[Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 105th Congress]
[105th Congress]
[House Document 104-272]
[General Index]
[Pages 1157-1336]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



[Pages 1157-1336]

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                                I N D E X

                                                                 Section
Absence.  See also Attendance, Quorum

        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


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Adhere, motion to.
        Of and to the early Presidents............................   316

        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

        To fix the day.

            General conditions of motion to fix the day to which 


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

        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

            Effect of adjournment to day certain, as to bills in 


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                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
Agreements.


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

        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........................   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

        Striking out and inserting.


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            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 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-834g

            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
Amendments preempted by motion to rise after appropriation bill 
read................................................... 834c, 834d, 834g

            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 


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                resolution proposing a constitutional amendment...   192

            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 


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

            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-1
Senate amendments in House.................. 528a, 827, 828a-1, 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-1

        Conferences on. See Conferences.
Animal industry.

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

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


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

        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


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

            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


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                Amendments at end of reading in Committee of Whole  834d

            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 former 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 of staff

                                                   732a, 733c, 734b, 736

            To study existing permanent appropriations with view 

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


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

        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
Arms control, expedited procedures.

        Arms Control and Disarmament Act....................... 1013(12)

        Arms Export Control Act................................ 1013(17)
Army.

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

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

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


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Arrest.  See also Absence.
        Trial for crimes in.......................................   212

        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

        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


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

        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..................................   642
Attire......................................................... 622, 763
Attorneys.

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

        Of accounts against contingent fund (applicable accounts 

            of the House).........................................   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......................................  634d
Bill of Attainder.

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


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

        Forms, printing

            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

            Delivery of bills to committees.......................   403
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 Committees.

        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


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            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 general appropriation bills...........   802

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

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


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                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

            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


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            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

            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.


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

        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
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 former 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)


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            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)
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, 993, 1007, 

                                                                    1008
Power of Rules Committee to waive provisions of Budget Act........ 682a, 

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

        Impoundment Control Act and line item veto authority.
Line item veto authority....................................... 1013(6b)
Procedures on rescission bills and impoundment resolutions..... 1013(6a)
Buildings, office.


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

        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

            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 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.


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        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

        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

        Prohibition on distribution of in Hall of House...........  921c
Canal Zone.

        Jurisdiction of matters relating to Panama Canal and the 

            maintenance of........................................   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


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

        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
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.


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Administers oaths to witnesses............................ 343, 346, 718
Duties relating to appointment, qualification, compensation of 
staff.................................................... 732d, 733a-738
        Of standing or select committee.
Of standing committees elected by the House................... 317, 701c

            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........   661

            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


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        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

        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


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            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
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..   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


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                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.............................  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

                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

            Duty under the gift rule..............................  946a

            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).


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        Disorderly words taken down at.......................... 760-761

        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

        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


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Commerce, Committee on............................................   674
Commissions.
        No regulation shall give preferences to any ports.........   142

        Congressional Mailing Standards, House Commission on......   987

        House Office Building Commission..........................   988

        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
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


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            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
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

            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 amendments offered after reading 

                of 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


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            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
Reference of Senate bills from Speaker's table to.............. 882, 883
Senate amendments considered in............................. 827, 828a-1
Subjects not requiring consideration in....................... 528a, 867

        Procedure in, as to motions

            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


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            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

        Disorder in.
Action in case of disorderly words in........................... 760-761
Disorderly words taken down in, reported to the House...... 369, 760-761
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

        Consultants and training..................................  733d

        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

        Former professional/investigative staff distinction.......   735

        Interrogation of witnesses................................   711

        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


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Committee stenographers.
        Non-partisan staff........................................   738

        Appointment 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

            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,


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                                                                     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

        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
Former rule proscribing sitting 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

            Noting amendments to bill in committee................   417

            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


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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, 
            Quorum for reporting a measure........................  713c

                                                                     705

            Reading of investigative or oversight reports waived..  703b

            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

            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 

                Resources.........................................   708

            Transcripts of meetings and hearings paid from 

                contingent fund (applicable accounts of the House)  703c

            Vice chairman.........................................  705a

            Votes in, available for inspection....................  706a

            Witnesses before committees, see Witnesses.

        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, 730, 743, 744

            Adverse reports from Committee on Rules...............   730

            Amendments reported by, should be germane.............   794

            Annual activities report..............................  703d
Authorization, signing, and validity of.......... 407, 408, 415, 713-715

            Availability in electronic form.......................  706c
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 


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                resolution by the House...........................   717

                Contents required in reports:

                Appropriations Committee reports on general 

                    appropriation bills must state effect of any 

                    provision changing existing law...............  844b

                Congressional Accountability Act, requirements 

                    under.........................................  713g

                Constitutional authority statement................  713f

                Cover must reflect inclusion of certain matters...   714

                ``Dynamic estimate'' of changes in revenues 

                    expected to result from enactment of ``major'' 

                    tax legislation (discretionary)...............  748b

                Estimate of cost..................................  748b

                Estimate and comparison of Congressional Budget 

                    Office........................................  713e

                Estimate and comparison of funding levels.... 713e, 748b

                Filing after hours if views.......................  703b

                Investigative and Oversight reports considered as 

                    read..........................................  703b

                Joint reports.....................................  703b

                Minority, supplemental, and additional views......   714

                New budget authority and tax expenditures, 

                    statement as to...............................  713e

                Obsolete provision for directing a committee to 

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

                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

                Unfunded Mandates Reform Act, requirements under 

                                                  703d, 713h, 748c, 1007

                Vote totals and names on amendments and motion to 

                    report........................................  713d
Direction of, for making its report...................... 317, 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


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            Joint Economic Committee, report of...................   983
Limitations on reports from Committee on Rules.... 729a, 729c, 729d, 730

            Origin and effect of the rule giving privilege to 

                certain reports...................................   727

            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
Recommital of............................................. 405, 420, 788

            Reports to the House must be made promptly............  713a
Resolutions of inquiry, requirements for reports of............. 855-858

            Restriction on reporting bill containing an 

                appropriation.....................................   846
Rights of, as to placing adverse reports on the Calen-

  dars.................................................... 726, 730, 744

            Select committee, report of...........................   419

            Speaker does not decide on sufficiency of.............   627
Submitting reports of.......................................... 317, 418

            Supplemental, filing of...............................   714

            To be in writing and to be printed....................   821
Views of the minority..................................... 714, 743, 821

        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, Education and the Workforce, 

                Commerce, International Relations, Resources, 

                Science, and Small Business.......................   693


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            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
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.

            Availability of publications in electronic form.......  706c

            Conferences held by means of select joint.............   532

            Correction of error in Journal by.....................   583

            Custody of papers of..................................   932
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
Exception to initial funding..................................... 732c-2

            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
Rights as to motions to suspend the rules........................... 902

            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.


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Common defense.
        Jurisdiction of subjects related to.......................   670

        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
Compensation.  See also Pay.

        For private property taken for public use.................   212
Compliance, Office of.  See Congressional accountability.
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


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            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-2
Motions to request, precedence of.... 528a, 528b, 528d, 535, 827, 828a-2
Requests declined or neglected.............................. 534, 828a-2
Separate vote on certain amendments between the Houses when 
request is made............................................. 827, 828a-2

        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.... 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


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            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

            Not to interrupt reading of Journal...................   621

            Parliamentary law as to reports of managers...........   542

            Partial reports.......................................   544

            Postponing rollcall votes on agreeing to..............   631

            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

            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-


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                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
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

            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..............................   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...............   127

            To support armies.....................................   129

            To provide a navy.....................................   130


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            To make rules of government for land and naval forces.   131

            To provide for calling out the militia................   132

            To provide for organization of militia................   133

            Relative powers of Congress and the President.........   128

        Powers of--as to elections, sufferage
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

            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.

            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


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            To provide punishment for piracies....................   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

            No titles of nobility to be granted...................   144
Congressional accountability.

        Approval of regulations with respect to................ 1013(30)

        Committee reports accompanying measures must contain 

            statement relating to.................................  713g

        Former rule on application of laws to Congress............  946b

        Office of Compliance......................................   990

        Point of order for insufficient committee report..........  713g

        Settlements under approval by House Oversight.............  697e
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..   986

            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 


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                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 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 entered in................ 854, 860
Substantially verbatim account of remarks............... 764a, 764b, 928

            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


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        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.

            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

            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...........................   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 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............   661


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Constitutional privilege.
        Precedence of questions of................................   661

        Questions relating to................................... 661-668
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
Contempts.

        Committee reports on, privileged for immediate 

            consideration without 3-day layover................ 299, 661

        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 (applicable accounts of the House).

        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

        Privileged reports on.....................................   726
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.


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Convening of Congress.
        To which the judicial power extends.......................   178

        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................................................    41

        Members should refrain from voting and committee 

            participation following...............................    41
Copyrights.

        Copyright royalties, limitation on........................   943

        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

        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 from Speaker's table............. 882, 883

        Of reference of bills, correction in errors...............   853
Corrections Calendar.

        Corrections Calendar Office...............................  996b

        Rule providing for........................................  745a

        Postponed proceedings on questions for consideration of 

            bills called from.....................................   631
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


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Count.
        May be censured and excluded from investigative hearings..   712

        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

            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 of judges........................   177


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            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

        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


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Cruel punishments.
        Of the motives of Members.................................   363

        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
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


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            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

            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...........................................   393

            Member in, may be interrupted by conference report....   909

            Messages received during..............................   561
The call to order in debate..................................... 760-761
Words taken down in debate...................................... 760-761

        Disorder in.
Calls to order............................................ 364, 760, 761

            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.

            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 


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                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................   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................................... 827-828a-2

                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(6a)

            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


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        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

        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


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Debt.
            Special order speeches................................  753a
Under reservation of right to object to a unanimous-consent 
request........................................................ 381, 881

        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

        Jurisdiction as to........................................   678

        War Powers Resolution................................... 1013(2)
Declination.

        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, 761

        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


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Defense production.
        Counsel for, in criminal cases............................   213

        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

        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

        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.............................. 760-761

        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

        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 Executive departments.
Desertion.


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Desk, Clerk's.  See Clerk's desk.
Dilatory motions.
        Certain private bills to correct records are banned.......   852

        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.


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        Disorderly words taken down........................ 369, 760-761

        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


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            Decision by voice of majority--tie votes..............   508

            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
Drug testing.

        Rule providing for drug testing of Members, officers, and 

            employees.............................................  634g
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.


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        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

        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
``Dynamic estimate'' in report on tax legislation.................  748b
Economic and Educational Opportunities, Committee on.  See Education and 

    the Workforce, Committee on.
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 Education and the Workforce, 

    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


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            Clerk receives testimony taken in contests............  647a

            Contests affected by death............................    18

            Each House judge of................................... 46-51
Election by districts.......................................... 228, 229

            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(18)

            Suffrage not to be abridged for race, color...........   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.


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Electors.
        Transmittal and count of..................................   220

        Of President, appointment and numbers of............... 151, 250

        Of President, qualifications of loyalty...................   226

        Of President, voting of, and count of the votes...........   219

        Of Senators, qualifications of......................... 236, 238

        Qualifications of Electors............................. 151, 152
Electronic equipment and form of publication.

        Committee publications available in electronic form.......  706c

        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

        Drug testing of, see Drug testing.

        Duties of Committee on House Oversight as to..............  677a

        Former rule on fair employment practices..................  946b

        Former, admission of to floor.......................... 919, 921

        Non-discrimination in relation to........................... 939

        Of committees, see Committee staffs.

        Of House, relations to claims.............................   937

        Prohibition on distribution of campaign contributions by..  921c

        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


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            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

            Mineral resources of public lands and mining..........   681

            National energy policy generally......................   674

            Naval petroleum and oil shale reserves................   680

            Water power...........................................   686

        Expedited procedures.
Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Act.......................... 1013(19)
Crude oil transportation systems............................... 1013(20)
Energy Policy and Conservation Act............................. 1013(14)
Extensions of emergency energy authorities..................... 1013(15)
Nuclear Waste Policy Act....................................... 1013(25)
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.


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Enumeration.
        Of yeas and nays on Journal...............................    75

        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
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........ 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 former 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 see, Standards 

            of Official Conduct, Committee on.

        Financial disclosure......................................   940

        Former Select Committee on................................  685b

        Unofficial office accounts prohibited.....................   941

        Limitations on use of frank...............................   942

        Limitations on outside earned income......................   943

        Sanctions for ethical violations...........................62-66
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.


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        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
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 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 President or Executive departments.
Executive communications.

        Transmission to House.....................................   936

        Reference of...................................... 700, 882, 883
Executive departments and agencies.

        Appropriations Committee to study organization and 

            operation of..........................................  692a

        Congress may vest appointment of certain inferior officers 

            in heads of...........................................   166

        Congressional review of agency rulemaking.............. 1013(34)

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

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

        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

        Of Government, power of Congress to legislate as to.......   136

        Title 5, U.S.C. 3101; authority to authorize appropriation 


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            for salary of clerks..................................   837

        Reference of papers from............................... 882, 883

        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
Experiment stations.

        Jurisdiction of bills relating to.........................   670
Explanation.

        Of Member called to order in debate..................... 760-761

        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
Former rule on fair employment practices and application of certain 

    laws.


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Faith.
        History of former rules...................................  946b

        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, 713h, 748c, 1007

        Effective date of Unfunded Mandates Reform Act............  1007

        Motion to strike..........................................  873c

        Question of consideration to dispose of points of order 

            raised under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 

                                                              781a, 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


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First reading.
        As condition of discharging Member arrested for absence...    55

        Of bills, by title..................................... 830, 831

        Of a bill, obsolete requirement as to.....................   399
Fisheries.

        Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................   681

        Marine Fisheries Conservation Act, expedited procedures 

            under.............................................. 1013(23)
Five-minute rule.

        Applicability to committee hearings.......................   711

        Closing of debate under...................................   874

        Former rule proscribing committee sittings during...... 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
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, Hall of House.

        Abuse of privilege of.....................................   920

        Admission of representative of press and radio to.... 930a, 930b

        Admission when the House is not sitting...................  921a

        Prohibition on distribution of campaign contributions on..  650a

        Decorum of Members on, see Decorum.

        Duty of Sergeant-at-Arms to clear of nonprivileged persons  650a

        Electoral count held in...................................   220

        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

        Use of....................................................   918

        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


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Foreign affairs.
        Land or naval, trial for crimes in........................   212

        Arms control and disarmament Act, expedited procedures 

            under.............................................. 1013(12)

        Arms Export Control Act, expedited procedures under.... 1013(17)

        Assistance to drug-transit countries................... 1013(26)

        Authorization for population planning.................. 1013(31)

        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 fishing agreements, expedited procedures 

            with respect to.................................... 1013(23)

        International waters, jurisdiction over...................   678

        Limitation on loans to foreign entities................ 1013(32)

        Non-proliferation and nuclear export agreements... 678, 1013(10)

        President's relations to..................................   165

        Termination of Cuban Economic Embargo.................. 1013(33)
Foreign Affairs, Committee on.  See International Relations, Committee 

    on.
Foreign coin.

        Congress to regulate value of.............................   121
Foreign gifts and decorations.

        Constitutional prohibition................................   144

        House rules regarding................................ 679d, 946a

        Law regulating acceptance.................................   145
Foreign ministers.

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

        Gallery for use of........................................   922
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 from.............................. 144, 679d, 946a
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.


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Former Members, admission to floor.  See Floor.
Forms.
        Republican, guaranteed to the State.......................   189

        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.

        House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards.......   987

        Limitation on use of......................................   942
Fraud.

        In introduction of a bill.................................   851
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.


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Galleries.
        Jurisdiction of bills relating to.........................   675

        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

        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


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        Acceptance of by House Oversight Committee................  697d

        Foreign...................................................   144

        Gift rule.................................................  946a
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.
Habeas corpus.

        Suspension of writ of.....................................   138
Hall of the House.  See Floor, Hall of House.

        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.


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Heads of departments.  See also Departments.
        Not to be worn by Members in the House................. 377, 763

        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.

        Not in order during debate................................   364
Historian

        Office of House...........................................  634d
Holidays and celebrations.

        Jurisdiction of bills relating to.........................   676
Holman rule.

        Decisions under Holman rule (in brief)....................  844a
Homes, soldiers'.

        Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................   680
Honorarium.

        Limitations on.................................... 939, 940, 943
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.


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House Oversight, Committee on.
        Of debate.................................................   758

        Allowances of Members and committees, authority to adjust 

                                                                  86, 88

        Approval of reserve fund for committee expenses...........  732a

        Availability for one day of reports on committee expense 

            resolutions............................... 716, 732b, 732c-1

        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 acceptance of gifts............................  679d

        Duty as to approval of certain employment settlements.....  679e

        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........................ 88a, 697c

        Former Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight...........   693

        History, jurisdiction, and duties of.................. 677a, 697

        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.......................  745a
House Recording Studio.  See Recording Studio.
House of Representatives.

        Part of Congress..........................................     3

        Accounts, jurisdiction of matters relating to.............  677a

        Assignment of rooms in office buildings...................   988

        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


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        Confirms nomination of Vice President.....................   253

        Contingent fund (applicable accounts of the House), leave 

            to report on expenditures at any time.................   726

        Contingent fund (applicable accounts of the House), 

            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........................ 661-668

        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

            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


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            Each judge of elections...............................    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

        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


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        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(6a)

        Impoundment resolutions, definitions and procedures for 

            consideration of................................... 1013(6a)

        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

        Of  President-elect  or  Vice President-elect  of  the  

            United States.........................................   244
Inauguration.

        Ceremonies of.............................................   159

        Joint Committee on........................................  986a

        Of President when day falls on Sunday.....................   150
Income.


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Incompatible offices.
        Limitation on outside earned..............................   943

        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

        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


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        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
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


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Intelligence, Permanent Select Committee on.
        Participation in, as a disqualification for office........   230

        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..   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, 664a-666

        Private business in the order of business on Tuesday......   893

        Privilege of conference reports...........................   909

        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.


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        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
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


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Jeopardy.
        Text of................................................. 283-620

        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

        Taxation..................................................   984

        Taxation, renders ``dynamic estimate'' on ``major'' tax 

            legislation...........................................  748b

        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

            Of certain messages...................................   935

            Of conference reports.................................   542

            Of hour of adjournment................................   790

            Of introduction of bills, petitions, resolutions in...   849


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            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 former recorded teller votes in Committee of the 

                Whole or in House.................................   630
Of reference of public bills, memorials........................ 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

            Postponement of record vote on, approval of...........   631

            Preliminary approval by Speaker.......................   621
Judge.


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Judges.
        Each House judge of elections.............................    46

        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

            Education and the Workforce...........................   675

            Government Reform and Oversight.......................   676

            House Oversight.......................................   677

            International Relations...............................   678


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Merchant Marine and Fisheries, former Committee on... 680, 681, 683, 686
            Judiciary..... .................................. 679a, 679b

            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, 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
Lands.

        Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, expedited 

            procedures under................................... 1013(21)

        Federal Land Policy and Management Act, expedited 


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            procedures under................................... 1013(22)

        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


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            Limitation of judicial power in suits of..............   218

            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


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Leave to print.
            Not applied to a conference report....................   550

        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 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


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        Power of Congress over places purchased with consent of...   134

        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..................................   943

        On use of frank...........................................   942
Line item veto authority.

        Presidential authority................................. 1013(6b)
Lists.

        Presidential electors to make certain.....................   219
Loans (foreign).


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Lobby.
        Jurisdiction of matters relating to............. 678, 679a, 679b

        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, 946a
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

        Jurisdiction of bills relating to.........................   676

        House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards.......   987
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, 828a-1-828a-2

            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.


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Marine hospitals.
        Jurisdiction over subjects related to.....................   681

        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.
Of committees............................................. 407, 705, 718
Former rule proscribing committee sittings 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. See Vacancies.

        Qualifications of. See Qualifications.

        Relations of, to oaths. See Oath.

        Compensation, seats, rooms, clerks.
Admission to floor of House. See Floor.

            Clerk to distribute certain documents to..............   641

            Clerk formerly kept stationery accounts of............   642


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            Clerk to furnish to, a list of certain reports........   640

            Committee on House Oversight may adjust certain 

                allowances........................................86, 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

            Members' Representational Allowance...................    88

            Outside earned income of..............................   943

            Rooms of, in office building..........................   988

            Sergeant-at-Arms formerly disbursed pay and mileage of   648

            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

            Privilege of Members..................................   661

            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 

                debate............................................92, 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............................................   305
Power of the House to punish for attempts against.............. 293, 299

            Precedence of questions of personal privilege.........   661

            Privilege of, of Parliament...........................   287

            Raising questions of privilege........................   661

            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


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            Status of Member-elect as to..........................   300

        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.

        Drug testing of. See Drug testing.

        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, returned to........................ 849a, 853

            Introduction and reference of private bills, petitions 

                by................................................  849a

            Introduction of public bills, memorials 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


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            May not enter protests on the Journal.................    70

            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

            Prohibition on distribution of campaign contributions 

                in Hall of House..................................  921c
Members-elect.

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


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        Election of, to an incompatible office....................    99

        Expulsion of..............................................    64

        Franking privilege........................................   987

        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.......   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..........   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


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            To Congress................................... 168, 169, 571

            Notice of approval of bills by President sent by......   106

            Reception and action on...............................   170

            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
Metropolitan Washington Airports Act.

        Expedited procedures under............................. 1013(28)
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(27)
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.


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Mines and mining.
        Jurisdiction of matters relating to.................... 675, 681

        Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................   681
Ministers, public.

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

        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


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        Interruption of........................................ 891, 892

        Debates...................................................  753b
Motions.

        In general.

            Calls for orders of the day, 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


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            To close general debate...............................   871

            To reconsider, not used in Committee of the Whole.....   416
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, 661-666

            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, See also Privileged questions.

            By Majority Leader under former rule proscribing 

                committee sittings during five-minute rule........   710

            For a recess.................................. 586, 782, 784


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            For a recess in committee.............................  703a

            Motion to strike Federal unfunded mandate.............  873c

            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...............   147

        Jurisdiction of matters relating to pollution of navigable 


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            waters................................................   686

        Jurisdiction of matters relating to public works for the 

            benefit of............................................   686

        Jurisdiction of subjects relating to generally............   686
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

        Expedited procedures.
Nuclear non-proliferation provisions of the Atomic Energy Act 

                                                                1013(10)
Nuclear waste fund fees........................................ 1013(16)
Nuclear Waste Policy Act....................................... 1013(25)
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


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            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

            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

            Precedence of.........................................   198

            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 under former rule proscribing 

            committee sittings 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.


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Offenses.
        Jurisdiction over subjects related to.....................   683

        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

            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..........................   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


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            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
Drug testing of, See Drug testing.
Election of, and terms....................................... 26-30, 635
Election of, except Speaker..................................... 29, 635

            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

            Prohibition on distribution of campaign contributions 

                by................................................  921c

            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.....................................   943

        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 


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            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

            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.


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            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
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 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............................ 661-666

            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


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            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

            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


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        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

            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
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.

        Expedited procedures under............................. 1013(24)
Outside earned income.

        Limitations on............................................   943
Oxford-style debates.

        Structure of..............................................  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


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            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

            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..................................   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


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Parliamentary inquiries.
        Precedents compiled by....................................   996

        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

        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, 258, 1013(13)

        Of Speaker and leadership.................................86, 89

        Of witnesses..............................................   931

        Pay orders............................................. 1013(13)

        Quadrennial commission................................. 1013(13)

        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


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People.
            Of all wars, jurisdiction of bills for................   687

        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
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............................   661

        Precedence of questions of................................  661-

                                                                     668

        Privilege of the Member...................................   661

        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.


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        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
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


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            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

            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.........   686
Postal savings banks.

        Jurisdiction of bills relating to.........................   676
Postmaster.

        Former election and oath of...............................   636


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Postpone, motion to.
        Former superintendent of House post office................  654a

        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

        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


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            Limitation on capitation or other direct tax..........   140

            No export duties to be laid...........................   141

        Of Congress--As to commerce, currency, mails, patents.

            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.

            To regulate jurisdiction of Supreme Court.............   179
To establish inferior courts................................... 125, 177

            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....................   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........................ 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 of militia................   133
War Powers Resolution........................................... 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


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            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

            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, 661-668
Of questions of privilege as related to pending business........ 661-668

            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.


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            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

            To go into Committee of the Whole to consider 

                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.............   661

        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 


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                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

            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(6a)

        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
Line item veto authority....................................... 1013(6b)

            Parliamentary law as to presenting a bill for the 

                King's assent.....................................   572


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            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

            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..................................   172
Term of................................................... 149, 150, 241

        Election, oath, impeachment, inability.

            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.


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President pro tempore.
        Death or failure to qualify...............................   244

        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

            History, uses 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 


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                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

            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 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 

                (applicable accounts of the House)................  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


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Priority.  See Precedence.
            Membership on.........................................   986

        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
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..............................   661

            Distinction between questions of privilege and 

                privileged questions..............................   661

            Definition and precedence of questions of.............   661

            General principles as to precedence of................   661

            Intervention of questions of..........................   458

            Precedence of, as related to pending business.........   661

            Precedence of questions of personal...................   661

            Questions of, lose precedence by association with 

                matter not of.....................................   661

            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


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            Questions of, in Committee of the Whole...............   661

            Questions of, in the absence of a quorum..............   661

            Question of, taken from the table.....................   785

            Raising questions of..................................   661

            Time and place of consideration designated by Speaker.   661

        Affecting the House--In general.

            Generally.............................................   661

            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

            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.............................................   661

            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 


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                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, 661

            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

            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.........................................   661

            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............................................   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 


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                privileged questions..............................   661

            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

        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 under former rule proscribing 


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                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 general 

                appropriation bills...............................   802

            To read the Journal...................................   621

            To recess in committee................................  703a
To recess in House........................................ 586, 782, 784
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.   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


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        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
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.


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Public lands.
        Jurisdiction of matters related to........................   674

        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
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

        Expulsion, see Expulsion.

        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

        Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, see Standards 

            of Offical Conduct, Committee on.

        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


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        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

            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.

            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.


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        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

            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


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Must be present when perjurious testimony is given to support 
charge of perjury......................................... 343, 409, 709
Of the Committee of the Whole.................................. 329, 863
            Interpretation of meaning of majority.................    53

            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

        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


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            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

            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..............   661

            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 


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Race.
                tellers)..........................................  630a

        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
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.

            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


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            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

            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 


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Receipts.
            amendment of the other House..........................   525

        Of public money, account of, to be published..............   143
Reception.

        Duty of President to receive ambassadors..................   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

            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, 784

            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, 828a-2

        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, 

                                                                  828a-1

        Speaker governed by usage in...................... 356, 754, 757

        Speaker not to recognize Members to introduce occupants of 

            galleries to House....................................   764


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        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

        Germaneness test with respect to..........................   795

        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


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        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

        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

        Vote by considered vote by yeas and nays..................  630a
Recording Studio.

        Establishment and composition of House Recording Studio...  996c
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.


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Redress.
        Jurisdiction as to affairs of.............................   678

        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

            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.
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 


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                committee.........................................   436

        Correction of errors in reference of.

            Errors in.............................................   853

            Correction of, for public bills.......................   854

            Of public bills, place of correction of, in order of 

                business..........................................   878

            Change of, for errors in..............................   853
Correction of, in case of bills 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
``Regular order.''

        Improper use of demand for................................   381

        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
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.


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Repetition.
        Jurisdiction over subject related to......................   672

        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

        Of debates, duties of Committee on House Oversight as to..  677a

        Press, admission to the floor, See Floor.
Reports.

        Of committees. See Committees.

        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, 760-761

            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

            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


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Representatives.
        Reduction of, for abridgement of the right of suffrage....   226

        Election, privilege, duties, 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
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, 827-828a-2

            Practice as to making.................................   533

            Usual but not essential that names of managers be 

                transmitted with..................................   536

        Bills introduced by.

            Introduction of bills, resolutions 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


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        Separate headings required on in certain bills and reports  671a

        Rescission bills, definition and procedure for 

            consideration of under Impoundment Control Act..... 1013(6a)
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

        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


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            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

        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


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            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
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


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            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.......................... 760-761

            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

        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 


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Rolls.
            House.................................................   773

        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

        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 former 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


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            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
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(13)

        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.


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Science.
        Jurisdiction of bills relating to.........................   676

        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.................   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
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


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        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.................   211
Select Committees.

        Ad hoc to consider legislation............................   700

        Former Aging..............................................   702

        Ethics....................................................  685b

        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

        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 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 


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Senate resolutions.
            Committee of the Whole............................. 882, 883

        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

        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


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        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.......................   624

        Speaker declines to sign a bill when motion to reconsider 

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

        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
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.


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Small business.
        No claims for, to be paid.................................   232

        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

            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
Nominations for, precedence of................................... 27, 60

            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


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            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, 760-761

            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........................................   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

        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


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            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

            Reprimand of..........................................    63

            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.......................................  634c

            Certifies to compensation of Members..................    86

            Directed to notify governor of State in case of 

                certain vacancies.................................    22

            Drug testing of Members, officers, and employees......  634g

            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...............  996a

        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

        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, 996b

            Duties of, in presenting petitions....................   849
Duty as to reception and reference of executive communications..... 700, 

                                                                     936
Duty to exclude certain bills, memorials....................... 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 


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                business to receive a message.....................   562

            Functions of, in relation to request for unanimous 

                consent...........................................   881
Makes reference of public bills, memorials......................700, 854

            Messenger saluted by..................................   564

            Objects to action on a bill without reading...........   831
Sign acts, writs, subpoenas.................................... 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, 828a-2

            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................   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

            Loss of right to recognition by Member in charge......   755
No appeal from his recognition................................. 356, 627

            Not to entertain dilatory motions.....................   803

            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

            May 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


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            Speaker governed by usage in recognition..............   754

            With respect to former consent calendar...............   746

        Relations of, to debate.
Criticism of in debate..................................... 362, 760-761
Duty as to calling to order in debate........................... 760-761

            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 postpone proceedings under 

                Corrections Calendar..............................   631

            Discretionary authority to reduce electronic vote to 

                five minutes...................................... 774bb
Discretionary authority to use electronic device in taking vote... 630a, 

                                                                   774bb

            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


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            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..........................................  996a
Speaker pro tempore.

        Appointed by the Speaker or elected by the House..........   633

        Choice of.................................................   314

        Chosen on removal of Speaker..............................   315

        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 


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Special orders.  See also Rules.
            on House Calendar.....................................   883

        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.

        Approval of copyright royalty contracts...................   943

        Composition of, one-half from each party..................  701a

        Duties and procedures of as to standards of conduct and 

            investigations........................................   698

        Duties under the gift rule................................  946a

        Employing agency under Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act..   685

        Exempted from former rule proscribing committee sittings 

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

        History and jurisdiction of...............................   685

        Inspector General makes certain reports to................   654

        Privileged reports from...................................   726

        Sanction Committee may recommend..........................    63
Standing committees.  See Committees.
Standing orders.

        Duration of...............................................   386
State executive.

        Fills certain vacancies in Senate (obsolete)..............    34


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        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............ 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 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.

            Judges in, bound by Constitution of the United States.   195

            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


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            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...............   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
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


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Statuary.
        Jurisdiction of matters relating to labor.................   675

        Jurisdiction as to........................................  677a
Statutes.

        Revision of, jurisdiction as to...........................  679a
Stenographers.

        Admission of unofficial...................................  930a

        Of Committees, appointment 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

        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


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        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..............   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 former 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

        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


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        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

        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, 760-761
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

        Report on ``major'' tax legislation may include ``dynamic 

            estimate''............................................  748b

        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

        House proceeding..........................................  634c
Tellers.

        Clerk tellers.
Clerks to serve as, on quorum calls and recorded votes....... 630a, 771b


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            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.
Testimony.

        Methods of taking, by the House and committees......... 341-348,

                                                      708, 709, 711, 712

        Power of the House to compel..............................   295

        Procedure when it implicates a Member of the other House, 

            see Witnesses.


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        Quorum to receive, see Witnesses.

        Required to secure conviction for treason.................   181

        Witnesses before committees, see Witnesses.
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.  See Adjournment. Committees. and Conferences.
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.


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            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
Trade, expedited procedures with respect to.

        Termination of Cuban Economic Embargo.................. 1013(33)

        U.S. participation in the WTO.......................... 1013(29)

        Under the Trade Act of 1974............................ 1013(11)
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
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 


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            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
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.


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Tuesday.
        Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................  679a

        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

        Former 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
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


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        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 Corrections Calendar.......................   745

        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

            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.


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Vessels.  See also Ships.
        Of the public debt not to be questioned...................   234

        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

        Line item veto authority of the President.............. 1013(6b)

        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

        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.


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Virgin Islands.
        Domestic, States may ask protection from..................   189
Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund................................  1008

        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

        Of Vice President in case of tie..........................    36

        Of States in the Senate...................................   190

        Recorded vote considered vote by yeas and nays............  630a

        Speaker's authority to postpone...........................   631

        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 


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                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

            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


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            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.

            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

            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


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            Postponed votes, Speaker's authority..................   631

            Recording of votes by electronic equipment............  774b
Right of suffrage not to be abridged for race, color, 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

        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 former rule proscribing committee sittings 

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

        History and jurisdiction of...............................   688

        Report from on ``major'' tax legislation may include 

            ``dynamic estimate''..................................  748b
Weather Service, national.


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Wednesday, Calendar.
        Jurisdiction over subjects related to.....................   683

        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 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.
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

            Of motion to suspend the rules........................   906

            Of point of no quorum.................................    55

            Of vote...............................................   766

        Of Members, resignations, papers.

            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 


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                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

            Minority..............................................   711
Interrogation of.......................................... 343, 711, 712

            ``Truth in testimony,'' curriculum vitae and 

                disclosure statements.............................   708
Testimony, advance statements of............................... 708, 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

            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.................................... 760-761

        Parliamentary procedure in taking down disorderly...... 368, 369
Work incentive programs.

        Jurisdiction over subjects related to.....................   675
Works, public.  See 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.


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Writs.
        Congress may provide exclusive rights to..................   124

        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

            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

            Recorded vote considered vote by......................  630a


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Yielding.
            Use of electronic device to record....................  774b

        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