Rules of the House

House Practice Chapters

U.S. House of Representatives

HOUSE PRACTICE
A Guide to the Rules, Precedents, and Procedures of the House
115th Congress, 1st Session

PREFACE

Introduction
Chapter 1. Adjournment (p. 1)
Chapter 2. Amendments (p. 15)
Chapter 3. Appeals (p. 65)
Chapter 4. Appropriations (p. 71)
Chapter 5. Assembly of Congress (p. 155)
Chapter 6. Bills and Resolutions (p. 165)
Chapter 7. Budget Process (p. 187)
Chapter 8. Calendar Wednesday (p. 221)
Chapter 9. Calendars (p. 229)
Chapter 10. Chamber, Rooms, and Galleries (p. 233)
Chapter 11. Committees (p. 239)
Chapter 12. Committees of the Whole (p. 305)
Chapter 13. Conferences Between the Houses (p. 339)
Chapter 14. Congressional Procedures Enacted in Law (p. 375)
Chapter 15. Congressional Record (p. 379)
Chapter 16. Consideration and Debate (p. 387)
Chapter 17. Contempt (p. 457)
Chapter 18. Delegates and Resident Commissioner (p. 463)
Chapter 19. Discharging Measures From Committees (p. 465)
Chapter 20. District of Columbia Business (p. 475)
Chapter 21. Division of the Question for Voting (p. 481)
Chapter 22. Election Contests and Disputes (p. 491)
Chapter 23. Election of Members (p. 497)
Chapter 24. Electoral Counts; Selection of President and Vice President
(p. 503)
Chapter 25. Ethics; Committee on Ethics (p. 509)
Chapter 26. Germaneness of Amendments (p. 543)
Chapter 27. Impeachment (p. 603)
Chapter 28. Journal (p. 621)
Chapter 29. Lay on the Table (p. 629)
Chapter 30. Messages Between the Houses (p. 637)
Chapter 31. Morning Hour; Call of Committees (p. 641)
Chapter 32. Motions (p. 645)
Chapter 33. Oaths (p. 649)
Chapter 34. Office of Speaker (p. 655)
Chapter 35. Officers and Offices (p. 663)
Chapter 36. Order of Business; Privileged Business (p. 671)
Chapter 37. Points of Order; Parliamentary Inquiries (p. 679)
Chapter 38. Postponement (p. 695)
Chapter 39. Previous Question (p. 701)
Chapter 40. Private Calendar (p. 717)
Chapter 41. Question of Consideration (p. 723)
Chapter 42. Questions of Privilege (p. 729)
Chapter 43. Quorums (p. 755)
Chapter 44. Reading, Passage, and Enactment (p. 777)
Chapter 45. Recess (p. 791)
Chapter 46. Recognition (p. 797)
Chapter 47. Reconsideration (p. 815)
Chapter 48. Refer and Recommit (p. 829)
Chapter 49. Resolutions of Inquiry (p. 845)
Chapter 50. Rules and Precedents of the House (p. 851)
Chapter 51. Senate Bills; Amendments Between the Houses (p. 857)
Chapter 52. Special Orders of Business (p. 885)
Chapter 53. Suspension of Rules (p. 897)
Chapter 54. Unanimous-Consent Agreements (p. 907)
Chapter 55. Unfinished Business (p. 919)
Chapter 56. Unfunded Mandates (p. 925)
Chapter 57. Veto Procedure (p. 929)
Chapter 58. Voting (p. 937)
Chapter 59. Withdrawal (p. 965)
Index (p. 971)