[Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 104th Congress] [104th Congress] [House Document 103-342] [Jeffersons Manual of ParliamentaryPractice] [Pages 203-204] [From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov] SEC. XXVIII.--BILL, RECOMMITMENT. [[Page 204]] new resolution must be again moved, as if nothing had passed. 3 Hats., 131--note.
Sec. 420. Recommittal of a bill to a committee. | After a bill has been committed and reported, it ought not, in any ordinary course, to be recommitted; but in cases of importance, and for special reasons, it is sometimes recommitted, and usually to the same committee. Hakew, 151. If a report be recommitted before agreed to in the House, what has passed in committee is of no validity; the whole question is again before the committee, and a |
Sec. 421. Division of matters for reference to committees. | A particular clause of a bill may be committed without the whole bill, 3 Hats., 131; or so much of a paper to one and so much to another committee. |