Rules of the House of Representatives

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governing document legislative procedure parliamentary rules

The Rules of the House of Representatives are the formal procedures and guidelines that structure how the U.S. House conducts its legislative business, debates, and internal organization.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Code of Official Conduct of the House of Representatives	1
Rules of the United States House of Representatives	1
United States House of Representatives floor operations	1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	governing document ⓘ legislative procedure ⓘ parliamentary rules ⓘ
adoptedAt	beginning of each Congress ⓘ
adoptedBy	United States House of Representatives ⓘ
amendedBy	simple majority vote of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
appliesTo	United States House of Representatives ⓘ
basedOn	Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
codifiedIn	House document published each Congress ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
enforcedBy	Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
governs	administration of oaths to members ⓘ allocation of debate time between majority and minority ⓘ amendment process in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ budget and appropriations procedures in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ committee procedures in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ conference committee procedures ⓘ discharge petitions in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ ethics investigations by the Committee on Ethics ⓘ ethics standards for members of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ floor debate in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ introduction of bills and resolutions in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ legislative process in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ maintenance of decorum in the chamber ⓘ motions and points of order in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ order of business in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ procedures for House resolutions ⓘ procedures for concurrent resolutions ⓘ procedures for consideration of conference reports ⓘ procedures for corrections calendar ⓘ procedures for impeachment in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ procedures for joint resolutions ⓘ procedures for private calendar bills ⓘ procedures for reconsideration of votes ⓘ procedures for simple resolutions ⓘ procedures for special rules reported by the Rules Committee ⓘ procedures for suspending the rules ⓘ quorum requirements in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ recognition of members to speak on the House floor ⓘ referral of legislation to committees ⓘ roll-call voting in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ time limits for debate on the House floor ⓘ use of electronic voting system in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ use of special orders and one-minute speeches ⓘ use of the previous question motion ⓘ voting procedures in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
implementedBy	Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
includes	Rules of the House of Representatives self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Code of Official Conduct of the House of Representatives rules for committees of the House of Representatives ⓘ standing rules of the House of Representatives ⓘ
interpretedBy	parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States Congress ⓘ surface form: United States federal legislature
language	English ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

House Office of the Legislative Counsel → governingLaw → Rules of the House of Representatives ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rules of the United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives → governingRules → Rules of the House of Representatives ⓘ

United States House leadership → governsBody → Rules of the House of Representatives ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States House of Representatives floor operations

Rules of the House of Representatives → includes → Rules of the House of Representatives self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Code of Official Conduct of the House of Representatives