From the Congressional Glossary – Including Legislative and Budget Terms
Union Calendar
Bills that directly or indirectly appropriate money or raise revenue are placed on this House calendar according to the date they are reported from committee. The Constitution specifies that all bills for raising revenue originate in the House (Article I, Section 7).
House Rule XIII, Clause 1 provides that there shall be:
A Calendar of the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, to which shall be referred public bills and public resolutions raising revenue, involving a tax or charge on the people, directly or indirectly making appropriations of money or property or requiring such appropriations to be made, authorizing payments out of appropriations already made, releasing any liability to the United States for money or property, or referring a claim to the Court of Claims.
This is commonly known as the Union Calendar and the large majority of public bills and resolutions are placed on it.
Also see Calendar of Business; Committee of the Whole; § 6.71, House Calendars, in Congressional Deskbook.
More
- Published Schedules of the House and Senate
- Congressional Calendars – FDsys
- Calendars and Schedules, Congress.gov
- House of Representatives Schedule
- Calendars and Schedules, Congress.gov
- House Calendars – Govinfo.gov
- “House and Senate Rules of Procedure: A Comparison,” CRS Report RL30945 (19-page PDF
) - Union Calendar – Wikipedia
- “Considering Measures in the House Under the One-Hour Rule,” CRS Report 98-427 (6-page PDF)
- “The Committee Markup Process in the House of Representatives,” CRS Report RL30244 (29-page PDF)
- “A Retrospective of House Rules Changes Since the 110th Congress,” CRS Report R42395 (88-page PDF)
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