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Order Code 98-437 GOV
Updated January 11, 2005
CRS Report for Congress
Received through the CRS Web
Calendars of the House of Representatives
Christopher M. Davis
Analyst in American National Government
Government and Finance Division
In the House of Representatives, the term calendar has two related meanings. This
fact sheet, one of a series of fact sheets on legislative process, explains calendars and their
use in the House of Representatives.!
First, calendar refers to several lists of measures and motions that are (or soon will
become) eligible for consideration on the House floor. When a House committee reports
a measure, it is placed on one of these calendars. If a measure is not on one of the
calendars, either it is awaiting action by one or more House committees to which it was
referred, or it is being held at the Speaker's table in anticipation that the House may
agree to consider it, perhaps by unanimous consent, without first referring it to committee.
Second, calendar also refers to the document that contains these lists and other
information about the status of legislation. The full title of this document is Calendars
of the United States House of Representatives and History of Legislation. The calendar
is printed daily and distributed within the House. The most recent daily issue of the
calendar is available online at [http://www.congress.gov/schedules/hlegis.html].
The front cover of the calendar gives (1) the dates on which each session of the
current Congress convened and adjourned sine die; (2) the number of days the House
actually has met during the current session; (3) the date and time at which the House is
next scheduled to meet, and any special procedures that are in order on that day; and (4)
any special orders - concerning special order speeches and morning hour debates, for
example - to which the House has agreed.
The remainder of the calendar presents:
Lists of measures that are on the Union Calendar, the House Calendar,
or the Private Calendar. In general, authorization, appropriations, and
tax bills are placed on the Union Calendar when they are reported from
committee. All public bills and resolutions that are not placed on the
This report was written by Stanley Bach, formerly a Senior Specialist in the Legislative Process
at CRS. Dr. Bach has retired, but the other listed author updated the report and is available to
answer questions concerning its contents.
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