[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. _).