[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 30 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 30

              To establish the Select Committee on Aging.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

    Mr. Hughes (for himself and Mrs. Lloyd) submitted the following 
        resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
              To establish the Select Committee on Aging.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF SELECT COMMITTEE ON AGING.

    There is hereby established in the House of Representatives a 
select committee to be known as the Select Committee on Aging 
(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 comprehensive study and review 
        of the problems of the older American, including but not 
        limited to income maintenance, housing, health (including 
        medical research), welfare, employment, education, recreation, 
        and participation in family and community life as self-
        respecting citizens;
            (2) to study the use of all practicable means and methods 
        of encouraging the development of public and private programs 
        and policies which will assist the older American in taking a 
        full part in national life and which will encourage the 
        utilization of the knowledge, skills, special aptitudes, and 
        abilities of older Americans to contribute to a better quality 
        of life for all Americans;
            (3) to develop policies that would encourage the 
        coordination of both governmental and private programs designed 
        to deal with problems of aging; and
            (4) to review any recommendations made by the President or 
        by the White House Conference on Aging relating to programs or 
        policies affecting older Americans.

SEC. 3. APPOINTMENT AND MEMBERSHIP.

    (a) The select committee shall be composed of 67 Members, 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.

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 investigation or study 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.
    (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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