Rights and Reproductions
The Office of the Clerk provides this website as a public service. The information
on this site is considered public information and may be distributed or copied unless
otherwise specified, using the citation information provided on each page.
Images on this site are provided as a contribution to education and scholarship. Unless otherwise noted, all images are from the Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives. For information regarding rights and reproduction of images, contact the Office of the Clerkâs Office of Art and Archives at (202) 226-1300 or by email at curator@mail.house.gov. Some images may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Do not duplicate without permission from copyright holder. Copyright information is provided whenever possible, but it is ultimately the responsibility of the user to determine and satisfy the copyright and other restrictions.
Proceedings of the U.S. House of Representatives, including any recording of such
proceedings, may not be used for any political purpose or in any commercial advertisement,
and may not be broadcast with commercial sponsorship except as part of a bona fide
news program or public affairs documentary program.
Streaming Video and Third Party Software
HouseLive.gov offers streaming video feeds of the House Floor Proceedings dating
back to the beginning of the 111th Congress. For optimal viewing performance, download
and install Microsoft Silverlight. For more information read minimum system requirements for watching archived videos
or send email to HouseLive@mail.house.gov.
Accessibility
The Office of the Clerk Web site strives to meet accessibility needs according to
the Electronic And Accessibility
Standards of the Access Board
and the guidelines of the Web Accessibility
Initiative (WAI), part of the World
Wide Web Consortium (W3C). We continually monitor these sites to keep
abreast of any changes in the standards and update the Clerk's site accordingly.
If you have difficulty accessing the information within this site, please send an
e-mail to
techsupport.clerkweb@mail.house.gov. Many of the electronic documents located
at this site are available in Adobe’s Portable Document Format (PDF) and HTML.