[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 448 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 448

  Amending the Code of Official Conduct of the Rules of the House of 
 Representatives to require the temporary step aside of a chairman or 
             ranking minority party member who is indicted.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 8, 1994

Mr. Reynolds submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
             the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Amending the Code of Official Conduct of the Rules of the House of 
 Representatives to require the temporary step aside of a chairman or 
             ranking minority party member who is indicted.

    Resolved, That (a) rule XLIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by inserting after clause 12 the following 
new clause:
    ``13. The chairman or ranking minority party member of a standing, 
select, or special committee of the House or of a joint committee of 
the Congress, or any subcommittee thereof, who is indicted for a felony 
for which a sentence of two or more years imprisonment may be imposed, 
shall cease to exercise the powers of chairman or ranking minority 
party member, as the case may be, and shall step aside in favor of the 
next ranking member of the committee or subcommittee who shall serve as 
acting chairman or acting ranking minority party member, as the case 
may be, unless or until the charges are dismissed or reduced to less 
than a felony for which a sentence of two or more years imprisonment 
may be imposed.''.
    (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to any 
individual who is chairman or ranking minority party member of a 
standing, select, or special committee of the House or of a joint 
committee of the Congress, or any subcommittee thereof, who is indicted 
for a felony described in that amendment or is under indictment for 
such a felony on the date this resolution is agreed to.

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