strike out amendment adopted by the House not 

        in order..................................................   788

    Instructions may be amended by substituting different 

        instructions........................................... 788, 808

    Instructions must be germane to bill before the House...... 796, 808

    Limiting by Committee on Rules........................... 729a, 729c

    May be applied to a conference report under certain 

        circumstances.............................................   550

    Method of dividing a bill by, with instructions...............   476

    Not used in Committee of the Whole............................   787

    Not applied to reports from Committee on Rules pending 

        previous question.................................... 729a, 729b

    One motion to, in order after previous question is ordered....   782

    Repetition of motions.........................................   782

    Recognition to offer................................. 782, 788, 808a
Recommittal.

    Of bills to select or standing committees.....................   420

    Duty of committee in case of..................................   788

    Of bills amending or repealing statutes when committee reports 

        fail to comply with rule..................................   745

    Of bills to Committee of the Whole............................   420

    Of report from Committee of the Whole when ruled out in the 

        House.....................................................   335

    When House nonconcurs in recommendation of Committee of the 

        Whole to strike out enacting words........................   875
Reconsider, motion to.

    Rule for the motion and its precedence........................   812

    Discussion of procedure of....................................   814

    Application of................................................   815

    Application of, to bills in committee.........................   820

    As to use in a standing or select committee................ 416, 814

    Debate on.....................................................   819

    Delegates and Resident Commissioner not to make...............   741

    Effect of.....................................................   816

    Enrolled bills not signed pending.............................   625

    Maker of......................................................   813

    May be held dilatory..........................................   803

    May be applied to vote refusing yeas and nays or ordering yeas 

        and nays (if not executed).............................. 79, 816

    Not used in Committee of the Whole............................   416

    Relations of, to motion to lay on the table...................   818

    Relations of, to the previous question..................... 814, 815

    Repetition of.............................................. 815, 816 

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    Vote on.......................................................   817

    Vote on ordering yeas and nays may be reconsidered by less 

        than a quorum.............................................    76
Reconsideration.

    Bill once rejected not to be brought up again the same session   515

    Early Senate practice as to...................................   513

    Exceptions to the rule against bringing up a matter once 

        rejected..................................................   516

    Expedients for changing the effect of bills once passed.......   516

    Of a vetoed bill by the two Houses............................   104

    Member voting ``present'' not counted in determining the two-

        thirds....................................................   109

    Two-thirds of those voting, a quorum present, sufficient to 

        pass bill.................................................   109

    Passage of supplementary bills................................   518

    Parliamentary law as to.......................................   514
Record.  See also Congressional Record.

    The Journal as................................................   582
Recorded vote.

    Ordered by one-fifth of quorum in House.......................  630a

    By electronic device or by Tellers............................  630a

    Ordered by twenty-five in Committee of the Whole......... 630a, 864a

    Repetition of demand for......................................  630b
Records.

    Not to go out of Clerk's custody..............................   352

    Noncurrent to be deposited by Clerk with Archivist............   932

    Oath not to disclose classified information as records of the 

        House.....................................................   939

    States reciprocally to give full faith and credit to public...   183
Red Cross.

    Jurisdiction as to affairs of.................................   678
Redress.

    Of grievances, right of people to petition for................   208
Refer, motion to.  See also Recomit, motion to.

    Precedence and status of.

        Precedence and general conditions of................... 782, 787

        Has precedence of motion to amend.........................   449

        May not be postponed......................................   451

        Not to be suppressed by another privileged motion.........   450

        Repetition of.............................................   782

    Use of.

        General use of......................................... 401, 446

        Not used in Committee of the Whole........................   787

        Admitted in ``House as in Committee of the Whole''..... 425, 427 

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        In relation to motion to strike out enacting words........   875

        In relation to amendments between Houses............... 528-528d

        In order as to bill on third reading......................   494

        Motion applicable to a vetoed bill........................   108

        Instructions with.........................................   788

        Instructions may be amended....................... 788, 795, 808

        Instructions must be germane to bill before the House and 

            not to general law sought to be amended...............   808

        Method of dividing a bill by, with instructions...........   476

    Relations of, to previous question.

        Application of previous question to.......................   450

        Relations of, to the previous question................. 486, 809

        After previous question is ordered, privilege and effect 

            of................................................. 804, 808

        Minority have preference in recognition for, after 

            previous question is ordered..........................   782

        After previous question is ordered, Committee on Rules 

            limited as to.................................... 729a, 729b

        Not applied to reports from Committee on Rules pending 

            previous question................................ 729a, 729b

        Discussion of relations of, to early use of the previous 

            question........................................... 448, 449
Reference.

    Of bills.  See Bills.

    Of memorials, petitions, etc.

        By Speaker........................................ 700, 854, 882

        By Members............................................. 700, 849

        Private claims referred to certain committees.............   845

        Of communications, rule for....................... 700, 882, 883

        Of messages of the President, rule for............. 700, 882-884

        Of executive documents....................................   936

        Papers not read in House on ordinary reference to 

            committee.............................................   436

    Correction of errors in reference of.

        Errors in.................................................   853

        Correction of, for public bills, etc......................   854

        Of public bills, place of correction of, in order of 

            business..............................................   878

        Change of, for errors in, etc.............................   853

        Correction of, in case of bills, etc., referred from 

            Speaker's table.................................... 882, 883

        Of bill to a calendar, error in, a question of privilege..   742
Regents.

    Do not hold incompatible offices..............................    98 

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``Regular order.''
                                                                  

    Right of the Member to demand......................... 381, 382, 881

    Not to be demanded while a Member has the floor in debate.....   393
Regulations.

    Power of Congress to make, concerning territory and other 

        property..................................................   188

    Power of Congress to make, as to jurisdiction of Supreme Court   179
Rejection.

    Effect of.................................................. 515, 517

    Bill is lost when a conference report is not agreed to........   549

    Bills fail when both Houses continue to insist or adhere......   522

    Of a bill, action on similar bill.............................   833

    Of a bill, communicated to the other House....................   568

    Of bills, question on, comes indirectly.......................   484

    Status of amendments after rejection of conference report.....   551

    Striking out enacting words of a bill equivalent to...........   875
Relatives.

    May not be employed by Members................................    88

    Defined.................................................... 939, 940
Relevancy.

    In debate.....................................................   749

    Of debate in House and Committee of the Whole.................   752
Religion.

    Congress to make no law respecting establishment of, or free 

        exercise of...............................................   208
Religious tests.

    None required for officers under United States................   196
Remonstrance.

    Nature of.....................................................   389
Removal.

    Of President from office......................................   155

    Of Speaker....................................................   315
Renegotiation.

    Jurisdiction over subject related to..........................   672
Repetition.

    Of motions, general rules as to............................ 782, 789

    Of motion to reconsider.................................... 815, 816

    Of motion to strike out and insert......................... 471, 472

    Of motion to request a conference.............................   535

    Of demand for yeas and nays...................................    77

    Of motion to reconsider vote ordering yeas and nays...........    79

    Of a question once determined.................................   514

    Of amendments.................................................   468
Reporters.

    Of debates....................................................   923 

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    Of debates, duties of Committee on House Oversight as to......  677a

    Press, admission to the floor.  See Floor.
Reports.

    Of committees--forms, signing, authorization, etc.

        Activity reports..........................................  703d

        Adverse reports of committees..................... 726, 730, 744

        Authorization, signing, and validity of............ 408, 713-715

        Contents required in report:

            Appropriations Committee reports on general 

                appropriation bills must state effect of any 

                provision changing existing law...................  844b

            Cover must reflect inclusion of certain matters.......   714

            Estimate of cost......................................  748b

            Estimate and comparision of Congressional Budget 

                Office............................................  713e

                Estimate and comparision of funding levels... 713e, 748b

            Inflationary impact statement.........................  713f

            Minority, supplemental and additional views...........   714

            New budget authority and tax expenditures, statement 

                as to.............................................  713e

                Oversight findings and recommendations....... 692a, 713e

                Oversight findings and recommendations of 

                    Committee on Government Reform and Oversight 

                                                               696, 713e

            Required under Congressional Accountability Act of 

                1995..............................................  713g

            Reports on bills amending or repealing statutes must 

                show by typographical device parts of statute 

                affected..........................................   745

            Rules Committee reports on resolutions repealing or 

                amending rules of the House must show by 

                typographical device parts of rules affected......   731

            Vote totals and names on amendments and motions to 

                report............................................  713d

        Instruction to report.....................................   908

        Joint Economic Committee to file, by March 1 of each year.   983

        Method of action on, in the House.........................   422

        Method of submitting to the House.........................   418

        Must contain vote totals and names on amendments and 

            motions to report.....................................  713d

        Of a committee, directions as to making............ 415, 713-715

        Of committees, presentation to the House..................   317

        Of committees, to be in writing and printed...............   821

        Of select committees......................................   419

        Required under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995... 703d, 

                                                              713h, 1007 

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        Former rule on rolling quorum that allowed committees to 

            report without ``acting together''....................  713d

        Views of minority................................. 714, 743, 821

        On bills to be available three days in advance of 

            consideration of bill.............................. 715, 848

        Practice as to reading of, in the House...................   435

        Speaker does not decide as to sufficiency of..............   627

        Supplemental reports, to correct technical errors.........   714

        Valid only when authorized by the committee acting 

            together..................................... 407, 408, 713c

    Of committees--Privileged.

        Adverse, generally..................................... 726, 744

        Adverse, from Committee on Rules..........................   730

        Privileged from certain committees...................... 726-729

        Privileged under certain public laws....................... 1013

        Method of making privileged...............................   727

        Method of submitting privileged, to the House.............   418

        Requirements as to, on resolutions of inquiry.......... 855, 858

    Of committees--Recommittal of.

        Recommittal of, to select or standing committees, or 

            Committee on the Whole................................   420

        Committal with directions to report forthwith.......... 405, 788

    Of committees--Calendars for.

        The calendars on which reports of committees await action 

            of the House........................................ 742-746

        Adverse, when placed on the calendars.....................   743

        Reference of privileged and nonprivileged, to calendars...  742,

                                                                     744

    From Committees of the Whole.

        As related to amendments adopted..........................   336

        As to breach of privilege.................................   335

        Bill presumed to have passed necessary stages.............   335

        Bills from, considered in the House.......................   338

        Chairman alone makes reports..............................   335

        Consideration of amendments from, in the House............   337

        Discharge of Committee of the Whole.......................   339

        Minutes of clerk in lieu of, when Committee is discharged.   339

        Not to be amended by the House............................   335

        Of disorderly words taken down......................... 369, 761

        Of motion to strike out the enacting words................   875

        Recommitted when ruled out in House.......................   335

        Of Chairman when Committee rises before a matter is 

            concluded..................................... 333, 334, 864 

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        Quorum not required after Committee of Whole has risen and 

            before report made to House...........................  774c

        When a quorum fails.......................................   863

    Of managers of conferences.  See Conferences.

    In general.  See also Clerk  and Sergeant-at-Arms  and Chief 

        Administrative Officer.

        Of Members, officers and employees on financial disclosure   940

        From heads of departments, rule for reference of....... 882, 883

        From heads of departments to be studied by committees... 692-696

        Rectification of errors after report of tellers...........   503
Representation.

    Office of General Counsel.....................................  634e

    Reduction of, for abridgement of the right of suffrage........   226
Representatives.

    Election, privilege, duties, etc., of.  See Members.

    House of.

        Part of Congress..........................................     3

        Attendance at an impeachment trial........................   617

        Authority as to treaties................................ 594-599

        Bills for raising revenue to originate in.................   102

        Choice of President by................................. 221, 222

        Choose Speaker and other officers......................... 26-30

        Composed of Members chosen by people......................  5, 7

        Confirms Vice President...................................   253

        Electoral votes to be counted in presence of..............   219

        Has power of impeachment..................................    31

        Indecent language against, not permitted in debate........   360

        Meets at 12 m.............................................     6

        Power of President to convene or adjourn..................   171

        Questions of privilege affecting....................... 661, 662

        Required to keep a Journal................................    68

        Rules as to use of Hall...................................   918

        The office building.......................................   989

        Vacancies in.............................................. 17-25
Reprieves.

    Power of President to grant...................................   162
Reprimand.

    Of a Member...................................................    63
Reprisal.

    Letters of, Congress to grant.................................   127

    States not to grant...........................................   146 

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Republican form of government.
                                                                  

    Guaranteed to the States......................................   189
Request.

    For a conference.

        Declined or neglected.....................................   534

        Made by the House possessed of the papers.................   530

        Motions to....................................... 528a, 535, 827

        Practice as to making.....................................   533

        Usual but not essential that names of managers be 

            transmitted with......................................   536

    Bills introduced by.

        Introduction of bills, resolutions, etc., by..............   860
Rescind, motion to.

    Not privileged under rules governing the order of business....  682b

    As to entries on Journal......................................    71
Rescission.

    Of appropriations, jurisdiction of Appropriations Committee...  671a

    Separate headings required on in certain bills and reports....  671a

    Rescission bills, definition and procedure for consideration 

        of under Impoundment Control Act........................ 1013(6)
Reservation.

    Of rights of people...........................................   216

    Of points of order on general appropriation bills......... 835, 848a

    Of objection to unanimous-consent request.....................   881
Reserved powers.

    Of the State and people.......................................   217
Residence.

    As a condition of Citizenship in the United States and the 

        States....................................................   225
Resident Commissioner.

    Admitted to floor.............................................   919

    Clerk to distribute certain documents to......................   641

    Compensation of...............................................    86

    Elected to committees.........................................   740

    Former de novo vote in House where vote of decisive in 

        Committee of Whole........................................  864b

    From Puerto Rico, power and privileges of........... 701g, 740, 861a

    May be appointed to select and conference committees..........  701g

    Formerly could be appointed Chairman, Committee of Whole......  861a

    Of Puerto Rico, admitted to the floor.........................   919

    Powers and privileges in Committee of Whole............... 740, 861a

    Rooms of, in Office Building..................................   988
Resignations.

    As related to procedure for censure...........................    63

    As related to procedure for expulsion.........................    64

    From committees, privilege of and debate on........... 662, 668, 752 

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    Of chairman of a committee, selection of a successor..........  701c

    Of Member-elect before taking oath............................   300

    Of President of the United States or Vice President........ 155, 156

    Of Speaker....................................................    28

    Procedure for considering.....................................   662

    Vacancy from..................................................    19

    Vacancies caused by, in Senate................................    34
Resolutions.

    Commemoratives.

        Prohibited................................................   852

    Simple, of the House--Nature and forms of.

        As to presentation of, to President for approval..........   115

        Consideration of a preamble...............................   414

        Introduction by request...................................   860

        Introduction and reference of private.....................   849

        Introduction of public....................................   854

        Nature and use of, as compared with others................   395

        Raising a question of privileges of the House.............   661

        Reference of..............................................   700

        Of inquiry................................................   855

        Use, to disapprove Executive actions......................  1013

    Simple, of the House--Of inquiry.

        Discharge of a committee from a resolution of inquiry.....   858

        Forms of resolutions of inquiry and delivery thereof......   856

        Privileged status of resolutions of inquiry...............   857

        Resolutions of inquiry as related to the Executive........   859

    Simple, of the Senate.

        Not referred in House.....................................   883

    Concurrent.

        Adjournment for more than three days by concurrent 

            resolution............................................    84

        Reference of..............................................   700

        Their use............................................. 396, 1013

    Joint.

        Their use............................................. 397, 1013

        Clerk certifies to passage of.............................   642

        Division of, not in order on vote on engrossment of 

            passage...............................................   792

        Reference of..............................................   700

        Signed by Speaker.........................................   624

        Used for abrogating treaties..............................   599

        Used for amendments to the Constitution...................   291

        Use of, correct an error in a bill sent to the President..   518
Resources, Committee on.

    History and jurisdiction of...................................   681 

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    Special oversight functions of................................   693
Restaurant.

    Of House, jurisdiction of matters relating to............. 677c, 686

    Of House, management of.......................................  677b

    Retrenching expenditures, amendment providing new legislation 

        in order on appropriation bill.......................... 834-843
Return.

    Of a message sometimes asked..................................   565
Returns.

    Power of House to judge as to................................. 46-51
Revenue.

    Power to raise.

        Account of receipts of public money to be published.......   143

        Capitation or direct taxes to be proportioned to census...   140

        Export duties forbidden...................................   141

        General power of Congress to raise........................   117

        Not to be raised on commerce by water between States......   142

        Power of States as to raising of....................... 147, 148

        Regulations of, not to favor ports........................   142

        Retroactive income tax rate increases prohibited..........  846d

    Consideration of bills for raising.

        Amendments must relate to particular item.................   800

        Bills for raising, to originate in House..................   102

        Bills raising, placed on Union Calendar...................   742

        Bills raising, considered in Committee of the Whole.... 865, 868

        Consideration in order on third Tuesday...................   893

        Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................   688

        Jurisdiction as to oleomargarine..........................   670

        Point of order against certain bills or amendments 

            carrying taxes or tariffs.............................  846b

        Precedence of bills raising, in Committee of the Whole....   869

        Precedence of, in order of business.......................   802

        Vote on measures raising income tax rates............ 774e, 846c
Revenue sharing, general.

    Jurisdiction over.............................................   676
Revenue treaties.

    Authority of House as to......................................   597
Revision of the laws.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................  679a

    Law Revision Counsel, office of...............................   994
Riders.

    Nongermane Senate amendments................................ 913b, c

    Rule forbidding, on general appropriation bills,  see 

        Appropriations.

    On bills, obsolete parliamentary practice as to...............   495 

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Rights.
                                                                  

    Of the people under the Constitution.

        Those enumerated in Constitution and others retained by 

            the people............................................   216

        As to quartering of soldiers..............................   210

        As to searches and seizures...............................   211

        Excessive bail or fines and cruel punishments prohibited..   215

        Of citizens of the United States as to privileges and 

            immunities............................................   225

        Of citizens of the United States to vote..................   235

        Of persons to life, liberty, property, and equal 

            protection of the laws................................   225

        Of religion, speech, free press, assembly, and petition...   208

        Security as to accusations, trials, and property..........   212

        To a fair trial by jury...................................   213

        To jury trial in suits at common law......................   214

        To bear arms..............................................   209

        To vote, of citizens eighteen years of age or older.......   257

    Certain, of Members of the House.

        Members not always entitled to read papers in their places

                                                           434, 916, 917

        Members not necessarily entitled to have papers read on 

            plea of privilege.....................................   433

        Of Member to have read once paper on which he is to vote..   432

        Of Members, to call to order in debate....................   760

        Of Members to demand division of the House after vote by 

            sound.................................................   501

        Of Members to demand the execution of a subsisting order 

                                                                381, 881

        Of Members to inspect the Journal.........................   582
Rising.  See also Committee of the Whole.

    Of a Committee when the House sits............................   324
Rivers and harbors.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................   686

    Precedence of bills to improve, in Committee of the Whole.....   869
Roads.

    Post, jurisdiction of subjects relating to....................   686

    Jurisdiction as to highways and their safety in general.......   686
Roll call.

    Changes and corrections of votes..............................   766

    Count of those voting to make a quorum of record on a roll 

        call......................................................   772

    Electronic device used in lieu of........................ 771b, 774b

    In committee, formerly used as proof quorum present when 

        reporting.................................................  713d 

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    In Committee of the Whole on the failure of quorum............   863

    Interruptions of the roll call................................   767

    Manner of, during call of the House...........................   769

    Members not to remain near Clerk's desk during................   763

    Method of call of the roll for the yea-and-nay vote...........   765

    Not to be interrupted for conference report...................   909

    Not to be interrupted by arrival of time for recess........ 586, 767

    Oath administered to a Member during..........................   201

    Postponement of, by Speaker...................................   631

    Speaker may recognize for motion for call of House at any time  774d

    The rule combining the yea-and-nay vote with a call of the 

        House.....................................................   773
Rolls.

    Of Members-elect, Clerk makes up..............................   638

    Duty of Clerk as related to qualifications....................     9

    Names of Members not entered on yea and nay, until sworn......   300

    Speaker's name not on that from which yeas and nays are called   632
Rooms.

    Assignment of, in office buildings............................   988

    Control of, in House wing.....................................   623

    Duty of Committee on House Oversight as to....................  677a

    Exclusion of persons from those leading to the Hall....... 919, 921a
Rules.

    House makes its own.

        Abrogation of joint rules............................... 61, 316

        As related to privileges of minorities....................   283

        Congressional Budget Act rules may be changed by the House  1007

        Each House makes its own.................................. 58-60

        Early parliamentary law as related to.....................   286

        House's construction of its power to adopt................   388

        Jefferson's Manual, part of...............................   938

        Jefferson's views as to power to make.....................   387

        Jurisdiction as to................................... 682a, 682b

        Necessity of..............................................   285

        Not to be changed by report from Committee of the Whole...   335

        Power to administer oaths not conferred by................    59

        Power to make, not impaired by rule or law.............. 59, 388

        Procedure before adoption of..............................    60

        Those of the House in effect in Committee of the Whole so 

            far as applicable.................................. 340, 877 

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    Committee on.

        Constitution of...........................................   701

        History, jurisdiction, and powers of......................   682

        Limitations on reports from............... 729a, 729c, 729d, 730

        Activity reports of.......................................  703d

        Exempted from rule proscribing committee sittings during 

            five-minute rule......................................   710

        Must specify reported waivers.............................  731a

        Privileged reports of.................................. 729, 730

        Report from, providing special order of business not 

            divisible.............................................  729a

        Report may be considered immediately by two-thirds vote...  729a

        Certain reports may be considered immediately without two-

            thirds vote................................. 715, 912a, 912b

        Reports, adverse, from....................................   730

        Reports from, on resolutions repealing or amending rules 

            of House must show by typographical device parts of 

            rules affected........................................   731

        Right to report at any time confined to privileged matters

                                                               726, 729a

    Suspension of.

        In order on Mondays and Tuesdays..........................   902

        Individual and committee motions to.......................   905

        Motion for, entertained after yeas and nays are demanded..    80

        Motion for, as unfinished business........................   888

        Nature of the motion......................................   903

        One motion to adjourn in order pending....................   801

        Postponement of votes on..................................   907

        Precedence of the motion..................................   904

        Recognition by Speaker for motion to......................   757

        Relating to admission to the floor not to be suspended....   919

        Rule governing the motion for.............................   902

        Second of the motion to formerly required.................   906

        Speaker not to entertain motion to suspend rule relating 

            to use of Hall of the House...........................   918

        The forty minutes of debate on motions to.................   907

    Power of Congress to make certain.

        Congress to make, for land and naval forces...............   131

        Congress to make, concerning captures on land and water...   127

        Power of Congress to make, concerning territory and other 

            property..............................................   188
Rumor.

    As a ground for impeachment...................................   605

    As foundation for investigation...............................   341 

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Rural development and electrification.
                                                                  

    Jurisdiction of subjects related to...........................   670
Safety, public.

    As related to suspension of writ of habeas corpus.............   138
Salaries.

    Of Representatives and Senators................ 85-88, 258, 1013(14)

    Of Speaker....................................................    86

    Jurisdiction as to, of legislative employees..................  677a

    Authorization of appropriations for, in general appropriation 

        bills.....................................................   837
Sanity.

    As related to the oath and qualifications.....................   205
Savings banks, postal.

    Jurisdiction of bills relating to.............................   676
Science.

    Congress may promote, by patent and copyright laws............   124
Science, Committee on.

    History, jurisdiction and duties of...........................   683

    Special oversight functions of................................   693
Science, Space, and Technology, Commitee on.  See Science, Committee on.
Seal.

    Of the House, Clerk affixes...................................   642
Searches.

    As related to security of persons, papers, etc................   211
Seat of government.

    Power of Congress to legislate for......................... 134, 135

    Power of President to convene Congress at another place.......   171

    District of Columbia denominated as...........................   135
Seats.

    Obsolete requirement that a Member sit in his place...........   353
Second.

    Not required for ordinary motions.......................... 392, 776

    Formerly required on motions to suspend the rules.............   906

    Of motion to adjourn on new call of House.....................   773

    Yeas and nays not taken on vote to............................    77
Second reading.

    Of a bill, obsolete requirement as to.........................   400

    Of bills to be in full..................................... 830, 831

    Manner of reading a bill a second time........................   428
Secondary motions.  See also Motions.

    Application of motion to amend to other.......................   826

    Discussion of use and relations of.......................... 437-464

    In general, one not to be suppressed by another...............   450

    Precedence and conditions of................................ 782-788 

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Secrecy.

    Of portions of the Journal....................................    68

    Of committee procedure........................................   319
Secret sessions.

    Rule for and procedure in................................. 914, 944a

    Of committees, banned with certain exceptions.................   708
Secretary of State.

    Bills that become laws deposited with (obsolete)........... 105, 109
Secrets.

    Of the House, oath of officers to keep (obsolete).............   635
Sections.

    Amendment of bills by.........................................   413

    Amendments should be germane to...............................   794

    Clerk amends numbers of, in a bill............................   479

    House does not agree to severally, in perfecting a bill.......   456

    Reading of bills by...........................................   872

    Transportation of, in a bill by amendment.....................   477
Securities.

    Congress may provide punishment for counterfeiting the........   122

    Jurisdiction over depository institution securities...........   672

    Jurisdiction over exchange....................................   674
Security.

    Of the people as to searches and seizures.....................   211
Seizures.

    As related to security of persons, papers, etc................   211
Select Committees.

    Ad hoc to consider legislation................................   700

    Former Aging..................................................   702

    Ethics........................................................  943b

    Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence....................  944a

    Speaker appoints..............................................  701e

    Reports, dissolution and revival of...........................   419

    Conferences held by means of..................................   532
Senate.

    Part of Congress..............................................     3

    Concurs in treaties by two-thirds vote........................   165

    Congress not to interfere as to place of choosing Senators....    42

    Composition of................................................    32

    Division into classes.........................................    33

    Election of Senators.................................... 32, 42, 236

    Electoral votes transmitted to President of...................   219

    Electoral votes to be counted in presence of..................   219

    Filling vacancies in........................................ 34, 236

    May amend revenue bills.......................................   102

    No State to be deprived of equal suffrage in, without consent.   191

    Power of President to appoint officers during recess of.......   167 

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    Permissible references to Senate action.......................   749

    President pro tempore.........................................    37

    Procedure in ratifying treaties...............................   600

    Qualifications of Senators.................................. 35, 230

    References to debate and proceedings therein, criticisms of, 

        etc., not generally in order in the House.......... 371-374, 749

    The Vice President............................................    36

    Tries impeachments............................................ 38-41
Senate amendments.  See Amendments Between the Houses and Conferences.
Senate bills.

    Rule for reference of................................. 700, 882, 883

    Consideration of, from Speaker's table with reference to 

        Committee of the Whole................................. 882, 883
Senate resolutions.

    Simple resolutions of Senate not referred in House............   883
Sergeant-at-Arms.

    Doorkeeping duties........................................ 380, 650a

        Duty to cooperate in the performance of reviews and audits  650c

    Duties of, on call of the House.................. 768, 770, 773, 774

    Election, oath, and removal of................................   635

    Enforces authority of House in House and in Committee of the 

        Whole.....................................................   648

    Enforces rules as to decorum on floor.........................   763

        Financial and operational reports to Committee on House 

            Oversight.............................................  650b

    Formerly disbursed pay and mileage of Members............... 86, 648

    Makes up roll of Members-elect in certain cases...............   648

    Of the Senate, admitted to the floor of the House.............   919

    The Mace the symbol of his office.............................   650
Service.

    Fugitives from, return of.....................................   186
Servitude.

    Involuntary, not to exist except as punishment for crime......   224

    Suffrage not to be abridged for previous condition of.........   234
Sessions.

    Sessions and recesses of Congress.............................   590

    Adjournment of Congress during August in certain situations...   947

    Adjournment prohibited before completion of congressional 

        budget process............................................. 1007

    Close of, as related for constitutional day of meeting of 

        Congress................................................ 45, 242

    Conference asked at one and concluded at next.................   533 

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    Congress adjourns not later than last day of July in certain 

        situations................................................   947

    Congress may extend session beyond July.......................   947

    Effect of adjournment on action on a veto.....................   107

    Executive, of committees, banned with certain exceptions......   708

    Impeachments continue from one to another.....................   620

    Manner of closing session by action of the two Houses...... 242, 591

    Neither House to adjourn for more than 3 days during, without 

        consent of the other......................................    82

    Obsolete law as to business at end of.........................   385

    Of Congress, resumption of business of a preceding............   901

    Of Parliament.................................................   588

    Parliamentary law as to business at the termination of a 

        session...................................................   592

    Relations of, to adjournments for more than 3 days............    84

    Rule for secret, of the House.................................   914

    Sitting committees in recesses, and creation of commissions to 

        sit after Congress adjourns...............................   589

    Termination of, as affecting approval of bills................   577
Seven days.

    Any member of standing committee may call up bill after 

        resolution making bill in order has been adopted for more 

        than......................................................   717

    Any member of Rules Committee may call up special rule after 

        it has been on calendar for...............................   730

    Filing of committee report within, after written request......  713a

    See clause 3, rule XXVII, relating to motion to discharge.....   908

    Special committee meetings to be called within, upon request 

        of committee majority.....................................   705
Sex.

    Discrimination in employment on account of, prohibited........   939

    Right of suffrage not to be abridged on account of............   240
Ships.  See Vessels.

    Of war not to be kept by States in time of peace..............   148
Signature.

    Approval of bill by President valid only with.................   105

    As to signing of enrolled bills by Speaker pro tempore........   634

    Of enrolled bills for presentation to the President........ 575, 576

    Of enrolled bill canceled.................................. 575, 625

    Of bills, effect of recess of Congress on.....................   901

    Of conference reports.........................................   543

    Of prime sponsor of bill at introduction......................   851

    Of reports of committees and minority views................ 408, 821

    Of writs, warrants, acts, subpoenas, etc......................   624

    Speaker declines to sign a bill when motion to reconsider is 

        pending...................................................   816 

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    Speaker does not sign bills in absence of a quorum (obsolete).   625
Simple conferences.

    In modern practice............................................   540

    Parliamentary law as to.......................................   539

    Usage as to...................................................   557
Sittings.

    Committee may not sit during five-minute rule.............. 324, 710

    Of committees, generally......................................   705
Six days.

    Last, of session, status of motion to reconsider during.......   812

    Last, of session, suspension of rules during..................   902

    Conference report not required to be printed in Record on last

                                                              912a, 912b
Slavery.

    Not to exist in the United States.............................   224

    Suffrage not to be abridged for previous condition of.........   234
Slaves.

    No claims for, to be paid.....................................   232
Small business.

    Generally.

        Assistance and protection, jurisdiction over..............   684

        Participation in federal contracts, jurisdiction over.....   684

    Committee on.

        History and jurisdiction of...............................   684

        Special oversight functions of............................   693
Smithsonian Institution.

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 677a, 686
Smoking.

    Forbidden on floor of House...................................   763
Social Security.

    Jurisdiction over health care and facilities supported by 

        payroll deductions........................................   688

    Jurisdiction over health care supported by general revenues...   674

    Jurisdiction of, generally....................................   688
Soldiers.

    As to quartering of...........................................   210

    Of the World War, jurisdiction of matters relating to.........   687
Soldiers' homes.

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to...........................   680
Speaker.

    Election of.

        Chosen by the House..................................... 26, 312

        Chosen by majority on rollcall vote by surname.......... 27, 635

        Election of, as related to adoption of rules..............    59

        Election of, in case of death or resignation..............    28 

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        Election of Speaker pro tempore...........................   314

        Four-term limit...........................................  633a

        Has the power to name a Speaker pro tempore under 

            conditions............................................   633

        House has adjourned for more than one day before election 

            of Speaker............................................    83

        Motion to proceed to election of, of higher privilege than 

            motion to correct the roll............................   638

        Removal of................................................   315

        Sergeant-at-Arms maintains order pending election of......   648

    Relations of, to oath.

        Administers oath to Members and officers..................   198

        As to power to direct a Member whose right to be sworn is 

            challenged, to step aside.............................   203

        Functions of, in administering the oath to Members........   199

        May administer oaths to witnesses.........................   343

        Oath, administered to, by Dean of House...................   198

    Preserves order and decorum.

        Preserves order and decorum...............................   622

        Censure inflicted by, on order of House...................    63

        Duty of, as to accommodating differences among Members....   367

        May cause lobby or gallery to be cleared for disorder.....   622

        May not censure or punish a Member......................622, 760

        May not recognize Members to introduce occupants in 

            galleries.............................................   764

        May not entertain requests to extend floor privileges.....   920

        Parliamentary law as to naming a Member by, for disorder..   366

        Power of, as to abuse of privilege of the floor...........   920

        Power to order arrest.....................................   622

        Sergeant-at-Arms maintains order and executes commands of 

            House under direction of..............................   648

    Decides questions of order.

        Decides questions of order............................. 624, 627

        Advice from Members while deciding a question of order 

            during a division.....................................   507

        Authority of, to delay decision or a question of order....   378

        House by appeal controls decisions on............. 379, 624, 628

        May not decide questions of consistency as to amendments, 

            etc...................................................   466

        Not to pass on sufficiency of a committee's report........   821

        Practice governing, in deciding questions of order........   627

        Questions not for his decision............................   627 

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    Duties of, as to quorum.

        Actual count of, to ascertain quorum after previous 

            question is ordered...................................   810

        Count of quorum by........................................    54

        Duties of, when Committee of the Whole rises without a 

            quorum................................................   863

        May order the noting of Members to make quorum on vote of 

            record................................................   772

        May recognize for call of the House.......................  774d

        Required to notice failure of quorum on yea-and-nay vote..    76

        Takes Chair at hour of meeting, not waiting for 

            ascertainment of quorum...............................   310

    Duties of, as to sittings and adjournment.

        Takes the Chair...........................................   621

        Calls House to order......................................   621

        May declare recesses......................................  634f

        Declares adjournment at end of Congress...................     6

        Pronounces adjournment....................................   587

        Right of, to cause secret session.........................   914

    Conduct of.

        As a witness before a committee...........................   346

        Four-term limit...........................................  633a

        Functions of, at examinations at the bar of the House...... 343, 

                                                                     344

        Rules a restraint on caprice of...........................   285

    Duties, generally.

        Authority, duties, and privileges as to use of galleries 

                                                                922, 930

        Authority to implement broadcasting of House proceedings..  631b

        Certifies to compensation of Members......................    86

        Directed to notify governor of State in case of certain 

            vacancies.............................................    22

        Duties of, general control of hall, corridors, and rooms..   623

        Ex officio member of Permanent Select Committee on 

            Intelligence..........................................  944a

        May designate Members, officers, and employees to travel 

            on official business of the House, on vouchers 

            approved by him.......................................  634b

        Office for Legislative Floor Activities...................  996b

    Appointment of committees by.

        Appoints select and conference committees.................  701e

        Removes conference committees.............................  701e

    Appointment of officers of House temporarily by.

        Appoints temporarily to fill vacancies....................   635 

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    Relations to petitions, bills, and order of business.

        Declines to sign a bill when motion to reconsider is 

            pending...............................................   816

        Directs Clerk as to reference of nonprivileged report to 

            calendars.............................................   743

        Duties as to referring matters from Speaker's table.... 882, 883

        Duties of, as to placing bills on the Corrections Calendar  745a

        Duties of, in presenting petitions........................   849

        Duty as to reception and reference of executive 

            communications..................................... 700, 936

        Duty to exclude certain bills, memorials, etc.......... 849, 852

        Duty of, when validity of a report is questioned..........   408

        Early discretion of, as to the order of business..........   349

        Exercises discretion about interrupting pending business 

            to receive a message..................................   562

        Functions of, in relation to request for unanimous consent   881

        Makes reference of public bills, memorials, etc.........700, 854

        Messenger saluted by......................................   564

        Objects to action on a bill without reading...............   831

        Sign acts, writs, subpoenas, etc....................... 624, 626

        Signing of enrolled bills by........................... 575, 624

    Powers and duties as to recognition.

        Speaker's power of recognition.......................... 753-757

        Designates time and place for consideration of questions 

            of privilege..........................................   661

        Discretion to recognize for motion for call of House......  774d

        Discretion to recognize for motion to send bill to 

            conference........................................ 528a, 827

        Discretion to recognize authorized committee member to 

            call up bill made in order by resolution..............   715

        Duty of, as to entertaining questions of privilege..... 661, 668

        Duty as to recognition for motion to reconsider...........   813

        Exceptions to the usages constraining the Speaker as to 

            recognitions..........................................   757

        Former duty as to recognizing for second of motion to 

            suspend the rules.....................................   906

        Function of, in recognizing for debate, etc...............   354

        Limitation on power to entertain motion for recess on 

            Wednesdays............................................   897

        Limitation on power of, to entertain motions pending 

            report of Committee on Rules..................... 729a, 729b

        Limitation on request for unanimous consent...............   746

        Loss of right to recognition by Member in charge..........   755

        No appeal from his recognition......................... 356, 627

        Not to entertain dilatory motions.........................   803 

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        Not to entertain motion to suspend the rules as to use of 

            Hall of House.........................................   918

        Not to entertain motions or requests to suspend rule 

            relating to admission to the floor....................   919

                Permitted to entertain one motion to adjourn:

            Pending motion to suspend rules.......................   801

        Power to entertain motions to suspend rules limited.......   902

        Preliminary action of Member in seeking recognition.......   749

        Principles as to recognition for motion for the previous 

            question..............................................   807

        Prior right of Members of the committee to recognition for 

            debate................................................   756

        Required to give preference to opposition for motion to 

            recommit after previous question is ordered...........   782

        Speaker governed by usage in recognition..................   754

    Relations of, to debate.

        Criticism of in debate................................. 362, 761

        Duty as to calling to order in debate.....................   760

        Duty of, to supress reflections on motives................   363

        Duty of, to prevent expressions in debate offensive to the 

            other House...........................................   374

        Participation of, in debate...............................   358

        To be addressed when a Member desires to interrupt in 

            debate................................................   364

    Puts the question.

        Decorum while he is putting the question..................   763

        Duty of, to state motions.................................   776

        Formal and informal putting of the question by.......... 489-491

        Must put a question which is in order.....................   304

        Putting of the question by, and taking the vote...........   629

        Reads sitting but rises to put a question.................   428

    Duty and rights as to voting.

        Formerly appointed tellers.............................. 630a, b

        Discretionary authority to postpone proceedings on 

            ordering the previous question........................   631

        Discretionary authority to postpone proceedings on motions 

            to suspend rules......................................   631

        Discretionary authority to postpone proceedings on passing 

            bills, adopting resolutions, and agreeing to 

            conference reports....................................   631

        Discretionary authority to reduce electronic vote to five 

            minutes............................................... 774bb

        Discretionary authority to use electronic device in taking 

            vote............................................ 630a, 774bb 

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        Duty of, when an order of yeas and nays is demanded.......    78

        Duty to divide the House on demand of a Member after vote 

            by sound..............................................   501

        Forbidden to entertain a request to record a vote after 

            the roll call.........................................   765

        Has not usually decided as to vote of a Member personally 

            interested............................................   658

        His vote on a roll call...................................   765

        His vote ordinarily and in case of tie................. 632, 765

        Not deprived of vote by rule..............................    59

        Procedure of, in taking a vote of yeas and nays...........   504

    Relations to Committee of the Whole.

        Appoints Chairman of Committee of the Whole and leaves 

            Chair.................................................  861a

        Declaration of resolve into Committee of Whole pursuant to 

            special order.........................................   862

        Duty of, as to recognition of a report from a Committee of 

            the Whole.............................................   335

        Function of, when the House goes into Committee of the 

            Whole.................................................   328

        May take the Chair to restore order in Committee of the 

            Whole......................................... 331, 332, 622

        Remains in the Chair in House as in Committee of the Whole   424

        Takes the Chair at informal rising of Committee of the 

            Whole to receive a message......................... 330, 563

    Powers and duties of, as to conferences.

        Functions and duty of, in appointing and removing managers 

            of a conference............................. 536, 701e, 701f

        May rule out a conference report where managers exceed 

            their authority.......................................   547

    Duties as to Journal and Record.

        Approves Journal..........................................   621

        May cause Journal to be read..............................   621

        Duties as to reporters of debates and committee 

            stenographers.........................................   923

        May not prevent House from amending Journal...............    71

        Relations of, to Congressional Record.................. 923, 928
Speaker's Office for Legislative Floor Activities.

    Establishment of..............................................  996b
Speaker pro tempore.

    Appointed by the Speaker or elected by the House..............   633

    Choice of.....................................................   314

    Chosen on removal of Speaker..................................   315 

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    Competency of, to administer oath to Members..................   199

    Election, oath, and designation of............................  634a
Speaker's table.

    Business on, place in order of business.......................   878

    Must be authorized by committee in formal meeting to make 

        motion....................................................   883

    Rule for disposition of business on........................ 882, 883

    Senate bill must be substantially same as House bill as 

        reported from House committee.............................   883

    Senate bill to be called up, House bill must correctly be on 

        House Calendar............................................   883
Special orders.  See also Rules.

    Effect of, on Tuesday business................................   893

    Oxford-style debates..........................................  753c

    Privilege of reports of............................... 726, 728, 729

    Quorum calls not in order during speeches.....................  774c

    Relation of motion to postpone to......................... 682b, 786

    Rules Committee must specify waivers contained in.............  731a

    Speeches......................................................  753a

    Use of, and method of making..................................  682b
Speech.

    Freedom of, guaranteed........................................   208

    Members not to be questioned in another place for.............    92

    Members of Parliament exempted from question as to.... 287, 302, 309

    Not to be noticed by the other House..........................   308
Spending authority.

    New authority defined in Budget Act...........................  1008

    Jurisdiction over new spending authority......................  671a

    New spending authority prohibited in bills or resolutions and 

        amendments unless limited to appropriations to be made....  1008
Spitting.

    Not in order during debate....................................   364
St. Elizabeth's Hospital, jurisdiction of.........................   676
Staffs of committees.  See Committee staffs.
Standard.

    Congress to fix, for weights and measures.....................   121
Standards of Official Conduct, Committee on.

    Composition of, one-half from each party......................  701a

    Duties and procedures of as to standards of conduct and 

        investigations............................................   698

    Employing agency under Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act......   685

    Exempted from rule proscribing committee sittings during five-

        minute rule...............................................   710

    History and jurisdiction of...................................   685 

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    Inspector General makes certain reports to....................   654

    Privileged reports from.......................................   726
Standing committees.   See Committees.
Standing orders.

    Duration of, etc..............................................   386
State executive.

    Fills certain vacancies in Senate (obsolete)..................    34

    Issues writs to fill vacancies in representation..............17, 24

    May be empowered by legislature to make temporary appointment 

        of Senator................................................   236
State laws.

    As related to House's power to judge elections, etc........... 48-50
State of the Union.

    President to inform Congress of...............................   168
Statement.

    Accompanying conference report, rule as to....................   911

    Of receipts and expenditures of public money to be published..   143
States.

    Relations to the two Houses.

        Admission of, jurisdiction of bills for...................   681

        Authority of, as to establishment of congressional 

            districts.............................................   227

        Clerk to distribute Journal to legislative bodies of......   641

        Constitutional convention to be called on application of 

            legislatures of.......................................   192

        Governors of, admitted to the floor of the House..........   919

        House of Representatives votes by, in choosing President..   221

        Legislatures prescribe time, etc., of elections...........42, 43

        May not prescribe qualifications of Members...............    12

        None to be deprived of equal suffrage in Senate without 

            its consent...........................................   191

        People of the several, to choose Representatives..........     5

        Qualifications of electors of Representatives of, in......     7

        Ratification of constitutional amendments by..............   192

        Representation to be apportioned among....................   226

        Two Senators from each....................................    32

    Relations of, to President.

        Appoint electors of President.............................   151

        Electors of, limited as to votes for President and Vice 

            President.............................................   219

        Meeting of presidential electors in.......................   219

        President Commander in Chief of militia of, in certain 

            cases.................................................   160

    Relations of, to courts, crimes, etc.

        Judges in, bound by Constitution of the United States.....   195 

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        Judicial power extends to cases affecting.................   178

        Jurisdiction of Supreme Court in cases affecting..........   179

        Limitations as to certain suits against...................   218

        Relations of, as to extradition...........................   185

        To give full faith and credit to public acts, records, and 

            judicial proceedings of one another...................   183

        Trials for crimes in......................................   180

    Citizenship and suffrage in, and authority of.

        Citizenship of............................................   225

        No State by law to abridge the privileges and immunities 

            of citizens...........................................   225

        Not to abridge suffrage for race, color, etc..............   235

        Not to deprive any person of life, liberty, or property 

            unlawfully, or deny equal protection of the laws......   225

        Privileges and immunities of the citizens of..............   184

        Admission, consolidation, or division of..................   187

        Authority as to militia...................................   133

        Certain claims of, not to be prejudiced by the 

            Constitution..........................................   188

        Duties not to be levied by, on commerce by water..........   142

        Eighteen-year-old persons and older granted suffrage......   257

        Jurisdiction of bills as to compacts between, in general..  679a

        Jurisdiction of compacts between, of waters for irrigation 

            purposes..............................................   681

        Jurisdiction of compacts over interstate energy...........   674

        Jurisdiction of matters relating to boundaries............  679a

        Necessity of militia for security of......................   209

        No tax or duty on articles exported from..................   141

        Not to pay any debt incurred in aiding insurrection or 

            rebellion.............................................   234

        Officers of, bound by oath to support the Constitution....   196

        One not to enter into agreement or compact with another 

            except on condition...................................   148

        Ports of, not to be given preferences.....................   142

        Power of Congress to regulate commerce among..............   119

        Power of Congress over places purchased with consent of...   134

        Powers of, as to migration or importation of persons......   137

        Powers of, as to treaties, alliances, confederations, and 

            other functions, limited............................ 146-148

        Powers reserved to, by the Constitution...................   217

        Qualifications of officers as to loyalty..................   232

        Relations of, as to fugitives from service or labor.......   186

        United States to guarantee republican form of government 

            and protect from invasion and domestic violence.......   189 

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Stationery.
                                                                  

    Clerk formerly furnished......................................   642

    Clerk formerly kept accounts of Members and Delegates as to...   642

    For Members...................................................    88
Statistics.

    Jurisdiction of bills relating to, generally..................   676

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to labor.....................   675
Statuary.

    Jurisdiction as to............................................  677a
Statutes.

    Revision of, jurisdiction as to...............................  679a
Stenographers.

    Admission of unofficial.......................................  930a

    Of Committees, appointment, etc., of..........................   923

    Official reporters of debates.................................   923
Strike out enacting words.

    Rule governing motions to.....................................   875

    Practice as to use of motions to..............................   876
Strike out, motion to.

    Application of................................................   472

    Conditions of striking out an amendment already agreed to.....   474

    Effect of affirmative vote on motion to, and insert...........   473

    Federal unfunded mandate......................................  873c

    Motion to strike out and insert not divisible.................   793

    Negative decision of, not bar to further amendment............   793

    Perfecting before voting on...................................   469

    Practice of Parliament and the House as to....................   468

    Priority of perfecting amendments over........................   456

    Repetition of the motion to, and insert.......................   471
Subcommittees.  See also Committees.

    Limited number may be established.............................  701d

    May authorize and issue subpoenas.............................   718

    Oversight function of.........................................  692b

    Staff for.....................................................  732d

    Subject to full committee control.............................  703a
Subjects.

    Of foreign states, limitations on suits of, against States....   218

    Judicial power extends to cases affecting those of foreign 

        states....................................................   178
Subpoenas.

    Clerk seals and attests all...................................   642

    From courts for papers of House............................ 291, 946

    Issue of, during recess of Congress...........................   342

    Procedure for response to judicial subpoenas..................   946

    Signed by Speaker.......................................... 624, 626

    Standing committees and their subcommittees may issue.........   718 

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    Authorizing and signing committee subpoenas...................   718
Substantive propositions.

    As related to division of the question..................... 791, 792
Substitute amendment.

    Amendment of..................................................   823

    As to division of.............................................   793

    Rule as to offering of........................................   822

    Time of offering in ``House as in Committee of the Whole''....   427
Suffrage.

    Abridgment of a cause of reduction of representation..........   226

    Of States in the Senate.......................................   190

    Right to, not to be abridged for race, color, etc.............   234

    Right to, not to be abridged--

        On account of sex.........................................   236

        By poll tax...............................................   251
Suits.

    As to jury trial for those at common law......................   214

    Limitation of judicial power in cases of law or equity........   219
Summons.

    Writ of, in an impeachment................................. 608, 611
Sunday.

    Not taken into account in adjournment for three days or less..    83

    Excepted from the ten-day limit as to bills presented to 

        President.................................................   111

    When inauguration day falls on................................   150
Sundry civil expenses.

    Jurisdiction of appropriations for............................  671a
Supplemental budget.

    Transmittal of................................................   169
Supreme Court.

    Admission to Floor.  See Floor.

    Gallery for.  See Galleries.

    Judges of.....................................................   922

    Jurisdiction of...............................................   179

    Repository of judicial power..................................   177

    Tenure and compensation of judges of..........................   177
Suspension.

    Of writ of habeas corpus......................................   138
Suspension of rules.

    Consideration on certain suspension days of Consent Calendar..   746

    If quorum not present when former vote on ordering second 

        taken by tellers, vote then had under call of the House by 

        yeas and nays.............................................   906

    Motion for, as unfinished business............................   888

    Motion for, entertained after yeas and nays are demanded......    80 

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    Nature of the motion..........................................   903

    One motion to adjourn in order pending........................   801

    Postponement of votes until designated time...................   631

    Precedence of the motion......................................   904

    Recognition by Speaker for motion on..........................   757

    Rule governing the motion for.................................   902

    Rule relating to admission to the floor not to be suspended...   919

    Formerly, second required.....................................   906

    Speaker not to entertain motion to suspend rule relating to 

        use of the Hall of the House..............................   918

    Speaker's discretionary authority to postpone further 

        proceedings on............................................   631

    The 40 minutes of debate on motions on........................   907
Table.

    Speaker's.

        Rule for disposition of business on.....................882, 883

        Business on, place in daily order.........................   878

    Clerk's.

        No Member to remain near, during voting...................   763

        Members not to take papers from, or write there during 

            debate................................................   364

        Papers on, not to go from Clerk's custody.................   352

        Laying of adverse reports on..............................   744

    Motion to lay on the.  See Lay on the table.
Taking down words.

    Parliamentary law as to............................... 368, 369, 761
Taxes and Tariffs.  See also Duties.

    Capitation or direct, to be proportioned to census............   140

    Committees not having jurisdiction of, may not report a tax or 

        tariff....................................................  846b

    Amendments to bills reported from, may not carry..............  846b

    Exempt foundations and trusts, jurisdiction over..............   688

    Export taxes prohibited.......................................   141

    Income taxes..................................................   235

    Old apportionment of..........................................    14

    On persons migrating or imported..............................   137

    Point of order against certain bills and amendments carrying..  846b

    Power of Congress to lay and collect..........................   117

    Propositions for, considered in Committee of the Whole..... 865, 868

    Retroactive income tax rates prohibited.......................  846d

    Vote on measures raising income tax rates................ 774e, 846c
Technology Assessment.

    Office of.....................................................   995
Televising.

    Committee meetings and hearings............................. 720-725 

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    House proceeding..............................................  634c
Tellers.

    Clerk tellers.

        Clerks to serve as, on quorum calls and recorded votes.... 630a, 

                                                                    771b

        Rule and practice.........................................  630a

        Appointment of............................................  630a

        Chair may be counted on a vote by.........................   632

        Demand for, may be held dilatory..........................   803

        May be demanded after refusal of yeas and nays............    80

        May not be ordered to verify count of quorum..............    54

        Ordered by a fifth of a quorum............................  630a

        Rule and practice as to voting by....................... 630a, b

    Generally.

        Appointment of, for electoral count.......................   220

        Clerk appoints, for election of Speaker...................   312

        Former demand for and vote by.............................  630a

        Formerly motion to suspend the rules seconded on vote by..   906

        Messages not received during vote by......................   562

        Rectification of error after report of....................   503

        Relation of, to point as to quorum........................    54

        Sometimes used in ordering yeas and nays..................   504

        Yeas and nays may be demanded during vote by..............    77
Ten days.

    Limit as to bills presented to President......................   111
Tender, legal.

    States restricted as to making................................   146
Term.

    Beginning of President's term.............................. 150, 241

    Of Congress...................................................     6

    Of Member elected to fill vacancy.............................    25

    Of President of the United States.......................... 149, 281

    Of Representatives............................................  5, 6

    Of Senators...................................................    32

    Of Speaker and other officers.............................. 26, 633a

    Of Speaker expires with the Congress..........................   637

    Of 2 years for appropriations for armies......................   171
Territories.

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to boundaries of.............  679a

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to courts of.................  679a

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to generally.................   681

    Power of Congress to make rules and regulations concerning....   188

    Privilege of Delegates from see Delegates. 

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Testimony.
    

    Methods of taking, by the House and committees............. 341-348,

                                                           709, 711, 712

    Power of the House to compel..................................   295

    Procedure when it implicates a Member of either House....... 321-323

    Quorum must be present when perjurious testimony is given to 

        support charge of perjury.................... 343, 409, 709, 712

    Required to secure conviction for treason.....................   181

    Witnesses before committees must file advance written 

        statements of proposed....................................   712
Tests.

    Of strength usually taken first on the engrossment of a bill..   429

    Of strength may be taken before bill is amended...............   430

    Religious, not required for office under United States........   196
Text of a bill.

    House and not Speaker passes on questions relating to that to 

        which both Houses have agreed.............................   466

    Perfection of, before striking out or agreeing................   456

    That to which both Houses have agreed not to be changed by 

        either House alone or by the conference...................   527
Thanks.

    Of Congress, persons receiving, admitted to the floor.........   919
Third reading of a bill.

    Amendments before.............................................   497

    Committal of a bill on........................................   494

    Debate in relation to.........................................   498

    Obsolete parliamentary law as to, of bills....................   493

    Obsolete requirements as to reading and passage of bills... 492, 832

    Question on, and procedure................................. 830, 832
Three days.

    Adjournment for more or less than.............................82, 83

    Bills adversely reported may, upon request of Member within 3 

        days, be placed on calendar...............................   744

    Bills must be on Consent Calendar 3 legislative days before 

        eligible for consideration................................   746

    Committee on Rules must present within, special rules and 

        orders from time when ordered to be reported..............   730

    Committee on Rules reports immediately privileged during last 

        three days of session.....................................  729a

    Committee chairman has to call special meeting upon request of 

        three members.............................................   705

    Conference reports and amendments in complete disagreement, to 

        be available, before consideration................... 912a, 912b

    Hearings and reports of Committee on Appropriations to be 

        available 3 calendar days before consideration of 

        appropriation bills.......................................   848 

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    Member have, after notice in which to file Minority, 

        supplemental or additional views..........................   714

    Reports of committees to be available, before consideration...   715
Tie vote.

    Decision on...................................................   508

    In Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight...................   632

    Question lost on..............................................   632

    Speaker's vote in case of.................................. 632, 765

    Vote of Vice President in case of.............................    36
Time.

    Of adjournment, power of President as to......................   171

    Amendments, filling blanks as to..............................   475
Times of elections.

    Regulation of.................................................42, 43
Titles.

    Of bills.

        Amendment of..............................................   822

        Amendment of in ``House as in Committee of the Whole''....   427

        Endorsement of, on an engrossed bill......................   431

        Of reported bills entered in Journal and Record...........   743

        Parliamentary law as to amendment of title to a bill......   512

        Power of a committee as to................................   411

    Of Journals.

        Of Journal................................................    69

    Of nobility.

        Conditions on acceptance of, from foreign sources...... 144, 145

        No State to grant.........................................   146

        None to be accepted by officers of United States....... 144, 145

        None to be granted..................................... 144, 145
Tonnage.

    States not to levy duties on..................................   148
Tort claims.

    Bills for certain, banned.....................................   852
Trademarks.

    Jurisdiction of bills relating to.............................  679a
Trading with the enemy.

    Jurisdiction over subjects related to.........................   678
Transfers of unexpended balances.

    Jurisdiction of subjects related to...........................  671a

    Separate headings for in certain bills and reports............  671a
Transportation and Infrastructure, Committee on.

    History, jurisdiction, and duties of..........................   686
Transposition.

    Of portions of a bill by motion to amend......................   477 

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Travel.
                                                                  

    Of Members and employees.

        By retiring or defeated Members following sine die 

            adjournment...........................................  732e

        Use of committee funds for travel.........................  719a

        Use by committees of foreign currencies owned by the 

            United States.........................................  719a

        Reports by committees on use of foreign currencies........  719b

        Expense resolutions for committee travel..................  732e

        Speaker may designate Members, officers, and employees to 

            travel on official business of the House, on vouchers 

            approved by him.......................................  634b

    Generally.

        Travel and tourism, jurisdiction over subjects related to.   674
Treason.  See also Aid.

    An impeachable offense........................................   173

    Definition of.................................................   181

    Extradition for...............................................   185

    Power of Congress to declare the punishment of................   181

    Relations of privilege to case of.............................   305

    Senators and Representatives not privileged from arrest for...    90

    Testimony for conviction of...................................   181
Treasurer of the United States.

    Disburses pay of Members in certain cases.....................    86
Treasury.

    Compensation of Representatives and Senators paid out of......    85

    Duties and imposts on imports or exports levied by States to 

        go to.....................................................   147

    Money not to be drawn from, except on appropriation...........   143

    Jurisdiction as to subjects relating to.......................   688
Treaties.

    Abrogated by law..............................................   599

    Authority of the House as to revenue..........................   596

    Authority of the House as to, in general......................   596

    General action of the House as to.............................   595

    General nature of.............................................   593

    House approves Indian.........................................   598

    Jefferson's discussion of, under the Constitution.............   594

    Judicial power extends to cases arising under.................   178

    Jurisdiction of those relating to revenue.....................   688

    President makes, with concurrence of Senate...................   165

    Procedure of the Senate as to.................................   600

    States not to make............................................   146

    Supreme law of the land.......................................   195
Treaty rights.

    Jurisdiction as to bills relating to..........................   678 

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Trial.
                                                                  

    At bar of House for contempts.................................   344

    By jury in suits at common law................................   214

    For capital or infamous crimes................................   212

    For crimes to be in State where committed or where Congress 

        may direct................................................   180

    Of crimes to be by jury, except in cases of impeachment.......   180

    Persons not to be put twice in jeopardy.......................   212

    Rights as to, in criminal prosecutions........................   213
Tribunals.

    Congress to constitute inferior...............................   125
Troops.

    States not to keep, in time of peace..........................   148
Trust.

    No one holding office of, to accept certain gifts.......... 144, 145

    Public, no religious test required for under United States....   196
Trust funds.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................   688
Trusts.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................  679a
Tuesday.

    Interruption of regular order on the first and third Tuesdays 

        for consideration of the Private Calendar.................   893

    Motions to suspend rules on...................................   902

    Corrections Calendar called on second and fourth..............  745a
Twenty-minutes' debate.

    On certain motions to discharge committees....................   908
Two-thirds vote.  See Voting.
Two weeks.

    Last, of session, rule for Calendar Wednesday not to apply to.   897
Unanimous consent.

    Amendments between Houses considered by.......................  528a

    Calendar for bills to be considered by........................   746

    Consideration in House as in Committee of the Whole by........   424

    Correction of reference of public bills may be made by........   854

    Interruption of the order of business for.....................   881

    Ordinary function of Speaker as to recognition of requests for

                                                                757, 881

    Practice of Speaker as to recognition of requests for.........   757

    Private claims to be referred to certain committees only by...   845

    Request as to admission to the floor not to be entertained....   919

    Required for withdrawal of amendment in Committee of the Whole   870

    Reservation of objection to...................................   881

    Right of Member to demand execution of subsisting order. .. 381, 881 

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Unfinished business.

    Rule for considering of.......................................   885

    Construction of the rule as to................................   886

    Business in periods set apart for classes of business.........   888

    Private, on Tuesdays..........................................   893

    Place of, in daily order of business..........................   878

    Postponed votes...............................................   631

    Priority of, in Committee of the Whole........................   869

    Question of consideration does not recur as...................   779

    Resumption of business of a preceding session of Congress.....   901
Unfunded Mandates.  See Federal mandates.
Union.

    An object of the Constitution.................................     1

    Execution of laws of..........................................   132

    States of, guaranteed republican form of government and 

        protection from invasion and domestic violence............   189
Union calendar.

    Rule and practice for considering bills on, after call of 

        committees............................................. 891, 892

    Bills placed on...............................................   742

    Bills on, considered by unanimous consent in House as in 

        Committee of the Whole....................................   424

    Bills on, considered on Calendar Wednesday....................   897

    Bills from, on Calendar for unanimous consent.................   746

    Referral of State of the Union message to.....................   168

    Removal of bill from by Speaker...............................   865
Unofficial office accounts.

    Prohibited....................................................   941
Unusual punishments.

    Not to be inflicted...........................................   215
Urban development.

    Jurisdiction over subjects related to.........................   672
Usage.

    Governing the Speaker in recognitions.........................   754
Useless papers.

    Disposition of, jurisdiction..................................  677a
Vacancies.

    In membership of House.

        Clerk administers office..................................  647c

        Continuation of pay of clerical assistants................    88

        Declared for holding incompatible offices.................   101

        From action of House......................................    22

        From death................................................    18

        From declination..........................................    20

        From resignation..........................................    19

        From withdrawal...........................................    21 

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        Functions of State executive as to........................    24

        Governor issues writs to fill.............................    17

        In general................................................ 17-25

        Questions as to existence of..............................    23

        Term of Member elected to.................................    25

    In general.

        In managers of a conference...............................   538

        In office of Clerk........................................    30

        Of House officers, Speaker may fill temporarily...........   635

        In office of Speaker......................................    28

        In office of Vice President...............................   353

        In office of President........................ 155, 244-246, 252

        In offices, President to fill, during recess of Senate....   167

        In Senate.................................................    34

        On Committees, filling of............................. 701c, 705
Vacating.

    Of Speaker's signature to enrolled bill.......................   625
Validity.

    Of the public debt not to be questioned.......................   234
Vessels.  See also Ships.

    Appropriations for, as in continuance of a public work........   841

    Bound from State to State.....................................   142

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................   686

    Jurisdiction of bills relating to mutiny and destruction of...  679a
Veterans' Affairs, Committee on.

    History, jurisdiction and duties of...........................   687

    Other committees consolidated with............................   687
Veto.

    Of a bill by the President....................................   104

    Consideration and action on vetoed bill in House....... 104, 107-109

    Members answering present not considered in determining two-

        thirds....................................................   109

    Two-thirds of those voting, a quorum present, sufficient to 

        pass bill.................................................   109

    In order to consider on Calendar Wednesday....................   898

    Pocket veto...................................................   112

    Effect of adjournment to day certain as to pocket veto........   113
Vice President.

    Admitted to the floor of the House............................   919

    Confirmation of President's nominee to fill vacancy........ 253, 256

    Election of................................. 151, 153, 246, 253, 256

    Election of, by the Senate in certain cases................. 221-223

    Limitation on right of electors to vote for................ 219, 220

    May be impeached..............................................   173 

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    Meeting of electors of, and transmission and count of votes 

        for.................................................... 219, 220

    Official duties of President devolve on, in certain cases...... 155, 

                                                           252, 254, 255

    President of Senate with a vote in case of tie................    36

    Presides in certain impeachments..............................    39

    Qualifications of.............................................   221

    Qualifications of electors, as to loyalty.................. 230, 231

    Removal, death, resignation, or inability of..................   155

    Term of.................................................... 150, 241

    To act as President if the House of Representatives fails to 

        choose....................................................   221
Views of minority.

    Signing of....................................................   821

    Reference of, to calendars....................................   743

    Right to file.................................................   714
Violence.

    Domestic, States may ask protection from......................   189
Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund................................  1008
Virgin Islands.

    Delegate from, powers and privileges,  see Delegates.
Visitors to institutions.

    Do not hold incompatible offices..............................    98
Viva voce vote.

    Rules require officers of House, except Speaker, to be elected 

        by........................................................   635

    Usage to elect Speaker by................................... 27, 635
Vocational education.

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................   675
Votes.

    As to presentation of, to President for approval..............   115

    By which a bill is passed not communicated to the other House.   567

    Delegates not to vote in House................................   740

    Delegates and Resident Commissioner, voting in committees and 

        formerly in the Committee of the Whole................ 740, 864b

    Each Senator to have one......................................    32

    Former de novo votes in House where Delegates' votes decisive 

        in Committee of Whole.....................................  864b

    Methods of recording in Journal...............................72, 75

    Not to be noticed in the other House..........................   308

    Of Chief Justice in impeachments..............................    39

    Of electors of President, giving of...........................   153

    Of Speaker not taken away by rule.............................    59

    Of Speaker ordinarily and in case of tie......................   632 

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    Of Vice President in case of tie..............................    36

    Of States in the Senate.......................................   190

    Transmittal and count of electoral......................... 219, 220

    Transmittal of, of electors of President......................   153

    Yeas and nays entered on Journal by order of one-fifth........ 75-78

    Yeas and nays on vetoed bill entered on Journal...............   104
Voting.

    Duties and rights of Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioner 

        in.

        Absent Members' votes not announced.......................  660a

        Change of a vote................................. 511, 766, 774b

        Disqualifying personal interest........................ 657, 659

        Duties and rights of Delegates and Resident Commissioner 

            in committees and formerly in Committee of the Whole 

                                                               740, 864b

        Former de novo votes in House where Delegates' votes 

            decisive in Committee of Whole........................  864b

        May not authorize any other individual to cast his vote...  660b

        Members convicted of certain crimes.......................   939

        Members required to vote............................... 656, 658

        Parliamentary law as to giving of votes...................   505

        Pairs and their announcement..............................   660

        Proxy voting in committees prohibited.....................   707

        Relation of reading of papers to under former rule XXX..... 916, 

                                                                     917

        Right of Member to have read once a paper on which he is 

            to vote............................................ 432, 916

        Withdrawal of a vote or correction of error in............   766

    Decisions by majority--tie.

        Decision by voice of majority--tie votes..................   508

    Three-fifths vote.

        On measures raising income tax rates......................  846c

        On bills considered on Corrections Calendar...............  745a

    Two-thirds vote.

        In general................................................   509

        Calendar Wednesday, to dispense with business on...... 729a, 897

        Constitution, on proposed amendments to................ 190, 192

        Constitution, on amendment of other House to proposed 

            amendment to..........................................   192

        Constitution, to agree to conference report on a proposed 

            amendment to....................................... 192, 549

        Expulsion, for............................................    62

        Impeachment, for conviction on............................    38

        Political disabilities, to remove...................... 230, 231 

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        Private Calendar, to dispense with on first Tuesday each 

            month.................................................   893

        Report from Committee on Rules, to consider immediately...  729a

        Not required for immediate consideration of certain 

            reports from Committee on Rules............. 715, 912a, 912b

        Suspension of the rules, on...............................   902

        Treaties, Senate concurs in, by...........................   165

        Veto, to pass bill over a.............................. 104, 109

    By electronic system.

        Use in House..............................................  774b

        Use in Committee of the Whole.............................   863

        Bell and light indications................................   765

    Five-minute votes.

        On postponed questions....................................   631

        On questions in sequence in House......................... 774bb

        On questions in sequence in Committee of Whole............  864a

    By sound and by division.

        Division of the House after determination by sound........   501

        Messages not received during vote by division.............   562

        Method of viva voce, and by division..................630a, 630b

        Parliamentary provisions as to division not applicable in 

            the House.............................................   502

        Repetition of demand for division.........................  630a

    By recorded vote.  See Recorded vote.

    By tellers.  See Tellers.

        Former rule for voting by............................ 630a, 630b

    By yeas and nays.  See Yeas and nays.

    By ballot.

        Rule for..................................................   934

    On bills, amendments, etc.

        As related to debate on amendment.........................   482

        Former de novo votes in House where Delegates' votes 

            decisive in Committee of Whole........................  864b

        On amendments, order and principle of.....................   822

        On articles in an impeachment.............................   618

        On several stages and passage of a bill...................   833

        Postponing rollcall votes.................................   631

        Requirements as to, on a motion to reconsider.............   817

        Right to debate not precluded until negative is put.......   482

        Test of strength may be taken on a bill before amendment..   430

        Test of strength usually made on engrossment of a bill....   429

    Division of question for.  See Division.

    In election of officers.

        Electors, Presidential, chosen by ballot............... 219, 220 

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        Officers of House, except Speaker.........................   635

        President, House elects, by ballot........................   221

        President, majority required in Electoral College or in 

            House to elect........................................   221

        Speaker................................................. 27, 312

        Speaker elected by majority............................. 27, 312

        Vice President, in Senate in choice of....................   221

    In general.

        Bell and light system to indicate type of vote............   765

        Business suspended by failure of a quorum.................   510

        Decisions of points of order during.......................   507

        In joint committees.......................................   325

        Limitations on presentation of conference report during...   909

        Managers of two Houses vote separately at a conference....   548

        Members not to remain by Clerk's desk during..............   763

        Movement of Members during voting.........................   506

        Recording of votes by electronic equipment................  774b

        Right of suffrage not to be abridged for race, color, 

            etc., sex, poll tax........................... 234, 240, 251

        ``Straw votes'' prohibited................................  630a
Waiver.  See also Rules.

    Of privilege, not permitted to Members........................   901
War.

    Declaration of, Congress to make..............................   127

    Quartering of soldiers in houses during.......................   210

    States not to engage in, except on conditions.................   148

    Treason to consist of levying of, against United States.......   181

    Trial for crimes in forces during.............................   212

    Jurisdiction of bills declaring...............................   678

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to soldiers of the World Wars   687

    Jurisdiction as to pensions arising from......................   687

    Relative powers of Congress and the President.......... 128, 1013(2)
War Claims.

    Jurisdiction of bills relating to.............................  679a
Warships.

    Not to be kept by States in time of peace.....................   148
Warrants.

    Clerk seals and attests all...................................   642

    Certain, to issue only on certain conditions..................   246

    For arrest of absent Members.............................. 770, 774a

    Signed by Speaker.......................................... 624, 626
Water.

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to common carriers by........   686

    Jurisdiction over water transportation generally..............   686 

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    Jurisdiction of matters relating to water power...............   686

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to supply of, for reclamation 

        projects..................................................   681

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to interstate compacts 

        relating to apportionment of, for irrigation purposes.....   681

    Jurisdiction of water conservation related to agriculture.....   670
Waterways, inland.

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to...........................   686
Ways and Means, Committee on.

    Exempted from rule proscribing committee sittings during five-

        minute rule...............................................   710

    History and jurisdiction of...................................   688
Weather Service, national.

    Jurisdiction over subjects related to.........................   683
Wednesday, Calendar.

    Rule for order of business on.................................   897

    Business of, protected by two-thirds vote.....................  729a

    In order to consider a veto message of the President..........   898

    One committee can only occupy one day except to dispose of 

        unfinished business.......................................   898

    Previous question ordered, bill undisposed of on Tuesday, goes 

        over until Thursday.......................................   898

    Privilege of revenue and general appropriation bills limited 

        on..................................................... 802, 897
Weights.

    Congress to fix standard of...................................   121

    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................   683
Welfare, general.

    An object of the Constitution.................................     1

    Power of Congress to provide for..............................   117
Welfare of miners.

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to...........................   675
Wildlife.

    Jurisdiction of matters relating to conservation of...........   681
Withdrawal.

    Of motions, votes, etc.

        Of motions generally............................... 392, 775-777

        Parliamentary law of as to motions........................   460

        Amendment reported from Committee of the Whole not subject 

            to....................................................   335

        Of motion to amend..................................... 822, 824

        Of motion to amend in Committee of the Whole................ 870

        Of motion to amend in ``House as in Committee of the 

            Whole''...............................................   427

        Of motion to reconsider...................................   812 

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        Of motion to suspend the rules............................   906

        Of point of no quorum.....................................    55

        Of vote...................................................   766

    Of Members, resignations, papers, etc.

        By President of paper accompanying a message..............   571

        Of a Member...............................................    22

        Of Member when a matter concerning himself arises...... 375, 376

        Of papers from files......................................   933

        Of resignation not permitted..............................    19

        Of witnesses, counsel, and parties during examination at 

            bar of the House......................................   343
Witnesses.

    Members as.

        Members as witnesses......................................   346

        Method of obtaining testimony of a Member of the other 

            House.................................................   347

        Power of one House to summon Members or officers of the 

            other.................................................   292

        Privilege of Members of Congress as to summons as...... 290, 292

        Privilege of Members of Parliament not to be summoned as..   287

    In examinations by the House.

        Administration of oaths to........................ 343, 346, 718

        Arraignment of contumacious...............................   344

        Earlier and later practice as to inquiries at the bar of 

            the House.............................................   344

        Examination of, in the House and in committee.............   343

        Immunity of...............................................   343

        Pay of....................................................   931

        Power of the House to compel testimony....................   295

        Procuring attendance of, when in custody of the other 

            House.................................................   345

        The production of, at an inquiry..........................   342

    Before committees.

        Committee rules to be furnished to........................   712

        May be called by minority.................................   711

        May be interrogated for five minutes by each member of 

            committee.............................................   711

        Must file advance written statements of proposed testimony   712

        Quorum must be present when perjurious testimony is given 

            to support charge of perjury............. 343, 409, 709, 712

    In criminal cases.

        Compulsory process for obtaining..........................   213 

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        Examination of, in an impeachment.........................   614

        Necessary to convict for treason..........................   181

        No person to be against self in criminal case.............   212

        Right to confront, in criminal prosecutions...............   213
Words taken down.

    Procedure in case of..........................................   761

    Parliamentary procedure in taking down disorderly.......... 368, 369
Work incentive programs.

    Jurisdiction over subjects related to.........................   675
Works, public.

    Authorizations of appropriations for..........................   838

    Appropriations in continuation of.................... 834a, 840, 841

    See also Public works.
Writing.

    By Members at the Clerk's table during debate forbidden.......   364

    Motion reduced to, on demand of a Member......................   775

    Reports of committees to be in................................   821
Writings.

    Congress may provide exclusive rights to......................   124
Writs.

    Signed by Speaker.......................................... 624, 626

    Clerk seals and attests all...................................   642

    Of election to fill vacancies.................................    17

    Of habeas corpus, suspension of...............................   138

    Of summonses in an impeachment............................. 608, 611
Yachts.

    Jurisdiction of bills relating to.............................   686
Yeas and nays.

    Automatically ordered.

        On measures making general appropriations and increasing 

            income tax rates......................................  774e

        On measures making general appropriations and increasing 

            income tax rates......................................  913d

        Measures vetoed by the President..........................   104

    Demanding and ordering.

        Conditions of ordering.................................. 76, 504

        Demanding of..............................................    77

        Demand for, not to be held dilatory.......................   803

        Effect of the order of....................................    80

        In order in ``House as in Committee of the Whole''........   427

        Less than quorum may order................................    76

        One-fifth may order entry of, on Journal..................75, 78

        Ordered during call of the House..........................   771

        Reconsideration of the ordering of........................    79 

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        Vacating order for........................................    76

    Voting by.

        By the Speaker......................................... 632, 765

        Changes and corrections of votes..........................   766

        Combining the yea-and-nay vote with a call of the House...   773

        Count of those not voting to make a quorum of record on a 

            roll call.............................................   772

        Failure of quorum on, to be noticed.......................    76

        General provisions as to voting by........................   504

        In Committees on amendments and motions to report a bill, 

            vote totals and names included in report..............  713d

        Interruptions of the roll call............................   767

        Messages received during vote by..........................   562

        Method of call of the roll for the yea-and-nay vote.......   765

        Names of Members not entered on roll for, until sworn.....   300

        Not to be interrupted by arrival of time for a recess.....   586

        Not to be interrupted by conference report................   909

        Qualifying in order to vote...............................   765

        Use of electronic device to record........................  774b
Yielding.

    Of Member having floor for motions or questions...............   750

    Of time not permitted under five-minute debate................   872
Zoological Park.


    Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..........................   686