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Overview
Form and Content of Petitions – Guidelines
Introduction
Form of a petition:
Addressee
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Text
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Written, Typewritten or Printed on Paper of Usual Size
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Language
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Erasures or Interlineations
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Attachments, Appendices or Extraneous Material
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Subject-Matter Indicated on Every Sheet
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Content:
Matters within Federal Jurisdiction
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Requesting Expenditure of Public Funds
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Signatures and Addresses
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Draft Petitions
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Presenting Petitions
Certification:
Uncertifiable Petitions
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Response to Petition – Committee Selection
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Presentation of a Petition:
Endorsement by Member
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Photocopies of Petitions
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Presentation during Routine Proceedings
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Presentation by Filing with the Clerk of the House
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Government Responses to Petitions
For further information
Recommended Forms of Petitions
Sample A — first page of petition
Sample A — subsequent pages of petition (Examples 1 and 2)
Sample B — first page of petition
Sample B — subsequent pages of petition(Examples 1 and 2)
Sample C — first page of petition
Sample C — subsequent pages of petition(Examples 1 and 2)
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