Chapter
7.2. Subcommittee Version—Committee Print
7.2.1. Options for Action on Committee Print
7.2.2. Committee Print as Markup Vehicle
7.2.3. Committee Print as Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute
7.3 Staff Draft—Chairman’s Mark
7.3.2. Managers’ Amendment
7.4. Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute
7.5. Markup Based on Sole, Primary, Additional Initial, or Sequential Referral
8.2. Quorum and Call to Order
8.4. Calling Up and Reading the Measure
8.5. Potential Motions as a Measure Is Called Up
8.5.1. Question of Consideration
8.5.2. Motion to Postpone
8.6.1. Unanimous Consent Implied
9. Reading a Measure for Amendment
9.2. Options for Reading for Amendment
9.2.1. Reporting, Reading, or Designating a Section or other Unit
9.2.2. Reading for Amendment by Section
9.2.3. Reading for Amendment by Title or Another Unit
9.2.4. Open to Amendment at Any Point
9.3. Reading an Amendment
9.4. Drafting Amendments and Amendment Strategy
9.5. Form, Scope, and Degree of Amendments
9.6. Relationship among Amendments
9.6.1. Order of Offering Amendments Based on Their Scope
9.6.2. The Amendment Tree
9.6.3. Who May Offer an Amendment
9.6.4. Precedence of Amendments When Their Form Is To Strike, or To Strike and Insert, an Entire Section of Base Text
9.6.4.1. Motion to Strike an Entire Section
9.6.4.2. Motion to Strike Out an Entire Section and Insert New Text
9.6.4.3. Motion to Amend a Portion of a Section
9.6.5. Order of Voting on Amendments
9.7. Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute
9.7.3.1. Amending Text Not Made Base Text
9.7.3.2. Amending Text Made Base Text
9.8. Additional Procedural Considerations for Amendments
9.8.1. Precedence of the Motion to Amend
9.8.3. Amending Amended Text
9.8.4. Reoffering an Amendment
9.8.5. En Bloc Amendments
9.8.6. Modifying an Amendment
9.8.7. Withdrawing an Amendment
9.8.8. Amendment to the Title
9.8.9. Motion to Strike the Enacting Clause
9.9. Debate on Amendments
9.9.2.2. Members’ Responsibilities
9.9.2.3. Disorderly Language or Words Taken Down
9.9.3. Limiting or Closing Debate
10. Parliamentary Inquiries
11.1. Making or Reserving a Point of Order against an Amendment
11.1.1. Making a Point of Order
11.1.2. Reserving a Point of Order
11.2. Demand for Regular Order
11.3. Debate and Chair’s Ruling
11.4. Appeal of the Chair’s Ruling
11.5.1. Text to Which an Amendment Must Be Germane
11.5.2. Tests, Principles, and Applications of the Germaneness Rule
11.5.3. Sources of Information on Tests, Principles, and Applications
11.5.4. Subject-Matter Test
11.5.5. Fundamental Purpose Test
11.5.6. Committee Jurisdiction Test
11.5.7. Individual Proposition or Class Not Germane to Another
11.5.8. General Provision Not Germane to a Specific Subject
11.5.9. Specific Subjects Germane to General Propositions
11.5.11. Amendments Imposing Conditions, Qualifications, or Limitations
11.5.12. Amendments to Bills Amending Existing Law
11.6. Rule X Committee Jurisdiction Point of Order
11.7. Constitutionality Point of Order
11.8. Matters Not Subject to a Point of Order
12.2. To Commit or Recommit to a Subcommittee
12.3. To Discharge a Subcommittee
13.3. Motion to Reconsider
13.4. Order of Voting on Amendments
13.5. Divisibility of a Question
14.1. Options for How a Committee May Report to the House
14.1.2. Report Unfavorably
14.1.3. Report without Recommendation
14.2. Options for Reporting Recommended Changes to the House
14.2.1. Without Amendment
14.2.2. Cut and Bite Amendments
14.2.3. Clean Bill or Resolution
14.2.4. With an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute
14.3. Subcommittee Reporting
14.4. Actions by a Committee in the Course of Reporting
14.4.1. Motions to Approve and Report
14.4.2. Motion to Reconsider
14.4.3. Minority and other Views
14.4.4. Technical and Conforming Changes
14.4.5. Authorization to Seek Conference with Senate
14.4.6. Script to Approve and Report a Measure with an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute, Not Base Text
14.4.7. Script to Approve and Report a Measure with an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute, Made Base Text
14.5. Sponsorship and Cosponsorship of Reported Measures
15.1. Preparing and Filing a Committee Report
15.1.1. Privileged and Nonprivileged Reports
15.2. Late Filing of a Committee Report
15.3. Required Contents of a House Committee Report
15.4. Report with Parts—Measures Referred to More Than One Committee
15.5. Supplemental Report
15.7. Consequences of Rules Violations in Markups and Committee Reports
15.7.1. Committee Reports and Reporting
16. Options for House Floor Consideration
16.1. Routes to the Floor
16.1.1. Legislation That Is Considered in the House
16.1.2. Suspension of the Rules
16.2. Considerations Pertinent to a Special Rule
16.2.2. Waivers of Points of Order
16.2.4. Amendments Made in Order
16.2.5. Motions Precluded or Restricted
16.2.7. Motion to Recommit
17. Considerations in a Two-House Strategy
18. Role of Committee and Personal Staff
18.1. Administrative Preparation
18.2. Procedural Preparation
Appendix A. Glossary of Selected Markup Terms
Appendix B. House Committee Markup: Administrative Preparation342
Informational Preparation
Administrative Preparation
Appendix C. Sample Script for Opening Statements
Appendix D. Sample Scripts for Calling Up and Reading a Measure
Sample Script for Calling Up a Measure, with Unanimous Consent to Dispense with Reading
Sample Script for Calling Up a Measure, with Motion to Dispense with Reading
Appendix E. Sample Scripts When Motions Are Made as a Markup Begins
Question of Consideration
Motion to Commit [Recommit]
Appendix F. Sample Scripts for Options for Reading a Measure for Amendment
Reading for Amendment by Section
Reading for Amendment by Another Unit, such as Title
Reading for Amendment as Open to Amendment at Any Point
Reading for Amendment and Using an Amendment Roster
Appendix G. Sample Script for Offering an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute
Appendix H. Sample Scripts for Offering an Amendment and Disposing of a Point of Order
Reservation of Point of Order
Appeal of the Ruling of the Chair
Appendix I. Sample Scripts for Selected Motions and Requests in the Amendment Process
Dispensing with Reading; Recognition for Debate
Perfecting Amendment; Motion Reduced to Writing
Unanimous Consent for Additional Time to Speak
Substitute Amendment; Insertion in Record
Voice Votes on Pending Amendments
Dispensing with Further Reading of Sections
Appendix J. Sample Scripts for Motion to Close Debate; Parliamentary Inquiry; and Point of Order of Absence of Quorum
Point of Order That a Quorum Is Not Present
Appendix K. Sample Scripts for Voting on Amendments
Appendix L. Sample Script for Parliamentary Inquiry on Voting Order on Amendments, with Votes on Amendments to an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute Made Base Text
Appendix M. Sample Scripts for Division of a Question: Amendments and En Bloc Amendments
Demand for a Division of the Question: An Amendment
Demand for Division of the Question: En Bloc Amendments
Appendix N. Sample Scripts for Postponing a Recorded Vote; Calling a Recess
Postponing a Recorded Vote
Resuming the Markup Meeting
Appendix O. Sample Script for Subcommittee Reporting
Appendix P. Sample Script for Reporting a Measure with or without Amendments, or with an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute Considered as Base Text
Appendix Q. Sample Script for Reporting a Measure with an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute, Not Base Text
Appendix R. Sample Script for Reporting a Clean Bill or Resolution
Appendix S. Consideration and Reporting of a Measure by Unanimous Consent
House Rules and Precedents Affecting Committee Markup Procedures(
House as in Committee of the Whole
House Rules Governing Committee Markup Procedures(
House Committee Markup: Amendment Procedure(
Offering and Considering Amendments
Ending the Amendment Process
House Committee Markup: Preparation(
Informational Preparation
Administrative Preparation
House Committee Chairs: Considerations, Decisions, and Actions In a New Congress(
Transition (Early Organization to Swearing-in)
End-of-a-Congress Activities
Committee Budget (Expense Resolution)
Administrative Matters in Support of Committee Work
Committee Procedure and the Role of the Chair
Procedural Tools for Committee Chairs
Maintaining Order and Decorum
Protecting Committee Jurisdiction
Floor Consideration and the Role of the Chair
Legislative Issues and Agenda
Budget Resolutions, Views and Estimates, and Appropriations
Committee Legislative Priorities
Oversight and Investigations
Approving/Disapproving Executive Proposals
House Committee: Categories and Rules for Committee Assignments(
Limitations on Assignments
House Committees: Assignment Process(
Committee Sizes and Ratios
Factors in Making Assignments
House Standing Committee Chairs and
Ranking Minority Members: Rules Governing Selection Procedures(
Republican Conference Procedures
Democratic Caucus Procedures
The Committee Markup Process in the House
Applicability of House Rules
Variations Among Committees
The Chair's Authority in Practice
Recourse of Committee Members
The Markup Process in General
Offering and Debating Amendments
Reading Bills for Amendment
Two Motions to Conclude a Debate
Ordering the Previous Question
Moving to Close the Debate
Majority Powers and Minority Rights
Motions, Quorums, and Votes
Points of Order and Parliamentary Inquiries
Points of Order and Appeals
Reserving Points of Order
Challenging Committee Procedures
Motions to Conclude Markups
Ordering the Bill Reported
The Committee's Reporting Options
Committee Markups in the House of Representatives: Procedure and Strategy
( Laws and Legislation )
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