[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 18 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 18

              To establish the Select Committee on Hunger.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

Mr. Hall of Ohio (for himself and Mr. Emerson) submitted the following 
        resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
              To establish the Select Committee on Hunger.

    Resolved, That there is hereby established in the House of 
Representatives a select committee to be known as the Select Committee 
on Hunger (hereinafter referred to as the ``select committee'').

                               functions

    Sec. 2. (a) The select committee shall not have legislative 
jurisdiction. The select committee shall have authority--
            (1) to conduct a continuing comprehensive study and review 
        of the problems of hunger and malnutrition, including but not 
        limited to, those issues addressed in the reports of the 
        Presidential Commission on World Hunger and the Independent 
        Commission on International Development Issues, which issues 
        include--
                    (A) the United States development and economic 
                assistance program and the executive branch structure 
                responsible for administering the program;
                    (B) world food security;
                    (C) trade relations between the United States and 
                less developed countries;
                    (D) food production and distribution;
                    (E) corporate and agribusiness efforts to further 
                international development;
                    (F) policies of multilateral development banks and 
                international development institutions; and
                    (G) food assistance programs in the United States;
            (2) to review any recommendations made by the President, or 
        by any department or agency of the executive branch of the 
        Federal Government, relating to programs or policies affecting 
        hunger or malnutrition; and
            (3) to recommend to the appropriate committees of the House 
        legislation or other action the select committee considers 
        necessary with respect to programs or policies affecting hunger 
        or malnutrition.
    (b) Nothing contained in this resolution shall be construed to 
limit or alter the legislative and oversight jurisdiction of any 
standing committee of the House under rule X of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives.

                       appointment and membership

    Sec. 3. (a) The select committee shall be composed of not more than 
33 Members of the House, who shall be appointed by the Speaker, one of 
whom he shall designate as chairman.
    (b) Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the select committee 
shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment 
was made.
    (c) For purposes of this section, the term ``Members'' shall 
include any Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, 
the House of Representatives.

                        authority and procedures

    Sec. 4. (a) For purposes of carrying out this resolution, the 
select committee is authorized to sit and act during the present 
Congress at such times and places within the United States, including 
any Commonwealth or possession thereof, or elsewhere, whether the House 
is in session, has recessed, or has adjourned, and to hold such 
hearings as it deems necessary.
    (b) The provisions of clauses 1, 2, and 3 of rule XI of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives shall apply to the select committee 
except the provisions of clause 2(m)(1)(B) of rule XI relating to 
subpena power.
    (c) Nothing contained in subsection (a) of this section shall be 
construed to limit the applicability of clause 2(i) of rule XI of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives to the select committee.

                       administrative provisions

    Sec. 5. (a) Subject to the adoption of expense resolutions as 
required by clause 5 of rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives, the select committee may incur expenses in connection 
with its duties under this resolution.
    (b) In carrying out its functions under this resolution, the select 
committee is authorized--
            (1) to appoint, either on a permanent basis or as experts 
        or consultants, such staff as the select committee considers 
        necessary;
            (2) to utilize the services of the staffs of those 
        committees of the House from which Members have been selected 
        for membership on the select committee;
            (3) to prescribe the duties and responsibilities of such 
        staff;
            (4) to fix the compensation of such staff at a single per 
        annum gross rate as provided by clause 6(c) of rule XI of the 
        Rules of the House of Representatives;
            (5) to terminate the employment of any such staff as the 
        select committee considers appropriate; and
            (6) to reimburse members of the select committee and of its 
        staff for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses 
        incurred by them in the performance of their duties and 
        responsibilities for the select committee, other than expenses 
        in connection with any meeting of the select committee held in 
        the District of Columbia.

                          reports and records

    Sec. 6. (a) The select committee shall submit an annual report to 
the House which shall include a summary of the activities of the select 
committee during the calendar year to which the report applies.
    (b) Any such report which is made when the House is not in session 
shall be filed with the Clerk of the House.
    (c) The records, files, and materials of the select committee shall 
be transferred to the Clerk of the House.

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