    [Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 108th Congress]
    [108th Congress]
    [House Document 107-284]
    [General Index]
    [Pages 1201-1377]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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                                      INDEX

                                    I N D E X

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                                                                     Section

                                                                     Section
    Absence.  See also Attendance; Quorum

            Attendance required.
    Arrest of Members for absence................................. 1021-1023

                Arrest of Members attending committee meetings during

                    call of the House notwithstanding leave for

                    committee to sit..................................   324
    Call of House................................................ 1025, 1026
    Call of House in old form..................................... 1021-1024

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

                                                                         671

                House may excuse, during call of the House............  1022

                Jurisdiction of matters relating to...................   730

                Members to be present unless excused..................   671

                Failure of quorum in Committee of the Whole...........   982

                Of chairman in committee..............................   793

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

            Leave of.

                Presentation of requests for..........................   671

                Revoked but not granted during call of the House......  1022
    Accounts.

            In the House, jurisdiction as to..........................   724

            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
    Acts.

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

            States reciprocally to give full faith and credit to

                public................................................   183
    Addresses.

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

            Of and to the early Presidents............................   316
    Adhere, motion to.  See Amendments between the Houses.
    Adjourn, motion to.  See also Adjournment.

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            Nature and conditions of.
    Amendment of................................................... 585, 912

                Repetition of.........................................   918
    General conditions of.......................................... 911, 912

                May be held dilatory..................................   903

            Precedence of.
    High privilege and precedence of.......................... 439, 911, 912

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

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

                In order in House as in Committee of the Whole........   427
    Not in order in Committee of the Whole.................... 333, 334, 912

                When not in order in House............................   912
    Not to interrupt Member having the floor in debate............. 393, 946

                One in order pending motion for suspension of rules...   890

                One in order pending report from Committee on Rules...   857

                Privileged over motion to reconsider..................  1003

                Privileged over questions of privilege................   698

                Yields to presentation but not consideration of

                    conference reports................................  1077

            Relation of, to quorum.
    In order in absence of quorum.................................. 52, 1022
    In order during call of the House............................ 1025, 1026

                Not in order when Committee of the Whole rises to

                    report proceedings incident to securing quorum....   912

            To fix the day.
    General conditions of motion to fix the day to which the House
    shall adjourn.................................................. 911, 913
    Adjournment.  See also Adjourn, motion to.

            Of the House alone.

                At the end of the term of a Congress..................     6
    Emergency postponement of reconvening time...................... 83, 639
    For three days or less...................................... 82, 83, 639

                Hours of, entered on the Journal......................   647

                House has adjourned for more than one day before

                    election of Speaker...............................    83

                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 three days

                    without consent of other..........................82, 83
    Joint leadership recall authority under adjournment resolutions to
    another time or place............................................. 82-84

                Of a session as related to constitutional day of

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                    meeting...........................................    45

                Parliamentary law as to the adjournment of the Lords

                    and Commons.......................................   584
    Prohibited before completion of congressional budget process....... 1127

                                                                  (sec. 310)

                Session not terminated by an adjournment of Congress

                    for a fixed time over three days..................   590

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

                To be in July with certain exceptions.................  1105

            Of Congress--Manner of.

                For more than three days by privileged concurrent

                    resolution........................................    84

                Jurisdiction of resolutions for final, of Congress....   733

                Manner of closing a session by action of the two

                    Houses............................................   591

                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............   695

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

                Effect of adjournment to day certain, as to bills in

                    hands of President................................   113
    Impeachment not interrupted by................................. 592, 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....................................   744
    Administrator of General Services.

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

            Judicial power extends to cases of........................   178
    Admission.  See Floor; Galleries.
    Advance appropriations.

            Point of order against....................................  1127
    Adverse Reports.  See Committees, Reports of.
    Affirmation.  See also Oath.

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

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

            Senators on, for trial of impeachments....................  615b
    Affrays.  See Decorum.
    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................................   784
    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 among States.  See States.
    Agriculture.

            Committee on, history and jurisdiction of.................   715
    Aid to enemies of United States.  See Treason.
    Alcoholic liquors.

            Jurisdiction as to bills relating to, generally...........   731

            Jurisdiction as to sale of, in District of Columbia.......   723
    Aliens.

            Jurisdiction of bills relating to, generally..............   730
    Alliance among States.  See States.
    Alteration of a bill.  See Bills.
    Ambassadors.

            Admitted to the floor of the House........................   678

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

            Gallery for use of........................................   682

            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.................. 922-927

                In order to amend motion to commit with instructions

                    unless previous question ordered..................   917
    Must be germane................................................. 928-940

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    Precedence of motion to, over motion to agree or disagree.... 528, 528a,
                Not to be applied to a conference report..............   550
    Not in order in third degree................................... 454, 923
    Precedence of.................................................. 911, 926

                                                                  528b, 528d

                Precedence of motion to, over one to strike out or

                    agree.............................................   456

                Rule as to offering, degree of........................   922

                Substitute............................................   922
    To title of a bill........................................ 427, 512, 922

                Withdrawal of.........................................   925

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

            Relations of.
    Application of previous question to............................ 450, 994
    Not applicable to the previous question........................ 452, 927
    Relations of, to motion to postpone.................. 449, 451, 453, 927

                Relations of, to other motions........................   927

                Relations of, to points of order......................   924

            Striking out and inserting.
    Matter to be inserted not divisible............................ 920, 921
    Negative of motion to strike out not a bar to further amendment.... 920,

                                                                         921

                Relations to motion to strike out enacting words......   988
    To strike out and insert not divisible......................... 920, 921
    Amendments.

            General conditions of.

                Amending portions of bill already amended.............   469
    Form, conditions, precedence of................................. 922-927

                Commemoratives prohibited.............................   823

                Conferees restricted as to action on Senate amendments

                    proposing appropriations..........................  1076

                Copies of, furnished by Clerk.........................   978

                Closing debate on.....................................   959
    Divisibility of amendments............................. 921, 1042, 1063a

                Do not have several readings as in case of bills......   496
    En bloc..................................................... 1042, 1063a

                Modification of.......................................   922
    Not in order in the third degree............................... 454, 923

                Of a conference report not in order...................   542
    Of motion to adjourn........................................... 585, 927
    On general appropriation bills, limited....................... 1039-1043
    On general appropriation bills, en bloc..................... 1042, 1063a

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

                Proposing a commemorative prohibited..................   823

                Proposing an appropriation prohibited.................  1065

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                Proposing settlement of certain claims prohibited.....   822
    Proposing taxes or tariffs............................. 1066-1068, 1076a

                Reading, motion to dispense with, in Committee of the

                    Whole.............................................   986
    Relation of, to division of the question for voting............ 482, 921

                Relation of point of order to motion to amend.........   924
    Right of Member who has spoken to the main question to speak to an
    amendment...................................................... 465, 959
    Self-executed adoption of amendments by special rule.......... 928, 1065

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

                Separate vote on Senate, if not germane...............  1091
    Speaker not to decide as to legislative or legal effect or
    consistency of................................................. 466, 629

            Germane.

                Required to be germane................................   928

                Amendment being considered, which would have been

                    subject to a point of order, may be perfected by

                    amendments germane to it..........................  1052

                Amendments imposing conditions, qualifications and

                    limitations.......................................   940

                Amendments to bills amending existing law.............   939

                Amendments to special orders reported from Rules

                    Committee.........................................   928

                Committee jurisdiction as test of germaneness.........   934

                Fundamental purpose as test of germaneness............   933

                General provision not germane to a specific subject...   937

                Instructions to committees and amendments thereto must

                    be germane........................................   930

                One individual proposition not germane to another.....   936

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

                Proposition to which amendment must be germane........   929
    Senate amendments and matter contained in conference reports,
    procedure for consideration if not germane.............. 931, 1090, 1091

                Specific subjects germane to general propositions of

                    the class.........................................   938

                Subject matter as test of germaneness.................   932

                Various tests of germaneness are not exclusive........   935

            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

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    Motions to strike out and insert not divisible................. 920, 921
    Negative decision on motion to strike out not bar to further
    amendment...................................................... 920, 921
                    insert............................................   473

                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   987

                Of bills in standing and select committees............   412
    Offered after second reading and before engrossment and third
    reading........................................................ 428, 497

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

                To the preamble.......................................   414
    To title of a bill, parliamentary law as to............... 427, 512, 922

            In Committee of the Whole.

                Dispensing with reading of certain amendments in

                    Committee of the Whole............................   986
    Amendments preempted by motion to rise after appropriation bill
    read................................................... 1039, 1040, 1043

                Numerical designations of amendments printed in Record   987
    On general appropriation bills, en bloc..................... 1042, 1063a

                Pro forma, in Committee of the Whole..................   981

                Printing in Record of proposed, 10 minutes debate

                    required on, in Committee of the Whole............   987

                Reading concurrent resolution on budget for amendment.   990
    Rule as to consideration of, in Committee of the Whole.... 978, 980, 981
    Withdrawal of, in Committee of the Whole....................... 925, 978

            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

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                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.............................................   985

                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.....................................   730
    Methods of making............................................... 190-193

                Not approved by the President.........................   115
    The twenty-seven................................................ 208-258
    Two-thirds vote on conference report as to..................... 192, 549

                Two-thirds vote not necessary on amendments to a

                    resolution proposing a constitutional amendment...   192

                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.................  1065

                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...... 931,

                                                                  1090, 1091
    Germaneness, amendments to Senate amendment should be germane...... 931,

                                                                        1091

                Germaneness, reference of nongermane Senate amendments

                    to committee......................................   874
    Senate amendments to legislative bills containing appropriations

                                                                  1076, 1065
    Senate amendments to appropriation bills containing legislation... 1076,

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    Text to which both Houses have agreed not to be changed....... 527, 1088
                                                                        1084
    Senate amendments containing taxes or tariffs............... 1066, 1076a
    Stage of disagreement on............................... 528a, 528c, 1074
    Status of, after rejection of a conference report............. 551, 1090

                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

                Disagree, amendments in order on motion to............   487
    Disagreeing, insisting, and adhering................ 521, 522, 526, 528b
    Division of question on....................................... 525, 528d
    Receding, discussion in Jefferson's Manual...................... 523-526
    Receding, one House not to recede from its own amendment with an
    amendment; or depart from form fixed by adherence.............. 524, 526

                Receding, practice of the House as to receding from

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

                Receding, practice of the House as to receding from

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

                Previous question, motion to amend not in order when

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

                Previous question, motion to recede not in order when

                    ordered on motion to adhere.......................   525
    Previous question, effect of demanding or ordering on the motion
    to refer...................................................... 486, 1002
    To lay on the table................................ 519, 528b, 528d, 914
    To refer........................................... 486, 528d, 916, 1002
    To reject nongermane matter in............................... 1089, 1091

                To send to conference,  see Conferences.

            Precedence of motions as to.
    Precedence of motions for disposition of...... 486, 519, 525, 528, 528a,

                                     528b, 528d, 916, 1002, 1084, 1089, 1091
    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........................................... 1089, 1090
    Precedence of motions to dispose of nongermane matter reported in
    disagreement................................................. 1089, 1091

                Precedence of motion to insist as to legislative

                    amendment to appropriation bill...................  1084
    Precedence of motion to adhere.......................... 486, 528b, 528d

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            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, 1072, 1073, 1075, 1076a

                Debate on amendments reported in disagreement.........  1086

                Legislative amendments to appropriation bills.........  1084
    Nongermane Senate amendments in conference reports or reported in
    disagreement.................................................. 1089-1091
    Senate amendments carrying a tax or tariff.................. 1066, 1076a
    Senate amendments in Committee of the Whole............ 528a, 1072, 1073
    Senate amendments in House.............. 528a, 873, 874, 1071-1073, 1075

                When privileged.......................................  1075

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

                                                                    873, 874
    When consideration of Senate amendments should be in Committee of
    the Whole.................................................... 528a, 1073

            Conferences on.  See Conferences.
    Animal industry.

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................   715
    Announcement of vote.  See Voting.
    Answer.

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

            Right of accused to be heard before an investigating

                committee.............................................   803
    Apology of Members to the House for disorder.  See Decorum.
    Appeal.

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

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

            Guaranty against arbitrary control of Speaker.............   629

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

            From decisions of the Clerk at organization...............   643

            None on a question of recognition and on counts by Chair

                                                                    629, 949

            None on decision as to dilatory motions................ 629, 903

            None on refusal to entertain prohibited point of order of

                no quorum.............................................   629

            None from responses to parliamentary inquiries............   629

            On questions as to priority of business decided without

                debate................................................   884
    Appearance.

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

            Right of accused to be heard before investigating

                committee.............................................   803
    Appellate jurisdiction of Supreme Court.  See Supreme Court.
    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,

                                                                    637, 782

            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........   732

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to generally............   724

            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.

                Considered in Committee of the Whole..................   973

                Designated emergencies................................  1041

                Exempt from Unfunded Mandates Reform Act..............  1127

                Hearings and reports to be available three days

                    (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays)

                    in advance of consideration of bills..............   852

                Not privileged against Calendar Wednesday.............   901
    Offsetting amendments to.................................... 1042, 1063a

                Precedence of, in Committee of the Whole..............   977

                Precedence of, in order of business...................   856
    Privileged for report and consideration........................ 853, 855

                Public, placed on Union Calendar......................   828

                Reported by Committee on Appropriations only..........   717

                Report on must describe changes in existing law.......   847

                Restrictions on conferees.............................  1076

                Vote on, by yeas and nays.............................  1033

            Authorizations, legislation, and limitations.
    Authorization of law for appropriations................ 1036, 1038, 1045

                Authorization for claims and salaries.................  1046

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                Authorization for committee expenses..................   763

                Authorization for public works........................  1047

                Burden of proof on those proposing appropriation on...  1044

                Continuation of a public work by appropriations.......  1048

                Continuation of a public work, examples illustrating..  1049

                Continuation of a public work, new buildings at

                    existing institutions as a........................  1050

                Continuation of a public work, new vessels for naval

                    and other services as in..........................  1051

                Legislation on appropriation bills:

                    Contingencies and congressional action............  1055

                    Construing or amending existing law...............  1056

                    Generally.........................................  1052

                    Imposing duties or requiring determinations.......  1054

                    Mandating expenditures............................  1057

                    Retrenching expenditures in order (Holman rule)... 1038,

                                                                  1040, 1062

                    Rule prohibiting.............................. 1038-1040

                    Senate amendments...................... 1076, 1058, 1084

                    Waivers; amending legislation permitted to remain.  1058

                    Limitations on appropriation bills generally......  1053
    Limitations on, in order..................................... 1040, 1053

                    Effect of, on executive discretion................  1054

                    Consistent with existing law................. 1040, 1056

                    Amendments at end of reading in Committee of the

                        Whole.........................................  1040

                Points of order on general appropriation bills........  1044

                Unauthorized appropriations and legislation on general

                    appropriation bills...............................  1036
    Unexpended balances not to be included unless in continuation of
    public work already commenced................................ 1037, 1063
    Appropriations.

            Conditions of.

                Advance, point of order against.......................  1127

                Annual, committee endeavor to insure..................   755

                Estimates of, transmission and reference..............   827

                Jurisdiction of.......................................   716

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

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

                Propositions for, considered in Committee of the Whole   973

                Senate amendments proposing, may not be agreed to by

                    House conferees under certain conditions..........  1076

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

            Committee on.

                Budget Act procedures for, including referral to, of

                    bills providing new entitlement authority.........   745
    Must show, in report on general appropriation bill, effect of any
    provisions changing existing law.................................... 847
    Staff for................................................. 772, 776, 778

                Subcommittee markup of all appropriation bills before

                    report of first regular appropriation bill........   835

                Rescissions of appropriations, jurisdiction over......   716

                Separate headings for rescissions and transfers of

                    unexpended balances required in certain bills and

                    reports...........................................   716
    Sequential referral to, of bills containing new entitlement
    authority exceeding budget resolution allocation........ 1128 (sec. 401)

                Exempted from the former rule proscribing committee

                    sittings during five-minute rule..................   801

                Budget hearings, within 30 days after transmittal of

                    budget............................................   745

                Hearings and reports of, to be available three days

                    (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays)

                    before consideration of appropriation bills.......   852
    Powers and duties concerning appointments, qualifications of staff

                                                          763, 773, 778, 779

                To study existing permanent appropriations with view

                    to reducing.......................................   747

                To study organization and operation of agencies.......   743

            Committees not having jurisdiction of.

                May not report an appropriation.......................  1065

                Point of order may be made at any time................  1065

                Point of order may be made against amendment to Senate

                    amendment.........................................  1065
    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.............   814

                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

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    Time and conditions of signature.......................... 104, 105, 111
    In general...................................................... 73, 621
                    President.........................................   575

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

                Place of, in order of business........................   869
    Arid lands.

            Jurisdiction as to irrigation of..........................   732
    Armed Services, Committee on.

            History, jurisdiction and duties of.......................   718

            Special oversight functions of............................   744
    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......................   718
    Arms.

            Right of people to keep and bear..........................   209
    Arms export control.

            expedited procedures................................... 1130(16)
    Army.

            Jurisdiction of bills relating to.........................   718

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

            President, Commander in Chief of..........................   160

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

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

            Jefferson's discussion of privilege of Member of Congress

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

            Members liable to, for absence although attending a

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

            Of Members for absence................................ 1021-1023

            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......................   718

                                                                         727
    Art.

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    Articles of impeachment.  See Impeachment.
    Assaults.
            Works of, duty of Committee on House Administration as to.   724

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

            Members punished for................................. 62-66, 294

            On clerk of a committee in the Capitol a question of

                privilege.............................................   773

            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......................   722
    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.....  1020

            At committee meetings when House is in session............   801

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

            Leave for committee to sit does not release its members

                from, during call of the House........................   324

            Names of absent, reported when quorum fails in Committee

                of the Whole..........................................   982

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

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

            Members to be present unless excused......................   671

            Of Commons and House of Representatives at an impeachment

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

            Secured by call of the House................... 1014, 1021, 1025
    Attest.

            Of Clerk on bills, writs..................................   648
    Attire.

            Of Members............................................. 622, 962
    Attorneys.

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

            Role in impeachment..................................... 601-620
    Auditing.

            Of accounts against contingent fund (applicable accounts

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    Authorization of Law.  See Appropriation bills.
    Authors.
                of the House).........................................   724

            Congress may provide for copyrights for...................   124
    Aviation programs, funding for.

            Point of order............................................ 1064a
    Bail.

            Excessive not to be required..............................   215
    Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act.  See Budget.
    Ballot.

            Rule for voting by........................................  1034

            House of Representatives elects President by..............   221

            Members not to remain by Clerk's desk during count of.....   962

            Presidential electors vote, by in several States..........   219

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

            Speaker required to vote on...............................   631
    Banking and Financial Services, [now Financial Services] Committee

        on............................................................   722
    Bankruptcy.

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

            Jurisdiction of bills relating to.........................   730
    Bar, of House.

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

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

            Jurisdiction of bills relating to.........................   732
    Bells (legislative call system)...................................  1016
    Bicentennial Office of House......................................   669
    Bill of Attainder.

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

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

            Forms, printing, loss, alteration.

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

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

                Loss of...............................................   352

                Improper alteration...................................   352

            Introduction of.

                By request............................................   826

                Commemoratives prohibited.............................   823

                Cosponsorship of public...............................   825

                Cosponsorship of public, more than one Member

                    designated as first sponsor.......................   825

                Fraudulent introduction of............................   821

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    Obsolete provisions as to introduction and readings of.......... 398-400
                Fraudulent introduction of............................   821

                Signing of, by chief sponsor..........................   825

            Reference of.

                By Speaker to committees..............................   816
    Committal of, on third reading............................ 494, 916, 994
    Correction of, error of reference......................... 824, 825, 869

                Custody of, in committees.............................   695

                Delivery of bills to committees.......................   403
    House may send to any committee................................ 816, 820
    House bills returned with Senate amendments on a different subject

                                                                    873, 874

                Not to be brought back from committees on motion to

                    reconsider........................................  1011

                Parliamentary law (largely obsolete) as to reference

                    of................................................   401
    Public......................................................... 816, 825
    Recommittal of, to select or standing committees or Committee of
    the Whole.......................................... 420, 994, 1001-1002c
    Referral procedures, multiple referral or referral to ad hoc
    committee...........................................816, 816a, 816b, 820
    With amendments between the Houses... 486, 528-528d, 873, 874, 916, 1002

            Consideration by committees and report.  See Committees.

            In Committee of the Whole.  See also Amendments; Calendar

                Wednesday; Committee of the Whole.
    Consideration of nonprivileged bills, after call of committees..... 882,

                                                                         883

                Construction of the rule requiring consideration in...   973
    Debate in Committee of the Whole................ 948, 957, 978, 979, 987

                Designation of public works, consideration prohibited. 1068a

                Elimination of portions of general appropriation bills  1044

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

                General practice as to consideration..................   973

                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............................   977

                Precedence of motion to go into Committee of the Whole

                    to consider general appropriation bills...........   856

                Question of order on appropriation bills..............  1044

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    Recommittal of bills to Committee of the Whole........... 420, 988, 1001
                Reading and amendment under five-minute rule..........   980

                Revenue and appropriation bills considered in

                    Committee of the Whole............................   973
    Subjects not requiring consideration in Committee of the Whole.... 528a,

                                                                         973

                Subjects requiring consideration in Committee of the

                    Whole.............................................   973

                Unfinished business in Committee of the Whole.........   879

                Withdrawal of amendments in Committee of the Whole....   925

            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.............................   922

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

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

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

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

                Consideration of, when reported from Committee of the

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

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

                House in perfecting does not agree to paragraph or

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

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

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

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

                Presumed to have gone through the stages when reported

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

                Prohibition against retroactive income tax rate

                    increase..........................................  1068

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

            Reading, engrossment, and passage.

                Reading, engrossment, and passage of..................   941

                First and second readings.............................   942

                Manner of reading a bill the second time..............   428
    Third reading by title after engrossment....................... 941, 943

                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

    [[Page 1221]]

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

                Clerk certifies to passage of all.....................   648

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

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

                    passage...........................................   921

                Three-fifths vote to increase income tax rates........  1067

                Voting on.............................................   944

                Yeas and nays automatically ordered on appropriation

                    and tax measures and on concurrent resolution on

                    the budget........................................  1033

                Speaker's discretionary authority to postpone further

                    proceedings on the question of passage............  1030

            Effect of rejection or passage of.

                Action on similar bill after rejection................   944

                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 alteration of................................   352

            Action of the two Houses on.
    Both Houses pass identical..................................... 873, 944

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

            Enrollment and presentation to President for approval.
    Enrollment, signing, and presentation to the President for
    approval........................................................ 572-577
    [Former] Duties of Committee on House Administration as to
    enrollment................................................ 577, 724, 754

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

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                Reports as to accuracy of enrolled, privileged........   648

                Rule of Parliament as to enrollment...................   573
    Speaker signs enrolled......................................... 624, 625

                Speaker declines to sign enrolled, when motion to

                    reconsider is pending.............................  1007

                Speaker pro tempore signs under conditions............   632

                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..........   814
    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

            Private.  See Private bills.
    Bills of credit.

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

            Jurisdiction of bills relating to.........................   721
    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.............................  1034
    Blood, corruption of.

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

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................   741
    Books.

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

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to purchase of...........   724
    Borrow.

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

            Under control of Committees on House Administration and

                Transportation and Infrastructure.................. 724, 739
    Boundary lines.

    [[Page 1223]]

    Bounties.
            Jurisdiction of bills relating to...................... 729, 730

            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.........................   739

            Bills for construction of certain banned..................   822
    Broadcasting.

            Press coverage of committee hearings.................... 807-812

            Of House proceedings, rule for............................   684
    Budget.

            Committee on.
    History, composition, jurisdiction, and duties................. 719, 758

                Special oversight functions of........................   748

                Studies and reports required of.......................   748

                Staff for, former rule on appointment of..............   778

                Submissions to, from standing committees..............   756

                Quorum requirements in................................   800

                Exempted from former rule proscribing committee

                    sittings during five-minute rule..................   801

                Privileged reports by.................................   853

            Concurrent resolution on.

                Amendments to must be mathematically consistent and

                    contain certain matter............................   990
    Consideration of........................................ 1127 (sec. 305)

                Considered read after general debate..................   990
    Definition of............................................. 1127 (sec. 3)
    Procedures contained in................................. 1127 (sec. 301)
    Timetable for budget process............................ 1127 (sec. 300)

                Yeas and nays automatically ordered...................  1033

            Congressional budget process.
    Definitions............................................... 1127 (sec. 3)
    Timetable............................................... 1127 (sec. 300)
    Advance budget and revenue authority ineligible for consideration
    before adoption of concurrent resolution................ 1127 (sec. 303)

                Budget Committee must handle budget legislation.......  1127

                                                                  (sec. 306)
    Appropriation bills reported before June 10............. 1127 (sec. 307)
    July adjournment not in order--

                    Until House passes appropriation bills....... 1127 (sec.

                                                                        309)

                    Until reconciliation legislation completed... 1127 (sec.

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    Reports, summarized projections......................... 1127 (sec. 308)
    Reconciliation process.................................. 1127 (sec. 310)
    Budget authority and revenue legislation to be within appropriate
    limits.................................................. 1127 (sec. 311)
                                                                        310)

                Rule establishing public debt limit as part of, rule

                    for...............................................  1104

            Provisions to improve fiscal procedures.
    Bills providing certain entitlement authority may not be
    considered.............................................. 1128 (sec. 401)
    Certain bills providing entitlement authority to be referred to
    Committee on Appropriations........................ 747, 1128 (sec. 401)
    Cost estimate by Congressional Budget Office............ 1128 (sec. 407)

                Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act.....  1128

                Budget Enforcement Act of 1990........................  1129

            Generally.

                Hearings on by Appropriations Committee...............   746

                Budget Act procedures by Appropriations Committee.....   747

                Emergency designations in appropriation bills.........  1041

                Year-ahead requests for new budget authority..........  1129

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

                Transmittal of budget by President....................   169
    Congressional Budget Office, functions of... 748, 845, 1081, 1119, 1127,

                                                                        1128

            Impoundment Control Act and line item veto authority.
    Line item veto authority....................................... 1130(6b)
    Procedures on rescission bills and impoundment resolutions..... 1130(6a)
    Buildings, office.

            Assignment of rooms in....................................  1114
    Buildings, public.

            Appropriations for, as in continuance of a public work.... 1037,

                                                                        1050

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

            Jurisdiction as to, generally.............................   739

            Jurisdiction as to buildings abroad.......................   729

            Jurisdiction as to marine hospitals.......................   721

            Jurisdiction of bills for penitentiaries..................   730
    Burden of proof.

            On proponent of amendment, as to germaneness..............   928

            On those proposing items in a general appropriation bill..  1044
    Business.  See also Order of business.

            In general.

                As related to election of Clerk.......................    30
    May be transacted only by quorum............................ 52, 55, 510

    [[Page 1225]]

                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..........................................   814

            Order of.

                Jurisdiction of matters relating to...................   733

            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..........................   682
    Calendar Wednesday.

            Rule for order of business on.............................   900

            Business of, protected by two-thirds vote.................   857

            In order to consider President's veto.....................   901

            One committee can occupy but one day, except for

                unfinished business, until other committees called....   901

            Previous question ordered on bill undisposed of on Tuesday

                comes up as unfinished business Thursday..............   901

            Privilege of general appropriation bills limited on.... 856, 901
    Calendars.

            Corrections Calendar,  see Corrections Calendar.

            The three for reports of committees.......................   828

            Adverse reports........................................ 832, 893

            For motions to discharge committees.................... 830, 892

            Former, for unanimous consent and decisions...............   899

            Nonprivileged reports filed with the Clerk for reference

                to....................................................   831

            Of Committee of the Whole, order of taking up bills on....   977

            Publication and distribution of...........................   649
    Call of committees.

            In order on Calendar Wednesday............................   900

            Business on Calendar Wednesday protected by two-thirds

                vote..................................................   857

            Interruption of, for consideration of nonprivileged bills

                in Committee of the Whole.......................... 882, 883

            Place of, in order of business............................   869

            Rule and practice for consideration of bills during.... 880, 881

            Unfinished business in.................................. 876-879
    Call of the House.  See also Absence.

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

            After previous question is ordered........................  1029

            Arrest of Members.................................... 1021, 1023

            Call of the House.................................... 1025, 1026

    [[Page 1226]]

            Call of the House in the old form..................... 1021-1024

            Clerks to tell Members present............................  1025

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

                record vote...........................................  1020

            Dispensing with, after quorum appears................ 1025, 1028

            Electronic equipment for..................................  1014

            Motions during a call of the House........................  1024

            Ordering and conducting the call of the House in the old

                form..................................................  1022

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

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

            Speaker may recognize for motion for at any time..........  1028
    Call to order.

            For disorder in debate................................. 960, 961

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

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to.......................   724

            Prohibition on distribution of in Hall of House...........   683
    Canals.

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to Panama Canal and the

                maintenance of........................................   718

            Jurisdiction of committees as to..........................   739
    Canals, interoceanic.

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to.......................   718
    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..............   678

            Jurisdiction as to matters relating to building...........   739

            Preservation Commission................................... 1125a

            Police, duties of Sergeant-at-Arms as to..................   656
    Captures.

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

            Held in Hall of House.....................................   677

            Party caucuses nominate Members for election to standing

                committees............................................   757

            Majority caucus nominates chairmen of standing committees.   761

            Membership is required for committee membership........ 760, 782

            Early organizational......................................  1126
    Celebrations.

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to.......................   723
    Cemeteries, national.

    [[Page 1227]]

    Censure.
            Jurisdiction of bills relating to...................... 732, 740

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

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

            Instances of..............................................    65

            Of a Delegate.............................................   675

            Of a counsel before investigating committees..............   803

            Of Member when called to order in debate............... 960, 961

            Procedure of punishment by................................    65

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

            Reprimand.................................................    64

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

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

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

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................   723
    Ceremonies.

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

            Use of Hall of the House for..............................   677
    Certificates.

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

            Currency, jurisdiction of subjects relating to............   722
    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 the Whole.   622

            To be addressed when a Member desires to interrupt in

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

            Of standing or select committee.
    Of standing committees elected by the House.................... 317, 761
    Administers oaths to witnesses............................ 343, 346, 805
    Duties relating to appointment, qualification, compensation of
    staff...................................................... 767, 771-781

                May be delegated power to issue subpoenas.............   805

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

                Prior claim of, to recognition........................   953

                Procedure of, in investigations.......................   803

                Procedure of, in submitting reports from standing or

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

                Reports to the House by, must be made promptly........   834

                Resignation of, presents question of privilege........   699

                Signs subpoenas issued by committee (or subcommittee).   805

                Speaker appoints, of select and conference committees.   637

                Term limits for committee and subcommittee............   761
    Usually reports from a standing or select committee............ 317, 415

    [[Page 1228]]

                Vacancy in the position of............................   761

                Vice chairman presides in absence of..................   793

            Of subcommittees.

                Former authority to appoint staff.....................   767

            Of Committee of the Whole.
    Selection of................................................... 327, 970

                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............   982

                Functions of..........................................   971

                Power to preserve order...............................   970

                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......................................   640

            Offers prayer.......................................... 640, 665

            Place in order of business of prayer by...................   869
    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............................   640

            Duties of.................................................   661

            Duty to cooperate in the performance of reviews and audits   663

            Financial and operational reports to Committee on House

                Administration........................................   662
    Chief Justice.

            Pay of....................................................    86

            Role in impeachment proceedings............ 608a, 615, 615a, 618
    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

    [[Page 1229]]

            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...........   739

            Jurisdiction over research and development................   735
    Civil law.

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................   730
    Civil offices.

            May be removed by impeachment.............................   173

            Members not to be appointed to certain....................    96
    Civil Service.

            Jurisdiction over all Federal Civil Service, including

                intergovernmental personnel...........................   723
    Claims.

            In general.

                Amendments proposing settlement of certain, banned....   822

                Bills for settlement of certain, banned...............   822

                Authorization of payment of, on general appropriation

                    bills.............................................  1046

                Bills referring to Court of Claims considered in

                    Committee of the Whole ...........................   973

                Consideration of, on Tuesdays.........................   895

                Constitution not to prejudice certain.................   188

                Ex-Members interested in, not admitted to the floor...   678

                Jurisdiction of, generally............................   730

                Jurisdiction of war claims............................   730

                Jurisdiction of, paid from Indian funds...............   732

                Jurisdiction of private land claims...................   732

                Jurisdiction as to certain foreign....................   729

                Jurisdiction of, against the United States............   730

                Jurisdiction relating to international and other......   729

                Reference of bills for private, restricted to certain

                    committees........................................   817

                Relation of officers and employees of House to........  1102

                Those for slaves not to be paid.......................   232

                Withdrawal of papers relating to......................   696
    Claims, Court of.

            Status of reports of, on the calendars....................   828
    Classes.

            Of Senators...............................................    33
    Classified information.  See Information.
    Clerical staff of committees.  See Committee staffs.
    Clerk.

            Election and oath of.

    [[Page 1230]]

                Election, oath, and removal of........................   640

                Election of, as related to business and adoption of

                    rules.............................................30, 59

                Oath administered to, by Speaker......................   198

                In absence of, designated official acts...............   651

            Duties at organization of House.

                Continues in office until successor is elected........   642

                Duties of, at organization of the House...............   643

                Makes up the roll for organization....................   644
    Officiates at election of Speaker.............................. 312, 643

                Sergeant-at-Arms maintains order under direction of,

                    pending election of Speaker.......................   648

            Legislative duties of.

                Allowing no papers to be taken from the table or out

                    of his custody....................................   352

                Amending section numbers of a bill....................   479

                Announcing pairs......................................  1031

                Attesting and sealing writs, warrants, subpoenas......   648

                Authority to receive messages from the President and

                    the Senate at any time House is not in session....   652

                Calendars, publication and distribution of............   649
    Call of the House............................................ 1021, 1025

                Calling the roll......................................  1015

                Certifying to passage of bills........................   648

                Collecting and transferring noncurrent records........   695

                Committees formerly to make accounting of funds to....   780

                Copies of amendments offered in Committee of the Whole   978

                Custody of committee papers...........................   695

                Custody of oath not to disclose classified information  1095

                Delivering resolutions of inquiry.....................   865

                Distribution of Journal and documents.................   647

                Former insertions in the Congressional Record relating

                    to committee staff................................   780

                Engrossment and enrollment of bills...................   648

                Introduction of bills.................................   818

                Making no changes in enrolling a bill.................   573

                Motions to discharge committees.......................   892

                Noting Members to make a quorum on a vote of record...  1020

                Noting questions of order with the decisions in the

                    Journal...........................................   647

                Papers on file........................................   696

                Placing bills on Corrections Calendar.................   898

                Reading motions.......................................   904

                Referring nonprivileged reports to calendars..........   831

                Stands while he reads.................................   428

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                Taking a vote by clerk tellers........................  1012

                Taking a vote by the yeas and nays....................   504

            Executive duties of.

                Administration of vacant Member's office..............   653

                As member of Federal Elections Commission.............   642

                Delivery of documents.................................   650

                Deposits noncurrent records with General Services

                    Administration....................................   695

                Discretionary authority as to printing................   642

                Duty to furnish to Members list of certain reports....   646

                Duty to cooperate in the performance of reviews and

                    audits............................................   655

                Duty under the gift rule..............................  1100

                Financial and operational reports to Committee on

                    House Administration..............................   654

                Formerly kept contingent and stationery accounts and

                    furnished stationery..............................   642

                Formerly made certain contracts.......................   642

                Maintains House library...............................   650

                Maintains list of Members to act as Speaker pro

                    tempore in the case of vacancy in Office of the

                    Speaker...........................................   632

                Role in payment of officers and employees.............   642

                Receives testimony taken in election cases............   642
    Clerks.

            Of Members, allowance for.................................    88

            Of committees,  see Committee staffs.

            Of Speaker, Leaders, and Whips............................    88
    Clerk's desk (or table).

            Disorderly words taken down at......................... 960, 961

            Members may address the House from........................   945

            Members not to write at, or take books or papers from,

                during debate.........................................   364

            No Member to remain near, during record vote..............   962
    Cloakrooms.

            Exclusion of persons from.................................   921
    Closing debate.  See Debate.
    Coast Guard.

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to.......................   739

            Bills to correct certain discharge records banned.........   822
    Coast Guard Academy.

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to.......................   739
    Coastal zone management.

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    Code of Official Conduct.  See Official conduct.
    Codification.
            Jurisdiction over subjects related to.................. 732, 739

            Of laws, jurisdiction of, bills for.......................   730
    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

            Power of Congress relating to coinage (including foreign).   121

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................   722
    Colleges, agricultural.

            Jurisdiction of bills relating to.........................   715
    Comfort.

            To enemies of the United States........................ 181, 232
    Commander in Chief.  See President.
    Commemoratives prohibited.........................................   823
    Commerce.

            Energy and Commerce, Committee on.........................   721

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to financial aid to.....   722

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to, with foreign nations   729

            Power of Congress to regulate.............................   119

            No regulation shall give preferences to any ports.........   142
    Commissions.

            Congressional Mailing Standards...........................  1113

            House Office Building.....................................  1114

            U.S. Capitol Preservation................................. 1125a

            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..........   763
    Commit, motion to.  See also Recommit.

            Precedence and use of.
    Precedence and general conditions of............... 911, 916, 1001-1002c
    Debate on motion to, with instructions........................ 917, 1002
    Relation of, to early use of the previous question............. 448, 449

                Has precedence of motion to amend.....................   449
    Instructions with............................................ 917, 1002b

                May not be postponed..................................   451

                Not to be suppressed by another privileged motion.....   450

                Not used in Committee of the Whole....................   916

                Repetition of.........................................   918

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                Use of................................................   446

            Application of, to bills.
    After previous question ordered, Committee on Rules limited as to

                                                                   857, 1001
    After previous question ordered......................... 994, 1001, 1002

                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.................................   857
    Opposition have preference in recognition for, after previous
    question is ordered......................................... 1001, 1002c
    Ten minutes debate permitted on motion to recommit with
    instructions on bill or joint resolution.................... 1001, 1002a
    On bills with amendments between Houses...... 486, 528b, 528d, 916, 1002
    Committee of the Whole.

            In general.

                House may attend impeachment trial in.................   617

                No control over admission to floor....................   678
    Powers and privileges of Delegates and Resident Commissioner in.... 675,

                                                                         970
    Procedure of the House as in.................................... 424-427

                Rare case of investigation conducted by...............   343

                Relations of, to the Congressional Record.............   688

                Two continuing committees of..........................   332

            Chairman of.

                Chairman preserves order..............................   970

                Functions of..........................................   971

                Discretionary authority as to quorum calls............   982
    Discretionary authority as to five-minute votes on questions in
    sequence...................................................... 984, 1032

                Parliamentary method of selecting.....................   327

                Selection of Chairman.................................   970

            Quorum of.
    Quorum of...................................................... 329, 982
    Call of, by electronic device or clerks....................... 982, 1019

                When failure of may be raised.........................   982

                Rising and reports as related to quorum...............   983

                Short or notice quorum call at discretion of Chairman.   982

            Sitting, rising.

                Former automatic de novo vote in House where

                    Delegates' votes decisive.........................   985
    Informal rising to receive a message........................... 330, 563

                Informal rising for signing of enrolled bill..........   625

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                May take a recess only with consent of the House......   586
    Motion to rise privileged...................................... 334, 983

                Motion to rise not in order during time yielded for

                    general debate....................................   979

                Motion to rise prior amendments offered after reading

                    of general appropriation bills....................  1040

                Report from Committee on Rules not in order after

                    House votes to go into............................   857

                Rising after disorder in..............................   331
    Rising when a quorum fails............................... 982, 983, 1027
    Rising with unfinished business................................ 333, 334

            Motions to go into.

                Form of...............................................   328

                Privileged motion to go into, to consider and general

                    appropriation bills...............................   856
    Consideration of nonprivileged bills in, after call of, committees

                                                                    882, 883

                Nonprivileged public bills in, considered on Calendar

                    Wednesday.........................................   900

                Place in order of business for motions to consider

                    nonprivileged bills in............................   869

                Speaker's declaration into............................   972

            Subjects considered in.

                Subjects requiring consideration in...................   973

                As to origination of business in......................   412

                Bill must show on face falls within the rule .........   973

                Conference report not referred to.....................   550

                Construction of the rule requiring consideration in

                    ..................................................   973

                Elimination of portions of general appropriation bills

                    by................................................  1044

                General practice as to consideration in ..............   973

                Old parliamentary usage as to consideration of matters

                    in, as modified by House rules and practice.......   326

                Questions of order on appropriation bill in...........  1044
    Recommittal of bills to................................. 420, 1001-1002c
    Reference of Senate bills from Speaker's table to.............. 873, 874
    Senate amendments considered in.............................. 1072, 1073
    Subjects not requiring consideration in......................  528a, 973

            Procedure in, as to motions.

                Amendments not to be withdrawn in.....................   925
    Application of House rules to.................................. 340, 992

                Five-minute recorded vote in, immediately following

                    quorum call.......................................   982
    Five-minute recorded votes in, on questions in sequence....... 984, 1032

                Unanimous consent to modify special orders entertained

    [[Page 1235]]

    Motions for previous question and to adjourn not used in...... 333, 912,
                    in................................................   993

                                                                         995

                Motion to reconsider not in order in..................  1003
    Recorded vote in....................................... 1012, 1030, 1032
    Relations of motion to strike out enacting words to............ 988, 990

                Yeas and nays not taken in............................    76

            Debate in.

                Closing the five-minute debate........................   987

                General debate in.....................................   978

                Hour rule of debate applicable to.....................   957

                Motion to close general debate........................   979

                Relevancy of debate in................................   948

                Ten minutes debate on amendments submitted in advance

                    and printed in Record.............................   987

            Reading in.  See also Amendments.

                Reading of bill in....................................   942

                Reading of concurrent resolution on the budget in.....   990

            Order of business in.

                Order of business in..................................   977

                Calendars for the business of.........................   828

                Unfinished business in................................   879

            Reports of, and consideration in House.

                Action of the House on amendment reported from........   423
    Amendments of, considered in the House......................... 336, 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.............................................   985

                Recommitted when report ruled out by House............   335
    Parliamentary law as to reports from........................... 334, 983

            Disorder in.
    Action in case of disorderly words in.......................... 960, 961
    Disorderly words taken down in, reported to the House..... 369, 960, 961
    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 of House under certain

                conditions............................................   678

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            Consultants and training.............................. 774, 1095

            Subcommittee staff appointments formerly by chairman and

                ranking minority member...............................   767

            Expense resolution for committee staffs................... 763-d

            Former clerical/professional staff distinction.............. 779

            Former professional/investigative staff distinction.......   777

            Interrogation of witnesses................................   802

            Staff of committees, number and appointment........ 767, 771-781

            Reduction in staff for 104th Congress....................... 773

            Minority staff.................................... 767, 773, 779

            Staff duties..............................................   773

            Associate or shared staff.............................. 776, 779

            Duties of House Administration as to......... 724, 773, 776, 779

            Duties as to papers.......................................   695

            Former reports on staff...................................   780

            Printed amendments submitted to...........................   986

            Rate of pay for...........................................   777

            Staff for Committees on Appropriations and (formerly)

                Budget............................................. 776, 778

            Permission of Committee on House Administration required

                for appointment of staff from Governmental agencies...   779

            Nonpartisan staff.........................................   780
    Committee stenographers.

            Appointment of............................................   685
    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.......   675

                Election of, by ballot................................  1034

                Establishment of subcommittees limited................   762

                Former rule regarding election of ranking minority

                    member to Budget Committee........................   719
    General power of Delegates and Resident Commissioner in........ 675, 676

                House elects the standing committees on nominations by

                    caucuses..........................................   757

                Member-elect may be appointed on, before taking the

                    oath..............................................   300

                Members' committee assignments limited................   760

                Membership on, contingent upon membership in party

                    caucus............................................   760
    Names and number of the standing................................ 714-741

                Old and modern requirements as to constitution of.....   402

    [[Page 1237]]

                Select committees,  see Select committees.
    Rules and practice as to the appointment of.................... 317, 757

                Selection of chairmen of select and of standing

                    committees........................................   761

                Serve through a Congress..............................   317
    Service of Resident Commissioner and Delegates on.............. 675, 676
    Speaker appoints select and conference committees.............. 637, 782

                Subcommittees limited.................................   762

                Term limits for chairmen of committees and

                    subcommittees.....................................   761

                Vacancies in, filled by election by House.............   762

                Vice chairman of......................................   793

            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........................................  1011

                Commemoratives prohibited.............................   823

                Delivery of bills to..................................   403

                Duty of, in case of recommittal with instructions.....   420
    Functions of, in correcting errors of reference of bills....... 824, 825

                Jurisdiction as to creation, and duties of............   733

                Jurisdiction of, as affected by errors in reference of

                    bills.............................................  824,

                                                                         825

                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..............   817

                Private claims bills banned in certain cases..........   822

                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 ........... 816-816b

            Sittings and procedure of.

                Additional and special meetings.......................   793
    Broadcasting and press coverage of meetings and hearings........ 807-812

                Clerks of,  see Committee staffs.

                Debate in.............................................  318

    Decorum in......................................... 369, 787, 803
    Executive sessions of..................................... 796, 798, 803

                Intelligence, Select Committee on, special procedures

                    for...............................................   785

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                May be empowered to sit during recesses of a Congress.   589
    May only act when together................................ 407, 793, 799
    Former rule proscribing sitting during five-minute rule........ 324, 801
    Meetings and action of..................................... 408, 793-805

                Meeting when chairman fails to call...................   793
    Meetings open to public........................................ 746, 798

                Method of voting amendments to a bill in..............   417

                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..................................   805

                Presence of Member of the House in a select...........   410
    Procedure in generally......................................... 427, 792

                Proxy voting prohibited...............................   797
    Quorum of a select or standing.................. 343, 409, 799, 800, 805
    Quorum must be present when perjurious testimony is given to
    support charge of perjury................................. 343, 409, 800

                Quorum to release testimony received in executive

                    session...........................................   803

                Quorum for taking testimony...........................   800

                Quorum for reporting a measure........................   799
    Quorum for issuing a subpoena.................................. 343, 805
    Vice chairman or ranking member presides in absence of chairman.... 761,

                                                                         793

                Reading of investigative or oversight reports waived..   788

                Recess of a committee.................................   787

                Reconsideration of a vote in..........................   416

                Record of actions by, to be kept......................   794

                Regular meetings......................................   793

                Rise when the House sits unless leave be given to

                    remain sitting (obsolete).........................   324

                Rules of committee same as House......................   787

                Rules of committees must be written and published in

                    Record............................................   791
    Secrecy of procedure...................................... 319, 798, 803

                Subcommittees subject to direction of full committee..   787

                Subpoena power........................................   805

                Time of hearings and subject matter to be placed in

                    daily Congressional Record and entered into

                    committee scheduling service of House Information

                    Resources.........................................   798

                Transcripts of meetings and hearings paid from

                    contingent fund (applicable accounts of the House)   789

                Vice chairman.........................................   793

                Votes in, available for inspection....................   794

                Witnesses before committees,  see Witnesses.

            Hearings.

                Exclusion of Members and public from..................   798

    [[Page 1239]]

                Five-minute rule when examining witnesses in..........   802

                On appropriation bills hearings and reports to be

                    available three days in advance of consideration..   852
    Rules to be adhered to in................................. 746, 798, 803
    Broadcasting and press coverage of.............................. 807-812

                Executive hearings open to noncommittee Members.......   798
    Hearings open to public................................... 746, 798, 803

                Hearings to be preserved in Library of Congress.......  1107

                Notice requirement for hearings.......................   798

                Five-minute rule applicable during interrogation of

                    witnesses.........................................   802
    Quorum must be present when perjurious testimony is given to
    support charge of perjury................................. 343, 409, 800

                Quorum to release testimony received in executive

                    session...........................................   803

                Quorum for taking testimony...........................   800
    Quorum to close hearing to discuss or receive certain testimony or
    evidence....................................................... 798, 803

            Reports of, generally.

                Action of the House on amendments reported from.......   423

                Action of the House on reports from...................   422

                Activities report.....................................   790
    Adverse......................................... 831, 832, 853, 861, 893
    Adverse reports from Committee on Rules........................ 861, 893

                Amendments reported by, should be germane.............   928
    Authorization, signing, and validity of..... 407, 408, 415, 799, 831-852

                Availability in electronic form.......................   796
    Availability of, prior to floor consideration.................. 850, 851
    By whom made......................................... 317, 834, 804, 850
    Calendars on which reports of, await action of the House........ 828-899

                Calling up reports made in order by adoption of a

                    resolution by the House...........................   862
    Direction of, for making its report....................... 317, 415, 845
    Filing of, by chairman or majority..............................834, 835

                From Committee on Rules, not divisible................   919

                Hearings and reports of Appropriations Committee to be

                    available three days in advance of consideration

                    of bills..........................................   852

                Joint Economic Committee, report of...................  1108

                Layover requirements..................................   850

                Limitations on reports from Committee on Rules........   857

                Origin and effect of the rule giving privilege to

                    certain reports...................................   854
    Placing adverse reports on the Calendars............. 853, 861, 832, 893

    [[Page 1240]]

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

                Prior claim of Member in charge of bill to recognition   953

                Prior right of Members of, to recognition for debate..   955
    Privileged reports of........................................... 853-868

                Privilege of individual committees to report..........   855

                Privilege of reports from Committee on Rules..........   857
    Recommittal of................................ 405, 420, 917, 1001-1002c

                Reports to the House must be made promptly............   834

                Restriction on reporting bill containing an

                    appropriation.....................................  1065

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

                Speaker does not decide on sufficiency of.............   628
    Submitting reports............................................. 317, 418

                Single volume.........................................   837
    Supplemental, filing of........................................ 804, 838

            Reports, contents required in.

                    Appropriations Committee reports on general

                        appropriation bills must state effect of any

                        provision changing existing law...............   847

                    Congressional Accountability Act, requirements

                        under.........................................   842

                    Constitutional authority statement................   841

                    Cover must reflect inclusion of certain matters...   804

                    Former ``Dynamic estimate'' of changes in revenues

                        expected to result from enactment of ``major''

                        tax legislation (discretionary)...............   849

                    Macroeconomic analyses of tax proposals...........   849

                    Estimate of cost..................................   844

                    Estimate and comparison of Congressional Budget

                        Office........................................   840

                    Estimate and comparison of funding levels...... 840, 844

                    Filing after hours if views.......................   788

                    Former reporting requirement relating to committee

                        staff.........................................   780

                    General performance goals and objectives..........   840

                    Investigative and oversight reports considered as

                        read..........................................   788

                    Joint reports.....................................   788

                    Minority, supplemental, and additional views....... 804,

                                                               831, 833, 836

                    New budget authority and tax expenditures,

                        statement as to...............................   840

                    Obsolete provision for directing a committee to

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

                    Oversight findings and recommendations......... 742, 840

                    Oversight findings and recommendations of

    [[Page 1241]]

                        Committee on Government Reform.................. 749

                    Report on bills amending or repealing statutes

                        must show by typographical device parts of

                        statute affected..............................   846

                    Rules Committee reports on resolutions repealing

                        or amending Rules of the House must show by

                        typographical device parts of Rules affected..   848

                    Resolutions of inquiry, requirements for reports

                        of.......................................... 864-867

                    Tax complexity................................ 849, 1092

                    Unfunded Mandates................... 790, 843, 845, 1127

                    Vote totals and names on amendments and motion to

                        report........................................   839

                To be in writing and to be printed....................   833

            Oversight functions.

                Ad hoc oversight committees...........................   743
    General oversight by committees as to laws within their
    jurisdiction.................................................... 742-743

                General oversight findings and recommendations to be

                    included in reports...............................   840

                Establishment of oversight subcommittees required.....   743

                Oversight of Committee on Government Reform...........   743
    Former requirement that oversight findings of Committee on
    Government Reform be included in each committee's reports...... 749, 840

                Oversight plans submitted to Committees on Government

                    Reform and House Administration...................   743
    General oversight of Committee on Appropriations............... 742, 743

                Special oversight functions of Committees on Armed

                    Services, Budget, Education and the Workforce,

                    Energy and Commerce, International Relations,

                    Resources, Science, and Small Business............   744

                Additional functions of committees....................   745

                Budget hearings.......................................   746
    Budget Act procedures......................................... 747, 1127

                Budget Committee, additional functions of.............   748

                Government Reform Committee, additional functions of..   749

                Requirement for oversight subcommittee................   743

            Discharge, instructions.
    Motion to discharge and instruct............................... 406, 892

                Motion to discharge from consideration of vetoed bill.   108
    Motion to discharge under certain public laws...................... 1130

                Obsolete provision for direction to withdraw and bring

                    back a bill.......................................   404

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                Recommittal with directions to report forthwith.......   405

                Speaker usually does not judge of fidelity of, to

                    instructions......................................   628

            Call of.

                Place of, in order of business........................   869

                Business on Calendar Wednesday protected by two-thirds

                    vote..............................................   857

                Calendar Wednesday....................................   900

                Morning hour..........................................   880

            In general.

                Availability of publications in electronic form.......   796

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

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

                Custody of papers of..................................   695
    Duties of, as to resolutions of inquiry........................ 864, 867

                Establishment of subcommittees limited................   762

                Expenses of, primary, additional, and interim funding.   768

                Exception to initial funding..........................   766

                Points of order in House against committee procedure..   798

                Records of, to be accessible to all Members...........   796

                Reference in debate to proceedings of.................   360

                Rights as to motions to suspend the rules.............   885

                Verbatim meeting and hearing transcripts..............   794

            Staff of.  See Committee staffs.
    Committees, joint.

            Authorized by concurrent resolutions......................   396

            Number and functions of............................... 1108-1113

            Authorized by concurrent resolutions......................   396

            Compliance with clause 2(a) of rule XI....................   783

            Conferences held by means of..............................   532

            Expiration of select......................................   419

            Taxation, formerly rendered ``dynamic estimate'' on

                ``major'' tax legislation.............................   849

            Taxation, renders ``macroeconomic analyses'' of tax

                proposals.............................................   849

            Membership on contingent on party membership..............   782

            Quorum, chairman, and voting in...........................   325
    Commodities exchanges.

            Jurisdiction of subjects related to.......................   715
    Common defense.

            Power of Congress to provide for..........................   117
    Common fame.

            As a ground for impeachment...............................   605

            As foundation for investigation...........................   341
    Common law.

    [[Page 1243]]

            Jury trial for suits at...................................   214

            Rules of, in courts.......................................   214
    Communications.

            Rule for reference of............................. 816, 873, 874

            Executive, transmission of, to House......................   827
    Compacts.

            States not to make, without consent of Congress...........   148

            Jurisdiction of, over interstate, generally...............   730

            Jurisdiction of, relating to apportionment of waters for

                irrigation purposes...................................   732

            Jurisdiction of, over interstate energy...................   721
    Compensation.  See also Pay.

            For private property taken for public use.................   212

            Of spouses of Members and employees.......................  1095
    Compliance, Office of.  See Congressional accountability.
    Compulsory process.

            For obtaining witnesses...................................   213
    Concur, motion to.  See also Agree, motion to.

            Relative to striking out enacting words...................   988
    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.................................... 719, 990, 1127

            Congressional disapproval provisions utilizing............  1130
    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.......................   814

                Free and simple in modern practice....................   540

                Free or instructed....................................   557

                Over matters other than differences as to amendments..   531

                Obsolete provision as to conference on first reading..   559

                Parliamentary law as to free and simple...............   539

                Parliamentary law as to purposes for which conferences

                    may be held.......................................   558

                Questions asked of other House by, rather than by

                    message...........................................   569
    Relations of adherence and conference under the parliamentary law
    and in Congress.................................... 528b, 528d, 553, 554

    [[Page 1244]]

                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, 1069-1093
    Motions to request, precedence of..... 528a, 528b, 528d, 535, 1069, 1070
    Requests declined or neglected................................ 534, 1070
    Separate vote on certain amendments between the Houses when
    request is made.............................................. 1070, 1072

            Managers and their powers.
    As affected by free and simple conference................. 539, 540, 557
    Managers of, appointment, removal, and function................ 536, 637
    Managers of, motion to instruct or discharge.................. 541, 1079
    Managers restricted to the disagreements of the two Houses.... 546, 1088

                Managers may not agree to Senate amendments making

                    appropriations....................................  1076

                Managers may not agree to Senate amendments to

                    appropriation bills containing legislation........  1076

                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......................................  1088
    Meeting and action of managers................................ 548, 1093

                Open conference meetings..............................  1093

                Quorum, evidence of...................................   543

                Reappointment of managers at second or subsequent.....   537

                Remedy where managers exceed their authority..........   547

                Speaker appoints......................................   637
    Text to which both Houses have agreed not to be changed by
    managers unless by authority of both Houses................... 527, 1088

                Vacancies in managers.................................   538

            Reports of managers.

                Accompanying statement................................  1080

                Accompanying statement, Speaker decides as to

                    sufficiency of....................................   628

                Action on a report in the two Houses..................   549

                As to consideration in Committee of the Whole.........   973

                Consideration in House not in order until report

                    available for three days and copies available at

                    least two hours...................................  1082

                Considered as read if available.......................  1085

                Considered rejected if conferees have improperly

                    closed meeting....................................  1093

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                Debate on, equally divided between parties............  1086
    Effect of disagreement to a conference report............ 551, 954, 1091
    Form of conference reports............................... 542, 543, 1080

                Have precedence of motion to reconsider...............  1003

                High privilege of.....................................  1077

                Legislation contained in amendments in disagreement,

                    procedure for consideration.......................  1084

                Limited to scope of matter committed to conference....  527,

                                                                   546, 1088
    Motions in order during action on a report............... 550, 1089-1091

                May report germane modification of amendment in nature

                    of substitute.....................................  1088
    Nongermane matter contained in conference agreements, procedure
    for consideration............................................ 1089, 1090
    Nongermane matter in amendments in disagreement, procedure for
    consideration................................................ 1089, 1091

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

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

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

                Postponing record votes on agreeing to................  1030

                Precedence of, over report from Committee on Rules....   857

                Printing in Record of amendment in total disagreement.  1083
    Recommittal of.................................... 550, 1001-1002c, 1088

                Printing of reports and statements in the Record......  1082
    Rejection of, status of amendments after................. 551, 1089-1091
    Reports of inability to agree................................. 545, 1083

                Retroactive income tax rate increase prohibited in....  1068

                Quorum, evidence of...................................   543

                Signing of............................................   543

                Speaker decides as to validity of reports.............   627
    Statements relating to Federal unfunded mandates............. 1081, 1127

                Three-day layover and two-hour availability before

                    consideration.....................................  1082

                Three-fifths vote to increase income tax rates........  1067

                To be in writing......................................   542

                To be entered in the Journal..........................   542

                Unamendable...........................................   542

                When on constitutional amendments agreed to by two-

                    thirds vote.......................................   192

                Yeas and nays automatically ordered on adoption of

                    certain...........................................  1033

            Custody of papers in.

                After an effective conference.........................   555

                When managers fail to agree...........................   556

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    Confession.
                When asked before disagreement........................   552

            In cases of treason.......................................   181
    Confirmation.

            Congress, of 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..............  1105
    Neither House to adjourn for more than three days or to another
    place without consent of the other............................... 82, 84

                Place of meeting,  see Place.
    Power of President to convene or adjourn Houses of.............. 82, 171

                President to give information of the state of the

                    Union to..........................................   168
    Prohibited from adjourning sine die before completion of
    congressional budget process............................ 1127 (sec. 310)

            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..  1130

                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

                To make rules 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

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    May choose President and Vice President in certain cases........ 221-223
    May confirm nomination to fill vacancy in Vice Presi-
                    Vice President-elect shall qualify................   244

      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 13th, 14th, 15th, 23d, and 24th
    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

                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................   730

            Powers of--limitations on.

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                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................ 1130(27)

            Committee reports accompanying measures must contain

                statement relating to.................................   842

            Former rule on application of laws to Congress............  1101

            Office of Compliance......................................  1116

            Point of order for insufficient committee report..........   842

            Settlements under approval by House Administration........   754
    Congressional Budget Office.  See Budget.
    Congressional disapproval, laws providing mechanisms for..........  1130
    Congressional Offices.

            Compilation of....................................... 1113-1125c
    Congressional Record.

            Reports of debates.
    Correction of............................................. 689, 967, 968

                Duties of Joint Committee on Printing in relation to..  1111

                General control of Committee on House Administration

                    over..............................................   728

                Jurisdiction relating to improvement of...............  1111

                ``Leave to print'' in, including cost of..............   692

                Not the official record of proceedings................    69

                Power of Chairman of Committee of the Whole over......   972

                Privilege of Member to revise his remarks.............   691
    Privilege of propositions to correct........................... 685, 690

                Relation of Committee of the Whole to.................   688

                Reporters of debates..................................   685
    Substantially verbatim account of remarks............ 687, 691, 967, 968

            Matters recorded in.

                Amendments to be offered during five-minute rule may

                    be printed in advance, and given a numerical

                    designation.......................................   987

                Certain messages printed in...........................   815

                Clerk supervises daily insertions in..................  1111

                Committee meetings and hearings inserted in...........  1111

                Former ``bullet'' symbols in..........................   692

                House activities of previous day inserted in..........  1111

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                Index daily of proceedings of previous day............  1111

                Introduction of bills, petitions, resolutions entered

                    in................................................   818

                Legislative program for the day to be inserted........  1111

                Messages from President entered in....................   875

                Names of Members signing discharge petitions..........   892

                Printing of conference reports in.....................  1082
    Reference of public bills, memorials entered in................ 825, 826
    Substantially verbatim account of remarks................. 691, 967, 968

                Titles of reported bills entered in...................   831
    Congressional Research Service....................................  1117
    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.....   721

            Petroleum (naval), jurisdiction of matters relating to....   718

            Radium, jurisdiction of matters relating to...............   732

            Soil, jurisdiction of matters relating to.................   715

            Wildlife, jurisdiction of matters relating to.............   732
    Consideration, question of.

            Form and history of.......................................   906

            Conditions of raising.................................. 862, 907

            Not to be raised against a report from Committee on Rules.   857

            On Calendar Wednesday.....................................   901

            Questions subject to......................................   908

            To dispose of points of order raised under the Unfunded

                Mandates Reform Act............................... 909, 1127

            Relation of, to other motions.............................   907

            Relation of, to points of order....................... 909, 1077

            Where quorum fails on yea-and-nay vote and adjournment

                intervenes............................................    76
    Consistency.

            Speaker not to decide questions of..................... 466, 628
    Constituency.

            Apportionment and establishment of districts........... 226, 227

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    Constitution of the United States.
            Status of, as related to right to take the oath...........   204

            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....................   640

                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......................   730

                Differences as to amendment to, committed to

                    conference........................................   530

                Extension of time 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 27 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............   698

            Precedence of questions of................................   698
    Constitutional privilege.

            Questions relating to................................... 698-702
    Constitutions.

            Those of States subordinate to that of United States......   195
    Consular service.

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................   729
    Consuls.

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    Consultants.
            President appoints........................................   166

            Training..................................................   774

            Lobbying by...............................................  1095

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

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

            Affairs and protection of, jurisdiction over..............   721
    Contempts.

            Committee reports on, privileged for immediate

                consideration without three-day layover............ 299, 698

            Power of the House to punish for........................ 293-299
    Contestants.

            In election cases, admitted to the floor..................   678

            Relations of, to incompatible offices.....................   100
    Contested elections.

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to.......................   724

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

            Clerk receives testimony taken in contests................   642
    Contingency fund (applicable accounts of the House).

            Duties of Committee on House Administration as to...... 724, 763

            Clerk formerly kept account of disbursements out of.......   642

            Commission and other entity expenses, payment from........   763

            Committee expenses, payment from..........................   763

            Committee transcripts, cost of printing paid from.........   789

            Early organization caucuses funded from...................  1126

            Privileged reports on.....................................   853
    Continuation of a public work.

            Appropriations for.............................. 1036, 1048-1051

            Examples illustrating.....................................  1049

            New buildings at existing institutions as a...............  1050

            Unexpended balances may be appropriated for.......... 1037, 1063
    Contract labor.

            Jurisdiction of bills relating to.........................   720
    Contractors.

            Not ineligible as Members.................................    98
    Contracts.

            Obligations of, no State to impair........................   146

            Clerk formerly made or approved certain...................   644
    Controversies.

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

            At least once in every year............................. 45, 242

            Emergency postponement of reconvening of the House...... 83, 639

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            Laws appointing a different day for.......................   243

            Reconvening (recall) authority under adjournment

                resolution, to reconvene at another time or to another

                place,  See Reconvene.
    Convention.

            To amend the Constitution, method of calling of...........   190
    Convict labor.

            Jurisdiction of bills relating to.........................   720
    Conviction.

            Two-thirds vote for, in impeachments......................    38

            Evidence for, for treason.................................   181

            For crime as basis for involuntary servitude..............   224

            In impeachments......................................... 41, 619

            Members should refrain from voting and committee

                participation following...............................   939
    Copyrights.

            Copyright royalties, limitation on........................  1099

            Jurisdiction as to bills relating to......................   730
    Corporations.

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................   730
    Correction.

            Bills for, of military and naval records are banned.......   822

            Of Congressional Record............ 685, 689, 690, 744, 967, 968

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

                business..............................................   869

            Of reference of bills from Speaker's table............. 873, 874

            Of reference of bills, correction in errors...............   824
    Corrections Calendar.

            Corrections Calendar Office...............................  1124

            Rule providing for..................................... 829, 898

            Postponed proceedings on questions for consideration of

                bills called from.....................................  1030
    Corridors.

            Speaker's control of......................................   623
    Corruption.

            Of blood, for treason.....................................   182
    Cosponsorship, of bills.  See Bills.
    Cost, limit of.

            On public works...........................................  1047
    Coughing.

            Not in order during debate................................   364
    Counsel.

            General, Office of........................................   670

            Floor privileges for respondent counsel in disciplinary

                proceeding............................................   678

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            For accused in criminal prosecutions......................   213

            In cases of expulsion.....................................    66

            Admission of, in investigations........................ 348, 803

            May be censured and excluded from hearings................   803
    Count.

            Electoral.

                Constitutional provision for..........................   219

                Jurisdiction of matters relating to...................   728

                In the Hall of the House..............................   220

            On a division or other vote.
    Appeal from Chair's count prohibited........................... 629, 630

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

                Decision of points of order during....................   507
    Division of the House after determination by sound............ 501, 1012

                Duty of Speaker to make an honest count...............  1012

                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............  1077

                Parliamentary provisions as to division, not

                    applicable in the House...........................   502

                Questions of order arising during, decided

                    peremptorily......................................   628

                Rule as to voting by division.........................  1012

                Two-thirds votes......................................   509

            Of a quorum.
    Certain business suspended by failure of a quorum.............. 510, 832

                By Speaker, to ascertain as to quorum after previous

                    question is ordered...............................  1029
    Not to be verified by tellers or on appeal...................... 54, 629

                Of House when absence of quorum is observed...........   310
    On record vote and otherwise by Speaker........................ 54, 1020
    Counterfeiting.

            Congress may provide punishment for.......................   122
    Courthouses.

            Jurisdiction as to bills for construction of..............   739
    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

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                    equity............................................   218

                Tenure, compensation of judges........................   177

                Trials of suits at common law in......................   214

            As related to proceedings of Congress.

                Privilege of Members of Congress as to demands of.....  290,

                                                                   291a, 697

                Relations of Members of Parliament to.................   287

                Relations of State courts to election cases...........    50

                Status of reports of Court of Claims on calendars.....   828

                Reference of claims to Court of Claims considered in

                    Committee of the Whole............................   973

                Judicial appearances on behalf of House...............  291b

                Jurisdiction as to certain, in District of Columbia...   723

                Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..................   730

                Jurisdiction as to, in foreign lands..................   729

                In insular possessions and territories................   732
    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 Administration Committee may consider questions as

                to................................................. 724, 728
    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...............   722
    Crimes.

            Abridgment of suffrage for................................   226

            As to what are high.......................................   175

            Extradition for...........................................   185

            High impeachable offenses.................................   175

            Involuntary servitude as punishment for...................   224

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................   730

            Members refrain from voting and committee action when

                convicted of..........................................  1095

            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......................   730
    Criminal prosecutions.

            Rights of accused in all..................................   213

            Security as to accusations, and trial.....................   212
    Criticism.  See also Debate.

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            Of the House and its proceedings, in debate...............   361

            Of the Speaker............................................   362

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

            Not to be inflicted.......................................   215
    Currency.

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................   722
    Custody.

            Procuring attendance of witness in, from other House......   345
    Customhouses.

            Customs, jurisdiction as to...............................   741

            Jurisdiction as to buildings for..........................   739

            Special oversight jurisdiction............................   744
    Dairy products.

            Jurisdiction of bills relating to.........................   715
    Damages to property.

            Bills of payments for, banned with exceptions.............   822
    Dams.

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to................... 732, 739
    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....................................   822

            Ceremonies for deceased Members...........................   724

            Of officers of House, vacancies caused by may be filled

                temporarily by Speaker................................   640

            Of Member, vacancy caused by..............................    18

            Of President or Vice President of United States... 155, 244, 252

            Of Speaker................................................    28
    Debate.

            Exhibits.

                Use of in debate.............................. 622, 963, 964

            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 who has spoken to the main question may speak to an
    amendment...................................................... 465, 959
                Member to speak but once, except one Member in reply..   959

                Member's right to close debate on amendment considered

                    under five-minute rule............................   959

                Morning-hour debates..................................   951

                Motion to be stated before............................   904

                Obtaining the floor in debate.........................   945

                One-minute speeches...................................   950

                Oxford-style debates..................................   952

                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..... 949-956

                Right of a Member to be heard a second time...........   357

                Special-order speeches................................   950

                Rights of Member as to opening and closing in debate..   958

                The hour rule for debate..............................   957

            Interruptions of.

                Interruptions in......................................   364

                Interruption of a Member in debate....................   946

                Certain motions only in order when a question is under   911

                Member having the floor in, not to be interrupted by

                    motions...........................................   393

                Member in, may be interrupted by conference report....  1077

                Messages received during..............................   561
    The call to order in debate.................................... 960, 961
    Words taken down in debate..................................... 960, 961

            Disorder in.
    Calls to order............................................ 364, 960, 961

                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......................    65

                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.

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                Criticism of the Speaker..............................   362
    Debate, proceedings, and Members of the other House....... 371, 372, 945
    Decorum and abstention from personalities...................... 361, 945

                Duty of the Speaker to prevent expressions offensive

                    to the other House................................   374

                Language reflecting on the House......................   360
    Motives of Members not to be arraigned......................... 363, 945

                Reference to proceedings of committees................   360
    Reference to the Executive..................................... 370, 945

                Reference to occupants of galleries...................   966
    Relevancy of................................................... 945, 948

            Closing of, in the House.

                Effect of order of yeas and nays in closing...........    80
    Effect of previous question on................................. 994, 995

                Not precluded until the negative has been put.........   490

            Limitations on.

                    Forty minutes of:

                    After previous question is ordered............. 995, 999

                    On motion to suspend the rules....................   891

                    On certain nongermane amendments between the

                        Houses................................... 1070, 1072

                    On nongermane Senate amendments included in

                        conference report......................... 1089-1091

                    Recognition for...................................   955
    Limit of, on appeals........................................... 624, 629

                Morning-hour debate...................................   951
    On conference reports, and on certain motions relating to
    amendments between the Houses................................ 1084, 1086

                On certain secondary motions..........................   911

                On question of order, within Speaker's discretion.....   628

                On questions of privilege.............................   698

                On motion to instruct conferees.......................  1078

                On motion to reconsider...............................  1010

                On motion to strike out enacting words................   989
    On rescission bills and deferral resolutions................... 1130(6a)

                One-minute speeches...................................   950

                Oxford-style debates..................................   952

                Special-order speeches................................   950

                Strictly enforced.....................................   957

                    Ten minutes of:

                    On amendments submitted in advance and printed in

                        Record........................................   987

                    On motion to recommit with instructions..... 1001, 1002a

                    Twenty minutes of:

                    On motions to discharge...........................   892

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                Under various laws permitting congressional approval..  1130

            General debate in Committee of the Whole.
    Closing of, in Committee of the Whole.......................... 978, 979

                In Committee of the Whole under the old parliamentary

                    usage.............................................   326

            Five-minute debate.

                Closing five-minute...................................   987

                Closing five-minute, in Committee of the Whole........   987

                Five-minute, on motion to dispense with Calendar

                    Wednesday.........................................   900

                Member's right to close debate on amendment considered

                    under the five-minute rule........................   959

                Reading and amendment under the five-minute rule......   980

                Recognition for, under the five-minute rule...........   980

                Rule as to five-minute, in Committee of the Whole.....   978

                Ten minutes on amendments previously printed in Record

                    even though debate under is limited...............   987

                Time not yielded under five-minute....................   980

            Questions not debatable.

                Amendment to title decided without....................   922

                Appeals as to priority of business decided without....   884

                Correction of reference of public bills to be made

                    without...........................................   825

                Motions to adjourn, lay on the table, and for the

                    previous question not debatable...................   911

                Motion that Journal be read...........................   621
    Motion to discharge a committee not debatable (except under clause
    2, rule XV).................................................... 406, 867

                Under former rule XXX, questions as to reading of

                    papers were determined without....................   965

            Record of.  See Congressional Record.

            Relevancy of

                Requirement of........................................   945

                Application of rule...................................   948

                Irrelevant remarks removed from Record by unanimous

                    consent only......................................   687

            In general.

                Course of the Member when business concerning himself

                    is debated........................................   375

                In standing and select committees.....................   318

                Morning-hour debates..................................   951

                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

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                One-minute speeches...................................   950

                Oxford-style debates..................................   952
    Participation of the Speaker in debate......................... 358, 947
    Quorum necessary during......................................... 54, 510

                Special-order speeches................................   950
    Under reservation of right to object to a unanimous-consent
    request........................................................ 381, 872
    Debt.

            Claims for slaves.........................................   232

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to bonded...............   741

            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...........  1104
    Decisions.  See Appeal.
    Declarations of war.

            Congress to make..........................................   127

            Jurisdiction as to........................................   729

            War Powers Resolution................................... 1130(2)
    Declination.

            Of seat by Member.........................................    20
    Decorum.  See also Debate.

            As to sitting in place....................................   353

            Assaults and affrays......................................   367

            Attire................................................. 622, 962

            Call to order for transgressions in............... 364, 960, 961

            Clerk to preserve, at organization of the House...........  643

            Committees, preservation of....................... 369, 787, 803

            Conduct of counsel in investigation.......................   803

            Conduct of Members in the Hall............................   962

            Decorum of Members in debate,  see Debate.

            Disorder in Committee of the Whole........................   331

            Member may speak from any place on floor..................   945

            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

            Exhibits, use of.................................. 622, 963, 964

            Speaker preserves, on floor............................ 331, 622

            Smoking forbidden.........................................   962

            Use of wireless telephone or personal computer forbidden..   962

            Wearing of hats forbidden.............................. 377, 962
    Deductions.

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            From the compensation of Members........................ 86, 671

            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...............   718

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

            Jurisdiction over subjects related to.....................   722
    Deficiencies.

            Jurisdiction of appropriations for........................   716
    Degree.

            Of amendments.......................................... 922, 923

            Of amendments between the Houses..........................   529
    Delegated powers.

            Of the Constitution.......................................   217
    Delegates.

            Admitted to floor of House................................   678

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

            Clerk to distribute certain documents to..................   647

            Compensation of...........................................    86

            Former de novo votes in House where vote decisive in

                Committee of Whole....................................   985

            Elected to committees.....................................   675

            Establishment and nature of office........................   675

            From District of Columbia, formerly required to be elected

                to the former Committee on District of Columbia.......   675

            From territory of American Samoa..........................   675

            Impeachment began at instance of a........................   603

            May have been appointed a teller..........................  1013

            Formerly could be appointed Chairman, Committee of the

                Whole.................................................   970

            May be appointed a conferee...............................   676

            May be appointed to select committee......................   676

            May call a Member to order............................. 960, 961

            Powers and privileges of, on floor and in committee.......  603,

                                                    675, 676, 960, 970, 1030

            Powers and privileges of, in Committee of the Whole.......   675

            Rooms of, in office buildings.............................  1114

            Sergeant-at-Arms formerly disbursed pay of................   648

            Sworn.....................................................   675
    Department of Agriculture.

            Jurisdiction of appropriations for, and bills relating to

                                                                    715, 716
    Department of Defense.

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to.......................   718
    Department of Energy.

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    Department of Justice.
            Jurisdiction over general management of...................   721

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................   730
    Departments.  See Executive departments and agencies.
    Desertion.

            Certain private bills to correct records are banned.......   822
    Designation of public works.

            Consideration prohibited.................................. 1068a
    Desk, Clerk's.  See Clerk's desk.
    Dilatory motions.

            Amendments printed in Record may not be...................   987

            Forbidden pending report from Committee on Rules..........   857

            Not to be entertained by the Speaker......................   903

            One motion to adjourn only in order pending motion to

                suspend rules.........................................   890

            Right to demand yeas and nays not to be overruled as......    77
    Direct tax.  See also Taxes and tariffs.
    Director of Non-legislative and Financial Services

            Former position and functions of..........................   664
    Disabilities.

            Of President or Vice President.................... 155, 244, 252

            Political, arising from disloyalty........................   232

            Consideration of bills removing...........................   731

            Of President-elect or Vice President-elect................   244
    Disagree, motion to.  See Amendments between the Houses.
    Disagreement.

            President may adjourn Congress in a certain case of.......   171

            Stage of,  see Amendments between the Houses.
    Discharge.

            Motions to, of a committee............................. 406, 892

            Motions to, under certain public laws...................... 1130

            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..............   867
    Discipline.

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

            Of Members.............................................. 62, 806
    Discoveries.

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

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to, generally...........   721

            Of animals................................................   715
    Disorder.

            Disorderly words taken down....................... 369, 960, 961

            Galleries or lobby, cleared by Speaker for................   622

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            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...................................   970

            Power of each House to punish for......................... 62-66

            Proceedings in case of, on the floor......................   367
    Disqualification.

            As judgment in impeachment.............................. 41, 619

            Members not to hold incompatible offices................. 97-101

            Service of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.....   806
    Disqualifying interest.

            Of a Member as to voting.......................... 376, 671, 672
    District of Columbia.

            In general.

                Bills relating to, as unfinished business.............   879
    Home Rule Act, disapproval procedures under..................... 1130(5)

                Jurisdiction as to Government buildings within........   739

                Jurisdiction as to parks in...........................   732
    Power of Congress as to legislation over....................... 134, 135

                Representation in Electoral College of................   250

                Second and fourth Mondays for business of.............   894

            Former Committee on.

                Jurisdiction transferred..............................   723

            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, 816, 818

                Of bills for reference................................   816

            Voting by.

                Rule as to voting by..................................  1012

                Business suspended by failure of quorum...............   510

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

                Decisions of points of order during...................   507
    Division of the House after determination by sound............ 501, 1012

                Interruption of, by demand for yeas and nays..........    77

                Messages not received during rising vote or vote by

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                    tellers...........................................   562

                Not to be interrupted by conference report............  1077

                Parliamentary provisions as to division, not

                    applicable in the House...........................   502

                Questions of order arising during, decided

                    peremptorily......................................   628

                Repetition of demand for division.....................  1012

                Two-thirds votes......................................   509

            Of the question for a vote.

                As related to debate on amendment.....................   482
    Into substantive propositions.................................. 919, 921

                Jefferson's discussion of.............................   481
    Motion to recede and concur divisible......................... 525, 528d
    Motion to strike out and insert not divisible.................. 920, 921
    Offsetting amendments to appropriation bills indivisible.... 1042, 1063a

                Parliamentary law as to...............................   480

                Principles governing..................................   921
    Resolutions or orders reported by Committee on Rules not divisible

                                                                    919, 921

                Resolutions electing standing committees not divisible   919
    Dockyards.

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

            Reading of those, accompanying President's message........   170

            Clerk to distribute certain, to Members...................   650
    Domestic violence.

            States may ask protection from............................   189
    Doorkeeping.

            Doorkeeping duties of Sergeant-at-Arms................. 380, 658

            History of former Office of the Doorkeeper................  663a
    Doors.

            Of the House kept by Sergeant-at-Arms.................. 380, 658

            Closed on call of the House when ordered by Speaker.......  1019
    Drug testing.

            Rule providing for drug testing of Members, officers, and

                employees.............................................   635
    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 Taxes and tariffs.
    Economic and Educational Opportunities, Committee on.  See Education and

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    Economic report.
        the Workforce, Committee on.
    Economic Committee, Joint.........................................  1108

            Time for filing of, by President..........................   169
    Economic stabilization.

            Jurisdiction over subjects related to.....................   722
    Education.

            Jurisdiction of subjects on............................ 720, 729
    Education and Labor, Committee on.  See Education and the Workforce,

        Committee on.
    Effects.

            Security of, as to searches and seizures..................   211
    Elections.

            Of officers of the two Houses.
    Of officers of the House except Speaker......................... 29, 640

                Of officers of House, except that Speaker may fill

                    vacancies temporarily by appointment..............   640

                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.........   644

                Rule for, by ballot...................................  1034

            Of Representatives.  See also Contested elections.

                Apportioned among the States according to numbers.....   226

                Apportionment of, jurisdiction as to..................   730

                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.......................................   724

                Clerk receives testimony taken in contests............   642

                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............................... 724, 728
    Of Members, questions relating to, considered by House
    Administration Committee....................................... 724, 728

                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.............................................   644

                Qualifications of electors............................     7

                Question of final right as related to oath............   204

                Questions as to elections in relation to congressional

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

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    Federal Elections Commission, disapproval of regulations....... 1139(17)
                Regulation of times, places, and manner of............42, 43

                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...................   724
    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.................... 724, 728
    Electoral votes.

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

            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.......   796

            Wireless telephone and personal computer forbidden in

                Chamber...............................................   962

            Voting and quorum calls by,  see Voting.
    Emancipation.

            Of slaves, no compensation for............................   232
    Emergency Planning, Preparedness, and Operations.

    [[Page 1266]]

    Emoluments.
            Office of................................................. 1125c

            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.............................. 678-681

            Appointed by officers of the House........................   640

            Application of employment laws to legislative branch,  see

                Congressional accountability.

            Clerk formerly disbursed pay of...........................   642

            Code of conduct for.......................................  1095

            Compensation, retirement, and benefits, jurisdiction over.   724

            Consultant contractors....................................  1095

            Sergeant-at-Arms responsible for conduct of his...........   658

            Drug testing of,  see Drug testing.

            Duties of Committee on House Administration as to.........   724

            Former rule on fair employment practices..................  1101

            Former, admission of to floor.......................... 678, 921

            Nondiscrimination in relation to..........................  1095

            Of committees,  see Committee staffs.

            Of House, relations to claims.............................  1102

            Prohibition on distribution of campaign contributions by..   683

            Spouses of, employment of.................................  1095

            To be assigned only to duties for which they are appointed   640
    Enacting words, striking out.

            Rule relating to motion...................................   988

            Practice as to use of motion..............................   989
    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.................................   721
    Energy matters.  See also Nuclear energy.

            Jurisdiction over.
    Coastal zone management........................................ 732, 739

                Commercial application of energy technology...........   721

                Conservation of energy resources......................   721

                Energy information generally..........................   721

                Energy research and development.......................   735

                Interstate energy compacts............................   721

                Interstate transmission of power......................   721

                Mineral resources of public lands and mining..........   732

                National energy policy generally......................   721

                Naval petroleum and oil shale reserves................   718

                Water power...........................................   739

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    Engagements.
                Expedited procedures contained in energy-related laws.  1130

            Validity of those entered into before adoption of

                Constitution..........................................   194
    Engrossment.

            Of a bill, question on, and procedure.................. 941, 943

            Properly done after a bill is amended.....................   428

            Reading in full not required........................... 941, 943

            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..................   625

            Authority of pro tempore presiding officers to sign

                enrolled bills..................................... 576, 632

            Clerk, duties in connection with....................... 648, 754

            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............................   853

            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
    Enumeration.

            Of people for apportionment...............................    15

            Capitation or direct taxes to be proportioned to..........   140
    Environmental research and development.

            Jurisdiction over subjects related to.....................   735
    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; Amendments between the Houses.
    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.......   828

            Correction of, in reference of bills, petitions........ 824, 825

            Correction of, in reference of bills from Speaker's table

                                                                    873, 874

            Correction of, in the Journal by a committee..............   583

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            In a yea-and-nay vote.....................................  1017

            In bills sent to the President............................   110

            In former vote by tellers.................................  1013

            Questions of privilege affect integrity of proceedings....   698

            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...........   827
    Ethics.

            Code of Official Conduct..................................  1095

            Committee on Standards of Official Conduct,  see Standards

                of Official Conduct, Committee on.

            Financial disclosure......................................  1103

            Former Select Committee on................................   738

            Unofficial office accounts prohibited.....................  1096

            Limitations on use of frank...............................  1097

            Limitations on outside earned income......................  1099

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

            Methods of taking............................. 341-348, 802, 803

            Duties of committee clerks as to..........................   695
    Ex-Members.  See Former Members.
    Ex post facto law.

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

            States not to pass........................................   146
    Examination.  See Witnesses.
    Excessive bail or fines.

            Not to be required........................................   215
    Excises.  See Taxes and tariffs.
    Exclusion.

            Of certain private bills..................................   822

            Of commemoratives.........................................   823

            Of Member for holding incompatible offices................   101

            Of Member-elect for disqualification.................... 12, 205

            Of petitions, bills for cause.......................... 819, 824
    Excuses.  See Absence.
    Executive.  See President; Executive departments and agencies.
    Executive communications.

            Transmission to House.....................................   827

            Reference of...................................... 816, 873, 874
    Executive departments and agencies.

            Appropriations Committee to study organization and

    [[Page 1269]]

                operation of..........................................   742

            Congress may vest appointment of certain inferior officers

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

            Congressional review of agency rulemaking.............. 1130(29)

            Gallery for use of heads of...............................   682

            Heads of, admitted to the floor of the House..............   678

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to reorganization of.....   723

            No employees of, detailed to committee may be employed on

                professional staff except under certain conditions....   779

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

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

                for salary of clerks..................................  1046

            Reference of papers from............................... 873, 874

            Resolutions of inquiry of............................... 864-868

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

            Privilege of, as to papers from files.....................   696

            Expenditures in, jurisdiction as to.......................   723
    Executive expenses.

            Jurisdiction of appropriations for........................   716
    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, 963, 964
    Expenditures.

            Of public money, account to be published..................   143
    Experiment stations.

            Jurisdiction of bills relating to.........................   715
    Explanation.

            Of Member called to order in debate.................... 960, 961

            Personal, made by unanimous consent.......................   945
    Export controls.

            Jurisdiction over subjects related to.....................   729
    Export duties.  See Taxes and tariffs.
    Expulsion.

            Power of the two Houses to punish by................. 62, 63, 66

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

            Of a Delegate, question as to.............................   675

            Of Member-elect before taking the oath....................   300
    Expunging.

    [[Page 1270]]

    Extradition.
            Of entries of Journal.....................................    71

            Of fugitives from justice in any State....................   185
    Extraordinary occasions.

            Power of President to convene Congress on.................   171
    Fact.

            Privilege of the Speaker to speak as to...................   358

            Jurisdiction of Supreme Court as to.......................   179
    Fair employment practices and application of certain laws.

            History of former rules...................................  1101
    Faith.

            For public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of a

                State in other States.................................   183
    Falsehood.

            Not to be charged on Members in debate....................   363
    Fame, common.

            As foundation for investigation...........................   341

            As a ground for impeachment...............................   605
    Farm Credit Administration and farm security.

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to.......................   715
    Federal mandates.

            Statements for conference reports relating to........ 1081, 1127

            Committee reports must contain effect of accompanying

                measures on............................. 790, 843, 845, 1127

            Effective date of Unfunded Mandates Reform Act............  1127

            Motion to strike..........................................   991

            Question of consideration to dispose of points of order

                raised under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995

                                                                   910, 1127

            Rules Committee activity report to include waivers

                relating to....................................... 790, 1127

            Rules Committee may not waive certain points of order

                under Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995............  1127
    Felony.

            Conviction of Member for, nonparticipation in committee

                and House business....................................  1095

            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.  See Papers.
    Financial audits.

            By Inspector General......................................   667

            House officers to cooperate in performance of..... 655, 660, 663

            Of House and joint entities...............................   667
    Financial disclosure.

            By Members, officers, principal assistants, and committee

    [[Page 1271]]

                professional staff....................................  1103

            Ethics in Government Act..................................  1103

            Financial audits of House and joint entities..............   667
    Financial Services, Committee on..................................   722
    Fines.

            Excessive, not to be imposed..............................   215

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

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................   732

            Marine Fisheries Conservation Act, expedited procedures

                under.............................................. 1130(22)
    Five-minute rule.

            Applicability to committee hearings.......................   802

            Closing of debate under...................................   987

            Former rule proscribing committee sittings during...... 324, 801

            Debate must be on the subject.............................   948

            Debate on motion to dispense with Calendar Wednesday......   900

            Debate on amendments submitted in advance and printed in

                Record................................................   987

            Debate on appeal in Committee of the Whole................   629

            Reading and amendment of bills under......................   980

            Pro forma amendments......................................   981
    Fix the day and hour, motion to.  See Adjourn, motion to.
    Flag.

            Jurisdiction of, subject of...............................   731

            Pledge of Allegiance......................................   869
    Flood control.

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................   739
    Floor, Hall of House.

            Abuse of privilege of.....................................   679

            Admission of representative of press and radio to...... 693, 694

            Admission when the House is not sitting...................   680

            Prohibition on distribution of campaign contributions on

                                                                   650a, 683

            Decorum of Members on,  see Decorum.

            Duty of Sergeant-at-Arms to clear of nonprivileged persons   658

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

            Exhibits, use of,  see Exhibits.

            Persons and officials admitted during sessions of the

                House......................................... 678, 680, 681

            Sergeant-at-Arms enforces rules relating to privilege of..   658

            Speaker preserves order on............................. 331, 622

            Use of....................................................   677

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    Food programs for children in schools.
            Yielding of, in debate,  see Debate.

            Jurisdiction over subjects related to.....................   720
    Forces.

            Conditions to make rules for land and naval...............   131

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

            Arms Export Control Act, expedited procedures under.... 1130(16)

            International commodity agreements, jurisdiction over.....   729

            International economic policy, jurisdiction over..........   729

            International education, jurisdiction over................   729

            International financial and monetary organizations,

                jurisdiction over.................................. 722, 744

            International fishing agreements, jurisdiction over.... 732, 744

            International waters, jurisdiction over...................   729

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

            Non-proliferation and nuclear export agreements... 729, 1130(10)

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

            Termination of Cuban Economic Embargo.................. 1130(28)
    Foreign Affairs, Committee on.  See International Relations, Committee

        on.
    Foreign coin.  See Coin.
    Foreign gifts and decorations.

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

            House rules regarding................................. 753, 1100

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

            Admitted to the floor of the House........................   678

            Gallery for use of........................................   682
    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, 1100
    Forest reserves and forestry.

            Jurisdiction of bills relating to...................... 715, 732
    Forfeiture.

            In cases of, treason......................................   182
    Form of government.

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

            Of putting question

                For viva voce vote....................................   630

                On question of consideration..........................   906

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                On engrossment and third reading of a bill............   941

                On the passage of a bill..............................   499

            Of resolutions of inquiry.................................   865

            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.....................   917
    Forts.

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to.......................   718

            Power of Congress over places purchased for...............   134
    Forty minutes' debate.  See Debate.
    Fourteen days.

            Discharge of resolutions of inquiry..................... 864-867
    Franking privilege.

            House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards.......  1113

            Limitation on use of......................................  1097
    Fraud.

            In introduction of a bill.................................   821
    Free conference.  See Conference.
    Freedom.

            Of religion, speech, the press, and right of assembly and

                petition..............................................   208
    Fugitives.

            From justice, extradition of..............................   185

            From service or labor, return of..........................   186
    Gallaudet College.

            Jurisdiction of bills relating to.........................   720
    Galleries.

            As to right to demand clearing of.........................   382

            Distribution, admission, and control of...................   682

            Members may not introduce occupants in, to House..........   966

            Power of Chairman of Committee of the Whole as to order in   970

            Speaker may order, to be cleared..........................   622

            The Press Gallery.........................................   693

            The Radio/TV Gallery......................................   694
    General Accounting Office, assistance to committees...............  1115
    General appropriation bills.  See Appropriations.
    General Counsel.

            Office of............................................ 670, 1125b
    General debate.  See Debate.
    General revenue sharing.

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    General Services Administrator.
            Jurisdiction over.........................................   723

            Bills that become law deposited with................... 105, 109
    General welfare.

            Power of Congress to provide for..........................   117
    Geological survey.

            Jurisdiction of legislation relating to...................   732
    Germane.

            Amendments required to be germane.........................   928

            Amendment being considered, which would have been subject

                to a point of order, may be perfected by amendments

                germane to it.........................................  1058

            Amendments imposing conditions, qualifications, and

                limitations...........................................   940

            Amendments to bills amending existing law.................   939

            Burden of proof as to germaneness.........................   928

            Committee jurisdiction as test of germaneness.............   934

            Fundamental purpose as test of germaneness................   933

            A general provision not germane to a specific subject.....   937

            Instructions to committees and amendments thereto must be

                germane...............................................   930

            One individual proposition not germane to another.........   936

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

            Proposition to which amendment must be germane............   929

            Senate amendments and matter contained in conference

                reports, separate vote if not germane....... 931, 1089, 1090

            Specific subjects germane to general propositions of the

                class.................................................   938

            Subject matter as test of germaneness.....................   932

            Various tests of germaneness are not exclusive............   935
    Gifts.

            Acceptance of by House Administration Committee...........   753

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

            Gift rule.................................................  1100
    Government.

            Economy and efficiency in, jurisdiction over..............   723

            Intergovernmental relationships, jurisdiction over........   723

            Republican form of, guaranteed to the States..............   189

            Right of people to petition...............................   208
    Government Operations, Committee on.  See Government Reform, Committee

        on.
    Government Reform, Committee on.

            History and jurisdiction of...............................   723

            General oversight functions of......................... 743, 749

            Former requirement that oversight findings of to be

                included in reports of other committees...............   840

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    Government, seat of.
            Responsibility as to commemoratives.......................   823

            Power of President to convene Congress at another place....  82,

                                                                     84, 171

            Power of Congress to legislate for........................   134
    Governors of States.

            Admitted to the floor of the House........................   678

            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...................   739
    Guam, Delegate from.  see Delegates.
    Habeas corpus.

            Suspension of writ of.....................................   138
    Hall of the House.  See Floor, Hall of House; Galleries.
    Harbors.

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to the improvement of...   739
    Hatch Act.

            Jurisdiction over subjects related to.....................   723
    Hats.

            Not to be worn by Members in the House................. 377, 962
    Heads of departments.  See also Departments.

            Admitted to the floor of the House........................   678

            Congress may vest appointment of certain inferior officers

                in....................................................   166

            Gallery for use of Cabinet................................   682

            Rule for reference of papers from...................... 873, 874
    Health.

            Jurisdiction over subjects related to generally...........   721

            Care and facilities supported by general revenues,

                jurisdiction over.....................................   721

            Care supported by payroll deductions, jurisdiction over...   741

            Biomedical research and development, jurisdiction over....   721

            Public health and quarantine, jurisdiction over...........   721

            Veterans' health care, jurisdiction over..................   740

            Human nutrition, jurisdiction over........................   715
    Hearings.

            Exclusion of Members and public from......................   798

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            Five-minute rule when examining witnesses in..............   802

            On appropriation bills hearings and reports to be

                available three days in advance of consideration......   852

            Rules to be adhered to in......................... 746, 798, 803
    High crimes and misdemeanors, impeachable offenses.  See Impeachment.
    High seas.

            Punishment of piracies and felonies on....................   126
    Hissing.

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

            Office of House...........................................   669
    Holidays and celebrations.

            Jurisdiction of bills relating to.........................   723
    Holman rule.

            Decisions under Holman rule (in brief)....................  1062
    Homeland Security.

            Select Committee on....................................... 1112a
    Homes, soldiers'.  See Soldiers' homes.
    Honorarium.

            Limitations on................................. 1095, 1099, 1103
    Hour of meeting.

            Speaker takes Chair at....................................   621

            Fixed.....................................................   621

            Standing order as to, expires with the session............   386

            Jurisdiction of orders as to daily........................   733

            Motion to fix.......................................... 911, 913
    Hour rule.

            Of debate.................................................   957
    House Administration, Committee on.

            Allowances of Members and committees, authority to adjust

                                                                      86, 88

            Approval of reserve fund for committee expenses...........   763

            Availability for one day of reports on committee expense

                resolutions................................... 851, 764, 765

            Chairman and four members serve on Joint Committee on the

                Library...............................................  1110

            Chairman and four members serve on Joint Committee on

                Printing..............................................  1111

            Details to committees from Government agencies permitted

                by....................................................   779

            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..  1102

            Duty as to direction of Inspector General.................   752

            [Former] Duty as to enrolled bills........................   754

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            Duty as to termination of LSOs.............................. 88a

            Former Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight...........   744

            History, jurisdiction, and duties of................... 724, 750

            Oversight responsibilities................................   743

            Privileged reports from...................................   853

            Reports on committee expense resolutions............... 763, 764

            Reports on election cases.................................   853

            Responsibilities relating to committee staff........... 776, 779
    House as in Committee of the Whole.

            Procedure in............................................ 424-427

            Procedure in generally applicable to House committees...... 407,

                                                                         792
    House Calendar.

            Certain bills placed on, to await action of House.........   828

            Bills on, considered on Calendar Wednesday................   900

            Bills on, considered during ``Morning Hour''..............   880

            Bills from, on Corrections Calendar.................... 829, 898
    House of Commons.

            Members of.

                Common fame as ground for investigation of............   341
    Privilege of.......................................... 287-289, 305, 307

                Relation to the sovereign.............................   309

            Powers of and Procedure in.

                Call of the House.....................................   311

                Election of Speaker...................................   312
    Entry of votes in Journal of................................... 581, 582

                Jurisdiction of as to impeachments....................   601

                Motion to strike......................................   468

                Parliamentary law as to the adjournment of the Lords

                    and Commons.......................................   584

                Possession of a bill by...............................   437

                Power to punish for contempt..........................   296
    Previous question.............................................. 461, 463

                Principles as to disagreeing, insisting, and adhering.   521

                Privileged motions....................................   447

                Proceedings in cases of assaults and affrays..........   367

                Receipt of address....................................   316

                Rules as related to the privilege of minorities.......   283

            Sessions of Parliament....................................   588
    Voting in...................................................... 502, 505
    House of Representatives.

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

            Accounts, jurisdiction of matters relating to.............   724

            Assignment of rooms in office buildings...................  1114

            Attendance of, at an impeachment trial....................   617

            Authority as to treaties................................ 594-599

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            Bicentennial, Office of...................................   669

            Bills for raising revenue to originate in................... 102

            Choice of President by................................. 221, 222

            Chooses Speaker and other officers................... 26-30, 640

            Composed of Members chosen by people......................   5-7

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

            Contingent fund (applicable accounts of the House), leave

                to report on expenditures at any time.................   853

            Contingent fund (applicable accounts of the House),

                jurisdiction of matters relating to...................   724

            Door of, kept by Sergeant-at-Arms...................... 380, 658

            Early organization of.....................................  1126

            Electoral votes to be counted in presence of..............   219

            Employment of persons, jurisdiction of matters relating to   724

            Has power of impeachment..................................    31

            Historian for.............................................   669

            Indecent language against, not permitted in debate........   360

            Its power to make rules................................... 58-60

            Leadership, compensation, and emoluments of...............86, 89

            Library, Clerk's..........................................   650

            Library, jurisdiction of matters relating to..............   724

            May it prescribe qualifications of Members?...............    12

            Meets at 12 m.............................................6, 621

            Members,  see Members.

            Officers,  see Officers.

            Place of meeting,  see Place.

            Power of President to convene or adjourn..................   171

            Power to punish and expel its Members..................... 62-66

            Questions of privilege affecting........................ 698-668

            Required to keep a Journal................................    68

            Rules,  see Rules.

            Services, jurisdiction of matters relating to.............   724

            Use of Hall of............................................   677

            Vacancies in.............................................. 17-25
    House office buildings.

            Administration of, jurisdiction of matters relating to....   724

            Assignment of rooms in....................................  1114

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to.......................   739
    House offices.

            Compilation of....................................... 1113-1125c
    House Recording Studio.  See Recording Studio.
    House restaurant.  See Restaurant.
    Houses.

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            Relation between two of Congress.
    Provisions of Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 applicable to
    both.......................................................... 1105-1107

                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

                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 prerogatives 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....   722
    Howard University.

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to.......................   720
    Immigration.

            Power of Congress over....................................   137

            Jurisdiction of subjects relative to......................   730
    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

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            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

            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.  See Taxes and tariffs.
    Imposts.  See Taxes and tariffs.
    Impoundment.

            Control Act of 1974.................................... 1130(6a)

            Impoundment resolutions, definitions, and procedures for

                consideration of................................... 1130(6a)

            Deferral of appropriations, jurisdiction over.......... 716, 717
    Imprisonment.

            Of person who assaulted a Member..........................    91

            As to termination of an order of..........................   386
    Inability.

            Of President or Vice President.................... 155, 254, 255

            Of President-elect or Vice President-elect................   244
    Inauguration.

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

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            Joint Committee on........................................  1112

            Of President when day falls on Sunday.....................   150
    Incapacity.  See also Vacancy.

            Of Members-elect..........................................   205

            Of the President..........................................   256
    Income.

            Limitation on outside earned..............................  1099
    Incompatible offices.

            Relation of Members to................................... 97-101

            As to what are............................................    98

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to.......................   730
    Indefinite postponement.

            Use of the motion for.....................................   443
    Index.

            Of the Journal, Clerk to make.............................   647
    Indians.

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to................... 720, 732

            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.  See also Impeachment.

            Of grand jury as related to trial for crime...............   212
    Informal rising of Committee of the Whole.  See Committee of the Whole.
    Information.

            Classified, oath not to disclose..........................  1095

            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.......................   739
    Inquiry.

            Resolution of.

                As related to the Executive...........................   868

                Discharge of committee from...........................   867

                Form and delivery of..................................   865

                Privileged status of..................................   866

                Rule relating to......................................   864

            For an investigation.  See Investigations.

            Parliamentary.

    [[Page 1282]]

    Insert, motion to.  See Amendment.
    Insist, motion to.  See Amendments between the Houses.
    Inspection laws.
                No appeal from responses to...........................   629

            Rights of States to levy duties or imposts, to execute....   147
    Inspector General.

            Office of.................................................   667
    Instructions.  See Commit; Conference; Discharge; Recommit; Recommittal;

        Refer.
    Insular affairs.

            Jurisdiction of revenue matters...........................   741

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to, generally...........   732
    Insult.

            Member censured for, to the House.........................    65

            Bills or petitions excluded for being insulting........ 818, 891
    Insurrection.

            Suppression of............................................   132

            Debts incurred in suppressing, not to be questioned.......   232

            Debts incurred in aid of, not to be paid..................   232

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

            History and jurisdiction of...............................   785

            Oversight jurisdiction of.................................   744

            Procedures for disclosure of classified information... 785, 1095
    Interest.

            Disqualifying personal, as to voting.............. 376, 671, 672
    Intergovernmental cooperation, jurisdiction over..................   723
    Internal Revenue Taxation, Joint Committee on.....................  1109
    Internal security.

            Jurisdiction over.........................................   731
    International Relations, Committee on.

            History and jurisdiction of...............................   729

            Special oversight functions of............................   744

            Reports private bills.....................................   817
    Interoceanic canals.

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to.......................   718
    Interruptions.

            Procedure as to, during debate............................   364

            Member having the floor not to be interrupted by motions..   946

            Of Member having the floor in debate......................   945

            Of Member having the floor, by a call to order............   393

            Of business or debate, by conference report...............  1077

            Of a record vote..........................................  1018

            Of record vote by recess not permitted....................   586

            Of the call of committees.................................   881
    Interstate commerce.

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    Interstate Commerce Commission, jurisdiction over.................   739
    Interstate compacts.  See Compacts.
    Intervening questions.  See Privileged Questions; Privilege, questions
            Jurisdiction of bills relating to.........................   721

        of.
    Intoxicating liquors.

            Jurisdiction of bills relating to interstate commerce in..   730

            Jurisdiction as to sale of, in District of Columbia.......   723

            Transportation and importation under the 21st amendment...   248
    Introducer, right to speak twice.  See Debate.
    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.  See also Committees; Contempt; Counsel; Impeachment;

        Witnesses.

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

            Earlier and later practice as to, inquiries at the bar of

                the House.............................................   344

            Jurisdiction of resolutions ordering......................   733

            Method of obtaining testimony of a Member of the other

                House.................................................   347

            Procedure when a Member or Senator is involved.......... 321-323

            Procuring attendance of a witness in custody of the other

                House.................................................   345
    Involuntary servitude.

            Not to exist except for punishment for crime..............   224
    Irrigation and reclamation.

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................   732
    Island possessions.

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to.......................   732
    Jefferson's Manual.

            As source of general parliamentary law....................    60

            Part of rules of House....................................  1105

            Purposes and methods of preparation of (footnote).........   283

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

            Of life and limb, not to occur twice......................   212
    Joint committees.  See Committees, joint.
    Joint resolutions.

            Nature and use of.........................................   397

            Clerk certifies to passage of.............................   648

            For amendments to Constitution, not approved by President.   115

            Division of, not in order on vote on engrossment or

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                passage...............................................   921

            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........................................   733

            Abrogated............................................... 61, 316

            Reference to..............................................  1105
    Joint sponsorship.  See Bills; Memorials.
    Journal.

            The official record.

                Clerk to publish and distribute.......................   647

                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............................ 628, 647

                Conditions under which reports are printed in.........   422

                Control of House over.................................    71

                Of amendments.........................................   580

                Of certain messages...................................   815

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

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

                Of introduction of bills, petitions, and resolutions

                    in................................................   818

                Of Members noted to make a quorum.....................  1020

                Of messages from President............................   875

                Of motions............................................   902

                Of motions (obsolete provisions as to)................   578

                Of motions to discharge committees....................   892

                Of names of absentees when quorum fails in Committee

                    of the Whole......................................   982

                Of names of Members appearing during call of the House  1021

                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.................................  1013
    Of reference of public bills, memorials........................ 825, 826

                Of report of enrolled bills presented to the President   577

                Of titles of reported bills...........................   831

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                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, 1027

                Words of censure......................................    65

            Reading of.

                For approval..........................................   621
    As related to quorum........................................... 55, 1027

                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............................   869

                Reading of, not interrupted by conference report......  1077

                Reading of, may be interrupted by a question of

                    privilege.........................................   710

            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...........  1030

                Preliminary approval by Speaker.......................   621
    Judges.

            Bound by Constitution and laws............................   195

            Of Supreme Court, President appoints......................   166

            Of Supreme Court, admitted to the floor...................   678

            Of Supreme Court, gallery for use of......................   682

            Tenure and compensation of................................   177

            As to impeachable offenses by........................... 174-176
    Judgment in impeachments.  See Impeachment.
    Judicial expenses.

            Jurisdiction of appropriations for........................   716
    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

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    Judiciary, Committee on the.
            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................   730

            History and jurisdiction of............................ 730, 731

            Reports private claims bills........................... 730, 817

            Records transferred to from former Committee on Internal

                Security..............................................   731
    Jurisdiction.

            Of committees of the House.

                Conferred by uncorrected error in reference of public

                    bill..............................................   825

                Not conferred by erroneous reference of private bill..   824
    Of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.............. 744, 785

                Referrals to assure each committee opportunity to

                    report on subjects within.........................   816

            Of the standing committees, severally.

                Agriculture...........................................   715

                Appropriations........................................   716

                Armed Services........................................   718

                Budget................................................   719

                Energy and Commerce...................................   721

                District of Columbia, former Committee on.............   723

                Education and the Workforce...........................   720

                Financial Services....................................   722

                Government Reform.....................................   723

                House Administration..................................   724

                International Relations...............................   729
    Judiciary...................................................... 730, 731
    Merchant Marine and Fisheries, former Committee on... 718, 732, 735, 739

                Post Office and Civil Service, former Committee on....   723

                Resources.............................................   732

                Rules.................................................   733

                Science...............................................   735

                Small Business........................................   736

                Standards of Official Conduct.........................   737

                Transportation and Infrastructure.....................   739

                Veterans' Affairs.....................................   740

                Ways and Means........................................   741

            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

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            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........................................   720

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to transportation labor..   739

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to, generally...........   720
    Land forces.

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

            Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, expedited

                procedures under................................... 1130(20)

            Federal Land Policy and Management Act, expedited

                procedures under................................... 1130(21)

            Indian, jurisdiction as to................................   732

            Irrigation of, jurisdiction as to.........................   732

            Judicial power extends to cases affecting certain grants..   178

            Jurisdiction as to occupied or improved grounds...........   739

            Jurisdiction of private claims to...................... 679, 817

            Mineral, jurisdiction of matters relating to..............   732

            Public, jurisdiction of matters relating to...............   732
    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................................................   730

                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

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                Passed over veto by two-thirds........................   104

                Procedures contained in, for congressional vetoes of

                    executive action..................................  1130
    Relation of, to power to determine rules.................. 59, 388, 1130

                Revision of, jurisdiction of subjects relating to.....   730

                That of 1789 relating to administration of oath at

                    organization......................................   198

            Parliamentary.

                General, before adoption of rules.....................    60

                Jefferson's Manual as a statement of the parliamentary   284

                Relations of the parliamentary law to the early

                    practice of Congress..............................   285

            Making and execution of.

                Congress to provide for calling forth militia to

                    execute...........................................   132

                Power of Congress to make.............................   136

                President to see that laws are faithfully executed....   172

                When made in pursuance of the Constitution the supreme

                    law of the land...................................   195

            Relations of judicial power to.

                Congress may fix places for trial of certain crimes by   180

                Judicial power extends to all cases of................   178

                Jurisdiction of Supreme Court as to...................   179

                Jury trial for suits at common........................   214

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

                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

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    Law Librarian.
                Treaties abrogated by.................................   599

            Admitted to floor of the House............................   678
    Law Revision Counsel.

            Office of, establishment and duties of....................  1120
    Lay on the table, motion to.

            Conditions, precedence, and effect of.
    Precedence and general effect and conditions of................ 911, 914

                Conditions of, repetition of..........................   918

                Effect of, as to main question and secondary questions   914

                May intervene before Member in charge begins debate...   955

                Not debatable.........................................   911

                Not in order in Committee of the Whole................   914

                Older and modern use of...............................   445

            Relations to other motions.

                May be applied to other secondary motions.............   914

                Not in order after previous question is ordered.......   914

                Relations of, to motion to reconsider.................  1009

                Relations of, to the previous question................   998

            Application of.

                Applicable to bills from the other House..............   519

                Applicable to preamble of a resolution................   414

                Applicable to vetoed bill.............................   108

                Applicable to Senate amendments.......................  528d

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

            Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group, members of...............   670

            Coordination of oversight plans...........................   743

            Joint recall authority....................................    84

            Member of on Budget Committee.............................   758

            Special order hours.......................................   950

            Staff allowances..........................................    89

            Staff floor privileges....................................   678

            Clearance of certain unanimous consent requests...........   857
    Leave for committees to report at any time.  See Committees.
    Leaves of absence.  See Absence.
    Leave to print in Congressional Record.  See Congressional Record.
    Legal tender.

            States restricted as to making............................   146
    Legislation.

            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...........................  224, 233,

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                                                                         234

            Territorial, revision of, jurisdiction as to..............   732
    Legislative call system...........................................  1016
    Legislative Counsel, Office of....................................  1118
    Legislative day.

            Speaker takes Chair on each...............................   621

            Journal dated as of.......................................    69
    Legislative expenses.

            Jurisdiction of appropriations for........................   716
    Legislative oversight by standing committees.  See Committees.
    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...  1130
    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

            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..............................  1107

            Of Congress, admitted to floor of House...................   678

            Assistant in Law Library admitted to floor of House.......   678
    Library.  See also Congressional Research Service.

            Of Congress, jurisdiction of Committee on House

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                Administration as to..................................   727

            Of Congress, jurisdiction of matters relating to buildings

                and grounds...........................................   739

            Of Clerk's office, certain books and documents to be

                retained in...........................................   650

            Preserves committee hearings..............................  1107

            Joint Committee on........................................  1110
    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......................   739
    Limitations.

            On general appropriation bills,  see Appropriation bills.

            On outside earned income..................................  1099

            On use of frank...........................................  1097
    Line item veto authority.

            Presidential authority................................. 1130(6b)
    Lists.

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

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to............... 729, 730, 731
    Lobby.

            Speaker may order, to be cleared..........................   622

            Power of Chairman of Committee of the Whole as to order in   970
    Lobbying.

            By committee consultants..................................  1095

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to.......................   731

            Gifts from lobbyists........................... 1095, 1100, 1103
    Loss of a bill.  See Bills.
    Loyalty.

            As related to the oath and qualifications.............. 205, 230

            Removal of disabilities as to.............................   231
    Mace.

            Symbol of Sergeant-at-Arms................................   657
    Magazines.

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

            Delivery of...............................................   668

            Jurisdiction of bills relating to.........................   723

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    Majority.
            House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards.......  1113

            Required in elections.

                Necessary for election on ballot vote.................  1034

                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, 798, 799, 805

                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.......   884
    To send bill to conference on motion................... 1069, 1070, 1071

                Rules to be a restraint on............................   283

                Special requirements as to two-thirds vote............   509
    Managers of a conference.  See Conference.
    Manner of elections.  See Elections.
    Manual, Jefferson's.  See Jefferson's Manual.
    Marine affairs.

            Jurisdiction over subjects related to.....................   732
    Marine hospitals.

            Jurisdiction as to........................................   721
    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...............................................  1097
    Measures.

            Congress to fix standard of...............................   121

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................   735
    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...............   730
    Duties of Clerk at organization of the House.................... 643-645
    Administration of the oath at organization...................... 198-204

            Of the House.

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                Speaker takes Chair at hour of........................   621

                Standing order as to daily hour of, expires with the

                    session...........................................   386

                Jurisdiction of orders as to..........................   733

            Of committees.
    Of committees............................................. 407, 793, 805
    Former rule proscribing committee sittings during five-minute rule

                                                                    324, 801

                Of managers of a conference...........................   548

                Of presidential electors in the several States........   262

                Power to sit and act inside United States.............   805

                When chairman refuses to call.........................   793
    Members.

            Election of.  See Elections; Contested elections.

            Vacancies by death, resignation.  See Vacancies.

            Qualifications of.  See Qualifications.

            Relations of, to oaths.  See Oath.

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

                Clerk to distribute certain documents to..............   649

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

                Clerk to furnish to, a list of certain reports........   646

                Committee on House Administration 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..................   682
    Franking privilege........................................... 1097, 1113

                Jurisdiction over subjects related to.................   724

                Jurisdiction over travel matters of...................   724
    Mileage of, determined by a committee........................... 85, 724

                Nondiscrimination in employment by....................  1095

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

                Outside earned income of..............................  1099

                Rooms of, in office building..........................  1114

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

                Spouses of, employment of.............................  1095

                Travel on official business, designation by Speaker...   636

                Unofficial office allowances prohibited...............  1096

            Privilege of.

                Questions of privilege affecting, defined by rule.....   698

                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, 697

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                Privilege of Members..................................   698

                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, 301

                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.........   698

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

                Raising questions of privilege........................   698

                Relations of, to privilege............................   301

                Relations of the courts to parliamentary privilege....   303

                Rule for responding to subpoenas......................   697

                Relations of sovereign to members of Parliament.......   309

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

            Attendance of.  See Attendance.

            Decorum of.  See Decorum.

            Drug testing of.  See Drug testing.

            Introduction of bills and petitions by.  See Bills; Petitions.

            In debate.  See Debate.

            Right to seat.

                Leave to report matters relating to at any time.......   853

            Rights of, as to motion.
    Conditions of motion to reconsider by........................ 1003, 1004

                In charge of bill, relations of, to previous question.   997

                Motions reduced to writing on demand of...............   902

                Rights of, as to motions to discharge committees......   892
    Rights of, as to motions to suspend the rules.................. 885, 888

                Rights to demand question of consideration............   906

            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, 964,

                                                                         965
    Right of, to have paper read once.............................. 432, 964

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                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...............   798

                Impeachment may be instituted on responsibility of....   603
    May appeal from decisions of Speaker........................... 624, 629

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

                Right of, to cause a secret session...................   969

                Right of, as to calling up bills taken from committees

                    on motions to discharge...........................   892
    Rights of, as to placing adverse reports on the calendar....... 832, 893
    Rights of, to demand the execution of a subsisting order....... 381, 872

                Rights of, to inspect the Journal.....................   582

                Rights of, access to committee files..................   796

            Voting of.  See Voting.

            In general.

                Memorial Day for deceased, jurisdiction of matters

                    relating to.......................................   724

                Prohibition on distribution of campaign contributions

                    in Hall of House..................................   683
    Members-elect.

            Admitted to floor of the House............................   678

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

            Punishment of............................................. 62-66

            Franking privilege........................................  1113

            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..................... 816, 818, 825

            Joint sponsorship of......................................   825

            Correction of reference of............................. 824, 825

            Duties of Speaker and Members in presenting...............   818

            Exclusion of..............................................   824

            Introduction by request...................................   826

            Nature of.................................................   389
    Merchant marine.

            Jurisdiction of, subjects relating to.................. 718, 739
    Merchant Marine and Fisheries, former Committee on.

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    Messages.
            Former jurisdiction transferred.............. 718, 732, 735, 739

            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................   815

                Certain required by law...............................   169

                Confidential, from the President or Senate............   969

                Correction and return of messages.....................   565

                Disposal of messages after reception..................   566
    From the Senate, reference of.................................. 873, 874

                From the Senate, Clerk may receive in adjournment.....   652

                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.................  1027

                Received during a record vote.........................  1018

                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............   652
    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.........................   875
    Rule of reference of............................................ 873-875

                Reference and distribution of annual..................   875
    Metric system.

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to.......................   735
    Migration.

            Of persons, power of Congress as to.......................   137
    Mileage, allowance of.

            Of Representatives........................................    86

            Sergeant-at-Arms formerly disbursed.......................   648

            Committee on House Administration ascertains..............   724
    Military academy.

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to.......................   718
    Military affairs.

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    Military and naval records.
            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................   718

            Bills to correct, banned..................................   822
    Military bases.

            Disapproval procedures relating to closures and

                realignments of.................................... 1139(25)
    Military parks.

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................   732
    Military reservations.

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to.......................   718
    Militia.

            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.......................   732
    Miners, welfare of.

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to.................... 720, 732
    Mines and mining.

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................   732
    Ministers, public.

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

            Foreign, admitted to the floor of the House...............   678

            Gallery for use of foreign................................   682

            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............................. 1086

            Of managers of a conference may not submit a report.......   543

            Reference of views of, on committee reports to Calendar...   831

            Rules for the protection of...............................   283

            Signing and filing of views of......................... 833, 804
    Mints.

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................   722
    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......................   885

            Second and fourth, for District of Columbia bills and

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    Money.
                motions to discharge committees.................... 892, 894

            Account of public, to be published........................   143

            Appropriations of, considered in Committee of the Whole...   973

            Congress to coin and regulate the value of................   121

            Jurisdiction over deposit of public.......................   741

            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....................................   723

            Public bills appropriating, placed on Union Calendar......   828

            States not to coin or issue...............................   146
    Monuments.

            Jurisdiction of bills relating to.........................   732
    Morning hour.

            Rule and practice for consideration of bills in........ 880, 881

            For call of committees, place of, in order of business....   869

            Unfinished business in....................................   879

            Interruption of........................................ 882, 883

            Debates...................................................   951
    Motions.

            In general.

                Calls for orders of the day, obsolete.................   393
    Certain, only in order in absence of quorum.................... 55, 1022

                Conditions of withdrawal..............................   904

                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...................   945
    In order during call of the House............................ 1024, 1026

                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, 904

                Reduced to writing and entered on the Journal.........   902

                Repetition of motions.................................   918

                Second not required for ordinary......................   392

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                Usually required before debate may proceed............   945

            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...................   987

                Dilatory motions not admitted pending motion to

                    suspend the rules.................................   890

                Forbidden pending report from Committee on Rules......   857

                Right to demand yeas and nays not to be overruled as..    77

                To be ruled out generally.............................   903

            In Committee of the Whole.
    To adjourn and for the previous question not in order in Committee
    of the Whole................................................... 333, 334

                To close general debate...............................   979

                To reconsider, not used in Committee of the Whole.....   416
    To strike out enacting words................................... 988, 989
    Those admitted in ``House as in Committee of the Whole''........ 425-427

                To rise and report at conclusion of reading general

                    appropriation bill................................  1040

            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........................................  1130
    Matters of privilege as intervening business............... 458, 698-713

                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.................................... 911-917
    Privileged interruptions of daily order of business............ 870, 871

                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.

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                Postpone, motion to.

                Refer, motion to; Reference.

                Amend, motion to; Amendments.

            Question of consideration.  See Consideration, question of.

            Motion to instruct conferees.  See Conferences.

            Motion to recommit.  See Recommit, motion to; 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; 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........   801
    For a recess.............................................. 586, 911, 913

                For a recess in committee.............................   787

                Motion to strike Federal unfunded mandate.............   991

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

                To rescind a special order not privileged under the

                    rules.............................................   734
    Motives.

            Of members not to be arraigned............................   363
    Mover.

            Right of, to speak twice..................................   959

            Right to close debate on amendment considered under five-

                minute rule...........................................   959
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and National Space

        Council.

            Jurisdiction of...........................................   735
    National Archives.

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................   723
    National cemeteries.

            Jurisdiction of bills relating to.........................   732
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fisheries research

        laboratory.

            Jurisdiction of bills transferring interest in............   735
    National parks.

            Jurisdiction of bills relating to.........................   732
    National Science Foundation.

            Jurisdiction of...........................................   735
    National Weather Service.

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    Natural Resources, Committee on.  See Resources, Committee on.
    Naturalization.
            Jurisdiction of...........................................   735

            Power of Congress to establish rule of....................   120

            Relations to citizenship..................................   225

            Jurisdiction as to........................................   730
    Naval affairs.

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................   718
    Naval and military records.

            Private bills to correct, banned..........................   822
    Naval vessels.

            Appropriations for, as in continuance of a public work....  1050
    Navigation.

            Between States not to be hampered by duties...............   147

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to pollution of navigable

                waters................................................   739

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to public works for the

                benefit of............................................   739

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to generally............   739
    Navy.

            Bills to correct certain records banned...................   822

            Congress to provide and maintain..........................   130

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

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to.......................   718

            President, Commander in Chief of..........................   160

            States not to maintain....................................   148

            Trial for crimes in.......................................   212
    Navy yards.

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to.......................   718

            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......................   729
    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......................   722
    Nuclear energy.

            Jurisdiction over.

                Jurisdiction of Committee on Energy and Commerce......   721

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                Military applications.................................   718

                Non-proliferation and export agreements...............   729

                Regulation of domestic industry.......................   721

                Research and development..............................   735
    Oversight jurisdiction......................................... 721, 744

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

                                                                    1130(10)
    Nuclear waste fund fees........................................ 1130(15)
    Nuclear Waste Policy Act....................................... 1130(22)
    Oath.  See also Affirmation.

            Of Senators, Representatives, officers, and employees of the

                House.

                Administration of, at organization of the House.......   198
    Administration, as related to quorum........................ 53, 56, 200

                Administered to Member before reading of Journal......   621

                As related to qualifications..........................     9
    Challenge of right to take...................................... 202-204

                Consideration of objections to taking of..............   203

                Dean administers to Speaker...........................   198

                Disabilities arising from violation of................   230

                Form of...............................................   197

                Function of Speaker in administering..................   231
    Member-elect named on committee, expelled, or permitted to resign
    before taking............................................... 63, 66, 300

                Names of Members not entered on roll for yeas and nays

                    until sworn.......................................   300

                Not to disclose classified information................  1095

                Of Chief Justice in impeachments......................  615a
    Of Senators, for trial of impeachment.......................... 38, 615b

                Officers of House sworn...............................   640

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

                Privilege of administration of........................   201

                Quorum not required during administration of..........  1027

                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,

                                                                         805

                In support of certain warrants........................   211
    Objections.  See also Unanimous consent.

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            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............   801

            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....................... 818, 824
    Occasions, extraordinary.

            Power of President to convene Congress on.................   171

            Other power of convening..................................   171
    Oceanography.

            Jurisdiction over subjects related to.....................   735
    Offenses.

            Power of President to grant pardons for...................   162

            Against law of nations....................................   126
    Office.

            In general.

                As to meaning of word.................................97, 98

                Acceptance of, conditions of, from certain sources....   144

                Acceptance of gifts by holders of, conditions of......   144
    Compilation of House and Congressional offices............... 1113-1125c

                Electors, no person holding office of trust or profit

                    under United States to be an elector..............   151
    Impeachment from............................................... 173, 174

                Jurisdiction as to abolition..........................   723

                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...................   730

                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.................................  1096
    Office buildings.

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    Officers.
            Assignment of rooms in....................................  1114
    Office of Technology Assessment...................................  1121

            Of the United States.

                Accountability of, jurisdiction as to.................   723

                Bound by oath to support the Constitution.............   228
    Civil, may be removed by impeachment........................... 173, 174

                Congress may determine agency for appointing of

                    inferior..........................................   166

                Of departments, President may require opinions from...   161

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

                Of United States, as related to legislative power.....   136

                Of United States, and the States, qualifications of as

                    to loyalty........................................   230

                President appoints....................................   166

                President to commission...............................   172

                Senators not civil officers who may be impeached......   174

            Of the House of Representatives.

                Audits of.............................................   667

                Clerk formerly disbursed pay of.......................   642

                Compensation, retirement, and benefits, jurisdiction

                    over..............................................   724

                Continue in office until successors are chosen........   640
    Drug testing of,  see Drug testing.
    Election of, and terms....................................... 26-30, 640
    Election of, except Speaker..................................... 29, 640

                Neither House to exercise authority over those of the

                    other.............................................   373

                Nondiscrimination in employment by....................  1095
    Oath, administered to, by Speaker.............................. 198, 199

                Oversight of..........................................   744

                Privilege of floor extended to present and former.....   678

                Prohibition on distribution of campaign contributions

                    by................................................   683

                Relations to claims...................................  1102
    Removal of..................................................... 315, 640

                Vacancies, Speaker may fill by temporary appointment

                    of................................................   640

            Of the Senate.

                Vice President and his vote...........................    36

                Choice of President pro tempore and other officers....    37
    Official conduct.

            Code of, for Members, officers, and employees.............  1095

            Committee on Standards of.................................   737

            Financial disclosure......................................  1103

            Outside earned income.....................................  1099

            Revisions of remarks in debate, standard of............ 967, 968

            Use of Frank..............................................  1097

            Unofficial office accounts................................  1096
    Official record.

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    Official reporters.
            Journal as................................................   582

            Of debates, appointment and removal of................. 724, 685
    One-fifth.

            Of those present order yeas and nays......................75, 78

            Of quorum order recorded vote (or formerly teller vote)...  1012
    One-minute speeches...............................................   950
    Opening.

            Of debate, rights of Member as related to closing.........   958
    Opinions.

            President may require from heads of departments...........   161

            Not entered on Journal....................................    70
    Opposition.

            Preference in recognition given to, for motion to recommit

                after previous question is ordered....................   911

            Right to prior recognition passes to, when essential

                motion is lost........................................   954
    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................................ 960, 961

                Call to, may interrupt Member.........................   393
    Clerk to preserve, at organization of the House................ 643, 645

                Necessity of rules for preservation of................   285
    Parliamentarylawastotakingdowndisorderlywords.................. 368, 369
    Power of Chairman of Committee of the Whole to preserve, in
    galleries and lobby............................................ 970, 971

                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...........   657

                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................... 643, 645

                Clerk to note in Journal..............................   649
    Decided by Speaker............................................. 624, 628

                Decision of, during a division........................   507

                Decisions of questions of, by Chairman of Committee of

                    the Whole.........................................   972

                House controls decisions of, by appeal................   379

                Intervening questions of..............................   457

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                Practice governing Speaker in deciding................   628

                Raising of, on appropriation bills in Committee of the

                    Whole.............................................  1044

                Raising of, at any time against appropriation in

                    legislative bills or amendments...................  1065

                Raising of, at any time against tax or tariff in

                    certain bills or amendments.......................  1066

                Relation of question of consideration to..............   909
    Reserving, as to general appropriation bills................. 1044, 1035

                Speaker to be heard first in matters of...............   358

                Time of raising, as to consideration of bills in

                    Committee of the Whole............................   973
    Order of business.  See also Business.

            Rule and conditions of.

                The rule prescribing..................................   869

                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....................................   733

                Obsolete parliamentary law governing orders of the day   440
    Recognition by the Speaker in accordance with requirements of... 949-956
    Right of a Member to demand the execution of a subsisting order.... 381,

                                                                         872
    The calendars on which reports of committees await action of the
    House........................................................... 828-899

            Interruptions of.

                Business of District of Columbia on second and fourth

                    Mondays...........................................   894

                Business on Tuesdays for consideration of the Private

                    Calendar..........................................   895

                Call of Committees on Calendar Wednesday..............   900
    Call of Committees on Calendar Wednesday protected by two-thirds
    vote........................................................... 857, 900
    Consideration of amendments between Houses, when privileged.... 528-528d

                Consideration of a motion to reconsider...............  1005

                Effect of privileged reports on.......................   854

                Effect of special orders on Tuesday business..........   895

                High privilege of general appropriation bills.........   856

                Interruption by request for unanimous consent.........   872
    Intervening questions as to privilege on reading of papers..... 458, 459

                Intervening questions of order........................   457

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                Intervention of private business on Tuesday...........   895

                Making and use of special orders......................   734

                Motion for leave for a committee to sit during

                    sessions not privileged...........................   324
    Precedence of questions of privilege............................ 698-713

                Privilege of conference reports.......................  1077

                Privileged interruptions of order of business.........   870

                Privileged interruptions specified....................   871
    Privileged legislative veto provisions............................. 1130
    Privileged reports from certain committees...................... 853-868

            Speaker's table.
    Business on, disposal of...................................... 528a, 873

                Matters on, for action by the House or by Speaker

                    alone.............................................   874

                Messages on, parliamentary law as to disposal of......   566

                Messages from the President on, consideration of......   170

                Messages from the President on, reference of..........   875

            Unfinished business.

                Rule for unfinished business..........................   876

                Business unfinished in periods set apart for classes

                    of business.......................................   879

                Construction of rule as to unfinished business........   877
    Consideration of unfinished business............................ 876-879

                Priority of unfinished business in Committee of the

                    Whole.............................................   977

                Precedence of a question on which previous question is

                    ordered...........................................   877

                Procedure in the morning hour.........................   881
    Rules and practice for call of committees...................... 880, 881

                The morning hour for the call of committees...........   880

            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......................   883

                Interruption of the call of committees by motion to go

                    into Committee of the Whole House on the state of

                    the Union.........................................   882
    Rule for consideration of bills in Committee of the Whole after
    call of committees............................................. 882, 883

            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................   977
    Orders.

            As to presentation of, to President for approval..........   115

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            Nature and use of, as compared with resolutions...........   395

            Standing, reference to....................................  1105

            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

            Obsolete reference to, in order of business...............   869

            Right of a Member to demand the execution of a subsisting

                order.............................................. 381, 872
    Orders, special.

            Application of motion to postpone to................... 734, 915

            Effect of, on Tuesday business............................   895

            Privilege of reports of................................ 853, 857

            Use and method of making..................................   734
    Organization of the two Houses of Congress.

            Administration of the oath at.............................   198

            Clerk's duties at...................................... 643, 645

            Clerk makes up the roll of Members-elect for..............   644

            Challenge of the right to take the oath................. 202-204

            Early organization........................................  1126

            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............................. 1130(23)
    Outside earned income.

            Limitations on............................................  1099
    Oxford-style debates.

            Structure of..............................................   952
    Pairs.

            Forms and announcement of.................................  1031

            Not to be announced out of order..........................  1015

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    Panama Canal.
            In order in Committee of the Whole........................  1031

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................   718
    Papers.

            Security of private.

                Security of, as to searches and seizures..............   211

            In possession of the House.

                Attitude of one House as to the demands of the other

                    for...............................................   292

                Certain, not to go out of Clerk's custody.............   352

                Certain, in Clerk's custody, not open to public.......   642

                Court demands for.....................................   291

                Noncurrent deposited with Archivist...................   695

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

                Oath not to disclose classified records...............  1095
    Of committees, custody of...................................... 695, 796

                President allowed to withdraw certain, accompanying a

                    message...........................................   571

                Withdrawal of, from files.............................   696

            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.........   965

                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...................... 434, 964, 965

                Not necessarily to be read on plea of privilege.......   433
    Objections to under former rule XXX............................ 964, 965

                On demand of a Member.................................   964

                On reference..........................................   436

                Parliamentary law as to...............................   432

                President's messages..................................   188
    Paragraphs.

            Amendment of bills by.................................. 413, 980

            Amendments should be germane to...........................   929

            House does not agree to, severally in perfecting a bill...   456

            Reading of bills by.................................... 413, 980

            Transposition of, in a bill by motion to amend............   477
    Pardons.

            Power of President to grant............................ 162, 164
    Parks, District of Columbia.

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    Parks, military.
            Jurisdiction over subjects related to.....................   732

            Jurisdiction of bills relating to.........................   732
    Parks, national.

            Jurisdiction of bills relating to.........................   732
    Parliament.  See House of Commons.
    Parliamentarian.

            Office of.................................................  1122

            Precedents compiled by....................................  1122
    Parliamentary inquiries.

            No appeal from responses to...............................   629

            Recognition to propound...................................   628
    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.  See Bills.
    Passages.

            Speaker's control of, in House wing.......................   623
    Patents.

            Power of Congress to provide for..........................   124

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................   730
    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................   729

            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, 1130(12)

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

            Of witnesses..............................................   813

            Pay orders............................................. 1130(12)

            Quadrennial commission................................. 1130(12)

            Sergeant-at-Arms formerly disbursed that of Members.......   648
    Penalties.

            For absent Members........................................    52
    Penitentiaries.

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................   730
    Pensions.

            Certain bills for, banned.................................   822

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

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            Jurisdiction of appropriations for........................   716

            Of all wars, jurisdiction of bills for....................   740

            Pension Reform Act, disapproval procedures in........... 1130(8)
    People.

            Establish the Constitution................................     1

            Powers reserved to, by the Constitution...................   216

            Quartering soldiers among.................................   424

            Representatives chosen by.................................     5

            Right of, to keep and bear arms...........................   209

            Rights reserved to........................................   217

            Security of, as to accusations, trials, and property......   212

            Security of, as to searches and seizures..................   211

            Their right of assembly and petition......................   208
    Perjury.

            To sustain a conviction of, a quorum of a committee must

                be in attendance when perjurious testimony is given.... 343,

                                                                    409, 803
    Person.

            Security of, as to searches and seizures..................   211
    Personal explanations.

            Made by unanimous consent.................................   945
    Personal interest.

            Disqualifying as to voting........................ 376, 671, 673
    Personal privilege.

            Method of presentation of questions of personal, as

                distinguished from general............................   698

            Precedence of questions of................................  698-

                                                                         668

            Privilege of the Member...................................   698

            Procedure of Member in presenting question of.............   945
    Personalities.

            Arraignment of motives of Members not in order............   363

            Member must refrain from, in debate.......................   945

            Members censured for......................................    65

            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.......................... 816, 818

            Division of, for reference............................. 421, 816

            Duties of Speaker and Members in presenting...............   819

            Correction of reference of................................   824

            Exclusion of..............................................   824

            Nature of.................................................   389

            Parliamentary law as to reception of......................   391

            Received by committees only through the House.............   320

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            Right of petition guaranteed..............................   208

            Signing and presentation of...............................   390
    Pictures.

            Jurisdiction as to........................................   724

            Taking of, in committee hearings..........................   811
    Piracies.

            Congress to punish........................................   126
    Place.

            Ceremonial functions in another place.....................    82

            Neither House to adjourn to another, without consent of

                other House.......................................... 82, 84

            Power of President to convene Congress away from seat of

                Government.......................................... 82, 171
    Places of elections.

            Regulation of.............................................42, 43
    Pleadings.

            In an impeachment...................................... 612, 613
    Pledge of Allegiance..............................................   869
    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............   971
    Clerk to decide, at organization of the House.................. 643, 645

                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................   628

            In general.

                Clerk to note certain, in Journal.....................   649
    In House on procedure in committee.................................. 798

                On appropriation bills................................  1044
    On conference reports.................................... 547, 1089-1091
    On nongermane portions of conference reports and amendments in
    disagreement.................................................. 1089-1091

                On resolutions, raised before reading completed.......   628

            Relation of.

                To conference reports.................................   547

                To general appropriation bills........................  1044

                To retroactive increases in income tax rates..........  1068

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                To motions to amend...................................   924
    To committee procedure............................... 798, 799, 842, 843
    To question of consideration............................. 909, 910, 1127

            Reserving of.
    Against general appropriation bills.......................... 1044, 1035

                Against conference reports............................   547

            Time of raising.

                At any time against an appropriation in legislative

                    bills or amendments...............................  1065

                At any time against tax or tariff provisions in

                    certain bills or amendments.......................  1066

                Former rule with respect to reporting a measure from

                    committee.........................................   839

                On appropriation bills in Committee of the Whole......  1044

                On consideration of bills in Committee of the Whole...   973

                On conference reports where conferees met in closed

                    session...........................................  1093

                On motions to amend...................................   924

                On resolutions........................................   628

                With respect to committee procedure...................   798

            Waivers.  See Rules.
    Police, Capitol.  See Capitol.
    Political disabilities.

            Arising from disloyalty...................................   230

            Consideration of bills removing...........................   895

            Jurisdiction of bills relating to.........................   730
    Poll tax.

            Right to vote not denied for failure to pay...............   251
    Population.

            The basis of representation...............................   226

            Jurisdiction over population and demography generally.....   723
    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..................................   723
    Post offices.

            Congress may establish....................................   123

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................   723

            Jurisdiction as to buildings for..........................   739
    Post roads.

            Congress may establish....................................   123

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to construction.........   739
    Postal savings banks.

            Jurisdiction of bills relating to.........................   723
    Postmaster.

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            Former election and oath of...............................   668

            Former superintendent of House post office................   668
    Postpone, motion to.

            Precedence and general conditions of................... 911, 915

            Application of previous question to.......................   450

            Applied to motion to resolve into Committee of the Whole..   915

            As to application to a special order......................   805

            Debate on.................................................   911

            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..   915

            Not to be suppressed by another privileged motion.........   450

            Relation of, to motion to amend...........................   449

            Relations of, to the previous question....................   998

            Repetition of.............................................   918

            Use of, to put off indefinitely....................... 443, 1130
    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........  1130

            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

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                To borrow money.......................................   118

                Money to be drawn from Treasury only on appropriations   143

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

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

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

                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 for land and naval forces...............   131

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

                To provide for organization of militia................   133
    War Powers Resolution........................................... 1130(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

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                    people............................................   217

            Of the House of Representatives.

                To confirm Vice President.............................   253
    To elect its Speaker and other officers...................... 26-30, 640

                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.  See also Chaplain; Clerk.

            Offered by Chaplain.......................................   640

            Chaplain opens each day's sitting with....................   665

            By the Chaplain, place of, in order of business...........   869

            Quorum in relation to.....................................  1027
    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.................   996

            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

                                                                    870, 871

                Intervening questions as to reading papers............   458

                Intervening questions of order........................   457

                Of conference reports.................................  1077

                Of conference report over report from Committee on

                    Rules.............................................   857

                Of a proposition to administer the oath to Members....   233

                Of a question on which the previous question is

                    ordered...........................................   878
    Of questions of privilege.................................. 458, 698-668
    Of questions of privilege as related to pending business........ 698-668

                Of revenue and appropriation bills in Committee of the

                    Whole.............................................   977

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                Questions as to, decided by a majority without debate.   884

            Of motions.
    For disposition of amendments between the Houses,  see Amendments
    between Houses.

                General provisions of the priority of.................   449

                Obsolete provisions as to priority of privileged......   448
    Secondary or privileged......................................... 911-917

                To adjourn............................................   911

                To adjourn to day or time certain.....................   911

                To amend..............................................   926

                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...............................   892
    To dispense with further proceedings under a call of the House.... 1019,

                                                                        1022

                To go into Committee of the Whole to consider

                    appropriation bills...............................   856

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

                To reconsider.........................................  1005
    To strike out enacting words of a bill......................... 988, 989

                To suspend the rules..................................   887
    Precedents.

            Compilation of............................................  1122

            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.............   698

            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.

            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....................   678

                Gallery for use of....................................   682

                Houses may request him to transmit constitutional

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                    amendments to the States..........................   191

                May convene or adjourn Congress under certain

                    conditions........................................   171

                May notify Congress of ratification of a

                    constitutional amendment..........................   191

                President pro tempore chosen when Vice President

                    becomes...........................................    37

                Reference to, in debate...............................   370
    War powers of Congress and the President................... 128, 1130(2)

            Relations of, to Congress--Messages and information from.

                Address by and to.....................................   316

                Clerk may receive messages from, when House adjourned.   652

                Confidential messages from............................   969

                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........................... 865, 868
    Rule for reference of messages from............................ 873, 876

                Transmits budget during first 15 days of session......   169
    Transmitting proposed rescissions and deferrals of budget
    authority...................................................... 1130(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 law without approval................   111

                Constitutional amendments, President does not sign

                    joint resolution submitting.......................   191

                Effect of recess on...................................   814

                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

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                Errors in bills sent to the President.................   110
    Line item veto authority....................................... 1130(6b)

                Parliamentary law as to presenting a bill for the

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

                Pocket veto...........................................   112

                Pocket veto, effect of adjournment to a day certain on   113
    Veto, action on................................................ 108, 109

                Veto, two-thirds of Members present and voting and not

                    two-thirds of entire membership sufficient to pass

                    a bill over.......................................   109

            Office and general powers and duties.

                Appoints public officers..............................   166

                Commander in Chief of Army and Navy...................   160

                Commissions officers..................................   172

                Executive power vested in.............................   149

                Executes the laws.....................................   172

                Fills vacancies in offices during recesses of Senate..   167

                Grants reprieves and pardons..........................   162

                Holds office four years...............................   149

                Jurisdiction of bills relating to office of...........   730

                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

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    President-elect of the United States.
                Time of choosing electors and action of...............   153
    Removal, death, resignation, or disability of.............. 155, 252-256
    Vice President as acting President........................ 252, 254, 255

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

            Chosen by Senate in certain cases.........................    37

            Election and tenure of....................................   313

            Presides in certain impeachments..........................  615a
    Press.

            Coverage of committee hearings and meetings............. 807-812

            Freedom of, guaranteed....................................   208

            Members of, admission to the floor,  see Floor.

            Admission to press gallery................................   693
    Previous question, motion for.

            Uses of.

                The rule of the.......................................   994

                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.........................   911

                Of Parliament.........................................   461

                Questions on which it is ordered, as unfinished

                    business..........................................   877

                Questions of order pending the motion for.............  1000

                Relations of, to failure of a quorum..................  1029

            Application of.
    General application of......................................... 994, 996

                To debatable secondary and privileged motions.........   450

            Moving and putting of.

                Considered as ordered on certain preferential motions

                    to insist.........................................  1084

                Effect of, on debate..................................   995
    Forty minutes of debate after ordering of...................... 891, 999
    Forty minutes debate not allowed when ordered on motion not
    debatable................................................. 979, 891, 999

                Manner of putting.....................................   462
    Moving on nongermane Senate amendments contained in conference
    reports or reported in disagreement........................... 1089-1091

                Not debatable.........................................   911

                Recognition passes to Member leading opposition when

                    voted down........................................   954

                Right to move.........................................   997

                Right to close debate not to be exercised after

                    ordering of.......................................   959

                Speaker's discretionary authority to postpone further

                    proceedings on....................................  1030

            Effect of, on amendment.

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                Effect of, on amendments in general...................   994

                Order of, on motion to agree to Senate amendments

                    prevents motion to amend but not to refer.........   486

                Prevents amendment when ordered on motion to approve

                    Journal...........................................    74

            Relations of, to other motions.
    General relation of, to other motions......................... 998, 1002

                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..................  1002

                Motion to commit pending, not applied to reports of

                    Committee on Rules pending previous question......   857

                Motion to recommit after ordering of, limitation on

                    Committee on Rules................................   857
    Motion to recommit in connection with and right of opposition as
    to..................................................... 911, 1001, 1002c

                Motion to lay on table not in order after ordering of.   914
    Relation of motion to reconsider to.......................... 1005, 1006
    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  See Congressional Record.

            General provisions as to.

                Discretion of Clerk as to.............................   642

                Of committee transcripts, paid for by contingent fund

                    (applicable accounts of the House)................   789

                Of reports when referred to calendars.................   831

                Privileged reports from Committee on House

                    Administration on.................................   853

                Reports of committees to be printed...................   833

            Joint Committee on.
    Duties of, as to Congressional Record......................... 686, 1111

                History, jurisdiction, and duties of..................  1111

                Membership on.........................................  1111
    Priority.  See Precedence.

            All questions relating to priority of business to be

                decided without debate................................   884
    Private bills.

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            As unfinished business....................................   879

            Certain, banned...........................................   822

            Correction of error in reference..........................   824

            Dispensing with call of calendar....................... 895, 897

            Introduction and reference of..................... 816, 817, 818

            Interruption of regular order on Tuesdays for

                consideration of the Private Calendar.................   895

            Pension bills.......................................... 822, 895

            Placed on Private Calendar when reported..................   828

            Restriction on reference of certain.................... 817, 822
    Private claims.  See Private bills.
    Private pension bills.  See Private bills.
    Private property.

            Not to be taken without compensation......................   248
    Privilege of floor.  See Floor.
    Privilege, questions of.

            Definition, precedence, and consideration of.

                Consideration of......................................   713
    Constitutional privilege....................................... 698, 702

                Distinction between questions of privilege and

                    privileged questions..............................   707
    Definition and precedence of questions of............. 698-700, 709, 711

                Intervention of questions of..........................   458
    Precedence of questions of personal....................... 699, 708, 711

                Relation of, to quorum................................   712

                Relation of, to the order of business.................   871

            Raising of.

                Breach of privilege reported from Committee of the

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

                Debate on.............................................   699

                Members not necessarily entitled to have papers read

                    on plea of........................................   433
    Method of presentation of questions of general and personal..... 698-707

                Preliminary decision of Speaker as to questions of....   628
    Procedure when raised by floor leaders......................... 699, 713
    Procedure when raised by Member................................ 699, 945

                Questions of, in relation to a quorum.................   712

                Question of, taken from the table.....................   914

                Time and place of consideration designated by Speaker.   699

            Affecting the House--In general.

                Abuse of privilege of the floor.......................   679

                Administration of the oath to Members.................   201

                Assault on clerk of a committee a question of.........   773

                Attitude of one House as to demands of the other for

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                    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, 697

                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...................   697

                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............... 685, 690

                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................................................   828

                Hour rule of debate applies to........................   957

                May not be invoked to effect change in rules of the

                    House.............................................   706

                Messages received, while question of, is before House.   562

                Previous question applies to questions of.............   996

                Proposal to enter protest on the Journal not a matter

                    of................................................    70

                Question of, raised by fraudulent introduction of a

                    bill..............................................   821

                Raising a question of, over delay of an enrolled bill

                    in reaching the President.........................   572

                Reception of President's message while question of, is

                    pending...........................................   170

                Resolutions providing for adjournment for more than

                    three days........................................    84

            Affecting the House--Contempts.
    Question of privilege..................................... 299, 702, 713
    Jefferson's discussion of power of the House to punish for
    contempts....................................................... 293-299

            Affecting the Member.

                Of the Member.........................................   698

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                Assault on Member returning to House a breach of......    91
    Jefferson's discussion of privilege of Members of Congress...... 287-289

                Members not to be questioned in another place for

                    speech or debate..................................    92
    Scope of the privilege of speech and debate..................... 93, 301

                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

            Questions relating to:

                Organization..........................................   701

                Constitutional prerogatives...........................   702

                Official conduct......................................   703

                Integrity of proceedings..............................   704

                Comfort and convenience...............................   705
    Privileged questions.

            Theory and examples of.

                The theory as to......................................   438

                Distinction between questions of privilege and

                    privileged questions..............................   707

                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

                                                                        1130
    Matters privileged to interrupt the daily order of business.... 870, 871

                Matters of privilege as intervening questions.........   458

                May not interrupt a call of committees................   881
    Not to be called up on Calendar Wednesday...................... 900, 901

                Obsolete parliamentary law governing orders of the day   440

                Presence of nonprivileged matter destroys privileges..   855
    Resolutions of inquiry......................................... 866, 867

            Reports as.
    Of certain committees........................................... 853-868

                Conference reports....................................  1077
    Method of submitting to the House.............................. 418, 854

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                Nonprivileged, reference of, to calendars.............   831

                Precedence of conference report over report from

                    Committee on Rules................................   857

                Reference of, to calendars............................   828
    Right to report at any time gives right to consider at any time
    (subject to requirement of availability for three days)........ 853, 854

            Motions as--General principles.
    Precedence and conditions of.................................... 911-917

                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; Reference.

                Amend, motion to; Amendments.

            Motions as--Various.  See also Motions.

                By Majority Leader under former rule proscribing

                    committee sittings during five-minute rule........   801
    Motions to dispose of amendments between Houses,  see Amendments
    between the Houses.

                Motions to proceed to election of Speaker of higher

                    privilege than motion to correct the roll.........   644
    Motions requesting conferences................................ 528a, 535

                Motions to consider bills made in order by a

                    resolution adopted by the House...................   850

                Motion to consider omnibus private bills in order on

                    third Tuesday.....................................   895
    Relation of motion to consider to other motions.............. 1003, 1005

                To close general debate in Committee of the Whole.....   979

                To discharge a committee from consideration of vetoed

                    bill..............................................   108

                To go into Committee of the Whole to consider general

                    appropriation bills...............................   856

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

                To recess in committee................................   787
    To recess in House........................................ 586, 911, 913
    To strike out the enacting words of a bill..................... 988, 989
    To suspend the rules............................................ 885-888

            Motions as--Certain not.  See also Motions.

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                Motion to recess formerly not a.......................   586

                Motion to rescind not a...............................   734
    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.................................   981
    Proof, burden of.

            On those proposing an amendment, as to germaneness........   928

            On those proposing items on general appropriation bills...  1047
    Property.

            Appropriations of, considered in Committee of the Whole...   973

            Disclosure of.............................................  1103

            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......   828
    Proposer, right to close debate.  See Debate.
    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.  See Committees.
    Public bills.  See Bills.
    Public buildings and grounds.

            Appropriations for, as in continuance of a public work....  1050

            Jurisdiction as to, generally.............................   739

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            Jurisdiction as to, abroad................................   729

            Jurisdiction as to marine hospitals.......................   721

            Jurisdiction of bills for penitentiaries..................   730

            Jurisdiction as to immigrant stations.....................   730

            Jurisdiction as to Patent Office............................ 730
    Public credit.

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................   722
    Public debt.  See also Debt.

            Claims for loss or emancipation of slaves not to be paid..   234

            Limit, rule establishing as part of congressional budget

                process...............................................  1104

            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.  See Defense.
    Public health.  See Health.
    Public lands.

            Jurisdiction of matters related to........................   732
    Public money.  See Money.
    Public safety.  See Safety, public.
    Public works.

            Authorization of appropriations for.......................  1047

            Appropriations in continuation of......... 1036, 1037, 1048-1051

            Designation of prohibited................................. 1068a
    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.  See Resident Commissioner.
    Punishments.

            Censure or reprimand, of a Member......................... 63-65

            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................   785

            Involuntary servitude as..................................   224

            Member liable to, when called to order in debate....... 960, 961

            Of a Delegate.............................................   675

            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

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                of Official Conduct, Committee on.

            Speaker may not inflict...................................   622
    Putting the question.

            By the chairman in committees.............................   317

            By the Speaker............................................   630

            Decorum during............................................   962

            Duty of Speaker as to.....................................   304

            Effect of, in ending debate...............................   490

            First in the affirmative and then the negative............   489

            Informal..................................................   491

            Messages not received during..............................   562

            Point of no quorum may be raised during............... 982, 1027

            Speaker rises while.......................................   428

            Forms of:

                For vote by clerk tellers or by electronic device.....  1012

                For previous question.................................   462

                For question of consideration.........................   906
    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............   941

                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...............  1095

                House Administration Committee may consider questions

                    relating to.......................................   724

                In case of disqualification minority candidate not

                    seated............................................    13
    Incompatible offices,  See Incompatible offices.

                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

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                Of officers and employees.............................  1102

                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......................   721
    Quarrels.

            In Committee of the Whole.................................   331

            Intervening questions relating to.........................   458

            Members may be pledged not to prosecute...................   367
    Quasi committee.

            Procedure in............................................ 424-427
    Question.

            Coexisting and equivalent questions.

                Equivalent in general.................................   485

                Equivalent on amendments between the Houses...........   486

                Jefferson's discussion of coexisting..................   483

                No equivalent questions on motions to recede, insist,

                    and adhere........................................   488

                On agreeing to a conference report the negative of

                    agreeing equals the affirmative of disagreeing....   550

                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......................   945

                Member who has spoken to, may speak also to amendment.   959

            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,

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    Quorum.
                                                                    302, 309

            How constituted.

                Adjustment to......................................... 1024a

                Committees may fix one-third or more as quorum for

                    certain actions...................................   800

                Committees may fix two or more as quorum to take

                    testimony and to close certain hearings...........   800

                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, 798, 799, 805

                Interpretation of meaning of majority.................    53
    Must be present when perjurious testimony is given to support
    charge of perjury......................................... 343, 409, 800
    Of the Committee of the Whole.................................. 329, 982

                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...................  615b

                Quorum in committees to report........................   799

            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.......................   890

                Enrolled bills not signed in absence of...............   625

                Failure of, on second of motion to suspend the rules..   888

                Necessary during debate and other business (obsolete).   310

                Of House, necessary for business......................    52

                Quorum not required in certain situations.............  1027

                Quorum not required in the House unless pending motion

                    or proposition put to vote........................  1027

                Quorum not required in Committee of the Whole, after

                    once ascertained on that day, unless pending

                    motion or proposition put to vote.................   982

                Relations of, to acts of House........................    55

                Relations of, to reception of messages................55, 56

                Relations of motion to reconsider to..................  1003

                Reporting a measure in committee......................   799

                Voting, debate, and other business suspended by

                    failure of (obsolete).............................   510

            Call of the House.

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                Arrest of Members.....................................  1023
    Call of the House............................................ 1025, 1026

                Call of the House in the old form.....................  1021

                Call of the House after previous question is ordered..  1029

                Count of those not voting to make a quorum of record

                    on a record vote..................................  1020

                Dispensing with call after quorum responds............  1023

                Motions during a call of the House....................  1024

                Ordering and conducting the call of the House in the

                    old form..........................................  1022

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

                Use of clerks to record...............................  1019

                Use of electronic equipment to record.................  1014

            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.........................................   839

                Making point as to....................................    54
    Not in order before Chaplain offers prayer........... 56, 621, 869, 1027

                Point as to, may be dilatory..........................   903
    Prohibition against making in certain situations.............. 982, 1027

                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..............................................   671

                Less than may order yeas and nays.....................    76

                Motions in order in absence of........................    55

                Questions of privilege in the absence of..............   698

                Right to demand yeas and nays not waived by demand for    77

            In Committee of the Whole.

                Discretionary during general debate in................   982

                Not required, after once ascertained on that day,

                    unless pending motion or proposition put to vote..   982

                Of Committee of the Whole consists of 100 Members.....   982

                Procedure in case of failure of.......................   982

                Rising and reports of, as related to..................   983

                Short or notice quorum................................   982

            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

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                    organization......................................    56

            In general.

                At calling of House to order..........................   621

                Clerk to furnish Members a list of certain............   646

                Relations of, to calling of the House to order when

                    Speaker takes the Chair...........................   310

                Relations of Journal to absence of....................    55

                Relations of, to reading of Journal...................    55

                One-fifth of, orders recorded vote (or former vote by

                    tellers)..........................................  1012
    Radio gallery.  See Galleries.
    Radio service.

            Jurisdiction of bills relating to, generally..............   721
    Railroads.

            Jurisdiction over.........................................   739
    Railway-mail service.

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................   723
    Raising revenue.  See Revenue.
    Ramseyer rule.  See Committees.
    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, 964,

                                                                         965

                Intervening questions as to...........................   459
    Objections to reading of papers under former rule XXX.......... 964, 965
    Of papers on which the House is to vote........................ 392, 964

                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, 964

                Papers read on demand of a Member.....................   964

                Papers read by consent of the House under former rule

                    XXX...............................................   965
    Parliamentary law as to........................................ 432, 964

                Reports of committees not read except in order or in

                    debate............................................   435

            Of bills, resolutions, conference reports.

                Rule for..............................................   941

                A bill read in Committee of the Whole not read in full

                    when taken up in House............................   338

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                Amendments before third...............................   497

                Committal of, on third................................   494

                Debate in relation to third...........................   498
    Engrossed copy, reading in full not required................... 941, 943
    First and second............................................... 941, 942

                Manner of reading a bill the second time..............   428
    Obsolete requirements as to.................................... 399, 400
    Obsolete requirements as to third.............................. 492, 493

                Of a bill in Committee of the Whole...................   942

                Of bills for amendment under the five-minute rule.....   980

                Of concurrent resolution on the budget................   990
    Of conference reports and amendments in disagreement, dispensed
    with......................................................... 1082, 1083

                Of Journal, not interrupted by conference report......  1077

                Of Journal, place of, in order of business............   869

                Of President's messages and accompanying documents....   188

                Of a veto message.....................................   107

                Raising points of order before completing reading of

                    resolution........................................   628

                Raising points of order before completing reading of

                    amendment.........................................   924

                Speaker sits while reading, but the Clerk stands......   428

                Third reading after engrossment.......................   943

            Of amendments.

                Motions to dispense with reading......................   986
    Reappropriations.

            Citations relating to................................ 1037, 1063

            Not in order on general appropriation bill unless in

                continuation of public works already commenced... 1037, 1063
    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.....................  1015
    Recede, motion to.

            Precedence of......................... 486, 528-528d, 1089, 1091

            Motion to recede and concur takes precedence of motion to

                recede and concur with amendment or insist........ 525, 528d

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            Motion to recede and concur divisible................. 525, 528d

            Not equivalent of either insisting or adhering when

                decided in negative...................................   488

            One House not to recede from its own amendment with an

                amendment............................................... 526

            Parliamentary law as to receding.................. 523, 528-528d

            Practice of the House as to receding from its own

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

            Practice of the House as to receding from disagreement to

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

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

            Duty of President to receive ambassadors..................   172
    Recess.  See also Adjournment.

            In general.

                Of Congress...........................................   590

                Of a Congress, effect on pending business.............   814

                Of Congress, issue of subpoenas during................   342

                Of Congress, jurisdiction of resolutions relating to..   733

                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....................... 638, 639
    Of House, emergency reconvening................................. 83, 639

                Of a committee........................................   787

            Motion for.
    Status of................................................. 586, 911, 913

                Limitation of, on Calendar Wednesdays.................   900
    Reclamation.

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to.......................   732
    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.......   980

            For motions to discharge committees on second and fourth

                Mondays...............................................   892

            For motion to go to conference....................... 1069, 1070

            For the motion to reconsider..............................  1004

            For the previous question.................................   997

            For question of privilege............................... 698-668

            Loss of right to recognition by Member in charge..........   954

            Parliamentary law as to Speaker's duty in.................   356

            Preliminary action of Member in seeking...................   945

            Preference in, to be given to opposition for motion to

                recommit after previous question is ordered....... 911, 917,

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                                                                  1001, 1002

            Prior right of Members of the committee to recognition for

                debate................................................   955

            Procedure of the Member in seeking........................   354

            Under former rule requiring a second on the motion to

                suspend the rules.....................................   889

            Speaker's power of...................................... 949-956

            Speaker's power of with respect to Senate amendments...... 1070,

                                                                        1072

            Speaker governed by usage in...................... 356, 953, 956

            Speaker not to recognize Members to introduce occupants of

                galleries to House....................................   966

            No appeal from Speaker's decision in......................   356

            Exceptions to the usages constraining the Speaker as to

                recognitions..........................................   956

            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....... 911, 916, 1001-1002c

            After previous question is ordered, privilege and effect

                of.......................................... 994, 1001, 1002

            Debate on, with instructions......................... 1001, 1002

            Germaneness test with respect to..........................   929

            In order as to bill on third reading......................   494

            Instructions with.............................. 917, 1001, 1002b

            Instructions to strike out amendment adopted by the House

                not in order..........................................   917

            Instructions may be amended by substituting different

                instructions...................................... 917, 1002

            Instructions must be germane to bill before the House...... 930,

                                                                        1002

            Speaker does not usually decide as to whether or not

                committees have followed..............................   628

            Limiting by Committee on Rules............................   857

            May be applied to a conference report under certain

                circumstances............................... 550, 1001, 1002

            Method of dividing a bill by, with instructions...........   476

            Not used in Committee of the Whole........................   916

            Not applied to reports from Committee on Rules pending

                previous question.....................................   857

            One motion to, in order after previous question is ordered

                                                             911, 1001, 1002

            Repetition of motions.....................................   918

            Recognition to offer...................... 911, 917, 1001, 1002c
    Recommittal.

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            Of bills to select or standing committees.................   420

            Duty of committee in case of..............................   917

            Of bills amending or repealing statutes when committee

                reports fail to comply with rule......................   846

            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................   988

            Speaker does not usually decide as to whether or not

                committees have followed..............................   628
    Reconsider, motion to.

            Rule for the motion and its precedence....................  1003

            Discussion of procedure of................................  1005

            Application of............................................  1006

            Application of, to bills in committee.....................  1011

            As to use in a standing or select committee........... 416, 1005

            Debate on.................................................  1010

            Delegates and Resident Commissioner not to make...........   741

            Effect of.................................................  1007

            Enrolled bills not signed pending.........................   625

            Maker of..................................................  1004

            May be held dilatory......................................   903

            May be applied to vote refusing yeas and nays or ordering

                yeas and nays (if not executed).................... 79, 1007

            Not used in Committee of the Whole........................   416

            Relations of, to motion to lay on the table...............  1009

            Relations of, to the previous question............... 1005, 1006

            Repetition of........................................ 1006, 1007

            Vote on...................................................  1008

            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

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    Reconvening.
            Parliamentary law as to...................................   514

            Emergency reconvening of the House, Speaker's authority..... 83,

                                                                         639

            Reconvening of Congress by joint leadership under recall

                authority in adjournment resolutions................. 82, 84
    Record.  See also Congressional Record.

            The Journal as............................................   582
    Record vote.

            Changes and corrections of votes..........................  1017

            Count of those voting to make a quorum of record on a

                record vote...........................................  1020

            Electronic device.................................... 1014, 1019

            In committee, formerly used as proof quorum present when

                reporting.............................................   839

            In Committee of the Whole on the failure of quorum........   982

            Interruptions of the record vote..........................  1018

            Manner of, during call of the House.......................  1022

            Not to be interrupted for conference report...............  1077

            Not to be interrupted by arrival of time for recess... 586, 1018

            Oath administered to a Member during......................   201

            Postponement of, by Speaker...............................  1030

            Speaker may recognize for motion for call of House at any

                time..................................................  1028
    Recorded vote.

            Ordered by one-fifth of quorum in House...................  1012

            By electronic device or by tellers........................  1012

            Ordered by 25 in Committee of the Whole............... 984, 1012

            Repetition of demand for..................................  1013

            Vote by considered vote by yeas and nays..................  1012
    Recording Studio.

            Establishment and composition of House Recording Studio...  1125
    Records.  See Papers.
    Red Cross.

            Jurisdiction as to affairs of.............................   729
    Redress.

            Of grievances, right of people to petition for............   208
    Refer, motion to.  See also Recommit, motion to.

            Precedence and status of.
    Precedence and general conditions of........................... 911, 916

                Has precedence of motion to amend.....................   449

                May not be postponed..................................   451

                Not to be suppressed by another privileged motion.....   450

                Repetition of.........................................   918

            Use of.
    General use of................................................. 401, 446

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                Not used in Committee of the Whole....................   916
    Admitted in ``House as in Committee of the Whole''............. 425, 427

                In relation to motion to strike out enacting words....   988
    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.....................................   917
    Instructions may be amended.............................. 917, 929, 1002

                Instructions must be germane to bill before the House

                    and not to general law sought to be amended.......  1002

                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, 998
    After previous question is ordered, privilege and effect of... 994, 1002
    Minority has preference in recognition for, after previous
    question is ordered......................................... 1001, 1002c

                After previous question is ordered, Committee on Rules

                    limited as to.....................................    57

                Not applied to reports from Committee on Rules pending

                    previous question.................................   857
    Discussion of relations of, to early use of the previous question

                                                                    448, 449
    Reference.

            Of bills.  See Bills.

            Of memorials, petitions.
    By Speaker................................................ 816, 825, 873
    By Members..................................................... 816, 818

                Private claims referred to certain committees.........   817
    Of communications, rule for............................... 816, 873, 874
    Of messages of the President, rule for..................... 816, 873-875

                Of executive documents................................   827

                Papers not read in House on ordinary reference to

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

            Correction of errors in reference of.

                Errors in.............................................   824

                Correction of, for public bills.......................   825

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

                    business..........................................   869

                Change of, for errors in..............................   824
    Correction of, in case of bills referred from Speaker's table...... 873,

                                                                         874

                Of bill to a calendar, error in, a question of

                    privilege.........................................   828
    Regents.

    [[Page 1339]]

    Regular order.
            Do not hold incompatible offices..........................    98

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

            Right of the Member to demand..................... 381, 382, 872

            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.........................   944

            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.......   988
    Relatives.

            May not be employed by Members............................    88
    Relevancy of debate.  See Debate.
    Religion.

            Congress to make no law respecting establishment of, or

                free exercise of......................................   208

            Religious tests not required for officers under United

                States................................................   196
    Remonstrance.

            Nature of.................................................   389
    Removal.

            Of President from office..................................   155

            Of Speaker................................................   315
    Renegotiation.

            Jurisdiction over subject related to......................   722
    Repetition.

            Of motions, general rules as to........................ 911, 918

            Of motion to reconsider.............................. 1006, 1007

            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................................................   685

            Of debates, duties of Committee on House Administration as

                to....................................................   724

    [[Page 1340]]

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

            Of committees.  See Committees.

            From Committees of the Whole.  See also Committee 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, 960, 961

                Of motion to strike out the enacting words............   988

                Recommitted when ruled out in House...................   335
    Of Chairman when Committee rises before a matter is concluded...... 333,

                                                                    334, 983

                Quorum not required after Committee of the Whole has

                    risen and before report made to House.............  1027

                When a quorum fails...................................   982

            Of managers of conferences.  See Conferences.

            In general.  See also Clerk; Sergeant-at-Arms; Chief

                Administrative Officer.

                Of Members, officers, and employees on financial

                    disclosure........................................  1103
    From heads of departments, rule for reference of............... 873, 874
    From heads of departments to be studied by committees........... 744-749

                Rectification of errors after report of tellers.......   503
    Representation.

            Office of General Counsel............................ 670, 1125b

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

            Election, privilege, and 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

                Chooses 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

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                Has power of impeachment..............................    31

                Indecent language against, not permitted in debate....   360

                Convening time........................................     6

                Power of President to convene or adjourn..............   171
    Questions of privilege affecting............................... 698, 700

                Required to keep a Journal............................    68

                Rules as to use of Hall...............................   677

                The office building...................................  1114

                Vacancies in.......................................... 17-25
    Reprieves.

            Power of President to grant...............................   162
    Reprimand.

            Of a Member...............................................    64
    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, 1069, 1070

                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.................   826
    Rescind, motion to.

            Not privileged under rules governing the order of business   734

            As to entries on Journal..................................    71
    Rescission.

            Of appropriations, jurisdiction of Appropriations

                Committee.............................................   716

            Separate headings required on in certain bills and reports   716

            Rescission bills, definition and procedure for

                consideration of under Impoundment Control Act..... 1130(6a)
    Reservation.

            Of rights of people.......................................   216

            Of points of order on general appropriation bills.... 1044, 1035

            Of objection to unanimous-consent request.................   872
    Reserved powers.

            Of the State and people...................................   217
    Residence.

            As a condition of citizenship in the United States and the

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    Resident Commissioner.
                State of..............................................   225

            Admitted to floor of House................................   678

            Clerk to distribute certain documents to..................   649

            Compensation of...........................................    86

            Elected to committees.....................................   675

            Former de novo vote in House where vote of decisive in

                Committee of the Whole................................   985

            From Puerto Rico, power and privileges of......... 675, 676, 970

            May be appointed to select and conference committees......   676

            Formerly could be appointed Chairman, Committee of the

                Whole.................................................   970

            Of Puerto Rico, admitted to the floor.....................   678

            Powers and privileges in Committee of the Whole........ 675, 970

            Rooms of, in office building..............................  1114
    Resignations.

            As related to procedure for punishments................... 63-66

            From committees, privilege of and debate on....... 700, 668, 948

            Of chairman of a committee, selection of a successor......   761

            Of Member-elect before taking oath........................   300

            Of President of the United States or Vice President.... 155, 156

            Of Speaker................................................    28

            Procedure for considering.................................   700

            Vacancy from..............................................    19

            Vacancies caused by, in Senate............................    34
    Resolutions.

            Commemoratives.

                Prohibited............................................   823

            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...............................   826

                Introduction and reference of private.................   818

                Introduction of public................................   825

                Nature and use of, as compared with others............   395

                Raising a question of privileges of the House.........   698

                Reference of..........................................   816

                Of inquiry............................................   864

                Use, to disapprove Executive actions..................  1130

            Simple, of the House--Of inquiry.

                Discharge of a committee from a resolution of inquiry.   867

                Forms of resolutions of inquiry and delivery thereof..   865

                Privileged status of resolutions of inquiry...........   866

                Resolutions of inquiry as related to the Executive....   868

            Simple, of the Senate.

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                Not referred in House.................................   874

            Concurrent.

                Adjournment for more than three days by concurrent

                    resolution........................................    84

                Reference of..........................................   816
    Their use..................................................... 396, 1130

            Joint.
    Their use..................................................... 397, 1130

                Clerk certifies to passage of.........................   648

                Division of, not in order on vote on engrossment of

                    passage...........................................   921

                Reference of..........................................   816

                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...............................   732

            Special oversight functions of............................   744
    Restaurant.

            Of House, jurisdiction of matters relating to.............   739

            Of House, management of...................................   725

            Retrenching expenditures, amendment providing new

                legislation in order on appropriation bill........ 1036-1062
    Return.

            Of a message sometimes asked..............................   565
    Returns.

            Power of House to judge as to............................. 46-51
    Revenue.

            Power to raise.

                Account of receipts of public money to be published...   143

                Capitation or direct taxes to be proportioned to

                    census............................................   140

                Export duties forbidden...............................   141

                General power of Congress to raise....................   117

                Not to be raised on commerce by water between States..   142
    Power of States as to raising of............................... 147, 148

                Regulations of, not to favor ports....................   142

                Retroactive income tax rate increases prohibited......  1068

            Consideration of bills for raising.

                Amendments must relate to particular item.............   940

                Bills for raising, to originate in House..............   102

                Bills raising, placed on Union Calendar...............   828

                Bills raising, considered in Committee of the Whole...   973

                Consideration in order on third Tuesday...............   895

                Jurisdiction of subjects relating to..................   741

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    Point of order against certain bills or amendments carrying taxes
    or tariffs.................................................. 1066, 1076a
                Jurisdiction as to oleomargarine......................   715

                Precedence of bills raising, in Committee of the Whole   977

                Precedence of, in order of business...................   856
    Vote on measures raising income tax rates.................... 1033, 1067
    Revenue sharing, general.

            Jurisdiction over.........................................   723
    Revenue treaties.

            Authority of House as to..................................   597
    Revision of the laws.

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................   730

            Law Revision Counsel, Office of...........................  1120
    Riders.

            Nongermane Senate amendments.......................... 1089-1091

            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

                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, 964,

                                                                         965

                Members not necessarily entitled to have papers read

                    on plea of privilege..............................   433

                Of Member to have paper read..........................   432
    Of Members, to call to order in debate......................... 960, 961

                Of Members to demand division of the House after vote

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    Of Members to demand the execution of a subsisting order....... 381, 872
                    by sound..........................................   501

                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......................   739

            Precedence of bills to improve, in Committee of the Whole.   977
    Roads.

            Post, jurisdiction of subjects relating to................   739

            Jurisdiction as to highways and their safety in general...   739
    Roll Call.

            Members not to remain near Clerk's desk during roll call..   962

            Method of call of the roll for the yea-and-nay vote.......  1015
    Rolls.

            Of Members-elect, Clerk makes up..........................   644

            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................................................   631
    Rooms.

            Assignment of, in office buildings........................  1114

            Control of, in House wing.................................   623

            Duty of Committee on House Administration as to...........   724

            Exclusion of persons from those leading to the Hall.... 678, 680
    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.............................................  1127

                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...........................  1105

                Jefferson's views as to power to make.................   387
    Jurisdiction as to............................................. 733, 734

                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

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    Those of the House in effect in Committee of the Whole so far as
    applicable..................................................... 340, 992
                Procedure before adoption of..........................    60

            Committee on.

                History, jurisdiction, and powers of..................   682

                Limitations on reports from...........................   857

                Member of serves on Budget Committee..................   758

                Activity reports of...................................   790

                Exempted from former rule proscribing committee

                    sittings during five-minute rule..................   801

                Must specify reported waivers.........................   863

                Privileged reports of.................................   857

                Report from, providing special order of business not

                    divisible.........................................   857

                Report may be considered immediately by two-thirds

                    vote..............................................   857
    Certain reports may be considered immediately without two-thirds
    vote.................................................... 850, 1082, 1083
    Reports, adverse, from......................................... 861, 893

                Reports from, on resolutions repealing or amending

                    rules of House must show by typographical device

                    parts of rules affected...........................   848
    Right to report at any time confined to privileged matters..... 853, 857

            Suspension of.  See Suspension of rules.

            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.......................   715
    Safety, public.

            As related to suspension of writ of habeas corpus.........   138
    Salaries.

            Of Representatives and Senators............ 85-88, 258, 1130(12)

            Of Speaker................................................    86

            Jurisdiction as to, of legislative employees..............   724

            Authorization of appropriations for, in general

                appropriation bills...................................  1046
    Sanity.

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    Savings banks, postal.
            As related to the oath and qualifications.................   205

            Jurisdiction of bills relating to.........................   723
    Science.

            Congress may promote, by patent and copyright laws........   124
    Science, Committee on.

            History, jurisdiction, and duties of......................   735

            Special oversight functions of............................   744
    Science, Space, and Technology, Committee on.  See Science, Committee

        on.
    Seal.

            Of the House, Clerk affixes...............................   648
    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..... 82,

                                                                         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, 904

            Formerly required on motions to suspend the rules.........   889

            Of motion to adjourn on new call of House.................  1025

            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................................. 941, 942

            Manner of reading a bill a second time....................   428
    Secondary motions.  See also Motions.

            Application of motion to amend to other...................   927

            Discussion of use and relations of...................... 437-464

            In general, one not to be suppressed by another...........   450

            Precedence and conditions of............................ 911-917
    Secrecy.

            Of portions of the Journal................................    68

            Of committee procedure....................................   319
    Secret sessions.

            Rule for and procedure in.............................. 785, 969

            Of committees, banned with certain exceptions.............   798
    Secretary of State.

            Bills that become laws deposited with (obsolete)....... 105, 109
    Secrets.

            Of the House, oath of officers to keep (obsolete).........   640
    Sections.

            Amendment of bills by.....................................   413

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            Amendments should be germane to...........................   928

            Clerk amends numbers of, in a bill........................   479

            House does not agree to severally, in perfecting a bill...   456

            Reading of bills by.......................................   980

            Transportation of, in a bill by amendment.................   477
    Securities.

            Congress may provide punishment for counterfeiting........   122

            Jurisdiction over depository institution securities.......   722

            Jurisdiction over exchange................................   722
    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............................  816b

            Former Aging..............................................   784

            Compliance with clause 2(a) of rule XI....................   783

            Conferences held by means of..............................   532

            Ethics....................................................   738

            Generally................................................. 1112a

            Homeland Security......................................... 1112a

            Membership contingent on party membership.................   782

            Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence............. 744, 785

            Speaker appoints..........................................   637

            Reports, dissolution, and revival of......................   419

            U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns

                With the People's Republic of China................... 1112a
    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...................   945

            President pro tempore.....................................    37

            Procedure in ratifying treaties...........................   600

            Qualifications of Senators.............................. 35, 230

            References to debate and proceedings therein, criticisms

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                of not generally in order in the House......... 371-374, 945

            Vice President............................................    36

            Tries impeachments........................................ 38-41
    Senate amendments.  See Amendments Between the Houses; Conferences.
    Senate bills.

            Rule for reference of............................. 816, 873, 874

            Consideration of, from Speaker's table with reference to

                Committee of the Whole............................. 873, 874
    Senate resolutions.

            Simple resolutions of Senate not referred in House........   874
    Sergeant-at-Arms.

            Doorkeeping duties..................................... 380, 658

            Duty to cooperate in the performance of reviews and audits   660

            Duties of, on call of the House................ 1021, 1023, 1025

            Election, oath, and removal of............................   640

            Enforces authority of House in House and in Committee of

                the Whole.............................................   648

            Enforces rules as to decorum on floor.....................   962

            Financial and operational reports to Committee on House

                Administration........................................   659

            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.........   678

            The Mace as symbol of his office..........................   657
    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.  See also Adjournments

            Sessions and recesses (adjournments) of Congress..... 82-84, 590

            Adjournment of Congress during August in certain

                situations............................................  1105

            Adjournment prohibited before completion of congressional

                budget process........................................  1127

            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....................................  1105

            Congress may extend session beyond July...................  1105

            Effect of adjournment on action on a veto.................   107

            Executive, of committees, banned with certain exceptions..   798

            Impeachments continue from one to another.................   620

            Manner of closing session by action of the two Houses...... 242,

                                                                         591

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

            Of Congress, resumption of business of a preceding........   814

            Of Parliament.............................................   588

            Parliamentary law as to business at the termination of a

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

            Relations of, to adjournments for more than three days....    84

            Rule for secret, of the House.............................   969

            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.............................................   862

            Any member of Rules Committee may call up special rule

                after it has been on calendar for.....................   861

            Filing of committee report within, after written request..   834

            See clause 2, rule XV, relating to motion to discharge....   892

            Special committee meetings to be called within, upon

                request of committee majority.........................   793
    Sex discrimination.

            Discrimination in employment..............................  1095

            Right of suffrage.........................................   240
    Ships.

            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....   632

            Of enrolled bills for presentation to the President.... 575, 576

            Of enrolled bill canceled.............................. 575, 625

            Of bills, effect of recess of Congress on.................   814

            Of conference reports.....................................   543

            Of prime sponsor of bill at introduction..................   821

            Of reports of committees and minority views............ 408, 833

            Of writs, warrants, acts, subpoenas.......................   624

            Speaker declines to sign a bill when motion to reconsider

                is pending............................................  1007

            Speaker does not sign bills in absence of a quorum

                (obsolete)............................................   625
    Simple conferences.  See Conferences.
    Six days.

            Last, of session, status of motion to reconsider during...  1003

            Last, of session, suspension of rules during..............   885

            Conference report not required to be printed in Record on

                last............................................. 1082, 1083
    Slavery.

            Not to exist in the United States.........................   224

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            Suffrage not to be abridged for previous condition of.....   234

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

            Generally.

                Assistance and protection, jurisdiction over..........   736

                Participation in Federal contracts, jurisdiction over.   736

            Committee on.

                History and jurisdiction of...........................   736

                Special oversight functions of........................   744
    Smithsonian Institution.

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to.................... 724, 739
    Smoking.

            Forbidden on floor of House...............................   962
    Social Security.

            Jurisdiction over health care and facilities supported by

                payroll deductions....................................   741

            Jurisdiction over health care supported by general

                revenues..............................................   721

            Jurisdiction of, generally................................   741
    Soldiers.

            As to quartering of.......................................   210

            Of the World War, jurisdiction of matters relating to.....   740
    Soldiers' homes.

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to.......................   718
    Speaker.

            Election of.
    Chosen by the House............................................. 26, 312
    Chosen by majority on rollcall vote by surname.................. 27, 640

                Election of, as related to adoption of rules..........    59

                Election of, in case of death or resignation..........    28
    Election or appointment of Speaker pro tempore............ 314, 632, 634

                Former four-term limit................................  635a
    Has the power to name a Speaker pro tempore under conditions... 632, 634

                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...................   644
    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

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                Functions of, in administering the oath to Members....   199

                May administer oaths to witnesses.....................   343

                Oath, administered to, by Dean of House...............   198

            Preserves order and decorum.

                Preserves order and decorum...........................   622

                Censure inflicted by, on order of House...............    65

                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, 960, 961

                May not recognize Members to introduce occupants in

                    galleries.........................................   966

                May not entertain requests to extend floor privileges.   679

                Parliamentary law as to naming a Member by, for

                    disorder..........................................   366

                Power of, as to abuse of privilege of the floor.......   679

                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, 628

                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, 629

                May not decide questions of consistency as to

                    amendments........................................   466

                Not to pass on sufficiency of a committee's report....   833

                Practice governing, in deciding questions of order....   628

                Questions not for his decision........................   628

            Duties of, as to quorum.

                Actual count of, to ascertain quorum after previous

                    question is ordered...............................  1029

                Count of quorum by....................................    54

                Duties of, when Committee of the Whole rises without a

                    quorum............................................   982

                May order the noting of Members to make quorum on vote

                    of record.........................................  1020

                May recognize for call of the House...................  1028

                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

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                Calls House to order..................................   621
    May declare recesses....................................... 83, 638, 639

                Declares adjournment at end of Congress...............     6

                Pronounces adjournment................................   587

                Right of, to cause secret session.....................   969

            Conduct of.

                As a witness before a committee.......................   346

                Former four-term limit................................  635a
    Functions of, at examinations at the bar of the House.......... 343, 344

                Reprimand of..........................................    64

                Rules a restraint on caprice of.......................   285

            Duties, generally.
    Authority, duties, and privileges as to use of galleries....... 682, 694

                Authority to implement broadcasting of House

                    proceedings.......................................   684

                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......   635

                Duties of, general control of Hall, corridors, and

                    rooms.............................................   623

                Ex officio member of Permanent Select Committee on

                    Intelligence......................................   785

                May designate Members, officers, and employees to

                    travel on official business of the House, on

                    vouchers approved by him..........................   636

                Office for Legislative Floor Activities...............  1123

            Appointment of committees by.

                Appoints select and conference committees.............   637

                Removes conference committees.........................   637

            Appointment of officers of House temporarily by.

                Appoints temporarily to fill vacancies................   640

            Relations to petitions, bills, and order of business.

                Declines to sign a bill when motion to reconsider is

                    pending...........................................  1007

                Directs Clerk as to reference of nonprivileged report

                    to calendars......................................   831
    Duties as to referring matters from Speaker's table............ 873, 874
    Duties of, as to placing bills on the Corrections Calendar.....898, 1124

                Duties of, in presenting petitions....................   818
    Duty as to reception and reference of executive communications..... 816,

                                                                         827
    Duty to exclude certain bills, memorials.................. 818, 822, 823

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                Duty of, when validity of a report is questioned......   408

                Early discretion of, as to the order of business......   349

                Exercises discretion about interrupting pending

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

                Functions of, in relation to request for unanimous

                    consent...........................................   872
    Makes reference of public bills, memorials......................816, 825

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

                Objects to action on a bill without reading...........   942
    Sign acts, writs, subpoenas.................................... 624, 626
    Signing of enrolled bills by................................... 575, 624

            Powers and duties as to recognition.
    Speaker's power of recognition.................................. 949-956

                Designates time and place for consideration of

                    questions of privilege............................   698

                Discretion to recognize for motion for call of House..  1028
    Discretion to recognize for motion to send bill to conference..... 528a,

                                                                  1069, 1070

                Discretion to recognize authorized committee member to

                    call up bill made in order by resolution..........   715
    Duty of, as to entertaining questions of privilege.............. 698-668

                Duty as to recognition for motion to reconsider.......  1004

                Exceptions to the usages constraining the Speaker as

                    to recognitions...................................   956

                Former duty as to recognizing for second of motion to

                    suspend the rules.................................   889

                Function of, in recognizing for debate................   354

                Limitation on power to entertain motion for recess on

                    Wednesdays........................................   900

                Limitation on power of, to entertain motions pending

                    report of Committee on Rules......................   857

                Loss of right to recognition by Member in charge......   954
    No appeal from his recognition................................. 356, 629

                Not to entertain dilatory motions.....................   903

                Not to entertain motion to suspend the rules as to use

                    of Hall of House..................................   677

                Not to entertain motions or requests to suspend rule

                    relating to admission to the floor................   678

                May entertain one motion to adjourn pending motion to

                    suspend rules.....................................   890

                Power to entertain motions to suspend rules limited...   885

                Preliminary action of Member in seeking recognition...   945

                Principles as to recognition for motion for the

                    previous question.................................   997

                Prior right of Members of the committee to recognition

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    Required to give preference to opposition for motion to recommit
    after previous question is ordered.......................... 1001, 1002c
                    for debate........................................   955

                Speaker governed by usage in recognition..............   953

                With respect to former Consent Calendar...............   899

            Relations of, to debate.
    Criticism of in debate.................................... 362, 960, 961
    Duty as to calling to order in debate.......................... 960, 961

                Duty of, to suppress 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..............   962

                Duty of, to state motions.............................   904
    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.......   630

                Reads sitting but rises to put a question.............   428

            Duty and rights as to voting.

                Formerly appointed tellers............................  1013

                Discretionary authority to postpone certain

                    proceedings.......................................  1030

                Discretionary authority to reduce electronic vote to

                    five minutes......................................  1032
    Discretionary authority to use electronic device in taking vote... 1012,

                                                                        1032

                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 record vote.............................  1015

                Has not usually decided as to vote of a Member

                    personally interested.............................   672

                His vote on a record vote.............................  1015
    His vote ordinarily and in case of tie........................ 631, 1015

                Not deprived of vote by rule..........................    59

                Procedure of, in taking a vote of yeas and nays.......   504

            Relations to Committee of the Whole.

                Appoints Chairman of Committee of the Whole and leaves

                    Chair.............................................   970

                Declaration of resolve into Committee of the Whole

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                    pursuant to special order.........................   972

                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, 637, 782

                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.....................................   685

                May not prevent House from amending Journal...........    71
    Relations of, to Congressional Record.......................... 685, 691

            Vacancy in office of.  See Vacancies and Speaker pro tempore.
    Speaker's Office for Legislative Floor Activities.

            Establishment of..........................................  1123
    Speaker pro tempore.

            Appointed by the Speaker or elected by the House....... 632, 634

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

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

            Competency of, to administer oath to Members..............   199
    Speaker's table.

            Business on, place in order of business...................   869

            Must be authorized by committee in formal meeting to make

                motion................................................   874

            Rule for disposition of business on.................... 873, 874

            Senate bill must be substantially same as House bill as

                reported from House committee.........................   874

            Senate bill to be called up, House bill must correctly be

                on House Calendar.....................................   874
    Special orders.  See also Rules.

            Effect of, on Tuesday business............................   895

            Oxford-style debates......................................   952

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            Privilege of reports of........................... 853, 855, 857

            Quorum calls not in order during speeches.................  1027

            Relation of motion to postpone to...................... 734, 915

            Rules Committee must specify waivers contained in.........   863

            Speeches..................................................   950

            Use of, and method of making..............................   734
    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
    Spitting.

            Not in order during debate................................   364
    Spouses.

            Of Members and employees, employment of...................  1095
    St. Elizabeth's Hospital, jurisdiction of.........................   723
    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...................  1099

            Composition of............................................   759

            Duties and procedures of as to standards of conduct and

                investigations........................................   806

            Duties under the gift rule................................  1100

            Employing agency under Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act..   737

            Exempted from former rule proscribing committee sittings

                during five-minute rule...............................   801

            History and jurisdiction of...............................   737

            Inspector General makes certain reports to................   667

            Privileged reports from...................................   853

            Sanction Committee may recommend.......................... 62-66
    Standing committees.  See Committees.
    Standing orders.

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

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

            Issues writs to fill vacancies in representation..........17, 24

            May be empowered by legislature to make temporary

                appointment of Senator................................   236
    State of the Union.

            President to inform Congress of...........................   168
    Statement.

            Accompanying conference report, rule as to................  1080

            Of receipts and expenditures of public money to be

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    States.
                published.............................................   143

            Relations to the two Houses.

                Admission of, jurisdiction of bills for...............   732

                Authority of, as to establishment of congressional

                    districts.........................................   227

                Clerk to distribute Journal to legislative bodies of..   647

                Constitutional convention to be called on application

                    of legislatures of................................   192

                Governors of, admitted to the floor of the House......   678

                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

                State laws related to House's power to judge elections 48-50

                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

                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

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                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...........................................   730

                Jurisdiction of compacts between, of waters for

                    irrigation purposes...............................   732

                Jurisdiction of compacts over interstate energy.......   721

                Jurisdiction of matters relating to boundaries........   730

                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..............   723

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to labor.................   720
    Statuary.

            Jurisdiction as to........................................   724
    Statutes.

            Revision of, jurisdiction as to...........................   730
    Statutory limit on public debt.

            Rule providing for........................................  1104
    Stenographers.

            Admission of unofficial...................................   693

            Of Committees, appointment of.............................   685

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    Strike out enacting words.
            Official reporters of debates.............................   685

            Rule governing motions to.................................   988

            Practice as to use of motions to..........................   989
    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..................................   991

            Motion to strike out and insert not divisible.............   920

            Negative decision of, not bar to further amendment........   920

            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.........................   762

            May authorize and issue subpoenas.........................   805

            Oversight function of.....................................   743

            Staff for.................................................   767

            Subject to full committee control.........................   787
    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...............................   648

            From courts for papers of House........................ 291, 697

            Issue of, during recess of Congress.......................   342

            Procedure for response to subpoenas.......................   697

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

            Standing committees and their subcommittees may issue.....   805

            Authorizing and signing committee subpoenas...............   805
    Substantive propositions.

            As related to division of the question................. 919, 921
    Substitute amendment.

            Amendment of..............................................   923

            As to division of.........................................   920

            Rule as to offering of....................................   922

            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, or sex... 234, 236

            Right to, not to be abridged by poll tax..................   251
    Suits.

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            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........................   716
    Supplemental budget.

            Transmittal of............................................   169
    Supreme Court.

            Admission to Floor,  see Floor.

            Gallery for,  see Galleries.

            Judges of.................................................   682

            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 of..........................................  886a

            Consideration on certain suspension days of former Consent

                Calendar..............................................   899

            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................................   889

            Motion for, as unfinished business........................   879

            Motion for, entertained after yeas and nays are demanded..    80

            Nature of the motion......................................   886

            One motion to adjourn in order pending....................   890

            Postponement of votes until designated time...............  1030

            Precedence of the motion..................................   887

            Recognition by Speaker for motion on......................   956

            Rule governing the motion for.............................   885

            Rule relating to admission to the floor not to be

                suspended.............................................   678

            Formerly, second required.................................   889

            Speaker not to entertain motion to suspend rule relating

                to use of the Hall of the House.......................   677

            When in order.............................................   885

            Withdrawal of......................................... 889a, 905

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    Table.
            Forty minutes of debate on motions on.....................   891

            Speaker's.
    Rule for disposition of business on............................ 873, 874

                Business on, place in daily order.....................   869

            Clerk's.

                No Member to remain near, during voting...............   962

                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..........................   832

            Motion to lay on the.  See Lay on the table.
    Taking down words.

            Parliamentary law as to...................... 368, 369, 960, 961
    Taxes and Tariffs.

            Capitation or direct, to be proportioned to census........   140

            Committees not having jurisdiction of, may not report a

                tax or tariff.........................................  1066

            Amendments to bills reported, may not carry...............  1066

            Former dynamic estimate of changes in revenues............   849

            Exempt foundations and trusts, jurisdiction over..........   741

            Export taxes prohibited...................................   141

            Income taxes..............................................   235

            Limitation on rights of States to impose duties... 142, 147, 148

            Old apportionment of......................................    14

            On persons migrating or imported..........................   137

            Point of order against certain bills and amendments

                carrying........................................ 1066, 1076a

            Power of Congress to lay and collect......................   117

            To be uniform.............................................   117

            Propositions for, considered in Committee of the Whole....   973

            Formerly, report on ``major'' tax legislation may include

                ``dynamic estimate''..................................   849

            Report on tax proposal must include ``macroeconomic

                analysis''............................................   849

            Retroactive income tax rates prohibited...................  1068

            Tax complexity analysis............................... 849, 1092

            Vote on measures raising income tax rates............ 1033, 1067
    Technology Assessment.

            Office of.................................................  1121
    Televising.

            Committee meetings and hearings......................... 807-812

            House proceeding..........................................   684
    Tellers.

            Clerk tellers.
    Clerks to serve as, on quorum calls and recorded votes....... 1012, 1019

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                Rule and practice.....................................  1012

                Appointment of........................................  1012

                Chair may be counted on a vote by.....................   631

                Demand for, may be held dilatory......................   903

                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........................  1012
    Rule and practice as to voting by.................................. 1012

            Generally.

                Appointment of, for electoral count...................   220

                Clerk appoints, for election of Speaker...............   312

                Former demand for and vote by.........................  1012

                Former duty of Member to serve as teller..............  1013

                Formerly motion to suspend the rules seconded on vote

                    by................................................   889

                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 (former term limit) and other officers...... 26, 635a

            Of Speaker expires with the Congress......................   643

            Of two years for appropriations for armies................   171
    Territories.

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to boundaries of.........   730

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to courts of.............   730

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to generally.............   732

            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,

                                                          798, 800, 802, 803

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

            Procedure when it implicates a Member of the other House,

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                see Witnesses.

            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.....   678
    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, 943

            Question on, and procedure............................. 941, 943
    Three days.  See Adjournment; Committees; Conferences.
    Tie vote.

            Decision on...............................................   508

            In Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight...............   744

            Question lost on..........................................   631

            Speaker's vote in case of............................. 631, 1015

            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..........................................   922

                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.......   831

                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.................................   822
    Trade, expedited procedures with respect to.

            Termination of Cuban economic embargo.................. 1130(28)

            U.S. participation in the WTO.......................... 1130(26)

            Under the Trade Act of 1974............................ 1130(11)
    Trademarks.

            Jurisdiction of bills relating to.........................   730
    Trading with the enemy.

            Jurisdiction over subjects related to.....................   729
    Transfers of unexpended balances.

            Jurisdiction of subjects related to.......................   716

            Separate headings for in certain bills and reports........   716
    Transportation and Infrastructure, Committee on.

            History, jurisdiction, and duties of......................   739
    Transposition.

            Obligation limitations....................................  1064

            Aviation programs, funding for............................ 1064a

            Of portions of a bill by motion to amend..................   477
    Travel.

            Of Members and employees.

                By retiring or defeated Members following sine die

                    adjournment.......................................  1098

                Use of committee funds for travel.....................   769

                Use by committees of foreign currencies owned by the

                    United States.....................................   769

                Reports by committees on use of foreign currencies....   770

                Expense resolutions for committee travel..............  1098

                Speaker may designate Members, officers, and employees

                    to travel on official business of the House, on

                    vouchers approved by him..........................   636

            Generally.

                Travel and tourism, jurisdiction over subjects related

                    to................................................   721
    Treason.

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

            Aid to enemies of the United States..................... 81, 230

            Definition of.............................................   181

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            Extradition for...........................................   185

            Power of Congress to declare the punishment of............   181

            Relations of privilege to case of.........................   305

            Senators and Representatives not privileged from arrest

                for...................................................    90

            Testimony for conviction of...............................   181
    Treasurer of the United States.

            Disburses pay of Members in certain cases.................    86
    Treasury.

            Compensation of Representatives and Senators paid out of..    85

            Duties and imposts on imports or exports levied by States

                to go to..............................................   147

            Money not to be drawn from, except on appropriation.......   143

            Jurisdiction as to subjects relating to...................   741
    Treaties.

            Abrogated by law..........................................   599

            Authority of the House as to revenue......................   596

            Authority of the House as to, in general..................   596

            Authority of the House as to, does not give rise to

                question of privilege.................................   702

            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.................   741

            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......................   729
    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.

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            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......................   741
    Trusts.

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................   730
    Tuesday.

            Interruption of regular order on the first and third

                Tuesdays for consideration of the Private Calendar....   895

            Motions to suspend rules on...............................   885

            Corrections Calendar called on second and fourth..........   898
    Twenty-minutes' debate.

            On certain motions to discharge committees................   892
    Two-thirds vote.  See Voting.
    Two weeks.

            Last, of session, rule for Calendar Wednesday not to apply

                to....................................................   900
    Unanimous consent.

            Amendments between Houses considered by...................  528a

            Former calendar for bills to be considered by.............   899

            Consideration in House as in Committee of the Whole by....   424

            Correction of reference of public bills may be made by....   825

            Interruption of the order of business for.................   872

            Ordinary function of Speaker as to recognition of requests

                for................................................ 872, 956

            Practice of Speaker as to recognition of requests for.....   956

            Private claims to be referred to certain committees only

                by....................................................   817

            Request as to admission to the floor not to be entertained   678

            Required for withdrawal of amendment in Committee of the

                Whole.................................................   978

            Reservation of objection to...............................   872

            Right of Member to demand execution of subsisting order.... 381,

                                                                         872
    Unfinished business.

            Rule for considering of...................................   876

            Construction of the rule as to............................   877

            Business in periods set apart for classes of business.....   879

            Private, on Tuesdays......................................   895

            Place of, in daily order of business......................   869

            Postponed votes...........................................  1030

            Priority of, in Committee of the Whole....................   977

            Question of consideration does not recur as...............   907

            Resumption of business of a preceding session of Congress.   814
    Unfunded Mandates.  See Federal mandates.
    Union.

            An object of the Constitution.............................     1

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

            Bills placed on...........................................   828

            Bills on, considered by unanimous consent in House as in

                Committee of the Whole................................   424

            Bills on, considered on Calendar Wednesday................   900

            Bills from, on Corrections Calendar.................... 829, 898

            Referral of State of the Union message to.................   168

            Removal of bill from by Speaker...........................   973
    United States Capitol Preservation Commission.  See Capitol.
    Unofficial office accounts.

            Prohibited................................................  1096
    Unusual punishments.

            Not to be inflicted.......................................   215
    Urban development.

            Jurisdiction over subjects related to.....................   722
    Usage.

            Governing the Speaker in recognitions.....................   953
    Useless papers.

            Disposition of, jurisdiction..............................   724
    Vacancies.

            In membership of House.

                Accounting for........................................ 1024a

                Clerk administers office..............................   653

                Continuation of pay of clerical assistants............    88

                Declared for holding incompatible offices.............   101
    From action of House............................................ 22, 205

                From death............................................    18

                From declination......................................    20

                From incapacity.......................................   205

                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

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                In Office of Clerk....................................    30

                Of House officers, Speaker may fill temporarily.......   640
    In Office of Speaker............................................ 28, 632

                In Office of Vice President...........................   353
    In Office of President........................... 155, 244-246, 252, 256

                In offices, President to fill, during recess of Senate   167

                In Senate.............................................    34
    On Committees, filling of...................................... 757, 793
    Vacating.

            Of Speaker's signature to enrolled bill...................   625
    Validity.

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

            Appropriations for, as in continuance of a public work....  1051

            Bound from State to State.................................   142

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................   739

            Jurisdiction of bills relating to mutiny and destruction

                of....................................................   730
    Veterans' Affairs, Committee on.

            History, jurisdiction, and duties of......................   740

            Other committees consolidated with........................   740
    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.............. 1130(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................   901

            Pocket veto...............................................   112

            Effect of adjournment to day certain as to pocket veto....   113
    Vice President.

            Admitted to the floor of the House........................   678

            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

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            Presides in certain impeachments..........................  615a

            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................................................   833

            Reference of, to calendars................................   831

            Right to file.............................................   804
    Violence.

            Domestic, States may ask protection from..................   189
    Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund................................  1128
    Virgin Islands.

            Delegate from, powers and privileges,  see Delegates.
    Visitors to institutions.

            Do not hold incompatible offices..........................    98
    Viva voce vote.

            Rules require officers of House, except Speaker, to be

                elected by............................................   640

            Usage to elect Speaker by............................... 27, 640
    Vocational education.

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................   720
    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............................   675

            Delegates and Resident Commissioner, voting in committees

                and formerly in the Committee of the Whole......... 675, 985

            Each Senator to have one..................................    32

            Former de novo votes in House where Delegates' votes

                decisive in Committee of the Whole....................   985

            Methods of recording in Journal...........................72, 75

            Not to be noticed in the other House......................   308

            Of Chief Justice in impeachments..........................  615a

            Of electors of President, giving of.......................   153

            Of Speaker not taken away by rule.........................    59

            Of Speaker ordinarily and in case of tie..................   631

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

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

            Recorded vote considered vote by yeas and nays............  1012

            Speaker's authority to postpone...........................  1030

            Transmittal and count of electoral..................... 219, 220

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            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...................  1031

                Member may demand count of Members to make quorum on

                    record vote.......................................  1020
    Change of a vote........................................ 511, 1014, 1017
    Disqualifying personal interest........................... 376, 671, 673

                Control of vote by Member.............................   672
    Duties and rights of Delegates and Resident Commissioner in
    committees and formerly in Committee of the Whole.............. 675, 985

                Former de novo votes in House where Delegates' votes

                    decisive in Committee of the Whole................   985

                May not authorize any other individual to cast his

                    vote..............................................   674

                Members convicted of certain crimes...................  1095

                Members required to vote..............................   671

                Parliamentary law as to giving of votes...............   505

                Proxy voting in committees prohibited.................   797
    Relation of reading of papers to under former rule XXX......... 964, 965
    Right of Member to have read once a paper on which he is to vote

                                                                    432, 964

                Withdrawal of a vote or correction of error in........  1017

                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 Member involved in the cause of an inquiry................. 321-323
    When Member involved in the course of an inquiry................ 321-323

            Decisions by majority--tie.

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

            Three-fifths vote.

                On measures raising income tax rates..................  1067

                On bills considered on Corrections Calendar...........   898

            Two-thirds vote.

                In general............................................   509
    Calendar Wednesday, to dispense with business on............... 857, 900
    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

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                Expulsion, for........................................    62

                Impeachment, for conviction on........................    38
    Political disabilities, to remove.............................. 230, 231

                Private Calendar, to dispense with on first Tuesday

                    each month........................................   895

                Report from Committee on Rules, to consider

                    immediately.......................................   857
    Not required for immediate consideration of certain reports from
    Committee on Rules...................................... 850, 1082, 1083

                Suspension of the rules, on...........................   885

                Treaties, Senate concurs in, by.......................   165
    Veto, to pass bill over a...................................... 104, 109

            By electronic system.

                Use in House..........................................  1014

                Use in Committee of the Whole.........................   982

                Bell and light indications............................  1016

                Procedure when voting system inoperable............... 1014a

            Five-minute votes.

                On postponed questions................................  1030

                On questions in sequence in House.....................  1032

                On questions in sequence in Committee of the Whole....   984

            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..................  1012

                Parliamentary provisions as to division not applicable

                    in the House......................................   502

                Repetition of demand for division.....................  1012

            By recorded vote.  See Recorded vote.

            By tellers.  See Tellers.

                Former rule for voting by.............................  1012

            By yeas and nays.  See Yeas and nays.

            By ballot.

                Rule for..............................................  1034

            On bills, amendments.

                As related to debate on amendment.....................   482

                Former de novo votes in House where Delegates' votes

                    decisive in Committee of the Whole................   985

                On amendments, order and principle of.................   922

                On articles in an impeachment.........................   618

                On several stages and passage of a bill...............   944

                Postponing record votes...............................  1030

                Requirements as to, on a motion to reconsider.........  1008

                Right to debate not precluded until negative is put...   482

                Test of strength may be taken on a bill before

                    amendment.........................................   430

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                Test of strength usually made on engrossment of a bill   429

            Division.  See Division.

            In election of officers.
    Electors, Presidential, chosen by ballot....................... 219, 220

                Officers of House, except Speaker.....................   640

                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........  1016

                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............................................  1077

                Managers of two Houses vote separately at a conference   548

                Members not to remain by Clerk's desk during..........   962

                Movement of Members during voting.....................   506

                Postponed votes, Speaker's authority..................  1030

                Recording of votes by electronic equipment............  1014
    Right of suffrage not to be abridged for race, color, sex, poll
    tax....................................................... 234, 240, 251

                ``Straw votes'' prohibited............................  1012
    Waiver.  See also Rules.

            Of privilege, not permitted to Members....................   814
    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...........................   729

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to soldiers of the World

                Wars..................................................   740

            Jurisdiction as to pensions arising from..................   740

            Relative powers of Congress and the President...... 128, 1130(2)
    War Claims.

            Jurisdiction of bills relating to.........................   730
    Warrants.

            Clerk seals and attests all...............................   648

            Certain, to issue only on certain conditions..............   246

            For arrest of absent Members......................... 1023, 1026

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

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    Water.
            Not to be kept by States in time of peace.................   148

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to common carriers by....   739

            Jurisdiction over water transportation generally..........   739

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to water power...........   739

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to supply of, for

                reclamation projects..................................   732

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to interstate compacts

                relating to apportionment of, for irrigation purposes.   732

            Jurisdiction of water conservation related to agriculture.   715
    Waterways, inland.

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to.......................   739
    Ways and Means, Committee on.

            Exempted from former rule proscribing committee sittings

                during five-minute rule...............................   801

            History and jurisdiction of...............................   741

            Report from on ``major'' tax legislation formerly included

                ``dynamic estimate''..................................   849

            Report on tax proposal must include ``macroeconomic

                analysis''............................................   849
    Weather Service, national.

            Jurisdiction over subjects related to.....................   735
    Wednesday, Calendar.

            Rule for order of business on.............................   900

            Business of, protected by two-thirds vote.................   857

            In order to consider a veto message of the President......   901

            One committee can only occupy one day except to dispose of

                unfinished business...................................   901

            Previous question ordered, bill undisposed of on Tuesday,

                goes over until Thursday..............................   901

            Privilege of general appropriation bills limited on.... 856, 900
    Weights.

            Congress to fix standard of...............................   121

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................   735
    Welfare, general.

            An object of the Constitution.............................     1

            Power of Congress to provide for..........................   117
    Welfare of miners.

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to.......................   720
    Wildlife.

            Jurisdiction of matters relating to conservation of.......   732
    Withdrawal.

            Of motions, votes.
    Of motions generally...................................... 392, 904, 905

                Parliamentary law of as to motions....................   460

                Amendment reported from Committee of the Whole not

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    Of motion to amend............................................. 922, 925
    Of motion to amend in Committee of the Whole........................ 978
                    subject to........................................   335

                Of motion to amend in ``House as in Committee of the

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

                Of motion to reconsider...............................  1003

                Of motion to suspend the rules........................   889

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

                Of vote...............................................  1017

            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..................................   696

                Of resignation not permitted..........................    19

                Of witnesses, counsel, and parties during examination

                    at bar of the House...............................   343
    Witnesses.

            Members as.

                Members as witnesses..................................   346

                Method of obtaining testimony of a Member of the other

                    House.............................................   347

                Power of one House to summon Members or officers of

                    the other.........................................   292
    Privilege of Members of Congress as to summons as.............. 290, 292

                Privilege of Members of Parliament not to be summoned

                    as................................................   287

            In examinations by the House.
    Administration of oaths to................................ 343, 346, 805
    Admission of counsel in........................................ 348, 803

                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................................................   813

                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....................   803

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                Minority..............................................   802
    Interrogation of.......................................... 343, 802, 803

                ``Truth in testimony,'' curriculum vitae and

                    disclosure statements.............................   798
    Testimony, advance statements of............................... 798, 803
    Quorum must be present when perjurious testimony is given to
    support charge of perjury............................ 343, 409, 800, 803

            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................................... 960, 961

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

            Jurisdiction over subjects related to.....................   720
    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..................   902

            Reports of committees to be in............................   833
    Writings.

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

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

            Clerk seals and attests all...............................   648

            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.........................   739
    Yeas and nays.

            Automatically ordered.

                On measures making general appropriations and

                    increasing income tax rates.......................  1033

                On measures making general appropriations and

                    increasing income tax rates.......................  1093

                Measures vetoed by the President......................   104

            Demanding and ordering.
    Conditions of ordering.......................................... 76, 504

                Demanding of..........................................    77

                Demand for, not to be held dilatory...................   903

                Effect of the order of................................    80

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                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......................  1019

                Reconsideration of the ordering of....................    79

                Vacating order for....................................    76

            Voting by.
    By the Speaker................................................ 631, 1015

                Changes and corrections of votes......................  1017

                Combining the yea-and-nay vote with a call of the

                    House.............................................  1025

                Count of those not voting to make a quorum of record

                    on a record vote..................................  1020

                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....   839

                Interruptions of the record vote......................  1018

                Messages received during vote by......................   562

                Method of call of the roll for the yea-and-nay vote...  1015

                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............  1077

                Qualifying in order to vote...........................  1015

                Recorded vote considered vote by......................  1012

                Use of electronic device to record....................  1014
    Yielding.

            Of Member having floor for motions or questions...........   946

            Of time not permitted under five-minute debate............   980
    Zoological Park.

            Jurisdiction of subjects relating to......................   739