Globe, 1, 31, p. 1408. Nor can he debate the main proposi- it, or to main tion.-Ibid., 2, 32, p. 1723. question. debate closed, time can Debate having been closed at a particular hour by order where of the House, it is not competent for the committee, even by not be extended unanimous consent, to extend the time.-Cong. Globe, 2, 32, pp. 784, 785. by. take up other business getting through with a It is in order for the committee to lay aside a bill after May having gone through with it, and, before rising, to proceed after to other business on the calendar, notwithstanding the House bill on which demay have adopted a resolution closing debate thereon.Cong. Globe, 1, 33, pp. 1130, 1131. bate closed. an original mo "All amendments made to an original motion in committee Amendments to shall be incorporated with the motion and so reported.' tion. Rule 108. [Bills and resolutions are sometimes originally Bills and resolu moved in Committees of the Whole, having for their bases in Committees of messages or reports previously referred and then up for consideration.] tions originating the Whole. a report. "All amendments made to a report committed to a Com- Amendments to mittee of the Whole House shall be noted and reported as in the case of bills."-Rule 109. clause out. subse amended and substitute If the committee shall amend a clause, and subsequently An amended strike out the clause as amended, the first amendment thereby quently stricken falls, and cannot be reported to the House and voted on.Journal, 2, 31, p. 346. [So, too, if the committee shall Bill amend a bill ever so much, and subsequently adopt a substi- afterwards adop tute therefor, the bill is to be reported to the House with but a single amendment, viz., the substitute; and the House has only to choose between the original bill and the substitute.] ted. lose his right to and may yield In Committee of the Whole a motion to rise, like the Motion to rise. motion to adjourn in the House, may be made at any time; and when at the rising a member is entitled to the floor, he is entitled to occupy it in preference to any other member at Member does not the next sitting of the Committee.-Cong. Globe, 1, 31, pp. floor by rising, 358, 388. And a member occupying the floor may yield it for that purpose. to another member to move that the committee rise, without losing his right to reoccupy it at the next sitting.—Ibid., 2, 31, p. 645. The motion to rise may be withdrawn at any Motion to time before the vote thereon is announced.-Ibid., 1, 31, drawn before p. 318. rise may be with vote announced. Motion for tax or charge upon peo ple. or duty. "No motion or proposition for a tax or charge upon the people shall be discussed the day on which it is made or offered, and every such proposition shall receive its first discussion in a Committee of the Whole House."-Rule 110. Increase of tax And "no sum or quantum of tax or duty voted by a Committee of the Whole House shall be increased in the House, until the motion or proposition for such increase shall be first discussed and voted in a Committee of the Whole House: and so in respect to the time of its continuance."-Rule 111. Appropriations "All proceedings touching appropriations of money shall of money to be first discussed in. be first discussed in a Committee of the Whole House.". Rule 112.-(See APPROPRIATION BILLS.) appropriation bills. Amendments to "No appropriation shall be reported in the general appropriation bills, or be in order as an amendment thereto, for any expenditure not previously authorized by law, unless in continuation of appropriations for such public works and objects as are already in progress, and for the contingencies for carrying on the several departments of the government." -Rule 120. Cannot rule out of order any committed. Practice in An amendment in the nature of a private claim on the government is not in order to a general appropriation bill.— Cong. Globe, 1, 31, pp. 1617, 1651; 2, 32, p. 736; 1, 33, pp. 385, 1483. [In the case of an appropriation reported by the Committee part of the bill of Ways and Means in conflict with the 120th rule, and committed with the bill, it is not competent for the Committee of the Whole to rule it out of order, because the House having committed the bill are presumed to have received, as in order, re the report in its entirety. So far as proposed amendments are concerned, the current of decisions in committees of the whole has been to exclude, not only all appropriations not previously authorized by law (with the exceptions contained in the rule), but also all independent legislation; tolerating, however, limitations and provisoes as to appropriations which are themselves in order.] gard to amendments in. How bills are to be considered in. Preamble. "Upon bills committed to a Committee of the Whole House, the bill shall be first read throughout by the Clerk, and then again read and debated by clauses, leaving the preamble to be last considered; the body of the bill shall no be de ments are to be ported from. faced or interlined; but all amendments, noting the page How amendand line, shall be duly entered by the Clerk on a separate noted in. paper as the same shall be agreed to by the committee, and so reported to the House. After report, the bill shall again After bill is rebe subject to be debated and amended by clauses before a question to engross it be taken."-Rule 107. [The first reading herein required is usually dispensed with, but of course only by unanimous consent. Since the practice has obtained of printing all bills upon the order for their commitment, the amendments are usually noted upon a copy of the bill. The debate and amendment after report of a bill is usually precluded by an order for the previous question.] tion cannot be Where a bill is being considered by clauses or sections, A clause or seeand the committee has passed from the consideration of a recurred to when particular clause or section, it is not in order to recur thereto. -Cong. Globe, 2, 32, p. 730; 2, 35, p. 1422. passed over. taken up in in. "In Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, How bills are the bills shall be taken up and disposed of in their order on Union. the calendar; but when objection is made to the consideration of a bill, a majority of the committee shall decide, without debate, whether it shall be taken up and disposed of or laid aside provided, that general appropriation bills, and, Preferred bills, in time of war, bills for raising men or money, and bills concerning a treaty of peace, shall be preferred to all other bills, at the discretion of the committee; and when demanded by any member, the question shall first be put in regard to them."-Rule 114. [Where a bill has been taken up and is left undisposed of at the rising of the committee, it is the business first in order when the House shall again resolve itself into committee.] from, not divisi Where an amendment is reported from the Committee of Amendments the Whole as an entire and distinct proposition, it cannot be ble. divided, but must be voted upon as a whole.-Journals, 1, 28, p. 1061; 1, 29, pp. 366, 642; 1, 30, p. 1059; 2, 30, pp. 574,. 575. [The following are the usual forms of report by the chair- Forms of report man of the Committee of the Whole, viz.: to the House. "The Committee of the Whole House on the State of the In case of report Union having, according to order, had the state of the Union amendment. with or without In case of failure to get through. In case of want of quorum. Reports from a Report of, when received considered. Members receive. the Congress. and shall generally under consideration, and particularly (here insert title of bill or other matter) have directed me to report the same with (or without, as the case may be) amendments." Where the committee have failed to get through with the matter before them, instead of saying "have directed me to report," &c., say, "have come to no resolution thereon." Where the committee have risen for want of a quorum, instead of saying "have directed me to report," &c., say, "having found itself without a quorum, I caused the roll to be called, and herewith report the names of the absentees to the House." In case of reports from a Committee of the Whole House, omit the words "on the State of the Union" where they first occur, and strike out the words "State of the Union," where they next occur, and insert “private calendar.” [The report of the chairmain of the Committee of the Whole is invariably received immediately upon the rising of the committee, and, under the uniform practice, the bill or other proposition reported is the business then in order for the consideration of the House. It might be otherwise in case it was made to appear that a quorum was not present when it was proposed to make the report.] But a mere assertion of the fact, without evidence, that a quorum is not present, will not prevent the reception of the report.-Journal, 1, 35, pp. 814, 822. COMPENSATION. "Representatives shall receive a compensation for their services, to be ascertained by law and paid out of the treasury of the United States."-Const., 1, 6, 9. Amount of, for By the Act of August 16, 1856, it is provided that "the compensation of each representative and delegate in Congress shall be six thousand dollars for each Congress, and Mileage for two mileage as now provided by law for two sessions only;" and Of the Speaker." the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall receive double the compensation above provided for representatives." sessions only. —Stat. at Large, Vol. XI, p. 48. And by the joint resolution of December 23, 1857, that the said compensation shall In what manner be paid in the following manner, to wit: "On the first day paid. of the first session of each Congress, or as soon thereafter as he may be in attendance and apply, each representative and delegate shall receive his mileage as now provided by law, and all his compensation, from the beginning of his term (March 4), to be computed at the rate of two hundred and fifty dollars per month, and during the session compensation at the same rate. And on the first day of the second or any subsequent session he shall receive his mileage as now allowed by law, and all compensation which has accrued during the adjournment at the rate aforesaid, and during said session compensation at the same rate."-Ibid., p. 367. be deducted By the Act of August 16, 1856, it is also provided, that if Price of books to any books shall hereafter be ordered to and received by mem- from. bers by resolution of either or both houses of Congress, the price paid for the same shall be deducted from the compensation provided for such member or members; but this does not extend to books ordered to be printed by the public printer during the Congress for which the said member shall have been elected. It is also the duty of the Sergeant-at-arms of Deduction from, the House and the Secretary of the Senate, respectively, to sence. deduct from the monthly payment of members the amount of his compensation for each day that such member shall be absent from the House or Senate, respectively, unless such representative, senator, or delegate shall assign as the reason for such absence the sickness of himself or of some member of his family. Stat. at Large, Vol. XI, p. 48. in case of ab sence. tion from, in case By the joint resolution of July 17, 1862, active employ- Excuse for abment in the military service for the suppression of the rebellion without pay, is declared to be a valid excuse for absence from duty in Congress. And it is further declared that with- Further deduc drawal from his seat by a member without leave, in anticipa- of absence. tion of, and before, the adjournment of Congress, shall, in addition to the deduction provided by the foregoing act, work a forfeiture of his mileage for returning home, the amount of which shall be deducted from his compensation.-Stat. at Large, Vol. XII, p. 628. sta tionery to be de By a resolution of the House of March 4, 1842, the Ser- Excess of geant-at-arms is required to deduct the amount of the excess ducted from. of stationery over the value of $45 for a long and $25 for a |