[Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 114th Congress]
[114th Congress]
[House Document 113-181]
[Rules of the House of Representatives]
[Pages 393-405]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 
                                Rule VI


Official reporters
               official reporters and news media galleries




685. Reporters of debates and committee 
stenographers.

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



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vested in the Speaker (V, 6958); effective March 1, 1978 (H. Res. 959, 
Jan. 23, 1978, p. 431) those responsibilities were vested in the Clerk, 
subject to the direction and control of the Speaker.
  Before the House recodified its rules in the 106th Congress, this 
provision was found in former clause 1 of rule XXXIV (H. Res. 5, Jan. 6, 
1999, p. 47). From 1874 until March 1, 1978, the appointment and removal 
of the official reporters, and the manner of the execution of their 
duties, was

  The reporters of debates have played an important role in the 
evolution of the system by which the House compiles a daily verbatim 
report of its proceedings, made by its own corps of reporters (V, 6959). 
Since these reporters have become officers of the House a correction of 
the Congressional Record has been held a question of privilege (V, 7014-
7016). The House has directed the Clerk to provide a copy of the audio 
backup file of a committee deposition made by the reporters to the 
prosecuting attorney in a criminal proceeding (Feb. 17, 2012, p. _).




Sec. 686. Rules relating to Congressional 
Record.

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


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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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


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

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


            congressional record''--effective august 12, 1986


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

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

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

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

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

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


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contained in clause 8 of rule XVII only in two respects: (1) to revise 
by technical, grammatical, and typographical corrections; and (2) to 
extend remarks in a distinctive type style to follow the remarks 
actually uttered. In no event would the actually uttered remarks be 
removable.

  7. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XVII of the Rules of the House, the 
Congressional Record shall be a substantially verbatim account of 
remarks made during the proceedings of the House, subject only to 
technical, grammatical, and typographical corrections authorized by the 
Member making the remarks involved. Unparliamentary remarks may be 
deleted only by permission or order of the House. Consistent with rule 9 
of the Joint Committee on Printing Rules, any revision shall consist 
only of technical, grammatical, or typographical corrections of the 
original copy and shall not include deletions of correct material, 
substitutions for correct material, or additions of new subject matter. 
By obtaining unanimous consent to revise and extend, a Member will be 
able to relax the otherwise strict prohibition



Sec. 687. Substantially verbatim account.

  The requirement  of 
rule 7 of the supplemental rules that the Congressional Record be a 
substantially verbatim account of remarks actually rendered was included 
in clause 8(a) of rule XVII (formerly clause 9 of rule XIV) in the 104th 
Congress, with the prescription that that rule constitute a standard of 
conduct under clause 3(a)(2) of rule XI (formerly clause 4(e)(1)(B) of 
rule X) (sec. 213, H. Res. 6, Jan. 4, 1995, p. 468). Under clause 8 of 
rule XVII, remarks actually delivered may not be deleted and remarks 
inserted must appear in distinctive type (Jan. 4, 1995, p. 541). The 
Speaker has instructed the Official Reporters of Debates to adhere 
strictly to the requirement of rule 7 of the supplemental rules (Mar. 2, 
1988, p. 2963; Feb. 3, 1993, p. 1980).


  Words spoken by a Member not under recognition are not included in the 
Congressional Record (V, 6975-6978; VIII, 3466, 3471; Oct. 11, 2011, p. 
_) and a Member should not expect the official reporters to transcribe 
such remarks (Jan. 24, 2011, p. 583) or the remarks of two Members 
speaking simultaneously (Oct. 11, 2011, p. _; Speaker Boehner, Jan. 23, 
2012, p. _; Speaker Boehner, Feb. 26, 2013, p. _; Speaker Boehner, Mar. 
25, 2014, p. _; Speaker Boehner, Feb. 25, 2015, p. _). For example the 
Record does not include remarks uttered: (1) after a Member has been 
called to order (July 29, 1994, p. 18609); (2) when a Member fails to 
heed the gavel at the expiration of time for debate (May 22, 2003, p. 
12965; Oct. 2, 2003, p. 23950; July 25, 2012, p. _); (3) when a Member 
interrupts another during debate without being yielded to (Feb. 15, 
2012, p. _) or otherwise recognized (as on a point of order) (Speaker 
O'Neill, Feb. 7, 1985, p. 2229). Remarks held irrelevant by the Chair 
may be removed from the Record by unanimous consent only (Mar. 20, 2002, 
p. 3663).

  In response to a parliamentary inquiry, the Chair advised that when 
the Pledge of Allegiance is delivered as the third element of the daily 
order of business, the Record reflects the pledge in its statutory form 
(Apr. 27, 2004, pp. 7588, 7600). The Chair announced the Record-printing 
policy regarding remarks in debate uttered in languages other than 
English, to deny transcription in the foreign language (unless a 
transcript is provided in a language that the Government Publishing 
Office can print) and to require Members to submit translations for 
distinctive printing in the Record in English as a revision of remarks 
(Mar. 4, 1998, p. 2535; see also Feb. 25, 2003, p. 4402; Mar. 15, 2013, 
p. _).


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accepted practices, the Speaker customarily made such technical or 
parliamentary corrections or insertions in the transcript of a ruling or 
statement by the Chair as may have been necessary to conform to rule, 
custom, or precedent (see H. Res. 330, 101st Cong., Feb. 7, 1990, p. 
1515, and report of House Administration task force on Record inserted 
by Speaker Foley, Oct. 27, 1990, p. 37124). In the 104th Congress the 
Speaker ruled that the requirement of clause 8 of rule XVII (formerly 
clause 9 of rule XIV) that the Record be a substantially verbatim 
account of remarks made during House proceedings extended to statements 
and rulings of the Chair (Jan. 20, 1995, p. 1866).
  Under long practice and applicable precedents and guidelines, the 
Chair has refined rulings on points of order in the Record in order to 
clarify them without changing their substance, including those sustained 
by the House on appeal (Feb. 19, 1992, p. 2461; see H. Res. 230, 99th 
Cong., July 31, 1985, p. 21783, and H. Rept. 99-228). In accordance with 
existing

  The Congressional Record is for the proceedings of the House and 
Senate only, and matters not connected therewith are rigidly excluded 
(V, 6962). It is not, however, the official record, that function being 
fulfilled by the Journal (IV, 2727). Because the Record is maintained as 
a substantially verbatim account of the proceedings of the House (44 
U.S.C. 901), the Speaker will not entertain a unanimous-consent request 
to give a special-order speech ``off the Record'' (June 24, 1992, p. 
16131). As a general principle the Speaker has no control over the 
Record (V, 6984, 7017).

  The traditional practice to allow Members, with the approval of the 
House and under conditions set forth by the Joint Committee on Printing, 
to revise remarks before publication in the Congressional Record (V, 
6971, 7024; VIII, 3500) should be interpreted in light of clause 8 of 
rule XVII and rule 7 of the supplemental rules of the Joint Committee on 
Printing, which require the Record to be a substantially verbatim 
account of remarks made during House proceedings (see Sec. 686, supra, 
and Sec. Sec. 967, 968, infra). In any event, a Member should not change 
the notes of the Member's own speech in such a way as to affect the 
remarks of another without bringing the correction to the attention of 
that Member (V, 6972; VIII, 3461) because such alterations require 
authorization by the House (VIII, 3463, 3497). Where a Member so revised 
his remarks as to affect the import of words uttered by another Member, 
the House corrected the Record (V, 6973). A Member is not entitled to 
inspect the reporter's notes of remarks that do not contain reflections 
on that Member, delivered by another Member and withheld for revision 
(V, 6964).


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(V, 7009, 7010; VIII, 3488-3490; Aug. 31, 1965, p. 22385), nor permit 
the inclusion of extraneous material (Jan. 23, 1936, p. 950; Feb. 1, 
1937, p. 656; Sept. 19, 1967, p. 26032).


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

  As a general  rule the Committee of the Whole has no 
control over the Congressional Record (V, 6986); but the chairman in the 
preservation of order may direct the exclusion of disorderly words 
spoken by a Member after a call to order (V, 6987). In a case wherein a 
letter read in Committee involved a breach of privilege, the Committee 
reported the matter to the House for action, and the House struck the 
letter from the Record (V, 6986). The chair of the Committee of the 
Whole does not determine the privileges of a Member under a general 
leave to print in the Record, that being for the House alone (V, 6988). 
The Committee of the Whole may neither grant a general leave to print, 
although for convenience it does permit individual Members to extend 
their remarks




Sec. 689. Correction of the Congressional 
Record.

  Although the  House controls the Congressional Record, the Speaker with the 
assent of the House laid down the principle that words spoken by a 
Member in order might not be changed by the House, because this would be 
determining what a Member should utter on the floor (V, 6974; VI, 583; 
VIII, 3469, 3498). Neither should one House strike matter placed in the 
Record by permission of the other House (V, 6966). But the House may 
correct the speech of one of its Members so that it may record 
faithfully what was actually said (V, 6972). Similarly, a motion to 
correct the Record has been entertained to allow a Member to print in a 
subsequent edition of the daily Record the correct text of an amendment 
offered on a previous day and that had been substantially misprinted in 
the daily Record for the day on which it was offered (Deschler, ch. 5, 
Sec. 18.6). In addition, privileged motions have been permitted to 
correct the Record as follows: (1) striking unparliamentary words 
inserted in the Record (Deschler, ch. 5, Sec. 17); (2) correcting the 
Record where the remarks of one Member have been attributed to another 
(Deschler, ch. 5, Sec. Sec. 18.1, 18.2); (3) correcting the Record where 
a Member has improperly altered his remarks during an exchange of 
colloquy with another Member (Deschler, ch. 5, Sec.  18.9). Mere 
typographical errors in the Record or ordinary revisions of a Member's 
remarks do not give rise to privileged motions for the correction of the 
Record (Apr. 25, 1985, p. 9419), because such changes for the permanent 
edition of the Record may be made without the permission of the House 
(Deschler, ch. 5, Sec. 19) (subject to clause 8 of rule XVII). The House 
does not change the Record merely to show what a Member should have said 
during debate (Deschler, ch. 5, Sec. 18).


  Furthermore, the Speaker declines to entertain unanimous-consent 
requests to correct the Record on a vote taken by electronic device, 
based upon the presumed accuracy of the electronic system and the 
ability and responsibility of each Member to verify votes (Feb. 6, 1973, 
p. 3558; Apr. 18, 1973, p. 13081; Dec. 3, 1974, p. 37897). It also has 
been held that a Member may not, in a controversy over a proposed 
correction of the Record as to a matter of business, demand as a matter 
of right the reading of the reporter's notes (V, 6967; VIII, 3460).


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to note alleged inaccuracies in a State of the Union address (but not 
alleging improper transcription of that address) was held not to 
constitute a question of privilege (Oct. 20, 2003, pp. 25255, 25256). 
Propositions to make corrections are sometimes considered by the 
Committee on House Administration.
  The accuracy and propriety of reports in the Congressional Record 
constitute questions of the privileges of the House (see Sec. 704, 
infra). Subject to the requirements of rule IX, a motion or resolution 
for the correction of the Record that involves a question of privilege 
may be made properly after the reading and approval of the Journal (V, 
7013; VIII, 3496), is not in order pending the approval of the Journal 
(V, 6989), and may not be raised until the Record has appeared (V, 
7020). A correction of the Record that involves a motion and a vote is 
recorded in the Journal (IV, 2877). A resolution directing the placement 
of an asterisk in the Record



Sec. 690. Unparliamentary remarks and the Congressional 
Record.

  Where  a Member had uttered disorderly words on the floor without 
challenge, the House decided that it was not precluded from action when 
the words, after being withheld for revision, appeared in the Record, 
and struck them (V, 6979, 6981; VI, 582; VIII, 2538, 3463, 3472). The 
House also has ordered stricken printed speeches condemned as 
unparliamentary for reflections on Members, committees of the House, the 
House itself (V, 7017), and the Senate (V, 5129). In the 101st Congress 
a resolution presented as a question of privilege was adopted to direct 
the Committee on House Administration to report with respect to certain 
unauthorized deletions from the Record. A task force of that committee 
recommended that deletion of unparliamentary remarks be permitted only 
by consent of the House and not by the Member uttering the words under 
authority to revise and extend (Oct. 27, 1990, p. 37124). That 
recommendation has been incorporated into the Rules of the House (clause 
8(b) of rule XVII). In debating a resolution to strike from the Record 
disorderly language a Member may not read the language (V, 7004); but it 
was held that as part of a personal explanation relating to matter 
excluded as out of order a Member might read the matter, subject to a 
point of order if the reading should develop anything in violation of 
the rules of debate (V, 5079). A resolution to omit from the Record 
certain remarks merely declared by the Member offering the resolution to 
be out of order is not privileged (V, 7021). A motion to strike 
unparliamentary words from the Record is privileged (see Sec. 961, 
infra), although a question of privilege may not subsequently arise 
therefrom (V, 7023; VI, 596).



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been in order if uttered on the floor, and the House may exclude such 
insertion in whole or in part (V, 7004-7008; VIII, 3495; Oct. 2, 1992, 
p. 30709; Sept. 27, 1996, p. 25633); (5) a Member may not insert the 
individual votes of Members on a question of which the yeas and nays 
have not been entered on the Journal (V, 6982). The principle that a 
Member shall not be called to order for words spoken in debate if 
business has intervened does not apply to a case where leave to print 
has been violated (V, 7005). Neither the House nor the Committee of the 
Whole may permit the insertion of an entire colloquy between two or more 
Members not actually delivered (Aug. 10, 1982, pp. 20266, 20267; Oct. 3, 
1985, p. 26028; Dec. 15, 1995, p. 37133; July 31, 2012, p. _; June 5, 
2013, p. _). This prohibition does not apply to the insertion of remarks 
spoken in debate in the Senate in the form of a colloquy (Mar. 7, 2006, 
p. 2791) given the form of clause 1 of rule XVII as adopted in the 109th 
Congress.


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

  The practice  of inserting in the Congressional Record speeches not actually 
delivered on the floor has developed by consent of the House as the 
membership has increased and it has become difficult at times for every 
Member to fully debate public questions on the floor (V, 6990-6996, 
6998-7000). The House, in granting such leave to print, stipulates that 
it be exercised without unreasonable freedom (V, 7002, 7003). For 
example: (1) a Member with permission to insert one matter may not 
insert another (V, 7001; VIII, 3462, 3479, 3480); (2) a Member may not 
insert statements and letters of others unless the leave granted 
specifies such matter as extraneous (VIII, 3475, 3481), whether the 
extension be under general leave for all Members or individual; (3) 
although a Member may not request leave to insert the remarks of another 
Member (see supplemental rule 5 of the ``Laws and Rules for Publication 
of the Congressional Record''), the House may grant general leave for 
all Members to insert remarks (Mar. 19, 2012, p. _); (4) a Member may 
not insert that which would not have


  The House, and not the Speaker, determines what liberty shall be 
allowed to a Member who has leave to extend remarks (V, 6997-7000; VIII, 
3475), whether or not a copyrighted article shall be printed therein (V, 
6985), as to an alleged abuse of the leave to print (V, 7012; VIII, 
3474), or as to a proposed amendment (V, 6983). General leave to print 
may be granted only by the House, although in the Committee of the Whole 
a Member, by unanimous consent, may be given leave to extend remarks (V, 
7009, 7010; VIII, 3488-3490), though such leave should be granted only 
in connection with remarks actually delivered and relevant to the bill; 
and the extension under such circumstances should be brief (Speaker 
Longworth, Mar. 18, 1926, p. 5854).

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

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


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the insertion (Feb. 12, 1962, p. 2207; May 24, 1972, p. 18653). It is 
the Member's responsibility and not that of the Chair to ascertain the 
cost of printing extraneous material and obtaining consent of the House 
when necessary (Feb. 11, 1994, p. 2245). As indicated in supplemental 
rule 3 of the Laws and Rules for Publication of the Congressional 
Record, the general leave request of the floor manager permits matter 
pertaining to specific legislation, including tables and charts but not 
newspaper clippings and editorials. The Clerk normally does not require 
a cost estimate for charts and tables admitted under general leave that 
exceed two Record pages.
  Where extraneous material proposed to be inserted in the body or in 
the Extension of Remarks portion of the Record exceeds two Record pages, 
the rules of the Joint Committee on Printing require that the Member 
state an estimate of printing cost when permission is requested to make

  The former rules of the Joint Committee on Printing for publication of 
the Record, effective March 1, 1978, required the identification by 
``bullet'' symbols of statements or insertions no part of which were 
actually delivered in debate (Feb. 20, 1978, p. 3676). Where the House 
permitted all Members leave to revise and extend their remarks on a 
certain subject, those Members who actually spoke during the debate 
could revise their remarks to appear as if actually delivered, but 
Members' statements no part of which were spoken were preceded and 
followed by a ``bullet'' symbol (Nov. 15, 1983, p. 32729). In the 99th 
Congress, the House adopted a resolution requesting the Joint Committee 
on Printing to adopt temporary rules to require distinctive type styles 
to replace the bulleting of remarks not actually spoken in debate (H. 
Res. 230, July 31, 1985, p. 21783), and also adopted a resolution 
requesting that those rules be made permanent (H. Res. 514, Aug. 12, 
1986, p. 20980). Under regulations of the Joint Committee on Printing, 
remarks delivered or inserted under leave to revise and extend in 
connection with a ``one-minute speech'' made before legislative business 
are printed after legislative business if exceeding 300 words (Speaker 
O'Neill, Apr. 5, 1978, p. 8846; Sec. 686, supra).


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  Based upon several unauthorized insertions of extensions of remarks in 
the Record, the Speaker announced that henceforth all extensions of 
remarks must be signed by the Member submitting them (Aug. 15, 1974, p. 
28385). The House by unanimous consent may grant permission for all 
Members to extend their remarks and to include extraneous material 
within the established limits in that section of the Congressional 
Record entitled ``Extensions of Remarks'' for a session (e.g., Jan. 6, 
1999, p. 247) or a Congress (e.g., Jan. 4, 2007, p. 42).


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mitted thereto under such regulations as the Speaker may prescribe from 
time to time. The Standing Committee of Correspondents for the Press 
Gallery, and the Executive Committee of Correspondents for the 
Periodical Press Gallery, shall supervise such galleries, including the 
designation of its employees, subject to the direction and control of 
the Speaker. The Speaker may admit to the floor, under such regulations 
as the Speaker may prescribe, not more than one representative of each 
press association.



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

  2.  A portion of the gallery over the Speaker's chair, as may be 
necessary to accommodate representatives of the press wishing to report 
debates and proceedings, shall be set aside for their use. Reputable 
reporters and correspondents shall be ad


  Before the House recodified its rules in the 106th Congress, this 
provision was found in former clause 2 of rule XXXIV. When it was 
transferred to this clause, it also was amended to reflect the existing 
practice of including the Periodical Press Gallery under the ambit of 
the rule (H. Res. 5, Jan. 6, 1999, p. 47). This provision was first 
adopted in 1857 and has been amended from time to time (V, 7304; VIII, 
3642; Jan. 3, 1953, p. 24; Jan. 22, 1971, p. 144; Jan. 5, 2011, p. 80). 
A gender-based reference was eliminated in the 111th Congress (sec. 
2(l), H. Res. 5, Jan. 6, 2009, p. 7). See also Consumers Union v. 
Periodical Correspondents' Association, 515 F.2d 1341 (D.C. Cir. 1975), 
cert. den. 423 U.S. 1051 (1976) (action in enforcing correspondents' 
association regulations is within legislative immunity granted by the 
Speech or Debate Clause).


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Speaker may admit to the floor, under such regulations as the Speaker 
may prescribe, not more than one representative of each media outlet.

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




  Before the House recodified its rules in the 106th Congress, this 
provision was found in former clause 3 of rule XXXIV (H. Res. 5, Jan. 6, 
1999, p. 47). This provision was first adopted on April 20, 1939 (p. 
4561) and has been amended from time to time (May 30, 1940, p. 7208; 
Jan. 22, 1971, p. 144; Jan. 5, 2011, p. 80). A gender-based reference 
was eliminated in the 111th Congress (sec. 2(l), H. Res. 5, Jan. 6, 
2009, p. 7).