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In addition, House committee and conference rules may influence House procedures. \nVarious reference sources contain the text of the different parliamentary authorities that establish the parameters by which the House conducts its business. These resources provide insight into the daily proceedings of the House, and it may be necessary to review a combination of sources to understand specific procedural situations. \nThis report reviews the coverage of House parliamentary reference sources and provides information about their availability to Members and their staff. Among the sources presented in this report, five may be especially useful to understanding and following House procedure: House Practice, the House Manual, Deschler\u2019s Precedents, resolutions containing \u201cspecial rules\u201d from the House Committee on Rules, and the rules of the standing committees of the House. \nHouse Practice presents information about contemporary procedure in the House. It includes chapters that summarize House practice on topics such as amendments, points of order, and voting. House Practice is often a good place to begin research into House procedure, because it contains numerous references to other procedural authorities, such as the rules and selected precedents. It can be found via govinfo.gov, a website of the Government Publishing Office, at https://www.govinfo.gov/collection/house-practice?path=/GPO/House%20Practice, or through Congress.gov, a website of the Library of Congress, at https://www.congress.gov/resources/display/content/House+of+Representatives. \nThe main procedural authorities of the House are set forth in the House Manual. They include the Constitution, portions of Jefferson\u2019s Manual, the adopted rules of the House, and provisions of statutes with procedural effects. The different authorities are accompanied by the Parliamentarian\u2019s annotations, which include citations to precedents interpreting those provisions. The current version of the House Manual can be accessed online through govinfo.gov at https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/HMAN-116/pdf/HMAN-116.pdf, or via Congress.gov at https://www.congress.gov/resources/display/content/House+of+Representatives.\nDeschler\u2019s Precedents presents and summarizes significant precedents of the House established at various points of time since 1936. This series of 18 volumes often provides the text of the procedural exchange during which the precedent was established. Deschler\u2019s Precedents is available through govinfo.gov at https://www.govinfo.gov/collection/precedents-of-the-house?path=/gpo/Precedents%20of%20the%20U.S.%20House%20of%20Representatives/010-Deschler%27s%20Precedents and Congress.gov at https://www.congress.gov/resources/display/content/House+of+Representatives.\nThe House often adopts simple resolutions (\u201cspecial rules\u201d) that establish the floor procedures for considering a measure. 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In addition, House committee and conference rules may influence House procedures. \nVarious reference sources contain the text of the different parliamentary authorities that establish the parameters by which the House conducts its business. These resources provide insight into the daily proceedings of the House, and it may be necessary to review a combination of sources to understand specific procedural situations. \nThis report reviews the coverage of House parliamentary reference sources and provides information about their availability to Members and their staff. Among the sources presented in this report, five may be especially useful to understanding and following House procedure: House Practice, the House Manual, Deschler\u2019s Precedents, resolutions containing \u201cspecial rules\u201d from the House Committee on Rules, and the rules of the standing committees of the House. \nHouse Practice presents information about contemporary procedure in the House. It includes chapters that summarize House practice on topics such as amendments, points of order, and voting. House Practice is often a good place to begin research into House procedure, because it contains numerous references to other procedural authorities, such as the rules and selected precedents. It can be found via govinfo.gov, a website of the Government Publishing Office, at https://www.govinfo.gov/collection/house-practice?path=/GPO/House%20Practice, or through Congress.gov, a website of the Library of Congress, at https://www.congress.gov/resources/display/content/House+of+Representatives. \nThe main procedural authorities of the House are set forth in the House Manual. They include the Constitution, portions of Jefferson\u2019s Manual, the adopted rules of the House, and provisions of statutes with procedural effects. The different authorities are accompanied by the Parliamentarian\u2019s annotations, which include citations to precedents interpreting those provisions. The current version of the House Manual can be accessed online through govinfo.gov at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/hman/115, or via Congress.gov at https://www.congress.gov/resources/display/content/House+of+Representatives.\nDeschler\u2019s Precedents presents and summarizes significant precedents of the House established at various points of time since 1936. This series of 18 volumes often provides the text of the procedural exchange during which the precedent was established. Deschler\u2019s Precedents is available through govinfo.gov at https://www.govinfo.gov/collection/precedents-of-the-house?path=/GPO/Precedents%20of%20the%20U.S.%20House%20of%20Representatives and Congress.gov at https://www.congress.gov/resources/display/content/House+of+Representatives.\nThe House often adopts simple resolutions (\u201cspecial rules\u201d) that establish the floor procedures for considering a measure. 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Rules adopted by committees and by the party conferences also serve as sources of parliamentary practice in the House. This report describes the coverage, format, and availability of documents that set forth these procedural authorities, and notes principles of House procedural practice that bear on appropriate use of these sources. Summaries and appendices provide citations to print and electronic versions, and list related CRS products.\nThe main procedural authorities of the House are set forth in the House Manual (\u201cHouse Rules and Manual\u201d or, colloquially, \u201cJefferson\u2019s Manual\u201d), published in each Congress and distributed to House offices. They include the Constitution, applicable portions of Jefferson\u2019s Manual, the adopted Rules of the House, and provisions of statute that have procedural effects, often governing proceedings on specified measures. In the House Manual, provisions of each authority are accompanied by the parliamentarian\u2019s annotations of precedents interpreting those provisions. Budget resolutions may also contain provisions with procedural effect.\nThe current practice of the House is summarized by topic, with references to pertinent rules and precedents, in House Practice, prepared by the Office of the Parliamentarian and provided to all House offices. Precedents from 1936 to 1976 or later are set forth in full, or topical chapters, in the 16 volumes (so far) of Deschler-Brown Precedents. Currently applicable precedents, including some later than 1976, are digested in Procedure in the House, a single volume with a similar chapter structure. Precedents before 1936 are set forth in the 11 volumes (with indexes) of Hinds\u2019 and Cannon\u2019s Precedents, with their own topical order. The older works among these are out of print, but copies are available for House offices.\nOther authorities include policies announced by Speakers in implementing certain rules, and \u201cmemorandums of understanding\u201d reached by committees about areas of potentially shared jurisdiction. Some of these policies and memorandums are published in the Congressional Record. Also, House Rules require each committee to adopt and publish rules, which the Committee on Rules compiles in a single document in each Congress. Rules adopted by each party conference are in general made available only to its members. Finally, this report also mentions two brief procedural guides published under the auspices of House committees.\nThis report assumes a basic familiarity with House procedure. It will be updated to reflect the appearance of new editions of the documents discussed and to address substantial changes in their content and availability. 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