House Rules

Rules and Manual of the House of Representatives

The House Parliamentarian’s Office publishes the House Rules and Manual. Its formal title is Constitution, Jefferson’s Manual, and Rules of the House of Representatives. It includes the fundamental source material for parliamentary procedure used in the House of Representatives:

  • the Constitution of the United States;
  • applicable provisions of Jefferson’s Manual;
  • rules of the House;
  • provisions of law and resolutions having the force of rules of the House; and
  • relevant decisions of the Speakers and other presiding officers of the House and Committee of the Whole interpreting the rules and other procedural authority used in the House of Representatives.

House Rules and Manual (115th Congress, 2017-2018)

House Rules and Manual (114th Congress, 2015-2016)

House Rules and Manual (113th Congress, 2013-2014)

House Rules and Manual (112th Congress, 2011-2012)

House Rules and Manual (111th Congress, 2009-2010)

House Rules and Manual (110th Congress, 2007-2008)

House Rules and Manual (109th Congress, 2005-2006)

House Rules and Manual (108th Congress, 2003-2004)

House Rules and Manual (107th Congress, 2001-2002)

House Rules and Manual (106th Congress, 1999-2000)

House Rules and Manual (105th Congress, 1997-1998)

House Rules and Manual (104th Congress, 1995-1996)