[Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 105th Congress]
[105th Congress]
[House Document 104-272]
[General Index]
[Pages 1157-1336]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]
[Pages 1157-1336]
[[Page 1157]]
I N D E X
Section
Absence. See also Attendance, Quorum
Attendance required.
Arrest of Members for absence................................... 768-770
Arrest of Members attending committee meetings during
call of the House notwithstanding leave for
committee to sit.................................. 324
Call of House in new form..................................... 773, 774a
Call of House in old form....................................... 768-771
Deductions from pay of Members on account of absence.. 86,
657
House may excuse, during call of the House............ 769
Jurisdiction of matters relating to................... 679a
Members to be present unless excused.................. 656
Names of Members reported when quorum fails in
Committee of the Whole............................ 863
Of Chairman in Committee.............................. 705
Rule of Parliament as to.............................. 311
Leave of.
Presentation of requests for.......................... 657
Revoked but not granted during call of the House...... 769
Accounts.
In the House, jurisdiction as to.......................... 677a
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
Accused.
Right of, to be heard before investigating committee...... 712
Rights of, in criminal prosecutions....................... 213
Acts.
Signed by Speaker...................................... 624, 626
States reciprocally to give full faith and credit to
public................................................ 183
Addresses.
Signed by Speaker......................................... 624
[[Page 1158]]
Adhere, motion to.
Of and to the early Presidents............................ 316
Precedence of................................... 486, 528b, 528d
Insisting and adhering in the practice of the House....... 522
Not equivalent of receding or insisting when decided in
the negative.......................................... 488
One House may not by amendment depart from the form it has
fixed by adherence.................................... 526
Parliamentary principles as to disagreeing, insisting, and
adhering.............................................. 521
Previous question being ordered on, the motion to recede
not admitted.......................................... 525
Relations of adherence to conference................... 553, 554
Adjourn, motion to. See also Adjournment.
Nature and conditions of.
As to amendment of............................................. 585, 783
As to repetition of................................... 789
General conditions of.......................................... 782, 783
May be held dilatory.................................. 803
Not debatable......................................... 782
Precedence of.
High privilege and precedence of.......................... 439, 782, 783
In order after ordering of yeas and nays.............. 80
In order before reading of the Journal................ 621
In order during new form of call of the House................. 773, 774a
In order in House as in Committee of the Whole........ 427
Not in order after House has voted to go into
Committee of the Whole............................ 783
Not in order in Committee of the Whole.................... 333, 334, 783
Not in order where previous question ordered to final
passage without intervening motion................ 783
Not to interrupt Member having the floor in debate............. 393, 750
One in order pending motion for suspension of rules... 801
One in order pending report from Committee on Rules... 729a
Privileged over motion to reconsider.................. 812
Privileged over questions of privilege................ 661
Yields to presentation but not consideration of
conference reports................................ 909
Relation of, to quorum.
In order in absence of quorum................................... 52, 769
In order during new form of call of the House................. 773, 774a
Not in order when Committee of the Whole rises to
report proceedings incident to securing quorum.... 783
To fix the day.
General conditions of motion to fix the day to which
[[Page 1159]]
Privilege of motion to adjourn to day and time certain......... 782, 784
Adjourn to day and time certain, motion to........................ 782
Adjournment. See also Adjourn, motion to.
the House shall adjourn........................... 784
Of the House alone.
At the end of the term of a Congress.................. 6
For 3 days or less....................................82, 83
Hours of, entered on the Journal...................... 790
House has adjourned for more than 1 day before
election of Speaker............................... 83
May be taken by less than a quorum......................... 52, 769, 773
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
Case in which President may cause..................... 171
Neither House to adjourn for more than 3 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
and Commons....................................... 584
Prohibited before completion of congressional budget process....... 1007
(sec. 310f)
Session not terminated by an adjournment of Congress
for a fixed time over 3 days...................... 590
Time of............................................... 6
To be in July with certain exceptions................. 947
Of Congress--Manner of.
For more than 3 days by concurrent resolution......... 84
Jurisdiction of resolutions for final, of Congress.... 682a
Manner of closing a session by action of the two
Houses............................................ 591
Resolution to provide for, over 3 days privileged..... 84
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............ 932
Effect of, as to bills in hands of President.......... 111
Effect of adjournment to day certain, as to bills in
[[Page 1160]]
hands of President................................ 113
Impeachment not interrupted by........................ 620
Journal of last day not approved................................ 74, 621
Obsolete law as to business at time of................ 385
Parliamentary law as to business at the termination of
a session......................................... 592
Of a debate.
Of a debate, obsolete practice as to.................. 444
Administrative Oversight.
Former subcommittee on.................................... 693
Administrator of General Services.
Bills that become law deposited with................... 105, 109
Admiralty.
Judicial power extends to cases of........................ 178
Admission. See Floor and Galleries.
Adverse Reports.
Placing of, on the Calendars.............................. 744
From Committee on Rules................................... 730
On privileged questions................................... 726
Affirmation. See also Oath.
In lieu of oath........................................... 196
In support of certain warrants............................ 211
Senators on, for trial of impeachments.................... 38
Affirmative.
Of one question amounting to the negative of another.... 485-488
Affrays.
Proceedings in cases of, on the floor..................... 367
Age.
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................................ 702
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
Priority of amendments over..................... 456, 528b, 528d
Agreements.
[[Page 1161]]
Agriculture.
States not to enter into, without consent of Congress..... 148
Committee on.
History and jurisdiction of........................... 670
Aid. See also Treason.
To enemies of United States, treason................... 181, 230
Alcoholic Liquors.
Jurisdiction as to bills relating to, generally........... 679b
Jurisdiction as to sale of, in District of Columbia....... 676
Aliens.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to, generally.............. 679a
Alliance.
States not to enter into.................................. 146
Alteration.
Improper, of a bill....................................... 352
Ambassadors.
Admitted to the floor of the House........................ 919
Duty of President to receive.............................. 172
Gallery for use of........................................ 922
Judicial power extends to cases affecting................. 178
Jurisdiction of Supreme Court in cases affecting.......... 179
President appoints........................................ 166
Amend, motion to.
General conditions of.
Conditions, form, and precedence of the motion.................. 822-826
In order to amend motion to commit with instructions
unless previous question ordered.................. 788
Must be germane................................................. 794-800
Not to be applied to a conference report.............. 550
Not in order in third degree................................... 454, 823
Precedence of.................................................. 782, 825
Precedence of motion to, over motion to agree or disagree.... 528, 528a,
528b, 528d
Precedence of motion to, over one to strike out or
agree............................................. 456
Rule as to offering, degree of........................ 822
Substitute............................................ 822
To title of a bill........................................ 427, 512, 822
Withdrawal of......................................... 824
Yields precedence to motion to refer.................. 449
Relations of.
Application of previous question to............................ 450, 804
Not applicable to the previous question........................ 452, 826
Relations of, to motion to postpone.................. 449, 451, 453, 826
Relations of, to other motions........................ 826
Relations of, to points of order...................... 823a
Striking out and inserting.
[[Page 1162]]
Matter to be inserted not divisible................... 793
Negative of motion to strike out not a bar to further
amendment......................................... 793
Relations to motion to strike out enacting words...... 875
To strike out and insert not divisible................ 793
Amendments.
General conditions of.
Amending portions of bill already amended............. 469
Form, conditions, precedence of................................. 822-826
Commemoratives prohibited............................. 852
Conferees restricted as to action on Senate amendments
proposing appropriations.......................... 829
Copies of, furnished by Clerk......................... 870
Closing debate on..................................... 762
Divisibility of amendments.................................... 792, 834f
Do not have several readings as in case of bills...... 496
En bloc............................................... 834f
Modification of....................................... 822
Not in order in the third degree............................... 454, 823
Of a conference report not in order................... 542
Of motion to adjourn........................................... 585, 826
On general appropriation bills, limited....................... 834c-834g
On general appropriation bills, en bloc............... 834f
Priority of, over motions to strike out or agree...... 456
Proposing a commemorative prohibited.................. 852
Proposing an appropriation prohibited................. 846a
Proposing settlement of certain claims prohibited..... 852
Proposing taxes or tariffs.................................... 846b-846d
Reading, motion to dispense with, in Committee of
Whole............................................. 873b
Relation of, to division of the question for voting............ 482, 792
Relation of point of order to motion to amend......... 823a
Right of Member who has spoken to the main question to speak to an
amendment...................................................... 465, 762
Senate may concur with, on revenue bills.............. 102
Separate vote on Senate, if not germane............... 913c
Speaker not to decide as to legislative or legal effect or
consistency of................................................. 466, 627
Germane.
Required to be germane................................ 794
Amendment being considered, which would have been
subject to a point of order, may be perfected by
amendments germane to it.......................... 842a
Amendments imposing conditions, qualifications and
limitations....................................... 800
[[Page 1163]]
Amendments to bills amending existing law............. 799
Amendments to special orders reported from Rules
Committee......................................... 794
Committee jurisdiction as test of germaneness......... 798c
Fundamental purpose as test of germaneness............ 798b
General provision not germane to a specific subject... 798f
Instructions to committees and amendments thereto must
be germane........................................ 796
One individual proposition not germane to another..... 798e
Parliamentary law as to germaneness................... 467
Proposition to which amendment must be germane........ 795
Senate amendments and matter contained in conference reports,
procedure for consideration if not germane.............. 797, 913b, 913c
Specific subjects germane to general propositions of
the class......................................... 798g
Subject matter as test of germaneness................. 798a
Various tests of germaneness are not exclusive........ 798d
Striking out and inserting.
Application of the motion to strike out............... 472
Conditions of repetition of motions to strike out and
insert............................................ 471
Conditions of striking out an amendment already agreed
to................................................ 474
Effect of affirmative vote on motion to strike out and
insert............................................ 473
Motions to strike out and insert not divisible........ 793
Negative decision on motion to strike out not bar to
further amendment................................. 793
Principles as to perfecting, before inserting or
striking out...................................... 469
Priority of perfecting amendments over................ 456
Reading the motion and putting the question on motion
to strike out and insert.......................... 470
To strike out certain words of a bill................. 468
Of bills.
Action of House on those, reported from a committee... 423
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 874
Of bills in standing and select committees............ 412
Offered after second reading and before engrossment and third
reading........................................................ 428, 497
[[Page 1164]]
Order of amending bills in the House.................. 413
To the preamble....................................... 414
To title of a bill, parliamentary law as to............... 427, 512, 822
In Committee of the Whole.
Dispensing with reading of certain amendments in
Committee of the Whole............................ 873b
Amendments preempted by motion to rise after appropriation bill
read................................................... 834c, 834d, 834g
Numerical designations of amendments printed in Record 874
On general appropriation bills, en bloc............... 834f
Pro forma, in Committee of the Whole.................. 873a
Printing in Record of proposed, 10 minutes debate
required on, in Committee of Whole................ 874
Reading concurrent resolution on budget for amendment. 876b
Rule as to consideration of, in Committee of the Whole... 870, 872, 873a
Withdrawal of, in Committee of the Whole....................... 824, 870
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............................................. 864b
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.
Differences as to, committed to conference............ 530
Form and action on.................................... 233
Jurisdiction over..................................... 679a
Methods of making............................................... 190-193
Not approved by the President......................... 115
The twenty-seven................................................ 208-258
Two-thirds vote on conference report as to..................... 192, 549
Two-thirds vote not necessary on amendments to a
[[Page 1165]]
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................. 846a
Degree of amendments between the Houses............... 529
Discussion of in Jefferson's Manual............................. 521-529
Germaneness, separate vote on Senate amendments included in
conference reports or reported in disagreement if not germane...... 797,
913b, 913c
Germaneness, amendments to Senate amendment should be germane...... 797,
913c
Germaneness, reference of non-germane Senate
amendments to committee........................... 883
Senate amendments to legislative bills containing appropriations
829, 846a
Senate amendments to appropriation bills containing legislation.... 829,
912c
Senate amendments containing taxes or tariffs......... 846b
Stage of disagreement on............................... 528a, 528c, 828b
Status of, after rejection of a conference report............. 551, 913b
Text to which both Houses have agreed not to be changed....... 527, 913a
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
Disagreeing, insisting, and adhering................ 521, 522, 526, 528b
Division of question on....................................... 525, 528d
Receding, discussion in Jefferson's Manual...................... 523-526
Receding, one House not to recede from its own amendment with an
amendment; or depart from form fixed by adherence.............. 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
[[Page 1166]]
Previous question, effect of demanding or ordering on the motion
to refer....................................................... 486, 808
To lay on the table................................ 519, 528b, 528d, 785
To refer............................................ 486, 528d, 787, 808
To reject nongermane matter in............................... 913b, 913c
ordered on motion to adhere....................... 525
To send to conference, see Conferences.
Precedence of motions as to.
Precedence of motions for disposition of...... 486, 519, 525, 528, 528a,
528b, 528d, 787, 808, 912c, 913b, 913c
Precedence of motions before stage of disagreement...... 486, 528, 528a,
528b,
Precedence of motions after stage of disagreement........ 486, 525, 528,
528a, 528d,
Precedence of motions to dispose of nongermane matter
in conference reports............................. 913b
Precedence of motions to dispose of nongermane matter
reported in disagreement.......................... 913c
Precedence of motion to insist as to legislative
amendment to appropriation bill................... 912c
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
Legislative amendments to appropriation bills......... 912c
Non-germane Senate amendments in conference reports or reported in
disagreement................................................. 913b, 913c
Senate amendments in Committee of the Whole........... 528a, 827, 828a-1
Senate amendments in House.................. 528a, 827, 828a-1, 882, 883
Reference of Senate amendments from Speaker's table... 528a,
882-883
When consideration of Senate amendments should be in Committee of
the Whole.................................................. 528a, 828a-1
Conferences on. See Conferences.
Animal industry.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 670
Announcement of vote.
Absent Members' votes not announced by colleague.......... 660a
[[Page 1167]]
Answer.
Yeas and nays may be demanded after....................... 77
In an impeachment...................................... 612, 613
Right of accused to be heard before an investigating
committee............................................. 712
Apology.
Of Members to the House for disorder................... 331, 332
Appeal.
From decisions of Speaker......................... 379, 624, 628
Debate on................................................. 628
Guaranty against arbitrary control of Speaker............. 628
House controls decisions of the Speaker by................ 379
From decisions of the Clerk at organization............... 637
None on a question of recognition and on counts by Chair
628, 753
None on decision as to dilatory motions................ 628, 803
None on refusal to entertain prohibited point of order of
no quorum............................................. 628
None from responses to parliamentary inquiries............ 628
On questions as to priority of business decided without
debate................................................ 900
Appearance.
Of respondent in an impeachment................... 608, 610, 611
Right of accused to be heard before investigating
committee............................................. 712
Appellate jurisdiction.
Of Supreme Court.......................................... 179
Application of laws to legislative branch. See Congressional
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,
701e, 701f
Of committee staff, see Committee staffs.
Apportionment.
Adjustment by districts................................ 226, 227
First and last............................................ 15
Jurisdiction of matters relating to interstate compacts on
apportionment of water for irrigation purposes........ 681
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to generally............ 677a
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 of
[[Page 1168]]
Considered in Committee of Whole...................... 865
Designated emergencies................................ 834e
Exempt from Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.............. 1007
Hearings and reports to be available 3 days (excluding
Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays) in advance
of consideration of bills......................... 848
Not privileged against Calendar Wednesday............. 898
Offsetting amendments to.............................. 834f
Precedence of, in Committee of the Whole.............. 869
Precedence of, in order of business................... 802
Privileged for report and consideration........................ 726, 728
Public, placed on Union Calendar...................... 742
Reported by Committee on Appropriations only.......... 671b
Report on must describe changes in existing law....... 844b
Restrictions on conferees............................. 829
Vote on, by yeas and nays............................. 774e
Authorizations, legislation, and limitations.
Authorization of law for appropriations................. 834a, 834b, 836
Authorization for claims and salaries................. 837
Authorization for committee expenses.................. 732
Authorization for public works........................ 838
Burden of proof on those proposing appropriation on... 835
Continuation of a public work by appropriations....... 839
Continuation of a public work, examples illustrating.. 840
Continuation of a public work, new buildings at
existing institutions as a........................ 841a
Continuation of a public work, new vessels for naval
and other services as in.......................... 841b
Legislation on appropriation bills:
Contingencies and congressional action............ 842b
Construing or amending existing law............... 842c
Generally......................................... 842a
Imposing duties or requiring determinations....... 842d
Mandating expenditures............................ 842e
Retrenching expenditures in order (Holman rule)... 834b,
834d, 844a
Rule prohibiting.............................. 834b-834d
Senate amendments....................... 829, 842g, 912c
Waivers; amending legislation permitted to remain. 842f
Limitations on appropriation bills generally...... 842h
Limitations on, in order..................................... 834d, 843a
Effect of, on executive discretion................ 843b
Consistent with existing law................. 834d, 843c
[[Page 1169]]
Amendments at end of reading in Committee of Whole 834d
Points of order on general appropriation bills........ 835
Unauthorized appropriations and legislation on general
appropriation bills............................................. 834-847
Unexpended balances not to be included unless in
continuation of public work already commenced..... 847
Appropriations.
Conditions of.
Annual, committee endeavor to insure.................. 699a
Estimates of, transmission and reference.............. 936
Jurisdiction of....................................... 671a
Necessary for drawing money from Treasury............. 143
None for armies for a longer term than 2 years........ 129
Propositions for, considered in Committee of the Whole.... 865, 866, 868
Senate amendments proposing, may not be agreed to by
House conferees under certain conditions.......... 829
To be made by law..................................... 143
Committee on.
Budget Act procedures for, including referral to, of
bills providing new spending authority............ 694c
Must show, in report on general appropriation bill, effect of any
provisions changing existing law................................... 844b
Staff for, appointment of..................................... 734b, 736
Subcommittee markup of all appropriation bills before
report of first regular appropriation bill........ 713b
Rescissions of appropriations, jurisdiction over...... 671a
Separate headings for rescissions and transfers of
unexpended balances required in certain bills and
reports........................................... 671a
Sequential referral to, of bills containing new spending authority
exceeding budget resolution allocation.................. 1008 (sec. 401)
Exempted from the former rule proscribing committee
sittings during five-minute rule.................. 710
Budget hearings, within 30 days after transmittal of budget.... 694 (a),
(b)
Hearings and reports of, to be available 3 days
(excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays)
before consideration of appropriation bills....... 848
Powers and duties concerning appointments, qualifications of staff
732a, 733c, 734b, 736
To study existing permanent appropriations with view
to reducing....................................... 694c
[[Page 1170]]
To study organization and operation of agencies....... 692b
Committees not having jurisdiction of.
May not report an appropriation....................... 846a
Point of order may be made at any time................ 846a
Point of order may be made against amendment to Senate
amendment......................................... 846a
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............. 901
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.......................... 104, 105, 111
In general...................................................... 73, 621
Amendment precedes.................................... 74
Place of, in order of business........................ 878
Arid lands.
Jurisdiction as to irrigation of.......................... 681
Armed Services, Committee on. See National Security, Committee on.
Armies.
Congress to raise and support............................. 129
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
Armories.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 680
Arms.
Right of people to keep and bear.......................... 209
Arms control, expedited procedures.
Arms Control and Disarmament Act....................... 1013(12)
Arms Export Control Act................................ 1013(17)
Army.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 680
Officers in, disqualified as Members...................... 98
President, commander in chief of.......................... 160
[[Page 1171]]
Arrest. See also Absence.
Trial for crimes in....................................... 212
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.................................. 768-770
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...................... 680
Art.
Works of, duty of Committee on House Oversight as to...... 677a,
677d
Articles.
In an impeachment......................................... 609
Arts.
Congress may promote, by patent and copyright laws........ 124
Assaults.
Arrest and imprisonment in case of, on Member returning... 91
Members censured for...................................... 63
On clerk of a committee in the Capitol a question of
privilege............................................. 733c
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.................................. 331, 332, 622
Assay offices.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 672
Assembly.
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
Count of Members present to secure a quorum of record on a
roll call............................................. 772
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 679
Leave for committee to sit does not release its members
from, during call of the House........................ 324
[[Page 1172]]
Members may be compelled to attend........................ 52-55
Members privileged from arrest during.....................90, 91
Members to be present unless excused...................... 656
Of Commons and House of Representatives at an impeachment
trial.............................................. 616, 617
Attest.
Of Clerk on bills, writs.................................. 642
Attire......................................................... 622, 763
Attorneys.
Admission of, in investigations........................... 348
Auditing.
Of accounts against contingent fund (applicable accounts
of the House)......................................... 677
Authorization of Law. See Appropriation bills.
Authors.
Congress may provide for copyrights for................... 124
Bail.
Excessive not to be required.............................. 215
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 1012
Ballot.
Rule for voting by........................................ 934
House of Representatives elects President by.............. 263
Members not to remain by Clerk's desk during count of..... 763
Presidential electors vote, by in several States.......... 262
Record of, in Journal..................................... 72
Speaker required to vote on............................... 632
Banking and Financial Services, Committee on...................... 672
Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, Committee on. See Banking and
Financial Services, Committee on.
Bankruptcy.
Power of Congress to make laws on......................... 120
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 679a
Bar, of House.
Method of examining witnesses at.......................... 343
Trials at, and arraignment of contumacious witnesses at... 344
Battlefields.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 681
Behavior.
Governs tenure of office by judges........................ 177
Of counsel before investigative committees................ 712
Power of House to punish for disorderly................... 62-66
Bells (legislative call system)................................... 765
Bicentennial Office of House...................................... 634d
Bill of Attainder.
None to be passed......................................... 139
[[Page 1173]]
Bills.
States not to pass........................................ 146
Forms, printing
Distinction between a bill and a joint resolution..... 397
Indorsement of the title on an engrossed bill......... 431
Introduction of.
By request............................................ 860
Certain private bills prohibited...................... 852
Commemoratives prohibited............................. 852
Co-sponsorship of public.............................. 854
Co-sponsorship of public ---- more than one Member
designated as first sponsor....................... 854
Fraudulent introduction of............................ 851
Introduction private.................................. 849a
Obsolete provisions as to introduction and readings of.......... 398-400
Signing of, by chief sponsor.......................... 854
Reference of.
By Speaker to Committees.............................. 700
Committal of on third reading............................. 494, 787, 804
Correction of error of reference.......................... 853, 854, 878
Custody of, in committees............................. 932
Delivery of bills to committees....................... 403
House may send to any committee................................ 700, 850
House bills returned with Senate amendments on a different subject
882, 883
Not to be brought back from committees on motion to
reconsider........................................ 820
Parliamentary law (largely obsolete) as to reference
of................................................ 401
Private............................................... 849a
Public......................................................... 700, 854
Recommittal of, to select or standing committees or Committee of
the Whole...................................................... 420, 804
Referral procedures, multiple referral or referral to ad hoc
committee.......................................................700, 850
Restriction on reference of claims bills....................... 845, 852
With amendments between the Houses.... 486, 528-528d, 787, 808, 882, 883
Consideration by committees and report. See Committees.
In Committee of the Whole. See also Amendments, Calendar
Wednesday, Committee of the Whole.
Concurrent resolution on the budget considered read
for amendment..................................... 876b
Consideration of nonprivileged bills, after call of committees..... 891,
892
[[Page 1174]]
Construction of the rule requiring consideration in... 866
Debate in Committee of the Whole................ 752, 758, 870, 871, 874
Elimination of portions of general appropriation bills 835
Forms of going into Committee of the Whole............ 328
General practice as to consideration.................. 868
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............................ 869
Precedence of motion to go into Committee of the Whole
to consider general appropriation bills........... 802
Question of order on appropriation bills.............. 835
Reading and amendment under five-minute rule.......... 872
Recommittal of bills to Committee of the Whole................. 420, 875
Revenue and appropriation bills considered in Committee of the
Whole.......................................................... 865, 866
Subjects not requiring consideration in Committee of the Whole.... 528a,
867
Subjects requiring consideration in Committee of the
Whole............................................. 865
Unfinished business in Committee of the Whole......... 888
Withdrawal of amendments in Committee of the Whole.... 824
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............................. 822
Amendment to the title of, in ``House as in Committee
of the Whole''.................................... 427
As to possession of, by the House..................... 437
Consideration of a preamble........................... 414
Consideration of, when reported from Committee of the
Whole............................................. 337
Filling blanks left in 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
[[Page 1175]]
increase.......................................... 846d
Transposition of sections of, by amendments........... 477
Reading, engrossment, and passage.
Reading, engrossment, and passage of.................. 830
First and second readings............................. 831
Manner of reading a bill the second time.............. 428
Third reading by title after engrossment....................... 830, 832
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..................... 642
Question on rejection of, comes indirectly............ 484
Division of, not in order, on vote on engrossment or
passage........................................... 792
Three-fifths vote to increase income tax rates........ 846c
Voting on............................................. 833
Yeas and nays automatically ordered on appropriation
and tax measures and on concurrent resolution on
the budget........................................ 774e
Speaker's discretionary authority to postpone further
proceedings on the question of passage............ 631
Effect of rejection or passage of.
Action on similar bill after rejection................ 833
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
to the President.................................. 518
Passage of supplementary bills........................ 518
Obsolete parliamentary practice as to riders.......... 495
Procedure on loss of.................................. 352
Improper alternation of............................... 352
Action of the two Houses on.
Both Houses pass identical..................................... 833, 882
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
[[Page 1176]]
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........................................................ 572-577
Duties of Committee on House Oversight as to enrollment...... 577, 677a,
677c
Report as to accuracy of enrolled..................... 625
Reports as to accuracy of enrolled, privileged........ 726
Rule of Parliament as to enrollment................... 573
Speaker signs enrolled......................................... 624, 625
Speaker declines to sign enrolled, when motion to
reconsider is pending............................. 816
Speaker pro tempore signs under conditions............ 634
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.......... 901
Method of approval........................................ 104, 105, 110
Method of disapproval........................................... 104-109
Notice of approval.................................... 106
Notice and action as to disapproval................... 104
When signed by President deposited with Administrator
of General Services............................... 105
When vetoed and passed deposited with Administrator of
General Services.................................. 109
Bills of credit.
States not to emit........................................ 146
Biomedical research and development.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 674
Blanks.
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............................. 934
Blood, corruption of.
For treason............................................... 182
Bonded debt.
[[Page 1177]]
Books.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 688
Not to be taken from the Clerk's table during debate...... 364
Jurisdiction of matters relating to purchase of........... 677a
Borrow.
Power of Congress to borrow money......................... 118
Botanic garden.
Under control of Committees on House Oversight and
Transportation and Infrastructure................. 677a, 686
Boundary lines.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to..................... 678, 679a
Bounties.
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...................... 305, 306
Bribery.
An impeachable offense.................................... 173
Power of House to punish attempts at, on Members....... 293, 294
Bridges.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 686
Bills for construction of certain banned.................. 852
Broadcasting and press coverage of committee hearings........... 720-725
Broadcasting of house proceedings, rule for....................... 634c
Budget.
Committee on.
History, composition, jurisdiction and duties......... 673
Special oversight functions of........................ 695
Studies and reports required of....................... 695
Staff for, former rule on appointment of.............. 736
Submissions to, from standing committees.............. 699b
Quorum requirements in................................ 709
Exempted from former rule proscribing committee
sittings during five-minute rule.................. 710
Privileged reports by................................. 726
Concurrent resolution on.
Amendments to must be mathematically consistent and
contain certain matter............................ 876b
Consideration of........................................ 1007 (sec. 305)
Considered read after general debate.................. 876b
Definition of............................................. 1007 (sec. 3)
Maximum deficit amount not to be exceeded.......... 1007 (sec. 301, 304)
Procedures contained in................................. 1007 (sec. 301)
Timetable for budget process............................ 1007 (sec. 300)
[[Page 1178]]
Yeas and nays automatically ordered................... 774e
Congressional budget process.
Definitions............................................... 1007 (sec. 3)
Timetable............................................... 1007 (sec. 300)
Advance spending and revenue authority ineligible for
consideration before adoption of concurrent resolution....... 1007 (sec.
303)
Budget Committee must handle budget legislation....... 1007
(sec. 306)
Appropriation bills reported before June 10............. 1007 (sec. 307)
July adjournment not in order--
Until House passes appropriation bills....... 1007 (sec.
309)
Until reconciliation legislation completed... 1007 (sec.
310)
Reports, summarized projections......................... 1007 (sec. 308)
Reconciliation process.................................. 1007 (sec. 310)
Budget authority, spending authority and revenue legislation to be
within appropriate limits............................... 1007 (sec. 311)
Establishment of public debt limit as part of, rule
for............................................... 945
Provisions to improve fiscal procedures.
Bills providing certain spending authority may not be considered
1008 (sec. 401)
Certain bills providing spending authority to be referred to
Committee on Appropriations....................... 694c, 1008 (sec. 401)
Definitions of spending authority...................... 1008 (sec. 401c)
Authorizing legislation to be reported by May 15...... 1008 (sec.
402)
Cost estimate by Congressional Budget Office............ 1008 (sec. 407)
Year-ahead requests for authorizations................ 1009
Generally.
Hearings on by Appropriations Committee............... 694b
Budget Act procedures by Appropriations Committee..... 694c
Emergency designations in appropriation bills......... 834e
Year-ahead requests for new budget authority.......... 1009
Program review and evaluation......................... 1010
Transmittal of budget by President.................... 169
Congressional Budget Office, functions of... 695, 748c, 911a, 993, 1007,
1008
Power of Rules Committee to waive provisions of Budget Act........ 682a,
729a, 1008 (sec. 402), 1010 (sec. 904)
Impoundment Control Act and line item veto authority.
Line item veto authority....................................... 1013(6b)
Procedures on rescission bills and impoundment resolutions..... 1013(6a)
Buildings, office.
[[Page 1179]]
Buildings, public.
Assignment of rooms in.................................... 989
Appropriations for, as in continuance of a public work.... 841a,
847
Power of Congress over places purchased for............... 134
Jurisdiction as to, generally............................. 686
Jurisdiction as to buildings abroad....................... 678
Jurisdiction as to marine hospitals....................... 674
Jurisdiction of bills for penitentiaries.................. 679a
Burden of proof.
On proponent of amendment, as to germaneness.............. 794
On those proposing items in a general appropriation bill.. 835
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.......................................... 901
Order of.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to................... 682a
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.......................... 922
Calendar Wednesday.
Rule for order of business on............................. 897
Business of, protected by two-thirds vote................. 729a
In order to consider President's veto..................... 898
One committee can occupy but one day, except for
unfinished business, until other committees called.... 898
Previous question ordered on bill undisposed of on Tuesday
comes up as unfinished business Thursday.............. 898
Privilege of general appropriation bills limited on.... 802, 898
Calendars.
The three for reports of committees....................... 742
Adverse reports........................................... 744
For ``Corrections''....................................... 745c
For motions to discharge committees.................... 747, 908
Former, for unanimous consent and decisions............... 746
Nonprivileged reports filed with the Clerk for reference
to.................................................... 743
Of Committee of the Whole, order of taking up bills on.... 869
Call of committees.
[[Page 1180]]
In order on Calendar Wednesday............................ 897
Business on Calendar Wednesday protected by two-thirds
vote.................................................. 729a
Interruption of, for consideration of nonprivileged bills
in Committee of the Whole.......................... 891, 892
Place of, in order of business............................ 878
Rule and practice for consideration of bills during.... 889, 890
Unfinished business in.................................. 885-888
Call of the House. See also Absence.
Motion for, in order in absence of quorum................. 55
After previous question is ordered........................ 810
Arrest of Members...................................... 768, 770
Call of the House in the new form............... 771b, 773, 774a
Call of the House in the old form....................... 768-771
Clerks to tell Members present............................ 771b
Count of those not voting to make a quorum of record on a
roll call............................................. 772
Dispensing with, after quorum appears................. 773, 774d
Electronic equipment for.................................. 774b
Motions during a call of the House........................ 771
Ordering and conducting the call of the House in
the old form......................................... 769
Power to compel attendance................................52, 55
Rule of Parliament as to.................................. 311
Speaker may recognize for motion for at any time.......... 774d
Call to order.
For disorder in debate................................. 760, 761
May interrupt Member having floor......................... 393
Campaign contributions.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 677a
Prohibition on distribution of in Hall of House........... 921c
Canal Zone.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to Panama Canal and the
maintenance of........................................ 680
Canals.
Jurisdiction of committees as to.......................... 686
Canals, interoceanic.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 680
Capital.
Power of President to convene Congress at a place other
than seat of government............................... 171
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.............. 919
[[Page 1181]]
Capitol police.
Jurisdiction as to matters relating to building........... 686
Duties of Sergeant-at-Arms as to.......................... 648
Captures.
Congress to make rules concerning......................... 127
Caucus.
Held in Hall of House..................................... 918
Party caucuses nominate Members for election to standing
committees............................................ 701a
Majority caucus nominates chairmen of standing committees. 701c
Membership is required for committee membership........... 701b
Early organizational...................................... 997
Celebrations.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 676
Cemeteries, national.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to...................... 681, 687
Censure.
Course of a Member, when subject of debate as to.......... 375
For assault on Member for words spoken in debate.......... 94
Instances of.............................................. 63
Of a Delegate............................................. 740
Of a counsel before investigating committees.............. 712
Of Member when called to order in debate............... 760, 761
Procedure of punishment by................................ 63
Punishment for personalities in debate.................... 363
Reprimand................................................. 63
Speaker not to administer, of own authority............... 622
Census.
Object of.
Taken as basis of apportionment....................... 15
Capitation or direct taxes to be proportioned to...... 140
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to.................. 676
Ceremonies.
As to participation of the House in.................... 387, 388
Use of Hall of the House for.............................. 918
Certificates.
Of the electoral vote, transmittal and opening......... 151, 219
Currency, jurisdiction of subjects relating to............ 672
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 Whole..... 622
To be addressed when a Member desires to interrupt
in debate............................................ 364
Chairmen.
[[Page 1182]]
Administers oaths to witnesses............................ 343, 346, 718
Duties relating to appointment, qualification, compensation of
staff.................................................... 732d, 733a-738
Of standing or select committee.
Of standing committees elected by the House................... 317, 701c
May be delegated power to issue subpoenas............. 718
Presides over committee............................... 317
Prior claim of, to recognition........................ 754
Procedure of, in investigations....................... 712
Procedure of, in submitting reports from standing or
select committees................................. 418
Reports to the House by, must be made promptly........ 713a
Resignation of, presents question of privilege........ 661
Signs subpoenas issued by committee (or subcommittee). 718
Speaker appoints, of select and conference committees. 701e
Term limits for committee and subcommittee............ 701c
Usually reports from a standing or select committee............ 317, 415
Vacancy in the position of............................ 701c
Vice chairman presides in absence of.................. 705
Of subcommittees.
Former authority to appoint staff..................... 732d
Of Committee of the Whole.
Selection of.................................................. 327, 861a
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............ 863
Functions of.......................................... 861b
Power to preserve order............................... 861a
Report of, alone recognized........................... 335
Of joint committee.
Of a joint committee.................................. 325
Challenge.
Of the right of a Member to take the oath.............. 202, 203
Chaplain.
Election and oath of...................................... 635
Offers prayer.......................................... 621, 655
Place in order of business of prayer by................... 878
Charges.
Against a Member or Senator in course of an inquiry..... 321-323
Course of Member when charges against himself are debated. 375
Chief Administrative Officer.
Election, oath, and removal of............................ 635
Duties of................................................. 651a
[[Page 1183]]
Duty to cooperate in the performance of reviews and audits 651c
Financial and operational reports to Committee on House
Oversight............................................. 651b
Chief Justice.
Presides over Senate when President of the United States
is tried.............................................. 38
Citizens.
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
Those of the United States as to voting................... 234
Citizenship.
As qualification of Representative........................ 9, 10
As qualification of a Senator............................. 35
As a qualification of the President of the United States.. 154
Reference to, as a qualification for suffrage............. 226
Civil aviation.
Jurisdiction over subjects related to generally........... 686
Jurisdiction over research and development................ 683
Civil law.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 679a
Civil officers.
May be removed by impeachment............................. 173
Civil offices.
Members not to be appointed to certain.................... 93
Civil Service.
Jurisdiction over all Federal Civil Service, including
intergovernmental personnel........................... 676
Claims.
In general.
Amendments proposing settlement of certain, banned.... 852
Bills for settlement of certain, banned............... 852
Authorization of payment of, on general appropriation
bills............................................. 837
Bills referring to Court of Claims considered in Committee of the
Whole.......................................................... 865, 866
Consideration of, on Tuesdays......................... 893
Constitution not to prejudice certain................. 188
Ex-Members interested in, not admitted to the floor... 919
Jurisdiction of, generally............................ 679a
Jurisdiction of war claims............................ 679a
Jurisdiction of, paid from Indian funds............... 681
[[Page 1184]]
Jurisdiction of private land claims................... 681
Jurisdiction as to certain foreign.................... 678
Jurisdiction of, against the United States............ 679a
Jurisdiction relating to international and other...... 678
Reference of bills for private, restricted to certain
committees........................................ 845
Relation of officers and employees of House to........ 937
Those for slaves not to be paid....................... 232
Withdrawal of papers relating to...................... 933
Claims, Court of.
Status of reports of, on the calendars.................... 742
Classes.
Of Senators............................................... 33
Classified information. See Information.
Clerical staff of committees. See Committee staffs.
Clerk.
Election and oath of.
Election, oath, and removal of........................ 635
Election of, as related to business and adoption of
rules.............................................30, 59
Oath administered to, by Speaker...................... 198
In absence of, designated official acts............... 647
Duties at organization of House.
Continues in office until successor is elected........ 637
Duties of, at organization of the House............... 637
Makes up the roll for organization.................... 638
Officiates at election of Speaker.............................. 312, 637
Sergeant-at-Arms maintains order under direction of,
pending election of Speaker....................... 648
Legislative duties of.
As to:
Allowing no papers to be taken from the table or
out of his custody............................ 352
Amending section numbers of a bill................ 479
Announcing pairs.................................. 660a
Attesting and sealing writs, warrants, subpoenas.. 642
Authority to receive messages from the President
and the Senate at any time House is not in
session....................................... 647b
Call of the House.............................. 768, 773
Calling the roll.................................. 765
Certifying to passage of bills.................... 642
Collecting and transferring noncurrent records.... 932
Committees formerly to make accounting of funds to 739
Copies of amendments offered in Committee of the
Whole......................................... 870
[[Page 1185]]
Custody of committee papers....................... 932
Custody of oath not to disclose classified
information................................... 939
Delivering resolutions of inquiry................. 856
Distribution of Journal and documents............. 641
Former insertions in the Congressional Record
relating to committee staff................... 739
Introduction of bills............................. 849a
Making no changes in enrolling a bill............. 573
Motions to discharge committees.................. 908
Noting Members to make a quorum on a vote of
record........................................ 772
Noting questions of order with the decisions in
the Journal................................... 641
Papers on file.................................... 933
Placing bills on Corrections Calendar............. 745a
Reading motions................................... 776
Referring nonprivileged reports to calendars...... 743
Stands while he reads............................. 428
Taking a vote by clerk tellers.................... 630a
Taking a vote by the yeas and nays................ 504
Executive duties of.
Administration of vacant Member's office.............. 647c
As member of Federal Elections Commission............. 647a
Deposits noncurrent records with General Services
Administration.................................... 932
Discretionary authority as to printing................ 647a
Duty to furnish to Members list of certain reports.... 640
Duty to cooperate in the performance of reviews and
audits............................................ 647e
Duty under the gift rule.............................. 946a
Financial and operational reports to Committee on
House Oversight................................... 647d
Formerly kept contingent and stationery accounts and
furnished stationery.............................. 642
Formerly made certain contracts....................... 642
Role in payment of officers and employees............. 642
Receives testimony taken in election cases............ 647a
Clerks.
Of Members.
Allowance to Members for.............................. 88
Of committees. See Committee staffs.
Of Speaker, Leaders, and Whips............................ 88
Clerk's desk (or table).
[[Page 1186]]
Disorderly words taken down at.......................... 760-761
Members may address the House from........................ 749
Members not to write at, or take books or papers from,
during debate......................................... 364
No Member to remain near, during roll call................ 763
Cloakrooms.
Exclusion of persons from................................. 921
Closing.
In debate, right to, in various cases..................... 762
Of debate, as related to opening.......................... 759
Coast defenses.
Jurisdiction of subjects on............................... 680
Coast Guard.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 686
Bills to correct certain discharge records banned......... 852
Coast Guard Academy.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 686
Coastal zone management.
Jurisdiction over subjects related to.................. 681, 686
Code of Official Conduct. See Official conduct.
Codification.
Of laws, jurisdiction of, bills for....................... 679a
Coexisting questions. See Questions.
Coin.
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
Coinage.
Power of Congress relating to............................. 121
States not to make........................................ 146
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 672
Colleges, agricultural.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 670
Color.
Suffrage not to be abridged for........................... 234
Comfort.
To enemies of the United States........................ 181, 232
Commander in Chief.
President as the.......................................... 160
Commemoratives prohibited......................................... 852
Commerce.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to financial aid to..... 672
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to, with foreign nations 678
Power of Congress to regulate............................. 119
[[Page 1187]]
Commerce, Committee on............................................ 674
Commissions.
No regulation shall give preferences to any ports......... 142
Congressional Mailing Standards, House Commission on...... 987
House Office Building Commission.......................... 988
President to issue, to officers........................... 172
For recess appointments of the President.................. 167
Created by law, to sit in a recess after expiration of a
Congress.............................................. 589
Places on, not incompatible offices....................... 98
Primary and supplemental expense resolutions for.......... 732
Commit, motion to. See also Recommit.
Precedence and use of.
Precedence and general conditions of........................... 782, 787
Debate on motion to, with instructions................ 782
Discussion of relations of, to early use of the previous
question..................................................... 448, 449
Has precedence of motion to amend..................... 449
Instructions with..................................... 788
May not be postponed.................................. 451
Not to be suppressed by another privileged motion..... 450
Not used in Committee of the Whole.................... 787
Repetition of......................................... 782
Use of................................................ 446
Application of, to bills.
After previous question is ordered, Committee on Rules limited as
to........................................................... 729a, 729b
After previous question is ordered, privilege and effect
of........................................................... 804, 808
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..................................................... 729a, 729b
Opposition have preference in recognition for, after
previous question is ordered...................... 782
Ten minutes debate permitted on motion to recommit
with instructions on bill or joint resolution..... 782
On bills with amendments between Houses....... 486, 528b, 528d, 787, 808
Committee of the Whole.
In general.
House may attend impeachment trial in................. 617
No control over admission to floor.................... 919
Powers and privileges of Delegates and Resident Commissioner in.... 740,
861a
Procedure of the House as in.................................... 424-427
[[Page 1188]]
Rare case of investigation conducted by............... 343
Relations of, to the Congressional Record............. 925
Two continuing committees of.......................... 332
Chairman of.
Chairman preserves order.............................. 861a
Functions of.......................................... 861b
Discretionary authority as to quorum calls............ 863
Discretionary authority as to five-minute votes on questions in
sequence.................................................... 864a, 774bb
Parliamentary method of selecting..................... 327
Selection of chairman................................. 861a
Quorum of.
Quorum of...................................................... 329, 863
Call of the committee by means of electronic device or by
clerks...................................................... 863, 771b
When failure of may be raised......................... 863
Rising and reports as related to quorum............... 864
Short or notice quorum call at discretion of chairman. 863
Sitting, rising
Former automatic de novo votes in House where
Delegates' votes decisive in Committee of the
Whole............................................. 864b
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...................................... 334, 864
Motion to rise not in order during time yielded for
general debate.................................... 871
Motion to rise prior amendments offered after reading
of general appropriation bills.................... 834d
Report from Committee on Rules not in order after
House votes to go into............................ 729a
Rising after disorder in.............................. 331
Rising when a quorum fails............................... 774c, 863, 864
Rising with unfinished business................................ 333, 334
Motions to go into.
Form of going into Committee of the Whole............. 328
Privileged motion to go into, to consider and general
appropriation bills............................... 802
Consideration of nonprivileged bills in, after call of, committees
891, 892
Nonprivileged public bills in, considered on Calendar
Wednesday......................................... 897
Place in order of business for motions to consider
non-privileged bills in........................... 878
[[Page 1189]]
Speaker's declaration into............................ 862
Subjects considered in.
Subjects requiring consideration in................... 865
As to origination of business in...................... 412
Bill must show on face falls within the rule.......... 866
Conference report not referred to..................... 550
Construction of the rule requiring consideration in... 866
Elimination of portions of general appropriation bills
by................................................ 835
General practice as to consideration in............... 868
Old parliamentary usage as to consideration of matters
in, as modified by House rules and practice....... 326
Questions of order on appropriation bill in........... 835
Recommittal of bills to............................... 420
Reference of Senate bills from Speaker's table to.............. 882, 883
Senate amendments considered in............................. 827, 828a-1
Subjects not requiring consideration in....................... 528a, 867
Procedure in, as to motions
Amendments not to be withdrawn in..................... 824
Application of House rules to.................................. 340, 877
Five-minute recorded vote in, immediately following
quorum call....................................... 863
Five-minute recorded votes in, on questions in sequence..... 864a, 774bb
Unanimous consent to modify special orders entertained
in................................................ 877a
Motions for previous question and to adjourn not used in...... 333, 783,
805
Motion to reconsider not in order in.................. 812
Pairs in.............................................. 660
Recorded vote in.................................. 630, 631, 846a, 774bb
Relations of motion to strike out enacting words to........... 875, 876a
Yeas and nays not taken in............................ 76
Debate in.
Closing the five-minute debate........................ 874
General debate in..................................... 870
Hour rule of debate applicable to..................... 758
Motion to close general debate........................ 871
Relevance of debate in................................ 752
Ten minutes debate on amendments submitted in advance
and printed in Record............................. 874
Reading in. See also Amendments.
Reading of bill in.................................... 831
Reading of concurrent resolution on the budget in..... 876b
Order of business in.
Order of business in.................................. 869
[[Page 1190]]
Calendars for the business of......................... 742
Unfinished business in................................ 888
Reports of, and consideration in House.
Action of the House on amendment reported from........ 423
Amendments of, considered in the House................ 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............................................. 864b
Parliamentary law as to reports from........................... 334, 864
Disorder in.
Action in case of disorderly words in........................... 760-761
Disorderly words taken down in, reported to the House...... 369, 760-761
Effect of breaking up of, by disorder.......................... 332, 622
Quarrels in, and duty of the Speaker as to............ 331
Questions of privilege in............................. 667
Sergeant-at-Arms enforces order in.................... 648
Speaker restores order in............................. 622
Committee staffs.
Admitted to floor under certain conditions................ 919
Consultants and training.................................. 733d
Subcommittee staff appointments formerly by chairman and
ranking minority member............................... 732d
Expense resolution for committee staffs.................. 732a-d
Former clerical/professional staff distinction......... 733a-738
Former professional/investigative staff distinction....... 735
Interrogation of witnesses................................ 711
Staff of committees, number and appointment..... 732d, 733a-733c
Reduction in staff for 104th Congress................. 733c, 737
Minority staff.................................. 732d, 733c, 737
Staff duties.............................................. 734a
Associate or shared staff............................. 734b, 737
Duties of House Oversight as to........... 677a, 733c, 734b, 737
Duties as to papers....................................... 932
Former reports on staff................................... 739
Printed amendments submitted to........................... 873b
Rate of pay for........................................... 735
Staff for Committees on Appropriations and formerly Budget
734b, 736
Permission of Committee on House Oversight required for
appointment of staff from governmental agencies....... 737
[[Page 1191]]
Committee stenographers.
Non-partisan staff........................................ 738
Appointment of............................................ 923
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....... 740
Election of, by ballot................................ 934
Establishment of subcommittees limited................ 701d
Former rule regarding election of ranking minority
Member to Budget Committee........................ 673b
General power of Delegates and Resident Commissioner in....... 701g, 740
House elects the standing committees on nominations by
caucuses.......................................... 701a
Member-elect may be appointed on, before taking the
oath.............................................. 300
Members' committee assignments limited................ 701b
Membership on contingent upon membership in party
caucus............................................ 701b
Names and number of the standing................................ 669-688
Old and modern requirements as to constitution of..... 402
Reports, dissolution, and revival of select committees 419
Rules and practice as to the appointment of................... 317, 701a
Selection of chairmen of select and of standing committees...... 701c, e
Serve through a Congress.............................. 317
Service of Resident Commissioner and Delegates on............. 701g, 740
Speaker appoints select and conference committees..... 701e
Term limits for chairmen of committees and
subcommittees..................................... 701c
Vacancies in, filled by election by House............. 701d
Vice chairman of...................................... 705d
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........................................ 820
Commemoratives prohibited............................. 852
Delivery of bills to.................................. 403
Duty of, in case of recommittal with instructions..... 420
Functions of, in correcting errors of reference of bills....... 853, 854
Jurisdiction as to creation, and duties of............ 682a
Jurisdiction of, as affected by errors in reference of
bills............................................. 853,
[[Page 1192]]
854
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.............. 845
Private claims bills banned in certain cases.......... 852
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... 700
Sittings and procedure of.
Additional and special meetings....................... 705
Broadcasting and press coverage of meetings and hearings........ 720-725
Clerks of, see Committee staffs.
Debate in............................................. 318
Executive hearings open to non-committee Members...... 708
Executive sessions of.................................... 706c, 708, 712
Five-minute rule applicable during interrogation of
witnesses......................................... 711
Hearings open to public.................................. 694b, 708, 712
Hearings to be preserved in Library of Congress....... 949
Intelligence, Select Committee on, special procedures
for............................................... 944a
May be empowered to sit during recesses of a Congress. 589
May only act when together............................... 407, 705, 713c
Former rule proscribing sitting during five-minute rule........ 324, 710
Meetings and action of..................................... 408, 705-713
Meeting when chairman fails to call................... 705
Meetings open to public....................................... 694b, 708
Method of voting amendments to a bill in.............. 417
Notice requirement for hearings....................... 708
Noting amendments to bill in committee................ 417
Parliamentary law governing consideration of bills in. 412
Power of, over body and title of a bill............... 411
Power to sit and act.................................. 718
Presence of Member of the House in a select........... 410
Procedure in generally........................................ 427, 704b
Proxy voting prohibited............................... 707
Quorum of a select or standing................. 343, 409, 709, 713c, 718
Quorum must be present when perjurious testimony is given to
support charge of perjury................................. 343, 409, 709
Quorum to release testimony received in executive
session........................................... 712
Quorum for taking testimony........................... 709
[[Page 1193]]
Quorum to close hearing to discuss or receive certain testimony or
evidence....................................................... 708, 712
Quorum for issuing a subpoena.................................. 343, 718
Vice chairman or ranking member presides in absence of chairman... 701c,
Quorum for reporting a measure........................ 713c
705
Reading of investigative or oversight reports waived.. 703b
Recess of a committee................................. 703a
Reconsideration of a vote in.......................... 416
Record of actions by, to be kept...................... 706a
Regular meetings...................................... 705
Rise when the House sits unless leave be given to
remain sitting (obsolete)......................... 324
Rules of committee same as House...................... 703a
Rules of committees must be written and published in
Record............................................ 704a
Secrecy of procedure...................................... 319, 708, 712
Subcommittees subject to direction of full committee.. 703a
Subpoena power........................................ 718
Time of hearings and subject matter to be placed in
daily Congressional Record and entered into
committee scheduling service of House Information
Resources......................................... 708
Transcripts of meetings and hearings paid from
contingent fund (applicable accounts of the House) 703c
Vice chairman......................................... 705a
Votes in, available for inspection.................... 706a
Witnesses before committees, see Witnesses.
Reports of.
Former reporting requirement relating to committee
staff............................................. 739
Action of the House on amendments reported from....... 423
Action of the House on reports from................... 422
Adverse.............................................. 726, 730, 743, 744
Adverse reports from Committee on Rules............... 730
Amendments reported by, should be germane............. 794
Annual activities report.............................. 703d
Authorization, signing, and validity of.......... 407, 408, 415, 713-715
Availability in electronic form....................... 706c
Availability of, prior to floor consideration.................. 715, 716
By whom made........................................ 317, 713a, 714, 715
Calendars on which reports of, await action of the House........ 742-746
Calling up reports made in order by adoption of a
[[Page 1194]]
resolution by the House........................... 717
Contents required in reports:
Appropriations Committee reports on general
appropriation bills must state effect of any
provision changing existing law............... 844b
Congressional Accountability Act, requirements
under......................................... 713g
Constitutional authority statement................ 713f
Cover must reflect inclusion of certain matters... 714
``Dynamic estimate'' of changes in revenues
expected to result from enactment of ``major''
tax legislation (discretionary)............... 748b
Estimate of cost.................................. 748b
Estimate and comparison of Congressional Budget
Office........................................ 713e
Estimate and comparison of funding levels.... 713e, 748b
Filing after hours if views....................... 703b
Investigative and Oversight reports considered as
read.......................................... 703b
Joint reports..................................... 703b
Minority, supplemental, and additional views...... 714
New budget authority and tax expenditures,
statement as to............................... 713e
Obsolete provision for directing a committee to
withdraw and report........................... 404
Oversight findings and recommendations....... 692a, 713e
Oversight findings and recommendations of
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
696, 713e
Report on bills amending or repealing statutes
must show by typographical device parts of
statute affected.............................. 745
Rules Committee reports on resolutions repealing
or amending Rules of the House must show by
typographical device parts of Rules affected.. 731
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act, requirements under
703d, 713h, 748c, 1007
Vote totals and names on amendments and motion to
report........................................ 713d
Direction of, for making its report...................... 317, 415, 713b
Filing of, by chairman or majority............................713a, 713b
From Committee on Rules, not divisible................ 791
Hearings and reports of Appropriations Committee to be
available 3 days in advance of consideration of
bills............................................. 848
[[Page 1195]]
Joint Economic Committee, report of................... 983
Limitations on reports from Committee on Rules.... 729a, 729c, 729d, 730
Origin and effect of the rule giving privilege to
certain reports................................... 727
Practice as to reading reports of, in the House....... 435
Prior claim of Member in charge of bill to recognition 754
Prior right of Members of, to recognition for debate.. 756
Privileged reports of........................................... 726-729
Privilege of individual committees to report.......... 728
Privilege of reports from Committee on Rules................... 729a-730
Recommital of............................................. 405, 420, 788
Reports to the House must be made promptly............ 713a
Resolutions of inquiry, requirements for reports of............. 855-858
Restriction on reporting bill containing an
appropriation..................................... 846
Rights of, as to placing adverse reports on the Calen-
dars.................................................... 726, 730, 744
Select committee, report of........................... 419
Speaker does not decide on sufficiency of............. 627
Submitting reports of.......................................... 317, 418
Supplemental, filing of............................... 714
To be in writing and to be printed.................... 821
Views of the minority..................................... 714, 743, 821
Oversight functions.
Ad hoc oversight committees........................... 692b
General oversight by committees as to laws within their
jurisdiction.................................................. 692a-692b
General oversight findings and recommendations to be
included in reports............................... 713e
Establishment of oversight subcommittees required..... 692b
Expense resolution not in order if a committee fails
to submit oversight plan.......................... 692b
Oversight of Committee on Government Reform and
Oversight......................................... 692b
Oversight findings of Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
to be included in each committee's reports.................... 696, 713e
Oversight plans submitted to Committees on Government
Reform and Oversight and House Oversight.......... 692b
General oversight of Committee on Appropriations...... 692b
Special oversight functions of Committees on National
Security, Budget, Education and the Workforce,
Commerce, International Relations, Resources,
Science, and Small Business....................... 693
[[Page 1196]]
Additional functions of committees.................... 694
Budget hearings....................................... 694b
Budget Act procedures........................................ 694c, 1007
Budget Committee, additional functions of............. 695
Government Reform and Oversight Committee, additional
functions of...................................... 696
Requirement for oversight subcommittee................ 692b
Discharge, instructions
Motion to discharge and instruct............................... 406, 908
Motion to discharge from consideration of vetoed bill. 108
Motion to discharge under certain public laws...................... 1013
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...................................... 627
Call of.
Place of, in order of business........................ 878
Business on Calendar Wednesday protected by two-thirds
vote.............................................. 729a
Calendar Wednesday.................................... 897
Morning hour.......................................... 889
In general.
Availability of publications in electronic form....... 706c
Conferences held by means of select joint............. 532
Correction of error in Journal by..................... 583
Custody of papers of.................................. 932
Duties of, as to resolutions of inquiry........................ 855, 858
Establishment of subcommittees limited................ 701d
Expense resolution not in order if committee failed to
submit oversight plan............................. 692b
Expenses of, primary, additional, and interim funding. 732
Exception to initial funding..................................... 732c-2
Points of order in House against committee procedure.. 708
Records of, to be accessible to all Members........... 706a
Reference in debate to proceedings of................. 360
Rights as to motions to suspend the rules........................... 902
Verbatim meeting and hearing transcripts.............. 706a
Staff of. See Committee staffs.
Committees, joint.
Quorum, chairman, and voting in....................... 325, 701e
Authorized by concurrent resolutions...................... 396
Number and functions of................................. 983-987
Commodities exchanges.
[[Page 1197]]
Common defense.
Jurisdiction of subjects related to....................... 670
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
Rules of, in courts....................................... 214
Communications.
Rule for reference of............................. 700, 882, 883
Executive, transmission of, to House...................... 936
Compact.
States not to make, without consent of Congress........... 148
Compacts, interstate.
Jurisdiction of, generally................................ 679a
Jurisdiction of, relating to apportionment of waters for
irrigation purposes................................... 681
Jurisdiction of, over interstate energy................... 674
Compensation. See also Pay.
For private property taken for public use................. 212
Compliance, Office of. See Congressional accountability.
Compulsory process.
For obtaining witnesses................................... 213
Concur, motion to.
Relative to striking out enacting words................... 875
See also Agree, motion to.
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........................................ 673b, 1007
Congressional disapproval provisions utilizing............ 1013
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....................... 901
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
[[Page 1198]]
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............................... 528a, 530, 533, 535, 827-828a-2
Motions to request, precedence of.... 528a, 528b, 528d, 535, 827, 828a-2
Requests declined or neglected.............................. 534, 828a-2
Separate vote on certain amendments between the Houses when
request is made............................................. 827, 828a-2
Managers and their powers.
As affected by free and simple conference...................... 539, 540
Managers of, appointment, removal, and function............... 536, 701e
Managers of, motion to instruct or discharge................... 541, 910
Managers restricted to the disagreements of the two Houses.... 546, 913a
Managers may not agree to Senate amendments making
appropriations.................................... 829
Managers may not agree to Senate amendments to
appropriation bills containing legislation........ 829
May report a germane modification within the scope of
disagreement where one House strikes out all after
enacting clause of bill of other House and inserts
new language...................................... 913
Meeting and action of managers................................ 548, 913d
Open conference meetings.............................. 913d
Quorum, evidence of................................... 543
Reappointment of managers at second or subsequent..... 537
Remedy where managers exceed their authority.......... 547
Speaker appoints...................................... 701e
Text to which both Houses have agreed not to be changed by
managers unless by authority of both Houses................... 527, 913a
Vacancies in managers................................. 538
Reports of managers.
Accompanying statement................................ 911
Accompanying statement, Speaker decides as to
sufficiency of.................................... 627
Action on a report in the two Houses.................. 549
[[Page 1199]]
As to consideration in Committee of the Whole......... 867
Consideration in House not in order until report
available for three days and copies available at
least two hours................................... 912a
Considered as read if available....................... 912d
Considered rejected if conferees have improperly
closed meeting.................................... 913d
Debate on, equally divided between parties............ 912a
Effect of disagreement to a conference report............ 551, 755, 913c
Form of conference reports................................ 542, 543, 911
Have precedence of motion to reconsider............... 812
High privilege of..................................... 909
Legislation contained in amendments in disagreement,
procedure for consideration....................... 912c
Limited to scope of matter committed to conference.... 527,
546, 913a
Motions in order during action on a report.................... 550, 913b
May report germane modification of amendment in nature
of substitute..................................... 913a
Nongermane matter contained in conference agreements,
procedure for consideration....................... 913b
Nongermane matter in amendments in disagreement,
procedure for consideration....................... 913c
Not to interrupt reading of Journal................... 621
Parliamentary law as to reports of managers........... 542
Partial reports....................................... 544
Postponing rollcall votes on agreeing to.............. 631
Precedence of, over report from Committee on Rules.... 729a
Printing in Record of amendment in total disagreement. 912b
Printing of reports and statements in the Record...... 912a
Rejection of, status of amendments after...................... 551, 913b
Reports of inability to agree................................. 545, 912b
Retroactive income tax rate increase prohibited in.... 846d
Quorum, evidence of................................... 543
Signing of............................................ 543
Speaker decides as to validity of reports............. 627
Statements relating to Federal unfunded mandates............. 911a, 1007
Three-day layover and two-hour availability before
consideration..................................... 912a
Three-fifths vote to increase income tax rates........ 846c
To be in writing...................................... 542
To be entered in the Journals......................... 542
Unamendable........................................... 542
When on constitutional amendments agreed to by two-
[[Page 1200]]
thirds vote....................................... 192
Yeas and nays automatically ordered on adoption of
certain........................................... 774e
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.
Instances where House and Senate have confirmed
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.............. 947
Neither House to adjourn for more than three days or
to another place without consent of the other..... 82
Power of President to convene or adjourn Houses of.... 171
President to give information of the state of the
Union to.......................................... 168
Prohibited from adjourning sine die before completion of
congressional budget process........................... 1007 (sec. 310f)
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.. 1013
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
[[Page 1201]]
To make rules of government 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, sufferage
As to apportionment and establishment of districts............. 226, 227
Determines time of choosing electors.................. 153
May by law provide for cases where President-elect nor
Vice President-elect shall qualify................ 244
May choose President and Vice President in certain cases........ 221-223
May confirm nomination to fill vacancy in Vice Presi-
dency........................................................ 253, 256
Instances where 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....... 155, 244
Power to make or alter regulations as to elections of
Representatives................................... 42
To legislate to enforce the thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth,
twenty-third, and twenty-fourth 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
[[Page 1202]]
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................ 679a
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................ 1013(30)
Committee reports accompanying measures must contain
statement relating to................................. 713g
Former rule on application of laws to Congress............ 946b
Office of Compliance...................................... 990
Point of order for insufficient committee report.......... 713g
Settlements under approval by House Oversight............. 697e
Congressional Budget Office. See Budget.
Congressional disapproval, laws providing mechanisms for.......... 1013
Congressional Record.
Reports of debates.
Correction of........................................... 764a, 764b, 926
Duties of Joint Committee on Printing in relation to.. 986
General control of Committee on House Oversight over.. 677e
Jurisdiction relating to improvement of............... 986
``Leave to print'' in................................. 929
Not the official record of proceedings................ 69
Power of Chairman of Committee of the Whole over...... 862
Privilege of Member to revise his remarks............. 928
Privilege of propositions to correct........................... 923, 927
Relation of Committee of the Whole to................. 925
Reporters of debates.................................. 923
Substantially verbatim account of remarks......... 764a, 764b, 924a, 928
Matters recorded in.
Amendments to be offered during five-minute rule may
be printed in advance, and given a numerical
[[Page 1203]]
designation....................................... 874
Certain messages printed in........................... 935
Clerk supervises daily insertions in.................. 986
Committee meetings and hearings inserted in........... 986
Former ``bullet'' symbols in.......................... 929
House activities of previous day inserted in.......... 986
Index daily of proceedings of previous day............ 986
Introduction of bills, petitions, resolutions entered
in................................................ 849
Legislative program for the day to be inserted........ 986
Messages from President entered in.................... 884
Names of Members signing discharge petitions.......... 908
Pairs printed in...................................... 660
Printing of conference reports in..................... 912a
Reference of public bills, memorials entered in................ 854, 860
Substantially verbatim account of remarks............... 764a, 764b, 928
Titles of reported bills entered in................... 743
Congressional Research Service.................................... 991
Consent.
Unanimous. See Unanimous consent.
Of Congress.
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..... 674
Petroleum (naval), jurisdiction of matters relating to.... 680
Radium, jurisdiction of matters relating to............... 681
Soil, jurisdiction of matters relating to................. 670
Wildlife, jurisdiction of matters relating to............. 681
Consideration, question of.
Form and history of....................................... 778
Conditions of raising.................................. 717, 779
Not to be raised against a report from Committee on Rules
729a, 729b
On Calendar Wednesday..................................... 898
Questions subject to...................................... 780
Question of consideration to disposed of points of order
raised under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
781, 1007
Relation of, to other motions............................. 779
[[Page 1204]]
Relation of, to points of order........................ 781, 909
Where quorum fails on yea-and-nay vote and adjournment
intervenes............................................ 76
Consistency.
Speaker not to decide questions of..................... 466, 627
Constituency.
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
Officers of House sworn to support.................... 635
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...................... 679a
Differences as to amendment to, committed to
conference........................................ 530
Extension of time period 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 twenty-seven amendments of.................................. 208-258
Two-thirds vote on conference report as to............ 549
Yeas and nays not necessarily taken on amendments to.. 76
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............ 661
[[Page 1205]]
Constitutional privilege.
Precedence of questions of................................ 661
Questions relating to................................... 661-668
Constitutions.
Those of States subordinate to that of United States...... 195
Consular service.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 678
Consuls.
President appoints........................................ 166
Jurisdiction of Supreme Court in cases affecting.......... 179
Judicial power extends to cases affecting................. 178
Consumers.
Affairs and protection of, jurisdiction over.............. 674
Contempts.
Committee reports on, privileged for immediate
consideration without 3-day layover................ 299, 661
Power of the House to punish for........................ 293-299
Contestants.
In election cases, admitted to the floor.................. 919
Relations of, to incompatible offices..................... 100
Contested elections.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 677a
Contests affected by death................................ 18
Clerk receives testimony taken in contests................ 647
Contingency fund (applicable accounts of the House).
Duties of Committee on House Oversight as to.......... 677a, 732
Clerk formerly kept account of disbursements out of....... 642
Commission and other entity expenses, payment from........ 732
Committee expenses, payment from.......................... 732
Committee transcripts, cost of printing paid from......... 703c
Early organization caucuses funded from................... 997
Privileged reports on..................................... 726
Continuation of a public work.
Appropriations for................................ 834a, 839-841
Examples illustrating..................................... 840
New buildings at existing institutions as a............... 841a
Unexpended balances may be appropriated for............... 847
Contract labor.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 675
Contractors.
Not ineligible as Members................................. 98
Contracts.
Obligations of, no State to impair........................ 146
Clerk formerly made or approved certain................... 644
Controversies.
[[Page 1206]]
Convening of Congress.
To which the judicial power extends....................... 178
At least once in every year............................. 45, 242
Laws appointing a different day for....................... 243
Convention.
To amend the Constitution, method of calling of........... 190
Convict labor.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 675
Conviction.
Two-thirds vote for, in impeachments...................... 38
Evidence for, for treason................................. 181
For crime as basis for involuntary servitude.............. 224
In impeachments shall not extend further than removal from
office................................................ 41
Members should refrain from voting and committee
participation following............................... 41
Copyrights.
Copyright royalties, limitation on........................ 943
Jurisdiction as to bills relating to...................... 679a
Corporations.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 679a
Correction.
Bills for, of military and naval records are banned....... 852
Of Congressional Record.......... 693, 764a, 764b, 923, 926, 927
Of reference of public bills, place of, in order of
business.............................................. 878
Of reference of bills from Speaker's table............. 882, 883
Of reference of bills, correction in errors............... 853
Corrections Calendar.
Corrections Calendar Office............................... 996b
Rule providing for........................................ 745a
Postponed proceedings on questions for consideration of
bills called from..................................... 631
Corridors.
Speaker's control of...................................... 623
Corruption.
Of blood, for treason..................................... 182
Co-sponsorship, of bills.................................. 854
Cost, limit of.
On public works........................................... 838
Coughing.
Not in order during debate................................ 364
Counsel.
General, Office of........................................ 634e
For accused in criminal prosecutions...................... 213
In cases of expulsion..................................... 65
Admission of, in investigations........................ 348, 712
[[Page 1207]]
Count.
May be censured and excluded from investigative hearings.. 712
Electoral.
Constitutional provision for.......................... 219
Jurisdiction of matters relating to................... 677e
In the Hall of the House.............................. 220
On a division or other vote.
Appeal from Chair's count prohibited........................... 628, 629
Decision by voice of majority--tie votes.............. 508
Decision of points of order during.................... 507
Division of the House after determination by sound............. 501, 630
Duty of Speaker to make an honest count............... 630
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............ 909
Parliamentary provisions as to division, not
applicable in the House........................... 502
Questions of order arising during, decided
peremptorily...................................... 627
Rule as to voting by division......................... 630
Two-thirds votes...................................... 509
Of a quorum.
Certain business suspended by failure of a quorum.............. 510, 744
By Speaker, to ascertain as to quorum after previous
question is ordered............................... 810
Not to be verified by tellers or on appeal...................... 54, 628
Of House when absence of quorum is observed........... 310
On roll call and otherwise by Speaker........................... 54, 772
Counterfeiting.
Congress may provide punishment for....................... 122
Courthouses.
Jurisdiction as to bills for construction of.............. 686
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
[[Page 1208]]
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, 946
Relations of Members of Parliament to................. 287
Relations of State courts to election cases........... 50
Status of reports of Court of Claims on calendars..... 742
Reference of claims to Court of Claims considered in Committee of
the Whole...................................................... 865, 866
Judicial appearances on behalf of House............... 291b
Jurisdiction as to certain, in District of Columbia... 676
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to.................. 679a
Jurisdiction as to, in foreign lands.................. 678
In insular possessions and territories................ 681
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 Oversight Committee may consider questions as to.... 677a,
677e
Credit.
For public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of a
State in other States................................. 183
Power of Congress to borrow money on...................... 118
States not to emit bills of............................... 146
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to public............... 672
Crimes.
Abridgment of suffrage for................................ 226
As to what are high....................................... 175
Extradition for........................................... 185
High impeachable offenses................................. 173
Involuntary servitude as punishment for................... 224
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 679a
Members refrain from voting and committee action when
convicted of.......................................... 939
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...................... 679a
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
[[Page 1209]]
Cruel punishments.
Of the motives of Members................................. 363
Not to be inflicted....................................... 215
Currency.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 672
Custody.
Procuring attendance of witness in, from other House...... 345
Customhouses.
Customs, jurisdiction as to............................... 688
Jurisdiction as to buildings for.......................... 686
Special oversight jurisdiction............................ 693
Dairy products.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 670
Damages to property.
Bills of payments for, banned with exceptions............. 852
Dams.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to................... 681, 686
Day.
Journal dated as of legislative........................... 69
Speaker takes Chair on each legislative................... 621
Dean of the House.
Administers oath to Speaker............................... 198
Death.
Bills for payment of certain claims against the United
States for, banned.................................... 852
Ceremonies for deceased Members........................... 677a
Of officers of House, vacancies caused by may be filled
temporarily by Speaker................................ 635
Of Member, vacancy caused by.............................. 18
Of President or Vice President of United States... 155, 244, 252
Of Speaker................................................ 28
Debate. See also General debate.
Exhibits.
Use of in debate.............................. 622, 915, 916
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
[[Page 1210]]
Member to speak but once, except one Member in reply.. 762
Member who has spoken to the main question may speak to an
amendment...................................................... 465, 762
Member's right to close debate on amendment considered
under five-minute rule............................ 762
Morning-hour debates.................................. 753b
Motion to be stated before............................ 776
Obtaining the floor in debate......................... 749
One-minute speeches................................... 753a
Oxford-style debates.................................. 753c
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..... 753-757
Right of a Member to be heard a second time........... 357
Special order speeches................................ 753a
Rights of Member as to opening and closing in debate.. 759
The hour rule for debate.............................. 758
Interruptions of.
Interruptions in...................................... 364
Interruption of a Member in debate.................... 750
Certain motions only in order when a question is under 782
Member having the floor in, not to be interrupted by
motions........................................... 393
Member in, may be interrupted by conference report.... 909
Messages received during.............................. 561
The call to order in debate..................................... 760-761
Words taken down in debate...................................... 760-761
Disorder in.
Calls to order............................................ 364, 760, 761
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 disorder in...................... 63
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....... 371, 372, 749
Decorum and abstention from personalities in debate............ 361, 749
Duty of the Speaker to prevent expressions offensive
[[Page 1211]]
to the other House................................ 374
Language reflecting on the House...................... 360
Motives of Members not to be arraigned......................... 363, 749
Reference to proceedings of committees................ 360
Reference to the Executive..................................... 370, 749
Reference to occupants of galleries................... 764
Relevancy of................................................... 749, 752
Closing of, in the House.
Effect of order of yeas and nays in closing........... 80
Effect of previous question on................................. 804, 805
Not precluded until the negative has been put.................. 842, 490
Limitations on.
Forty minutes of:
After previous question is ordered................ 805
On motion to suspend the rules.................... 907
On certain non-germane amendments between the
Houses................................... 827-828a-2
On non-germane Senate amendments included in
conference report............................. 913b
Limit of, on appeals........................................... 624, 628
Morning-hour debate................................... 753b
On conference reports, and on certain motions relating to
amendments between the Houses.............. 912a, 912b, 912c, 913b, 913c
On certain secondary motions.......................... 782
On question of order, within Speaker's discretion..... 627
On questions of privilege............................. 661
On motion to instruct conferees....................... 909a
On motion to reconsider............................... 819
On motion to strike out enacting words................ 876
On rescission bills and deferral resolutions................... 1013(6a)
One-minute speeches................................... 753a
Oxford-style debates.................................. 753c
Special order speeches................................ 753a
Strictly enforced..................................... 758
Ten minutes of:
On amendments submitted in advance and printed in
Record........................................ 874
On motion to recommit with instructions........... 782
Twenty minutes of:
On motions to discharge........................... 908
Under various laws permitting congressional approval.. 1013
[[Page 1212]]
General debate in Committee of the Whole.
Closing of, in Committee of the Whole.......................... 870, 871
In Committee of the Whole under the old parliamentary
usage............................................. 326
Five-minute debate.
Closing five-minute................................... 874
Closing five-minute, in Committee of the Whole........ 874
Five-minute, on motion to dispense with Calendar
Wednesday......................................... 897
Member's right to close debate on amendment considered
under the five-minute rule........................ 762
Reading and amendment under the five-minute rule...... 872
Recognition for, under the five-minute rule........... 872
Rule as to five-minute, in Committee of the Whole..... 870
Ten minutes on amendments previously printed in Record
even though debate under is limited............... 874
Time not yielded under five-minute.................... 872
Questions not debatable.
Amendment to title decided without.................... 822
Appeals as to priority of business decided without.... 900
Correction of reference of public bills to be made
without........................................... 854
Motions to adjourn, lay on the table, and for the
previous question not debatable................... 782
Motion that Journal be read........................... 621
Motion to discharge a committee not debatable (except under clause
3, rule XXVII)................................................. 406, 858
Under former rule XXX, questions as to reading of
papers were determined without.................... 917
Record of. See Congressional Record.
In general.
Course of the Member when business concerning himself
is debated........................................ 375
In standing and select committees..................... 318
Morning-hour debates.................................. 753b
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................................... 753a
Oxford-style debates.................................. 753c
Participation of the Speaker in debate......................... 358, 751
Quorum necessary during......................................... 54, 510
[[Page 1213]]
Debt.
Special order speeches................................ 753a
Under reservation of right to object to a unanimous-consent
request........................................................ 381, 881
Claims for slaves not to be paid.......................... 232
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to bonded............... 688
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 prior to the Constitution.... 194
Validity of debt of the United States not to be questioned 232
Debt limit, rule for establishment of statutory........... 945
December.
Early organization caucuses held in....................... 997
First Monday in, for meeting of Congress (obsolete)....... 45
Decisions. See also Appeal.
Of the Speaker controlled by appeal............... 379, 624, 628
Declarations of war.
Congress to make.......................................... 127
Jurisdiction as to........................................ 678
War Powers Resolution................................... 1013(2)
Declination.
Of seat by Member......................................... 20
Decorum. See also Debate.
As to sitting in place.................................... 353
Assaults and affrays...................................... 367
Attire................................................. 622, 763
Call to order for transgressions in............... 364, 760, 761
Clerk to preserve, at organization of the House........... 637
Conduct of counsel in investigation....................... 712
Conduct of Members in the hall............................ 763
Decorum of Members in debate, see Debate.
Disorder in Committee of the Whole........................ 331
Member may speak from any place on floor.................. 749
Members' presence when business concerning Member debated. 375
Movements of Member during voting......................... 506
Power of House to punish and expel for breaches of........ 62-66
Exhibits, use of.................................. 622, 915, 916
Speaker preserves, on floor............................ 331, 622
Smoking forbidden......................................... 763
Use of personal, electronic office equipment forbidden.... 763
Wearing of hats forbidden.............................. 377, 763
Deductions.
From the compensation of Members........................ 86, 657
From the compensation of Members for state income taxes... 648
Defense.
Power of Congress to provide for public................... 117
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to public............... 680
[[Page 1214]]
Defense production.
Counsel for, in criminal cases............................ 213
Jurisdiction over subjects related to..................... 672
Deficiencies.
Jurisdiction of appropriations for........................ 671a
Degree.
Of amendments.......................................... 822, 823
Of amendments between the Houses.......................... 529
Delegated powers.
Of the Constitution....................................... 217
Delegates.
Admitted to Floor......................................... 919
Clerk formerly kept stationery accounts of................ 642
Clerk to distribute certain documents to.................. 641
Compensation of........................................... 86
Former de novo votes in House where vote of decisive in
Committee of Whole.................................... 864b
Elected to committees..................................... 740
Establishment and nature of office........................ 740
From District of Columbia, formerly required to be elected
to the former Committee on District of Columbia....... 740
From territory of American Samoa.......................... 740
Impeachment began at instance of a........................ 603
May have been appointed a teller.......................... 630b
Formerly could be appointed Chairman, Committee of the
Whole................................................. 861a
May be appointed a conferee............................... 701g
May be appointed to select committee...................... 701g
May call a Member to order.............................. 760-761
Powers and privileges of, on floor and in committee....... 603,
631, 701g, 740, 760, 861a
Powers and privileges of, in Committee of the Whole....... 740
Rooms of, in office buildings............................. 989
Sergeant-at-Arms formerly disbursed pay of................ 648
Sworn..................................................... 740
Department of Agriculture.
Jurisdiction of appropriations for, and bills relating to
670, 671a
Department of Defense.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 680
Department of Energy.
Jurisdiction over general management of................... 674
Department of Justice.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 679a
Departments. See Executive departments.
Desertion.
[[Page 1215]]
Desk, Clerk's. See Clerk's desk.
Dilatory motions.
Certain private bills to correct records are banned....... 852
Amendments printed in Record may not be................... 874
Forbidden pending report from Committee on Rules..... 729a, 729b
Not to be entertained by the Speaker...................... 803
One motion to adjourn only in order pending motion to
suspend rules......................................... 801
Right to demand yeas and nays not to overruled as......... 77
Director of Non-legislative and Financial Services
Former position and functions of.......................... 651e
Direct tax. See also Taxes.
To be apportioned to census............................... 140
Old apportionment of...................................... 14
Disabilities.
Of President or Vice President of United States... 155, 244, 252
Political, arising from disloyalty........................ 232
Consideration of bills removing........................... 679b
Of President-elect or Vice President-elect of United
States................................................ 244
Disagree, motion to.
Amendments in order on motion to.......................... 487
Negative of, equivalent to affirmative of motion to agree. 487
Parliamentary principles as to disagreeing, insisting and
adhering..................................... 521, 528a-528d
Precedence of............................... 486, 528-528d, 913c
Precedence of motion to amend over motion to agree or
disagree.............................................. 528
Disagreement.
President may adjourn Congress in a certain case of....... 171
Stage of................................... 528-528d, 828b, 913c
Discharge.
Motions to, of a committee............................. 406, 908
Motions to, under certain public laws...................... 1013
Motions as to Committee of the Whole not privileged....... 339
Motion to discharge a committee from consideration of
vetoed bill........................................... 108
Of a committee, from a resolution of inquiry.............. 858
Discipline.
Of the militia............................................ 133
Of Members.............................................. 62, 698
Discoveries.
Congress may provide exclusive rights to.................. 124
Disease.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to, generally........... 674
Of animals................................................ 670
Disorder.
[[Page 1216]]
Disorderly words taken down........................ 369, 760-761
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 Chairman of Committee of the Whole as to, in
galleries and lobby................................... 861a
Power of each House to punish for......................... 62-66
Proceedings in case of, on the floor...................... 367
Disqualification.
As judgment in impeachment................................ 41
Members not to hold incompatible offices................. 97-101
Service of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct..... 698
Disqualifying interest.
Of a Member as to voting.......................... 376, 657, 658
Distribution.
Of President's annual message (obsolete)............... 725, 884
District of Columbia.
In general.
Bills relating to, as unfinished business............. 888
Home Rule Act, disapproval procedures under..................... 1013(5)
Jurisdiction as to government buildings within........ 686
Jurisdiction as to parks in........................... 681
Power of Congress as to legislation over....................... 134, 135
Representation in Electoral College of................ 250
Second and fourth Mondays for business of............. 899
Former Committee on.
Jurisdiction transferred.............................. 676
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, 700, 849
Of bills for reference................................ 700
Voting by.
Rule as to voting by.................................. 630
Business suspended by failure of quorum............... 510
[[Page 1217]]
Decision by voice of majority--tie votes.............. 508
Decisions of points of order during................... 507
Division of the House after determination by sound............. 501, 630
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............ 909
Parliamentary provisions as to division, not
applicable in the House........................... 502
Questions of order arising during, decided
peremptorily...................................... 627
Repetition of demand for division..................... 630
Two-third votes....................................... 509
Of the question for a vote.
As related to debate on amendment..................... 482
Into substantive propositions.................................. 791, 792
Jefferson's discussion of............................. 481
Motion to recede and concur divisible......................... 525, 528d
Motion to strike out and insert not divisible......... 793
Offsetting amendments to appropriation bills
indivisible....................................... 834f
Parliamentary law as to............................... 480
Principles governing.................................. 792
Resolutions or orders reported by Committee on Rules not divisible
791, 792
Resolutions electing standing committees not divisible 791
Dockyards.
Power of Congress over places purchased for............... 134
Documents.
Reading of those, accompanying President's message........ 170
Clerk to distribute certain, to Members................... 641
Domestic violence.
States may ask protection from............................ 189
Doorkeeping.
Doorkeeping duties of Sergeant-at-Arms................ 380, 650a
History of former Office of the Doorkeeper..................651d
Doors.
Of the House kept by Sergeant-at-Arms................. 380, 650a
Closed on call of the House when ordered by Speaker....... 771b
Drug testing.
Rule providing for drug testing of Members, officers, and
employees............................................. 634g
Due process of law.
No person to be deprived of life, liberty, or property
without............................................... 212
No State to deprive a person of life, liberty, or property
without............................................... 225
Duties. See also Taxes.
[[Page 1218]]
Export taxes or duties prohibited......................... 141
Limitations on rights of States to lay.................... 147
Net produce of, to go to National Treasury................ 147
Not to be levied on commerce by water between States...... 142
On persons migrated or imported........................... 137
Power of Congress to lay and collect...................... 117
States not to levy on tonnage............................. 148
To be uniform............................................. 117
``Dynamic estimate'' in report on tax legislation................. 748b
Economic and Educational Opportunities, Committee on. See Education and
the Workforce, Committee on.
Economic Committee, Joint......................................... 983
Economic report.
Time for filing of, by President.......................... 169
Economic stabilization.
Jurisdiction over subjects related to..................... 672
Education.
Jurisdiction of subjects on............................ 675, 678
Education and Labor, Committee on. See Education and the Workforce,
Committee on.
Effects.
Security of, as to searches and seizures.................. 211
Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives in Congress.
Jurisdiction of subjects on.......................... 677a, 677e
Elections.
Of officers of the two Houses.
Of officers of the House except Speaker......................... 29, 635
Of officers of House, except that Speaker may fill
vacancies temporarily by appointment.............. 635
Of officers of the Senate............................. 37
Of President pro tempore of the Senate................ 313
Of Speaker...................................................... 26, 312
Of Speaker and other officers of House................26, 30
Of Speaker pro tempore................................ 314
Motion to proceed to election of Speaker of higher
privilege than motion to correct the roll......... 638
Rule for, by ballot................................... 934
Of Representatives. See also Contested elections.
Apportioned among the States according to numbers..... 226
Apportionment of, jurisdiction as to.................. 679a
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....................................... 677a
[[Page 1219]
Clerk receives testimony taken in contests............ 647a
Contests affected by death............................ 18
Each House judge of................................... 46-51
Election by districts.......................................... 228, 229
Functions of State executive.......................... 24
Jurisdiction as to laws relating............................. 677a, 677e
Of Members, questions relating to, considered by House Oversight
Committee.................................................... 677a, 677e
Power of each House to judge as related to State laws. 47-50
Power to judge as related to law of Congress.......... 51
Prima facie title, enrollment by Clerk not conclusive
as to............................................. 638
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............42, 43
Regulations of Federal Elections Commission disapproval........ 1013(18)
Suffrage not to be abridged for race, color........... 234
To fill vacancies..................................... 17
Of Senators.
Of Senators................................................. 32, 34, 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................... 677a
Election of President by House in certain cases................. 221-223
Election of Vice President by Senate in certain cases........... 221-223
Congress to provide for case wherein death occurs
among those from whom House and Senate choose
President and Vice President respectively......... 246
Electoral count.
Constitutional provision for........................... 219, 220
Jurisdiction of matters relating to.................. 677a, 677e
Electoral votes.
[[Page 1220]]
Electors.
Transmittal and count of.................................. 220
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............................. 151, 152
Electronic equipment and form of publication.
Committee publications available in electronic form....... 706c
Personal, electronic office equipment forbidden in Chamber 763
Voting and quorum calls by........................... 771b, 774b
Emancipation.
Of slaves, no compensation for............................ 232
Emoluments.
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............................. 919-921b
Appointed by officers of the House........................ 635
Application of employment laws to legislative branch see,
Congressional accountability.
Clerk formerly disbursed pay of........................... 642
Code of conduct for....................................... 939
Compensation, retirement, and benefits, jurisdiction over. 677a
Sergeant-at-Arms responsible for conduct of his........... 650a
Drug testing of, see Drug testing.
Duties of Committee on House Oversight as to.............. 677a
Former rule on fair employment practices.................. 946b
Former, admission of to floor.......................... 919, 921
Non-discrimination in relation to........................... 939
Of committees, see Committee staffs.
Of House, relations to claims............................. 937
Prohibition on distribution of campaign contributions by.. 921c
To be assigned only to duties for which they are appointed 635
Enacting words, striking out.
Rule relating to motion................................... 875
Practice as to use of motion.............................. 876a
Enemies.
Treason to consist in adhering to or aiding............... 181
Aid or comfort to those of the United States.............. 232
Energy and Commerce, Committee on. See Commerce, Committee on.
Energy matters. See also Nuclear energy.
Jurisdiction over.
Coastal zone management........................................ 681, 686
[[Page 1221]]
Commercial application of energy technology........... 674
Conservation of energy resources...................... 674
Energy information generally.......................... 674
Energy research and development....................... 683
Interstate energy compacts............................ 674
Interstate transmission of power...................... 674
Mineral resources of public lands and mining.......... 681
National energy policy generally...................... 674
Naval petroleum and oil shale reserves................ 680
Water power........................................... 686
Expedited procedures.
Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Act.......................... 1013(19)
Crude oil transportation systems............................... 1013(20)
Energy Policy and Conservation Act............................. 1013(14)
Extensions of emergency energy authorities..................... 1013(15)
Nuclear Waste Policy Act....................................... 1013(25)
Engagements.
Validity of those entered into before adoption of
Constitution.......................................... 194
Engrossment.
Of a bill, question on, and procedure.................. 830, 832
Properly done after a bill is amended..................... 428
Reading in full not required........................... 830, 832
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.................. 634a
Authority of pro tempore presiding officers to sign
enrolled bills........................................ 576
Committee on House Oversight, duties in connection with... 677c,
697b
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............................ 726
Report as to accuracy..................................... 625
Signing of, for presentation to the President............. 575
Signature vacated......................................... 625
Enrolling clerk.
To make no changes in text of a bill...................... 573
Entry.
[[Page 1222]]
Enumeration.
Of yeas and nays on Journal............................... 75
Of people for apportionment............................... 15
Capitation or direct taxes to be proportioned to.......... 140
Environmental research and development.
Jurisdiction over subjects related to..................... 683
Equal protection.
Of law, guaranteed........................................ 225
Equity.
Judicial power extends to all cases of.................... 178
Limitation of judicial power in suits of.................. 218
Equivalent questions. See Question.
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 calender....... 742
Correction of, in reference of bills, petitions........ 853, 854
Correction of, in reference of bills from Speaker's table
882, 883
Correction of, in the Journal by a committee.............. 583
In a yea-and-nay vote..................................... 766
In bills sent to the President............................ 110
In former vote by tellers................................. 630b
Questions of privilege affect integrity of proceedings.... 661
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........... 936
Ethics.
Code of Official Conduct.................................. 939
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct see, Standards
of Official Conduct, Committee on.
Financial disclosure...................................... 940
Former Select Committee on................................ 685b
Unofficial office accounts prohibited..................... 941
Limitations on use of frank............................... 942
Limitations on outside earned income...................... 943
Sanctions for ethical violations...........................62-66
Evidence.
Methods of taking, by the House and committees.... 341-348, 711,
712
Duties of committee clerks as to.......................... 932
Ex-Members. See Former Members.
Ex post facto law.
[[Page 1223]]
None to be passed......................................... 139
States not to pass........................................ 146
Examination.
Of Members at bar of the House and before committees...... 346
Of witnesses before committees and at the bar of the House 343,
344, 711, 712
Of witnesses in an impeachment............................ 614
Admission of counsel in................................ 348, 712
Exceptions.
Power of Congress to make, as to jurisdiction of Supreme
Court................................................. 179
Excessive bail.
Not to be required........................................ 215
Excessive fines.
Not to be imposed......................................... 215
Excises.
Power of Congress to lay and collect...................... 117
To be uniform............................................. 117
Exclusion.
Of certain private bills.................................. 852
Of commemoratives......................................... 852
Of Member for holding incompatible offices................ 101
Of Member-elect for disqualification.................... 12, 205
Of petitions, bills for cause......................... 849a, 853
Excuses. See also Absence.
For absence at call of the House.......................... 769
Members to be present unless excused...................... 656
Requests for leave of absence............................. 657
Executive. See President or Executive departments.
Executive communications.
Transmission to House..................................... 936
Reference of...................................... 700, 882, 883
Executive departments and agencies.
Appropriations Committee to study organization and
operation of.......................................... 692a
Congress may vest appointment of certain inferior officers
in heads of........................................... 166
Congressional review of agency rulemaking.............. 1013(34)
Gallery for use of heads of............................... 922
Heads of, admitted to the floor of the House.............. 919
Jurisdiction of matters relating to reorganization of..... 676
No employees of, detailed to committee may be employed on
professional staff except under certain conditions.... 737
Of Government, power of Congress to legislate as to....... 136
Title 5, U.S.C. 3101; authority to authorize appropriation
[[Page 1224]]
for salary of clerks.................................. 837
Reference of papers from............................... 882, 883
Resolutions of inquiry of............................... 855-859
President may require opinions from officers of........... 161
Privilege of, as to papers from files..................... 933
Expenditures in, jurisdiction as to....................... 676
Executive expenses.
Jurisdiction of appropriations for........................ 671a
Executive of State.
May apply for protection against domestic violence........ 189
Power to demand fugitives from justice.................... 185
Executive officers.
Bound by oath to support the Constitution................. 196
Executive power.
Vested in the President................................... 149
Exhibits.
Use of in debate.................................. 622, 915, 916
Expenditures.
Of public money, account to be published.................. 143
Experiment stations.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 670
Explanation.
Of Member called to order in debate..................... 760-761
Personal, made by unanimous consent....................... 749
Export controls.
Jurisdiction over subjects related to..................... 678
Export duties.
Forbidden................................................. 141
Limitation of right of State to lay duties on exports..... 147
Expulsion.
Power of the two Houses to punish by................. 62, 64, 65
Course of Member when subject to debate as to............. 375
Of a Delegate, question as to............................. 740
Of Member-elect before taking the oath.................... 300
Expunging.
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
Former rule on fair employment practices and application of certain
laws.
[[Page 1225]]
Faith.
History of former rules................................... 946b
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
Farm Credit Administration.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 670
Farm security.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 670
Federal mandates
Statements for conference reports relating to........ 911a, 1007
Committee reports must contain effect of accompanying
measures on.......................... 703d, 713h, 748c, 1007
Effective date of Unfunded Mandates Reform Act............ 1007
Motion to strike.......................................... 873c
Question of consideration to dispose of points of order
raised under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
781a, 1007
Rules Committee activity report to include waivers
relating to...................................... 703d, 1007
Rules Committee may not waive certain points of order
under Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995............ 1007
Felony.
Conviction of Member for, non-participation in committee
and House business.................................... 939
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.
Custody of committee papers........................... 706c, 932
Withdrawal of papers from................................. 933
Financial audits.
By Inspector General...................................... 654
House Officers to cooperate in performance of....... 647e, 650c,
651c
Of House and joint entities............................... 654
Financial disclosure.
By Members, officers, principal assistants and committee
professional staff.................................... 940
Ethics in Government Act.................................. 940
Financial audits of House and joint entities.............. 654
Fines.
Excessive, not to be imposed.............................. 215
[[Page 1226]]
First reading.
As condition of discharging Member arrested for absence... 55
Of bills, by title..................................... 830, 831
Of a bill, obsolete requirement as to..................... 399
Fisheries.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 681
Marine Fisheries Conservation Act, expedited procedures
under.............................................. 1013(23)
Five-minute rule.
Applicability to committee hearings....................... 711
Closing of debate under................................... 874
Former rule proscribing committee sittings during...... 324, 710
Debate must be on the subject............................. 752
Debate on motion to dispense with Calendar Wednesday...... 897
Debate on amendments submitted in advance and printed in
Record................................................ 874
Debate on appeal in Committee of the Whole................ 628
Reading and amendment of bills under...................... 872
Pro forma amendments...................................... 873a
Fix the day and hour, motion to.
To which the House shall adjourn, conditions of........ 782, 784
Flag.
Jurisdiction of, subject of............................... 679b
Pledge of Allegiance...................................... 878
Flood control.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 686
Floor, Hall of House.
Abuse of privilege of..................................... 920
Admission of representative of press and radio to.... 930a, 930b
Admission when the House is not sitting................... 921a
Prohibition on distribution of campaign contributions on.. 650a
Decorum of Members on, see Decorum.
Duty of Sergeant-at-Arms to clear of nonprivileged persons 650a
Electoral count held in................................... 220
Exhibits, use of, see Exhibits.
Persons and officials admitted during sessions of the
House....................................... 919, 921a, 921b
Sergeant-at-Arms enforces rules relating to privilege of.. 650a
Speaker preserves order on............................. 331, 622
Use of.................................................... 918
Yielding of, in debate, see Debate.
Food programs for children in schools.
Jurisdiction over subjects related to..................... 675
Forces.
Conditions to make rules for land and naval............... 131
[[Page 1227]]
Foreign affairs.
Land or naval, trial for crimes in........................ 212
Arms control and disarmament Act, expedited procedures
under.............................................. 1013(12)
Arms Export Control Act, expedited procedures under.... 1013(17)
Assistance to drug-transit countries................... 1013(26)
Authorization for population planning.................. 1013(31)
International commodity agreements, jurisdiction over..... 678
International economic policy, jurisdiction over.......... 678
International education, jurisdiction over................ 678
International financial and monetary organizations,
jurisdiction over.................................. 672, 693
International fishing agreements, jurisdiction over.... 681, 693
International fishing agreements, expedited procedures
with respect to.................................... 1013(23)
International waters, jurisdiction over................... 678
Limitation on loans to foreign entities................ 1013(32)
Non-proliferation and nuclear export agreements... 678, 1013(10)
President's relations to.................................. 165
Termination of Cuban Economic Embargo.................. 1013(33)
Foreign Affairs, Committee on. See International Relations, Committee
on.
Foreign coin.
Congress to regulate value of............................. 121
Foreign gifts and decorations.
Constitutional prohibition................................ 144
House rules regarding................................ 679d, 946a
Law regulating acceptance................................. 145
Foreign ministers.
Admitted to the floor of the House........................ 919
Gallery for use of........................................ 922
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.............................. 144, 679d, 946a
Forest reserves.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to...................... 670, 681
Forestry.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 670
Forfeiture.
In cases of, treason...................................... 182
Form of government.
[[Page 1228]]
Former Members, admission to floor. See Floor.
Forms.
Republican, guaranteed to the State....................... 189
Of putting question:
For viva voce vote.................................... 629
On question of consideration.......................... 778
On engrossment and third reading of a bill............ 830
On the passage of a bill.............................. 499
Of resolutions:
Of inquiry............................................ 856
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..................... 788
Forts.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 680
Power of Congress over places purchased for............... 134
Forty minutes' debate.
After previous question is ordered without debate...... 805, 907
On motion to reject non-germane Senate amendment.......... 913c
On motion to suspend the rules............................ 907
On non-germane provisions in conference report............ 913b
Recognition in............................................ 756
Fourteen days.
Discharge of resolutions of inquiry..................... 855-858
Franking privilege.
House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards....... 987
Limitation on use of...................................... 942
Fraud.
In introduction of a bill................................. 851
Free conference.
Parliamentary law as to................................... 539
In modern practice........................................ 540
Usage as to............................................... 557
Freedom.
Of religion, speech, the press, and right of assembly and
petition.............................................. 208
Freedmen's Hospital.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 675
Fugitives.
From justice, extradition of.............................. 185
From service or labor, return of.......................... 186
Gallaudet College.
[[Page 1229]]
Galleries.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 675
As to right to demand clearing of......................... 382
Distribution, admission and control of.................... 922
Members may not introduce occupants in, to House.......... 764
Power of Chairman of Committee of the Whole as to Order in 861a
Speaker may order, to be cleared.......................... 622
The Press Gallery......................................... 930a
The Radio/TV Gallery...................................... 930b
General Accounting Office, assistance to committees............... 989
General appropriation bills. See Appropriations.
General Counsel.
Office of................................................. 634e
General debate. See Debate.
General revenue sharing.
Jurisdiction over......................................... 676
General Services Administrator.
Bills that become law deposited with................... 105, 109
Noncurrent records deposited with by clerk................ 932
General welfare.
Power of Congress to provide for.......................... 117
Geological survey.
Jurisdiction of legislation relating to................... 681
Germane.
Amendments required to be germane......................... 794
Amendment being considered, which would have been subject
to a point of order, may be perfected by amendments
germane to it......................................... 842
Amendments imposing conditions, qualifications, and
limitations........................................... 800
Amendments to bills amending existing law................. 799
Burden of proof as to germaneness......................... 794
Committee jurisdiction as test of germaneness............. 798c
Fundamental purpose as test of germaneness................ 798b
A general provision not germane to a specific subject..... 798f
Instructions to committees and amendments thereto must be
germane............................................... 796
One individual proposition not germane to another......... 798e
Parliamentary law as to germaneness....................... 467
Proposition to which amendment must be germane............ 795
Senate amendments and matter contained in conference
reports, separate vote if not germane....... 797, 913b, 913c
Specific subjects germane to general propositions of the
class................................................. 798g
Subject matter as test of germaneness..................... 798a
Various tests of germaneness are not exclusive............ 798d
Gifts
[[Page 1230]]
Acceptance of by House Oversight Committee................ 697d
Foreign................................................... 144
Gift rule................................................. 946a
Government.
Economy and efficiency in, jurisdiction over.............. 676
Intergovernmental relationships, jurisdiction over........ 676
Republican form of, guaranteed to the States.............. 189
Right of people to petition............................... 208
Government Operations, Committee on. See Government Reform and
Oversight, Committee on.
Government Reform and Oversight, Committee on.
History and jurisdiction of............................... 676
General oversight functions of........................ 692b, 696
Oversight findings of to be included in reports of other
committees............................................ 713e
Responsibility as to commemoratives....................... 852
Government, seat of.
Power of President to convene Congress at another place... 171
Power of Congress to legislate for........................ 134
Governors of States.
Admitted to the floor of the House........................ 919
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................... 686
Guam.
Delegate from, powers and privileges of, see Delegates.
Habeas corpus.
Suspension of writ of..................................... 138
Hall of the House. See Floor, Hall of House.
The various galleries and admission thereto, see
Galleries.
Harbors.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to the improvement of... 686
Hatch Act.
Jurisdiction over subjects related to..................... 676
Hats.
[[Page 1231]]
Heads of departments. See also Departments.
Not to be worn by Members in the House................. 377, 763
Admitted to the floor of the House........................ 919
Congress may vest appointment of certain inferior officers
in.................................................... 166
Gallery for use of Cabinet................................ 922
Rule for reference of papers from...................... 882, 883
Health.
Jurisdiction over subjects related to generally........... 674
Care and facilities supported by general revenues,
jurisdiction over..................................... 674
Care supported by payroll deductions, jurisdiction over... 688
Biomedical research and development, jurisdiction over.... 674
Public health and quarantine, jurisdiction over........... 674
Veterans' health care, jurisdiction over.................. 687
Human nutrition, jurisdiction over........................ 670
Hearings.
Exclusion of Members and public from...................... 708
Five-minute rule when examining witnesses in.............. 711
On appropriation bills hearings and reports to be
available 3 days in advance of consideration.......... 848
Rules to be adhered to in........................ 694b, 708, 712
High crimes and misdemeanors.
Impeachable offenses...................................... 173
As to what are......................................... 175, 176
High seas.
Punishment of piracies and felonies on.................... 126
Hissing.
Not in order during debate................................ 364
Historian
Office of House........................................... 634d
Holidays and celebrations.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 676
Holman rule.
Decisions under Holman rule (in brief).................... 844a
Homes, soldiers'.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 680
Honorarium.
Limitations on.................................... 939, 940, 943
Hour of meeting.
Speaker takes Chair at.................................... 621
Fixed at 12 m until 95th Congress......................... 621
Standing order as to, expires with the session............ 386
Jurisdiction of orders as to daily........................ 682a
Motion to fix.......................................... 782, 784
Hour rule.
[[Page 1232]]
House Oversight, Committee on.
Of debate................................................. 758
Allowances of Members and committees, authority to adjust
86, 88
Approval of reserve fund for committee expenses........... 732a
Availability for one day of reports on committee expense
resolutions............................... 716, 732b, 732c-1
Chairman and four members serve on Joint Committee on the
Library............................................... 985
Chairman and four members serve on Joint Committee on
Printing.............................................. 986
Details to committees from government agencies permitted
by.................................................... 737
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.. 937
Duty as to direction of officers.......................... 697c
Duty as to enrolled bills................................. 697b
Duty as to termination of LSOs........................ 88a, 697c
Former Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight........... 693
History, jurisdiction, and duties of.................. 677a, 697
Oversight responsibilities................................ 692b
Privileged reports from................................... 726
Reports on committee expense resolutions............. 732a, 732b
Reports on election cases................................. 726
Responsibilities relating to committee staff.......... 734b, 737
House as in Committee of the Whole.
Procedure in............................................ 424-427
Procedure in generally applicable to House committees...... 407,
704b
House Calendar.
Certain bills placed on, to await action of House......... 742
Bills on, considered on Calendar Wednesday................ 897
Bills on, considered during ``Morning Hour''.............. 889
Bills from, on Corrections Calendar....................... 745a
House Recording Studio. See Recording Studio.
House of Representatives.
Part of Congress.......................................... 3
Accounts, jurisdiction of matters relating to............. 677a
Assignment of rooms in office buildings................... 988
Attendance of, at an impeachment trial.................... 617
Authority as to treaties................................ 594-599
Bicentennial, Office of................................... 634d
Bills for raising revenue to originate in................... 102
Choice of President by................................. 221, 222
Chooses Speaker and other officers................... 26-30, 635
Composed of Members chosen by people...................... 5-7
[[Page 1233]]
Confirms nomination of Vice President..................... 253
Contingent fund (applicable accounts of the House), leave
to report on expenditures at any time................. 726
Contingent fund (applicable accounts of the House),
jurisdiction of matters relating to................... 677a
Door of, kept by Sergeant-at-Arms..................... 380, 650a
Early organization of..................................... 997
Electoral votes to be counted in presence of.............. 219
Employment of persons, jurisdiction of matters relating to 677a
Has power of impeachment.................................. 31
Historian for............................................. 634d
Indecent language against, not permitted in debate........ 360
Its power to make rules................................... 58-60
Leadership, compensation and emoluments of................86, 89
Library, jurisdiction of matters relating to.............. 677a
May it prescribe qualifications of Members?............... 12
Meets at 12 m.............................................6, 621
Members, see Members.
Officers, see Officers.
Power of President to convene or adjourn.................. 171
Power to punish and expel its Members..................... 62-66
Questions of privilege affecting........................ 661-668
Required to keep a Journal................................ 68
Rules, see Rules.
Services, jurisdiction of matters relating to............. 677a
Use of Hall of............................................ 918
Vacancies in.............................................. 17-25
House office buildings.
Administration of, jurisdiction of matters relating to.... 677a
Assignment of rooms in.................................... 988
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 686
House restaurant. See Restaurant.
Houses.
Of Congress.
Provisions of Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946
applicable to both.................................. 947-949
Bill from one laid on the table in the other.......... 520
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
[[Page 1234]]
Each judge of elections............................... 46
Information transmitted as to bills................... 520
Messages between to be sent only when both are sitting 570
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 perogatives 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
Housing.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to public and private.... 672
Howard University.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 675
Immigration.
Power of Congress over.................................... 137
Immigration and naturalization.
Jurisdiction of subjects relative to...................... 679a
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
Jurisdiction of Lords and Commons as to................... 601
Parliamentary law as to accusation in..................... 602
Inception of proceedings in the House of Representatives.. 603
[[Page 1235]]
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.
Limitation of right of States to lay duties on............ 147
Imposts.
Power of Congress to lay and collect...................... 117
To be uniform............................................. 117
Limitations on rights of States to lay.................... 147
Net results of, to go to Treasury of United States........ 147
Impoundment.
Control Act of 1974.................................... 1013(6a)
Impoundment resolutions, definitions and procedures for
consideration of................................... 1013(6a)
Deferral of appropriations, jurisdiction over........ 671a, 671b
Imprisonment.
Of person who assaulted a Member.......................... 91
As to termination of an order of.......................... 386
Inability.
Of President or Vice President of United States... 155, 254, 255
Of President-elect or Vice President-elect of the
United States......................................... 244
Inauguration.
Ceremonies of............................................. 159
Joint Committee on........................................ 986a
Of President when day falls on Sunday..................... 150
Income.
[[Page 1236]]
Incompatible offices.
Limitation on outside earned.............................. 943
Relation of Members to................................... 97-101
As to what are............................................ 98
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 679a
Indefinite postponement.
Use of the motion for..................................... 443
Index.
Of the Journal, Clerk to make............................. 641
Indians.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to................... 675, 681
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.
Of grand jury as related to trial for crime............... 212
As related to impeachment................................. 41
Informal rising.
Of Committee of the Whole to receive a message............ 330
Information.
Classified, oath not to disclose.......................... 939
To be given to Congress by the President............... 169, 170
Inhabitancy.
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
Inland waterways.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 686
Inquiry.
Resolution of.
As related to the Executive........................... 859
Discharge of committee from........................... 858
Form and delivery of.................................. 856
Privileged status of.................................. 857
Rule relating to...................................... 855
For an investigation. See Investigations.
Procedure when it involves a Member or a Senator................ 321-323
Parliamentary.
No appeal from responses to........................... 628
Insert, motion to.
Effect of affirmative vote on motion to strike out and.... 473
Matter to be inserted divisible........................... 792
Perfecting before voting on............................... 469
[[Page 1237]]
Putting question to strike out and........................ 470
Repetition of the motion to strike out and................ 471
To strike out and insert not divisible.................... 792
Insist, motion to.
Effect of, on stage of disagreement....................... 828b
Insisting and adhering in the practice of the House........ 522,
528-528d
Not equivalent of receding or adhering when decided in the
negative.............................................. 488
On nongermane matter in conference reports and amendments
in disagreement.................................. 913b, 913c
On amendments in disagreement on appropriation bills
containing legislation................................ 912c
Parliamentary principles as to disagreeing, insisting, and
adhering.............................................. 521
Precedence of................... 486, 528-528d, 912c, 913b, 913c
Inspection laws.
Rights of States to levy duties or imposts, to execute.... 147
Inspector General.
Office of................................................. 654
Instructions.
As related to motion to refer............................. 788
Debate on motion to recommit with......................... 782
Formal motion instructing committee to report a bill...... 908
Duty of a committee when a report is recommitted with..... 420
In order with motion to commit after previous question is
moved................................................. 804
Method of dividing a bill by motion to recommit with...... 476
Minority has prior right to recognition................... 541
Motions for instructions, offering of..................... 541
Practice as to, in conferences......................... 541, 557
Speaker does not usually decide as to whether or not
committees have followed.............................. 627
To limit freedom of a conference.......................... 540
Insular affairs.
Jurisdiction of revenue matters........................... 688
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to, generally........... 681
Insult.
Member censured for, to the House......................... 63
Bills or petitions excluded for being insulting........ 849, 853
Insurrection.
Suppression of............................................ 132
Debts incurred in suppressing, not to be questioned....... 232
Debts incurred in aid of, not to be paid.................. 232
[[Page 1238]]
Intelligence, Permanent Select Committee on.
Participation in, as a disqualification for office........ 230
History and jurisdiction of............................... 944a
Procedures for disclosure of classified information... 939, 944a
Interest.
Disqualifying personal, as to voting.............. 376, 657, 658
Intergovernmental cooperation, jurisdiction over.................. 676
Internal Revenue Taxation, Joint Committee on..................... 984
Internal security.
Jurisdiction over......................................... 679b
International Relations, Committee on.
History and jurisdiction of............................... 678
Special oversight functions of............................ 693
Reports private bills..................................... 845
Interoceanic canals.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 680
Interruptions.
Procedure as to, during debate............................ 364
Member having the floor not to be interrupted by motions.. 750
Of Member having the floor in debate...................... 749
Of Member having the floor, by a call to order............ 393
Of business or debate, by conference report............... 909
Of a roll call............................................ 767
Of roll call by recess not permitted...................... 586
Of the call of committees................................. 890
Interstate commerce.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 674
Interstate Commerce Commission, jurisdiction over................. 686
Interstate compacts.
Jurisdiction of, generally................................ 679a
Jurisdiction of interstate, relating to apportionment of
waters for irrigation purposes........................ 681
Jurisdiction of, over interstate energy................... 674
Intervening questions.
Certain privileged, to interrupt the order of business..... 879,
881
Of order.................................................. 457
Precedence of questions of privilege......... 458, 661, 664a-666
Private business in the order of business on Tuesday...... 893
Privilege of conference reports........................... 909
Questions as to reading of papers......................... 459
Intoxicating liquors.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to interstate commerce in.. 679a
Jurisdiction as to sale of, in District of Columbia....... 676
Transportation and importation under the 21st amendment... 248
Introducer.
[[Page 1239]]
Right of, to speak twice.................................. 762
Right of, to close debate on amendment considered under
five-minute rule...................................... 762
Introduction of bills. See Bills.
Invasions.
Repelling of.............................................. 132
States to be protected against............................ 189
Suspension of writ of habeas corpus for................... 138
Inventors.
Congress may provide for patents for...................... 124
Investigation.
House's power of.......................................... 295
Admission of counsel................................... 348, 712
Appropriations Committee studies organization and
operation of Government agencies...................... 692a
By the House with a view to impeachment................... 606
Common fame as a ground for............................... 341
Earlier and later practice as to, inquiries at the bar of
the House............................................. 344
Examination of witnesses in House and committee... 343, 711, 712
Examination of witnesses in an impeachment................ 614
Jurisdiction of resolutions ordering...................... 682a
Members as witnesses...................................... 346
Method of obtaining testimony of a Member of the other
House................................................. 347
Oversight investigations................................ 692-696
Power of committees and subcommittees to make............. 718
Production of witnesses at................................ 342
Procedure for executive session in committees.......... 708, 712
Procedure when a Member or Senator is involved.......... 321-323
Procuring attendance of a witness in custody of the other
House................................................. 345
Subpoenas may be issued by committees and subcommittees... 718
Witnesses before committees making must file written
statements of proposed testimony...................... 712
Involuntary servitude.
Not to exist except for punishment for crime.............. 224
Irrigation and reclamation.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 681
Island possessions.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 681
Jefferson's Manual.
As source of general parliamentary law.................... 60
Part of rules of House.................................... 938
Purposes and methods of preparation of (footnote)......... 283
[[Page 1240]]
Jeopardy.
Text of................................................. 283-620
Of life and limb, not to occur twice...................... 212
Joint committees.
Authorized by concurrent resolutions...................... 396
Conferences held by means of.............................. 532
Expiration of select...................................... 419
Economic.................................................. 983
Taxation.................................................. 984
Taxation, renders ``dynamic estimate'' on ``major'' tax
legislation........................................... 748b
Library................................................... 985
Printing.................................................. 986
Quorum, chairman, and voting in........................... 325
Joint resolutions.
Nature and use of......................................... 397
Clerk certifies to passage of............................. 642
For amendments to Constitution, not approved by President. 115
Division of, not in order on vote on engrossment or
passage............................................... 792
Signed by Speaker......................................... 624
Use of, to correct an error in a bill sent to the
President............................................. 518
Used for abrogating treaties.............................. 599
Used for amendment to the Constitution.................... 191
Joint rules.
Jurisdiction as to........................................ 682a
Abrogated............................................... 61, 316
Reference to.............................................. 938
Joint sponsorship.
Of public bills, resolutions, and memorials............... 854
Journal.
The official record.
Clerk to print and distribute......................... 641
House required to keep and publish.................... 68
Not to go out of Clerk's custody...................... 352
Secrecy of portions of................................ 68
The official record............................................. 69, 582
Entries in.
Record of proceedings only............................ 70
Clerk to note questions of order in............................ 627, 641
Conditions under which reports are printed in......... 422
Control of House over................................. 71
Of amendments......................................... 580
Of certain messages................................... 935
Of conference reports................................. 542
Of hour of adjournment................................ 790
Of introduction of bills, petitions, resolutions in... 849
[[Page 1241]]
Of Members noted to make a quorum..................... 772
Of messages from President............................ 884
Of motions............................................ 775
Of motions (obsolete provisions as to)................ 578
Of motions to discharge committees.................... 908
Of names of absentees when quorum fails in Committee
of the Whole...................................... 863
Of names of Members appearing during call of the House 768
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................................. 630
Of reference of public bills, memorials........................ 854, 860
Of report of enrolled bills presented to the President 577
Of titles of reported bills........................... 743
Of votes in, 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, 774c
Words of censure...................................... 63
Reading of.
For approval.......................................... 621
As related to quorum........................................... 55, 774c
Business not transacted before........................ 621
Disorder during....................................... 621
Interruption of....................................... 621
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
Place in order of business............................ 878
Reading of, not interrupted by conference report...... 909
Reading of, may be interrupted by a question of
privilege......................................... 665
Amendment and approval.
Amendment of.................................................... 74, 621
Approval of, by House........................................... 73, 621
Correction of, through a committee.................... 583
Postponement of record vote on, approval of........... 631
Preliminary approval by Speaker....................... 621
Judge.
[[Page 1242]]
Judges.
Each House judge of elections............................. 46
Bound by Constitution and laws............................ 195
Of Supreme Court, President appoints...................... 166
Of Supreme Court, admitted to the floor................... 919
Of Supreme Court, gallery for use of...................... 922
Tenure and compensation of................................ 177
As to impeachable offenses by........................... 174-176
Judgment.
In impeachments......................................... 41, 619
Judicial expenses.
Jurisdiction of appropriations for........................ 671a
Judicial officers.
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.
States reciprocally to give full faith and credit to...... 183
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 679a
Judiciary, Committee on the.
History and jurisdiction of.......................... 679a, 679b
Reports private claims bills.......................... 679a, 845
Records transferred to from former Committee on Internal
Security.............................................. 679b
Jurisdiction.
Of committees of the House.
Conferred by uncorrected error in reference of public
bill.............................................. 854
Not conferred by erroneous reference of private bill.. 853
Of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence..... 944a
Referrals to assure each committee opportunity to
report on subjects within......................... 700
Of the standing committees, severally.
Agriculture........................................... 670
Appropriations........................................ 671
Banking and Financial Services........................ 672
Budget................................................ 673
Commerce.............................................. 674
District of Columbia, former Committee on............. 676
Education and the Workforce........................... 675
Government Reform and Oversight....................... 676
House Oversight....................................... 677
International Relations............................... 678
[[Page 1243]]
Merchant Marine and Fisheries, former Committee on... 680, 681, 683, 686
Judiciary..... .................................. 679a, 679b
National Security..................................... 680
Post Office and Civil Service, former Committee on.... 676
Resources............................................. 681
Rules................................................. 682
Science............................................... 683
Small Business........................................ 684
Standards of Official Conduct......................... 685
Transportation and Infrastructure..................... 686
Veterans' Affairs..................................... 687
Ways and Means........................................ 688
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.
An object of the Constitution............................. 1
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........................................ 675
Jurisdiction of matters relating to transportation labor.. 686
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to, generally........... 675
Land forces.
Congress to make rules for................................ 131
Lands.
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, expedited
procedures under................................... 1013(21)
Federal Land Policy and Management Act, expedited
[[Page 1244]]
procedures under................................... 1013(22)
Indian, jurisdiction as to................................ 681
Irrigation of, jurisdiction as to......................... 681
Judicial power extends to cases affecting certain grants.. 178
Jurisdiction as to occupied or improved grounds........... 686
Jurisdiction of private claims to...................... 679, 845
Mineral, jurisdiction of matters relating to.............. 681
Public, jurisdiction of matters relating to............... 681
Law.
As related to legislative functions.
As agency for prescribing qualifications.............. 12
As related to power of House to elect officers........29, 30
Application of laws to legislative branch, see Congressional
Accountability.
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................................................ 679a
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.................................. 1013
Relation of, to power to determine rules.................. 59, 388, 1013
Revision of, jurisdiction of subjects relating to..... 679a
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 the parliamentary 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
[[Page 1245]]
Limitation of judicial power in suits of.............. 218
Of United States, judicial power extends to cases
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..................... 919
Law Revision Counsel.
Office of, establishment and duties of.................... 996
Lay on the table, motion to.
Conditions, precedence, and effect of.
Precedence and general effect and conditions of................ 782, 785
Conditions of, repetition of.......................... 789
Effect of, as to main question and secondary questions 785
May intervene before Member in charge begins debate... 756
Not debatable......................................... 782
Not in order in Committee of the Whole................ 785
Older and modern use of............................... 445
Relations to other motions.
May be applied to other secondary motions............. 785
Not in order after previous question is ordered....... 785
Relations of, to motion to reconsider................. 818
Relations of, to the previous question................ 809
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
[[Page 1246]]
Leave to print.
Not applied to a conference report.................... 550
In Congressional Record................................... 929
Leave to report at any time.
By certain committees on specific matters................. 726
Leaves of absence. See also Absence.
Presentation of requests for.............................. 657
Revoked, but not granted during call of the House......... 769
Legal tender.
States restricted as to making............................ 146
Legislation. See also Appropriation Bills.
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 of the Constitution............... 224,
233, 234
Territorial, revision of, jurisdiction as to.............. 681
Legislative call system........................................... 765
Legislative Counsel.
Office of................................................. 992
Legislative day.
Speaker takes Chair on each............................... 621
Journal dated as of....................................... 69
Legislative expenses.
Jurisdiction of appropriations for........................ 671a
Legislative oversight.
By standing committees.................................. 692-696
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 Congressional disapproval... 1013
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
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
[[Page 1247]]
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.
An object of the Constitution............................. 1
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.............................. 949
Of Congress, admitted to floor............................ 919
Assistant in Law Library admitted to floor of House....... 919
Library.
In general, see also Congressional Research Service.
Of Congress, jurisdiction of Committee on House
Oversight as to................................... 677d
Of Congress, jurisdiction of matters relating to
buildings and grounds............................. 686
Of Clerk's office, certain books and documents to be
retained in....................................... 641
Congressional Research Service established in......... 991
Preserves committee hearings.......................... 949
Joint Committee on.
Membership on......................................... 985
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
Lighthouses.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 686
Limit of cost.
On public works........................................... 838
Limitations. See also Appropriation bills.
On general appropriation bills............. 834b-834d, 843a-843c
On outside earned income.................................. 943
On use of frank........................................... 942
Line item veto authority.
Presidential authority................................. 1013(6b)
Lists.
Presidential electors to make certain..................... 219
Loans (foreign).
[[Page 1248]]
Lobby.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to............. 678, 679a, 679b
Speaker may order, to be cleared.......................... 622
Power of Chairman of Committee of the Whole as to order in 861a
Lobbying.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 679b
Lobbyists.
Gifts from....................................... 939, 940, 946a
Loss.
Of slaves not to be compensated........................... 232
Of a bill................................................. 352
Loyalty.
As related to the oath and qualifications.............. 205, 230
Removal of disabilities as to............................. 231
Mace.
Symbol of Sergeant-at-Arms................................ 650
Magazines.
Power of Congress over places purchased for............... 134
Mail.
Delivery of........................................... 654, 654a
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 676
House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards....... 987
Main question.
Member who has spoken to, may speak to an amendment also.. 762
Majority.
Required in elections.
Necessary for election on ballot vote................. 934
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............................................. 409, 708, 713c, 718
Constitutes quorum of House...........................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....... 900
Required to send bill to conference on motion........ 827, 828a-1-828a-2
Rules to be a restraint on............................ 283
Special requirements as to two-thirds vote............ 509
Managers of a conference. See Conference.
Manner of elections.
Regulation of.............................................42, 43
Manual, Jefferson's. See Jefferson's Manual.
Marine affairs.
[[Page 1249]]
Marine hospitals.
Jurisdiction over subjects related to..................... 681
Jurisdiction as to........................................ 674
Maritime jurisdiction.
Judicial power extends to cases of........................ 178
Marque, letters of.
Congress to grant......................................... 127
States not to grant....................................... 146
Mass mailing.
Franking of............................................... 942
Measures.
Congress to fix standard of............................... 121
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 683
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............... 679a
Duties of Clerk at organization of the House.................... 637-639
Administration of the oath at organization...................... 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.......................... 682a
Of committees.
Of committees............................................. 407, 705, 718
Former rule proscribing committee sittings during five-minute rule
324, 710
Of managers of a conference........................... 548
Of presidential electors in the several States........ 262
Power to sit and act inside United States............. 718
When chairman refuses to call......................... 705
Members.
Election of. See Elections and Contested elections.
Vacancies by death, resignation. See Vacancies.
Qualifications of. See Qualifications.
Relations of, to oaths. See Oath.
Compensation, seats, rooms, clerks.
Admission to floor of House. See Floor.
Clerk to distribute certain documents to.............. 641
Clerk formerly kept stationery accounts of............ 642
[[Page 1250]]
Clerk to furnish to, a list of certain reports........ 640
Committee on House Oversight may adjust certain
allowances........................................86, 88
Compensation of.............................................. 85-88, 258
Compensation may not vary until intervening Congress.. 258
Family and card galleries for use of.................. 922
Franking privilege............................................. 942, 987
Jurisdiction over subjects related to................. 677a
Jurisdiction over travel matters of................... 677a
Mileage of, determined by a committee.......................... 85, 677a
Non-discrimination in employment by................... 939
Members' Representational Allowance................... 88
Outside earned income of.............................. 943
Rooms of, in office building.......................... 988
Sergeant-at-Arms formerly disbursed pay and mileage of 648
Travel on official business, designation by Speaker... 634b
Unofficial office allowances prohibited............... 941
Privilege of.
Questions of privilege affecting, defined by rule..... 661
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, 946
Privilege of Members.................................. 661
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............................................92, 93
Scope of privilege of speech and debate............... 93
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......... 661
Privilege of, of Parliament........................... 287
Raising questions of privilege........................ 661
Relations of, to privilege............................ 301
Relations of the courts to parliamentary privilege.... 303
Rule for responding to subpoenas...................... 946
Relations of sovereign to members of Parliament....... 309
[[Page 1251]]
Status of Member-elect as to.......................... 300
Attendance of.
At committee meetings when House is in session...................... 710
Count of, to secure a quorum of record................ 772
Jurisdiction of matters relating to................... 679a
Leaves of absence..................................... 657
May be compelled to attend............................ 52
Names of absent, reported when quorum fails in
Committee of the Whole............................ 863
Required by rule to be present........................ 656
Secured by call of the House............................. 768, 773, 774b
Decorum of. See Decorum.
Drug testing of. See Drug testing.
Introduction of bills and petitions by.
Certain private bills banned.......................... 852
Commemoratives banned................................. 852
Co-sponsorship........................................ 854
Duties of, in presenting petitions.................... 849a
Excluded bills, petitions, returned to........................ 849a, 853
Introduction and reference of private bills, petitions
by................................................ 849a
Introduction of public bills, memorials by............ 854
Original signature of prime sponsor required.......... 851
In debate. See Debate.
Right to seat.
Leave to report matters relating to at any time....... 726
Rights of, as to motion.
Conditions of motion to reconsider by.......................... 812, 813
In charge of bill, relations of, to previous question. 807
Motions reduced to writing on demand of............... 775
Rights of, as to motions to discharge committees...... 908
Rights of, as to motions to suspend the rules.................. 902, 905
Rights to demand question of consideration............ 778
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..... 434, 916,
917
Right of, to have read once paper on which vote is to be taken..... 432,
916
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............... 708
Impeachment may be instituted on responsibility of.... 603
May appeal from decisions of Speaker........................... 624, 628
[[Page 1252]]
May not enter protests on the Journal................. 70
Right of, to cause a secret session................... 914
Right of, as to calling up bills taken from committees
on motions to discharge........................... 908
Rights of, as to placing adverse reports on the
calendar.......................................... 744
Rights of, to demand the execution of a subsisting order....... 381, 881
Rights of, to inspect the Journal..................... 582
Rights of, access to committee files.................. 706c
Voting of.
Absent Members' votes not announced................... 658
Change of vote by............................................. 766, 774b
Control of vote by.................................... 658
Disqualifying personal interest........................... 376, 657, 659
Former duty of, to serve as teller.................... 630b
Duty of, to verify vote cast by electronic device..... 774b
Examination of, at hearing at the bar of the House and
before committees................................. 346
May demand division of the question................... 791
May demand count of Members to make quorum on record
vote.............................................. 772
May not authorize any other individual to cast his
vote or record his presence....................... 660b
Method of calling on yea-and-nay vote................. 765
Pairs of.............................................. 660a
Parliamentary law as to duty of, to vote.............. 505
Parliamentary law as to change of vote by............. 511
Procuring attendance of, from the other House for
testimony......................................... 347
Required to vote...................................... 656
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 convicted of crime............................... 939
When involved in the cause of an inquiry........................ 321-323
When involved in the course of an inquiry....................... 321-323
Yeas and nays of, taken on demand of one-fifth........ 75
In general.
Memorial Day for deceased, jurisdiction of matters
relating to....................................... 677a
Prohibition on distribution of campaign contributions
in Hall of House.................................. 921c
Members-elect.
Admitted to floor of the House............................ 919
[[Page 1253]]
Election of, to an incompatible office.................... 99
Expulsion of.............................................. 64
Franking privilege........................................ 987
Oath of, as related to quorum............................. 56
Questions as to seating under disabilities of fourteenth
amendment............................................. 231
Relations of, to incompatible offices.................... 98-101
Status of, as to privilege, oath, committee service....... 300
Memorials.
Introduction and reference of.................... 700, 849a, 854
Correction of reference of............................. 853, 854
Duties of Speaker and Members in presenting............... 849a
Exclusion of.............................................. 853
Introduction by request................................... 860
Nature of................................................. 389
Merchant marine.
Jurisdiction of, subjects relating to.................. 680, 686
Merchant Marine and Fisheries, former Committee on.
Former jurisdiction transferred.............. 680, 681, 683, 686
Messages.
Usages as to.
As to neglected bills................................. 570
At organization of two Houses......................... 56
Between the Houses as to vetoed bills................. 106
Certain, entered in Journal and Record................ 935
Certain required by law............................... 169
Confidential, from the President or Senate............ 914
Correction and return of messages..................... 565
Disposal of messages after reception.................. 566
From the Senate, reference of.................................. 882, 883
From the Senate, Clerk may receive in adjournment..... 647
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
Questions asked by conference, not by message......... 569
Quorum not required during receipt of................. 774c
Received during a roll call........................... 767
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............ 647a
[[Page 1254]]
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......................... 884
Rule of reference of............................................ 882-884
Reference and distribution of annual.................. 884
Ways and Means considers distribution of President's
annual (obsolete)................................. 725
Metric system.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 683
Metropolitan Washington Airports Act.
Expedited procedures under............................. 1013(28)
Migration.
Of persons, power of Congress as to....................... 137
Mileage.
Allowance of.
Of Representatives.................................... 86
Sergeant-at-Arms formerly disbursed................... 648
Committee on House Oversight ascertains............... 677a
Military academy.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 680
Military affairs.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 680
Military bases.
Disapproval procedures relating to closures and
realignments of.................................... 1013(27)
Military and naval records.
Bills to correct, banned.................................. 852
Military parks.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 681
Military reservations.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 680
Militia.
Status of.
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
Minerals.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 681
Miners, welfare of.
[[Page 1255]]
Mines and mining.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to.................... 675, 681
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 681
Ministers, public.
Duty of President to receive.............................. 172
Foreign, admitted to the floor of the House............... 919
Gallery for use of foreign................................ 922
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....................... 912a, 912b
Of managers of a conference may not submit a report....... 543
Reference of views of, on committee reports to Calendar... 743
Rules for the protection of............................... 283
Signing and filing of views of......................... 821, 714
Mints.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 672
Misdemeanors.
As to what are............................................ 175
Impeachable offenses.............................. 173, 175, 176
Mondays.
First, in December of meeting of Congress (obsolete)...... 45
Every Monday for suspension of rules...................... 902
Second and fourth, for District of Columbia bills and
motions to discharge committees.................... 899, 908
Money.
Account of public, to be published........................ 143
Appropriations of, considered in Committee of the Whole.... 865,
868
Congress to coin and regulate the value of................ 121
Jurisdiction over deposit of public....................... 688
No appropriation of, for armies for longer term than two
years................................................. 129
Not to be drawn from Treasury except on appropriation..... 143
Power of Congress to borrow............................... 118
Proper application of, and enforcement of payment of,
jurisdiction as to.................................... 676
Public bills appropriating, placed on Union Calendar...... 742
States not to coin or issue............................... 146
Monuments.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 681
Morning hour.
Rule and practice for consideration of bills in........ 889, 890
For call of committees, place of, in order of business.... 878
Unfinished business in.................................... 888
[[Page 1256]]
Interruption of........................................ 891, 892
Debates................................................... 753b
Motions.
In general.
Calls for orders of the day, obsolete................. 393
Certain, only in order of absence of quorum..................... 55, 769
Conditions of withdrawal.............................. 776
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................... 749
In order during call of the House............................. 771, 774a
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.......................... 392, 460
Reading or statement of........................................ 392, 776
Reduced to writing and entered on the Journal......... 775
Repetition of motions................................. 789
Second not required for ordinary...................... 392
Usually required before debate may proceed............ 749
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................... 874
Dilatory motions not admitted pending motion to
suspend the rules................................. 801
Forbidden pending report from Committee on Rules............. 729a, 729b
Right to demand yeas and nays not to be overruled as.. 77
To be ruled out generally............................. 803
In Committee of the Whole.
To adjourn and for the previous question not in order in Committee
of the Whole................................................... 333, 334
[[Page 1257]]
To close general debate............................... 871
To reconsider, not used in Committee of the Whole..... 416
To strike out enacting words................................... 875-876a
Those in order in ``House as in Committee of the Whole''........ 425-427
To rise and report at conclusion of reading general
appropriation bill................................ 834d
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........................................ 1013
Matters of privilege as intervening business............... 458, 661-666
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.................................... 782-788
Privileged interruptions of daily order of business............ 879, 880
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; and Reference.
Amend, motion to; and Amendments.
Question of consideration. See Consideration, question of.
Motion to recommit. See Recommit, motion to, and 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 and 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........ 710
For a recess.................................. 586, 782, 784
[[Page 1258]]
For a recess in committee............................. 703a
Motion to strike Federal unfunded mandate............. 873c
To read the Journal................................... 621
To rescind a special order not privileged under the
rules............................................. 682b
Motives.
Of members not to be arraigned............................ 363
Mover.
Right of, to speak twice.................................. 762
Right to close debate on amendment considered under five-
minute rule........................................... 762
National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and National Space
Council.
Jurisdiction of........................................... 683
National Archives.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 676
National cemeteries.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 681
National parks.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 681
National Science Foundation.
Jurisdiction of........................................... 683
National Security, Committee on.
History, jurisdiction and duties of................... 680
Special oversight functions of........................ 693
National Weather Service.
Jurisdiction of........................................... 683
Nations.
Natural Resources, Committee on. See Resources, Committee on.
Naturalization.
Power of Congress to establish rule of.................... 120
Relations to citizenship.................................. 225
Jurisdiction as to........................................ 679a
Naval affairs.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 680
Naval and military records.
Private bills to correct, banned.......................... 852
Naval vessels.
Appropriations for, as in continuance of a public work.... 841a
Navigation.
Between States not to be hampered by duties............... 147
Jurisdiction of matters relating to pollution of navigable
[[Page 1259]]
waters................................................ 686
Jurisdiction of matters relating to public works for the
benefit of............................................ 686
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to generally............ 686
Navy.
Bills to correct certain records banned................... 852
Congress to provide and maintain.......................... 130
Congress to make rules for................................ 131
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 680
President Commander in Chief of........................... 160
States not to maintain.................................... 148
Trial for crimes in....................................... 212
Navy yards.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 680
Power of Congress over places purchased for............... 134
Negative.
Of one question amounting to the affirmative of another
485-488
Neutrality.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 678
Newspapers, admission to the floor. See Floor.
Nobility.
Titles of, not to be granted.............................. 144
No State to grant title of................................ 146
Foreign gifts and decorations accepted with consent of
Congress.............................................. 145
Notes.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 672
Nuclear energy.
Jurisdiction over.
Jurisdiction of Committee on Commerce................. 674
Military applications................................. 680
Non-proliferation and export agreements............... 678
Regulation of domestic industry....................... 674
Research and development.............................. 683
Oversight jurisdiction......................................... 674, 693
Expedited procedures.
Nuclear non-proliferation provisions of the Atomic Energy Act
1013(10)
Nuclear waste fund fees........................................ 1013(16)
Nuclear Waste Policy Act....................................... 1013(25)
Oath. See also Affirmation.
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
[[Page 1260]]
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................................................... 64, 300
Names of Members not entered on roll for yeas and nays
until sworn....................................... 300
Not to disclose classified information................ 939
Of Chief Justice in impeachments...................... 39
Of Senators, for trial of impeachment.................38, 40
Officers of House sworn............................... 635
Precedence of......................................... 198
Privilege of administration of........................ 201
Quorum not required during administration of.......... 774c
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.
Of President of the United States..................... 158
Right to administer, given by law rather than by rule. 59
Speaker, Members, and chairmen may administer to witnesses.... 343, 346,
718
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............ 710
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....................... 849, 853
Occasions, extraordinary.
Power of President to convene Congress on................. 171
Other power of convening.................................. 171
Oceanography.
[[Page 1261]]
Offenses.
Jurisdiction over subjects related to..................... 683
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
Electors, no person holding office of trust or profit
under United States to be an elector.............. 151
Impeachment, civil officers may be removed from office
by................................................ 173
Impeachment, removal from office as judgment in....... 41
Impeachment, regulation of office not a bar to........ 174
Jurisdiction as to abolition.......................... 676
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................... 679a
Members not to be appointed to certain................ 96
Procedure in case of acceptance of, by Member......... 101
Relations of contestants to........................... 100
Office accounts.
Prohibition of unofficial................................. 941
Office buildings.
Assignment of rooms in.................................... 988
Office of Technology Assessment................................... 995
Officers.
Of the United States.
Accountability of, jurisdiction as to................. 676
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
[[Page 1262]]
Senators not civil officers who may be impeached...... 174
Of the House of Representatives.
Audits of............................................. 654
Clerk formerly disbursed pay of....................... 642
Compensation, retirement and benefits, jurisdiction
over.............................................. 677a
Continue in office until successors are chosen........ 635
Drug testing of, See Drug testing.
Election of, and terms....................................... 26-30, 635
Election of, except Speaker..................................... 29, 635
Neither House to exercise authority over those of the
other............................................. 373
Non-discrimination in employment by................... 939
Oath, administered to, by Speaker.............................. 198, 199
Oversight of.......................................... 693
Privilege of floor extended to present and former..... 919
Prohibition on distribution of campaign contributions
by................................................ 921c
Relations to claims................................... 937
Removal of..................................................... 315, 635
Vacancies, Speaker may fill by temporary appointment
of................................................ 635
Of the Senate.
The Vice President and his vote....................... 36
Choice of President pro tempore and other officers.... 37
Official conduct.
Code of, for Members, officers, and employees............. 939
Committee on Standards of................................. 685
Financial disclosure...................................... 940
Outside earned income..................................... 943
Revisions of remarks in debate, standard of.......... 764a, 764b
Use of Frank.............................................. 942
Unofficial office accounts................................ 941
Official record.
The Journal as............................................ 582
Official reporters.
Of debates, appointment and removal of................ 677a, 923
One-fifth.
Of those present order yeas and nays......................75, 78
Of quorum order recorded vote (or formerly teller vote)... 630a
One-minute speeches............................................... 753a
Opening.
Of debate, rights of Member as related to closing......... 759
Opinions.
President may require from heads of departments........... 161
Not entered on Journal.................................... 70
Opposition.
Preference in recognition given to, for motion to recommit
[[Page 1263]]
after previous question is ordered.................... 782
Right to prior recognition passes to, when essential
motion is lost........................................ 755
Order.
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................................ 760, 761
Call to, may interrupt Member......................... 393
Clerk to preserve, at organization of the House................ 637, 638
Necessity of rules for preservation of................ 285
Parliamentarylawastotakingdowndisorderlywords.................. 368, 369
Power of Chairman of Committee of the Whole to preserve, in
galleries and lobby.......................................... 861a, 861b
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........... 650
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................... 637, 639
Clerk to note in Journal.............................. 641
Decided by Speaker............................................. 624, 627
Decision of, during a division........................ 507
Decisions of questions of, by Chairman of Committee of
the Whole......................................... 862
House controls decisions of, by appeal................ 379
Intervening questions of.............................. 457
Practice governing Speaker in deciding................ 627
Raising of, on appropriation bills in Committee of the
Whole............................................. 835
Raising of, at any time against appropriation in
legislative bill or amendments.................... 846a
Raising of, at any time against tax or tariff in
certain bills or amendments....................... 846b
Relation of question of consideration to.............. 781
Reserving, as to general appropriation bills.................. 835, 848a
Speaker to be heard first in matters of............... 358
Time of raising, as to consideration of bills in
Committee of the Whole............................ 865
Order of business. See also Business.
Rule and conditions of.
[[Page 1264]]
The rule prescribing.................................. 878
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.................................... 682a
Obsolete parliamentary law governing orders of the day 440
Recognition by the Speaker in accordance with requirements of... 753-757
Right of a Member to demand the execution of a subsisting order.... 381,
881
The calendars on which reports of committees await action of the
House........................................................... 742-746
Interruptions of.
Business of District of Columbia on second and fourth
Mondays........................................... 899
Business on Tuesdays for consideration of the Private
Calendar.......................................... 893
Call of Committees on Calendar Wednesday.............. 897
Call of Committees on Calendar Wednesday protected by two-thirds
vote.......................................................... 729a, 897
Consideration of amendments between Houses, when privileged.... 528-528d
Consideration of a motion to reconsider............... 814
Effect of privileged reports on....................... 727
Effect of special orders on Tuesday business.......... 893
High privilege of general appropriation bills......... 802
Interruption by request for unanimous consent......... 881
Intervening questions as to privilege on reading of papers..... 458, 459
Intervening questions of order........................ 457
Intervention of private business on Tuesday........... 893
Making and use of special orders...................... 682b
Motion for leave for a committee to sit during
sessions not privileged........................... 324
Precedence of questions of privilege............................ 661-666
Privilege of conference reports....................... 909
Privileged interruptions of order of business......... 879
Privileged interruptions specified.................... 880
Privileged legislative veto provisions............................. 1013
Privileged reports from certain committees...................... 726-729
Speaker's table.
Business on, disposal of...................................... 528a, 882
Matters on, for action by the House or by Speaker
alone............................................. 883
Messages on, parliamentary law as to disposal of...... 566
[[Page 1265]]
Messages from the President on, consideration of...... 170
Messages from the President on, reference of.......... 884
Unfinished business.
Rule for unfinished business.......................... 885
Business unfinished in periods set apart for classes
of business....................................... 888
Construction of rule as to unfinished business........ 886
Consideration of unfinished business............................ 885-888
Priority of unfinished business in Committee of the
Whole............................................. 869
Precedence of a question on which previous question is
ordered........................................... 886
Procedure in the morning hour......................... 890
Rules and practice for call of committees...................... 889, 890
The morning hour for the call of committees........... 889
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...................... 892
Interruption of the call of committees by motion to go
into Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union......................................... 891
Rule for consideration of bills in Committee of the Whole after
call of committees............................................. 891, 892
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................ 869
Orders.
As to presentation of, to President for approval.......... 115
Nature and use of, as compared with resolutions........... 395
Standing, reference to.................................... 938
Orders of the day.
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
Now obsolete.............................................. 384
Obsolete reference to, in order of business............... 878
Parliamentary law as to proceeding with................... 383
Right of a Member to demand the execution of a subsisting
order.............................................. 381, 881
Orders, special.
Application of motion to postpone to.................. 682b, 786
Effect of, on Tuesday business............................ 893
[[Page 1266]]
Privilege of reports of................................ 726, 729
Use and method of making.................................. 682b
Organization.
Of the two Houses of Congress.
Administration of the oath at......................... 198
Clerk's duties at..................................... 637
Clerk makes up the roll of Members-elect for.......... 638
Challenge of the right to take the oath......................... 202-204
Early organization.................................... 997
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
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.
Expedited procedures under............................. 1013(24)
Outside earned income.
Limitations on............................................ 943
Oxford-style debates.
Structure of.............................................. 753c
Pairs.
Forms and announcement of................................. 660a
Not to be announced out of order.......................... 765
In order in Committee of the Whole........................ 660a
Panama Canal.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 680
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
[[Page 1267]]
Certain, in Clerk's custody, not open to public....... 642
Court demands for..................................... 291
Not to be taken from the Clerk's table during debate.. 364
Of committees, custody of..................................... 706c, 932
President allowed to withdraw certain, accompanying a
message........................................... 571
Withdrawal of, from files............................. 933
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......... 917
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, in his place........ 434, 916, 917
Not necessarily to be read on plea of privilege....... 433
Objections to under former rule XXX............................ 916, 917
On demand of a Member................................. 916
On reference.......................................... 436
Parliamentary law as to............................... 432
President's messages.................................. 188
Paragraphs.
Amendment of bills by.................................. 413, 872
Amendments should be germane to........................... 795
House does not agree to, severally in perfecting a bill... 456
Reading of bills by.................................... 413, 872
Transposition of, in a bill by motion to amend............ 477
Pardons.
Power of President to grant............................ 162, 164
Parks, District of Columbia.
Jurisdiction over subjects related to..................... 681
Parks, military.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 681
Parks, national.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 681
Parliamentarian.
Office of................................................. 996
[[Page 1268]]
Parliamentary inquiries.
Precedents compiled by.................................... 996
No appeal from responses to............................... 628
Recognition to propound................................... 627
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.
Bills not altered after................................... 500
Both Houses pass identical................................ 833
Clerk certifies to........................................ 642
Obsolete requirements as to............................... 492
Putting the question on reading, engrossment, See Putting
the question.
Passages.
Speaker's control of, in House wing....................... 623
Patents.
Power of Congress to provide for.......................... 124
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 679a
Pay.
Clerk formerly disbursed that of employees and certifies
that of Members in recess............................. 642
Cost of living adjustments................................... 86
Of committee staff, see Committee staffs.
Of department officers, jurisdiction as to................ 678
Of judges................................................. 177
Of Members during recess, Clerk certifies to (obsolete)... 647
Of officers and employees, Clerk formerly disbursed....... 642
Of President of the United States......................... 157
Of Representatives and Senators........... 85, 86, 258, 1013(13)
Of Speaker and leadership.................................86, 89
Of witnesses.............................................. 931
Pay orders............................................. 1013(13)
Quadrennial commission................................. 1013(13)
Sergeant-at-Arms formerly disbursed that of Members....... 648
Penalties.
For absent Members........................................ 52
Penitentiaries.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 679a
Pension Reform Act, disapproval procedures in................... 1013(8)
Pensions.
In general.
Certain bills for, banned............................. 852
Debt incurred for certain, not to be questioned....... 232
Jurisdiction of appropriations for.................... 671a
[[Page 1269]]
People.
Of all wars, jurisdiction of bills for................ 687
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.... 343,
409, 712
Person.
Security of, as to searches and seizures.................. 211
Personal explanations.
Made by unanimous consent................................. 749
Personal interest.
Disqualifying as to voting........................ 376, 657, 658
Personal privilege.
Method of presentation of questions of personal, as
distinguished from general............................ 661
Precedence of questions of................................ 661-
668
Privilege of the Member................................... 661
Procedure of Member in presenting question of............. 749
Personalities.
Arraignment of motives of Members not in order............ 363
Member must refrain from, in debate....................... 749
Members censured for...................................... 63
Not permitted in debate................................... 361
Persons.
No State to deprive, of life, liberty, or property
unlawfully, or deny equal protection of the laws to... 225
Petition.
Introduction and reference of......................... 700, 849a
Division of, for reference............................. 421, 700
Duties of Speaker and Members in presenting............... 849b
Correction of reference of................................ 853
Exclusion of.............................................. 853
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.
[[Page 1270]]
Jurisdiction as to........................................ 677a
Taking of, in committee hearings.......................... 724
Piracies.
Congress to punish........................................ 126
Place.
Neither House to adjourn to another, without consent of
other House........................................... 82
Power of President to convene Congress away from seat of
government............................................ 171
Places of elections.
Regulation of.............................................42, 43
Pleadings.
In an impeachment...................................... 612, 613
Pledge of Allegiance.............................................. 878
Pocket veto.
Bills retained by President after Congress adjourns....... 112
Effect of adjournment to day certain...................... 113
Points of order.
Decisions on.
Chairman of Committee of the Whole decides............ 861b
Clerk to decide, at organization of the House.................. 637, 639
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................ 627
In general.
Clerk to note certain, in Journal..................... 641
In House on procedure in committee.................................. 708
On appropriation bills................................ 835
On conference reports............................. 547, 913b, 913c, 913d
On nongermane portions of conference reports and amendments in
disagreement................................................. 913b, 913c
On resolutions, raised before reading completed....... 627
Relation of.
To conference reports................................. 547
To general appropriation bills........................ 835
To retroactive increases in income tax rates.......... 846d
To motions to amend................................... 823a
To committee procedure............................ 708, 713d, 713g, 713h
To question of consideration............................ 781, 781a, 1007
Reserving of.
Against general appropriation bills........................... 835, 848a
[[Page 1271]]
Against conference reports............................ 547
Time of raising.
At any time against an appropriation in legislative
bills or amendments............................... 846a
At any time against tax or tariff provisions in
certain bills or amendments....................... 846b
Former rule with respect to reporting a measure from
committee......................................... 713d
On appropriation bills in Committee of the Whole...... 835
On consideration of bills in Committee of the Whole... 865
On conference reports where conferees met in closed
session........................................... 913d
On motions to amend................................... 823a
On resolutions........................................ 627
With respect to committee procedure................... 708
Waivers. See Rules.
Police, Capitol.
Duty of Sergeant-at-Arms as to............................ 648
Political disabilities.
Arising from disloyalty................................... 230
Consideration of bills removing........................... 893
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 679a
Poll tax.
Right to vote not denied for failure to pay............... 251
Population.
The basis of representation............................... 226
Jurisdiction over population and demography generally..... 676
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.............................. 676
Post offices.
Congress may establish.................................... 123
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 676
Jurisdiction as to buildings for.......................... 686
Post roads.
Congress may establish.................................... 123
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to construction......... 686
Postal savings banks.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 676
Postmaster.
Former election and oath of............................... 636
[[Page 1272]]
Postpone, motion to.
Former superintendent of House post office................ 654a
Precedence and general conditions of................... 782, 786
Application of previous question to....................... 450
Applied to motion to resolve into Committee of Whole...... 786
As to application to a special order...................... 718
Debate on................................................. 782
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.. 786
Not to be suppressed by another privileged motion......... 450
Relation of, to motion to amend........................... 449
Relations of, to the previous question.................... 809
Repetition of............................................. 782
Use of, to put off indefinitely................... 443, 1013(11)
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........ 1013
Of Congress--As to elections and political disabilities.
As to apportionment and establishment of districts............. 226, 227
Determines time of choosing electors.................. 153
May by law provide for case where 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
[[Page 1273]]
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 of government for land and naval forces. 131
To provide for calling out the militia................ 132
To provide for organization of militia................ 133
War Powers Resolution........................................... 1013(2)
Of Congress--Jurisdiction over territory and property.
To exercise jurisdiction over seat of government and
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
[[Page 1274]]
To elect its Speaker and other officers.......... 26-30, 635
To judge elections of its Members..................... 46-51
To punish and expel its Members....................... 62-66
To make rules......................................... 58-60
To punish for contempt.............................. 293-299
As to treaties..................................... 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.
Offered by Chaplain....................................... 621
Chaplain opens each day's sitting with.................... 655
By the Chaplain, place of, in order of business........... 878
Quorum in relation to..................................... 774c
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................. 806
As to separate vote on.................................... 414
Of a resolution may be laid on table...................... 414
Precedence.
Of intervening business.
Certain privileged questions which interrupt the order of business
879, 880
Intervening questions as to reading papers............ 458
Intervening questions of order........................ 457
Of conference reports................................. 909
Of conference report over report from Committee on
Rules............................................. 729a
Of a proposition to administer the oath to Members.... 233
Of a question on which the previous question is
ordered........................................... 887
Of questions of privilege.................................. 458, 661-668
Of questions of privilege as related to pending business........ 661-668
Of revenue and appropriation bills in Committee of the
Whole............................................. 869
Questions as to, decided by a majority without debate. 900
Of motions.
For disposition of amendments between the Houses. See Amendments
between Houses.
[[Page 1275]]
General provisions of the priority of................. 449
Obsolete provisions as to priority of privileged...... 448
Secondary or privileged......................................... 782-788
To adjourn............................................ 782
To adjourn to day or time certain..................... 782
To amend.............................................. 825
To amend Journal precedes approval.................... 74
To amend over motions to agree or disagree............ 528-
528d
To amend over motions to strike out or agree.......... 456
To discharge committees............................... 908
To dispense with further proceedings under a call of the House..... 769,
771b
To go into Committee of the Whole to consider
appropriation bills............................... 802
To read the Journal................................... 621
To reconsider......................................... 814
To strike out enacting words of a bill......................... 875, 876
To suspend the rules.................................. 904
Precedents.
Compilation of............................................ 996
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............. 661
Questions of, committed to conference..................... 531
Presentment.
Of grand jury as related to trial for crime............... 212
Presents.
Conditions as to acceptance of, by officers............... 144
President of the Senate.
The 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.................... 919
Gallery for use of.................................... 922
Houses may request him to transmit constitutional
amendments to the States.......................... 191
May convene or adjourn Congress under certain
[[Page 1276]]
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, 1013(2)
Relations of, to Congress--Messages and information from.
Address by and to..................................... 316
Clerk may receive messages from, when House adjourned. 647a
Confidential messages from............................ 914
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........................... 856, 859
Rule for reference of messages from............................ 882, 885
Transmits Budget during first fifteen days of session. 169
Transmitting proposed rescissions and deferrals of budget
authority...................................................... 1013(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 laws without approval............... 111
Constitutional amendments, President does not sign
joint resolution submitting....................... 191
Effect of recess on................................... 901
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 of
Congress as to.................................... 574
Errors in bills sent to the President................. 110
Line item veto authority....................................... 1013(6b)
Parliamentary law as to presenting a bill for the
King's assent..................................... 572
[[Page 1277]]
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 4 years.................................. 149
Jurisdiction of bills relating to office of........... 679a
Makes treaties........................................ 165
Opinions of his 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..................................... 175, 176
Inability of.............................................. 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
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.............. 155, 252-256
Vice President as acting President in certain cases....... 252, 254, 255
President-elect of the United States.
[[Page 1278]]
President pro tempore.
Death or failure to qualify............................... 244
Chosen by Senate in certain cases......................... 37
Election and tenure of.................................... 313
Presides in certain impeachments.......................... 39
Press.
Coverage of committee hearings and meetings............. 720-725
Freedom of, guaranteed.................................... 208
Members of, admission to the floor, see Floor.
Admission to press gallery................................ 930a
Previous question, motion for.
Uses of.
The rule of the....................................... 804
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......................... 782
Of Parliament......................................... 461
Questions on which it is ordered, as unfinished
business.......................................... 886
Questions of order pending the motion for............. 811
Relations of, to failure of a quorum.................. 810
Application of.
General application of......................................... 804, 806
To debatable secondary and privileged motions......... 450
Moving and putting of.
Considered as ordered on certain preferential motions
to insist......................................... 912c
Effect of, on debate.................................. 805
Forty minutes of debate after ordering of............. 907
Forty minutes debate not allowed when ordered on motion not
debatable...................................................... 871, 907
Manner of putting..................................... 462
Moving on non-germane Senate amendments contained in conference
reports or reported in disagreement.......................... 913b, 913c
Not debatable......................................... 782
Recognition passes to Member leading opposition when
voted down........................................ 755
Right to move......................................... 807
Right to close debate not to be exercised after
ordering of....................................... 762
Speaker's discretionary authority to postpone further
proceedings on.................................... 631
Effect of, on amendment.
Effect of, on amendments in general................... 804
Order of, on motion to agree to Senate amendments
[[Page 1279]]
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.......................... 808, 809
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.................. 808
Motion to commit pending, not applied to reports of Committee on
Rules pending previous question.............................. 729a, 729b
Motion to recommit after ordering of, limitation on Committee on
Rules........................................................ 729a, 729b
Motion to recommit in connection with and right of
opposition as to.................................. 782
Motion to lay on table not in order after ordering of. 785
Relation of motion to reconsider to............................ 814, 815
Prima facie title.
Credentials as related to a Member's right to take the
oath.................................................. 204
Effect of credentials as related to vacancy............... 23
Princes.
Titles, gifts from, to be accepted on conditions only..... 144
Printing.
General provisions as to.
``Bullet'' symbols in Congressional Record............ 929
Discretion of Clerk as to............................. 647a
Leave to print in Congressional Record................ 929
Numerical designation of amendments printed in Record. 874
Of amendments in Record to be offered during five-
minute debate..................................... 874
Of committee transcripts, paid for by contingent fund
(applicable accounts of the House)................ 703c
Of conference reports in Congressional Record......... 912a
Of reports when referred to calendars................. 743
Privileged reports from Committee on House Oversight
on................................................ 726
Reports of committees to be printed................... 821
Joint Committee on.
Duties of, as to improvement of Congressional Record........... 924, 986
History, jurisdiction, and duties of.................. 986
[[Page 1280]]
Priority. See Precedence.
Membership on......................................... 986
All questions relating to priority of business to be
decided without date.................................. 900
Private bills.
As unfinished business.................................... 888
Certain, banned........................................... 852
Correction of error in reference.......................... 853
Dispensing with call of calendar....................... 893, 895
Introduction and reference of.................... 700, 845, 849a
Interruption of regular order on Tuesdays for
consideration of the Private Calendar................. 893
Placed on Private Calendar when reported.................. 742
Private claims.
Certain, banned........................................... 852
Reference of bills for, restricted to certain committees.. 845
Private pension bills.
Certain, banned........................................... 852
Consideration of, on Tuesday.............................. 893
Private property.
Not to be taken without compensation...................... 248
Privilege of floor. See Floor.
Privilege, questions of.
Definition and precedence of.
Constitutional privilege.............................. 661
Distinction between questions of privilege and
privileged questions.............................. 661
Definition and precedence of questions of............. 661
General principles as to precedence of................ 661
Intervention of questions of.......................... 458
Precedence of, as related to pending business......... 661
Precedence of questions of personal................... 661
Questions of, lose precedence by association with
matter not of..................................... 661
Relation of, to the order of business................. 880
Raising of.
Breach of privilege reported from Committee of the
Whole............................................. 335
Debate on............................................. 661
Members not necessarily entitled to have papers read
on plea of........................................ 433
Method of presentation of questions of general and personal..... 661-668
Preliminary decision of Speaker as to questions of.... 627
Procedure when raised by Floor Leaders................ 661
Procedure when raised by Member................................ 661, 749
[[Page 1281]]
Questions of, in Committee of the Whole............... 661
Questions of, in the absence of a quorum.............. 661
Question of, taken from the table..................... 785
Raising questions of.................................. 661
Time and place of consideration designated by Speaker. 661
Affecting the House--In general.
Generally............................................. 661
Abuse of privilege of the floor....................... 920
Administration of the oath to Members................. 201
Assault on clerk of a committee a question of......... 733a
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, 946
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................... 946
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 which 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............... 923, 927
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................................................ 742
Hour rule of debate applies to........................ 758
May not be invoked to effect change in rules of the
House............................................. 661
Messages received, while question of, is before House. 562
Previous question applies to questions of............. 806
Proposal to enter protest on the Journal not a matter
of................................................ 70
Question of, raised by fraudulent introduction of a
bill.............................................. 851
Raising a question of, over delay of an enrolled bill
in reaching the President......................... 572
Reception of President's message while question of, is
[[Page 1282]]
pending........................................... 170
Resolutions providing for adjournment for more than
three days........................................ 84
Affecting the House--Contempts.
Committee reports immediately privileged, 3-day availability rule
inapplicable................................................... 299, 661
Decision of the court in Anderson's case and attitude
of the House as to assaults....................... 294
Jefferson's discussion of power of the House to punish
for contempts..................................... 293
Kilbourn's case and views of the court as to inherent
power to punish................................... 295
Jefferson's views as to inherent power to punish...... 297
Jefferson's statement of arguments against the
inherent power to punish.......................... 298
Jefferson's suggestions as to a law to define
procedure in cases of contempt.................... 299
Affecting the Member.
Of the Member......................................... 661
Assault on Member returning to House a breach of...... 91
Jefferson's discussion of privilege of Members of
Congress.......................................... 288
Jefferson's review of that of members of Parliament... 287
Jefferson's discussion as to privilege of going and
returning......................................... 289
Members not to be questioned in another place for
speech or debate.................................. 92
Scope of the privilege of speech and debate........... 93
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
Privileged questions.
Theory and examples of.
The theory as to...................................... 438
Distinction between questions of privilege and
[[Page 1283]]
privileged questions.............................. 661
Incident questions, like points of order, which
intervene during consideration of the main
question.......................................... 457
Intervening questions relating to reading of papers... 459
Laws providing congressional disapproval by privileged resolution
1013
Matters privileged to interrupt the daily order of business.... 879, 880
Matters of privilege as intervening questions......... 458
May not interrupt a call of committees................ 890
Not to be called up on Calendar Wednesday...................... 897, 898
Obsolete parliamentary law governing orders of the day 440
Presence of nonprivileged matter destroys privileges.. 728
Resolutions of inquiry......................................... 857, 858
Reports as.
Of certain committees........................................... 726-729
Conference reports.................................... 909
Method of submitting to the House.............................. 418, 727
Nonprivileged, reference of, to calendars............. 743
Precedence of conference report over report from
Committee on Rules................................ 729a
Reference of, to calendars............................ 742
Right to report at any time gives right to consider at any time
(subject to requirement of availability for 3 days)............ 726, 727
Motions as--General principles.
Precedence and conditions of.................................... 782-788
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; and Reference.
Amend, motion to; and Amendments.
Motions as--Various. See also Motions.
By Majority Leader under former rule proscribing
[[Page 1284]]
committee sittings during five-minute rule........ 710
Motions to dispose of amendments between Houses, see Amendments
between Houses.
Motions to proceed to election of Speaker of higher
privilege than motion to correct the roll......... 638
Motions requesting conferences................................ 528a, 535
Motions to consider bills made in order by a
resolution adopted by the House................... 715
Motion to consider omnibus private bills in order on
third Tuesday..................................... 893
Relation of motion to consider to other motions................ 812, 814
To close general debate in Committee of the Whole..... 871
To discharge a committee from consideration of vetoed
bill.............................................. 108
To go into Committee of the Whole to consider general
appropriation bills............................... 802
To read the Journal................................... 621
To recess in committee................................ 703a
To recess in House........................................ 586, 782, 784
To strike out the enacting words of a bill.................... 875, 876a
To suspend the rules............................................ 902-905
Motions as--Certain not. See also Motions.
Motion to recess formerly not a....................... 586
Motion to rescind not a............................... 682b
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................................. 873a
Proof, burden of.
On those proposing an amendment, as to germaneness........ 794
On those proposing items on general appropriation bills... 838
Property.
Appropriations of, considered in Committee of the Whole.... 865,
868
[[Page 1285]]
Disclosure of............................................. 940
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
Public bills appropriating, placed on Union Calendar...... 742
Proposer.
Right of, to speak twice.................................. 762
Right to close debate on amendment considered under five-
minute rule........................................... 762
Prosecutions.
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 prohibited............................. 707
Public bills.
Certain, placed on Union Calendar, and others on House
Calendar.............................................. 742
Correction of reference of, place in order of business.... 878
Joint sponsorship of...................................... 854
Public buildings.
Appropriations for, as in continuance of a public work.... 841
Jurisdiction as to, generally............................. 686
Jurisdiction as to, abroad................................ 678
Jurisdiction as to marine hospitals....................... 674
Jurisdiction of bills for penitentiaries.................. 679a
Jurisdiction as to immigrant stations..................... 679a
Jurisdiction as to Patent Office........................... 679a
Public buildings and grounds.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 686
Public credit.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 672
Public debt.
Claims for loss or emancipation of slaves not to be paid.. 234
Limit, establishment of as part of congressional budget
process............................................... 945
None incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion to be
paid.................................................. 234
Validity of that of the United States not to be questioned 234
Public defense.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 680
Public health.
[[Page 1286]]
Public lands.
Jurisdiction of matters related to........................ 674
Jurisdiction of matters related to........................ 681
Public money.
Account of, to be published............................... 143
Jurisdiction of matters relating to the deposit of........ 688
Public safety.
As related to suspension of writ of habeas corpus......... 178
Public works.
Authorization of appropriations for....................... 838
Appropriations in continuation of............ 834a, 839-841, 847
Public Works and Transportation, Committee on. See Transportation and
Infrastructure, Committee on.
Publication.
Of accounts of receipts and expenditures of public money.. 143
Of Journals of each House................................. 68
Puerto Rico.
Resident Commissioner from, powers and privileges of, see
Resident Commissioner.
Punishments.
Censure or reprimand, of a Member......................... 63
Congress may provide, for counterfeiting.................. 122
Cruel and unusual, not to be inflicted.................... 254
Each House may provide, of its Members for disorderly
behavior.............................................. 62
Expulsion, see Expulsion.
For assault on Member for words spoken in debate.......... 92
For disclosure of intelligence information................ 944a
Involuntary servitude as.................................. 224
Member liable to, when called to order in debate....... 760, 761
Of a delegate............................................. 740
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 Standards of Official Conduct, see Standards
of Offical Conduct, Committee on.
Speaker may not inflict................................... 622
Putting the question.
By the chairman in committees............................. 317
By the Speaker............................................ 629
Decorum during............................................ 763
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
[[Page 1287]]
Point of no quorum may be raised during............... 774c, 863
Speaker rises while....................................... 428
Forms of:
For vote by clerk tellers or by electronic device..... 630a
For previous question................................. 462
For question of consideration......................... 778
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............ 830
On a motion to strike out............................. 468
On motion to strike out 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............... 939
House Oversight Committee may consider questions
relating to....................................... 677a
In case of disqualification minority candidate not
seated............................................ 13
Incompatible offices, Members not to hold........................ 97-101
Incompatible offices, jurisdiction over............... 679a
No religious test required for office under United
States............................................ 196
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............................. 937
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
Quarantine.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 674
Quarrels.
[[Page 1288]]
In Committee of the Whole................................. 331
Intervening questions relating to......................... 458
Members may be pledged not to prosecute................... 367
Quasi committee.
Procedure in............................................ 424-427
Question.
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 himself to the...................... 749
Member who has spoken to, may speak also to amendment. 762
Of order. See Points of order.
Of consideration. See Points of order.
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.
Committee may fix one-third or more as quorum for
certain actions................................... 709
Committees may fix two or more as quorum to take
testimony and to close certain hearings........... 709
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, 708, 713c, 718
[[Page 1289]]
Must be present when perjurious testimony is given to support
charge of perjury......................................... 343, 409, 709
Of the Committee of the Whole.................................. 329, 863
Interpretation of meaning of majority................. 53
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................... 40
Quorum in committees to report........................ 713c
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....................... 801
Enrolled bills not signed in absence of............... 625
Failure of, on second of motion to suspend the rules.. 905
Necessary during debate and other business (obsolete). 310
Of House, necessary for business...................... 52
Quorum not required in certain situations............. 774c
Quorum not required in the House unless pending motion
or proposition put to vote........................ 774c
Quorum not required in Committee of Whole, after once
ascertained on that day, unless pending motion or
proposition put to vote........................... 863
Relations of, to acts of House........................ 55
Relations of, to reception of messages................55, 56
Relations of motion to reconsider to.................. 812
Reporting a measure in committee...................... 713c
Voting, debate, and other business suspended by
failure of (obsolete)............................. 510
Call of the House.
Arrest of Members..................................... 770
Call of the House in the new form............................. 773, 774a
Call of the House in the old form..................... 768
Call of the House after previous question is ordered.. 810
Count of those not voting to make a quorum of record
on a roll call.................................... 772
Dispensing with call after quorum responds............ 770
Motions during a call of the House.................... 771
Ordering and conducting the call of the House in the
old form.......................................... 769
Power to compel attendance............................52, 55
[[Page 1290]]
Use of clerks to record............................... 771b
Use of electronic equipment to record................. 774b
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......................................... 713d
Making point as to.................................... 54
Not in order before Chaplain offers prayer........... 56, 621, 878, 774c
Point as to, may be dilatory.......................... 803
Prohibition against making in certain situations.............. 774c, 863
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.............................................. 657
Less than may order yeas and nays..................... 76
Motions in order in absence of........................ 55
Questions of privilege in the absence of.............. 661
Right to demand yeas and nays not waived by demand
for............................................... 77
In Committee of the Whole.
Discretionary during general debate in................ 863
Not required, after once ascertained on that day,
unless pending motion or proposition put to vote.. 863
Of Committee of the Whole consists of 100 members..... 863
Procedure in case of failure of....................... 863
Rising and reports of, as related to.................. 864
Short or Notice Quorum................................ 863
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............ 640
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
[[Page 1291]]
Race.
tellers).......................................... 630a
Suffrage not to be abridged for........................... 235
Radio service.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to, generally.............. 674
Radio gallery. See Galleries.
Railroads, jurisdiction over...................................... 686
Railway-mail service.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 676
Raising revenue. See Revenue.
Ramseyer rule.
Reports of committees under............................... 745
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 in his place..... 434, 916,
917
Intervening questions as to........................... 459
Objections to reading of papers under former rule XXX.......... 916, 917
Of papers on which the House is to vote........................ 392, 916
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, 916
Papers read on demand of a Member..................... 916
Papers read by consent of the House under former rule
XXX............................................... 917
Parliamentary law as to........................................ 432, 916
Reports of committees not read except in order or in
debate............................................ 435
Of bills, resolutions, conference reports.
Rule for.............................................. 830
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................... 830, 832
First and second...................................... 831
Manner of reading a bill the second time.............. 428
Obsolete requirements as to.................................... 399, 400
Obsolete requirements as to third.............................. 492, 493
[[Page 1292]]
Of a bill in Committee of the Whole................... 831
Of bills for amendment under the five-minute rule..... 872
Of concurrent resolution on the budget................ 876b
Of conference reports and amendments in disagreement, dispensed
with......................................................... 912a, 912b
Of Journal, not interrupted by conference report...... 909
Of Journal, place of, in order of business............ 878
Of President's messages and accompanying documents.... 188
Of a veto message..................................... 107
Raising points of order before completing reading of
resolution........................................ 627
Raising points of order before completing reading of
amendment......................................... 823a
The Speaker sits while reading, but the Clerk stands.. 428
Third reading after engrossment....................... 832
Of amendments.
Motions to dispense with reading...................... 873b
Reappropriations.
Citations relating to..................................... 847
Not in order on general appropriation bill unless in
continuation of public works already commenced........ 847
Reasons.
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
Suspension of writ of habeas corpus for................... 138
Recapitulation.
Of a vote, Speaker's discretion as to..................... 765
Recede, motion to.
Precedence of............................... 486, 528-528d, 913c
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
[[Page 1293]]
Receipts.
amendment of the other House.......................... 525
Of public money, account of, to be published.............. 143
Reception.
Duty of President to receive ambassadors.................. 172
Recess.
In general.
Of Congress........................................... 590
Of a Congress, effect on pending business............. 901
Of Congress, issue of subpoenas during................ 342
Of Congress, jurisdiction of resolutions relating to.. 682a
Of Senate, power of President to fill offices during.. 167
Of House, during day's sitting, conditions of......... 586
Of House, Speaker's authority to declare.............. 634f
Of a committee........................................ 703a
Motion for.
Status of................................................. 586, 782, 784
Limitation of, on Calendar Wednesdays................. 897
Reclamation.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 681
Recognition.
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....... 872
For motions to discharge committees on second and fourth
Mondays............................................... 908
For motion to go to conference...................... 827, 828a-2
For the motion to reconsider.............................. 813
For the previous question................................. 807
For question of privilege............................... 661-668
Loss of right to recognition by Member in charge.......... 755
Parliamentary law as to Speaker's duty in................. 356
Preliminary action of Member in seeking................... 749
Preference in, to be given to opposition for motion to
recommit after previous question is ordered....... 782, 788,
808a
Prior right of Members of the committee to recognition for
debate................................................ 756
Procedure of the Member in seeking........................ 354
Under former rule requiring a second on the motion to
suspend the rules..................................... 906
Speaker's power of...................................... 753-757
Speaker's power of with respect to Senate amendments....... 827,
828a-1
Speaker governed by usage in...................... 356, 754, 757
Speaker not to recognize Members to introduce occupants of
galleries to House.................................... 764
[[Page 1294]]
No appeal from Speaker's decision in...................... 356
Exceptions to the usages constraining the Speaker as to
recognitions.......................................... 757
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................... 782, 787
After previous question is ordered, privilege and effect
of................................................. 804, 808
Debate on, with instructions.............................. 782
Germaneness test with respect to.......................... 795
In order as to bill on third reading...................... 494
Instructions with......................................... 788
Instructions to strike out amendment adopted by the House
not in order.......................................... 788
Instructions may be amended by substituting different
instructions....................................... 788, 808
Instructions must be germane to bill before the House...... 796,
808
Limiting by Committee on Rules....................... 729a, 729c
May be applied to a conference report under certain
circumstances......................................... 550
Method of dividing a bill by, with instructions........... 476
Not used in Committee of the Whole........................ 787
Not applied to reports from Committee on Rules pending
previous question................................ 729a, 729b
One motion to, in order after previous question is ordered 782
Repetition of motions..................................... 782
Recognition to offer............................. 782, 788, 808a
Recommittal.
Of bills to select or standing committees................. 420
Duty of committee in case of.............................. 788
Of bills amending or repealing statutes when committee
reports fail to comply with rule...................... 745
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 out enacting words................ 875
Reconsider, motion to.
Rule for the motion and its precedence.................... 812
Discussion of procedure of................................ 814
Application of............................................ 815
Application of, to bills in committee..................... 820
As to use in a standing or select committee............ 416, 814
Debate on................................................. 819
[[Page 1295]]
Delegates and Resident Commissioner not to make........... 741
Effect of................................................. 816
Enrolled bills not signed pending......................... 625
Maker of.................................................. 813
May be held dilatory...................................... 803
May be applied to vote refusing yeas and nays or ordering
yeas and nays (if not executed)..................... 79, 816
Not used in Committee of the Whole........................ 416
Relations of, to motion to lay on the table............... 818
Relations of, to the previous question................. 814, 815
Repetition of.......................................... 815, 816
Vote on................................................... 817
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
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
Record. See also Congressional Record.
The Journal as............................................ 582
Recorded vote.
Ordered by one-fifth of quorum in House................... 630a
By electronic device or by tellers........................ 630a
Ordered by twenty-five in Committee of the Whole..... 630a, 864a
Repetition of demand for.................................. 630b
Vote by considered vote by yeas and nays.................. 630a
Recording Studio.
Establishment and composition of House Recording Studio... 996c
Records.
Not to go out of Clerk's custody.......................... 352
Noncurrent to be deposited by Clerk with Archivist........ 932
Oath not to disclose classified information as records of
the House............................................. 939
States reciprocally to give full faith and credit to
public................................................ 183
Red Cross.
[[Page 1296]]
Redress.
Jurisdiction as to affairs of............................. 678
Of grievances, right of people to petition for............ 208
Refer, motion to. See also Recomit, motion to.
Precedence and status of.
Precedence and general conditions of........................... 782, 787
Has precedence of motion to amend..................... 449
May not be postponed.................................. 451
Not to be suppressed by another privileged motion..... 450
Repetition of......................................... 782
Use of.
General use of................................................. 401, 446
Not used in Committee of the Whole.................... 787
Admitted in ``House as in Committee of the Whole''............. 425, 427
In relation to motion to strike out enacting words.... 875
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..................................... 788
Instructions may be amended............................... 788, 795, 808
Instructions must be germane to bill before the House
and not to general law sought to be amended....... 808
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......................... 486, 809
After previous question is ordered, privilege and effect of.... 804, 808
Minority have preference in recognition for, after
previous question is ordered...................... 782
After previous question is ordered, Committee on Rules limited as
to........................................................... 729a, 729b
Not applied to reports from Committee on Rules pending previous
question..................................................... 729a, 729b
Discussion of relations of, to early use of the previous question
448, 449
Reference.
Of bills. See Bills.
Of memorials, petitions.
By Speaker................................................ 700, 854, 882
By Members..................................................... 700, 849
Private claims referred to certain committees......... 845
Of communications, rule for............................... 700, 882, 883
Of messages of the President, rule for..................... 700, 882-884
Of executive documents................................ 936
Papers not read in House on ordinary reference to
[[Page 1297]]
committee......................................... 436
Correction of errors in reference of.
Errors in............................................. 853
Correction of, for public bills....................... 854
Of public bills, place of correction of, in order of
business.......................................... 878
Change of, for errors in.............................. 853
Correction of, in case of bills referred from Speaker's table...... 882,
883
Of bill to a calendar, error in, a question of
privilege......................................... 742
Regents.
Do not hold incompatible offices.......................... 98
``Regular order.''
Improper use of demand for................................ 381
Right of the Member to demand..................... 381, 382, 881
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......................... 833
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 out enacting words of a bill equivalent to....... 875
Relatives.
May not be employed by Members............................ 88
Relevancy.
In debate................................................. 749
Of debate in House and Committee of the Whole............. 752
Religion.
Congress to make no law respecting establishment of, or
free exercise of...................................... 208
Religious tests.
None required for officers under United States............ 196
Remonstrance.
Nature of................................................. 389
Removal.
Of President from office.................................. 155
Of Speaker................................................ 315
Renegotiation.
[[Page 1298]]
Repetition.
Jurisdiction over subject related to...................... 672
Of motions, general rules as to........................ 782, 789
Of motion to reconsider................................ 815, 816
Of motion to strike out 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................................................ 923
Of debates, duties of Committee on House Oversight as to.. 677a
Press, admission to the floor, See Floor.
Reports.
Of committees. See Committees.
From Committees 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
Chairman 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, 760-761
Of motion to strike out the enacting words............ 875
Recommitted when ruled out in House................... 335
Of Chairman when Committee rises before a matter is concluded...... 333,
334, 864
Quorum not required after Committee of Whole has risen
and before report made to House................... 774c
When a quorum fails................................... 863
Of managers of conferences. See Conferences.
In general. See also Clerk and Sergeant-at-Arms and Chief
Administrative Officer.
Of Members, officers and employees on financial
disclosure........................................ 940
From heads of departments, rule for reference of............... 882, 883
From heads of departments to be studied by committees........... 692-696
Rectification of errors after report of tellers....... 503
Representation.
Office of General Counsel................................. 634e
[[Page 1299]]
Representatives.
Reduction of, for abridgement of the right of suffrage.... 226
Election, privilege, 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......................................... 221, 222
Choose Speaker and other officers..................... 26-30
Composed of Members chosen by people.................. 5, 7
Confirms Vice President............................... 253
Electoral votes to be counted in presence of.......... 219
Has power of impeachment.............................. 31
Indecent language against, not permitted in debate.... 360
Meets at 12 m......................................... 6
Power of President to convene or adjourn.............. 171
Questions of privilege affecting............................... 661, 662
Required to keep a Journal............................ 68
Rules as to use of Hall............................... 918
The office building................................... 989
Vacancies in.......................................... 17-25
Reprieves.
Power of President to grant............................... 162
Reprimand.
Of a Member............................................... 63
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, 827-828a-2
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................. 860
Rescind, motion to.
Not privileged under rules governing the order of business 682b
As to entries on Journal.................................. 71
Rescission.
Of appropriations, jurisdiction of Appropriations
Committee............................................. 671a
[[Page 1300]]
Separate headings required on in certain bills and reports 671a
Rescission bills, definition and procedure for
consideration of under Impoundment Control Act..... 1013(6a)
Reservation.
Of rights of people....................................... 216
Of points of order on general appropriation bills..... 835, 848a
Of objection to unanimous-consent request................. 881
Reserved powers.
Of the State and people................................... 217
Residence.
As a condition of Citizenship in the United States and the
States................................................ 225
Resident Commissioner.
Admitted to floor......................................... 919
Clerk to distribute certain documents to.................. 641
Compensation of........................................... 86
Elected to committees..................................... 740
Former de novo vote in House where vote of decisive in
Committee of Whole.................................... 864b
From Puerto Rico, power and privileges of....... 701g, 740, 861a
May be appointed to select and conference committees...... 701g
Formerly could be appointed Chairman, Committee of Whole.. 861a
Of Puerto Rico, admitted to the floor..................... 919
Powers and privileges in Committee of Whole........... 740, 861a
Rooms of, in Office Building.............................. 988
Resignations.
As related to procedure for censure....................... 63
As related to procedure for expulsion..................... 64
From committees, privilege of and debate on....... 662, 668, 752
Of chairman of a committee, selection of a successor...... 701c
Of Member-elect before taking oath........................ 300
Of President of the United States or Vice President.... 155, 156
Of Speaker................................................ 28
Procedure for considering................................. 662
Vacancy from.............................................. 19
Vacancies caused by, in Senate............................ 34
Resolutions.
Commemoratives.
Prohibited............................................ 852
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............................... 860
Introduction and reference of private................. 849
Introduction of public................................ 854
[[Page 1301]]
Nature and use of, as compared with others............ 395
Raising a question of privileges of the House......... 661
Reference of.......................................... 700
Of inquiry............................................ 855
Use, to disapprove Executive actions.................. 1013
Simple, of the House--Of inquiry.
Discharge of a committee from a resolution of inquiry. 858
Forms of resolutions of inquiry and delivery thereof.. 856
Privileged status of resolutions of inquiry........... 857
Resolutions of inquiry as related to the Executive.... 859
Simple, of the Senate.
Not referred in House................................. 883
Concurrent.
Adjournment for more than three days by concurrent
resolution........................................ 84
Reference of.......................................... 700
Their use..................................................... 396, 1013
Joint.
Their use..................................................... 397, 1013
Clerk certifies to passage of......................... 642
Division of, not in order on vote on engrossment of
passage........................................... 792
Reference of.......................................... 700
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.
History and jurisdiction of............................... 681
Special oversight functions of............................ 693
Restaurant.
Of House, jurisdiction of matters relating to......... 677c, 686
Of House, management of................................... 677b
Retrenching expenditures, amendment providing new
legislation in order on appropriation bill.......... 834-843
Return.
Of a message sometimes asked.............................. 565
Returns.
Power of House to judge as to............................. 46-51
Revenue.
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
[[Page 1302]]
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...... 846d
Consideration of bills for raising.
Amendments must relate to particular item............. 800
Bills for raising, to originate in House.............. 102
Bills raising, placed on Union Calendar............... 742
Bills raising, considered in Committee of the Whole............ 865, 868
Consideration in order on third Tuesday............... 893
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to.................. 688
Jurisdiction as to oleomargarine...................... 670
Point of order against certain bills or amendments
carrying taxes or tariffs......................... 846b
Precedence of bills raising, in Committee of the Whole 869
Precedence of, in order of business................... 802
Vote on measures raising income tax rates.................... 774e, 846c
Revenue sharing, general.
Jurisdiction over......................................... 676
Revenue treaties.
Authority of House as to.................................. 597
Revision of the laws.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 679a
Law Revision Counsel, office of........................... 994
Riders.
Nongermane Senate amendments............................ 913b, c
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
[[Page 1303]]
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, 916,
917
Members not necessarily entitled to have papers read
on plea of privilege.............................. 433
Of Member to have read once paper on which he is to
vote.............................................. 432
Of Members, to call to order in debate.......................... 760-761
Of Members to demand division of the House after vote
by sound.......................................... 501
Of Members to demand the execution of a subsisting order....... 381, 881
Of Members to inspect the Journal..................... 582
Rising. See also Committee of the Whole.
Of a Committee when the House sits........................ 324
Rivers and harbors.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 686
Precedence of bills to improve, in Committee of the Whole. 869
Roads.
Post, jurisdiction of subjects relating to................ 686
Jurisdiction as to highways and their safety in general... 686
Roll call.
Changes and corrections of votes.......................... 766
Count of those voting to make a quorum of record on a roll
call.................................................. 772
Electronic device used in lieu of.................... 771b, 774b
In committee, formerly used as proof quorum present when
reporting............................................. 713d
In Committee of the Whole on the failure of quorum........ 863
Interruptions of the roll call............................ 767
Manner of, during call of the House....................... 769
Members not to remain near Clerk's desk during............ 763
Method of call of the roll for the yea-and-nay vote....... 765
Not to be interrupted for conference report............... 909
Not to be interrupted by arrival of time for recess.... 586, 767
Oath administered to a Member during...................... 201
Postponement of, by Speaker............................... 631
Speaker may recognize for motion for call of House at any
time.................................................. 774d
The rule combining the yea-and-nay vote with a call of the
[[Page 1304]]
Rolls.
House................................................. 773
Of Members-elect, Clerk makes up.......................... 638
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................................................ 632
Rooms.
Assignment of, in office buildings........................ 988
Control of, in House wing................................. 623
Duty of Committee on House Oversight as to................ 677a
Exclusion of persons from those leading to the Hall... 919, 921a
Rules.
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............................................. 1007
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........................... 938
Jefferson's views as to power to make................. 387
Jurisdiction as to........................................... 682a, 682b
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
Procedure before adoption of.......................... 60
Those of the House in effect in Committee of the Whole so far as
applicable..................................................... 340, 877
Committee on.
Constitution of....................................... 701
History, jurisdiction, and powers of.................. 682
Limitations on reports from....................... 729a, 729c, 729d, 730
Activity reports of................................... 703d
Exempted from former rule proscribing committee
sittings during five-minute rule.................. 710
Must specify reported waivers......................... 731a
Privileged reports of.......................................... 729, 730
Report from, providing special order of business not
divisible......................................... 729a
Report may be considered immediately by two-thirds
vote.............................................. 729a
Certain reports may be considered immediately without two-thirds
vote.................................................... 715, 912a, 912b
[[Page 1305]]
Reports, adverse, from................................ 730
Reports from, on resolutions repealing or amending
rules of House must show by typographical device
parts of rules affected........................... 731
Right to report at any time confined to privileged matters.... 726, 729a
Suspension of.
In order on Mondays and Tuesdays...................... 902
Individual and committee motions to................... 905
Motion for, entertained after yeas and nays are
demanded.......................................... 80
Motion for, as unfinished business.................... 888
Nature of the motion.................................. 903
One motion to adjourn in order pending................ 801
Postponement of votes on.............................. 907
Precedence of the motion.............................. 904
Recognition by Speaker for motion to.................. 757
Relating to admission to the floor not to be suspended 919
Rule governing the motion for......................... 902
Second of the motion to formerly required............. 906
Speaker not to entertain motion to suspend rule
relating to use of Hall of the House.............. 918
The forty minutes of debate on motions to............. 907
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
Rural development and electrification.
Jurisdiction of subjects related to....................... 670
Safety, public.
As related to suspension of writ of habeas corpus......... 138
Salaries.
Of Representatives and Senators............ 85-88, 258, 1013(13)
Of Speaker................................................ 86
Jurisdiction as to, of legislative employees.............. 677a
Authorization of appropriations for, in general
appropriation bills................................... 837
Sanity.
As related to the oath and qualifications................. 205
Savings banks, postal.
[[Page 1306]]
Science.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 676
Congress may promote, by patent and copyright laws........ 124
Science, Committee on.
History, jurisdiction and duties of....................... 683
Special oversight functions of............................ 693
Science, Space, and Technology, Commitee on. See Science, Committee on.
Seal.
Of the House, Clerk affixes............................... 642
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... 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, 776
Formerly required on motions to suspend the rules......... 906
Of motion to adjourn on new call of House................. 773
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................................. 830, 831
Manner of reading a bill a second time.................... 428
Secondary motions. See also Motions.
Application of motion to amend to other................... 826
Discussion of use and relations of...................... 437-464
In general, one not to be suppressed by another........... 450
Precedence and conditions of............................ 782-788
Secrecy.
Of portions of the Journal................................ 68
Of committee procedure.................................... 319
Secret sessions.
Rule for and procedure in............................. 914, 944a
Of committees, banned with certain exceptions............. 708
Secretary of State.
Bills that become laws deposited with (obsolete)....... 105, 109
Secrets.
Of the House, oath of officers to keep (obsolete)......... 635
Sections.
Amendment of bills by..................................... 413
Amendments should be germane to........................... 794
Clerk amends numbers of, in a bill........................ 479
[[Page 1307]]
House does not agree to severally, in perfecting a bill... 456
Reading of bills by....................................... 872
Transportation of, in a bill by amendment................. 477
Securities.
Congress may provide punishment for counterfeiting the.... 122
Jurisdiction over depository institution securities....... 672
Jurisdiction over exchange................................ 674
Security.
Of the people as to searches and seizures................. 211
Seizures.
As related to security of persons, papers................. 211
Select Committees.
Ad hoc to consider legislation............................ 700
Former Aging.............................................. 702
Ethics.................................................... 685b
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence................ 944a
Speaker appoints.......................................... 701e
Reports, dissolution and revival of....................... 419
Conferences held by means of.............................. 532
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
Permissible references to Senate action................... 749
President pro tempore..................................... 37
Procedure in ratifying treaties........................... 600
Qualifications of Senators.............................. 35, 230
References to debate and proceedings therein, criticisms
of not generally in order in the House......... 371-374, 749
The Vice President........................................ 36
Tries impeachments........................................ 38-41
Senate amendments. See Amendments Between the Houses and Conferences.
Senate bills.
Rule for reference of............................. 700, 882, 883
Consideration of, from Speaker's table with reference to
[[Page 1308]]
Senate resolutions.
Committee of the Whole............................. 882, 883
Simple resolutions of Senate not referred in House........ 883
Sergeant-at-Arms.
Doorkeeping duties.................................... 380, 650a
Duty to cooperate in the performance of reviews and
audits............................................ 650c
Duties of, on call of the House.............. 768, 770, 773, 774
Election, oath, and removal of............................ 635
Enforces authority of House in House and in Committee of
the Whole............................................. 648
Enforces rules as to decorum on floor..................... 763
Financial and operational reports to Committee on
House Oversight................................... 650b
Formerly disbursed pay and mileage of Members........... 86, 648
Makes up roll of Members-elect in certain cases........... 648
Of the Senate, admitted to the floor of the House......... 919
The Mace the symbol of his office......................... 650
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.
Sessions and recesses of Congress......................... 590
Adjournment of Congress during August in certain
situations............................................ 947
Adjournment prohibited before completion of congressional
budget process......................................... 1007
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.................................... 947
Congress may extend session beyond July................... 947
Effect of adjournment on action on a veto................. 107
Executive, of committees, banned with certain exceptions.. 708
Impeachments continue from one to another................. 620
Manner of closing session by action of the two Houses...... 242,
591
Neither House to adjourn for more than 3 days during,
without consent of the other.......................... 82
Obsolete law as to business at end of..................... 385
Of Congress, resumption of business of a preceding........ 901
Of Parliament............................................. 588
Parliamentary law as to business at the termination of a
session............................................... 592
Relations of, to adjournments for more than 3 days........ 84
[[Page 1309]]
Rule for secret, of the House............................. 914
Sitting committees in recesses, and creation of
commissions to sit after Congress adjourns............ 589
Termination of, as affecting approval of bills............ 577
Seven days.
Any member of standing committee may call up bill after
resolution making bill in order has been adopted for
more than............................................. 717
Any member of Rules Committee may call up special rule
after it has been on calendar for..................... 730
Filing of committee report within, after written request.. 713a
See clause 3, rule XXVII, relating to motion to discharge. 908
Special committee meetings to be called within, upon
request of committee majority......................... 705
Sex.
Discrimination in employment on account of, prohibited.... 939
Right of suffrage not to be abridged on account of........ 240
Ships. See Vessels.
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.... 634
Of enrolled bills for presentation to the President.... 575, 576
Of enrolled bill canceled.............................. 575, 625
Of bills, effect of recess of Congress on................. 901
Of conference reports..................................... 543
Of prime sponsor of bill at introduction.................. 851
Of reports of committees and minority views............ 408, 821
Of writs, warrants, acts, subpoenas....................... 624
Speaker declines to sign a bill when motion to reconsider
is pending............................................ 816
Speaker does not sign bills in absence of a quorum
(obsolete)............................................ 625
Simple conferences.
In modern practice........................................ 540
Parliamentary law as to................................... 539
Usage as to............................................... 557
Six days.
Last, of session, status of motion to reconsider during... 812
Last, of session, suspension of rules during.............. 902
Conference report not required to be printed in Record on
last............................................. 912a, 912b
Slavery.
Not to exist in the United States......................... 224
Suffrage not to be abridged for previous condition of..... 234
Slaves.
[[Page 1310]]
Small business.
No claims for, to be paid................................. 232
Generally.
Assistance and protection, jurisdiction over.......... 684
Participation in federal contracts, jurisdiction over. 684
Committee on.
History and jurisdiction of........................... 684
Special oversight functions of........................ 693
Smithsonian Institution.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to................... 677a, 686
Smoking.
Forbidden on floor of House............................... 763
Social Security.
Jurisdiction over health care and facilities supported by
payroll deductions.................................... 688
Jurisdiction over health care supported by general
revenues.............................................. 674
Jurisdiction of, generally................................ 688
Soldiers.
As to quartering of....................................... 210
Of the World War, jurisdiction of matters relating to..... 687
Soldiers' homes.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 680
Speaker.
Election of.
Chosen by the House............................................. 26, 312
Chosen by majority on rollcall vote by surname.................. 27, 635
Election of, as related to adoption of rules.......... 59
Election of, in case of death or resignation.......... 28
Election of Speaker pro tempore....................... 314
Four-term limit....................................... 633a
Has the power to name a Speaker pro tempore under
conditions........................................ 633
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................... 638
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
[[Page 1311]]
Oath, administered to, by Dean of House............... 198
Preserves order and decorum.
Preserves order and decorum........................... 622
Censure inflicted by, on order of House............... 63
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, 760-761
May not recognize Members to introduce occupants in
galleries......................................... 764
May not entertain requests to extend floor privileges. 920
Parliamentary law as to naming a Member by, for
disorder.......................................... 366
Power of, as to abuse of privilege of the floor....... 920
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..................................... 624, 627
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, 624, 628
May not decide questions of consistency as to
amendments........................................ 466
Not to pass on sufficiency of a committee's report.... 821
Practice governing, in deciding questions of order.... 627
Questions not for his decision........................ 627
Duties of, as to quorum.
Actual count of, to ascertain quorum after previous
question is ordered............................... 810
Count of quorum by.................................... 54
Duties of, when Committee of the Whole rises without a
quorum............................................ 863
May order the noting of Members to make quorum on vote
of record......................................... 772
May recognize for call of the House................... 774d
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.................................. 634f
Declares adjournment at end of Congress............... 6
Pronounces adjournment................................ 587
[[Page 1312]]
Right of, to cause secret session..................... 914
Conduct of.
As a witness before a committee....................... 346
Four-term limit....................................... 633a
Functions of, at examinations at the bar of the House.......... 343, 344
Reprimand of.......................................... 63
Rules a restraint on caprice of....................... 285
Duties, generally.
Authority, duties, and privileges as to use of galleries....... 922, 930
Authority to implement broadcasting of House
proceedings....................................... 634c
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...... 634g
Duties of, general control of hall, corridors, and
rooms............................................. 623
Ex officio member of Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence...................................... 944a
May designate Members, officers, and employees to
travel on official business of the House, on
vouchers approved by him.......................... 634b
Office for Legislative Floor Activities............... 996a
Appointment of committees by.
Appoints select and conference committees............. 701e
Removes conference committees......................... 701e
Appointment of officers of House temporarily by.
Appoints temporarily to fill vacancies................ 635
Relations to petitions, bills, and order of business.
Declines to sign a bill when motion to reconsider is
pending........................................... 816
Directs Clerk as to reference of nonprivileged report
to calendars...................................... 743
Duties as to referring matters from Speaker's table............ 882, 883
Duties of, as to placing bills on the Corrections Calendar....745a, 996b
Duties of, in presenting petitions.................... 849
Duty as to reception and reference of executive communications..... 700,
936
Duty to exclude certain bills, memorials....................... 849, 852
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
[[Page 1313]]
business to receive a message..................... 562
Functions of, in relation to request for unanimous
consent........................................... 881
Makes reference of public bills, memorials......................700, 854
Messenger saluted by.................................. 564
Objects to action on a bill without reading........... 831
Sign acts, writs, subpoenas.................................... 624, 626
Signing of enrolled bills by................................... 575, 624
Powers and duties as to recognition.
Speaker's power of recognition.................................. 753-757
Designates time and place for consideration of
questions of privilege............................ 661
Discretion to recognize for motion for call of House.. 774d
Discretion to recognize for motion to send bill to conference..... 528a,
827, 828a-2
Discretion to recognize authorized committee member to
call up bill made in order by resolution.......... 715
Duty of, as to entertaining questions of privilege.............. 661-668
Duty as to recognition for motion to reconsider....... 813
Exceptions to the usages constraining the Speaker as
to recognitions................................... 757
Former duty as to recognizing for second of motion to
suspend the rules................................. 906
Function of, in recognizing for debate................ 354
Limitation on power to entertain motion for recess on
Wednesdays........................................ 897
Limitation on power of, to entertain motions pending report of
Committee on Rules........................................... 729a, 729b
Loss of right to recognition by Member in charge...... 755
No appeal from his recognition................................. 356, 627
Not to entertain dilatory motions..................... 803
Not to entertain motion to suspend the rules as to use
of Hall of House.................................. 918
Not to entertain motions or requests to suspend rule
relating to admission to the floor................ 919
May entertain one motion to adjourn pending motion to
suspend rules..................................... 801
Power to entertain motions to suspend rules limited... 902
Preliminary action of Member in seeking recognition... 749
Principles as to recognition for motion for the
previous question................................. 807
Prior right of Members of the committee to recognition
for debate........................................ 756
Required to give preference to opposition for motion
to recommit after previous question is ordered.... 782
[[Page 1314]]
Speaker governed by usage in recognition.............. 754
With respect to former consent calendar............... 746
Relations of, to debate.
Criticism of in debate..................................... 362, 760-761
Duty as to calling to order in debate........................... 760-761
Duty of, to supress 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
debate............................................ 364
Puts the question.
Decorum while he is putting the question.............. 763
Duty of, to state motions............................. 776
Formal and informal putting of the question by.................. 489-491
Must put a question which is in order................. 304
Putting of the question by, and taking the vote....... 629
Reads sitting but rises to put a question............. 428
Duty and rights as to voting.
Formerly appointed tellers...................................... 630a, b
Discretionary authority to postpone proceedings on
ordering the previous question.................... 631
Discretionary authority to postpone proceedings on
motions to suspend rules.......................... 631
Discretionary authority to postpone proceedings on
passing bills, adopting resolutions, and agreeing
to conference reports............................. 631
Discretionary authority to postpone proceedings under
Corrections Calendar.............................. 631
Discretionary authority to reduce electronic vote to
five minutes...................................... 774bb
Discretionary authority to use electronic device in taking vote... 630a,
774bb
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 roll call............................... 765
Has not usually decided as to vote of a Member
personally interested............................. 658
His vote on a roll call............................... 765
His vote ordinarily and in case of tie......................... 632, 765
Not deprived of vote by rule.......................... 59
[[Page 1315]]
Procedure of, in taking a vote of yeas and nays....... 504
Relations to Committee of the Whole.
Appoints Chairman of Committee of the Whole and leaves
Chair............................................. 861a
Declaration of resolve into Committee of Whole
pursuant to special order......................... 862
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, 701e, 701f
May rule out a conference report where managers exceed
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..................................... 923
May not prevent House from amending Journal........... 71
Relations of, to Congressional Record.......................... 923, 928
Speaker's Office for Legislative Floor Activities.
Establishment of.......................................... 996a
Speaker pro tempore.
Appointed by the Speaker or elected by the House.......... 633
Choice of................................................. 314
Chosen on removal of Speaker.............................. 315
Competency of, to administer oath to Members.............. 199
Election, oath, and designation of........................ 634a
Speaker's table.
Business on, place in order of business................... 878
Must be authorized by committee in formal meeting to make
motion................................................ 883
Rule for disposition of business on.................... 882, 883
Senate bill must be substantially same as House bill as
reported from House committee......................... 883
Senate bill to be called up, House bill must correctly be
[[Page 1316]]
Special orders. See also Rules.
on House Calendar..................................... 883
Effect of, on Tuesday business............................ 893
Oxford-style debates...................................... 753c
Privilege of reports of........................... 726, 728, 729
Quorum calls not in order during speeches................. 774c
Relation of motion to postpone to..................... 682b, 786
Rules Committee must specify waivers contained in......... 731a
Speeches.................................................. 753a
Use of, and method of making.............................. 682b
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
Spending authority.
New authority defined in Budget Act....................... 1008
Jurisdiction over new spending authority.................. 671a
New spending authority prohibited in bills or resolutions
and amendments unless limited to appropriations to be
made.................................................. 1008
Spitting.
Not in order during debate................................ 364
St. Elizabeth's Hospital, jurisdiction of......................... 676
Staffs of committees. See Committee staffs.
Standard.
Congress to fix, for weights and measures................. 121
Standards of Official Conduct, Committee on.
Approval of copyright royalty contracts................... 943
Composition of, one-half from each party.................. 701a
Duties and procedures of as to standards of conduct and
investigations........................................ 698
Duties under the gift rule................................ 946a
Employing agency under Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act.. 685
Exempted from former rule proscribing committee sittings
during five-minute rule............................... 710
History and jurisdiction of............................... 685
Inspector General makes certain reports to................ 654
Privileged reports from................................... 726
Sanction Committee may recommend.......................... 63
Standing committees. See Committees.
Standing orders.
Duration of............................................... 386
State executive.
Fills certain vacancies in Senate (obsolete).............. 34
[[Page 1317]]
Issues writs to fill vacancies in representation..........17, 24
May be empowered by legislature to make temporary
appointment of Senator................................ 236
State laws.
As related to House's power to judge elections............ 48-50
State of the Union.
President to inform Congress of........................... 168
Statement.
Accompanying conference report, rule as to................ 911
Of receipts and expenditures of public money to be
published............................................. 143
States.
Relations to the two Houses.
Admission of, jurisdiction of bills for............... 681
Authority of, as to establishment of congressional
districts......................................... 227
Clerk to distribute Journal to legislative bodies of.. 641
Constitutional convention to be called on application
of legislatures of................................ 192
Governors of, admitted to the floor of the House...... 919
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
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
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
[[Page 1318]]
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........................................... 679a
Jurisdiction of compacts between, of waters for
irrigation purposes............................... 681
Jurisdiction of compacts over interstate energy....... 674
Jurisdiction of matters relating to boundaries........ 679a
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
Stationery.
Clerk formerly furnished.................................. 642
Clerk formerly kept accounts of Members and Delegates as
to.................................................... 642
For Members............................................... 88
Statistics.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to, generally.............. 676
[[Page 1319]]
Statuary.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to labor................. 675
Jurisdiction as to........................................ 677a
Statutes.
Revision of, jurisdiction as to........................... 679a
Stenographers.
Admission of unofficial................................... 930a
Of Committees, appointment of............................. 923
Official reporters of debates............................. 923
Strike out enacting words.
Rule governing motions to................................. 875
Practice as to use of motions to.......................... 876
Strike out, motion to.
Application of............................................ 472
Conditions of striking out an amendment already agreed to. 474
Effect of affirmative vote on motion to, and insert....... 473
Federal unfunded mandate.................................. 873c
Motion to strike out and insert not divisible............. 793
Negative decision of, not bar to further amendment........ 793
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......................... 701d
May authorize and issue subpoenas......................... 718
Oversight function of..................................... 692b
Staff for................................................. 732d
Subject to full committee control......................... 703a
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............................... 642
From courts for papers of House........................ 291, 946
Issue of, during recess of Congress....................... 342
Procedure for response to judicial subpoenas.............. 946
Signed by Speaker...................................... 624, 626
Standing committees and their subcommittees may issue..... 718
Authorizing and signing committee subpoenas............... 718
Substantive propositions.
As related to division of the question................. 791, 792
Substitute amendment.
Amendment of.............................................. 823
As to division of......................................... 793
[[Page 1320]]
Rule as to offering of.................................... 822
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.............. 234
Right to, not to be abridged--
On account of sex..................................... 236
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............................. 608, 611
Sunday.
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........................ 671a
Supplemental budget.
Transmittal of............................................ 169
Supreme Court.
Admission to Floor, see Floor.
Gallery for, see Galleries.
Judges of................................................. 922
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 on certain suspension days of former Consent
Calendar.............................................. 746
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................................ 906
Motion for, as unfinished business........................ 888
Motion for, entertained after yeas and nays are demanded.. 80
Nature of the motion...................................... 903
One motion to adjourn in order pending.................... 801
Postponement of votes until designated time............... 631
Precedence of the motion.................................. 904
Recognition by Speaker for motion on...................... 757
[[Page 1321]]
Rule governing the motion for............................. 902
Rule relating to admission to the floor not to be
suspended............................................. 919
Formerly, second required................................. 906
Speaker not to entertain motion to suspend rule relating
to use of the Hall of the House....................... 918
The 40 minutes of debate on motions on.................... 907
Table.
Speaker's.
Rule for disposition of business on.............................882, 883
Business on, place in daily order..................... 878
Clerk's.
No Member to remain near, during voting............... 763
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.......................... 744
Motion to lay on the. See Lay on the table.
Taking down words.
Parliamentary law as to....................... 368, 369, 760-761
Taxes and Tariffs. See also Duties.
Capitation or direct, to be proportioned to census........ 140
Committees not having jurisdiction of, may not report a
tax or tariff......................................... 846b
Amendments to bills reported from, may not carry.......... 846b
Exempt foundations and trusts, jurisdiction over.......... 688
Export taxes prohibited................................... 141
Income taxes.............................................. 235
Old apportionment of...................................... 14
On persons migrating or imported.......................... 137
Point of order against certain bills and amendments
carrying.............................................. 846b
Power of Congress to lay and collect...................... 117
Propositions for, considered in Committee of the Whole..... 865,
868
Report on ``major'' tax legislation may include ``dynamic
estimate''............................................ 748b
Retroactive income tax rates prohibited................... 846d
Vote on measures raising income tax rates............ 774e, 846c
Technology Assessment.
Office of................................................. 995
Televising.
Committee meetings and hearings......................... 720-725
House proceeding.......................................... 634c
Tellers.
Clerk tellers.
Clerks to serve as, on quorum calls and recorded votes....... 630a, 771b
[[Page 1322]]
Rule and practice..................................... 630a
Appointment of........................................ 630a
Chair may be counted on a vote by..................... 632
Demand for, may be held dilatory...................... 803
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........................ 630a
Rule and practice as to voting by............................... 630a, b
Generally.
Appointment of, for electoral count................... 220
Clerk appoints, for election of Speaker............... 312
Former demand for and vote by......................... 630a
Formerly motion to suspend the rules seconded on vote
by................................................ 906
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 and other officers.......................... 26, 633a
Of Speaker expires with the Congress...................... 637
Of 2 years for appropriations for armies.................. 171
Territories.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to boundaries of......... 679a
Jurisdiction of matters relating to courts of............. 679a
Jurisdiction of matters relating to generally............. 681
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,
708, 709, 711, 712
Power of the House to compel.............................. 295
Procedure when it implicates a Member of the other House,
see Witnesses.
[[Page 1323]]
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 out 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..... 919
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, 832
Question on, and procedure............................. 830, 832
Three days. See Adjournment. Committees. and Conferences.
Tie vote.
Decision on............................................... 508
In Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight............... 632
Question lost on.......................................... 632
Speaker's vote in case of.............................. 632, 765
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.............................................42, 43
Titles.
Of bills.
Amendment of.......................................... 822
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....... 743
Parliamentary law as to amendment of title to a bill.. 512
Power of a committee as to............................ 411
Of Journals.
[[Page 1324]]
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............... 144, 145
None to be granted............................................. 144, 145
Tonnage.
States not to levy duties on.............................. 148
Tort claims.
Bills for certain, banned................................. 852
Trade, expedited procedures with respect to.
Termination of Cuban Economic Embargo.................. 1013(33)
U.S. participation in the WTO.......................... 1013(29)
Under the Trade Act of 1974............................ 1013(11)
Trademarks.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 679a
Trading with the enemy.
Jurisdiction over subjects related to..................... 678
Transfers of unexpended balances.
Jurisdiction of subjects related to....................... 671a
Separate headings for in certain bills and reports........ 671a
Transportation and Infrastructure, Committee on.
History, jurisdiction, and duties of...................... 686
Transposition.
Of portions of a bill by motion to amend.................. 477
Travel.
Of Members and employees.
By retiring or defeated Members following sine die
adjournment....................................... 732e
Use of committee funds for travel..................... 719a
Use by committees of foreign currencies owned by the
United States..................................... 719a
Reports by committees on use of foreign currencies.... 719b
Expense resolutions for committee travel.............. 732e
Speaker may designate Members, officers, and employees
to travel on official business of the House, on
vouchers approved by him.......................... 634b
Generally.
Travel and tourism, jurisdiction over subjects related
to................................................ 674
Treason. See also Aid.
An impeachable offense.................................... 173
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
[[Page 1325]]
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
to go to.............................................. 147
Money not to be drawn from, except on appropriation....... 143
Jurisdiction as to subjects relating to................... 688
Treaties.
Abrogated by law.......................................... 599
Authority of the House as to revenue...................... 596
Authority of the House as to, in general.................. 596
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................. 688
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
Treaty rights.
Jurisdiction as to bills relating to...................... 678
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
Trust funds.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 688
Trusts.
[[Page 1326]]
Tuesday.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 679a
Interruption of regular order on the first and third
Tuesdays for consideration of the Private Calendar.... 893
Motions to suspend rules on............................... 902
Corrections Calendar called on second and fourth.......... 745a
Twenty-minutes' debate.
On certain motions to discharge committees................ 908
Two-thirds vote. See Voting.
Two weeks.
Last, of session, rule for Calendar Wednesday not to apply
to.................................................... 897
Unanimous consent.
Amendments between Houses considered by................... 528a
Former calendar for bills to be considered by............. 746
Consideration in House as in Committee of the Whole by.... 424
Correction of reference of public bills may be made by.... 854
Interruption of the order of business for................. 881
Ordinary function of Speaker as to recognition of requests
for................................................ 757, 881
Practice of Speaker as to recognition of requests for..... 757
Private claims to be referred to certain committees only
by.................................................... 845
Request as to admission to the floor not to be entertained 919
Required for withdrawal of amendment in Committee of the
Whole................................................. 870
Reservation of objection to............................... 881
Right of Member to demand execution of subsisting order.... 381,
881
Unfinished business.
Rule for considering of................................... 885
Construction of the rule as to............................ 886
Business in periods set apart for classes of business..... 888
Private, on Tuesdays...................................... 893
Place of, in daily order of business...................... 878
Postponed votes........................................... 631
Priority of, in Committee of the Whole.................... 869
Question of consideration does not recur as............... 779
Resumption of business of a preceding session of Congress. 901
Unfunded Mandates. See Federal mandates.
Union.
An object of the Constitution............................. 1
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......................................... 891, 892
[[Page 1327]]
Bills placed on........................................... 742
Bills on, considered by unanimous consent in House as in
Committee of the Whole................................ 424
Bills on, considered on Calendar Wednesday................ 897
Bills from, on Corrections Calendar....................... 745
Referral of State of the Union message to................. 168
Removal of bill from by Speaker........................... 865
Unofficial office accounts.
Prohibited................................................ 941
Unusual punishments.
Not to be inflicted....................................... 215
Urban development.
Jurisdiction over subjects related to..................... 672
Usage.
Governing the Speaker in recognitions..................... 754
Useless papers.
Disposition of, jurisdiction.............................. 677a
Vacancies.
In membership of House.
Clerk administers office.............................. 647c
Continuation of pay of clerical assistants............ 88
Declared for holding incompatible offices............. 101
From action of House.................................. 22
From death............................................ 18
From declination...................................... 20
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
In general.
In managers of a conference........................... 538
In office of Clerk.................................... 30
Of House officers, Speaker may fill temporarily....... 635
In office of Speaker.................................. 28
In office of Vice President........................... 353
In office of President................................ 155, 244-246, 252
In offices, President to fill, during recess of Senate 167
In Senate............................................. 34
On Committees, filling of..................................... 701c, 705
Vacating.
Of Speaker's signature to enrolled bill................... 625
Validity.
[[Page 1328]]
Vessels. See also Ships.
Of the public debt not to be questioned................... 234
Appropriations for, as in continuance of a public work.... 841
Bound from State to State................................. 142
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 686
Jurisdiction of bills relating to mutiny and destruction
of.................................................... 679a
Veterans' Affairs, Committee on.
History, jurisdiction and duties of....................... 687
Other committees consolidated with........................ 687
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.............. 1013(6b)
Members answering present not considered in determining
two-thirds............................................ 109
Two-thirds of those voting, a quorum present, sufficient
to pass bill.......................................... 109
In order to consider on Calendar Wednesday................ 898
Pocket veto............................................... 112
Effect of adjournment to day certain as to pocket veto.... 113
Vice President.
Admitted to the floor of the House........................ 919
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.......................... 39
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................................................ 821
Reference of, to calendars................................ 743
Right to file............................................. 714
Violence.
[[Page 1329]]
Virgin Islands.
Domestic, States may ask protection from.................. 189
Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund................................ 1008
Delegate from, powers and privileges, see Delegates.
Visitors to institutions.
Do not hold incompatible offices.......................... 98
Viva voce vote.
Rules require officers of House, except Speaker, to be
elected by............................................ 635
Usage to elect Speaker by............................... 27, 635
Vocational education.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 675
Votes.
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............................ 740
Delegates and Resident Commissioner, voting in committees
and formerly in the Committee of the Whole........ 740, 864b
Each Senator to have one.................................. 32
Former de novo votes in House where Delegates' votes
decisive in Committee of Whole........................ 864b
Methods of recording in Journal...........................72, 75
Not to be noticed in the other House...................... 308
Of Chief Justice in impeachments.......................... 39
Of electors of President, giving of....................... 153
Of Speaker not taken away by rule......................... 59
Of Speaker ordinarily and in case of tie.................. 632
Of Vice President in case of tie.......................... 36
Of States in the Senate................................... 190
Recorded vote considered vote by yeas and nays............ 630a
Speaker's authority to postpone........................... 631
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................... 660a
Change of a vote......................................... 511, 766, 774b
Disqualifying personal interest................................ 657, 659
Duties and rights of Delegates and Resident Commissioner in
committees and formerly in Committee of the Whole............. 740, 864b
Former de novo votes in House where Delegates' votes
decisive in Committee of Whole.................... 864b
May not authorize any other individual to cast his
[[Page 1330]]
vote.............................................. 660b
Members convicted of certain crimes................... 939
Members required to vote....................................... 656, 658
Parliamentary law as to giving of votes............... 505
Pairs and their announcement.......................... 660
Proxy voting in committees prohibited................. 707
Relation of reading of papers to under former rule XXX......... 916, 917
Right of Member to have read once a paper on which he is to vote
432, 916
Withdrawal of a vote or correction of error in........ 766
Decisions by majority--tie.
Decision by voice of majority--tie votes.............. 508
Three-fifths vote.
On measures raising income tax rates.................. 846c
On bills considered on Corrections Calendar........... 745a
Two-thirds vote.
In general............................................ 509
Calendar Wednesday, to dispense with business on.............. 729a, 897
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........................................ 893
Report from Committee on Rules, to consider
immediately....................................... 729a
Not required for immediate consideration of certain reports from
Committee on Rules...................................... 715, 912a, 912b
Suspension of the rules, on........................... 902
Treaties, Senate concurs in, by....................... 165
Veto, to pass bill over a...................................... 104, 109
By electronic system.
Use in House.......................................... 774b
Use in Committee of the Whole......................... 863
Bell and light indications............................ 765
Five-minute votes.
On postponed questions................................ 631
On questions in sequence in House..................... 774bb
[[Page 1331]]
On questions in sequence in Committee of Whole........ 864a
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..........................630a, 630b
Parliamentary provisions as to division not applicable
in the House...................................... 502
Repetition of demand for division..................... 630a
By recorded vote. See Recorded vote.
By tellers. See Tellers.
Former rule for voting by.................................... 630a, 630b
By yeas and nays. See Yeas and nays.
By ballot.
Rule for.............................................. 934
On bills, amendments.
As related to debate on amendment..................... 482
Former de novo votes in House where Delegates' votes
decisive in Committee of Whole.................... 864b
On amendments, order and principle of................. 822
On articles in an impeachment......................... 618
On several stages and passage of a bill............... 833
Postponing rollcall votes............................. 631
Requirements as to, on a motion to reconsider......... 817
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 of question for. See Division.
In election of officers.
Electors, Presidential, chosen by ballot....................... 219, 220
Officers of House, except Speaker..................... 635
President, House elects, by ballot.................... 221
President, majority required in Electoral College or
in House to elect................................. 221
Speaker......................................................... 27, 312
Speaker elected by majority..................................... 27, 312
Vice President, in Senate in choice of................ 221
In general.
Bell and light system to indicate type of vote........ 765
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............................................ 909
Managers of two Houses vote separately at a conference 548
Members not to remain by Clerk's desk during.......... 763
Movement of Members during voting..................... 506
[[Page 1332]]
Postponed votes, Speaker's authority.................. 631
Recording of votes by electronic equipment............ 774b
Right of suffrage not to be abridged for race, color, sex, poll
tax....................................................... 234, 240, 251
``Straw votes'' prohibited............................ 630a
Waiver. See also Rules.
Of privilege, not permitted to Members.................... 901
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........................... 678
Jurisdiction of matters relating to soldiers of the World
Wars.................................................. 687
Jurisdiction as to pensions arising from.................. 687
Relative powers of Congress and the President...... 128, 1013(2)
War Claims.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 679a
Warships.
Not to be kept by States in time of peace................. 148
Warrants.
Clerk seals and attests all............................... 642
Certain, to issue only on certain conditions.............. 246
For arrest of absent Members.......................... 770, 774a
Signed by Speaker...................................... 624, 626
Water.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to common carriers by.... 686
Jurisdiction over water transportation generally.......... 686
Jurisdiction of matters relating to water power........... 686
Jurisdiction of matters relating to supply of, for
reclamation projects.................................. 681
Jurisdiction of matters relating to interstate compacts
relating to apportionment of, for irrigation purposes. 681
Jurisdiction of water conservation related to agriculture. 670
Waterways, inland.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 686
Ways and Means, Committee on.
Exempted from former rule proscribing committee sittings
during five-minute rule............................... 710
History and jurisdiction of............................... 688
Report from on ``major'' tax legislation may include
``dynamic estimate''.................................. 748b
Weather Service, national.
[[Page 1333]]
Wednesday, Calendar.
Jurisdiction over subjects related to..................... 683
Rule for order of business on............................. 897
Business of, protected by two-thirds vote................. 729a
In order to consider a veto message of the President...... 898
One committee can only occupy one day except to dispose of
unfinished business................................... 898
Previous question ordered, bill undisposed of on Tuesday,
goes over until Thursday.............................. 898
Privilege of general appropriation bills limited on.... 802, 897
Weights.
Congress to fix standard of............................... 121
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 683
Welfare, general.
An object of the Constitution............................. 1
Power of Congress to provide for.......................... 117
Welfare of miners.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to....................... 675
Wildlife.
Jurisdiction of matters relating to conservation of....... 681
Withdrawal.
Of motions, votes.
Of motions generally....................................... 392, 775-777
Parliamentary law of as to motions.................... 460
Amendment reported from Committee of the Whole not
subject to........................................ 335
Of motion to amend............................................. 822, 824
Of motion to amend in Committee of the Whole........................ 870
Of motion to amend in ``House as in Committee of the
Whole''........................................... 427
Of motion to reconsider............................... 812
Of motion to suspend the rules........................ 906
Of point of no quorum................................. 55
Of vote............................................... 766
Of Members, resignations, papers.
By President of paper accompanying a message.......... 571
Of a Member........................................... 22
Of Member when a matter concerning himself arises.............. 375, 376
Of papers from files.................................. 933
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 1334]]
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................................ 343, 346, 718
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................................................ 931
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.................... 712
Minority.............................................. 711
Interrogation of.......................................... 343, 711, 712
``Truth in testimony,'' curriculum vitae and
disclosure statements............................. 708
Testimony, advance statements of............................... 708, 712
Quorum must be present when perjurious testimony is given to
support charge of perjury............................ 343, 409, 709, 712
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.................................... 760-761
Parliamentary procedure in taking down disorderly...... 368, 369
Work incentive programs.
Jurisdiction over subjects related to..................... 675
Works, public. See Public works.
Writing.
By Members at the Clerk's table during debate forbidden... 364
Motion reduced to, on demand of a Member.................. 775
Reports of committees to be in............................ 821
Writings.
[[Page 1335]]
Writs.
Congress may provide exclusive rights to.................. 124
Signed by Speaker...................................... 624, 626
Clerk seals and attests all............................... 642
Of election to fill vacancies............................. 17
Of habeas corpus, suspension of........................... 138
Of summonses in an impeachment......................... 608, 611
Yachts.
Jurisdiction of bills relating to......................... 686
Yeas and nays.
Automatically ordered.
On measures making general appropriations and
increasing income tax rates....................... 774e
On measures making general appropriations and
increasing income tax rates....................... 913d
Measures vetoed by the President...................... 104
Demanding and ordering.
Conditions of ordering.......................................... 76, 504
Demanding of.......................................... 77
Demand for, not to be held dilatory................... 803
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...................... 771
Reconsideration of the ordering of.................... 79
Vacating order for.................................... 76
Voting by.
By the Speaker................................................. 632, 765
Changes and corrections of votes...................... 766
Combining the yea-and-nay vote with a call of the
House............................................. 773
Count of those not voting to make a quorum of record
on a roll call.................................... 772
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.... 713d
Interruptions of the roll call........................ 767
Messages received during vote by...................... 562
Method of call of the roll for the yea-and-nay vote... 765
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............ 909
Qualifying in order to vote........................... 765
Recorded vote considered vote by...................... 630a
[[Page 1336]]
Yielding.
Use of electronic device to record.................... 774b
Of Member having floor for motions or questions........... 750
Of time not permitted under five-minute debate............ 872
Zoological Park.
Jurisdiction of subjects relating to...................... 686