text: [Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 113th Congress] [113rd Congress] [House Document 112-161] [General Index] [Pages 1291-1459] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov] [[Page 1291]] I N D E X __________ 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 Call of House in old form .................................... 1021-1024 committee to sit.................................. 324 Call of House ............................................... 1025, 1026 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................... 729 Members to be present unless excused.................. 671 Failure of quorum in Committee of the Whole........... 982 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 Adhere, motion to. See Amendments between the Houses. Adjourn, motion to. See also Adjournment. Of and to the early Presidents............................ 316 Nature and conditions of. Amendment of .................................................. 585, 912 [[Page 1292]] 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 In order during call of the House ........................... 1025, 1026 Relation of, to quorum. In order in absence of quorum ................................. 52, 1022 Not in order when Committee of the Whole rises to report proceedings incident to securing quorum.... 912 Adjournment. See also Adjourn, motion to. To fix the day. General conditions of motion to fix the day to which the House shall adjourn ................................................. 911, 913 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 Hour 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 Joint leadership recall authority under adjournment resolutions to another time or place ............................................ 82-84 Case in which President may cause..................... 171 Neither House to adjourn for more than three days without consent of other ........................................................ 82, 83 Of a session as related to constitutional day of meeting........................................... 45 Parliamentary law as to the adjournment of the Lords [[Page 1293]] Prohibited before completion of congressional budget process and Commons....................................... 584 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................. 1106 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 Journal of last day not approved ............................... 74, 621 hands of President................................ 113 Impeachment not interrupted by ............................... 592, 620 Obsolete law as to business at time of................ 385 Parliamentary law as to business at the termination of a session......................................... 592 Of a debate. Administrative oversight. Of a debate, obsolete practice as to.................. 444 Former subcommittee on.................................... 744 Administrator of General Services. Admiralty. Bills that become law deposited with .................. 105, 109 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 In support of certain warrants............................ 211 [[Page 1294]] Affrays. See Decorum. Age. Senators on, for trial of impeachments.................... 615b 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 Agreements among States. See States. Agriculture. Priority of amendments over .................... 456, 528b, 528d Committee on, history and jurisdiction of................. 715 Aid to enemies of United States. See Treason. 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 Amend, motion to. President appoints........................................ 166 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 Precedence of ................................................. 911, 926 Precedence of motion to, over motion to agree or disagree Not to be applied to a conference report.............. 550 Not in order in third degree .................................. 454, 923 528, 528a, 528b, 528d Precedence of motion to, over one to strike or agree.. 456 Rule as to offering, degree of........................ 922 Substitute............................................ 922 To title of a bill ....................................... 427, 512, 922 Withdrawal of......................................... 925 [[Page 1295]] Yields to motion to refer............................. 449 Not applicable to the previous question ....................... 452, 927 Relations of, to motion to postpone ................ 449, 451, 453, 927 Relations of. Application of previous question to ........................... 450, 994 Relations of, to other motions........................ 927 Relations of, to points of order...................... 924 Negative of motion to strike not a bar to further amendment ... 920, 921 Striking and inserting. Matter to be inserted not divisible ........................... 920, 921 Amendment. Relations to motion to strike enacting words.......... 988 To strike and insert not divisible ........................... 920, 921 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 Co-offerors not permitted .................................... 825, 923 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 On general appropriation bills, limited .................... 1039-1063a On general appropriation bills, en bloc ................... 1042, 1063a Of a conference report not in order................... 542 Of motion to adjourn .......................................... 585, 927 Priority of, over motions to strike or agree.......... 456 Proposing a commemorative prohibited.................. 823 Proposing an appropriation prohibited................. 1065 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 Self-executed adoption of amendments by special rule ......... 928, 1065 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 [[Page 1296]] 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 and inserting. Application of the motion to strike................... 472 Conditions of repetition of motions to strike and insert............................................ 471 Conditions of striking an amendment already agreed to. 474 Effect of affirmative vote on motion to strike and insert............................................ 473 Motions to strike and insert not divisible ................... 920, 921 Negative decision on motion to strike not bar to further amendment . 920, 921 Principles as to perfecting, before inserting or striking.......................................... 469 Priority of perfecting amendments over................ 456 Reading the motion and putting the question on motion to strike and insert.............................. 470 To strike certain words of a bill..................... 468 Of bills. Action of House on those, reported from a committee... 423 [[Page 1297]] 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, 1044b 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 Withdrawal of, in Committee of the Whole ...................... 925, 978 Reading concurrent resolution on budget for amendment. 990 Rule as to consideration of, in Committee of the Whole ....978, 980, 981 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 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. [[Page 1298]] Differences as to, committed to conference............ 530 Jurisdiction over..................................... 729 Methods of making ........................................... 190-193 Not approved by the President......................... 115 The twenty-seven Two-thirds vote on conference report as to 208-258 192, 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 Germaneness, separate vote on Senate amendments included in conference reports or reported in disagreement if not germane 521-529 Germaneness, amendments to Senate amendment should be germane 931, 1090, 1091 931, 1091 Germaneness, reference of nongermane Senate amendments to committee...................................... 874 Senate amendments to legislative bills containing appropriations Senate amendments to appropriation bills containing legislation 1076, 1065 Senate amendments containing taxes or tariffs 1076, 1084 Stage of disagreement on 1066, 1076a Status of, after rejection of a conference report 528a, 528c, 1074 Text to which both Houses have agreed not to be changed 551, 1090 527, 1088 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 Division of question on 521, 522, 526, 528b Receding, discussion in Jefferson's Manual 525, 528d Receding, one House not to recede from its own amendment with an amendment; or depart from form fixed by adherence 523-526 [[Page 1299]] 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 Lay on the table 486, 1002 Refer 519, 528b, 528d, 914 Reject nongermane matter in 486, 528d, 916, 1002 1089, 1091 Send to conference, see Conferences. Precedence of motions as to. Precedence of motions for disposition of Precedence of motions before stage of disagreement 486, 519, 525, 528, 528a, 528b, 528d, 916, 1002, 1084, 1089, 1091 Precedence of motions after stage of disagreement 486, 528, 528a, 528b, Precedence of motions to dispose of nongermane matter in conference reports 486, 525, 528, 528a, 528d, Precedence of motions to dispose of nongermane matter reported in disagreement 1089, 1090 1089, 1091 Precedence of motion to insist as to legislative amendment to appropriation bill................... 1084 Precedence of motion to adhere 486, 528b, 528d 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 Nongermane Senate amendments in conference reports or reported in disagreement Legislative amendments to appropriation bills......... 1084 Senate amendments carrying a tax or tariff 1089-1091 Senate amendments in Committee of the Whole 1066, 1076a [[Page 1300]] Senate amendments in House 528a, 1072, 1073 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. 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, 627, 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 catastrophic quorum failure report................ 1024 None on refusal to entertain prohibited point of order of no quorum............................................. 629 None from responses to parliamentary inquiries............ 629 On timeliness of an objection............................. 629 On questions as to priority of business decided without debate................................................ 884 Withdrawal of............................................. 629 Appearance. Of respondent in an impeachment 608, 610, 611 Right of accused to be heard before investigating Appellate jurisdiction of Supreme Court. See Supreme Court. Application of laws to legislative branch. See Congressional committee............................................. 803 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 [[Page 1301]] Apportionment. Of committee staff, see Committee staffs. Adjustment by districts 226, 227 First and last............................................ 15 Jurisdiction of matters relating to interstate compacts on apportionment of water for irrigation purposes........ 731 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 and consideration 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 Point of order against motion to rise on an appropriation bill where the bill exceeds a section 302(b) allocation 1042, 1063a 1044b 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 Spending reduction account, transfers to.............. 1063b 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 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 [[Page 1302]] 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 Appropriations. 1037, 1063 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 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 Staff for 847 772, 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 [[Page 1303]] Sequential referral to, of bills containing new entitlement authority exceeding budget resolution allocation reports........................................... 716 1128 (sec. 401) 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 President......................................... 575 Time and conditions of signature In general 104, 105, 111 73, 621 Amendment precedes.................................... 74 Place of, in order of business........................ 869 Architect of the Capitol. Office of 1125e Admitted to floor of the House............................ 678 Armed Services, Committee on. History, jurisdiction and duties of....................... 718 Special oversight functions of............................ 744 Armies. Congress to raise and support............................. 129 [[Page 1304]] 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 Arms. Right of people to keep and bear.......................... 209 Army. 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 Art. Works of, duty of Committee on House Administration as to. 724 Articles of impeachment. See Impeachment. Assaults. 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 Assembly. 331, 332, 622 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. [[Page 1305]] 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 Attending Physician. 1014, 1021, 1025 Office of Attest. 1125d Attire. Of Clerk on bills, writs.................................. 648 Of Members Attorneys. 622, 962 Admission of, in investigations........................... 348 Role in impeachment Auditing. 601-620 Of accounts against contingent fund (applicable accounts of the House)......................................... 724 Authorization of Law. See Appropriation bills. Authors. Congress may provide for copyrights for................... 124 Availability. Of reported bills, before floor consideration 850 Of introduced bills, before floor consideration Aviation programs, funding for. 1068i Point of order Bail. 1064d 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 [[Page 1306]] Bankruptcy. on............................................................ 722 Power of Congress to make laws on......................... 120 Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 729 Bar, of House. Method of examining witnesses at.......................... 343 Trials at, and arraignment of contumacious witnesses at... 344 Bells (legislative call system)................................... 1016 Bicentennial, former 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 Constitutional authority statement.................... 826a Cosponsorship of public............................... 825 Cosponsorship of public, more than one Member designated as first sponsor....................... 825 Obsolete provisions as to introduction and readings of 398-400 Reservation of certain bill numbers................... 825 Signing of, by chief sponsor.......................... 825a Reference of. By Speaker to committees.............................. 816 Committal of, on third reading Correction of, error of reference 494, 916, 994 824, 825, 869 Custody of, in committees............................. 695 Delivery of bills to committees....................... 403 House may send to any committee House bills returned with Senate amendments on a different subject 816, 816c 873, 874 Not to be brought back from committees on motion to reconsider........................................ 1011 Parliamentary law (largely obsolete) as to reference of................................................ 401 Public Recommittal of, to select or standing committees or Committee of the Whole 816, 825 Referral procedures, multiple referrals or referral to ad hoc committee 420, 994, 1001-1002c [[Page 1307]] With amendments between the Houses 816, 816a, 816b, 816c 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 Designation of public works, consideration prohibited 948, 957, 978, 979, 987 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 Reading and amendment under five-minute rule.......... 980 Recommittal of bills to Committee of the Whole 420, 988, 1001 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 [[Page 1308]] Consideration of a preamble........................... 414 Consideration of, when reported from Committee of the Whole............................................. 337 Filling blanks left 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. Generally............................................. 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 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 [[Page 1309]] 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 Former duties of Committee on House Administration as to enrollment 572-577 577, 724, 754 Report as to accuracy of enrolled..................... 625 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 Method of disapproval 104, 105, 110 104-109 Notice of approval.................................... 106 Notice and action as to disapproval................... 104 When signed by President deposited with Archivist..... 105 When vetoed and passed deposited with Archivist....... 109 Private. See Private bills. Bills of credit. States not to emit........................................ 146 Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group. [[Page 1310]] Blanks. To be consulted by the Speaker............................ 670 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 Borrow. Power of Congress to borrow money......................... 118 Botanic Garden. Under control of Committees on House Administration and Transportation and Infrastructure Boundary lines. 724, 739 Jurisdiction of bills relating to Bounties. 723, 729 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 Bribery. 305, 306 An impeachable offense.................................... 173 Power of House to punish attempts at, on Members Bridges. 293, 294 Bills for construction of certain banned.................. 822 Broadcasting. Press coverage of committee hearings 796, 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 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 [[Page 1311]] Limitation on reconciliation directive in 1127 (sec. 3) Procedures contained in 1068b Timetable for budget process 1127 (sec. 301) 1127 (sec. 300) Yeas and nays automatically ordered................... 1033 Congressional budget process. Application of points of order to unreported measures Definitions 1068c Timetable 1127 (sec. 3) Advance budget and revenue authority ineligible for consideration before adoption of concurrent resolution 1127 (sec. 300) 1127 (sec. 303) Budget Committee must handle budget legislation....... 1127 (sec. 306) Appropriation bills reported before June 10 July adjournment not in order-- 1127 (sec. 307) Until House passes appropriation bills 1127 (sec. 309) Until reconciliation legislation completed Reports, summarized projections 1127 (sec. 310) Reconciliation process 1127 (sec. 308) Budget authority and revenue legislation to be within appropriate limits 1127 (sec. 310) 1127 (sec. 311) 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 Certain bills providing entitlement authority to be referred to Committee on Appropriations 1128 (sec. 401) Cost estimate by Congressional Budget Office 747, 1128 (sec. 401) 1128 (sec. 407) Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act..... 1128 Budget Enforcement Act of 1990........................ 1129 Generally. Budget Act procedures by Appropriations Committee..... 747 Congressional Budget Office, functions of 748, 1081, 1119, 1127, 1128 Emergency designations in appropriation bills......... 1041 Hearings on by Appropriations Committee............... 746 Legislation not to increase mandatory spending........ 1068f Legislation not to increase long-term mandatory spending over certain amount...................... 1068h Point of order against motion to rise on an appropriation bill where the bill exceeds a section 302(b) allocation 1044b [[Page 1312]] Program review and evaluation......................... 1010 Transmittal of budget by President.................... 169 Year-ahead requests for new budget authority.......... 1129 Impoundment Control Act and line item veto authority. Line item veto authority Procedures on rescission bills and impoundment resolutions 1130(6b) Buildings, office. 1130(6a) 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....................... 723 Jurisdiction as to marine hospitals....................... 721 Jurisdiction of bills for penitentiaries.................. 729 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 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. In order to consider President's veto..................... 901 Limited application of precedents before the 111th Congress.............................................. 900 Privilege of general appropriation bills limited on 856, 901 Rule for order of business on............................. 900 Calendars. Corrections Calendar, former, see Corrections Calendar, former. The three for reports of committees....................... 828 [[Page 1313]] Adverse reports 832, 893 For motions to discharge committees 830, 892 Former, for unanimous consent and decisions............... 899 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 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 Call of the House. See also Absence. 876-879 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 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 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 Preservation Commission 1125a Police, duties of Sergeant-at-Arms as to.................. 656 Captures. [[Page 1314]] 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 chairs of standing committees... 761 Membership is required for committee membership 760, 782 Early organizational...................................... 1126 Cemeteries, national. Jurisdiction of bills relating to Censure. 718, 731, 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 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 Chairs. Of standing or select committee. Of standing committees elected by the House Administer oaths to witnesses 317, 761 Duties relating to appointment, qualification, compensation of staff 343, 346, 805 767, 771-781 May be delegated power to issue subpoenas............. 805 Preside over committee................................ 317 Prior claim of, to recognition........................ 953 [[Page 1315]] 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 Sign subpoenas issued by committee (or subcommittee).. 805 Speaker appoints, of select and conference committees. 637 Usually report from a standing or select committee 317, 415 Vacancy or absence in the position of................. 761 Vice chair 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 Chaplain. 202, 203 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 such Member 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 Citizens. 608a, 615, 615a, 618 [[Page 1316]] 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 Citizenship. Those of the United States as to voting................... 234 As qualification of Representative........................ 9, 10 As qualification of a Senator............................. 35 As qualification of the President of the United States.... 154 Reference to, as qualification for suffrage............... 226 Civil aviation. Jurisdiction over subjects related to generally........... 739 Jurisdiction over research and development................ 735 Civil offices. May be removed by impeachment............................. 173 Members not to be appointed to certain.................... 96 Civil Service. Jurisdiction over, including intergovernmental personnel.. 732 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............................ 729 Jurisdiction of war claims............................ 729 Jurisdiction of private land claims................... 731 Jurisdiction as to certain foreign.................... 723 Jurisdiction of, against the United States............ 729 Jurisdiction relating to international and other...... 723 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. [[Page 1317]] Classified information. See Information. Clerical staff of committees. See Committee staffs. Clerk. Of Senators............................................... 33 Election and oath of. 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 custody........................................ 352 Amending section numbers of a bill.................... 479 Announcing pairs...................................... 1031 Attesting and sealing writs, warrants, subpoenas...... 648 Receiving messages when House is in recess or 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 [[Page 1318]] Reading motions....................................... 904 Referring reports to calendars........................ 831 Stands while reading.................................. 428 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 Archivist............ 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................................. 679 Closing debate. See Debate. Coast Guard. Bills to correct certain discharge records banned......... 822 Coastal zone management. Jurisdiction over subjects related to Code of Official Conduct. See Official conduct. Codification. 731, 739 [[Page 1319]] Coexisting questions. See Questions. Coin. Of laws, jurisdiction of, bills for....................... 729 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 Colleges, agricultural. Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 715 Comfort. To enemies of the United States Commander in Chief. See President. Commemoratives prohibited......................................... 823 Commerce. 181, 232 Energy and Commerce, Committee on......................... 721 Jurisdiction of subjects relating to financial aid to..... 722 Jurisdiction of subjects relating to, with foreign nations 723 Power of Congress to regulate............................. 119 No regulation shall give preferences to any ports......... 142 Commissions. Congressional Mailing Standards........................... 1113 House Office Building..................................... 1114 Tom Lantos Human Rights 1125g U.S. Capitol Preservation 1125a Democracy Assistance Commission (House Democracy Partnership) 1125f President to issue, to officers........................... 172 For recess appointments of the President.................. 167 Created by law, to sit 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 Debate on motion to 911, 916, 1001-1002c Relation of, to early use of the previous question 917, 1002 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 [[Page 1320]] Use of................................................ 446 Application of, to bills. After previous question ordered, Committee on Rules limited as to After previous question ordered 857, 1001 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 Ten minutes debate permitted on motion to recommit bill or joint resolution 1001, 1002c On bills with amendments between Houses 1001, 1002a Committee of the Whole. 486, 528b, 528d, 916, 1002 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 Procedure of the House as in 675, 970 424-427 Rare case of investigation conducted by............... 343 Relations of, to the Congressional Record............. 688 Two continuing committees of.......................... 332 Chair of. Chair preserves order................................. 970 Functions of.......................................... 971 Discretionary authority as to quorum calls............ 982 Discretionary authority as to reduced-time votes on questions in sequence 984, 1032 Parliamentary method of selecting..................... 327 Selection of Chair.................................... 970 Quorum of. Quorum of Call of, by electronic device or clerks 329, 982 982, 1019 When failure of may be raised......................... 982 Rising and reports as related to quorum............... 983 Short or notice quorum call at discretion of Chair.... 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 May take a recess only with consent of the House...... 586 Motion to rise privileged [[Page 1321]] 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 Point of order against motion to rise on an appropriation bill exceeding a section 302(b) allocation 1044b 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 Rising with unfinished business 982, 983, 1027 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 Reference of Senate bills from Speaker's table to 420, 1001-1002c Senate amendments considered in 873, 874 Subjects not requiring consideration in 1072, 1073 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 Reduced-time recorded votes in, on questions in sequence [[Page 1322]] 984, 1032 Unanimous consent to modify special orders entertained in................................................ 993 Motions for previous question and to adjourn not used in 333, 912 Motion to reconsider not in order in.................. 1003 Recorded vote in Relations of motion to strike enacting words to 1012, 1030, 1032 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 Disorderly words taken down in, reported to the House 960, 961 Effect of breaking up of, by disorder 369, 960, 961 332, 622 Quarrels in, and duty of the Speaker as to............ 331 Sergeant-at-Arms enforces order in.................... 648 Speaker restores order in............................. 622 Committee staffs. Admitted to floor of House under certain conditions....... 678 Consultants and training [[Page 1323]] 774, 1095 Subcommittee staff appointments formerly by chair and ranking minority member............................... 767 Expense resolution for 763 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 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 Select committees, see Select committees. Rules and practice as to the appointment of [[Page 1324]] 317, 757 Selection of chairs of select and of standing committees........................................ 761 Serve through a Congress.............................. 317 Service of Resident Commissioner and Delegates on Speaker appoints select and conference committees 675, 676 637, 782 Subcommittees limited................................. 762 Term limits for chairs of committees and subcommittees 761 Vacancies in, filled by election by House............. 762 Vice chair 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 Amendments adopted in, to be publicly available within 24 hours.......................................... 796 Authorization to go to conference..................... 791 Availability of markup text........................... 798 Broadcasting and press coverage of meetings and hearings 796, 807-812 Clerks of, see Committee staffs. Debate in............................................. 318 Decorum in Executive sessions of 369, 787, 803 Former rule proscribing sitting during five-minute rule 796, 798, 803 324, 801 Intelligence, Select Committee on, special procedures [[Page 1325]] May only act when together for............................................... 785 Meetings and action of 407, 793, 799 408, 793-805 Meeting when chair fails to call...................... 793 Meetings open to public 746, 798 Method of voting amendments to a bill in.............. 417 Notice requirement for meetings....................... 798 Noting amendments to bill in committee................ 417 Parliamentary law governing consideration of bills in. 412 Postponement of votes in.............................. 800a 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 Quorum must be present when perjurious testimony is given to support charge of perjury 343, 409, 799, 800, 805 343, 409 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 Vice chair or ranking member presides in absence of chair 343, 805 761, 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, published in Record and available electronically.................................... 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 chair............................................ 793 Votes in, available for inspection and publicly available......................................... 794 Witnesses before committees, see Witnesses. [[Page 1326]] Hearings. Exclusion of Members and public from.................. 798 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 Broadcasting and press coverage of 746, 798, 803 796, 807-812 Executive hearings open to noncommittee Members....... 798 Five-minute rule applicable during interrogation of witnesses......................................... 802 Hearings open to public 746, 798, 803 Hearings to be preserved in Library of Congress....... 1107 Notice requirement for hearings....................... 798 On mismanagement, required............................ 805a Quorum must be present when perjurious testimony is given to support charge of perjury 343, 409 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 Witnesses before committees, see Witnesses. Reports of, generally. Action of the House on amendments reported from....... 423 Action of the House on reports from................... 422 Activities report..................................... 790 Adverse Adverse reports from Committee on Rules 832, 853, 861, 893 Authorization, signing, and validity of 861, 893 Availability in electronic form 407, 408, 415, 799, 831-852 Availability of, before floor consideration 796, 1105b By whom made 850, 851 Calendars on which reports of, await action of the House 317, 834, 804, 850 828-899 Calling up reports made in order by adoption of a resolution by the House........................... 862 Direction of committee, for making Filing of, by chair or majority 317, 415 834, 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, 1105b [[Page 1327]] 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 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 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...................................... 419 Speaker does not decide on sufficiency of............. 628 Submitting reports 317, 418 Single volume......................................... 837 Supplemental, filing of838........................................ To be in writing and to be printed.................... 833 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 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 cost844............................................... 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, 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 Former oversight findings and recommendations of Committee on Government Reform 742, 840 [[Page 1328]] 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 Tax complexity 864-867 Unfunded Mandates 849, 1092 790, 843, 1127 Vote totals and names on amendments and motion to report............................................ 839 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 Oversight and Government Reform............................................ 743 Oversight plans submitted to Committees on Oversight and Government Reform and House Administration.... 743 Special oversight functions........................... 744 Additional functions.................................. 745 Budget hearings....................................... 746 Budget Act procedures 747, 1127 Budget Committee, additional functions of............. 748 Oversight and Government Reform Committee, additional functions of...................................... 749 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 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 Calendar Wednesday.................................... 900 Morning hour.......................................... 880 In general. Availability of publications in electronic form....... 796 [[Page 1329]] 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. Number and functions of 1108-1113 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, chair, and voting in.............................. 325 Common defense. Power of Congress to provide for.......................... 117 Common fame. As a ground for impeachment............................... 605 As foundation for investigation........................... 341 Common law. Jury trial for suits at................................... 214 Communications. Rules of, in courts....................................... 214 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............... 729 Jurisdiction of, relating to apportionment of waters for irrigation purposes................................... 731 Jurisdiction of, over interstate energy................... 721 Compensation. See also Pay. For private property taken for public use................. 212 [[Page 1330]] Compliance, Office of. See Congressional accountability. Compulsory process. Of relatives of Members and employees..................... 1095 For obtaining witnesses................................... 213 Concur, motion to. See also Agree, motion to. Relative to striking 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 legislative procedure 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 Usually asked over differences as to amendments....... 530 As to requests for. Adherence does not prevent granting requests for...... 522 Generally Motions to request, precedence of 528a, 530, 533, 535, 1069-1093 Motions to request, authorization in committee 528a, 528b, 528d, 535, 1069, 1070 Requests declined or neglected 791, 1070 Separate vote on certain amendments between the Houses when request is made 534, 1070 1070, 1072 Managers and their powers. As affected by free and simple conference Managers of, appointment, removal, and function 539, 540, 557 Managers of, motion to instruct or discharge 536, 637 Managers restricted to the disagreements of the two Houses 541, 1079 [[Page 1331]] 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 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 Debate on, equally divided between parties............ 1086 Effect of disagreement to a conference report Form of conference reports 551, 954, 1091 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 May not differ from text agreed to by managers........ 1094 Nongermane matter contained in conference agreements, procedure for consideration Nongermane matter in amendments in disagreement, procedure for consideration 1089, 1090 [[Page 1332]] 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 Reports of inability to agree 551, 1089-1091 545, 1083 Retroactive income tax rate increase prohibited in.... 1068 Quorum, evidence of................................... 543 Signing of 543, 1093 Speaker decides as to validity of reports............. 627 Statements relating to Federal unfunded mandates Three-day layover and two-hour availability before consideration 1081, 1127 1082, 1105b 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 When asked before disagreement........................ 552 Confession. 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.............. 1106 Neither House to adjourn for more than three days or to another place without consent of the other 82, 82a, 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 [[Page 1333]] Prohibited from adjourning sine die before completion of congressional budget process Union to.......................................... 168 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, suffrage. As to apportionment and establishment of districts 226, 227 Determines time of choosing electors.................. 153 May by law provide for cases in which President-elect nor Vice President-elect shall qualify............ 244 May choose President and Vice President in certain cases May confirm nomination to fill vacancy in Vice Presi- 221-223 dency 253, 256 Instances in which 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 [[Page 1334]] 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................ 729 Powers of--limitations on. 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(26) Committee reports accompanying measures must contain statement relating to................................. 842 [[Page 1335]] 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. legislative procedure, laws providing mechanisms for.............. 1130 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 Pledge of Allegiance printed in 687, 869 Power of chair of Committee of the Whole over......... 972 Privilege of Member to revise remarks................. 691 Privilege of propositions to correct 685, 690 Relation of Committee of the Whole to................. 688 Remarks uttered not under recognition not printed in.. 687 Reporters of debates.................................. 685 Substantially verbatim account of remarks Unparliamentary remarks printed in 687, 691, 967, 968 687, 961 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 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 Substantially verbatim account of remarks 825, 826 691, 967, 968 Titles of reported bills entered in................... 831 Congressional Research Service.................................... 1117 Consent. Unanimous. See Unanimous consent. Of Congress. [[Page 1336]] 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............... 731 Soil, jurisdiction of matters relating to................. 715 Wildlife, jurisdiction of matters relating to............. 731 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 To dispose of certain points of order regarding congressional earmarks, tax benefits, and tariff benefits 1068d 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 Constituency. 466, 628 Apportionment and establishment of districts 226, 227 Status of, as related to right to take the oath........... 204 Constitution of the United States. 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 [[Page 1337]] 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...................... 729 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 authority statement. Requirement for introduction of bill or joint resolution.. 826a 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 Constitutions. 698-702 Those of States subordinate to that of United States...... 195 Consular service. Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 723 Consuls. President appoints........................................ 166 Consultants. Training.................................................. 774 Lobbying by............................................... 1095 Jurisdiction of Supreme Court in cases affecting.......... 179 Judicial power extends to cases affecting................. 178 Contempts. Committee reports on, privileged for immediate consideration without three-day layover 299, 699, 850 Power of the House to punish for [[Page 1338]] Contestants. 293-299 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 Contractors. 1037, 1063 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 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 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 Copyrights. participation following............................... 939 [[Page 1339]] Copyright royalties, limitation on........................ 1099 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, former. Former rule providing for................................. 898 Corridors. Speaker's control of...................................... 623 Corruption. Of blood, for treason..................................... 182 Cosponsorship, of bills. See Bills. Cost, limit of. On public works........................................... 1047 Counsel. General, Office of........................................ 670 Floor privileges for respondent counsel in disciplinary proceeding............................................ 678 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 [[Page 1340]] 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 Counterfeiting. 54, 1020 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 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... 732 Jurisdiction of subjects relating to.................. 729 Jurisdiction as to, in foreign lands.................. 723 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 Credit. 724, 728 For public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of a State in other States................................. 183 [[Page 1341]] 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 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...................... 729 Criminal prosecutions. Rights of accused in all.................................. 213 Security as to accusations, and trial..................... 212 Criticism. See also Debate. 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 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 Cutgo. Point of order............................................ 1068f Damages to property. Bills of payments for, banned with exceptions............. 822 Dams. Jurisdiction of subjects relating to Dean of the House. 731, 739 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 [[Page 1342]] 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 Member to speak but once, except one Member in reply.. 959 Member who has spoken to the main question may speak to an amendment 465, 959 Member's right to close debate on amendment considered under five-minute rule............................ 959 Morning-hour debate................................... 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 Coughing.............................................. 364 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 Words taken down in debate 960, 961 960, 961 Disorder in. Calls to order 364, 960, 961 [[Page 1343]] 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.................................. 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. Criticism of the Speaker.............................. 362 Debate, proceedings, and Members of the other House Decorum and abstention from personalities 371, 372, 945 361, 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 presumptive major-party nominee for President......................................... 370 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 Not precluded until the negative has been put......... 490 Limitations on. Forty minutes of: After previous question is ordered................ 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 627, 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 [[Page 1344]] On motion to instruct conferees....................... 1078 On motion to reconsider............................... 1010 On motion to strike 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 1001, 1002a Twenty minutes of: On motions to discharge........................... 892 On question of consideration with regard to congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits.............................................. 1068d On question of consideration with regard to unfunded mandates.............................................. 1127 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 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) [[Page 1345]] 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 that Member is debated................................. 375 In standing and select committees..................... 318 Morning-hour debate................................... 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 One-minute speeches................................... 950 Oxford-style debates.................................. 952 Participation of the Speaker in debate Quorum necessary during 358, 947 54, 510 Special-order speeches................................ 950 Under reservation of right to object to a unanimous-consent request Debt. 381, 872 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 before 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........................................ 723 War Powers Resolution Declination. 1130(2) Of seat by Member......................................... 20 Decorum. See also Debate. As to sitting in place.................................... 353 [[Page 1346]] 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 mobile electronic device that impairs decorum forbidden............................................. 962 Wearing of hats forbidden Deductions. 377, 962 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 Counsel for, in criminal cases............................ 213 Defense production. Jurisdiction over subjects related to..................... 722 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 Impeachment began at instance of a........................ 603 May have been appointed a teller.......................... 1013 [[Page 1347]] As chair of 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................ 656 Sworn..................................................... 675 Departments. See Executive departments and agencies. Deposition authority. Of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform....... 749a Desertion. Certain private bills to correct records are banned....... 822 Designation of public works. Consideration prohibited Desk, Clerk's. See Clerk's desk. Dilatory motions. 1068a 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........................... 729 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. Disapproval provisions. Expedited procedures with respect to executive actions.... 1130 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 [[Page 1348]] Discipline. Of a committee, from a resolution of inquiry.............. 867 Of the militia............................................ 133 Of Members Discoveries. 62, 806 Congress may provide exclusive rights to.................. 124 Disorder. Disorderly words taken down 369, 960, 961 Galleries or lobby, cleared by Speaker for................ 622 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 chair 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 Ethics............................ 806 Disqualifying interest. Of a Member as to voting District of Columbia. 376, 671, 672 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........................... 731 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.............................. 732 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 [[Page 1349]] 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 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 Motion to strike and insert not divisible 525, 528d Offsetting amendments to appropriation bills indivisible 920, 921 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 [[Page 1350]] without............................................... 212 No State to deprive a person of life, liberty, or property Duties. See Taxes and tariffs. Earmarks. without............................................... 225 Point of order against certain............................ 1068d Question of consideration to dispose of certain points of order against......................................... 1068d Responsibilities as to the Code of Official Conduct....... 1095 Rules Committee may not waive certain points of order against............................................... 1068d Economic and Educational Opportunities, Committee on. See Education and the Workforce, Committee on. Economic Committee, Joint......................................... 1108 Economic report. Time for filing of, by President.......................... 169 Education. Jurisdiction of subjects on Education and the Workforce, Committee on......................... 720 Education and Labor, Committee on. See Education and the Workforce, 720, 723 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 Of Speaker and other officers of House 26, 312 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.................. 729 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 [[Page 1351]] Each House judge of Contests affected by death............................ 18 Election by districts 46-51 228, 229 Functions of State executive.......................... 24 Jurisdiction as to laws relating Of Members, questions relating to, considered by House Administration Committee 724, 728 Power of each House to judge as related to State laws 724, 728 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 Regulation of times, places, and manner of Federal Elections Commission, disapproval of regulations 42, 43 Special elections in extraordinary circumstances 1130(17) 17, 43, 53, 310 Suffrage not to be abridged for race, color........... 234 To fill vacancies..................................... 17 Of Senators. Of Senators 32, 34, 46, 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 Election of Vice President by Senate in certain cases 221-223 221-223 Congress to provide for case wherein death occurs among those from whom House and Senate choose Electoral count. President and Vice President respectively......... 246 Constitutional provision for 219, 220 Jurisdiction of matters relating to [[Page 1352]] Electoral votes. 724, 728 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 Electronic equipment and form of publication. 151, 152 Availability in electronic form and layover requirements.. 1105b Committee publications available in electronic form....... 796 Mobile electronic devices that impair decorum forbidden in Chamber............................................... 962 Standards for electronic documents set by House Administration........................................ 753 Voting and quorum calls by, see Voting. Emancipation. Of slaves, no compensation for............................ 232 Emergency Planning, Preparedness, and Operations. Former Office of Emoluments. 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. Code of conduct for....................................... 1095 Compensation, retirement, and benefits, jurisdiction over. 724 Consultant contractors.................................... 1095 Sergeant-at-Arms responsible for conduct of............... 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 Relatives of Members, employment of 88, 1095 To be assigned only to duties for which they are appointed 640 Enacting words, striking. Rule relating to motion................................... 988 [[Page 1353]] Enemies. Practice as to use of motion.............................. 989 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 731, 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.......... 731 National energy policy generally...................... 721 Naval petroleum and oil shale reserves................ 718 Water power........................................... 739 Engagements. 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 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 Enumeration. Of people for apportionment............................... 15 Capitation or direct taxes to be proportioned to.......... 140 Equal protection. [[Page 1354]] Equity. Of law, guaranteed........................................ 225 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 calendar....... 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 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 Financial disclosure...................................... 1103 Former Select Committee on................................ 721c Limitations on use of frank............................... 1097 Limitations on outside earned income...................... 1099 Office of Congressional Ethics 806, 1125h Sanctions for ethical violations 62-66 Unofficial office accounts prohibited..................... 1096 Ethics, 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.. 721b History and jurisdiction of............................... 721b Inspector General makes certain reports to................ 667 Privileged reports from................................... 853 Sanction Committee may recommend Evidence. 62-66 Methods of taking 341-348, 802, 803 [[Page 1355]] Ex-Members. See Former Members. Ex post facto law. Duties of committee clerks as to.......................... 695 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 Excuses. See Absence. Executive. See President; Executive departments and agencies. Executive communications. 819, 824 Transmission to House..................................... 827 Reference of Executive departments and agencies. 816, 873, 874 Appropriations Committee to study organization and operation of.......................................... 742 Congress may vest appointment of certain inferior officers in heads of........................................... 166 Congressional review of agency rulemaking 1130(28) Gallery for use of heads of............................... 682 Heads of, admitted to the floor of the House.............. 678 Jurisdiction of matters relating to reorganization of..... 732 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 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 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. [[Page 1356]] Executive power. Bound by oath to support the Constitution................. 196 Vested in the President................................... 149 Expedited Procedures. For consideration of measures reviewing executive actions. 1130 Exhibits. Use of in debate Expenditures. 622, 963, 964 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 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 Expunging. Of Member-elect before taking the oath.................... 300 Of entries of Journal..................................... 71 Extradition. 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 Federal mandates. Statements for conference reports relating to 1081, 1127 Committee reports must contain effect of accompanying measures on 790, 843, 1127 Effective date of Unfunded Mandates Reform Act............ 1127 Former motion to strike................................... 991 Question of consideration to dispose of points of order raised under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 [[Page 1357]] 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 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. 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 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. Pledge of Allegiance Floor, Hall of House. 687, 869 Abuse of privilege of..................................... 679 Admission of representative of press and radio to 693, 694 Admission of certain former Members....................... 680 Distribution of campaign contributions prohibited [[Page 1358]] 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 Yielding of, in debate, see Debate. Forces. Conditions to make rules for land and naval............... 131 Foreign affairs. Land or naval, trial for crimes in........................ 212 International commodity agreements, jurisdiction over..... 723 International economic policy, jurisdiction over.......... 723 International education, jurisdiction over................ 723 International financial and monetary organizations, jurisdiction over 722, 744 International fishing agreements, jurisdiction over 731, 744 International waters, jurisdiction over................... 723 Limitation on loans to foreign entities 1013(32) Non-proliferation and nuclear export agreements 723, 1130(10) President's relations to.................................. 165 Foreign Affairs, Committee on. History and jurisdiction of............................... 723 Special oversight functions of............................ 744 Reports private bills..................................... 817 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 Forest reserves and forestry. 144, 1100 Jurisdiction of bills relating to [[Page 1359]] Forfeiture. 715, 731 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 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. Power of Congress over places purchased for............... 134 Forty minutes' debate. See Debate. Fourteen days. Discharge of resolutions of inquiry Franking privilege. 864-867 House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards....... 1113 Limitation on use of...................................... 1097 Fraud. In introduction of a bill................................. 825a 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 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 chair of Committee of the Whole as to order in... 970 Speaker may order, to be cleared.......................... 622 The Press Gallery......................................... 693 [[Page 1360]] General appropriation bills. See Appropriations. General Counsel. The Radio/TV Gallery...................................... 694 Government Accountability Office, assistance to committees........ 1115 Office of General debate. See Debate. General revenue sharing. 670, 1125b General welfare. Jurisdiction over......................................... 732 Power of Congress to provide for.......................... 117 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.............. 732 Intergovernmental relationships, jurisdiction over........ 732 Republican form of, guaranteed to the States.............. 189 [[Page 1361]] Government Operations, Committee on. See Oversight and Government Right of people to petition............................... 208 Reform, Committee on. Government Reform, Committee on. See Oversight and Government Reform, Committee on. Government Reform and Oversight, Committee on. See Oversight and Government Reform, Committee on. Government, seat of. Power of President to convene Congress at another place 82, 82a, 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 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 Hats. Not to be worn by Members in the House Heads of departments. See also Departments. 377, 962 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 Health. 873, 874 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. [[Page 1362]] Exclusion of Members and public from...................... 798 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 High crimes and misdemeanors, impeachable offenses. See Impeachment. High seas. 746, 798, 803 Hissing. Punishment of piracies and felonies on.................... 126 Not in order during debate................................ 364 Historian. Office of House........................................... 669 Holman rule. Decisions under Holman rule (in brief).................... 1062 Homeland Security. Committee on.............................................. 723a Former select committees on............................... 723b Honorarium. Limitations on Hour of meeting. 1095, 1099, 1103 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 Hour rule. 911, 913 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 Chair and four members serve on Joint Committee on the Library............................................... 1110 Chair 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 Duty as to standard for electronic documents.............. 753 Former duty as to enrolled bills.......................... 754 Duty as to termination of LSOs [[Page 1363]] 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 House as in Committee of the Whole. 776, 779 Procedure in 424-427 Procedure in generally applicable to House committees House Calendar. 407, 792 Certain bills placed on, to await action of House......... 828 Bills on, considered on Calendar Wednesday................ 900 Bills on, considered during ``Morning Hour''.............. 880 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 Voting in House of Representatives. 502, 505 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 Bills for raising revenue to originate in [[Page 1364]] 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 noon 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 House office buildings. 17-25 Administration of, jurisdiction of matters relating to.... 724 Assignment of rooms in.................................... 1114 House Recording Studio. See Recording Studio. House restaurant. See Restaurant. Houses. Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 739 Relation between two of Congress. Provisions of Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 applicable to both 1106-1107 Bill from one laid on the table in the other.......... 520 [[Page 1365]] 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 under former rule................................. 560 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 Immigration. Power of Congress over.................................... 137 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 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 [[Page 1366]] 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 Imprisonment. 716, 717 Of person who assaulted a Member.......................... 91 As to termination of an order of.......................... 386 Inability. Of President or Vice President 155, 254, 255 Inauguration. Of President-elect or Vice President-elect................ 244 Ceremonies of............................................. 159 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. [[Page 1367]] Incompatible offices. Limitation on outside earned.............................. 1099 Relation of Members to 97-101 As to what are............................................ 98 Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 729 Indefinite postponement. Use of the motion for..................................... 443 Index. Of the Journal, Clerk to make............................. 647 Indians. Jurisdiction of subjects relating to 720, 731 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 Inhabitancy. 169, 170 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 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. No appeal from responses to........................... 629 Insert, motion to. See Amendment. Insist, motion to. See Amendments between the Houses. Inspection laws. Rights of States to levy duties or imposts, to execute.... 147 Inspector General. [[Page 1368]] Instructions. See Commit; Conference; Discharge; Recommit; Recommittal; Office of................................................. 667 Refer. Insular affairs. Jurisdiction of revenue matters........................... 741 Jurisdiction of subjects relating to, generally........... 731 Insult. Member censured for, to the House......................... 65 Bills or petitions excluded for being insulting Insurrection. 818, 891 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 Interest. 785, 1095 Disqualifying personal, as to voting International Relations, Committee on. See Foreign Affairs, Committee 376, 671, 672 on. Interparliamentary Affairs. Office of................................................. 1124 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 Interstate compacts. See Compacts. Intervening questions. See Privileged Questions; Privilege, questions Of the call of committees................................. 881 of. Intoxicating liquors. Jurisdiction as to prohibited traffic in.................. 730 Jurisdiction as to sale of, in District of Columbia....... 732 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 [[Page 1369]] 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 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 Jeopardy. 283-620 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 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 Joint rules. Used for amendment to the Constitution.................... 191 Jurisdiction as to........................................ 733 Abrogated 61, 316 Reference to.............................................. 1105 Joint sponsorship. See Bills; Memorials. Journal. In general. 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 of proceedings [[Page 1370]] 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 introduction of bills, petitions, and resolutions.. 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 Of votes, 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. As related to quorum 55, 1027 Business not transacted before........................ 621 Disorder during....................................... 621 For approval.......................................... 621 Interruption of....................................... 621 May be interrupted by a question of privilege......... 710 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 Not interrupted by conference report.................. 1077 [[Page 1371]] Place in order of business............................ 869 Amendment and approval. Amendment of Approval of, by House 74, 621 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 Judgment in impeachments. See Impeachment. Judicial officers. 174-176 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. Judiciary, Committee on the. States reciprocally to give full faith and credit to...... 183 History and jurisdiction of............................... 729 Reports private claims bills 729, 817 Records transferred to from former Committee on Internal Security.............................................. 729 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 District of Columbia, former Committee on............. 732 Education and the Workforce........................... 720 Energy and Commerce................................... 721 Ethics................................................ 721b [[Page 1372]] Financial Services.................................... 722 Oversight and Government Reform....................... 732 Homeland Security..................................... 723a House Administration.................................. 724 Foreign Affairs....................................... 723 Judiciary............................................. 729 Merchant Marine and Fisheries, former Committee on 718, 731, 735, 739 Post Office and Civil Service, former Committee on.... 732 Natural Resources..................................... 731 Rules................................................. 733 Science, Space, and Technology........................ 735 Small Business........................................ 736 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 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. 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. Irrigation of, jurisdiction as to......................... 731 [[Page 1373]] 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.............. 731 Public, jurisdiction of matters relating to............... 731 Law. As related to legislative functions. As agency for prescribing qualifications.............. 12 As related to power of House to elect officers Application of laws to legislative branch, see Congressional accountability. 29, 30 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................................................ 729 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 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..... 729 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.................. 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 [[Page 1374]] 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 Treaties abrogated by................................. 599 Law Librarian. 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. [[Page 1375]] Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group, members of............... 670 Coordination of oversight plans........................... 743 Joint recall authority.................................... 84 Member designated by 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, 234 Territorial, revision of, jurisdiction as to.............. 731 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 legislative procedure....... 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 [[Page 1376]] 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. 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 Library. See also Congressional Research Service. Assistant in Law Library admitted to floor of House....... 678 Of Congress, jurisdiction of Committee on House 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 Limitations. On general appropriation bills, see Appropriation bills. On outside earned income.................................. 1099 On use of frank........................................... 1097 Line item veto authority. Presidential authority Lists. 1130(6b) Presidential electors to make certain..................... 219 Loans (foreign). Jurisdiction of matters relating to Lobby. 723, 729 Speaker may order to be cleared........................... 622 [[Page 1377]] Lobbying. Power of chair of Committee of the Whole as to order in... 970 By committee consultants.................................. 1095 Gifts from lobbyists 1095, 1100, 1103 Floor privileges of lobbyists............................. 680 Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 729 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......................... 732 House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards....... 1113 Majority. 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 Constitutes quorum of House 409, 798, 799, 805 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 791, 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..................... 731 Marine hospitals. Jurisdiction as to........................................ 721 Maritime jurisdiction. Judicial power extends to cases of........................ 178 Mass mailing. Franking of............................................... 1097 Measures. [[Page 1378]] 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............... 729 Duties of Clerk at organization of the House Administration of the oath at organization 643-645 198-204 Of the House. 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 Former rule proscribing sittings during five-minute rule 407, 793, 805 324, 801 Prohibited during joint meetings and sessions......... 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 chair 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 Compensation of 86, 88 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 [[Page 1379]] Nondiscrimination in employment by.................... 1095 Members' Representational Allowance................... 88 Outside earned income of.............................. 1099 Rooms of, in office building.......................... 1114 Relatives of, employment of 88, 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 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 Scope of privilege of speech and debate 92, 93 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 [[Page 1380]] 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 Right of, to have paper read once 434, 964, 965 432, 964 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 627, 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 Rights of, to demand the execution of a subsisting order 832, 893 381, 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 Memorials. Status of, as to privilege, oath, committee service....... 300 Introduction and reference of [[Page 1381]] 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 Merchant Marine and Fisheries, former Committee on. 718, 739 Former jurisdiction transferred Messages. 718, 731, 735, 739 Usages as to. 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 Neglected bills....................................... 570 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 or recess.. 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 Migration. [[Page 1382]] Of persons, power of Congress as to....................... 137 Mileage, allowance of. Of Representatives........................................ 86 Sergeant-at-Arms formerly disbursed....................... 656 Committee on House Administration ascertains.............. 724 Military and naval records. Bills to correct, banned.................................. 822 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 Miners, welfare of. Jurisdiction of matters relating to Ministers, public. 720, 731 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 Misdemeanors. 833, 804 As to what are............................................ 175 Impeachable offenses Mondays. 173, 175, 176 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 motions to discharge committees Money. 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 [[Page 1383]] Power of Congress to borrow............................... 118 Proper application of, and enforcement of payment of, jurisdiction as to.................................... 732 Public bills appropriating, placed on Union Calendar...... 828 States not to coin or issue............................... 146 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 Debate.................................................... 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 Reading or statement of 392, 460 392, 904 Reduced to writing and entered on the Journal......... 902 Repetition of motions................................. 918 Second no longer required for ordinary................ 392 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 [[Page 1384]] Not admitted pending motion to suspend the rules...... 890 Not admitted 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 enacting words Those admitted in ``House as in Committee of the Whole'' 988, 989 425-427 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 Privileged interruptions of daily order of business 911-917 870, 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. Postpone, motion to. Refer, motion to; Reference. [[Page 1385]] 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 Former 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 Natural Resources, Committee on. History and jurisdiction of............................... 731 Special oversight functions of............................ 744 Naturalization. Power of Congress to establish rule of.................... 120 Relations to citizenship.................................. 225 Jurisdiction as to........................................ 729 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 Navy. Bills to correct certain records banned................... 822 Congress to provide and maintain.......................... 130 Congress to make rules for................................ 131 President, Commander in Chief of.......................... 160 States not to maintain.................................... 148 [[Page 1386]] Navy yards. Trial for crimes in....................................... 212 Power of Congress over places purchased for............... 134 Negative. Of one question amounting to the affirmative of another Newspapers, admission to the floor. See Floor. Nobility. 485-488 Titles of, not to be granted.............................. 144 No State to grant title of................................ 146 Foreign gifts and decorations accepted with consent of Congress.............................................. 145 Nuclear energy. Jurisdiction of Committee on Energy and Commerce.......... 721 Military applications..................................... 718 Non-proliferation and export agreements................... 723 Regulation of domestic industry........................... 721 Research and development.................................. 735 Oversight jurisdiction Oath. See also Affirmation. 721, 744 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. [[Page 1387]] Of President of the United States..................... 158 Right to administer, given by law rather than by rule. 59 Speaker, Members, and chairs may administer to witnesses 343, 346, 805 In support of certain warrants........................ 211 Objections. See also Unanimous consent. 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 Occasions, extraordinary. 818, 824 Power of President to convene Congress on................. 171 Other power of convening.................................. 171 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 1113-1125h 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.......................... 732 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................... 729 Members not to be appointed to certain................ 96 Procedure in case of acceptance of, by Member......... 101 Relations of contestants to........................... 100 Office accounts. [[Page 1388]] Office buildings. Prohibition of unofficial................................. 1096 Assignment of rooms in.................................... 1114 Office of Technology Assessment................................... 1121 Officers. Of the United States. Accountability of, jurisdiction as to................. 732 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 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 Election of, except Speaker 26-30, 640 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 voting............................. 36 Choice of President pro tempore and other officers.... 37 Official conduct. Code of, for Members, officers, and employees............. 1095 Financial disclosure...................................... 1103 Former Committee on Standards of.......................... 721b Outside earned income..................................... 1099 Revisions of remarks in debate, standard of 967, 968 Use of Frank.............................................. 1097 [[Page 1389]] Official record. Unofficial office accounts................................ 1096 Journal as................................................ 582 Official reporters. Of debates, appointment and removal of One-fifth. 724, 685 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 Order. motion is lost........................................ 954 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 Power of chair of Committee of the Whole to preserve, in galleries and lobby 368, 369 970, 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 chair of Committee of the Whole......................................... 972 House controls decisions of, by appeal................ 379 [[Page 1390]] 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 Right of a Member to demand the execution of a subsisting order 949-956 The calendars on which reports of committees await action of the House 381, 872 828-899 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 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 Intervention of private business on Tuesday........... 895 [[Page 1391]] 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 Privileged reports from certain committees 1130 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 Nature and use of, as compared with resolutions........... 395 [[Page 1392]] 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. Intervening questions of.............................. 457 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 Outside earned income. Limitations on............................................ 1099 Oversight and Government Reform, Committee on. Authority as to depositions............................... 749a Executive agencies must submit to any information requested relating to matter within its jurisdiction 342, 732 Former requirement that oversight findings of to be included in reports of other committees............... 840 General oversight functions of 743, 749 [[Page 1393]] History and jurisdiction of............................... 732 Responsibility as to commemoratives....................... 823 Oxford-style debates. Pairs. Structure of.............................................. 952 Forms and announcement of................................. 1031 Not to be announced out of order.......................... 1015 In order in Committee of the Whole........................ 1031 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 Return of to other House. [[Page 1394]] Paragraphs. Privileged status of requests for return of papers.... 565 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 Parks, District of Columbia. 162, 164 Jurisdiction over subjects related to..................... 731 Parliament. See House of Commons. Parliamentarian. Office of................................................. 1122 Precedents compiled by.................................... 1122 Parliamentary inquiries. No appeal from responses to............................... 629 Recognition to propound................................... 628a 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 Pay. Cost of living adjustments 86 Of committee staff, see Committee staffs. Of department officers, jurisdiction as to................ 723 Of judges................................................. 177 Of Members during recess, Clerk certifies to (obsolete)... 647 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....... 656 Penalties. For absent Members........................................ 52 Paygo. Exception under the Congressional Budget Act 1127 (sec. 302) Former pay-as-you-go point of order 1068j Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 [[Page 1395]] Pensions. 910, 1129 Certain bills for, banned................................. 822 Debt incurred for certain, not to be questioned........... 232 Jurisdiction of appropriations for........................ 716 Of all wars, jurisdiction of bills for.................... 740 Pension Reform Act, disapproval procedures in People. 1130(8) 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 Person. 343, 409 Security of, as to searches and seizures.................. 211 Personal explanations. Made by unanimous consent................................. 945 Personal interest. Disqualifying as to voting Personal privilege. 376, 671, 673 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 Persons. Not permitted in debate................................... 361 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 [[Page 1396]] Nature of................................................. 389 Parliamentary law as to reception of...................... 391 Received by committees only through the House............. 320 Right of petition guaranteed.............................. 208 Signing and presentation of............................... 390 Pictures. Taking of, in committee hearings.......................... 811 Piracies. Congress to punish........................................ 126 Place. Ceremonial functions in another place 82, 82a Neither House to adjourn to another, without consent of other House 82, 82a, 84 Power of President to convene Congress away from seat of Government Places of elections. 82, 82a, 171 Regulation of Pleadings. 42, 43 In an impeachment Pledge of Allegiance.............................................. 869 Pocket veto. 612, 613 Bills retained by President after Congress adjourns....... 112 Effect of adjournment to day certain...................... 113 Points of order. Decisions on. Chair of Committee of the Whole decides............... 971 Clerk to decide, at organization of the House Constitutional 643, 645 Procedure if point of order against motion to rise and report an appropriation bill where bill exceeds section 302(b) allocation is sustained 60, 628 1044b 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 On nongermane portions of conference reports and amendments in disagreement 547, 1089-1091 1089-1091 On resolutions, raised before reading completed....... 628 Relation of. [[Page 1397]] To conference reports................................. 547 To general appropriation bills........................ 1044 To retroactive increases in income tax rates.......... 1068 To motions to amend................................... 924 To committee procedure To question of consideration 798, 799, 842, 843 909, 910, 1127 Reserving of. Against general appropriation bills 1035, 1044 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......................... 729 Poll tax. Right to vote not denied for failure to pay............... 251 Population. The basis of representation............................... 226 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.................................. 732 Post offices. Congress may establish.................................... 123 Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 732 Jurisdiction as to buildings for.......................... 739 Post roads. [[Page 1398]] Congress may establish.................................... 123 Jurisdiction of subjects relating to construction......... 739 Postmaster. 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 Postponement. Of proceedings Authority of Speaker notwithstanding operation of previous question................................. 1000a Of votes Authority of Speaker as to certain.................... 1030 Authority of Chair of Committee of the Whole as to certain........................................... 984 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 [[Page 1399]] 226, 227 Determines time of choosing electors.................. 153 May by law provide for case in which 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 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 [[Page 1400]] 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 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 To punish for contempt 58-60 As to treaties 293-299 594, 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 that interrupt the order of business 870, 871 [[Page 1401]] 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 Of questions of privilege as related to pending business 458, 698-668 698-668 Of revenue and appropriation bills in Committee of the Whole............................................. 977 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 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 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. [[Page 1402]] Presents. Of grand jury as related to trial for crime............... 212 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 the transmittal of constitutional 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 Rule for reference of messages from 865, 868 873, 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 [[Page 1403]] 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 as to. 574 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........... 729 Makes treaties........................................ 165 Opinions of 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 Inability of 175, 176 252, 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 [[Page 1404]] 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 Time of choosing electors and action of............... 153 Removal, death, resignation, or disability of Vice President as acting President 155, 252-256 President-elect of the United States. 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 Postponement of proceedings notwithstanding1000a.................. 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.................................. 999 Forty minutes of debate after ordering of Forty minutes debate not allowed when ordered on motion not debatable 891, 999 979, 891, 999 [[Page 1405]] Moving on nongermane Senate amendments contained in conference reports or reported in disagreement Manner of putting..................................... 462 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. 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 Prima facie title. 1005, 1006 Credentials as related to a Member's right to take the oath.................................................. 204 Effect of credentials as related to vacancy............... 23 Princes. Printing. See Congressional Record. Titles, gifts from, to be accepted on conditions only..... 144 General provisions as to. Discretion of Clerk as to............................. 642 Of committee transcripts, paid for by contingent fund (applicable accounts of the House)................ 789 [[Page 1406]] 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. 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 Private claims. See Private bills. Private pension bills. See Private bills. Private property. 817, 822 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 [[Page 1407]] Method of presentation of questions of general and personal on plea of........................................ 433 698-707 Preliminary decision of Speaker as to questions of.... 628 Procedure when raised by floor leaders Procedure when raised by Member 699, 713 699, 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 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 that 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 [[Page 1408]] bill.............................................. 825a 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 Jefferson's discussion of power of the House to punish for contempts 299, 702, 713 293-299 Affecting the Member. Of the Member......................................... 698 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 Incidental questions, like points of order, that intervene during consideration of the main question.......................................... 457 [[Page 1409]] Laws providing congressional disapproval by privileged resolution Intervening questions relating to reading of papers... 459 Matters privileged to interrupt the daily order of business 1130 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 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 [[Page 1410]] 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 To strike the enacting words of a bill 586, 911, 913 To suspend the rules 988, 989 885-888 Motions as--Certain not. See also Motions. 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 [[Page 1411]] Proposer, right to close debate. See Debate. Prosecutions. Public bills appropriating, placed on Union Calendar...... 828 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 Jurisdiction as to, abroad................................ 723 Jurisdiction as to marine hospitals....................... 721 Jurisdiction of bills for penitentiaries.................. 729 Jurisdiction as to Patent Office Public credit. 729 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 Public defense. See Defense. Public health. See Health. Public lands. Validity of that of the United States not to be questioned 234 Jurisdiction of matters related to........................ 731 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 Public Works and Transportation, Committee on. See Transportation and 1068a Infrastructure, Committee on. Publication. Of accounts of receipts and expenditures of public money.. 143 Of Journals of each House................................. 68 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 [[Page 1412]] 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 Ethics, see Ethics, Committee on. Speaker may not inflict................................... 622 Putting the question. By the chair 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................................. 468 On motion to strike 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 [[Page 1413]] 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 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 Quarrels. In Committee of the Whole................................. 331 Intervening questions relating to......................... 458 Members may be pledged not to prosecute................... 367 Quasi committee. Procedure in Question. 424-427 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 remarks to the...................... 945 [[Page 1414]] Member who has spoken to, may speak also to amendment. 959 Of order. See Points of order. Of consideration. See Consideration, question of. 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, 302, 309 Quorum. How constituted. Announcement of adjustment to 1024a, 1024b 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 Of the Committee of the Whole 343, 409 329, 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 ``Provisional quorum'' in catastrophic circumstances 17, 53, 310, 1024a 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 [[Page 1415]] 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. 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 [[Page 1416]] 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 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. 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 434, 964, 965 Intervening questions as to........................... 459 Objections to reading of papers under former rule XXX Of papers on which the House is to vote 964, 965 392, 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 [[Page 1417]] 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 Amendments before third............................... 497 Committal of, on third................................ 494 Debate in relation to third........................... 498 Engrossed copy, reading in full not required First and second 941, 943 941, 942 Manner of reading a bill the second time.............. 428 Obsolete requirements as to Obsolete requirements as to third 399, 400 492, 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 Reasons. 1037, 1063 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 [[Page 1418]] Recapitulation. Suspension of writ of habeas corpus for................... 138 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 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 Senate, emergency recess and reconvening........... 639 Of House, during day's sitting, conditions of......... 586 Of House, Speaker's authority to declare Of House, emergency recess and reconvening 638, 639 83, 639 Of a committee........................................ 787 Of Committee of the Whole, emergency.................. 639 Motion for. Status of Recognition. 586, 911, 913 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 [[Page 1419]] 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, 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 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 amendment adopted by House not in order................................................. 917 Instructions may be amended 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 [[Page 1420]] 911, 1001, 1002 Repetition of motions..................................... 918 Recognition to offer Recommittal. 911, 917, 1001, 1002c 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 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......................... 1007 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 [[Page 1421]] two-thirds............................................ 109 Two-thirds of those voting, a quorum present, sufficient to pass bill.......................................... 109 Passage of supplementary bills............................ 518 Parliamentary law as to................................... 514 Reconvening. Emergency reconvening of the House, Speaker's authority 83, 639 Reconvening of Congress by joint leadership under recall authority in adjournment resolutions Record. See also Congressional Record. 82, 84 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. 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 [[Page 1422]] Repetition of......................................... 918 Use of. General use of 401, 446 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 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 After previous question is ordered, privilege and effect of 486, 998 Minority has preference in recognition for, after previous question is ordered 994, 1002 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 Reference. 448, 449 Of bills. See Bills. Of memorials, petitions. By Speaker By Members 816, 825, 873 816, 818 Private claims referred to certain committees......... 817 Of communications, rule for Of messages of the President, rule for 816, 873, 874 816, 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 [[Page 1423]] Regents. privilege......................................... 828 Do not hold incompatible offices.......................... 98 Regular order. 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 enacting words of a bill equivalent to........... 988 Relatives. Of Members, employment of 88, 1095 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 Repetition. Of motions, general rules as to 911, 918 Of motion to reconsider 1006, 1007 Of motion to strike 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 1424]] 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 Chair 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 the enacting words................ 988 Recommitted when ruled out in House................... 335 Of Chair 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 From heads of departments to be studied by committees 873, 874 744-749 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 Chooses Speaker and other officers 221, 222 26-30 Composed of Members chosen by people.................. 5, 7 Confirms Vice President............................... 253 Electoral votes to be counted in presence of.......... 219 [[Page 1425]] 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, 678 The office building................................... 1114 Vacancies in Reprieves. 17-25 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, 791, 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 Reservation. 1130(6a) Of rights of people....................................... 216 Of points of order on general appropriation bills 1035, 1044 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 [[Page 1426]] 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 chair of 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 701 Of chair 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. [[Page 1427]] 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. See Natural Resources, Committee on. 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 Return. 1036-1062 Of a message sometimes asked.............................. 565 Returns. Power of House to judge as to Revenue. 46-51 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 Jurisdiction of subjects relating to.................. 741 Jurisdiction as to oleomargarine...................... 715 Point of order against certain bills or amendments carrying taxes or tariffs [[Page 1428]] 1066, 1076a 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......................................... 732 Revenue treaties. Authority of House as to.................................. 597 Revision of the laws. Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 729 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 by sound.......................................... 501 Of Members to demand the execution of a subsisting order [[Page 1429]] 381, 872 Of Members to inspect the Journal..................... 582 Rising. See also Committee of the Whole. Rivers and harbors. Of a Committee when the House sits........................ 324 Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 739 Precedence of bills to improve, in Committee of the Whole. 977 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 Rules. 678, 680 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 Power to make, constitutionality of................... 60 Procedure before adoption of.......................... 60 Those of the House in effect in Committee of the Whole so far as applicable 340, 992 Committee on. [[Page 1430]] Certain reports may be considered immediately without two-thirds vote Activity reports of................................... 790 857, 1087 Exempted from requirement of record vote display in reports........................................... 839 History, jurisdiction, and powers of.................. 682 Limitations on reports from........................... 857 Member of serves on Budget Committee.................. 758 Privileged reports of................................. 857 Report from, providing special order of business not divisible......................................... 857 Report may be considered immediately by two-thirds vote.............................................. 857 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 Report from, to specify waivers....................... 863 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 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. As related to the oath and qualifications................. 205 Science. Congress may promote, by patent and copyright laws........ 124 Science and Technology, Committee on. See Science, Space, and Technology, Committee on. Science, Space, and Technology, Committee on. History, jurisdiction, and duties of...................... 735 [[Page 1431]] Seal. Special oversight functions of............................ 744 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, 82a, 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 Secrecy. 911-917 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) Secrets. 105, 109 Of the House, oath of officers to keep (obsolete)......... 640 Sections. Amendment of bills by..................................... 413 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 Securities. Transportation of, in a bill by amendment................. 477 Congress may provide punishment for counterfeiting........ 122 Security. [[Page 1432]] Seizures. Of the people as to searches and seizures................. 211 As related to security of persons, papers................. 211 Select committees. Ad hoc to consider legislation............................ 816b Compliance with clause 2(a) of rule XI.................... 783 Conferences held by means of.............................. 532 Former Energy Independence and Global Warming 1112c Former Aging.............................................. 784 Former Ethics............................................. 721c Former Homeland Security.................................. 723b Former Intelligence Oversight Panel, Committee on Appropriations........................................ 747a Membership contingent on party membership................. 782 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 744, 785, 1112a Speaker appoints.......................................... 637 Reports, dissolution, and revival of...................... 419 Select Panel. Of Committee on Appropriations, former Intelligence Oversight............................................. 747a 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 President pro tempore..................................... 37 Procedure in ratifying treaties........................... 600 References to Senate action 371-374, 945 Qualifications of Senators 35, 230 Vice President............................................ 36 Tries impeachments Senate amendments. See Amendments Between the Houses; Conferences. Senate bills. 38-41 Rule for reference of 816, 873, 874 Consideration of, from Speaker's table with reference to Committee of the Whole Senate resolutions. 873, 874 [[Page 1433]] Sergeant-at-Arms. Simple resolutions of Senate not referred in House........ 874 Custody of oath not to disclose classified information.... 1095 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 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 the 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............................................ 1106 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.................................... 1106 Congress may extend session beyond July................... 1106 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 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 [[Page 1434]] Seven days. Termination of, as affecting approval of bills............ 577 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.................. 825a 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 Slavery. 1082, 1083 Not to exist in the United States......................... 224 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 [[Page 1435]] Smoking. 724, 739 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 Speaker. Election of. Chosen by the House Chosen by majority on rollcall vote by surname 26, 312 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 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 [[Page 1436]] 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 627, 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, 627, 629 May not decide questions of consistency as to amendments........................................ 466 Not to pass on sufficiency of a committee's report.... 833 Not to pass on constitutionality of pending measures.. 628 Practice governing, in deciding questions of order.... 628 Questions not for 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 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 [[Page 1437]] 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.......................................... 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. Authority to reserve certain bill numbers............. 825 Declines to sign a bill when motion to reconsider is pending........................................... 1007 Directs Clerk as to reference of report to calendars.. 831 Duties as to referring matters from Speaker's table 873, 874 Duties of, in presenting petitions.................... 818 Duty as to reception and reference of executive communications Duty to exclude certain bills, memorials 816, 827 818, 822, 823 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 Objects to action on a bill without reading........... 942 Sign acts, writs, subpoenas Signing of enrolled bills by 624, 626 575, 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 [[Page 1438]] Discretion to recognize for motion to send bill to conference Discretion to recognize for motion for call of House.. 1028 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 Speaker's recognition 356, 629 Not to entertain dilatory motions..................... 903 Not to entertain motion to suspend the rules as to use of Hall of House.................................. 678 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 for debate........................................ 955 Required to give preference to opposition for motion to recommit after previous question is ordered 1001, 1002c Speaker governed by usage in recognition.............. 953 With respect to former Consent Calendar............... 899 Relations of, to debate. Criticism of in debate Duty as to calling to order in debate 362, 960, 961 960, 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 [[Page 1439]] debate............................................ 364 Puts the question. Decorum while putting the question.................... 962 Duty of, to state motions............................. 904 Formal and informal putting of the question by 489-491 Must put a question that 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 Discretionary authority to use electronic device in taking vote 1030, 1032 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 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 chair of Committee of the Whole and leaves Chair............................................. 970 Declaration of resolve into Committee of the Whole 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 [[Page 1440]] 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 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 report to 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 Staffs of committees. See Committee staffs. Standard. [[Page 1441]] Standing committees. See Committees. Standing orders. Congress to fix, for weights and measures................. 121 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 State of the Union. appointment of Senator................................ 236 President to inform Congress of........................... 168 Statement. Accompanying conference report, rule as to................ 1080 Of receipts and expenditures of public money to be published............................................. 143 States. Relations to the two Houses. Admission of, jurisdiction of bills for............... 731 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 [[Page 1442]] 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 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........................................... 729 Jurisdiction of compacts between, of waters for irrigation purposes............................... 731 Jurisdiction of compacts over interstate energy....... 721 Jurisdiction of matters relating to boundaries........ 729 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 Statutory limit on public debt. [[Page 1443]] Stenographers. Former rule providing for adjustment of................... 1104 Admission of unofficial................................... 693 Of Committees, appointment of............................. 685 Official reporters of debates............................. 685 Strike enacting words. Rule governing motions to................................. 988 Practice as to use of motions to.......................... 989 Strike, motion to. Application of............................................ 472 Conditions of striking an amendment already agreed to..... 474 Effect of affirmative vote on motion to, and insert....... 473 Motion to strike 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 Substitute amendment. 919, 921 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 [[Page 1444]] 234, 236 Right to, not to be abridged by poll tax.................. 251 Suits. 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 Sunday. 608, 611 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....................... 678 When in order............................................. 885 Withdrawal of [[Page 1445]] 889a, 905 Forty minutes of debate on motions on..................... 891 Table. 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 Taxation, Joint Committee on...................................... 1109 Taxes and Tariffs. 368, 369, 960, 961 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 Televising. 1033, 1067 Committee meetings and hearings 807-812 House proceeding.......................................... 684 Tellers. Clerk tellers. Clerks to serve as, on quorum calls and recorded votes [[Page 1446]] 1012, 1019 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......... 729 Jurisdiction of matters relating to courts of............. 729 Jurisdiction of matters relating to generally............. 731 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 [[Page 1447]] Power of the House to compel.............................. 295 Procedure when it implicates a Member of the other House, 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 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 Three days. See Adjournment; Committees; Conferences. Tie vote. 941, 943 Decision on............................................... 508 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 Titles. 42, 43 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. [[Page 1448]] 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 None to be granted 144, 145 Tonnage. 144, 145 States not to levy duties on.............................. 148 Tort claims. Bills for certain, banned................................. 822 Transfers of unexpended balances. Jurisdiction of subjects related to....................... 716 Separate headings for in certain bills and reports........ 716 Transportation. Aviation programs, funding for 1064d Former rule on obligation limitations..................... 1064 Higway Trust Fund, spending authority from and balances in 1064 Transportation and Infrastructure, Committee on. History, jurisdiction, and duties of...................... 739 Travel. Of Members and employees. By retiring or defeated Members....................... 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.......................................... 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 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 [[Page 1449]] to go to.............................................. 147 Money not to be drawn from, except on appropriation....... 143 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 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. No one holding office of, to accept certain gifts 144, 145 Public, no religious test required for under United States 196 Trusts. Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 729 Tuesdays. Interruption of regular order on the first and third Tuesdays for consideration of the Private Calendar.... 895 Every Tuesday for suspension of rules..................... 885 Twenty-minutes' debate. On certain motions to discharge committees................ 892 On question of consideration with regard to congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits.............................................. 1068d On question of consideration with regard to unfunded [[Page 1450]] Two-thirds vote. See Voting. Two weeks. mandates.............................................. 1127 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 Unfinished business. 381, 872 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. 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 Referral of State of the Union message to................. 168 [[Page 1451]] United States Capitol Preservation Commission. See Capitol. Unofficial office accounts. Removal of bill from by Speaker........................... 973 Prohibited................................................ 1096 Unusual punishments. Not to be inflicted....................................... 215 Usage. Governing the Speaker in recognitions..................... 953 Vacancies. In membership of House. Accounting for 1024b Clerk administers office.............................. 653 Continuation of pay of clerical assistants............ 88 Declared for holding incompatible offices............. 101 Special elections in extraordinary circumstances From action of House 17, 43, 53, 310 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 ``Provisional quorum'' in catastrophic circumstances 17, 53, 310, 1024a In general. In managers of a conference........................... 538 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 Vacating. 757, 793 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 [[Page 1452]] Bound from State to State................................. 142 Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 739 Jurisdiction of bills relating to mutiny and destruction of.................................................... 729 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 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 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 Visitors to institutions. [[Page 1453]] Viva voce vote. Do not hold incompatible offices.......................... 98 Rules require officers of House, except Speaker, to be elected by............................................ 640 Usage to elect Speaker by Votes. 27, 640 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 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 Disqualifying personal interest 511, 1014, 1017 376, 671, 673 Control of vote by Member............................. 672 Duties and rights of Delegates and Resident Commissioner in committees and 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 a vote. 674 Members convicted of certain crimes................... 1095 Members required to vote.............................. 671 [[Page 1454]] Parliamentary law as to giving of votes............... 505 Proxy voting in committees prohibited................. 797 Relation of reading of papers to under former rule XXX Right of Member to have read once a paper on which a vote is about to occur 964, 965 432, 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 Decisions by majority--tie. Decision by voice of majority--tie votes.............. 508 Three-fifths vote. On measures raising income tax rates.................. 1067 Two-thirds vote. In general............................................ 509 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 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 after rising from, or resolving into, the Committee of the Whole [[Page 1455]] 1030, 1032 Two-minute votes. On questions in sequence in Committee of the Whole 982, 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 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 Speaker elected by majority 27, 312 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 [[Page 1456]] 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........................... 723 Jurisdiction as to pensions arising from.................. 740 Relative powers of Congress and the President War Claims. 128, 1130(2) Warrants. Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 729 Clerk seals and attests all............................... 648 Certain, to issue only on certain conditions.............. 246 For arrest of absent Members 1023, 1026 Signed by Speaker Warships. 624, 626 Not to be kept by States in time of peace................. 148 Water. Jurisdiction over water transportation generally.......... 739 Jurisdiction of matters relating to water power........... 739 Jurisdiction of matters relating to supply of, for reclamation projects.................................. 731 Jurisdiction of matters relating to interstate compacts relating to apportionment of, for irrigation purposes. 731 Jurisdiction of water conservation related to agriculture. 715 Waterways, inland. Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 739 Ways and Means, Committee on. History and jurisdiction of............................... 741 Report from on ``major'' tax legislation formerly included ``dynamic estimate''.................................. 849 Report on tax proposal must include ``macroeconomic [[Page 1457]] Wednesdays. analysis''............................................ 849 In general. Every Wednesday for suspension of rules................... 885 Wednesday Calendar. Rule for order of business on......................... 900 Business of, formerly 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 Weights. 856, 900 Congress to fix standard of............................... 121 Welfare, general. Power of Congress to provide for.......................... 117 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 subject to........................................ 335 Of motion to amend Of motion to amend in Committee of the Whole 922, 925 978 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 that Member 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 [[Page 1458]] 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 Admission of counsel in 343, 346, 805 348, 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 Minority.............................................. 802 Interrogation of 343, 802, 803 ``Truth in testimony,'' curriculum vitae and disclosure statements............................. 798 Testimony, advance statements of Quorum must be present when perjurious testimony is given to support charge of perjury 798, 803 343, 409 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 Writing. 368, 369 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 [[Page 1459]] 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 Yeas and nays. 608, 611 Automatically ordered. On measures making general appropriations and increasing income tax rates....................... 1033 On motion to permit managers to close meetings of a conference committee.............................. 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 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 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