Pattern Headings: Legislative Bodies H 1155

PATTERN: United States. Congress

TYPES OF HEADINGS COVERED BY THE PATTERN: Names of individual legislative

bodies, including their individual chambers, established as corporate bodies in the name
authority file. Examples: Great Britain. Parliament; California. Legislature.
Assembly; Germany (West). Bundestag; Germany. Reichstag. The category does not
include the heading Legislative bodies.

RELATION TO H 1105: Subdivisions on the list of free-floating subdivisions used under

names of individual corporate bodies, H 1105, are also free-floating under individual legislative
bodies where there is no conflict. This list contains additional subdivisions appropriate for
legislative bodies.

CONFLICTS: Any subdivision listed here can be used as a free-floating subdivision under any
heading belonging to the category if it is appropriate and no conflict exists in the subject
authority file. Subject authority records may exist for headings employing variant phrases or
subdivisions equivalent to subdivisions on this list.

LC practice:
If an exceptional variant form is to be retained, make a UF reference from the equivalent
free-floating subdivision form following the procedures in H 195 if the reference does not yet
exist. Otherwise, submit a proposal to change the variant form along with all bibliographic
records requiring correction following the procedures in H 193.

Note: Most form subdivisions coded $v in this list may also be used as topical
subdivisions coded $x when assigned to works about the form (see H 1075, sec. 1.d.).

$x Alabama [Illinois, Texas, etc.] delegation

$x Appropriations and expenditures
$x Caucuses
$x Censures
$x Cloture 1
$x Committees
$x Committees $v Indexes
$x Committees $v Rules and practice
$x Committees $x Seniority system

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$x Conference committees
$x Constituent communication
$x Contested elections
$x Deputy speakers 2, 4
$x Dissolution2
$x Election districts
$x Elections
$x Elections, [date] 3
$x Ethics
$x Expulsion
$x Facilities
$x Food service
$x Freedom of debate
$x Leadership
$x Majority leaders1, 4
$x Majority whips1, 4
$x Minority leaders1, 4
$x Minority whips1, 4
$x Officials and employees 4
$x Officials and employees $x Pensions
$x Officials and employees $x Salaries, etc.
$x Pensions
$x Powers and duties
$x Presiding officers1, 4
$v Private bills
$x Privileges and immunities
$x Publication of proceedings
$x Qualifications
$x Radio broadcasting of proceedings
$x Reform
$x Reporters and reporting
$v Resolutions
$x Salaries, etc.
$x Speakers4, 5
$x Television broadcasting of proceedings
$x Term of office
$x Transition periods
$x Voting

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NOTES
1
Established under United States. Congress. Senate. May be used under names of other legislative bodies
where appropriate.
2
Not established under United States. Congress. May be used under names of other legislative bodies where
appropriate.
3
See H 1078 for instructions on dates in subdivisions for specific events.
4
See H 1100 for further subdivisions used under classes of persons.
5
Established under United States. Congress. House. May be used under names of other legislative bodies
where appropriate.

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