EXTENSION OF REMARKS

A form is available on the Leadership tables on the Floor for Members who wish to obtain permission to extend their remarks in the section of the Congressional Record entitled "Extensions of Remarks." A Member may sign themselves up or make the request through the Cloakroom. The Member on duty at the close of each day asks permission for such extensions which can include extraneous materials. Things to remember:

1. NO material may be submitted for the Congressional Record without some type of permission. Members should check with the Floor staff, if they are unsure whether they have the necessary permission;

2. ALL material submitted must bear an original Member’s signature in the upper right-hand corner of the front page -- facsimiles are not permitted -- and the Member’s typed name to be sure of identification;

3. If the extraneous material a Member plans to insert will exceed two pages of the Congressional Record, it must be submitted to GPO in advance for a cost estimate. When the estimate is received the Member must ask leave of the House IN PERSON, that notwithstanding the cost, it be printed. At the beginning or the end of the day the Member must stand and seek recognition. The Speaker will say, "For what purpose does the gentleman/gentlewoman from rise?" The Member will respond by saying, "I ask unanimous consent to extend my remarks in the Record and to include therein extraneous material notwithstanding the fact that it exceeds two pages and is estimated by the GPO to cost $ ." (As of June 1996, it cost $435.00 per page for the first two pages and $239.00 for every page thereafter)

Extensions should be placed in the folder on the Leadership tables, delivered to the Cloakroom, handed to the Congressional Record clerks who sit at the bottom tier of the rostrum during session, or delivered to the Office of the Official Reporters of Debates in Room HT-60 of the Capitol by 5 p.m. or 15 minutes after the House adjourns, whichever is later.