Office of the Parliamentarian

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The Office of the Parliamentarian is the nonpartisan advisory office in the U.S. House of Representatives that provides expert guidance on parliamentary procedure and the chamber’s rules.

All labels observed (3)

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf nonpartisan legislative support office ⓘ
office of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
appliesTo House committee procedure ⓘ
floor proceedings of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
branch legislative branch of the United States government ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
createdFor ensuring consistent application of House rules ⓘ
providing impartial procedural guidance ⓘ
employs assistant parliamentarians ⓘ
parliamentary clerks ⓘ
field legislative procedure ⓘ
legislative rules ⓘ
parliamentary procedure ⓘ
governs interpretation of points of order in the House ⓘ
hasCharacteristic advisory ⓘ
nonpartisan ⓘ
hasJurisdiction United States House of Representatives ⓘ
hasRole advising House members and staff ⓘ
advising on House precedents ⓘ
advising on House rules ⓘ
advising on parliamentary procedure ⓘ
advising presiding officers of the House ⓘ
advising the Speaker of the House ⓘ
assisting in the preparation of House procedural publications ⓘ
maintaining and compiling House precedents ⓘ
headedBy Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
locatedIn United States Capitol ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
nonPartisan true ⓘ
partOf United States House of Representatives ⓘ
reportsTo Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
responsibleFor assisting in the preparation of House manuals and guides ⓘ
drafting formal parliamentary inquiries responses ⓘ
interpreting House precedents ⓘ
interpreting constitutional provisions related to House procedure ⓘ
interpreting statutory provisions related to House procedure ⓘ
interpreting the Rules of the House of Representatives ⓘ
providing procedural advice during House sessions ⓘ
scope internal procedures of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
supports fair application of House rules to all members ⓘ
orderly conduct of House floor business ⓘ
usesReference House precedents volumes ⓘ
Jefferson’s Manual ⓘ
Rules of the House of Representatives ⓘ
worksWith Clerk of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
House Committee on Rules ⓘ
House leadership offices ⓘ
Office of the Law Revision Counsel ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

House Parliamentarian → hasPart → Office of the Parliamentarian ⓘ
House officers and offices → hasPart → Office of the Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives ⓘ
linked to: Office of the Parliamentarian
Lewis Deschler → partOf → Office of the Parliamentarian of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
linked to: Office of the Parliamentarian
Senate Parliamentarian → hasOffice → Office of the Parliamentarian ⓘ