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Points of Order, Rulings, and Appeals in the House of Representatives
None
Date:
March 30, 1998
Creator:
Bach, Stanley
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Privileged Business on the House Floor
Privileged business is the legislative business of the House that Members have a right to call up for consideration on the floor when the House is not engaged in considering some other matter. Privileged business consists of various kinds of bills, resolutions, and other matters
Date:
March 30, 1998
Creator:
Bach, Stanley
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Types of Committee Hearings
None
Date:
March 8, 2001
Creator:
Sachs, Richard C.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Hearings: Scheduling and Notification
Each House committee has authority to hold hearings whether the House is in session, has recessed, or has adjourned (Rule XI, clause 2(m)(1)(A)). Regardless of the type of hearing, or whether a hearing is held in or outside of Washington, hearings share common aspects of planning and preparation. this report discusses the issues a committee faces in deciding whether to schedule a hearing.
Date:
March 8, 1999
Creator:
Hardy-Vincent, Carol
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Senate Conferees: Their Selection and Authority
None
Date:
March 31, 2003
Creator:
Rybicki, Elizabeth & Bach, Stanley
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Senate's Calendar of Business
None
Date:
March 26, 2003
Creator:
Palmer, Betsy & Bach, Stanley
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Senate's Executive Calendar
None
Date:
March 26, 2003
Creator:
Palmer, Betsy & Bach, Stanley
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Hearings: Preparation
Committee hearings afford Representatives an opportunity to gather information on, and draw attention to, legislation and issues within a committee's purview; conduct oversight of programs or agencies; and investigate allegations of wrongdoing. This report identifies many of the tasks that need to be performed by full committees and, in most cases, subcommittees in advance of a hearing. Some of these tasks are required by House or committee rules; others are common committee practice.
Date:
March 8, 2001
Creator:
Sachs, Richard C.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Subcommittees in the House of Representatives
None
Date:
March 9, 2001
Creator:
Schneider, Judy
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
House Subcommittees: Assignment Process
This report addresses the subcommittee assignment process.
Date:
March 9, 2001
Creator:
Schneider, Judy
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Members of the U.S. Congress Who Have Died of Other Than Natural Causes While in Office
None
Date:
March 13, 2002
Creator:
Amer, Mildred L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cloture: Its Effect on Senate Proceedings
Cloture is the only means by which the Senate can vote to limit debate on a matter, and thereby overcome a possible filibuster. Until 1949, cloture could not be invoked on nominations, and before 1980 this action was attempted only twice. From 1949 through 2002, cloture was sought on 35 nominations, and invoked on 21.
Date:
March 7, 2005
Creator:
Oleszek, Walter J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
"Sense of" Resolutions and Provisions
One or both houses of Congress may formally express opinions about subjects of current national interest through freestanding simple or concurrent resolutions (called generically "sense of the House," "sense of the Senate," or "sense of the Congress" resolutions). These opinions may also be added to pending legislative measures by amendments expressing the views of one or both chambers. This fact sheet identifies the various forms such expressions may take and the procedures governing such actions.
Date:
March 7, 2001
Creator:
Rundquist, Paul S.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Engrossment, Enrollment, and Presentation of Legislation
Engrossment, enrollment, and presentation of legislation are technical components of the legislative process. They attest to the accuracy of bill texts, confirm passage by the House and Senate, and confirm delivery of the bills to the President for his review.
Date:
March 2, 1999
Creator:
Rundquist, Paul S.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
House Sergeant at Arms: Fact Sheet on Legislative and Administrative Duties
This report discusses the chief law enforcement officer of the House, the Sergeant at Arms, responsible for security in the House wing of the Capitol, the House office buildings, and on adjacent grounds.
Date:
March 22, 2002
Creator:
Tong, Lorraine H.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Amending Process in the Senate
This report summarizes many of the rules, precedents, and practices of the Senate affecting the consideration of amendments to measures on the floor. Much of the information presented here has been extracted from Riddick’s Senate Procedure (Senate Document 101-28) the published collection of Senate precedents.
Date:
March 17, 2003
Creator:
Palmer, Betsy & Bach, Stanley
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Budget Act Points of Order
Title III of the Congressional Budget Act (CBA) of 1974 (P.L. 93-344), as amended, establishes the points of order that are used to enforce congressional budget procedures and substantive provisions of a budget resolution. These points of order prohibit certain congressional actions and consideration of certain legislation.
Date:
March 5, 2001
Creator:
Heniff, Bill, Jr.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Pairing in Congressional Voting: The House
None
Date:
March 8, 2001
Creator:
Sachs, Richard C.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Committee Funding Resolutions and Processes, 106th Congress
This report describes the procedures under which committee funding resolutions are considered in the two chambers. A table at the end of the report shows funds approved for the 105th Congress, and the funds requested, recommended, and approved for the 106th Congress for each House committee. The Senate agreed to temporary funding extensions for its committees pending a decision to shift to a fiscal year-based funding process.
Date:
March 25, 1999
Creator:
Rundquist, Paul S.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Budget Resolutions: Selected Statistics and Information Guide
This report provides current and historical information on the budget resolution. It provides a list of the budget resolutions adopted and rejected by Congress since implementation of the CBA, including the U.S. Statutes-at-Large citations and committee report numbers, and describes their formulation and content. The report provides a table of selected optional components, a list of reconciliation measures, and information on the number of years covered by budget resolutions. It also provides information on the consideration and adoption of budget resolutions, including an identification of the House special rules that provided for consideration of budget resolutions; the amendments in the nature of a substitute to the budget resolution considered in the House; the number and disposition of House and Senate amendments to budget resolutions; and dates of House and Senate action on budget resolutions.
Date:
March 5, 2003
Creator:
Heniff, Bill, Jr.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Filibusters and Cloture in the Senate
This report discusses major aspects of Senate procedure related to filibusters and cloture. The two, however, are not always as closely linked in practice as they are in popular conception. Even when opponents of a measure resort to extended debate or other tactics of delay, supporters may not decide to seek cloture (although this situation seems to have been more common in earlier decades than today). In recent times, conversely, the Senate leadership has increasingly utilized cloture as a routine tool to manage the flow of business, even in the absence of any apparent filibuster.
Date:
March 28, 2003
Creator:
Beth, Richard S. & Bach, Stanley
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Black Members of the United States Congress: 1870-2004
Thirty-nine black Members serve in the 107th Congress, all in the House of Representatives. In 210 years of congressional history, there have been 107 black Members of Congress: 103 elected to the House and four to the Senate. This report includes alphabetical listing of black members, selected biographical information, and committee assignments during their tenure in office.
Date:
March 4, 2004
Creator:
Amer, Mildred L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Committee Funding Resolutions and Processes, 107th Congress
Senate action on its committee funding for the 107th Congress was modified as a result of the power-sharing agreement established by S. Res. 8 of January 5, 2001.1 This agreement assures Republicans and Democrats of equal staffing resources on all committees, and supplants Senate rules that require minority party control of at least one-third of each committee’s staff positions. Despite some delays in its normal timetable, the Senate, on March 8, 2001, agreed to a biennial funding resolution by unanimous consent.
Date:
March 30, 2001
Creator:
Rundquist, Paul S. & Petersen, R. Eric
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Enron: A Select Chronology of Congressional, Corporate, and Government Activities
This report presents basic background information on the collapse of the Enron Corporation, identifying public policy issues in financial market oversight. This report briefly summarizes some federal laws carrying criminal penalties which may be implicated in the events surrounding the collapse of the Enron Corp. This report compares the auditing and accounting reform measures passed by the House (H.R. 3763) and reported by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. This report compares the major provisions of three auditor and accounting reform proposals: H.R. 3763, S. 2673, and a rule proposed on June 20, 2002, by the SEC that would create a new auditor oversight board by using the SEC’s existing authority to regulate corporate accounting. The report focuses on Section 404(a) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the federal statute that regulates employer-sponsored pension plans. Section 404(a) is considered the “touchstone for understanding the scope and object of an ERISA fiduciary’s duties.”
Date:
March 18, 2003
Creator:
Anderson, J. Michael
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library