DEBATE Continued.

(h) Yielding time.

It has been held that under general parliamentary law a Member who yields the floor yields it entirely and may not resume it. (852, 853) 1-51, Record, pp. 955, 1010, 1146, Journal, p. 209.

While a Member is occupying the floor he may yield it to another for explanation of the pending measure as well as for personal explanation. (850-851) 1–32, Journal, p. 524, Globe, p. 911; 2-33, Globe, p. 815.

Members may not yield time during the five-minute debate.

(858,

859) 1-51, Record, p. 4662; 1–55, Record, p. 481; 1–57, Record, p. 6751. A Member who yields the floor to another to offer an amendment loses his right to reoccupy it. (854) 1–26, Journal, p. 248, Globe, pp. 153–154; 2-58, Record, p. 1428.

When a Member yields of his time but retains control of the floor, an amendment may not be offered in the yielded time without his consent. (855) 2-54, Record, p. 2208.

A Member who receives time from another may yield of it to a third only with the consent of the first. (856, 857) 2-54, Record, p. 1995; 2-55, Record, p. 1632.

The time of a debate having been divided and assigned to the control of the two sides, it must be assigned to Members in accordance with the rules, no Member being allowed more than one hour. (848, 849) 1-54, Record, p. 5199; 2-54, Record, pp. 462, 465.

(i) In Committee of the Whole-Limiting general debate.

The motion to close general debate in Committee of the Whole is made pending the motion that the House resolve itself into committee, and though not debatable, the previous question is sometimes asked to prevent attempts at amendment of the motion. (915) 2-54, Record,

P. 2218.

The motion to close general debate may not be made in Committee of the Whole. 2-56, Record, pp. 3236, 3237.

A proposition for a division of time is not in order as a part of a motion
to limit debate in Committee of the Whole. 1-56, Record, pp. 1285,
1286; 1-57, Record, pp. 2737, 2738.
The rule for closing general debate in Committee of the Whole applies
to messages of the President as well as bills, and may be applied to
a particular portion of a message. (916) 1-32, Journal, pp. 146, 147.
General debate in Committee of the Whole may not be limited on a
series of bills by one motion. 3–55, Record, p. 1561, Journal, p. 143.
The time occupied in reading a bill in Committee of the Whole does
not come out of the time allowed for general debate. (921) 2-43,
Record, p. 1699.

DEBATE-Continued.

(i) In Committee of the Whole-Limiting general debate-Continued.
The House having fixed the time when general debate in Committee
of the Whole shall cease, the committee may not extend it even by
unanimous consent. (917-918) 2–32, Globe, pp. 784, 785; 2–55, Rec-
ord, pp. 81, 95; 1-57, Record, pp. 6398, 6399; 2-58, Record, pp. 2226.
A motion to limit general debate in Committee of the Whole is not in
order until such debate has been actually begun.

note) 2-45, Journal, p. 619; 1-57, Record, p. 4585.

(732, 916, foot

If general debate is limited in Committee of the Whole it must be limited on the whole and not on a part of the bill under consideration. (734) 1-50, Journal, p. 2507, Record, p. 7039.

After the vote has been taken on the motion to go into Committee of the Whole, it is too late to offer a motion to close general debate in the Committee of the Whole. 2-56, Journal, pp. 292, 293, Record, pp. 3235, 3236.

In Committee of the Whole, no Member desiring to participate in general debate, the reading of the bill for amendment begins. 2-56, Record, p. 1643.

General debate in Committee of the Whole is not necessarily closed by failure of those entitled to the floor to proceed in debate. 3-58, Record, p. 321.

(j) In Committee of the Whole-Five-minute.

It is not in order to close debate on a paragraph in Committee of the Whole before debate upon it has begun. (733) 1-49, Journal, p. 1736, Record, pp. 5004, 5005; 1–57, Record, p. 6745.'

After general debate is closed by order of the House in Committee of the Whole, amendments are offered, debated, and amended under the five-minute rule, and any amendment once offered may be withdrawn only by unanimous consent. (913) Rule XXIII, section 5. Debate under the five-minute rule must be confined to the section under consideration. 2-56, Record, p. 1585.

A Member who has occupied five minutes on a pro forma amendment may not, by making another pro forma amendment, lengthen his time. 2-58, Record, p. 3532.

The Committee of the Whole may, after the five-minute debate has begun, close debate on the section, paragraph, or pending amendments; but this does not preclude further amendment. (914) Rule XXIII, section 6.

The five-minute debate may be closed after one speech of five minutes. 2-56, Record, pp. 409, 410.

The motion to close the five-minute debate, while not debatable, is amendable. 1-57, Record, p. 6744.

DEBATE-Continued.

(j) In Committee of the Whole-Five-minute-Continued.

The right to limit debate on the pending section of a bill which is being considered in Committee of the Whole under the five-minute rule may be exercised by the House as well as by the Committee of the Whole. (920) 1-53, Journal, p. 154.

It has been held in order in the House to close debate on a section of a bill in Committee of the Whole, although only a portion of the section had been read for amendment. (919) 2-48, Record, pp. 1604–1612. The closing of debate on the last section of a bill considered under the five-minute rule does not preclude debate on a substitute for the whole text of the bill. 1-57, Record, p. 6777.

While the House is proceeding as in Committee of the Whole the previous question may not be moved on a single section of a bill; but it has been decided that it may be moved on a motion to close debate on such section. (805) 2-48, Journal, p. 127, Record, pp. 333-344.

(k) In Committee of the Whole-In General.

In Committee of the Whole amendments are not in order until general debate has been closed. 2-56, Record, p. 1197.

Before general debate is closed in Committee of the Whole it is not in order to move that the committee rise and report the bill if any Member demand the right to amend. (729) 3-46, Record, pp. 1434, 1435.

Before general debate has been closed in Committee of the Whole it is not in order to move to report the bill with the recommendation that it be laid on the table. 1-57, Record, p. 1038.

The motion in Committee of the Whole to lay a bill aside with a
favorable recommendation is not debatable. 1-57, Record, p. 3372.
A motion that the Committee of the Whole rise is not debatable.
2-56, Record, p. 2492.

In Committee of the Whole, as well as in the House, a Member may
speak but once on an appeal. (1676) 2-55, Record, p. 739.
Debate on an appeal in Committee of the Whole has been limited by
the committee itself, on motion put and carried, or by the commit-
tee rising to enable the House to limit it. (1673-1675) 1–52, Record,
p. 4680; 2-55, Record, pp. 730, 731, 3226-3232; 2-58, Record, pp. 3637,

3638.

During proceedings "in the House as in Committee of the Whole" the motion to close general debate is in order in its simple form. 2-56, Record, p. 166. But the latest ruling is that when a bill is considered in the House, it is considered under the five-minute rule, without general debate. 3-58, Record, p. 3673.

DEBATE-Continued.

(k) In Committee of the Whole-In General-Continued.

In Committee of the Whole a motion to strike out the enacting clause is debatable five minutes on either side. 1-57, Record, p. 6567. Senate amendments considered in Committee of the Whole are each subject to general debate and amendment under the five-minute rule. 2-58 Record, p. 1732.

(1) Reading of papers in.

When the reading of a paper, other than one on which the House is
called to give a final vote, is demanded, and objected to, the ques-
tion is determined by the House without debate. (1236) Rule
XXXI.

A Member may not have read or read himself a printed book to the
House without its leave. (1138) 1-51, Record, p. 1019.
Without leave of the House a Member has not the right to read a
paper in his place, even though it be his own written speech. (1237)
Jefferson's Manual, Section XXXII, p. 174.

A Member may not have a report read at the Clerk's desk in his
own time, if objection be made, without leave of the House; and
even has been debarred from reading it himself in his place. 1-56,
Record, pp. 4136, 4137; Jefferson's Manual, p. 147.
Objections being made when Members have proposed to have papers
read as parts of their remarks, the question has been referred to the
House, as provided by the rule. (1243–1245) 1–54, Record, p. 3557;
1-55, Record, pp. 507, 513, 514; 2-55, Record, p. 846.

A Member who proposes to read as part of a personal explanation
matter which the House had refused to allow to go into the Con-
gressional Record was permitted to do so, subject to a point of order
if there should be anything in violation of the rules governing
debate. (1242) 1–49, Record, pp. 8031, 8032, Journal, pp. 2547, 2548.
If a paper read by a Member or by the Clerk contain matter not in
order a point of order may be made as if the words were spoken in
debate. (1634) 1–49, Journal, p. 2547; 2-58, Record, p. 5205.

(m) Speeches in the Congressional Record.

General leave to print may be granted only by the House, although in Committee of the Whole a Member, by unanimous consent, is sometimes given leave to extend his remarks. 1-57, Record, p. 6052. Words spoken by a Member after he has been called to order may be excluded from the Record by direction of the Speaker. (1680, 1681, 1682) 1–38, Globe, p. 3390; 1-44, Record, p. 5697; 1–54, Record, p. 5802. A Member having, under leave to print, made charges against another Member, the House ordered the speech stricken from the Record. 2-58, Journal, pp. 462, 463; Record, pp. 3470, 3474.

DEBATE-Continued.

(m) Speeches in the Congressional Record-Continued.

A Member should not correct the notes of his own speech in such a way as to affect the remarks of an opponent in controversy without bringing the correction to the attention of that Member. (1689) 2-55, Record, pp. 120, 129.

A Member is not entitled to inspect the reporters' notes of remarks delivered by another Member and which have been withheld for revision. (1688) 2-53, Journal, p. 435, Record, p. 6418.

A resolution being presented to expunge a Member's speech from the Record, the Member is not necessarily entitled thereby to the floor on a question of personal privilege. (119) 1-49, Journal, p. 1835, Record, pp. 5416, 5420.

In debating a resolution to strike from the Record disorderly language, a Member may not read the said language. 2-58, Journal, pp. 462, 463; Record, pp. 3470, 3474.

A resolution to omit from the Congressional Record certain remarks declared out of order does not present a question of privilege. (118) 2-48, Journal, p. 356, Record, p. 1024.

A question as to the accuracy or propriety of anything contained in the official records of debates may be submitted to the House as a matter of privilege. (117, 119) 2-48, Journal, pp. 73, 74, Record, p. 205; 1-49, Record, pp. 5416, 5420, Journal, p. 1835. (n) Disorderly words in.

If any Member in speaking or otherwise transgress the rules of the House it is the duty of the Speaker and the privilege of any Member to call him to order, in which case he shall sit down, and the offense may be a subject of decision by the House. (871) Rule XIV, section 4.

The Speaker may name any Member persisting in disorderly conduct. (1626) Jefferson's Manual, Section XVII, p. 156. 2-58, Record, p. 3587. A Member called to order in debate must take his seat, although he may be permitted by the House to proceed in order or explain. (1636–1639) 2–51, Journal, p. 174, Record, p. 1788; 2–55, Record, p. 3814; 2-53, Journal, p. 137, Record, pp. 1879, 1880; 1–52, Journal, p. 87, Record, p. 1703.

A Member who has been called to order in debate and directed to sit down may not proceed on yielded time. 2-57, Record, pp. 2926,

2927.

When a Member is called to order for words spoken in debate, the words are to be taken down at once before further debate or business has intervened. (899) Rule XIV, section 5.