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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE
January 3, 2001
Former Members can be prohibited from
privileges of the floor, the Speaker's lobby
and respective Cloakrooms should it be
ascertained they have direct interests in leg-
islation that is before a subcommittee, full
committee, or the House. Not only do those
circumstances prohibit former Members but
the fact that a former Member is employed
or retained by a lobbying organization at-
tempting to directly or indirectly influence
pending legislation is cause for prohibiting
access to the House Chamber.
First announced by Speaker O'Neill on
January 6, 1977, again on June 7, 1978, and by
Speaker Foley in 1994, the guidelines were
intended to prohibit former Members from
using their floor privileges under the restric-
tions laid out in this rule. This restriction
extends not only to the House floor but adja-
cent rooms, the Cloakrooms, and the Speak-
er's lobby.
Members who have reason to know that a
former Member is on the floor inconsistent
with clause 4 of rule IV should notify the
Sergeant-at-Arms promptly.
2. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
The Speaker's policy announced on Janu-
ary 3, 1983, will continue to apply in the
107th Congress.
ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER, JANUARY 3',
1983
The SPEAKER. The Chair would like to
make a statement concerning the introduc-
tio andbrefearenceaof bills and resolutions.
lege today of introducing bills. Heretofore on
the opening day of a new Congress, several
hundred bills have been introduced. The
Chair will do his best to refer as many bills
as possible, but he will ask the indulgence of
Members if he is unable to refer all the bills
that may be introduced. Those bills which
are referred and do not appear in the Record
as of today will be included in the next day's
Record and printed with a date as of today.
The Chair has advised all officers and em-
ployees of the House that are involved in the
processing of bills that every bill, resolution,
memorial, petition or other material that is
placed in the hopper must bear the signature
of a Member. Where a bill or resolution is
jointly sponsored, the signature must be
that of the Member first named thereon. The
bill clerk is instructed to return to the Mem-
ber any bill which appears in the hopper
without an original signature. This proce-
dure was inaugurated in the 92d Congress. It
has worked well, and the Chair thinks that it
is essential to continue this practice to in-
sure the integrity of the process by which
legislation is introduced in the House.
3. UNANIMOUS-CONSENT REQUESTS FOR THE
CONSIDERATION OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
aThe Speaker' pcyt anuncedpp onJanu-
107th Congress.
ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER, JANUARY 6,
1999
The SPEAKER. The Speaker will continue
to follow the guidelines recorded in section
956 of the House Rules and Manual confer-
ring recognition for unanimous-consent re-
quests for the consideration of bills and reso-
lutions only when assured that the majority
and minority floor leadership and committee
and subcommittee chairmen and ranking mi-
nority members have no objection. Con-
sistent with those guidelines, and with the
Chair's inherent power of recognition under
clause 2 of rule XVII, the Chair, and any oc-
cupant of the Chair appointed as Speaker pro
tempore pursuant to clause 8 of rule I, willdecline recognition for unanimous-consent
requests for consideration of bills and resolu-
tions without assurances that the request
has been so cleared. This denial of recogni-
tion by the Chair will not reflect necessarily
any personal opposition on the part of the
Chair to orderly consideration of the matter
in question, but will reflect the determina-
tion upon the part of the Chair that orderly
procedures will be followed; that is, proce-
dures involving consultation and agreement
between floor and committee leadership on
both sides of the aisle. In addition to unani-
mous-consent requests for the consideration
of bills and resolutions, section 956 of the
House Rules and Manual also chronicles ex-
amples where the Speaker applied this policy
on recognition to other related unanimous-
consent requests, such as requests to con-
sider a motion to suspend the rules on a non-
suspension day and requests to permit con-
sideration of nongermane amendments to
bills.
As announced by the Speaker, April 26,
1984, the Chair will entertain unanimous-
consent requests to dispose of Senate amend-
ments to House bills on the Speaker's table
if made by the chairman of the committee
with jurisdiction, or by another committee
member authorized to make the request.
4. RECOGNITION FOR ONE-MINUTE SPEECHES
AND SPECIAL ORDERS
The Speaker's policy announced on Janu-
ary 25, 1984, with respect to recognition for
one-mint speech es wil apply during th
standing that the Chair reserves the author-
ity to restrict one-minute speeches at the be-
ginning of the legislative day. The Speaker's
policy announced in the 104th Congress for
recognition for "morning hour" debate and
restricted special-order speeches, announced
on May 12, 1995, will also continue through
the 107th Congress with the further clarifica-
tion that reallocations of time within each
leadership special-order period will be per-
mitted with notice to the Chair.
ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER, AUGUST 8,
1984, RELATIVE TO RECOGNITION FOR ONE-
MINUTE SPEECHES
The SPEAKER. After consultation with and
concurrence by the Minority Leader, the
Chair announces that he will institute a new
policy of recognition for "one-minute"
speeches and for special order requests. The
Chair will alternate recognition for one-
minute speeches between majority and mi-
nority Members, in the order in which they
seek recognition in the well under present
practice from the Chair's right to the Chair's
left, with possible exceptions for Members of
the leadership and Members having business
requests. The Chair, of course, reserves the
right to limit one-minute sp ehe tolaccer-
the program on any given day, with notice to
the leadership.
Upon consultation with the Minority Lead-
er, the Speaker's policy, which began on Feb-
ruary 23, 1994 and was reiterated on January
4, 1995, will continue to apply in the 107th
Congress as outlined below:
On Tuesdays, following legislative busi-
ness, the Chair may recognize Members for
special-order speeches up to midnight, and
such speeches may not extend beyond mid-
night. On all other days of the week, the
Chair may recognize Members for special-
order speeches up to four hours after the
conclusion of five-minute special-order
speeches. Such speeches may not extend be-
yond the four-hour limit without the permis-
sion of the Chair, which may be granted onlywith advance consultation between the lead-
erships and notification to the House. How-
ever, at no time shall the Chair recognize for
any special-order speeches beyond midnight.
The Chair will first recognize Members for
five-minute special-order speeches, alter-
nating initially and subsequently between
the parties regardless of the date the order
was granted by the House. The Chair will
then recognize longer special orders speech-
es. A Member recognized for a five-minute
special-order speech may not be recognized
for a longer special-order speech. The four-
hour limitation will be divided between the
majority and minority parties. Each party is
entitled to reserve its first hour for respec-
tive leaderships or their designees. Recogni-
tion will alternate initially and subsequently
between the parties each day.
The allocation of time within each party's
two-hour period (or shorter period if pro-
rated to end by midnight) is to be deter-
mined by a list submitted to the Chair by
the respective leaderships. Members may not
sign up with their leadership for any special-
order speeches earlier than one week prior to
the special order, and additional guidelines
may be established for such sign-ups by the
respective leaderships.
Pursuant to clause 2(a) of rule V, the tele-
vision cameras will not pan the Chamber,
but a "crawl" indicating morning hour or
that the House has completed its legislative
business and is proceeding with special-order
speeches willappear on the screen Other tel-
riod may be announced by the Chair.
The continuation of this format for rec-
ognition by the Speaker is without prejudice
to the Speaker's ultimate power of recogni-
tion under clause 2 of rule XVII should cir-
cumstances so warrant.
5. DECORUM IN DEBATE
The Speaker's policies with respect to de-
corum in debate announced on January 3,
1991, and January 4, 1995, will apply during
the 107th Congress.
ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER, JANUARY 3,
1991
The SPEAKER. It is essential that the dig-
nity of the proceedings of the House be pre-
served, not only to assure that the House
conducts its business in an orderly fashion
but to permit Members to properly com-
prehend and participate in the business of
the House. To this end, and in order to per-
mit the Chair to understand and to correctly
put the question on the numerous requests
that are made by Members, the Chair re-
quests that Members and others who have
the privileges of the floor desist from audible
conversation in the Chamber while the busi-
ness of the House is being conducted. The
Chair would ecourageaiall aMeb ers tode-
standing of the proper rules of decorum ex-
pected of them, and especially: First, to
avoid "personalities" in debate with respect
to references to other Members, the Senate,
and the President; second, to address the
Chair while standing and only when and not
beyond the time recognized, and not to ad-
dress the television or other imagined audi-
ence; third, to refrain from passing between
the Chair and the Member speaking, or di-
rectly in front of a Member speaking from
the well; fourth, to refrain from smoking in
the Chamber; and generally to display the
same degree of respect to the Chair and
other members that every Member is due.
The Speaker's announcement of January 4,
1995, will continue to apply in the 107th Con-
gress as follows:40
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