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USHR14Amends Rule III (The Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to permit Delegates and the Resident Commissioner, in a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, the same p...
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2013-01-03
USHB106Congressional Budget Accountability Act - Requires any amounts remaining of House Members' Representational Allowances after all payments are made for the year to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or, in fiscal years for whi...
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2013-01-03
USHR5(Sec. 2) Adopts the Rules of the House of Representatives for the 112th Congress as the Rules for the 113th Congress, with amendments. Reduces the frequency of committee activity reports from four times (semiannually) per Congress to two times (annua...
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2013-01-03
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
USSR2Informs the House of Representatives that a quorum of the Senate is assembled.
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2013-01-03
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6; text as passed Senate: CR S6; text of measure as introduced: CR S14)
USHCR2Expresses the sense of Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued in honor of George Thomas "Mickey" Leland.
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2013-01-03
USHR1Elects the following officers of the House of Representatives: (1) Karen L. Haas as Clerk, (2) Wilson S. Livingood as Sergeant at Arms, (3) Daniel J. Strodel as Chief Administrative Officer, and (4) Father Daniel P. Coughlin as Chaplain.
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2013-01-03
Subsequent to the adoption of the resolution, the Chair announced that, without objection, H. Res. 1 is amended by striking "Florida" in the second place it appears and inserting "Oregon".
USHR4Instructs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to inform the President that John A. Boehner has been elected Speaker of the House and that Karen L. Haas has been elected Clerk.
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2013-01-03
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
USHR2Informs the Senate that John A. Boehner has been elected Speaker of the House and that Karen L. Haas has been elected Clerk.
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2013-01-03
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
USHR6Elects specified Members to the House Committees on: (1) Agriculture; (2) Appropriations; (3) Armed Services; (4) the Budget; (5) Education and the Workforce; (6) Energy and Commerce; (7) Ethics; (8) Financial Services; (9) Foreign Affairs; (10) Home...
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2013-01-03
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
USHR7Elects specified named Members to the following House Committees: (1) Agriculture; (2) Appropriations; (3) Armed Services; (4) the Budget; (5) Education and the Workforce; (6) Energy and Commerce; (7) Ethics; (8) Financial Services; (9) Foreign Affai...
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2013-01-03
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
USHR8Names individuals to fill six specified minority party employee positions authorized by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929. Authorizes the minority leader to appoint and set the annual rate of pay for up to three further minority employees.
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2013-01-03
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
USHR9Fixes the daily hour of meeting for the House of Representatives for the first session of the 113th Congress.
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2013-01-03
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
USHR11Adds Rule XXX (Statutory Limit on Public Debt) to the Rules of the House of Representatives to reinstate the "Gephardt rule," repealed by H.Res. 5 (adopting the Rules of the House for the 112th Congress). (The Gephardt rule: (1) provided fo...
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2013-01-03
USHR13Amends Rule XXI (Restrictions on Certain Bills) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to make it out of order in the House to consider any legislation containing appropriations within the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Military Constructi...
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2013-01-03
USHR16Amends Rule XXI (Restrictions on Certain Bills) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to make it out of order in the House to consider any bill or joint resolution that carries more than one subject.
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2013-01-03
USHB78Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4110 Almeda Road in Houston, Texas, as the "George Thomas 'Mickey' Leland Post Office Building."
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2013-01-03
USHR17Elects specified named Members to the following House Committees: (1) Agriculture; (2) Appropriations; (3) Armed Services; (4) Education and the Workforce; (5) Energy and Commerce; (6) Financial Services; (7) Foreign Affairs; (8) Homeland Security; (...
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2013-01-04
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
USHB201Poverty Impact Trigger Act of 2013 - Amends Rule XXI (Restrictions on Certain Bills) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to make it out of order to consider a public bill or joint resolution authorizing an appropriation of $10 million or mor...
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2013-01-04
USSCR3Declares that when the Senate recesses or adjourns on any day from Friday, January 4, 2013, through Monday, January 21, 2013, it stand recessed or adjourned until 12:00 noon on Monday, January 21, 2013. Declares that when the House adjourns on any le...
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2013-01-04
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
USHB194Congressional Made in America Promise Act of 2013 - Amends the Buy American Act to apply Buy American requirements to articles, materials, and supplies acquired for the use of any legislative branch office, including the House of Representatives and ...
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2013-01-04
USHR22Elects specified named Members to the following House Committees: (1) Agriculture; (2)Appropriations; (3) Armed Services; (4) the Budget; (5) Financial Services; (6) Foreign Affairs; (7) Homeland Security; (8) the Judiciary; (9) Natural Resources; (1...
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2013-01-14
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
USHR21Requires: (1) at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, January 21, 2013, the House to proceed to the West Front of the Capitol to attend the inaugural ceremonies of the President and Vice President of the United States; and (2) upon the conclusion of the ceremonies,...
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2013-01-14
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
USHB243Bowles-Simpson Plan of Lowering America's Debt Act - Prohibits the total amount of appropriations to the White House for the Executive Office of the President, to the President, and to Congress for FY2014-FY2018 from exceeding 85% of the total amount...
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2013-01-14
USHR23Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.B. 152) making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013.
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2013-01-15
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
USHB269Fair Elections Now Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) with respect to: candidate benefits of fair elections financing of House of Representatives election campaigns; allocations to candidates from the Fair Elections Fund...
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2013-01-15
USSJR2Constitutional Amendment - Limits Members of the House of Representatives to three terms and Members of the Senate to two terms.
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2013-01-23
USSJR3Constitutional Amendment - Limits Members of the House of Representatives to three terms and Members of the Senate to two terms.
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2013-01-23
USHR39Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.B. 325) to ensure the complete and timely payment of the obligations of the United States Government until May 19, 2013.
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2013-01-23
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
USHR42Elects specified named Members to the following House Committees: (1) Agriculture, (2) the Budget, (3) Ethics, (4) Oversight and Government Reform, (5) Small Business, and (6) Veterans' Affairs.
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2013-01-23
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
USHR36Establishes in the House of Representatives a select Committee to investigate and report to the House on: any intelligence known to the United States relating to the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012; any request...
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2013-01-23
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H253-256)
USHB109Enumerated Powers Act - Requires each Act of Congress to contain a concise and definite statement of the constitutional authority relied upon for the enactment of each portion of that Act. Declares that failure to comply with this requirement shall g...
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2013-01-25
USHJR8Constitutional Amendment - Limits Members of the House of Representatives to four terms and Members of the Senate to two terms.
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2013-01-25
USHB53Amends the federal criminal code to increase from one year to two years after leaving office the period during which former Members of the House of Representatives may not engage in certain lobbying activities.
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2013-01-25
USHB223John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act - Prohibits a state that has been redistricted after an apportionment from being redistricted again until after the next apportionment of Representatives, unless the state is ordered by a cou...
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2013-01-25
USHJR23Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits a person from serving more than two full consecutive terms as a Senator or six full consecutive terms as a Representative.
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2013-01-25
USHR48Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.B. 444) to require that, if the President's fiscal year 2014 budget does not achieve balance in a fiscal year covered by such budget, the President shall submit a supplemental unified budget by Apr...
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2013-02-05
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
USHR53Elects specified named Members to the House Committee on the Budget.
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2013-02-05
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
USHR52Elects specified named Members to the House Committee on House Administration.
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2013-02-05
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
USSB280Budget Reform Act of 2013 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA) to require joint budget resolutions signed by the President instead of the concurrent resolutions now required (which do not have to be signed by the President). Revises ac...
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2013-02-12
USHR64Elects specified named Members to the following House Committees: (1) Agriculture, (2) the Budget, and (3) Oversight and Government Reform.
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2013-02-13
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
USHR66Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.B. 273) to eliminate the 2013 statutory pay adjustment for Federal employees.
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2013-02-14
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
USHB750Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal of appropriate design to honor Stewart Lee Udall, in recogni...
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2013-02-15
USHR27Supports the establishment and full funding of a staff exchange program between the House of Representatives and the Parliament of Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada, as soon as possible.
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2013-02-25
USHR82Elects specified Members to the following House Committees: (1) Agriculture, (2) Appropriations, (3) the Budget, and (4) Ways and Means.
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2013-02-26
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
USHR83Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (S. 47) To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.
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2013-02-27
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
USHR88Amends Rule XXI (Restrictions on Certain Bills) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to make it out of order to consider any bill or joint resolution that appropriates foreign assistance for more than one country.
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2013-02-27
USHB278John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act - Prohibits a state that has been redistricted after an apportionment from being redistricted again until after the next apportionment of Representatives, unless the state is ordered by a cou...
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2013-02-28
USHJR22Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits a person from serving more than two full consecutive terms as a Senator or six full consecutive terms as a Representative.
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2013-02-28
USHB362District of Columbia House Equal Representation Act of 2013 - Treats the District of Columbia as a state for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives and in the Senate. Prescribes requirements for classification of Senators for the ...
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2013-02-28
USHB363District of Columbia House Equal Representation Act of 2013 - Treats the District of Columbia as a state for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives. Applies to the District in the same manner as it applies to a state the federal l...
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2013-02-28
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