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House Rules and Manual: Search Tips

The following sample searches are provided as guides to popular types of searches in the House Rules and Manual database. They are performed in the House Rules and Manual for the X Congress. For the sake of space, only the top three hits in each results list are included with each example below.

Sample Searches | Identification Codes

Sample Searches (4)

Subject | Index | Rule | Act

1. Search by Subject

This search demonstrates how to search for a subject in the House Rules and Manual database. The quotations surrounding a phrase produce the same results as the Boolean operator ADJ.

Query:	"select committees"
Alternative:	"select" ADJ "committees"
Results:	hrmanual: Joint and Select Committees
	hrmanual: SEC. XII - Committee of the Whole

2. Search for the Index

This search demonstrates how to search for the index in the House Rules and Manual database. From this document you can search for a subject and perform a second query for that subject.

Query:	Index
Results:	hrmanual: Rules of the House of Representatives
	hrmanual: INDEX

3. Search by Rule

This search demonstrates how to search for a rule number in the House Rules and Manual database. The quotations surrounding a phrase produce the same results as the Boolean operator ADJ.

Query:	"Rule XII"
Alternative:	Rule ADJ XII
Results:	hrmanual: Rule XII

4. Search by Act

This search demonstrates how to search for a particular act within the House Rules and Manual database.

Query:	"Congressional Budget Act"
Results:	hrmanual: Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
	hrmanual: Congressional Budget Act

Identification Codes

Each record will display in the results list with the database code, followed by the initial words of the title. The Identification code for the House Rules and Manual is hrmanual followed by the initial words in the title. (For example: hrmanual JOINT AND SELECT COMMITTEES)

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Last updated: September 27, 2003
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