    [Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 119th Congress]
    [119th Congress]
    [House Document 118-187]
    [Rules of the House of Representatives]
    [Pages 420-432]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                     Rule VI

    Official reporters
                   official reporters and news media galleries

    685. Reporters of debates and committee
    stenographers.

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

      Before the House recodified its rules in the 106th Congress, this
    provision was found in former clause 1 of rule XXXIV (H. Res. 5, Jan. 6,
    1999, p. 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 vested in the Speaker (V, 6958); effective March 1, 1978
    (Precedents (Wickham), ch. 5, Sec. 16.3) those responsibilities were
    vested in the Clerk, subject to the direction and control of the
    Speaker.

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      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 (Precedents (Wickham), ch.
    6, Sec. 26.7; Sept. 12, 2019, 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).

      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 Publishing 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.

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    of Congress to be submitted by him instead of manuscript copy when he
    offers it for publication in the Congressional Record.
      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

      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.

      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 printed in the daily edition of the Congressional Record,
    they shall not be printed therein a second time.

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

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    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.
      The official reporters of each House shall designate and distinctly
    mark the lead item among their extensions. When both Houses are in
    session

      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

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

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

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

      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.

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

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    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 (Precedents (Wickham),
    ch. 5, Sec. 20.5; Feb. 3, 1993, p. 1980).

    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,

      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.
    15117) 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. 15117; Speaker
    Boehner, Jan. 23, 2012, p. 180; Speaker Boehner, Feb. 26, 2013, p. 1680;
    Speaker Boehner, Mar. 25, 2014, p. 4783; Speaker Boehner, Feb. 25, 2015,
    p. 2553, 2554). 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. 12253; June 13, 2016, p. 8610; Oct. 12, 2017, p. 15860; Jan. 18,
    2018, p. _); (3) when a Member interrupts another during debate without
    being yielded to (Feb. 15, 2012, p. 1643) 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. 3671).

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      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 (Precedents (Wickham), ch. 5, Sec. 19.13; see H.
    Res. 230, 99th Cong., July 31, 1985, p. 21783, and H. Rept. 99-228). In
    accordance with existing accepted practices, the Speaker customarily
    made such technical or parliamentary corrections or insertions in the
    transcript of a ruling or statement by the Chair as may have been
    necessary to conform to rule, custom, or precedent (see 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 (Precedents
    (Wickham), ch. 5, Sec. 19.15).

      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'' (Precedents (Wickham),
    ch. 5, Sec. 16.5). 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). In response to a parliamentary inquiry regarding the specific
    content of the reporter's transcript, the Chair advised that the Member
    consult the Record in its regular course (Jan. 17, 2019, p. _).

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    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 chair 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 (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. 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 (Precedents (Wickham), ch. 5, Sec. 19.19), 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 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 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 (Precedents
    (Wickham), ch. 5, Sec. 19.22). Propositions

    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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    ber 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; Precedents (Wickham),
    ch. 5, Sec. 20.19; Precedents (Wickham), ch. 5, Sec. 20.21; June 5,
    2013, p. 8086). 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. The House has agreed to a single unanimous-consent
    request to grant general leave for all Members with respect to multiple
    measures considered on the same day (Sept. 13, 2018, p. _).

    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 (Precedents (Wickham), ch. 5, Sec. 20.33);
    (4) a Member may not insert that which would not have been in order if
    uttered on the floor, and the House may exclude such insertion in whole
    or in part (V, 7004-7008; VIII, 3495; Precedents (Wickham), ch. 5,
    Sec. 22.21; Sept. 27, 1996, p. 25633); (5) a Mem

      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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    state an estimate of printing cost when permission is requested to make
    the insertion (Feb. 12, 1962, p. 2207; May 24, 1972, p. 18653; Sept. 12,
    2019, p. _). 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 (Precedents (Wickham), ch. 5,
    Sec. 21.6). 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

      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 (Precedents (Wickham), ch. 5, Sec. 17.8).
    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 (Precedents (Wickham), ch. 5, Sec. 17.9), and also
    adopted a resolution requesting that those rules be made permanent
    (Precedents (Wickham), ch. 5, Sec. 17.11). 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, Precedents (Wickham), ch. 5,
    Sec. 17.1; Sec. 686, supra).

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    News media galleries
      Based upon several unauthorized insertions of extensions of remarks in
    the Record, the Speaker announced that henceforth all extensions of
    remarks must be signed by the Member submitting them (Aug. 15, 1974, p.
    28385). The Speaker has announced that extensions of remarks may be
    submitted electronically (Speaker Pelosi, Jan. 4, 2021, p. _; Speaker
    McCarthy, Jan. 9, 2023, p. _; Speaker Johnson, Jan. 3, 2025, p. _),
    making permanent an announced policy from the 116th Congress effective
    during the pendency of a designated public health emergency (Speaker
    Pelosi, Apr. 7, 2020, p. _). 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).

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

      2.  A portion of the gallery over the Speaker's chair, as may be
    necessary to accommodate representatives of the press wishing to report
    debates and proceedings, shall be set aside for their use. Reputable
    reporters and correspondents shall be admitted thereto under such
    regulations as the Speaker may prescribe from time to time. The Standing
    Committee of Correspondents for the Press Gallery, and the Executive
    Committee of Correspondents for the Periodical Press Gallery, shall
    supervise such galleries, including the designation of its employees,
    subject to the direction and control of the Speaker. The Speaker may
    admit to the floor, under such regulations as the Speaker may prescribe,
    not more than one representative of each press association.

      Before the House recodified its rules in the 106th Congress, this
    provision was found in former clause 2 of rule XXXIV. It was 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). When it was
    transferred to this clause, it 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). 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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    utable reporters and correspondents shall be admitted thereto under such
    regulations as the Speaker may prescribe. The Executive Committee of the
    Radio and Television Correspondents' Galleries shall supervise such
    gallery, including the designation of its employees, subject to the
    direction and control of the Speaker. The Speaker may admit to the
    floor, under such regulations as the Speaker may prescribe, not more
    than one representative of each media outlet.

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

      3.  A portion of the gallery as may be necessary to accommodate
    reporters of news to be disseminated by radio, television, and similar
    means of transmission, wishing to report debates and proceedings, shall
    be set aside for their use. Rep

      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).