    [Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 113th Congress]
    [113rd Congress]
    [House Document 112-161]
    [Rules of the House of Representatives]
    [Pages 1008-1009]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                    Rule XXIX

                              general provisions

    Sec. 1105. Relations of Jefferson's Manual and provisions
    of law to the Rules of the House.

      1.   The provisions of law that
    constituted the Rules of the House at the end of the previous Congress
    shall govern the House in all cases to which they are applicable, and
    the rules of parliamentary practice comprised by Jefferson's Manual
    shall govern the House in all cases to which they are applicable and in
    which they are not inconsistent with the Rules and orders of the House.

      2. In these rules words importing one gender include the other as
    well.

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      Clause 1 was adopted in 1837 (V, 6757), and amended January 3, 1953,
    p. 24, when it was also renumbered. When the House recodified its rules
    in the 106th Congress, clause 1 was transferred from former rule XLII
    and was modified to reference all provisions of law comprising House
    rules at the end of the previous Congress (a compilation of which is
    included in Sec. Sec. 1127-1130, infra); and clause 2 was added (H. Res.
    5, Jan. 6, 1999, p. 47). This rule was redesignated as rule XXVII in the
    107th Congress (sec. 2(s), H. Res. 5, Jan. 3, 2001, p. 24), redesignated
    as rule XXVIII in the 108th Congress (sec. 2(t), H. Res. 5, Jan. 7,
    2003, p. 7), and redesignated as rule XXIX in the 110th Congress (sec.
    301, P.L. 110-81). Clause 2 was amended in the 111th Congress when
    gender-based references throughout the rules were eliminated (sec. 2(l),
    H. Res. 5, Jan. 6, 2009, p. 7). The importance of Jefferson's Manual as
    an authority in congressional procedure has been discussed (VII, 1029,
    1049; VIII, 2501, 2517, 2518, 3330).

    Sec. 1105b. Layover satisfied by electronic
    availability.

      3.  If a measure or matter is publicly available in
    electronic form at a location designated by the Committee on House
    Administration, it shall be considered as having been available to
    Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner for purposes of these
    rules.

      This clause was added in the 112th Congress (sec. 2(c)(2), H. Res. 5,
    Jan. 5, 2011, p. _). The 112th Congress provided a transition rule
    pending the designation by the committee under this clause (sec. 3(n),
    H. Res. 5, Jan. 5, 2011, p. _).

    Sec. 1105d. Authoritative guidance of budgetary
    levels.

      4.  Authoritative guidance from the Committee on the Budget
    concerning the impact of a legislative proposition on the levels of new
    budget authority, outlays, direct spending, new entitlement authority
    and revenues may be provided by the chair of the committee.

      This clause was added in the 112th Congress (sec. 2(d)(3), H. Res. 5,
    Jan. 5, 2011, p. _). This authority elucidates the responsibilities of
    the Committee on the Budget under section 312 of the Congressional
    Budget Act (see Sec. 1127, infra). The 112th Congress authorized the
    chair of the committee to make specified adjustments under this clause
    pending the adoption of a certain budget resolution (sec. 3(h), H. Res.
    5, Jan. 5, 2011, p. _).