[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 20 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 20

   To establish the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

   Mr. Rangel (for himself, Mr. Oxley, Mrs. Collins of Illinois, Mr. 
Hughes, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Towns, Mr. Traficant, Mr. Mfume, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. 
 Payne of New Jersey, Mr. Mazzoli, Mr. de Lugo, Mr. Hochbrueckner, Mr. 
 Washington, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Dornan, Mr. Lewis of Florida, Mr. Inhofe, 
  Mr. Herger, Mr. Shays, Mr. Gillmor, and Mr. Ramstad) submitted the 
   following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   To establish the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control.

    Resolved, 

SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF SELECT COMMITTEE ON NARCOTICS ABUSE AND 
              CONTROL.

    There is hereby established in the House of Representatives a 
select committee to be known as the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse 
and Control (hereinafter in this resolution referred to as the ``select 
committee'').

SEC. 2. FUNCTIONS.

    The select committee shall not have legislative jurisdiction. The 
select committee shall have authority--
            (1) to conduct a continuing oversight and review of the 
        problems of narcotics, drug, and polydrug abuse and control, 
        including (but not limited to) the study and review of (A) the 
        abuse and control of opium and its derivatives, other narcotic 
        drugs, psychotropics, and other controlled substances, as 
        defined in the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control 
        Act of 1970, and any such drug or substance when used in 
        combination with any other substance; (B) domestic and 
        international trafficking, manufacturing, and distribution; (C) 
        treatment, prevention, and rehabilitation; (D) narcotics-
        related violations of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; (E) 
        international treaties and agreements relating to the control 
        of narcotics and drug abuse; (F) the role of organized crime in 
        narcotics and drug abuse; (G) problems of narcotics and drug 
        abuse and control in the Armed Forces of the United States; (H) 
        problems of narcotics and drug abuse and control in industry; 
        and (I) the approach of the criminal justice system with 
        respect to narcotics and drug law violations and crimes related 
        to drug abuse;
            (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 
        narcotics or drug abuse or control; 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 
        narcotics or drug abuse or control.

SEC. 3. APPOINTMENT AND MEMBERSHIP.

    (a) The select committee shall be composed of thirty-five Members 
of the House, who shall be appointed by the Speaker, one of whom he 
shall designate as chairman. At least one member of the select 
committee shall be chosen from each of the following committees of the 
House: The Committee on Agriculture, the Committee on Armed Services, 
the Committee on Government Operations, the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on the 
Judiciary, the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, the 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and the Committee on Ways and Means.
    (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.

SEC. 4. AUTHORITY AND PROCEDURES.

    (a) For the purpose 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.

SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

    (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 prescribe the duties and responsibilities of such 
        staff;
            (3) 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;
            (4) to terminate the employment of any such staff as the 
        select committee considers appropriate; and
            (5) 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.

SEC. 6. REPORTS.

    (a)(1) The select committee shall report to the House with respect 
to the results of any field investigation or inspection it conducts.
    (2) 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.
    (3) The select committee shall report to the House its 
recommendations for a comprehensive program to control the worldwide 
program of drug abuse and drug trafficking.
    (b) Any such report which is made when the House is not in session 
shall be filed with the Clerk of the House.

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