    [Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 108th Congress]
    [108th Congress]
    [House Document 107-284]
    [Rules of the House of Representatives]
    [Pages 387-398]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                     Rule VI

    Official reporters
                   official reporters and news media galleries

    685. Reporters of debates and committee
    stenographers.

      1.  Subject to the direction and control of the Speaker,
    the Clerk shall appoint, and may remove for cause, the official
    reporters of the House, including stenographers of committees, and shall
    supervise the execution of their duties.

      Before the House recodified its rules in the 106th Congress, this
    provision was found in former clause 1 of rule XXXIV (H. Res. 5, Jan. 6,
    1999, p. ----). From 1874 until March 1, 1978, the appointment and
    removal of the official reporters, and the manner of the execution of
    their duties, was vested in the Speaker (V, 6958); effective March 1,
    1978 (H. Res. 959, Jan. 23, 1978, p. 431) those responsibilities were
    vested in the Clerk, subject to the direction and control of the
    Speaker.

      The reporters of debates have borne an important part in the evolution
    by which the House has built up the system of a daily verbatim report of
    its proceedings, made by its own corps of reporters (V, 6959). Since
    these reporters have become officers of the House a correction of the
    Congressional Record has been held a question of privilege (V, 7014-
    7016).

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    Sec. 686. Rules relating to Congressional
    Record.

      The  arrangement, style, etc., of the Congressional Record is
    prescribed by the Joint Committee on Printing pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 901,
    904 (see also VIII, 3500). The rules of the Joint Committee on Printing
    governing publication of the Congressional Record are as follows:

      1. Arrangement of the daily Congressional Record.--The Public Printer
    shall arrange the contents of the daily Congressional Record as follows:
    The Senate proceedings shall alternate with the House proceedings in
    order of placement in consecutive issues insofar as such an arrangement
    is feasible, and Extensions of Remarks and Daily Digest shall follow:
    Provided, That the makeup of the Congressional Record shall proceed
    without regard to alternation whenever the Public Printer deems it
    necessary in order to meet production and delivery schedules.

      2. Type and style.--The Public Printer shall print the report of the
    proceedings and debates of the Senate and House of Representatives, as
    furnished by the official reporters of the Congressional Record, in 8-
    point type; and all matter included in the remarks or speeches of
    Members of Congress, other than their own words, and all reports,
    documents, and other matter authorized to be inserted in the
    Congressional Record shall be printed in 7-point type; and all roll
    calls shall be printed in 6-point type. No italic or black type nor
    words in capitals or small capitals shall be used for emphasis or
    prominence; nor will unusual indentions be permitted. These restrictions
    do not apply to the printing of or quotations from historical, official,
    or legal documents or papers of which a literal reproduction is
    necessary.

      3. Only as an aid in distinguishing the manner of delivery in order to
    contribute to the historical accuracy of the Record, statements or
    insertions in the Record where no part of them was spoken will be
    preceded and followed by a ``bullet'' symbol, i.e.,  (now
    applicable only in Senate).

      4. Return of manuscript.--When manuscript is submitted to Members for
    revision it should be returned to the Government Printing Office not
    later than 9 o'clock p.m. in order to insure publication in the
    Congressional Record issued on the following morning; and if all of the
    manuscript is not furnished at the time specified, the Public Printer is
    authorized to withhold it from the Congressional Record for 1 day. In no
    case will a speech be printed in the Congressional Record of the day of
    its delivery if the manuscript is furnished later than 12 o'clock
    midnight.

      5. Tabular matter.--The manuscript of speeches containing tabular
    statements to be published in the Congressional Record shall be in the
    hands of the Public Printer not later than 7 o'clock p.m. to insure
    publication the following morning. When possible, manuscript copy for
    tabular matter should be sent to the Government Printing Office 2 or
    more days in advance of the date of publication in the Congressional
    Record. Proof will be furnished promptly to the Member of Congress to be
    submitted by him instead of manuscript copy when he offers it for
    publication in the Congressional Record.

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    shall be set in the Congressional Record style of type, and not more
    than six sets of proofs may be furnished to Members without charge.
      6. Proof furnished.--Proofs or ``leave to print'' and advance speeches
    will not be furnished the day the manuscript is received but will be
    submitted the following day, whenever possible to do so without causing
    delay in the publication of the regular proceedings of Congress. Advance
    speeches

      7. Notation of withheld remarks.--If manuscript or proofs have not
    been returned in time for publication in the proceedings, the Public
    Printer will insert the words ``Mr. ---- addressed the Senate (House or
    Committee). His remarks will appear hereafter in Extensions of Remarks''
    and proceed with the printing of the Congressional Record.

      8. Thirty-day limit.--The Public Printer shall not publish in the
    Congressional Record any speech or extension of remarks which has been
    withheld for a period exceeding 30 calendar days from the date when its
    printing was authorized: Provided, That at the expiration of each
    session of Congress the time limit herein fixed shall be 10 days, unless
    otherwise ordered by the committee.

      9. Corrections.--The permanent Congressional Record is made up for
    printing and binding 30 days after each daily publication is issued;
    therefore all corrections must be sent to the Public Printer within that
    time: Provided, That upon the final adjournment of each session of
    Congress the time limit shall be 10 days, unless otherwise ordered by
    the committee: Provided further, That no Member of Congress shall be
    entitled to make more than one revision. Any revision shall consist only
    of corrections of the original copy and shall not include deletions of
    correct material, substitutions for correct material, or additions of
    new subject matter.

      10. The Public Printer shall not publish in the Congressional Record
    the full report or print of any committee or subcommittee when the
    report or print has been previously printed. This rule shall not be
    construed to apply to conference reports. However, inasmuch as rule XXII
    (Sec. 1082, infra) provides that conference reports be printed in the
    daily edition of the Congressional Record, they shall not be printed
    therein a second time.

      11. Makeup of the Extensions of Remarks.--Extensions of Remarks in the
    Congressional Record shall be made up by successively taking first an
    extension from the copy submitted by the official reporters of one House
    and then an extension from the copy of the other House, so that Senate
    and House extensions appear alternately as far as possible. The sequence
    for each House shall follow as closely as possible the order or
    arrangement in which the copy comes from the official reporters of the
    respective Houses.

      The official reporters of each House shall designate and distinctly
    mark the lead item among their extensions. When both Houses are in
    session and submit extensions, the lead item shall be changed from one
    House to the other in alternate issues, with the indicated lead item of
    the other House appearing in second place. When only one House is in
    session, the lead item shall be an extension submitted by a Member of
    the House in session. This rule shall not apply to Congressional Records
    printed after the sine die adjournment of the Congress.

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    Extensions of Remarks and shall make suitable reference thereto at the
    proper place in the proceedings.
      12. Official reporters.--The official reporters of each House shall
    indicate on the manuscript and prepare headings for all matter to be
    printed in

      13. Two-page rule--Cost estimate from Public Printer.--(1) No
    extraneous matter in excess of two printed Record pages, whether printed
    in its entirety in one daily issue or in two or more parts in one or
    more issues, shall be printed in the Congressional Record unless the
    Member announces, coincident with the request for leave to print or
    extend, the estimate in writing from the Public Printer of the probable
    cost of publishing the same. (2) No extraneous matter shall be printed
    in the House proceedings or the Senate proceedings, with the following
    exceptions: (a) Excerpts from letters, telegrams, or articles presented
    in connection with a speech delivered in the course of debate; (b)
    communications from State legislatures; (c) addresses or articles by the
    President and the Members of his Cabinet, the Vice President, or a
    Member of Congress. (3) The official reporters of the House or Senate or
    the Public Printer shall return to the Member of the respective House
    any matter submitted for the Congressional Record which is in
    contravention of these provisions.

          house supplement to ``laws and rules for publication of the

                congressional record''--effective august 12, 1986

      1. Extensions of Remarks in the daily Congressional Record.--When the
    House has granted leave to print (1) a newspaper or magazine article, or
    (2) any other matter not germane to the proceedings, it shall be
    published under Extensions of Remarks. This rule shall not apply to
    quotations which form part of a speech of a Member, or to an authorized
    extension of his own remarks: Provided, That no address, speech, or
    article delivered or released subsequently to the sine die adjournment
    of a session of Congress may be printed in the Congressional Record.
    One-minute speeches delivered during the morning business of Congress
    shall not exceed 300 words. Statements exceeding this will be printed
    following the business of the day.

      2. Any extraneous matter included in any statement by a Member, either
    under the 1-minute rule or permission granted to extend at this point,
    will be printed in the ``Extensions of Remarks'' section, and that such
    material will be duly noted in the Member's statement as appearing
    therein.

      3. Under the general leave request by the floor manager of specific
    legislation only matter pertaining to such legislation will be included
    as per the request. This, of course, will include tables and charts
    pertinent to the same, but not newspaper clippings and editorials.

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    the makeup would be in a sense made easier so as to comply with daily
    proceedings, which might run extremely heavy at times.
      4. In the makeup of the portion of the Record entitled ``Extensions of
    Remarks,'' the Public Printer shall withhold any Extensions of Remarks
    which exceed economical press fill or exceed production limitations.
    Extensions withheld for such reasons will be printed in succeeding
    issues, at the direction of the Public Printer, so that more uniform
    daily issues may be the end result and, in this way, when both Houses
    have a short session

      5. The request for a Member to extend his or her remarks in the body
    of the Record must be granted to the individual whose remarks are to be
    inserted.

      6. All statements for ``Extensions of Remarks,'' as well as copy for
    the body of the Congressional Record must be submitted on the Floor of
    the House to the Official Reporters of Debates and must carry the actual
    signature of the Member. Extensions of Remarks will be accepted up to 15
    minutes after adjournment of the House. To insure printing in that day's
    proceedings, debate transcripts still out for revision must be returned
    to the Office of Official Reporters of Debates, Room HT-60, the Capitol,
    (1) by 5 p.m., or 2 hours following adjournment, whichever occurs later;
    or (2) within 30 minutes following adjournment when the House adjourns
    at 11 p.m., or later.

      7. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XVII of the Rules of the House, the
    Congressional Record shall be a substantially verbatim account of
    remarks made during the proceedings of the House, subject only to
    technical, grammatical, and typographical corrections authorized by the
    Member making the remarks involved. Unparliamentary remarks may be
    deleted only by permission or order of the House. Consistent with rule 9
    of the Joint Committee on Printing Rules, any revision shall consist
    only of technical, grammatical, or typographical corrections of the
    original copy and shall not include deletions of correct material,
    substitutions for correct material, or additions of new subject matter.
    By obtaining unanimous consent to revise and extend, a Member will be
    able to relax the otherwise strict prohibition contained in clause 8 of
    rule XVII only in two respects: (1) to revise by technical, grammatical,
    and typographical corrections; and (2) to extend remarks in a
    distinctive type style to follow the remarks actually uttered. In no
    event would the actually uttered remarks be removable.

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    Sec. 687. Substantially verbatim account.

      The requirement  of
    rule 7 of the supplemental rules outlined above that the Congressional
    Record be a substantially verbatim account of remarks actually rendered
    was included as former clause 9 of rule XIV in the 104th Congress
    (current clause 8(a) of rule XVII), with the prescription that that rule
    constitute a standard of conduct under former clause 4(e)(1)(B) of rule
    X (current clause 3(a)(2) of rule XI) (sec. 213, H. Res. 6, Jan. 4,
    1995, p. 468). Clause 8(a) of rule XVII also applies to statements and
    rulings of the Chair (Jan. 20, 1995, p. 1866). Under that clause remarks
    actually delivered may not be deleted and remarks inserted must appear
    in distinctive type (Jan. 4, 1995, p. 541). Remarks held
    irrelevant by the Chair may be removed from the Record by unanimous
    consent only (Mar. 20, 2002 p. ----). The Speaker has instructed
    the Official Reporters of Debates to adhere strictly to the requirement
    of rule 7 of the supplemental rules (Mar. 2, 1988, p. 2963; Feb. 3,
    1993, p. 1980).

      The Chair announced the Record-printing policy regarding
    remarks in debate uttered in languages other than English, to deny
    transcription in the foreign language (unless a transcript is provided
    in a language that the Government Printing Office can print) and to
    require Members to submit translations for distinctive printing in the
    Record in English as a revision of remarks (Mar. 4, 1998, p. ----
    ; Feb. 25, 2003, p. ----). Because the Record is
    maintained as a substantially verbatim account of the proceedings of the
    House (44 U.S.C. 901), the Speaker will not entertain a unanimous-
    consent request to give a special-order speech ``off the Record'' (June
    24, 1992, p. 16131).

      The Record is for the proceedings of the House and Senate only, and
    matters not connected therewith are rigidly excluded (V, 6962). It is
    not, however, the official record, that function being fulfilled by the
    Journal (IV, 2727). As a general principle the Speaker has no control
    over the Record (V, 6984, 7017), but words spoken by a Member after he
    has been called to order may be excluded by direction of the Speaker (V,
    6975-6978; VIII, 3466, 3471; July 29, 1994, p. 18609). However, the
    House, and not the Speaker, determines what liberty shall be allowed to
    a Member who has leave to extend his remarks (V, 6997-7000; VIII, 3475),
    whether or not a copyrighted article shall be printed therein (V, 6985),
    as to an alleged abuse of the leave to print (V, 7012; VIII, 3474), or
    as to a proposed amendment (V, 6983).

    Sec. 688. Relations of the Committee of the Whole
    to the Congressional Record.

      As a general  rule the Committee of the Whole has no
    control over the Congressional Record (V, 6986); but the Chairman in the
    preservation of order, may direct the exclusion of disorderly words
    spoken by a Member after he has been called to order (V, 6987). In a
    case wherein the Committee conceived that a letter read in Committee
    involved a breach of privilege, it reported the matter to the House for
    action, and the House struck the letter from the Record (V, 6986). The
    Chairman of the Committee of the Whole does not determine the privileges
    of a Member under a general leave to print in the Record, that being for
    the House alone (V, 6988). Neither may the Committee of the Whole grant
    a general leave to print, although for convenience it does permit
    individual Members to extend their remarks (V, 7009, 7010; VIII, 3488-
    3490; Aug. 31, 1965, p. 22385), nor may the Committee of the Whole
    permit the inclusion of extraneous material (Jan. 23, 1936, p. 950; Feb.
    1, 1937, p. 656; Sept. 19, 1967, p. 26032).

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    what he actually said (V, 6972). Where a Member interrupts another
    during debate without being yielded or otherwise recognized (as on a
    point of order) his remarks are not printed in the Record (Speaker
    O'Neill, Feb. 7, 1985, p. 2229). Where a Member had uttered disorderly
    words on the floor without objection, the House yet decided that it was
    not precluded from action when the words, after being withheld for
    revision, appeared in the Record, and struck them out (V, 6979, 6981;
    VI, 582; VIII, 2538, 3463, 3472).

    Sec. 689. Correction of the Congressional
    Record.

      While the  House controls the Congressional Record, the Speaker with the
    assent of the House laid down the principle that words spoken by a
    Member in order might not be changed by the House, as this would be
    determining what a Member should utter on the floor (V, 6974; VI, 583;
    VIII, 3469, 3498). Neither should one House strike out matter placed in
    the Record by permission of the other House (V, 6966). But the House may
    correct the speech of one of its Members so that it may record
    faithfully

      The House has also ordered stricken from the Record printed speeches
    condemned as unparliamentary for reflections on Members, committees of
    the House, the House itself (V, 7017), and the Senate (V, 5129). In the
    101st Congress a resolution presented as a question of privilege was
    adopted which directed the Committee on House Administration to report
    with respect to certain unauthorized deletions from the Record. A task
    force of that committee recommended that deletion of unparliamentary
    remarks be permitted only by consent of the House and not by the Member
    uttering the words under authority to revise and extend (Oct. 27, 1990,
    p. 37124). That recommendation has been incorporated into the Rules of
    the House (clause 8(b) of rule XVII). Through the 103d Congress, under
    applicable precedents and guidelines, the Chair could refine a ruling on
    a point of order in the Record in order to clarify the ruling without
    changing its substance, including one sustained by the House on appeal
    (Feb. 19, 1992, p. 2461; see H. Res. 230, 99th Cong., July 31, 1985, p.
    21783, and H. Rept. 99-228). In accordance with existing accepted
    practices, the Speaker customarily made such technical or parliamentary
    corrections or insertions in the transcript of a ruling or statement by
    the Chair as may have been necessary to conform to rule, custom, or
    precedent (see also H. Res. 330, 101st Cong., Feb. 7, 1990, p. 1515, and
    report of House Administration task force on Record inserted by Speaker
    Foley, Oct. 27, 1990, p. 37124). However, in the 104th Congress the
    Speaker ruled that the requirement of clause 8 of rule XVII (former
    clause 9 of rule XIV) that the Record be a substantially verbatim
    account of remarks made during House proceedings extended to statements
    and rulings of the Chair (Jan. 20, 1995, p. 1866).

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    business, demand as a matter of right the reading of the reporter's
    notes (V, 6967; VIII, 3460). The Speaker declines to entertain
    unanimous-consent requests to correct the Record on a vote taken by
    electronic device, based upon the presumed accuracy of the electronic
    system and the ability and responsibility of each Member to verify his
    vote (Feb. 6, 1973, p. 3558; Apr. 18, 1973, p. 13081; Dec. 3, 1974, p.
    37897).
      It is improper for a Member to have published in the Record the
    individual votes of Members on a question of which the yeas and nays
    have not been entered on the Journal (V, 6982). A correction of the
    Record which involves a motion and a vote is recorded in the Journal
    (IV, 2877). Propositions to make corrections are sometimes considered by
    the Committee on House Administration. In debating a resolution to
    strike from the Record disorderly language a Member may not read the
    language (V, 7004); but it was held that as part of a personal
    explanation relating to matter excluded as out of order a Member might
    read the matter, subject to a point of order if the reading should
    develop anything in violation of the rules of debate (V, 5079). It has
    also been held that a Member may not, in a controversy over a proposed
    correction of the Record as to a matter of

    Sec. 690. Privileges of propositions to correct
    the Congressional Record.

      A motion or  resolution for the correction of the
    Congressional Record which involves a question of privilege may be made
    properly after the reading and approval of the Journal (V, 7013; VIII,
    3496), and is not in order pending the approval of the Journal (V,
    6989), but is privileged after that (V, 7014-7019; VIII, 3461, 3463).

      A question of privilege as to an alleged error in the Record may not
    be raised until the Record has appeared (V, 7020), and a resolution to
    omit from the manuscript copy certain remarks declared out of order is
    not privileged (V, 7021). Unparliamentary words having been stricken
    from the Record by order of the House, a question of privilege may not
    arise therefrom (V, 7023; VI, 596). Privileged motions to correct the
    Congressional Record involve cases where the integrity of House
    proceedings is in question, such as where unparliamentary words have
    been spoken in debate (see Sec. 961, infra) or inserted in the Record
    (Deschler, ch. 5, Sec. 17), where the remarks of one Member have been
    attributed to another (sec. 18.1, 18.2), or where a Member
    has improperly altered his remarks during an exchange of colloquy with
    another Member (sec. 18.9). Mere typographical errors in the
    Congressional Record or ordinary revisions of a Member's remarks do not
    give rise to privileged motions for the correction of the Record (Apr.
    25, 1985, p. 9419), since such changes for the permanent edition of the
    Record may be made without the permission of the House (Deschler, ch. 5,
    Sec. 19) and the House does not change the Record merely to show what a
    Member should have said during debate (sec. 18).

      A motion to correct the Record has been entertained to allow a Member
    to print in subsequent edition of the daily Record the correct text of
    an amendment which he had offered on a previous day and which had been
    substantially misprinted in the daily Record for the day on which it was
    offered (Deschler, ch. 5, Sec. 18.6).

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    of that Member (V, 6972; VIII, 3461), and alterations which place a
    different aspect on the remarks of a colleague require authorization by
    the House (VIII, 3463, 3497). Where a Member so revised his remarks as
    to affect the import of words uttered by another Member, the House
    corrected the Record (V, 6973). A Member is not entitled to inspect the
    reporter's notes of remarks which do not contain reflections on himself,
    delivered by another Member and withheld for revision (V, 6964).

    Sec. 691. Privilege of Member to revise his
    remarks in the Congressional Record.

      The traditional  practice to allow a Member, with
    the approval of the House and under conditions set forth by the Joint
    Committee on Printing, to revise his remarks before publication in the
    Congressional Record (V, 6971, 7024; VIII, 3500) should be interpreted
    in light of clause 8 of rule XVII and rule 7 of the supplemental rules
    of the Joint Committee on Printing, which require the Record to be a
    substantially verbatim account of remarks made during House proceedings
    (see Sec. 686, supra, and Sec. Sec. 967, 968, infra). In any event, a
    Member should not change the notes of his own speech in such a way as to
    affect the remarks of an opponent in controversy without bringing the
    correction to the attention

    Sec. 692. ``Leave to print'' in the Congressional
    Record.

      The practice  of inserting in the Congressional Record speeches not actually
    delivered on the floor has developed by consent of the House as the
    membership has increased and it has become difficult at times for every
    Member to express at length on the floor his reasons for his attitude on
    public questions (V, 6990-6996, 6998-7000). The House, in granting such
    leave to print, does not permit it to be exercised without unreasonable
    freedom (V, 7002, 7003). For example: (1) a Member with permission to
    insert one matter may not insert another (V, 7001; VIII, 3462, 3479,
    3480); (2) a Member may not insert statements and letters of others
    unless the leave granted specifies such matter as extraneous (VIII,
    3475, 3481), whether the extension be under general leave for all
    Members or individually; (3) a Member may not insert that which would
    not have been in order if uttered on the floor, and the House may
    exclude such insertion in whole or in part (V, 7004-7008; VIII, 3495;
    Oct. 2, 1992, p. 30709; Sept. 27, 1996, p. 25633). The principle that a
    Member shall not be called to order for words spoken in debate if
    business has intervened does not apply to a case where leave to print
    has been violated (V, 7005). Neither the House nor the Committee of the
    Whole permit the insertion of an entire colloquy between two or more
    Members not actually delivered (Aug. 10, 1982, pp. 20266, 20267; Oct. 3,
    1985, p. 26028; Dec. 15, 1995, p. 37133).

      General leave to print may be granted only by the House, although in
    the Committee of the Whole a Member, by unanimous consent, may be given
    leave to extend his remarks (V, 7009, 7010; VIII, 3488-3490). In the
    Committee of the Whole leave for an extension of remarks should not be
    granted except in connection with remarks actually delivered and
    relevant to the bill; and the extension under such circumstances should
    be brief (Speaker Longworth, Mar. 18, 1926, p. 5854).

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    and extend to be printed in distinctive type and precludes deletion
    under such permission of words actually uttered (Jan. 4, 1995, p. 541).
      Where a Member abused a leave to print on the last day of the session,
    the House at the next session condemned the abuse and declared the
    matter not a legitimate part of the official debates (V, 7017). An abuse
    of the leave to print gives rise to a question of privilege (V, 7005-
    7008, 7011; VIII, 3163, 3491, 3495), and a resolution or motion to
    expunge from the Record in such a case is offered as a question of
    privilege (V, 7012; VIII, 3475, 3491). An inquiry by the House as to an
    alleged abuse of the leave to print does not necessarily entitle the
    Member implicated to the floor on a question of privilege (V, 7012).
    Clause 8 of rule XVII (former clause 9 of rule XIV) requires substantive
    remarks inserted under leave to revise

      A motion that a Member be permitted to extend his remarks in the
    Record is not privileged (Feb. 8, 1950, p. 1661), and under the rules of
    the Joint Committee on Printing, one Member cannot obtain permission for
    other individual Members to extend their remarks (rule 5 of House
    Supplement, Sec. 686, supra).

      Where extraneous material proposed to be inserted in the body or in
    the Extension of Remarks portion of the Record exceeds two Record pages,
    the rules of the Joint Committee on Printing require that the Member
    state an estimate of printing cost when permission is requested to make
    the insertion (Feb. 12, 1962, p. 2207; May 24, 1972, p. 18653).
    It is the Member's responsibility and not that of the Chair to
    ascertain the cost of printing extraneous material and obtaining consent
    of the House when necessary (Feb. 11, 1994, p. 2245). As
    indicated in supplemental rule 3 of the Laws and Rules for Publication
    of the Congressional Record, the general leave request of the floor
    manager permits matter pertaining to specific legislation, including
    tables and charts but not newspaper clippings and editorials. The Clerk
    normally does not require a cost estimate for charts and tables admitted
    under general leave that exceed two Record pages. The Joint
    Committee on Printing amended the rules for publication of the Record,
    effective March 1, 1978, to require the identification in the Record by
    ``bullet'' symbols of statements or insertions no part of which were
    actually delivered in debate (Feb. 20, 1978, p. 3676). Where the House
    permitted all Members leave to revise and extend their remarks on a
    certain subject, those Members who actually spoke during the debate
    could revise their remarks to appear as if actually delivered, but
    Members' statements no part of which were spoken were preceded and
    followed by a ``bullet'' symbol (Nov. 15, 1983, p. 32729). Then in the
    99th Congress, the House adopted a resolution requesting the Joint
    Committee on Printing to adopt temporary rules to require distinctive
    type styles rather than bulleting of remarks not actually spoken in
    debate (H. Res. 230, July 31, 1985, p. 21783), and also adopted a
    resolution requesting that those rules be made permanent (H. Res. 514,
    Aug. 12, 1986, p. 20980). Under regulations of the Joint Committee on
    Printing, remarks delivered or inserted under leave to revise and extend
    in connection with a ``one-minute speech'' made before legislative
    business are printed after legislative business if exceeding 300 words
    (Speaker O'Neill, Apr. 5, 1978, p. 8846). See Sec. 686, supra.

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    p. ----; Jan. 27, 2000, p. ----; Jan. 3, 2001, p. ----; Jan. 23,
    2002, p. ----; Jan. 7, 2003, p. ----).

    News media galleries
      Based upon several unauthorized insertions of extensions of remarks in
    the Record, the Speaker announced that henceforth all extensions of
    remarks must be signed by the Member submitting them (Aug. 15, 1974, p.
    28385). The House by unanimous consent may grant permission for all
    Members to extend their remarks and to include extraneous material
    within the established limits in that section of the Congressional
    Record entitled ``Extensions of Remarks'' for a session of Congress
    (Jan. 6, 1999,

    693. Unofficial reporters in the press gallery and on the
    floor.

      2.  A portion of the gallery over the Speaker's chair as may be
    necessary to accommodate representatives of the press wishing to report
    debates and proceedings shall be set aside for their use. Reputable
    reporters and correspondents shall be admitted thereto under such
    regulations as the Speaker may prescribe from time to time. The Standing
    Committee of Correspondents for the Press Gallery, and the Executive
    Committee of Correspondents for the Periodical Press Gallery, shall
    supervise such galleries, including the designation of its employees,
    subject to the direction and control of the Speaker. The Speaker may
    assign one seat on the floor to Associated Press reporters and one to
    United Press International reporters, and may regulate their occupation.
    The Speaker may admit to the floor, under such regulations as he may
    prescribe, one additional representative of each press association.

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      Before the House recodified its rules in the 106th Congress, this
    provision was found in former clause 2 of rule XXXIV. When it was
    transferred to this clause, it also was amended to reflect the existing
    practice of including the Periodical Press Gallery under the ambit of
    the rule (H. Res. 5, Jan. 6, 1999, p. ----). This provision was first
    adopted in 1857 and has been amended from time to time (V, 7304; VIII,
    3642; Jan. 3, 1953, p. 24; Jan. 22, 1971, p. 144). See also Consumers
    Union v. Periodical Correspondents' Association, 1515 F.2d 1341 (D.C.
    Cir. 1975), cert. den. 423 U.S. 1051 (1976) (action in enforcing
    correspondents' association regulations is within legislative immunity
    granted by the Speech or Debate Clause).

    Sec. 694. Unofficial reporters in the radio gallery and on
    the floor.

      3.  A portion of the gallery as may be necessary to accommodate
    reporters of news to be disseminated by radio, television, and similar
    means of transmission, wishing to report debates and proceedings, shall
    be set aside for their use. Reputable reporters and correspondents shall
    be admitted thereto under such regulations as the Speaker may prescribe.
    The Executive Committee of the Radio and Television Correspondents'
    Galleries shall supervise such gallery, including the designation of its
    employees, subject to the direction and control of the Speaker. The
    Speaker may admit to the floor, under such regulations as he may
    prescribe, one representative of the National Broadcasting Company, one
    of the Columbia Broadcasting System, and one of the American
    Broadcasting Company.

      Before the House recodified its rules in the 106th Congress, this
    provision was found in former clause 3 of rule XXXIV (H. Res. 5, Jan. 6,
    1999, p. ----). It was adopted initially on April 20, 1939 (p. 4561),
    and was amended on May 30, 1940 (p. 7208) and on January 22, 1971 (p.
    144).