[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 36 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 36

     To amend House Rules and direct certain committees to report 
legislation to reform the House, restore its committee system, and make 
 the legislative process more rational, deliberative, representative, 
                            and accountable.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 21, 1993

Mr. Michel (for himself, Mr. Gingrich, Mr. Armey, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Hunter, 
  Mr. McCollum, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Paxon, and Mr. Solomon) submitted the 
   following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
     To amend House Rules and direct certain committees to report 
legislation to reform the House, restore its committee system, and make 
 the legislative process more rational, deliberative, representative, 
                            and accountable.

    Resolved, That this resolution may be cited as, ``A Mandate for 
Change in the People's House''.

                 presentment of bills to the president

    Sec. 101. In rule I of the Rules of the House, clause 4 is amended 
by adding the following sentence at the end thereof: ``In the case of a 
bill originating in the House of Representatives, he shall take care 
that the bill is presented to the President not later than the tenth 
calendar day beginning after the date upon which a bill has been agreed 
to in identical form by the House of Representatives and the Senate.''.

                             veto messages

    Sec. 102. In rule I of the Rules of the House, clause 5 is amended 
by adding the following new paragraph:
    ``(c) He shall, immediately after the reading of a veto message 
from the President, and without intervening motion or business, state 
the question on reconsideration of the vetoed measure, and no motion 
shall have precedence over a demand for the previous question on such 
question except one motion to postpone the vote on reconsideration to a 
date certain which shall not be later than the tenth legislative day 
thereafter.''.

                           broadcast coverage

    Sec. 103. In rule I, clause 9(b)(1) is amended by inserting after 
the first sentence the following new sentence: ``He shall provide for 
the visual coverage of the proceedings of the House on a uniform basis 
throughout each day's session, and any such coverage may include 
periodic views of the entire Chamber, Provided That it is uniform 
throughout the day and does not detract from the visual coverage of any 
person who is speaking.''.

                            house scheduling

    Sec. 104. In rule I, add the following new clause:
    ``11. (a) At the beginning of each session of the Congress the 
Speaker shall, after consultation with the minority leader and the 
chairmen of the committees of the House, announce a legislative program 
for the session which shall include: (1) target dates for the 
consideration of specified major budgetary, authorization and 
appropriations bills; (2) an indication of those weeks during which the 
House will be in session (which, unless otherwise indicated, shall be 
assumed to be full, five-day work weeks for the conduct of committee 
and House floor business); (3) those weeks set aside for district work 
periods (which shall be scheduled at periodic intervals), holidays and 
other recesses; and (4) the target date for the adjournment of that 
session.
    ``(b) the Speaker shall ensure that the minority leader is fully 
consulted in developing the legislative program for the House each 
week.''.

                   abolition of office of doorkeeper

    Sec. 105. (a) Rule V, relating to the ``Duties of the Doorkeeper,'' 
is repealed; the provisions of clauses 1 and 2 of rule V are 
redesignated as clauses 3 and 4 of rule IV (``Duties of the Sergeant-
at-Arms;'') and the words ``The Doorkeeper'' in clause 3 (as 
redesignated) are stricken and replaced by the word ``He''.
    (b) In rule II (``Election of Officers'') the word ``Doorkeeper'' 
is stricken wherever it appears, and, after the words ``Sergeant-at-
Arms'' where it first appears, the following is inserted: ``, who 
should be a nationally-respected law enforcement professional''.
    (c) In rule XIV, clause 7 is amended by striking the words ``and 
the Doorkeeper are'' and inserting in lieu thereof the word ``is''.

                            oversight reform

    Sec. 106. (a) In rule X, clause 2 is amended by adding the 
following new paragraphs:
    ``(d)(1) Not later than March 1 of the first session of a Congress, 
each standing committee of the House shall, in a meeting which is open 
to the public and with a quorum present, adopt its oversight plans for 
that Congress, and such plans shall be submitted to the Committee on 
House Administration. In developing such plans each committee shall, to 
the maximum extent feasible--
            ``(A) consult with other committees of the House which have 
        jurisdiction over the same or related laws, programs, or 
        agencies within its jurisdiction with the objective of ensuring 
        that such laws, programs, or agencies are reviewed in the same 
        Congress and that there is maximum coordination between such 
        committees in the conduct of such reviews; and such plans shall 
        include an explanation of what steps have been and will be 
        taken to assure such coordination and cooperation;
            ``(B) give priority consideration to including in its plans 
        the review of those laws, programs, or agencies operating under 
        permanent budget authority or permanent statutory authority;
            ``(C) have a view toward insuring that all significant 
        laws, programs, or agencies within its jurisdictions are 
        subject to review at least once every ten years.
    ``(2) It shall not be in order to consider any committee expense 
resolution, or any amendment thereto, pursuant to clause 5 of rule XI 
for any committee which has not submitted its oversight plans as 
required by this paragraph.
    ``(3) Not later than March 15 in the first session of a Congress, 
after consultation with the Speaker, the majority leader, and the 
minority leader, the Committee on House Administration shall report to 
the House the oversight plans submitted by each committee together with 
any recommendations which it, or the House leadership group referred to 
above, may make to assure the most effective coordination of such plans 
and otherwise achieve the objectives of this clause.
    ``(e) The Speaker, with the approval of the House, may appoint 
special ad hoc oversight committees for the purpose of reviewing 
specific matters within the jurisdiction of two or more standing 
committees.''.
    (b) In rule XI of the Rules of the House, clause 1(d) is amended to 
read as follows:
    ``(d)(1) Each committee shall submit to the House not later than 
January 2 of each odd-numbered year, a report on the activities of that 
committee under this rule and rule X during the Congress ending on 
January 3 of each year.
    ``(2) Such report shall include separate sections summarizing the 
legislative and oversight activities of that committee during that 
Congress.
    ``(3) The oversight section of such report shall include a summary 
of the oversight plans submitted by the committee pursuant to clause 
2(c) of rule X, a summary of the actions taken and recommendations made 
with respect to each such plan, and a summary of any additional 
oversight activities undertaken by that committee, and any 
recommendations made or actions taken thereon.''.

                        multiple referral reform

    Sec. 107. In rule X, clause 5(c) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(c) In carrying out paragraphs (a) and (b) with respect to any 
matter, the Speaker shall initially refer the matter to one committee 
which he shall designate as the committee of principal jurisdiction; 
but, he may also refer the matter to one or more additional committees, 
for consideration in sequence (subject to appropriate time 
limitations), either on its initial referral or after the matter has 
been reported by the committee of principal jurisdiction; or refer 
portions of the matter to one or more additional committees (reflecting 
different subjects and jurisdictions) for the exclusive consideration 
of such portion or portions; or refer the matter to a special ad hoc 
committee appointed by the Speaker, with the approval of the House, 
from the members of the committees having legislative jurisdiction, for 
the specific purpose of considering that matter and reporting to the 
House thereon; or make such other provisions as may be considered 
appropriate.''.

                    early organization of committees

    Sec. 108. In rule X, the first sentence of clause 6(a)(1) is 
amended to read as follows:
``The standing committees specified in clause 1 shall be elected by the 
House within the seventh calendar day after the commencement of each 
Congress, from nominations submitted by the respective party caucuses, 
and said committees shall hold their organizational meetings beginning 
not later than four calendar days after their election and concluding 
not later than seven calendar days after their election.''.

                  equitable party ratios on committees

    Sec. 109. (a) In rule X, clause 6(a) is amended by adding at the 
end thereof the following new subparagraph:
    ``(3) The membership of each committee (and each subcommittee, task 
force, or other subunit thereof) shall reflect the ratio of majority to 
minority party Members of the House at the beginning of the Congress 
(unless otherwise provided by House Rules). For the purposes of this 
clause, the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico and the Delegates to 
the House shall not be counted in determining the party ratio of the 
House.''.
    (b) In rule X, clause 6(f) is amended by inserting after the first 
sentence the following: ``The membership of each such select committee 
(and of any subcommittee, task force or subunit thereof), and of each 
such conference committee, shall reflect the ratio of the majority to 
minority party Members of the House at the time of its appointment.''.

             control of committee on government operations

    Sec. 110. In rule X, clause 6(a) is amended by adding the following 
new subparagraph:
    ``(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, 
the majority of the membership, including the chairman, of the 
Committee on Government Operations, shall be composed of Members of a 
major political party other than the political party of which the 
President of the United States is a member.''.

         terms limits for chairmen and ranking minority members

    Sec. 111. In rule X, clause 6(c) is amended by inserting after the 
first sentence the following: ``The terms of the chairman and ranking 
minority member of each standing committee shall not exceed three 
executive Congresses, beginning with the One Hundred Third Congress.''.

                          subcommittee limits

    Sec. 112. In rule X, clause 6(d) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(d)(1) No committee of the House shall have more than five 
subcommittees except the Committee on Appropriations, which shall have 
not more than 13 subcommittees, and the following committees which 
shall have not more than six subcommittees: Ways and Means; 
Agriculture; Armed Services; Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs; 
Education and Labor; Foreign Affairs; Energy and Commerce; the 
Judiciary; and Public Works and Transportation.
    ``(2) No Member may serve at any one time as a member of more than 
four subcommittees of the committees of the House.
    ``(3) For the purposes of this paragraph, the term `subcommittee' 
includes any panel, task force, special subcommittee, or any subunit of 
a standing committee, or any select committee, which is established for 
a period of longer than six months in any Congress.''.

                            proxy voting ban

    Sec. 113. In rule XI, clause 2(f) if amended to read as follows:
    ``(f) No vote by any member of any committee or subcommittee with 
respect to any measure or matter may be cast by proxy.''.

                             open meetings

    Sec. 114. In rule XI, clause 2(g)(1) is amended--
            (a) by inserting before the colon in the first sentence the 
        following: ``because disclosure of matters to be considered 
        would endanger national security, would tend to defame, degrade 
        or incriminate any person or otherwise would violate any law or 
        rule of the House, or involves committee personnel matters.''; 
        and,
            (b) by inserting in the second sentence a period after the 
        word ``paragraph'' and striking all that follows through the 
        end of the sentence.

                            majority quorums

    Sec. 115. In rule XI, clause 2(h)(2) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(2) A majority of the members of each committee or subcommittee 
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business, 
including the markup of legislation.''.

                         report accountability

    Sec. 116. (a) In rule XI, clause 2(l)(2)(B) is amended to read as 
follows:
    ``(B) With respect to each rollcall vote on a motion to report any 
bill, resolution or matter of a public character, the total number of 
votes cast for and against reporting, and the names of those members 
voting for and against, shall be included in the committee report on 
the measure or matter.''.
    (b) In rule XI, clause 2(l)(2) is further amended by adding at the 
end thereof the following:
    ``(C) With respect to each nonrecord vote on a motion to report any 
measure or matter of a public character, the names of those members of 
the committee actually present at the time the measure or matter is 
ordered reported shall be included in the committee report.''.

                          committee documents

    Sec. 117. In rule XI, clause 2(l) is amended by inserting after 
subparagraph (5) the following new subparagraph, and by redesignating 
subparagraphs (6) and (7) as (7) and (8), respectively:
    ``(6)(A) Any committee or subcommittee print, document, or other 
material, other than reports subject to the preceding provisions of 
this clause, prepared for public distribution, shall either be approved 
by the committee or subcommittee prior to such public distribution, and 
opportunity shall be afforded for the inclusion of supplemental, 
minority, or additional views in accordance with the provisions of 
subparagraph (5), or such print, document or other material shall 
contain on its cover the following disclaimer in bold face type:
            This material has not been officially approved by the 
        committee [or subcommittee, as the case may be] on [name of the 
        committee or subcommittee] and may not therefore necessarily 
        reflect the views of its members.'
and any such print, document, or other material not approved by the 
committee or subcommittee may not include the names of its members, 
other than the name of the committee or subcommittee chairman releasing 
the document, but shall be made available to all of the members of the 
committee not less than three calendar days (excluding Saturdays, 
Sundays, and public holidays) prior to its being made public, and in no 
event shall any such unapproved material be made public following the 
adjournment of a Congress sine die.
    ``(B) The provisions of this subparagraph do not apply to prints of 
bills or resolutions, summaries thereof, or prints containing the names 
of committee of subcommittee members, staff, or other factual 
information regarding the committees or its subcommittees, their 
jurisdictions or rules, or any matters pending before such committee or 
its subcommittees, provided, that such documents do not also contain 
opinions, views, findings or recommendations.
    ``(C) Nothing in this subparagraph shall be construed to authorize 
any subcommittee or chairman thereof to issue any print, document or 
other material not otherwise authorized by the rules of the 
committee.''.

                   official foreign travel reporting

    Sec. 118. In rule XI of the Rules of the House, clause 2(n)(1)(B) 
is amended by inserting after the first sentence the following new 
sentence: ``All such individual reports shall also include a listing of 
all official meetings, interviews, inspection tours or other functions 
in which the individual participated, by country and date.''.

           same day consideration of rules committee reports

    Sec. 119. In rule XI, the first sentence of clause 4(b) is amended 
by substituting the following for the matter in parenthesis: ``(except 
that it shall not be called up for consideration on the same calendar 
day, nor on the subsequent calendar day of the same legislative day, 
that it is presented to the House, unless so determined by vote of not 
less than two-thirds of the members voting, but this provision shall 
not apply during the last three days of the session)''.

           affirming minority's right on motions to recommit

    Sec. 120. In rule XI, the second sentence in clause 4(b) is amended 
by substituting the following for the final clause: ``nor shall it 
report any rule or order which would prevent the motion to recommit 
from being made as provided in clause 4 of rule XVI, including a motion 
with amendatory instructions (except in the case of a Senate measure 
for which the language of a House-passed measure has been proposed to 
be substituted).''.

                      restrictive rule limitation

    Sec. 121. In rule XI, clause 4 is amended by adding the following 
new paragraph:
    ``(e) It shall not be in order to consider any resolution reported 
from the Committee on Rules providing for the consideration of any bill 
or resolution otherwise subject to amendment under House Rules if that 
resolution limits the right of Members to offer germane amendments to 
such bill or resolution unless the chairman of the Committee on Rules 
has orally announced to the House, at least four legislative days prior 
to the scheduled consideration of such matter by the Committee on 
Rules, that less than an open amendment process might be recommended by 
the Committee for the consideration of such bill or resolution.''.

                   limitation on self-executing rules

    Sec. 122. In rule XI, clause 4 is amended by adding the following 
new paragraph:
    ``(f) It shall not be in order to consider any order of business 
resolution reported from the Committee on Rules which provides that, 
upon the adoption of such resolution, the House shall be considered to 
have automatically adopted a motion (other than for the previous 
question), amendment, or resolution, or to have passed a bill, joint 
resolution, or conference report thereon, unless the consideration of 
such order of business resolution is agreed to by not less than two-
thirds of the members voting, and the yeas and nays shall be considered 
as ordered when the Speaker puts the question on consideration.''.

                        budget waiver limitation

    Sec. 123. In rule XI, clause 4 is amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following new paragraph:
    ``(g)(1) It shall not be in order to consider any resolution 
reported from the Committee on Rules for the consideration of any 
measure which waives any specified provisions of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, as amended, unless the report accompanying such 
resolution includes an explanation of, and justification for, any such 
waiver, an estimated cost of the provisions to which the waiver 
applies, and a summary or text of any written comments on the proposed 
waiver received by the committee from the Committee on the Budget.
    ``(2) It shall be in order after the previous question has been 
ordered on any such resolution, to offer motions proposing to strike 
one or more such waivers from the resolution, and each such motion 
shall be decided without debate and shall require for adoption the 
requisite number of affirmative votes as required by the Budget Act or 
the rules of the House. After disposition of any and all such motions, 
the House shall proceed to an immediate vote on adoption of the 
resolution.''.

                       committee staffing reform

    Sec. 124. (a) In rule XI, clause 5 is amended by inserting the 
following new paragraph and by redesignating existing paragraphs 
accordingly:
    ``(a)(1) It shall not be in order to consider any primary expense 
resolution until the Committee on House Administration has reported, 
and the House has adopted, a resolution establishing an overall ceiling 
for the House on the total number of statutory and investigative staff 
personnel for that year for committees requiring such expense 
resolutions, and any such staff ceiling resolution shall be privileged 
for consideration by the House.
    ``(2) In developing any primary expense resolution, the Committee 
on House Administration shall specify in the resolution the number of 
staff positions authorized by the resolution. The committee shall 
verify in the report accompanying any such primary expense resolution 
that the number of staff positions authorized by such resolution is in 
conformity with the overall ceiling on such positions established by 
the House.
    ``(3) In no event shall the total number of additional staff 
positions authorized by all such primary expense resolutions, taken 
together with the number of staff positions authorized by clause 6 of 
this rule (providing for professional and clerical staff), exceed the 
ceiling established by the House for that year.
    ``(4) In allocating staff positions pursuant to the overall ceiling 
established by the House, the committee shall take into account the 
past and anticipated legislative and oversight activities of each 
committee.
    ``(5) In any supplemental expense resolution, and in any amendment 
thereto, the committee shall specify the number of additional staff 
positions, if any, authorized by such resolution, and shall indicate in 
the report accompanying any such resolution whether the additional 
staff positions are in conformity with or exceed the overall ceiling 
established by the House.
    ``(6) It shall not be in order to consider any supplemental expense 
resolution, or any amendment thereto, authorizing additional staff 
positions in excess of the overall ceiling established by the House 
except by a vote of two-thirds of the Members voting, a quorum being 
present.
    ``(7) It shall not be in order to consider any primary or 
supplemental expense resolution for one or more committees unless the 
report on such resolution includes a statement verifying that each such 
committee has adopted and complied with a committee rule entitling the 
minority party on such committee, upon the request of a majority of 
such minority, to not less than one-third of the funds provided for 
committee staff pursuant to each primary or supplemental expense 
resolution.
    ``(8)(a) For the purposes of the first and second sessions of the 
One Hundred Third Congress, and the first session of the One Hundred 
Fourth Congress, the overall ceiling established for committee staff in 
a resolution reported by the committee pursuant to subparagraph (1) or 
contained in any amendment thereto, shall not exceed 90 percentum of 
the total of such committee staff personnel employed in the previous 
session of Congress.
    ``(b) In order to ensure the comprehensive applicability of the 
foregoing provisions, the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee 
on the Budget shall be treated the same as other standing committees 
under this clause, subject to committee expense resolutions, and clause 
6 of this rule, authorizing the appointment of a specified number of 
professional and clerical staff.''.
    (b) Technical and conforming amendments:
            (1) In rule XI, clause 5(b) (as redesignated) by striking 
        the following in the first sentence thereof: ``(except the 
        Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on the Budget)''.
            (2) In rule XI, clause 6(a)(5) is amended to read as 
        follows:
    ``(5) The provisions of subparagraph (3) do not apply to shared 
staff, or designated associate staff members of committees provided 
that such staff engage only in official business of the House and, in 
the case of associate staff, committee rules specifically authorize 
them to engage in other official business of the House.''.
            (3) In rule XI, clause 6 is amended by striking 
        subparagraph (b)(4) and subparagraph (d).

                         commemorative calendar

    Sec. 125. In rule XIII, insert the following new clause 6 and 
redesignate succeeding clauses accordingly:
    ``6. There shall also be a Commemorative Calendar to be comprised 
of unreported bills and resolutions respecting commemorative holidays 
and celebrations referred to the Committee on Post Office and Civil 
Service and requested by the chairman and ranking minority member of 
such committee, in writing to the Speaker, to be placed thereon. On the 
first and third Tuesdays of each month, after the disposal of such 
business on the Speaker's table as requires reference only and bills 
and resolutions called on the Private Calendar, the Speaker shall 
direct the Clerk to call the bills and resolutions on the Commemorative 
Calendar. Should objection be made by two or more Members to the 
consideration of any bill or resolution so called, it shall be removed 
from such Calendar. Such bills and resolutions, if considered, shall be 
considered in the House.''.

                  accuracy of the congressional record

    Sec. 126. In rule XIV, add the following new clause:
    ``9. (a) The Congressional Record shall be a substantially verbatim 
account of remarks made during the proceedings of the House, subject 
only to technical, grammatical and typographical corrections authorized 
by the Member making the remarks involved.
    ``(b) Unparliamentary remarks may be deleted only by unanimous 
consent or by order of the House.
    ``(c) The provisions of clause 4(e)(1) of rule X shall apply to 
violations of this rule.''.

                        automatic rollcall votes

    Sec. 127. In rule XV, add the following new clause:
    ``7. The yeas and nays shall be considered as ordered when the 
Speaker puts the question upon the final passage of any bill, joint 
resolution, or conference report thereon, making general 
appropriations, providing revenue, or adjusting the statutory rate of 
pay of Members of Congress, or on final adoption of any concurrent 
resolution on the budget or conference report thereon which provides an 
increase in the statutory debt limit.''.

                         appropriation reforms

    Sec. 128. (a) In rule XXI, clause 2 is amended by striking the 
second sentence of paragraph (c) and paragraph (d) in its entirety, and 
by inserting the following new paragraph (d):
    ``(d)(1) For the purposes of House Rules, a `general appropriation 
bill' shall include any bill or joint resolution making continuing 
appropriations in a fiscal year for a period excess of thirty days, and 
any such measure shall include the full text of the language proposed 
to be enacted (as opposed to mere references to measures, or amendments 
thereto, which have been reported or passed by either House, or agreed 
to by a committee of conference).
    ``(2) the provisions of clause 2(l)(3)(B) of rule XI shall apply to 
any `general appropriations bill' as defined in subparagraph (1).
    ``(3) For the purposes of this clause, all points of order shall be 
considered as having been reserved against any general appropriation 
bill at the time it was reported.
    (b) In rule XXI, clause 2 is amended by inserting after 
subparagraph (d) the following:
    ``(e) It shall not be in order to consider any bill or joint 
resolution making continuing appropriations for a period of thirty days 
or less unless such measure only provides for appropriations in the 
lesser amount and under the more restrictive authority of each 
pertinent appropriations measure: as passed by the House; as passed by 
the Senate; as agreed to by a committee of conference; or as enacted 
for the preceding fiscal year.''.
    (c) In rule XXI, clause 2 is amended by inserting the following new 
subparagraph:
    ``(f) It shall always be in order during the consideration of any 
appropriations measure for amendment to consider off-setting, deficit-
neutral amendments en bloc, even though they may amend portions of the 
bill not yet read for amendment, said amendments shall be considered as 
read when offered, and shall not be subject to a demand for a division 
of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.''.
    (d) In rule XXI, clause 3 is amended by inserting before the 
period: ``, and shall contain a list of all appropriations contained in 
the bill for any expenditure not previously authorized by law''.
    (e) In rule XI, clause (2)(l)(3)(B) is amended by inserting after 
``(other than continuing appropriations'' the following: ``except as 
provided by clause 2(d) of rule XXI''.
    (f) In rule XI, clause 4 is amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following:
    ``(h) It shall not be in order, except by a vote of not less than 
three-fifths of the Members of the House duly chosen and sworn, to 
consider any rule or order from the Committee on Rules which waives the 
provisions of clause 2(e) of rule XXI against the consideration of any 
short-term continuing appropriations measure as defined therein; or 
which waives the provisions of clause 2 of rule XXI against, or denies 
amendment to, any provision in any appropriation measure if an 
authorization for such provision has not been previously considered and 
agreed to by the House with respect to the fiscal year to which the 
provision applies.''.

       prohibition on extraneous matters in reconciliation bills

    Sec. 129. In rule XXI, add the following new clause:
    ``8. (a) No provision shall be reported in the House to any 
reconciliation bill pursuant to the most recently agreed to concurrent 
resolution on the budget, or be in order as an amendment thereto in the 
House or the Committee of the Whole, which is not related to achieving 
the purpose of the directives to House committees contained in such 
concurrent resolution.
    ``(b) Nothing in this clause shall be construed to prevent the 
consideration of any provision in a reconciliation bill, or any 
amendment thereto, which achieves savings greater than those directed 
of a committee and which conforms to paragraph (c) of this clause, or 
to prevent the consideration of motions to strike made in order by the 
Committee on Rules to achieve the purposes of the directives.
    ``(c) For the purposes of this clause, a provision shall be 
considered related to achieving the purposes of directives contained in 
the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget if it 
is estimated by the House Committee on the Budget, in consultation with 
the Congressional Budget Office, to effectuate or implement a reduction 
in budget authority or in new spending authority described in section 
401(c)(2)(C) of the Congressional Budget Act, or to raise revenues, or 
both, and, in the case of an amendment, if it is within (in whole or in 
part) the jurisdiction of any committee instructed in the concurrent 
resolution.
    ``(d) The point of order provided for by this clause shall not 
apply to Senate amendments or to conference reports.
    ``(e) For the purposes of this clause, all points of order shall be 
considered as having been reserved against a reconciliation bill at the 
time it was reported.''.

                    authorization reporting deadline

    Sec. 130. In rule XXI, add the following new clause:
    ``9. It shall not be in order to consider in the House any bill or 
joint resolution which directly or indirectly authorizes the enactment 
of new budget authority for a fiscal year unless that bill or joint 
resolution is reported in the House on or before May 15 preceding the 
beginning of such fiscal year.''.

                          pledge of allegiance

    Sec. 131. In rule XXIV, clause 1 is amended by inserting after the 
second order of business the following new order of business, and by 
redesignating succeeding orders accordingly: ``Third. The Pledge of 
Allegiance to the Flag.''.

                        suspension of the rules

    Sec. 132. In rule XXVII, clause 1 is amended by inserting after 
``1.'' the designation ``(a)'', and by inserting after paragraph (a) 
the following new paragraphs:
    ``(b) It shall not be in order to entertain a motion to suspend the 
rules and pass or agree to any measure or matter unless by direction of 
the committee or committees of jurisdiction over the measure or matter, 
or unless a written request is filed with the Speaker by the chairman 
and ranking minority member of the committee or committees having 
jurisdiction over the measure or matter, asking for its consideration 
under suspension of the rules.
    ``(c) A motion to suspend the rules and pass or agree to any 
measure or matter shall not be in order if the measure or matter would 
enact or authorize the enactment of new budget authority or new 
spending authority in excess of $50,000,000 for any fiscal year; nor 
shall it be in order to suspend the rules to pass any joint resolution 
which proposes to amend the Constitution.
    ``(d) It shall not be in order to entertain a motion to suspend the 
rules and pass or agree to any measure or matter unless written notice 
is placed in the Congressional Record of its scheduled consideration at 
least one calendar day prior to its consideration, and such 
notification shall include the numerical designation of the measure or 
matter, its short title, and the text of any amendments to be offered 
thereto (if such amendments are not printed in the measure as 
reported), and the date on which the measure or matter is scheduled to 
be considered.''.

                           discharge motions

    Sec. 133. In rule XXVII, clause 4 is amended by inserting after the 
fourth sentence the following new sentence: ``When one hundred Members 
have signed the motion, the Clerk shall cause to be printed in the 
Congressional Record the name of each Member who has signed or 
withdrawn a signature to the motion, and shall thereafter publish an 
updated list in the Congressional Record at the end of each succeeding 
week the House is in session.''.

               inclusion of views with conference reports

    Sec. 134. In rule XXVIII, clause 1 is amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following new paragraph:
    ``(e) If, on the day a report of any committee of conference has 
received the requisite number of signatures for approval by House 
conferees, any House conferee gives notice of intention to file 
supplemental, minority, or additional views, that Member shall be 
entitled to not less than three calendar days (excluding Saturdays, 
Sundays, and legal holidays) on which to file such views with the 
principal manager on the part of the House, such views shall be in 
writing and signed by that Member. All such views so filed by one or 
more Members of the committee shall be published in the same volume as 
the report of the committee of conference and the joint explanatory 
statement filed in the House, and the volume shall bear on its cover a 
recital that any such supplemental, minority, or additional views are 
included as part of that volume. This paragraph shall not preclude the 
immediate filing or printing of a conference report if a timely request 
to file such views was not made as provided by this paragraph.''.

                   protection of classified materials

    Sec. 135. In rule XLIII (``Code of Official Conduct''), add the 
following new clause:
    ``13. Before any Member, officer or employee of the House of 
Representatives may have access to classified information, the 
following oath shall be executed:
        `I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will not disclose any 
        classified information received in the course of my service 
        with the House of Representatives, except as authorized by 
        House of Representatives or in accordance with its Rules.'
Copies of the executed oath shall be retained by the Clerk of the House 
as part of the records of the House.''.

                 composition of intelligence committee

    Sec. 136. In rule XLVIII (``Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence''), clause 1(a) is amended by striking-out ``nineteen 
Members with representation to'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
``thirteen Members, of which not more than seven may be from the same 
party. The select committee shall''.

                     enhanced rescission authority

    Sec. 137(a). The Committee on Rules and the Committee on Government 
Operations shall, not later than May 31, 1993, report legislation 
granting the President enhanced rescission authority with respect to 
any discretionary budget authority in any fiscal year. Such legislation 
shall provide that any such budget authority shall be considered to be 
permanently canceled unless a joint resolution disapproving such 
rescission is enacted within a specified number of days of continuous 
session of Congress (as defined by section 1011 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974) after the date on which the President's special 
rescission message is received.
    (b) If such legislation is not reported by the committees named 
above by the date specified, the Committees not reporting shall be 
considered as having been discharged from the further consideration of 
the first such bill introduced and it shall be in order on any day 
after June 3, 1993, for any Member of the House (after consultation 
with the Speaker as to the most appropriate time for consideration), as 
a matter of highest privilege, to move to resolve into the Committee of 
the Whole House on the State of the Union for its consideration, and 
the bill shall be subject to two hours of general debate to be equally 
divided and controlled by the majority and minority leaders, or their 
designees, followed by consideration of the measure for amendment under 
the five-minute rule.

                 biennial budget-appropriations process

    Sec. 138. The House members of the Joint Committee on the 
Organization of Congress are directed to request that the Joint 
Committee conduct a complete and thorough study of the advisability and 
feasibility of converting to a biennial budget and appropriations 
process and corresponding multi-year authorizations and that it report 
back its findings and recommendations not later than December 31, 1993.

                 realignment of committee jurisdictions

    Sec. 139. The House members of the Joint Committee on the 
Organization of the Congress shall request that the Joint Committee 
conduct a complete and thorough study of the committees of the House 
and the Senate with a view to realigning the jurisdictions along more 
functional and rational lines in order to eliminate the duplication, 
overlap, and inefficiencies in the present committee system and to 
ensure, to the extent feasible, that the committee systems of the two 
Houses are as parallel and compatible as possible with each other and 
with the Executive Departments under their jurisdiction.

               applicability of certain laws to the house

    Sec. 140. (a) It is the policy of the House that the laws of the 
United States set forth in subparagraph (b) should be amended to apply 
to the House of Representatives in the same or similar manner as such 
laws apply, in the case of subparagraph (b)(1)-(8), to private sector 
employees; and, in the case of subparagraph (b)(9)-(11), to the 
Executive Branch; and that any bill reported by a committee of the 
House in the One Hundred Third Congress shall conform to this same 
principle. Such application shall include, absent manifest 
constitutional limitations, the same remedies (including, where 
applicable, damages) and enforcement procedures (including, where 
applicable, private law suits) as those provided under the identified 
laws.
    (b) Not later than June 30, 1993, the standing committees of the 
House with subject matter jurisdiction over the following laws of the 
United States shall report to the House legislation to implement 
subparagraph (a):
            (1) The National Labor Relations Act;
            (2) The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970;
            (3) The Equal Pay Act of 1963;
            (4) The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967;
            (5) Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (relating to 
        equal employment opportunity);
            (6) The Fair Labor Standards Act;
            (7) The Americans with Disabilities Act;
            (8) The Employee Polygraph Protection Act;
            (9) Section 552 of title 5, United States Code (popularly 
        known as the Freedom of Information Act);
            (10) Section 552a of title 5, United States Code (popularly 
        known as the Privacy Act of 1974); and);
            (11) Chapter 39 of title 28, United States Code (relating 
        to an independent counsel).
    (c) The Committee on Rules shall, not later than ten legislative 
days after any such legislation has been reported, report a resolution 
providing for the consideration of such measure in the Committee of the 
Whole House on the State of the Union under an open amendment process.
    (d) If such legislation is not reported by all the committees named 
above by the date specified, the first bill introduced which implements 
the policy referred to in subparagraph (a) and which encompasses all 
the laws referred to in subparagraph (b) shall be considered as having 
been discharged from all the committees to which it was referred. It 
shall be in order on any day after July 15, 1993, for any Member of the 
House (after consultation with the Speaker as to the most appropriate 
time for consideration), as a matter of highest privilege, to move to 
resolve into the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
for its consideration, and the bill shall be subject to four hours of 
general debate to be equally divided and controlled by the majority and 
minority leaders, or their designees, followed by consideration of the 
measure for amendment under the five-minute rule.

                     abolition of select committees

    Sec. 141. (a) The following select committees shall be abolished 
and their funding for investigations and studies is terminated for 
purposes of clause 5(f)(2) of House Rule XI: (1) the Select Committee 
on Children, Youth and Families; (2) the Select Committee on Hunger; 
and (3) the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control.
    (b) Clause (6)(i) of rule X of the Rules of the House, establishing 
a Select Committee on Aging, is repealed, the select committee is 
abolished, and its funding for investigations and studies is 
terminated.
    (c) It shall not be in order during the first session of the One 
Hundred Third Congress to consider any resolution reestablishing the 
above-named select committees, nor shall it be in order to consider any 
order of business resolution waiving this prohibition except by a two-
thirds vote of the House.

                            campaign reform

    Sec. 142. (a) The Committee on House Administration is directed to 
report to the House no later than June 30, 1993, legislation to reform 
Federal election law and campaign practices.
    (b) Not later than July 31, 1993, all other committees to which 
such bill may have been referred shall report such bill to the House 
with such amendments as may have been recommended. Any committee which 
has not reported as directed by such date shall be deemed to be 
discharged from the further consideration of such bill.
    (c) Not later than ten legislative days after the July 31, 1993, 
reporting deadline, the Committee on Rules shall report a resolution 
providing for the consideration of such campaign reform bill under an 
open amendment process. If such a resolution is not reported by such 
date, it shall be in order on any day thereafter for any Member to move 
that the House resolve into the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union for the consideration of the bill.

                        chief financial officer

    Sec. 143. (a) Strike clause 1(a) of rule VI, insert in lieu thereof 
the following, and redesignate clause 2 as clause 6.

                               ``Rule VI

                       ``chief financial officer

    ``1. There shall be elected by not less than two-thirds of Members 
voting, a quorum being present, the Chief Financial Officer of the 
House.
    ``2. The Chief Financial Officer should have appropriate education 
and training, have demonstrated an ability to manage large and complex 
administrative activities and resources, and have experience that is 
relevant to the management of the financial operations of the House.
    ``3. The Chief Financial Officer shall be responsible for--
            ``(a) reviewing and analyzing the financial operations of 
        the House, including the efficiencies of its operations, the 
        functions of its offices, and the cost-effectiveness of its 
        operations, and providing periodic recommendations to the 
        Speaker and minority leader respecting these operations;
            ``(b) conducting periodic audits of the financial 
        operations of the House, simultaneously sending audit reports 
        to the Speaker and minority leader, and making these audit 
        reports available to the public;
            ``(c) keeping the accounts for the pay and mileage of 
        Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto 
        Rico, and paying them as provided by law; and
            ``(d) carrying out all other financial functions and 
        operations that were exercised by the Clerk before the date of 
        the adoption of this rule, including, but not limited to--
                    ``(1) keeping full and accurate accounts of the 
                disbursements of the contingent fund of the House.
                    ``(2) keeping the stationery account of the 
                Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioner of Puerto 
                Rico.
                    ``(3) paying the salaries of officers and employees 
                of the House, and
                    ``(4) making or approving all contracts, bargains, 
                or agreements relative to furnishing any matter or 
                thing, or for the performance of any labor for the 
                House of Representatives in pursuance of law or order 
                of the House.
            ``(e)(1) reviewing existing and proposed rules of the House 
        to determine the effect of such rules on the economy and 
        efficiency of the financial operations of the House, taking 
        into consideration the need to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse 
        in such operations.
            ``(2) based on such review, providing periodic 
        recommendations to the Speaker and the Minority Leader with 
        respect to the Rules of the House.
            ``(f) keeping the House fully and currently informed of any 
        instance of fraud, waste, or abuse, or any other serious 
        deficiency in the financial operations of the House, including 
        corrective actions taken or recommended;
            ``(g) reporting to the Speaker and the Minority Leader--
                    (1) any such instance that, because of its 
                particularly serious nature, requires immediate 
                attention; and
                    ``(2) any lack of cooperation by a Member, officer, 
                or employee of the House that inhibits the carrying out 
                of the responsibilities of the Chief Financial Officer;
            ``(h) not later than October 31 of each year, submitting to 
        the House with respect to the financial operations of the House 
        in the preceding fiscal year a report of the activities of the 
        Chief Financial Officer, including--
                    ``(1) a description of significant problems, 
                abuses, and deficiencies in the financial operations of 
                the House, the recommendations made, the corrective 
                actions completed, and the corrective actions 
                uncompleted;
                    ``(2) a summary of matters the Chief Financial 
                Officer referred to the Committee on Standards of 
                Official Conduct and the actions which have resulted 
                from such referrals; and
                    ``(3) a summary of each recommendation by the Chief 
                Financial Officer to the Speaker and minority leader 
                under these Rules;
            ``(i) receiving and investigating complaints from employees 
        of the House with respect to fraud, waste, and abuse in the 
        financial operations of the House, if such complaints assert 
        the existence of a violation of law, a violation of these 
        Rules, mismanagement, gross waste of funds, or abuse of 
        authority, and
            ``(j) developing and maintaining an integrated accounting 
        and financial management system for the House, including 
        financial reporting and internal controls to provide 
        performance measurement, cost information, and integration of 
        accounting and budgeting information; and
            ``(k) directing, managing, providing policy guidance for, 
        and conducting oversight of financial management personnel and 
        operations, including preparation of a 5-year financial system 
        plan, development of financial management budgets, recruitment, 
        selection and training of personnel to carry out financial 
        management functions, and implementation of asset management 
        systems, such as cash and credit management, debt collection, 
        and property and internal controls.
                    ``4. (a) In carrying out clause 3(I), the Chief 
                Financial Officer may not disclose the identity of a 
                complaining employee without the consent of the 
                employee, unless the Chief Financial Officer determines 
                such disclosure is unavoidable.
                    ``(b) Any intimidation of, or reprisal against, an 
                employee of the House by an employing authority because 
                of a complaint made by the employee is a violation of 
                rule LI.
                    ``5. In accordance with policies and procedures 
                approved by the Committee on House Administration, the 
                Chief Financial Officer shall appoint such employees as 
                may be necessary for the prompt and efficient 
                performance of the duties of the Chief Financial 
                Officer under these Rules. Such employees shall serve 
                at the pleasure of the Chief Financial Officer.''.
    (b) In the newly designated clause 6(c)(1), strike ``Director of 
Non-legislative and Financial Services'' and insert in lieu thereof 
``Chief Financial Officer''.

                   committee on house administration

    Sec. 144. Clause 6(a) of rule X of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(5)(A) One-half of the members of the Committee on House 
Administration shall be from the majority party and one-half shall be 
from the minority party.
    ``(B) In the case of the Committee on House Administration, 
subpoenas may be authorized and issued as provided by clause 2(m) of 
rule XI, except that either the chairman or ranking minority party 
member of that committee may authorize and issue subpoenas under that 
clause.''.

       appropriations subcommittee on legislation appropriations

    Sec. 145. (a) The membership of the Subcommittee on Legislative 
Appropriations of the Committee on Appropriations shall be divided 
equally between the majority party and the minority party. Staff 
positions for the subcommittee shall be divided in the same manner.

  limitation on reprogramming of funds in the house of representatives

    Sec. 146. (a) No funds may be reprogrammed or otherwise transferred 
between appropriation accounts of the House of Representatives without 
the written approval of the Speaker and the minority leader of the 
House of Representatives.

                     office of the general counsel

    Sec. 147. (a) Strike clause 11 of rule I and insert the following 
new rule C:

                                ``Rule V

                    ``office of the general counsel

    ``1. There is established in the House of Representatives an office 
to be known as the Office of the General Counsel, referred to 
hereinafter in this title as the ``Officer''.
    ``2. Accountability.--The Office shall be directly accountable to 
the Leadership Group, composed of--(a) the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives; (b) the majority leader and minority leader of the 
House of Representatives; (c) the majority whip and minority whip of 
the House of Representatives; (d) the chairman and ranking minority 
party member of the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives; and (e) 2 Members of the House to be appointed by the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives, one of whom shall be appointed 
upon the recommendation of the minority leader.
    ``3. Purpose and Policy.--The purpose of the Office is to provide 
legal assistance to Members, officer, and employees of the House of 
Representatives on matters directly related to their duties, other than 
matters committed by law, rule, or other authority to the Office of the 
Parliamentarian, the Office of the Legislative Counsel, the Office of 
the Law Revision Counsel, the Legislative Classification Office, the 
Congressional Research Service, the Comptroller General, or the Office 
of Fair Employment Practices, or to another office, officer, or 
employee of the House of Representatives. The Office shall maintain--
(1) impartiality as to issues of policy to be determined by the House 
of Representatives; and (2) the attorney-client relationship with 
respect to all communications between it and any Member or committee of 
the House.
    ``4. Specific Approval Requirements.--
            ``(a) Approval by resolution.--Unless approved by unanimous 
        vote of the Leadership Group, the following actions of the 
        Office require prior approval by resolution of the House of 
        Representatives.
                    ``(1) Entering an appearance before any court.
                    ``(2) Filing a brief in any court.
                    ``(3) Representing any Member of the House of 
                Representatives in any contested matter that will 
                result in formal legal proceedings.
            ``(b) Approval by the leadership group.--The following 
        activities of the Office require prior approval by the 
        Leadership Group:
                    ``(1) Preparation of any legal memorandum or other 
                item of legal research that requires more than 4 hours 
                of preparation time.
                    ``(2) Work other than in the routine course of 
                business of the office.
            ``(c) Special rule.--In carrying out any action under this 
        title, the Office, in the case of any matter that affects an 
        area of responsibility committed to another office, officer, or 
        employee referred to in section 123, shall consult the office, 
        officer, or employee involved and coordinate such action with 
        the office, officer, or employee.
    ``5. General Counsel.--The management, supervision, and 
administration of the Office are vested in the General Counsel, who 
shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, upon 
the recommendation of the majority leader and minority leader of the 
House of Representatives, acting jointly, without regard for political 
affiliation and solely on the basis of fitness to perform the duties of 
the position. The General Counsel shall serve at the pleasure of the 
Leadership Group.
    ``6. Staff.--With the approval of the Leadership Group or in 
accordance with policies and procedures approved by the Leadership 
Group, the General Counsel may employ such attorneys and other 
employees as may be necessary for the performance of the functions of 
the Office, except that not more than 4 attorneys and 3 other employees 
may be so employed and at least one attorney in the Office shall be 
appointed upon the recommendation of the minority leader. Any 
individual employed under this section may be removed by the General 
Counsel, with the approval of the Leadership Group.
    ``7. Compensation.--
            ``(a) General counsel.--The General Counsel shall be paid 
        at a per annum gross rate fixed by the Leadership Group, but 
        not more than the rate payable for positions at level III of 
        the Executive Schedule, under section 5314 of the title 5, 
        United States Code.
            ``(b) Staff.--Members of the staff of the Office shall be 
        paid at per annum gross rates fixed by the General Counsel, 
        with the approval of the Leadership Group or in accordance with 
        policies and procedures approved by the Leadership Group, but 
        not more than the rate payable for positions at level IV of the 
        Executive Schedule, under section 5315 of title 5, United 
        States Code.
    ``8. Expenditures.--Subject to appropriation and in accordance with 
policies and procedures approved by the Leadership Group, the General 
Counsel may make such expenditures as may be appropriate for the 
functioning of the Office.
    ``9. Time Sheets.--The Attorneys and professional staff in the 
Office shall maintain regular, written records of the time expended on 
legal matters, consistent with generally accepted practices in private 
law firms. Such time records shall be maintained on forms and according 
to procedures established by the General Counsel, and shall provide for 
the recordation of time allotted to legal work in increments of no more 
than one-quarter hour. The time records shall be reviewable by the 
Leadership Group and may not be made public other than by direction of 
the Leadership Group or resolution of the House.''.

                 repeal of certain amendments to rules

    Sec. 148. In House Resolution 5, One Hundred Third Congress, 
adopting the Rules of the House of the One Hundred Third Congress, the 
amendments to Rules of the House of the One Hundred Second Congress 
made by the following paragraphs are hereby repealed and, to the extent 
applicable, the original language from the Rules of the One Hundred 
Second Congress shall be restored as the language of the Rules of the 
House for the One Hundred Third Congress:
            (a) paragraph (4) relating to questions of privilege;
            (b) subparagraph (7)(a), relating to the Speaker's 
        authority to appoint and remove members of select and 
        conference committees;
            (c) subparagraph (8)(a) relating to the authority of 
        committees to sit when the House is considering bills for 
        amendment under the five-minute rule;
            (d) subparagraph (8)(b) relating to the required quorum in 
        a committee for the purpose of reporting a measure or 
        recommendation;
            (e) paragraphs (9), (13), and (14), regarding granting the 
        right to vote in and preside over the Committee of the Whole to 
        the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, and the Delegates 
        from American Samoa, the District of Columbia, Guam and the 
        Virgin Islands.

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