Chair of the United States House Committee on Rules

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The Chair of the United States House Committee on Rules is the powerful leader of the House Rules Committee, which controls the flow and terms of debate for most legislation considered on the House floor.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf leadership position in the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
parliamentary office ⓘ
presiding officer position ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative branch of the United States ⓘ
canInfluence length of debate on legislation ⓘ
prospects of individual bills ⓘ
which points of order may be waived ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver United States House Committee on Rules ⓘ
flow of legislation to the House floor ⓘ
special rules governing floor consideration of bills ⓘ
terms of debate for most legislation in the House ⓘ
hasPower to influence which amendments are in order on the House floor ⓘ
to manage rules resolutions on the House floor ⓘ
to schedule legislation for consideration by the House ⓘ
to shape the structure of floor debates ⓘ
hasSeatOn House majority leadership team ⓘ
inception 19th century ⓘ
isAnalogousTo Rules committee chair in other parliamentary bodies ⓘ
isConsidered one of the most powerful positions in the House of Representatives ⓘ
isElectedBy United States House of Representatives ⓘ
isImportantFor procedural control of the House legislative process ⓘ
isKeyFor advancing the majority party’s legislative agenda ⓘ
isNominatedBy Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
isSubordinateTo Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States House of Representatives ⓘ
jurisdiction order of business on the House floor ⓘ
procedural rules for consideration of legislation in the House ⓘ
waivers of House rules for specific legislation ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
memberOf United States House Committee on Rules ⓘ
officeLocation United States Capitol ⓘ
oversees allocation of floor time for debate ⓘ
committee hearings on rules for major bills ⓘ
drafting of special rules for consideration of legislation ⓘ
partOf United States House Committee on Rules ⓘ
playsRoleIn determining whether a bill comes to the floor under an open, structured, or closed rule ⓘ
implementing the majority party’s legislative strategy ⓘ
limiting or expanding opportunities for amendment ⓘ
precededBy previous Chair of the United States House Committee on Rules ⓘ
reportsTo Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
requires support of the House majority party conference or caucus ⓘ
residenceRequirement must be a sitting Representative ⓘ
selectionMethod appointment by the Speaker followed by House approval ⓘ
termLength varies with control of the House and party decisions ⓘ
usuallyHeldBy member of the majority party in the House ⓘ

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Howard W. Smith → positionHeld → Chair of the United States House Committee on Rules ⓘ