Availability of Legislative Measures in the House of Representatives (The "Three-Day Rule")

Rybicki, Elizabeth

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: House rules and procedure;    Legislation;   

RP-ID  :  RS22015
RP-ID  :  RS22015_2017Jun12

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discuses rules in the House of Representatives governing the length of time legislative measures must be available to Members before being considered on the floor. Generally most measures are required to be available for three calendar days excluding weekends and holidays unless the House is in session on those days. The House has several means by which it can choose to waive these availability requirements and call up, debate, and vote on a measure in a single calendar day, even if the text of the measure was not made available prior to consideration. These include adopting a special rule that waives the three-day requirement; adopting a special rule that waives the one-day requirement for another special rule; and convening a second legislative day on the same calendar day.