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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
2008
H.R. 3521 A bill to improve the Operating Fund for public housing of the Department
Feb. 26 of Housing and Urban Development. (Pending in the House.)
H.R. 2857 A bill to reauthorize and reform the national service laws. (Pending in the
March 6 House.)
H.R. 5876 A bill to require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent
June 24 child abuse and neglect in residential programs, and for other purposes.
(Pending in the House.)
H.R. 928 A bill to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to enhance the
Sept. 25 independence of the Inspectors General, to create a Council of the
Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, and for other purposes.
(Pending is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and agree to the
Senate amendment.)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section
Union Calendar.................................................... 1
House Calendar.................................................... 2
Private Calendar.................................................. 3
Calendar of Motions to Discharge Committees....................... 4
Public Laws....................................................... 5
Private Laws...................................................... 6
History of Bills and Resolutions:
House Bills............................................... 7
House Joint Resolutions................................... 8
House Concurrent Resolutions.............................. 9
House Resolutions......................................... 10
Senate Bills.............................................. 11
Senate Joint Resolutions.................................. 12
Senate Concurrent Resolutions............................. 13
Senate Resolutions........................................ 14
Reported Bills Referred under Time Limitations.................... 15
Bills in conference............................................... 16
Bills through conference (printed the first legislative day of
each week the House is in session)............................ 17
Index of Short Titles (printed the first legislative day of each
week the House is in session)................................. 18
Index (printed the first legislative day of each week the House is
in session)................................................... 19
THE MORNING HOUR FOR THE CALL OF COMMITTEES
Rule XIV, clause 4:
``4. After the unfinished business has been disposed of, the
Speaker shall call each standing committee in regular order and then
select committees. Each committee when named may call up for
consideration a bill or resolution reported by it on a previous day and
on the House Calendar. If the Speaker does not complete the call of the
committees before the House passes to other business, the next call
shall resume at the point it left off, giving preference to the last
bill or resolution under consideration. A committee that has occupied
the call for two days may not call up another bill or resolution until
the other committees have been called in their turn.''
Note.--Call rests with the Committee on Agriculture.
CALENDAR WEDNESDAY BUSINESS
Rule XV, clause 6:
``6. (a) On Wednesday of each week, business shall not be in
order before completion of the call of the committees (except as
provided by clause 4 of rule XIV) unless two-thirds of the Members
voting, a quorum being present, agree to a motion that the House
dispense with the call. Such a motion shall be privileged. Debate on
such a motion shall be limited to five minutes in support and five
minutes in opposition.
(b) A bill or resolution on either the House or the Union
Calendar, except bills or resolutions that are privileged under the
Rules of the House, may be called under this clause. A bill or
resolution called up from the Union Calendar shall be considered in the
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union without motion,
subject to clause 3 of rule XVI. General debate on a measure considered
under this clause shall be confined to the measure and may not exceed
two hours equally divided between a proponent and an opponent.
(c) When a committee has occupied the call under this clause on
one Wednesday, it shall not be in order on a succeeding Wednesday to
consider unfinished business previously called up by that committee
until the other committees have been called in their turn unless--
(1) the previous question has been ordered on such
unfinished business; or
(2) the House adopts a motion to dispense with the call
under paragraph (a).
(d) If any committee has not been called under this clause
during a session of a Congress, then at the next session of that
Congress the call shall resume where it left off at the end of the
preceding session.
(e) This clause does not apply during the last two weeks of a
session of Congress.
(f) The Speaker may not entertain a motion that the Speaker be
authorized to declare a recess on a Wednesday except during the last two
weeks of a session of Congress.''
Note.--Call rests with the Committee on Agriculture.
SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE DAYS
Calendar Wednesday.............. Wednesday of each week, except
during the last 2 weeks of a session
(clause 6, rule XV).
Discharge Calendar.............. Second and fourth Mondays of each
month, except during the last 6 days
of a session (clause 2, rule XV).
District of Columbia business... Second and fourth Mondays of each
month (clause 4, rule XV).
Private Calendar................ First and third Tuesdays of each
month (clause 5, rule XV).
Suspension of rules............. Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays
and during the last 6 days of a
session (clause 1, rule XV).