Congressional Record Inserts

Congressional Record Inserts may be submitted electronically to extensions@mail.house.gov.

The Extensions of Remarks and Floor Hopper is currently available only to Members. Staff will not be permitted to physically drop legislative documents per prior practice.

Only those documents submitted 15 minutes before convening, during the session, and 15 minutes after adjournment will be accepted and processed.

For more information, please refer to the Submit Legislative Documents Electronically page on Housenet.house.gov.

Types of Congressional Record Inserts

There are two types of Congressional Record inserts: Extensions of Remarks and General Leave statements.

Extensions of Remarks

Extensions of Remarks are statements unrelated to legislation considered in the House and are placed at the end of legislative business.

Some examples of Extensions of Remarks:

• honors to living or deceased individuals
• tributes to organizations
• statements regarding introduction of bills
• Personal explanations on votes that a Member may have missed

A Member can submit a maximum of 10 Extensions of Remarks per legislative day.

General Leave Statements

General Leave statements are submitted for specific legislation currently or previously considered in the House, as well as Special Order Speeches.

General Leave statements submitted on the same day legislation is considered will appear at the end of the debate in that day's Congressional Record.

The House often provides Representatives five legislative days, beginning on the day of consideration, to submit General Leave statements. If a General Leave statement is submitted on a day other than the day the legislation is being considered, such statements will appear in the Extensions of Remarks section. However, those General Leave statements will eventually be moved to general debate on the legislation in the permanent bound version of the Congressional Record.

General Leave statements, whether submitted the day the legislation is considered or on a subsequent day, should be clearly marked "General Leave" and include the following information:

• bill or resolution number
• date the legislation was considered on the House Floor
• amendment number and amendment sponsor's name (if applicable)