[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 6 Engrossed in House (EH)]


                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                          January 5 (legislative day, January 4), 1995.
    Resolved, 

            TITLE I. CONTRACT WITH AMERICA: A BILL OF ACCOUNTABILITY

    Sec. 101. The Rules of the House of Representatives of the One Hundred Third 
Congress, including applicable provisions of law or concurrent resolution that 
constituted rules of the House at the end of the One Hundred Third Congress, 
together with such amendments thereto in this resolution as may otherwise have 
been adopted, are adopted as the Rules of the House of Representatives of the 
One Hundred Fourth Congress, with the following amendments:

                   Committee, Subcommittee, and Staff Reforms

    (a) Committee Staff Reductions.--In the One Hundred Fourth Congress, the 
total number of staff of House committees shall be at least one-third less than 
the corresponding total in the One Hundred Third Congress.
    (b) Subcommittee Reductions.--In clause 6 of rule X, amend paragraph (d) to 
read as follows:
    ``(d) No committee of the House shall have more than five subcommittees 
(except the Committee on Appropriations, which shall have no more than thirteen; 
the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, which shall have no more than 
seven; and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, which shall have 
no more than six).''.
    (c) Consolidated Committee Staff and Biennial Funding.--
            (1) In clause 5(a) of rule XI, amend the first sentence to read as 
        follows: ``Whenever any committee, commission, or other entity (except 
        the Committee on Appropriations) is to be granted authorization for the 
        payment of its expenses (including all staff salaries) for a Congress, 
        such authorization initially shall be procured by one primary expense 
        resolution reported by the Committee on House Oversight.''.
            (2)(A) In clause 5(b) of rule XI, amend the first sentence to read 
        as follows: ``After the date of adoption by the House of any such 
        primary expense resolution for any such committee, commission, or other 
        entity for any Congress, authorization for the payment of additional 
        expenses (including staff salaries) in that Congress may be procured by 
        one or more supplemental expense resolutions reported by the Committee 
        on House Oversight, as necessary.''.
            (B) In clause 5(c)(1) of rule XI--
            (i) strike ``the contingent fund'' and insert ``committee salary and 
        expense accounts'';
            (ii) strike ``any year'' and insert ``any odd-numbered year''; and
            (iii) strike ``for that year'' and insert ``for that Congress''.
            (C) In clause 5(c)(2) of rule XI, strike ``the contingent fund'' and 
        insert ``committee salary and expense accounts''.
            (D) In clause 5(f)(1) of rule XI--
                    (i) strike ``the contingent fund'' and insert ``committee 
                salary and expense accounts''; and
                    (ii) strike ``of each year'' and insert ``in each odd-
                numbered year''.
            (3)(A) Interim funding rule.--For the purposes of implementing this 
        section, and notwithstanding the provisions of clause 5(f) of rule XI, 
        at the beginning of the One Hundred Fourth Congress, the committees 
        established by this resolution are authorized, pending the adoption of 
        the primary expense resolution for the One Hundred Fourth Congress, to 
        expend such sums as are necessary to pay compensation for staff services 
        performed for, or to pay other expenses of, the committee consistent 
        with its planned reductions in committee staff.
            (B) Notwithstanding any provision of clause 5(f) of rule XI, 
        payments thereunder during the One Hundred Fourth Congress may be made 
        only on vouchers signed by a Member elected as chairman of the committee 
        concerned in the One Hundred Fourth Congress and approved by the 
        Committee on House Oversight, or, in the case of late expenses of any 
        committee from the One Hundred Third Congress not reestablished by the 
        Rules of the One Hundred Fourth Congress, on vouchers signed by the 
        chairman of the Committee on House Oversight.
            (4) In clause 5 of rule XI, amend paragraph (d) to read as follows:
    ``(d) From the funds made available for the appointment of committee staff 
pursuant to any primary or additional expense resolution, the chairman of each 
committee shall ensure that sufficient staff is made available to each 
subcommittee to carry out its responsibilities under the rules of the committee, 
and that the minority party is fairly treated in the appointment of such 
staff.''.
            (5)(A) In clause 6(a)(1) of rule XI, amend the first sentence to 
        read as follows: ``Subject to subparagraph (2) and paragraph (f), each 
        standing committee may appoint, by majority vote of the committee, not 
        more than thirty professional staff members from the funds provided for 
        the appointment of committee staff pursuant to primary and additional 
        expense resolutions.''.
            (B) In clause 6(a)(2) of rule XI, amend the first sentence by 
        striking ``six persons'' and inserting ``ten persons (or one-third of 
        the total professional committee staff appointed under this clause, 
        whichever is less)''.
            (C) In clause 6(a) of rule XI, strike subparagraphs (3) through (5);
            (D) In clause 6 of rule XI, amend paragraph (b) to read as follows:
    ``(b)(1) The professional staff members of each standing committee--
            ``(A) may not engage in any work other than committee business 
        during congressional working hours; and
            ``(B) may not be assigned any duties other than those pertaining to 
        committee business.
    ``(2) This paragraph does not apply to any staff designated by a committee 
as `associate' or `shared' staff who are not paid exclusively by the committee, 
provided that the chairman certifies that the compensation paid by the committee 
for any such employee is commensurate with the work performed for the committee, 
in accordance with the provisions of clause 8 of rule XLIII.
    ``(3) The use of any `associate' or `shared' staff by any committee shall be 
subject to the review of, and to any terms, conditions, or limitations 
established by, the Committee on House Oversight in connection with the 
reporting of any primary or additional expense resolution.
    ``(4) The foregoing provisions of this clause do not apply to the Committee 
on Appropriations.''.
            (E) In clause 6(c) of rule XI strike ``, clerical and 
        investigating'' and insert ``and investigative''.
            (F) In clause 6(d) of rule XI, strike ``and the Committee on 
        Budget''.
            (G)(i) In clause 6(f) of rule XI, strike ``, or a minority clerical 
        staff member under paragraph (b),'' and strike ``or paragraph (b), as 
        applicable''.
            (ii) In clause 6(f) of rule XI, strike ``or the clerical staff, as 
        the case may be,''.
            (H) In clause 6(g) of rule XI, strike ``or (b)'' in both places it 
        appears.
            (I) In clause 6 of rule XI, amend paragraph (h) to read as follows:
    ``(h) Paragraph (a) shall not be construed to authorize the appointment of 
additional professional staff members of a committee pursuant to a request under 
such paragraph by the minority party members of that committee if ten or more 
professional staff members provided for in paragraph (a)(1) who are satisfactory 
to a majority of the minority party members, are otherwise assigned to assist 
the minority party members.''.
            (J) In clause 6(i) of rule XI, strike ``paragraphs (a)(2) and 
        (b)(2)'' and insert ``paragraph (a)(2)''.
    Sec. 102. The Rules of the House of Representatives of the One Hundred Third 
Congress, including applicable provisions of law or concurrent resolution that 
constituted rules of the House at the end of the One Hundred Third Congress, 
together with such amendments thereto in this resolution as may otherwise have 
been adopted, are adopted as the Rules of the House of Representatives of the 
One Hundred Fourth Congress, with the following amendments:

                       Truth-in-Budgeting Baseline Reform

    (a) In clause 2(l)(3)(B) of rule XI (relating to cost estimates in committee 
reports) insert before the semicolon the following: ``, except that the 
estimates with respect to new budget authority shall include, when practicable, 
a comparison of the total estimated funding level for the relevant program (or 
programs) to the appropriate levels under current law''.
    (b) In clause 7(a) of rule XIII (relating to required cost estimates in 
committee reports)--
            (1) strike ``and'' at the end of the subparagraph (1);
            (2) strike the period at the end of the paragraph and insert ``; 
        and''; and
            (3) add the following new subparagraph at the end:
            ``(3) when practicable, a comparison of the total estimated funding 
        level for the relevant program (or programs) with the appropriate levels 
        under current law.''.
    Sec. 103. The Rules of the House of Representatives of the One Hundred Third 
Congress, including applicable provisions of law or concurrent resolution that 
constituted rules of the House at the end of the One Hundred Third Congress, 
together with such amendments thereto in this resolution as may otherwise have 
been adopted, are adopted as the Rules of the House of Representatives of the 
One Hundred Fourth Congress, with the following amendments:

          Term Limits for Speaker, Committee and Subcommittee Chairmen

    (a) In clause 7 of rule I, insert ``(a)'' after ``7.'' and add the following 
new paragraph at the end:
    ``(b) No person may serve as Speaker for more than four consecutive 
Congresses, beginning with the One Hundred Fourth Congress (disregarding for 
this purpose any service for less than a full session in any Congress).''.
    (b) In clause 6(c) of rule X, insert after the first sentence the following: 
``No Member may serve as the chairman of the same standing committee, or as the 
chairman of the same subcommittee thereof, for more than three consecutive 
Congresses, beginning with the One Hundred Fourth Congress (disregarding for 
this purpose any service for less than a full session in any Congress).''.
    Sec. 104. The Rules of the House of Representatives of the One Hundred Third 
Congress, including applicable provisions of law or concurrent resolution that 
constituted rules of the House at the end of the One Hundred Third Congress, 
together with such amendments thereto in this resolution as may otherwise have 
been adopted, are adopted as the Rules of the House of Representatives of the 
One Hundred Fourth Congress, with the following amendments:

                                Proxy Voting Ban

    (a) In clause 2 of rule XI, amend paragraph (f) to read as follows:

                       ``Prohibition against proxy voting

    ``(f) No vote by any member of any committee or subcommittee with respect to 
any measure or matter may be cast by proxy.''.
    (b) In clause 2(e)(1) of rule XI, strike ``and whether by proxy or in 
person,'' in the third sentence.
    Sec. 105. The Rules of the House of Representatives of the One Hundred Third 
Congress, including applicable provisions of law or concurrent resolution that 
constituted rules of the House at the end of the One Hundred Third Congress, 
together with such amendments thereto in this resolution as may otherwise have 
been adopted, are adopted as the Rules of the House of Representatives of the 
One Hundred Fourth Congress, with the following amendments:

                            Committee Sunshine Rules

    (a) In rule clause 2(g)(1) of rule XI--
            (1) insert ``, including to radio, television, and still photography 
        coverage, except as provided by clause 3(f)(2),'' after ``public'' the 
        first place it appears;
            (2) insert ``because disclosure of matters to be considered would 
        endanger national security, would compromise sensitive law enforcement 
        information, would tend to defame, degrade or incriminate any person, or 
        otherwise would violate any law or rule of the House'' after ``public'' 
        the second place it appears; and
            (3) strike ``, or to any meeting that relates solely to internal 
        budget or personnel matters''.
    (b) In clause 2(g)(2) of rule XI--
            (1) insert ``, including to radio, television, and still photography 
        coverage,'' after ``public'' the first place it appears; and
            (2) insert ``, would compromise sensitive law enforcement 
        information,'' after ``would endanger national security'' in both places 
        it appears.
    (c) In clause 3(d) of rule XI strike ``is a privilege made available by the 
House and''.
    (d) In clause 3 of rule XI, amend paragraph (e) to read as follows:
    ``(e) Whenever a hearing or meeting conducted by any committee or 
subcommittee of the House is open to the public, those proceedings shall be open 
to coverage by television, radio, and still photography, except as provided in 
paragraph (f)(2). A committee or subcommittee chairman may not limit the number 
of television or still cameras to fewer than two representatives from each 
medium (except for legitimate space or safety considerations, in which case pool 
coverage shall be authorized).''.
    Sec. 106. The Rules of the House of Representatives of the One Hundred Third 
Congress, including applicable provisions of law or concurrent resolution that 
constituted rules of the House at the end of the One Hundred Third Congress, 
together with such amendments thereto in this resolution as may otherwise have 
been adopted, are adopted as the Rules of the House of Representatives of the 
One Hundred Fourth Congress, with the following amendments:

                          Limitations on Tax Increases

    (a) Three-Fifths Vote Required for Tax Increase Measures and Amendments.--In 
clause 5 of rule XXI, add the following new paragraph at the end:
    ``(c) No bill or joint resolution, amendment, or conference report carrying 
a Federal income tax rate increase shall be considered as passed or agreed to 
unless so determined by a vote of not less than three-fifths of the Members 
voting.''.
    (b) Prohibition on Retroactive Tax Increases.--In clause 5 of rule XXI (as 
amended by (a) above), add the following new paragraph at the end:
    ``(d) It shall not be in order to consider any bill, joint resolution, 
amendment, or conference report carrying a retroactive Federal income tax rate 
increase. For purposes of this paragraph a Federal income tax rate increase is 
retroactive if it applies to a period beginning prior to the enactment of the 
provision.''.
    Sec. 107. The Rules of the House of Representatives of the One Hundred Third 
Congress, including applicable provisions of law or concurrent resolution that 
constituted rules of the House at the end of the One Hundred Third Congress, 
together with such amendments thereto in this resolution as may otherwise have 
been adopted, are adopted as the Rules of the House of Representatives of the 
One Hundred Fourth Congress, with the following amendment:

                            Comprehensive House Audit

    During the One Hundred Fourth Congress, the Inspector General, in 
consultation with the Speaker and the Committee on House Oversight, shall 
coordinate, and as needed contract with independent auditing firms to complete, 
a comprehensive audit of House financial records and administrative operations, 
and report the results in accordance with rule VI.
    Sec. 108. The Rules of the House of Representatives of the One Hundred Third 
Congress, including applicable provisions of law or concurrent resolution that 
constituted rules of the House at the end of the One Hundred Third Congress, 
together with such amendments thereto in this resolution as may otherwise have 
been adopted, are adopted as the Rules of the House of Representatives of the 
One Hundred Fourth Congress, with the following amendment:

            Consideration of the ``Congressional Accountability Act''

    It shall be in order at any time after the adoption of this resolution to 
consider in the House, any rule of the House to the contrary notwithstanding, 
the bill (H.R. 1) to make certain laws applicable to the legislative branch of 
the Federal Government, if offered by the majority leader or a designee. The 
bill shall be debatable for not to exceed one hour, to be equally divided and 
controlled by the majority leader and the minority leader or their designees. 
The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill to final 
passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit.

                                TITLE II. GENERAL

    Resolved, That the Rules of the House of Representatives of the One Hundred 
Third Congress, including applicable provisions of law or concurrent resolution 
that constituted rules of the House at the end of the One Hundred Third 
Congress, together with such amendments thereto in this resolution as may 
otherwise have been adopted, are adopted as the Rules of the House of 
Representatives of the One Hundred Fourth Congress, with the following 
amendments:

                             Administrative Reforms

    Sec. 201. (a) Abolition of the Office of Doorkeeper; Election of Chief 
Administrative Officer.--In rule II, strike ``Doorkeeper'' each place it appears 
and insert ``Chief Administrative Officer'' .
    (b) Additional Duties of Clerk.--In rule III (``Duties of Clerk''), add the 
following new clauses at the end:
    ``7. In addition to any other reports required by the Speaker or the 
Committee on House Oversight, the Clerk shall report to the Committee on House 
Oversight not later than forty-five days following the close of each semiannual 
period ending on June 30 or on December 31 on the financial and operational 
status of each function under the jurisdiction of the Clerk. Each report shall 
include financial statements, a description or explanation of current 
operations, the implementation of new policies and procedures, and future plans 
for each function.
    ``8. The Clerk shall fully cooperate with the appropriate offices and 
persons in the performance of reviews and audits of financial records and 
administrative operations.''.
    (c) Amend rules IV, V, and VI to read as follows:

                                   ``Rule IV.

                        ``duties of the sergeant-at-arms.

    ``1. It shall be the duty of the Sergeant-at-Arms to attend the House during 
its sittings, to maintain order under the direction of the Speaker or Chairman, 
and, pending the election of a Speaker or Speaker pro tempore, under the 
direction of the Clerk, execute the commands of the House, and all processes 
issued by authority thereof, directed to him by the Speaker.
    ``2. The symbol of his office shall be the mace, which shall be borne by him 
while enforcing order on the floor.
    ``3. He shall enforce strictly the rules relating to the privileges of the 
Hall and be responsible to the House for the official conduct of his employees.
    ``4. He shall allow no person to enter the room over the Hall of the House 
during its sittings; and fifteen minutes before the hour of the meeting of the 
House each day he shall see that the floor is cleared of all persons except 
those privileged to remain, and kept so until ten minutes after adjournment.
    ``5. In addition to any other reports required by the Speaker or the 
Committee on House Oversight, the Sergeant-at-Arms shall report to the Committee 
on House Oversight not later than forty-five days following the close of each 
semiannual period ending June 30 or on December 31 on the financial and 
operational status of each function under the jurisdiction of the Sergeant-at-
Arms. Each report shall include financial statements, a description or 
explanation of current operations, the implementation of new policies and 
procedures, and future plans for each function.
    ``6. The Sergeant-at-Arms shall fully cooperate with the appropriate offices 
and persons in the performance of reviews and audits of financial records and 
administrative operations.''.

                                    ``Rule V.

                         ``chief administrative officer.

    ``1. The Chief Administrative Officer of the House shall have operational 
and financial responsibility for functions as assigned by the Speaker and the 
Committee on House Oversight, and shall be subject to the policy direction and 
oversight of the Speaker and the Committee on House Oversight.
    ``2. In addition to any other reports required by the Speaker or the 
Committee on House Oversight, the Chief shall report to the Committee on House 
Oversight not later than forty-five days following the close of each semiannual 
period ending on June 30 or December 31 on the financial and operational status 
of each function under the jurisdiction of the Chief. Each report shall include 
financial statements, a description or explanation of current operations, the 
implementation of new policies and procedures, and future plans for each 
function.
    ``3. The Chief shall fully cooperate with the appropriate offices and 
persons in the performance of reviews and audits of financial records and 
administrative operations.

                                   ``Rule VI.

                         ``office of inspector general.

    ``1. There is established an Office of Inspector General.
    ``2. The Inspector General shall be appointed for a Congress by the Speaker, 
the majority leader, and the minority leader, acting jointly.
    ``3. Subject to the policy direction and oversight of the Committee on House 
Oversight, the Inspector General shall be responsible only for--
            ``(a) conducting periodic audits of the financial and administrative 
        functions of the House and joint entities;
            ``(b) informing the Officers or other officials who are the subject 
        of an audit of the results of that audit and suggesting appropriate 
        curative actions;
            ``(c) simultaneously notifying the Speaker, the majority leader, the 
        minority leader, and the chairman and ranking minority party member of 
        the Committee on House Oversight in the case of any financial 
        irregularity discovered in the course of carrying out responsibilities 
        under this rule;
            ``(d) simultaneously submitting to the Speaker, the majority leader, 
        and the chairman and ranking minority party member of the Committee on 
        House Oversight a report of each audit conducted under this rule; and
            ``(e) reporting to the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct 
        information involving possible violations by any Member, officer, or 
        employee of the House of any rule of the House or of any law applicable 
        to the performance of official duties or the discharge of official 
        responsibilities which may require referral to the appropriate Federal 
        or State authorities pursuant to clause 4(e)(1)(C) of rule X.''.
    (d) In clause 3 of rule X, strike paragraph (j).
    (e) In clause 4(d) of rule X--
            (1) strike ``Committee on House Administration'' and insert 
        ``Committee on House Oversight'';
            (2) strike subparagraphs (2) and (3), insert ``and'' after 
        ``House;'' in subparagraph (1), redesignate paragraph (4) as paragraph 
        (2), and amend paragraph (2), as so redesignated, to read as follows:
            ``(2) providing policy direction for, and oversight of, the Clerk, 
        Sergeant-at-Arms, Chief Administrative Officer, and Inspector 
        General.''.
    (f) In clause 7 of rule XIV, strike ``Sergeant-at-Arms and Doorkeeper are'' 
and insert ``Sergeant-at-Arms is''.

                           Changes in Committee System

    Sec. 202. (a) The Committees and Their Jurisdiction.--Clause 1 of rule X of 
the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended to read as follows:
    ``1. There shall be in the House the following standing committees, each of 
which shall have the jurisdiction and related functions assigned to it by this 
clause and clauses 2, 3, and 4; and all bills, resolutions, and other matters 
relating to subjects within the jurisdiction of any standing committee as listed 
in this clause shall (in accordance with and subject to clause 5) be referred to 
such committees, as follows:
    ``(a) Committee on Agriculture.
            ``(1) Adulteration of seeds, insect pests, and protection of birds 
        and animals in forest reserves.
            ``(2) Agriculture generally.
            ``(3) Agricultural and industrial chemistry.
            ``(4) Agricultural colleges and experiment stations.
            ``(5) Agricultural economics and research.
            ``(6) Agricultural education extension services.
            ``(7) Agricultural production and marketing and stabilization of 
        prices of agricultural products, and commodities (not including 
        distribution outside of the United States).
            ``(8) Animal industry and diseases of animals.
            ``(9) Commodities exchanges.
            ``(10) Crop insurance and soil conservation.
            ``(11) Dairy industry.
            ``(12) Entomology and plant quarantine.
            ``(13) Extension of farm credit and farm security.
            ``(14) Inspection of livestock, and poultry, and meat products, and 
        seafood and seafood products.
            ``(15) Forestry in general, and forest reserves other than those 
        created from the public domain.
            ``(16) Human nutrition and home economics.
            ``(17) Plant industry, soils, and agricultural engineering.
            ``(18) Rural electrification.
            ``(19) Rural development.
            ``(20) Water conservation related to activities of the Department of 
        Agriculture.
    ``(b) Committee on Appropriations.
            ``(1) Appropriation of the revenue for the support of the 
        Government.
            ``(2) Rescissions of appropriations contained in appropriation Acts.
            ``(3) Transfers of unexpended balances.
            ``(4) The amount of new spending authority (as described in the 
        Congressional Budget Act of 1974) which is to be effective for a fiscal 
        year, including bills and resolutions (reported by other committees) 
        which provide new spending authority and are referred to the committee 
        under clause 4(a).
The committee shall include separate headings for `Rescissions' and `Transfers 
of Unexpended Balances' in any bill or resolution as reported from the committee 
under its jurisdiction specified in subparagraph (2) or (3), with all proposed 
rescissions and proposed transfers listed therein; and shall include a separate 
section with respect to such rescissions or transfers in the accompanying 
committee report. In addition to its jurisdiction under the preceding provisions 
of this paragraph, the committee shall have the fiscal oversight function 
provided for in clause 2(b)(3) and the budget hearing function provided for in 
clause 4(a).
    ``(c) Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
            ``(1) Banks and banking, including deposit insurance and Federal 
        monetary policy.
            ``(2) Bank capital markets activities generally.
            ``(3) Depository institution securities activities generally, 
        including the activities of any affiliates, except for functional 
        regulation under applicable securities laws not involving safety and 
        soundness.
            ``(4) Economic stabilization, defense production, renegotiation, and 
        control of the price of commodities, rents, and services.
            ``(5) Financial aid to commerce and industry (other than 
        transportation).
            ``(6) International finance.
            ``(7) International financial and monetary organizations.
            ``(8) Money and credit, including currency and the issuance of notes 
        and redemption thereof; gold and silver, including the coinage thereof; 
        valuation and revaluation of the dollar.
            ``(9) Public and private housing.
            ``(10) Urban development.
    ``(d)(1) Committee on the Budget, consisting of the following Members:
            ``(A) Members who are members of other standing committees, 
        including five Members who are members of the Committee on 
        Appropriations, and five Members who are members of the Committee on 
        Ways and Means;
            ``(B) one Member from the leadership of the majority party; and
            ``(C) one Member from the leadership of the minority party.
No Member other than a representative from the leadership of a party may serve 
as a member of the Committee on the Budget during more than four Congresses in 
any period of six successive Congresses (disregarding for this purpose any 
service performed as a member of such committee for less than a full session in 
any Congress), except that an incumbent chairman or ranking minority member 
having served on the committee for four Congresses and having served as chairman 
or ranking minority member of the committee for not more than one Congress shall 
be eligible for reelection to the committee as chairman or ranking minority 
member for one additional Congress.
    ``(2) All concurrent resolutions on the budget (as defined in section 3 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974), other matters required to be referred to 
the committee under titles III and IV of that Act, and other measures setting 
forth appropriate levels of budget totals for the United States Government.
    ``(3) Measures relating to the congressional budget process, generally.
    ``(4) Measures relating to the establishment, extension, and enforcement of 
special controls over the Federal budget, including the budgetary treatment of 
off-budget Federal agencies and measures providing exemption from reduction 
under any order issued under part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.
    ``(5) The committee shall have the duty--
            ``(A) to report the matters required to be reported by it under 
        titles III and IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974;
            ``(B) to make continuing studies of the effect on budget outlays of 
        relevant existing and proposed legislation and to report the results of 
        such studies to the House on a recurring basis;
            ``(C) to request and evaluate continuing studies of tax 
        expenditures; to devise methods of coordinating tax expenditures, 
        policies, and programs with direct budget outlays, and to report the 
        results of such studies to the House on a recurring basis; and
            ``(D) to review, on a continuing basis, the conduct by the 
        Congressional Budget Office of its functions and duties.
    ``(e) Committee on Commerce.
            ``(1) Biomedical research and development.
            ``(2) Consumer affairs and consumer protection.
            ``(3) Health and health facilities, except health care supported by 
        payroll deductions.
            ``(4) Interstate energy compacts.
            ``(5) Interstate and foreign commerce generally.
            ``(6) Measures relating to the exploration, production, storage, 
        supply, marketing, pricing, and regulation of energy resources, 
        including all fossil fuels, solar energy, and other unconventional or 
        renewable energy resources.
            ``(7) Measures relating to the conservation of energy resources.
            ``(8) Measures relating to energy information generally.
            ``(9) Measures relating to (A) the generation and marketing of power 
        (except by federally chartered or Federal regional power marketing 
        authorities), (B) the reliability and interstate transmission of, and 
        ratemaking for, all power, and (C) the siting of generation facilities; 
        except the installation of interconnections between Government 
        waterpower projects.
            ``(10) Measures relating to general management of the Department of 
        Energy, and the management and all functions of the Federal Energy 
        Regulatory Commission.
            ``(11) National energy policy generally.
            ``(12) Public health and quarantine.
            ``(13) Regulation of the domestic nuclear energy industry, including 
        regulation of research and development reactors and nuclear regulatory 
        research.
            ``(14) Regulation of interstate and foreign communications.
            ``(15) Securities and exchanges.
            ``(16) Travel and tourism.
The committee shall have the same jurisdiction with respect to regulation of 
nuclear facilities and of use of nuclear energy as it has with respect to 
regulation of nonnuclear facilities and of use of nonnuclear energy. In addition 
to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding provisions of this paragraph 
(and its general oversight functions under clause 2(b)(1)), such committee shall 
have the special oversight functions provided for in clause (3)(h) with respect 
to all laws, programs, and Government activities affecting nuclear and other 
energy, and nonmilitary nuclear energy and research and development including 
the disposal of nuclear waste.
    ``(f) Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities.
            ``(1) Child labor.
            ``(2) Columbia Institution for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind; Howard 
        University; Freedmen's Hospital.
            ``(3) Convict labor and the entry of goods made by convicts into 
        interstate commerce.
            ``(4) Food programs for children in schools.
            ``(5) Labor standards and statistics.
            ``(6) Measures relating to education or labor generally.
            ``(7) Mediation and arbitration of labor disputes.
            ``(8) Regulation or prevention of importation of foreign laborers 
        under contract.
            ``(9) United States Employees' Compensation Commission.
            ``(10) Vocational rehabilitation.
            ``(11) Wages and hours of labor.
            ``(12) Welfare of miners.
            ``(13) Work incentive programs.
In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding provisions of 
this paragraph (and its general oversight function under clause 2(b)(1)), the 
committee shall have the special oversight function provided for in clause 3(c) 
with respect to domestic educational programs and institutions, and programs of 
student assistance, which are within the jurisdiction of other committees.
    ``(g) Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
            ``(1) The Federal Civil Service, including intergovernmental 
        personnel; the status of officers and employees of the United States, 
        including their compensation, classification, and retirement.
            ``(2) Measures relating to the municipal affairs of the District of 
        Columbia in general, other than appropriations.
            ``(3) Federal paperwork reduction.
            ``(4) Budget and accounting measures, generally.
            ``(5) Holidays and celebrations.
            ``(6) The overall economy, efficiency and management of government 
        operations and activities, including Federal procurement.
            ``(7) National archives.
            ``(8) Population and demography generally, including the Census.
            ``(9) Postal service generally, including the transportation of the 
        mails.
            ``(10) Public information and records.
            ``(11) Relationship of the Federal Government to the States and 
        municipalities generally.
            ``(12) Reorganizations in the executive branch of the Government.
In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding provisions of 
this paragraph (and its oversight functions under clause 2(b) (1) and (2)), the 
committee shall have the function of performing the duties and conducting the 
studies which are provided for in clause 4(c).
    ``(h) Committee on House Oversight.
            ``(1) Appropriations from accounts for committee salaries and 
        expenses (except for the Committee on Appropriations), House Information 
        Systems, and allowances and expenses of Members, House officers and 
        administrative offices of the House.
            ``(2) Auditing and settling of all accounts described in 
        subparagraph (1).
            ``(3) Employment of persons by the House, including clerks for 
        Members and committees, and reporters of debates.
            ``(4) Except as provided in clause 1(q)(11), matters relating to the 
        Library of Congress and the House Library; statuary and pictures; 
        acceptance or purchase of works of art for the Capitol; the Botanic 
        Gardens; management of the Library of Congress; purchase of books and 
        manuscripts.
            ``(5) Except as provided in clause 1(q)(11), matters relating to the 
        Smithsonian Institution and the incorporation of similar institutions.
            ``(6) Expenditure of accounts described in subparagraph (1).
            ``(7) Franking Commission.
            ``(8) Matters relating to printing and correction of the 
        Congressional Record.
            ``(9) Measures relating to accounts of the House generally.
            ``(10) Measures relating to assignment of office space for Members 
        and committees.
            ``(11) Measures relating to the disposition of useless executive 
        papers.
            ``(12) Measures relating to the election of the President, Vice 
        President, or Members of Congress; corrupt practices; contested 
        elections; credentials and qualifications; and Federal elections 
        generally.
            ``(13) Measures relating to services to the House, including the 
        House Restaurant, parking facilities and administration of the House 
        office buildings and of the House wing of the Capitol.
            ``(14) Measures relating to the travel of Members of the House.
            ``(15) Measures relating to the raising, reporting and use of 
        campaign contributions for candidates for office of Representative in 
        the House of Representatives, of Delegate, and of Resident Commissioner 
        to the United States from Puerto Rico.
            ``(16) Measures relating to the compensation, retirement and other 
        benefits of the Members, officers, and employees of the Congress.
In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding provisions of 
this paragraph (and its general oversight function under clause 2(b)(1)), the 
committee shall have the function of performing the duties which are provided 
for in clause 4(d).
    ``(i) Committee on International Relations.
            ``(1) Relations of the United States with foreign nations generally.
            ``(2) Acquisition of land and buildings for embassies and legations 
        in foreign countries.
            ``(3) Establishment of boundary lines between the United States and 
        foreign nations.
            ``(4) Export controls, including nonproliferation of nuclear 
        technology and nuclear hardware.
            ``(5) Foreign loans.
            ``(6) International commodity agreements (other than those involving 
        sugar), including all agreements for cooperation in the export of 
        nuclear technology and nuclear hardware.
            ``(7) International conferences and congresses.
            ``(8) International education.
            ``(9) Intervention abroad and declarations of war.
            ``(10) Measures relating to the diplomatic service.
            ``(11) Measures to foster commercial intercourse with foreign 
        nations and to safeguard American business interests abroad.
            ``(12) Measures relating to international economic policy.
            ``(13) Neutrality.
            ``(14) Protection of American citizens abroad and expatriation.
            ``(15) The American National Red Cross.
            ``(16) Trading with the enemy.
            ``(17) United Nations organizations.
In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding provisions of 
this paragraph (and its general oversight function under clause 2(b)(1)), the 
committee shall have the special oversight functions provided for in clause 3(d) 
with respect to customs administration, intelligence activities relating to 
foreign policy, international financial and monetary organizations, and 
international fishing agreements.
    ``(j) Committee on the Judiciary.
            ``(1) The judiciary and judicial proceedings, civil and criminal.
            ``(2) Administrative practice and procedure.
            ``(3) Apportionment of Representatives.
            ``(4) Bankruptcy, mutiny, espionage, and counterfeiting.
            ``(5) Civil liberties.
            ``(6) Constitutional amendments.
            ``(7) Federal courts and judges, and local courts in the Territories 
        and possessions.
            ``(8) Immigration and naturalization.
            ``(9) Interstate compacts, generally.
            ``(10) Measures relating to claims against the United States.
            ``(11) Meetings of Congress, attendance of Members and their 
        acceptance of incompatible offices.
            ``(12) National penitentiaries.
            ``(13) Patents, the Patent Office, copyrights, and trademarks.
            ``(14) Presidential succession.
            ``(15) Protection of trade and commerce against unlawful restraints 
        and monopolies.
            ``(16) Revision and codification of the Statutes of the United 
        States.
            ``(17) State and territorial boundaries.
            ``(18) Subversive activities affecting the internal security of the 
        United States.
    ``(k) Committee on National Security.
            ``(1) Ammunition depots; forts; arsenals; Army, Navy, and Air Force 
        reservations and establishments.
            ``(2) Common defense generally.
            ``(3) Conservation, development, and use of naval petroleum and oil 
        shale reserves.
            ``(4) The Department of Defense generally, including the Departments 
        of the Army, Navy, and Air Force generally.
            ``(5) Interoceanic canals generally, including measures relating to 
        the maintenance, operation, and administration of interoceanic canals.
            ``(6) Merchant Marine Academy, and State Maritime Academies.
            ``(7) Military applications of nuclear energy.
            ``(8) Tactical intelligence and intelligence related activities of 
        the Department of the Defense.
            ``(9) National security aspects of merchant marine, including 
        financial assistance for the construction and operation of vessels, the 
        maintenance of the U.S. shipbuilding and ship repair industrial base, 
        cabotage, cargo preference and merchant marine officers and seamen as 
        these matters relate to the national security.
            ``(10) Pay, promotion, retirement, and other benefits and privileges 
        of members of the armed forces.
            ``(11) Scientific research and development in support of the armed 
        services.
            ``(12) Selective service.
            ``(13) Size and composition of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air 
        Force.
            ``(14) Soldiers' and sailors' homes.
            ``(15) Strategic and critical materials necessary for the common 
        defense.
In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding provisions of 
this paragraph (and its general oversight function under clause 2(b)(1)), the 
committee shall have the special oversight function provided for in clause 3(a) 
with respect to international arms control and disarmament, and military 
dependents education.
    ``(l) Committee on Resources.
            ``(1) Fisheries and wildlife, including research, restoration, 
        refuges, and conservation.
            ``(2) Forest reserves and national parks created from the public 
        domain.
            ``(3) Forfeiture of land grants and alien ownership, including alien 
        ownership of mineral lands.
            ``(4) Geological Survey.
            ``(5) International fishing agreements.
            ``(6) Interstate compacts relating to apportionment of waters for 
        irrigation purposes.
            ``(7) Irrigation and reclamation, including water supply for 
        reclamation projects, and easements of public lands for irrigation 
        projects, and acquisition of private lands when necessary to complete 
        irrigation projects.
            ``(8) Measures relating to the care and management of Indians, 
        including the care and allotment of Indian lands and general and special 
        measures relating to claims which are paid out of Indian funds.
            ``(9) Measures relating generally to the insular possessions of the 
        United States, except those affecting the revenue and appropriations.
            ``(10) Military parks and battlefields, national cemeteries 
        administered by the Secretary of the Interior, parks within the District 
        of Columbia, and the erection of monuments to the memory of individuals.
            ``(11) Mineral land laws and claims and entries thereunder.
            ``(12) Mineral resources of the public lands.
            ``(13) Mining interests generally.
            ``(14) Mining schools and experimental stations.
            ``(15) Marine affairs (including coastal zone management), except 
        for measures relating to oil and other pollution of navigable waters.
            ``(16) Oceanography.
            ``(17) Petroleum conservation on the public lands and conservation 
        of the radium supply in the United States.
            ``(18) Preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects of interest on 
        the public domain.
            ``(19) Public lands generally, including entry, easements, and 
        grazing thereon.
            ``(20) Relations of the United States with the Indians and the 
        Indian tribes.
            ``(21) Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline (except ratemaking).
In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding provisions of 
this paragraph (and its general oversight function under clause 2(b)(1)), the 
committee shall have the special oversight functions provided for in clause 3(e) 
with respect to all programs affecting Indians.
    ``(m) Committee on Rules.
            ``(1) The rules and joint rules (other than rules or joint rules 
        relating to the Code of Official Conduct), and order of business of the 
        House.
            ``(2) Recesses and final adjournments of Congress.
The Committee on Rules is authorized to sit and act whether or not the House is 
in session.
    ``(n) Committee on Science.
            ``(1) All energy research, development, and demonstration, and 
        projects therefor, and all federally owned or operated nonmilitary 
        energy laboratories.
            ``(2) Astronautical research and development, including resources, 
        personnel, equipment, and facilities.
            ``(3) Civil aviation research and development.
            ``(4) Environmental research and development.
            ``(5) Marine research.
            ``(6) Measures relating to the commercial application of energy 
        technology.
            ``(7) National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
        standardization of weights and measures and the metric system.
            ``(8) National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
            ``(9) National Space Council.
            ``(10) National Science Foundation.
            ``(11) National Weather Service.
            ``(12) Outer space, including exploration and control thereof.
            ``(13) Science Scholarships.
            ``(14) Scientific research, development, and demonstration, and 
        projects therefor.
In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding provisions of 
this paragraph (and its general oversight function under clause 2(b)(1)), the 
committee shall have the special oversight function provided for in clause 3(f) 
with respect to all nonmilitary research and development.
    ``(o) Committee on Small Business.
            ``(1) Assistance to and protection of small business, including 
        financial aid, regulatory flexibility and paperwork reduction.
            ``(2) Participation of small-business enterprises in Federal 
        procurement and Government contracts.
In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding provisions of 
this paragraph and (its general oversight function under clause 2(b)(1)), the 
committee shall have the special oversight function provided for in clause 3(g) 
with respect to the problems of small business.
    ``(p) Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.
            ``(1) Measures relating to the Code of Official Conduct.
In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding provision of 
this paragraph (and its general oversight function under clause 2(b)(1)), the 
committee shall have the functions with respect to recommendations, studies, 
investigations, and reports which are provided for in clause 4(e), and the 
functions designated in titles I and V of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 
and sections 7342, 7351, and 7353 of title 5, United States Code.
    ``(q) Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
            ``(1) Coast Guard, including lifesaving service, lighthouses, 
        lightships, ocean derelicts, and the Coast Guard Academy.
            ``(2) Federal management of emergencies and natural disasters.
            ``(3) Flood control and improvement of rivers and harbors.
            ``(4) Inland waterways.
            ``(5) Inspection of merchant marine vessels, lights and signals, 
        lifesaving equipment, and fire protection on such vessels.
            ``(6) Navigation and the laws relating thereto, including pilotage.
            ``(7) Registering and licensing of vessels and small boats.
            ``(8) Rules and international arrangements to prevent collisions at 
        sea.
            ``(9) Measures relating to the Capitol Building and the Senate and 
        House office buildings.
            ``(10) Measures relating to the construction or maintenance of roads 
        and post roads, other than appropriations therefor; but it shall not be 
        in order for any bill providing general legislation in relation to roads 
        to contain any provision for any specific road, nor for any bill in 
        relation to a specific road to embrace a provision in relation to any 
        other specific road.
            ``(11) Measures relating to the construction or reconstruction, 
        maintenance, and care of the buildings and grounds of the Botanic 
        Gardens, the Library of Congress, and the Smithsonian Institution.
            ``(12) Measures relating to merchant marine, except for national 
        security aspects of merchant marine.
            ``(13) Measures relating to the purchase of sites and construction 
        of post offices, customhouses, Federal courthouses, and Government 
        buildings within the District of Columbia.
            ``(14) Oil and other pollution of navigable waters, including 
        inland, coastal, and ocean waters.
            ``(15) Marine affairs (including coastal zone management) as they 
        relate to oil and other pollution of navigable waters.
            ``(16) Public buildings and occupied or improved grounds of the 
        United States generally.
            ``(17) Public works for the benefit of navigation, including bridges 
        and dams (other than international bridges and dams).
            ``(18) Related transportation regulatory agencies.
            ``(19) Roads and the safety thereof.
            ``(20) Transportation, including civil aviation, railroads, water 
        transportation, transportation safety (except automobile safety), 
        transportation infrastructure, transportation labor, and railroad 
        retirement and unemployment (except revenue measures related thereto).
            ``(21) Water power.
    ``(r) Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
            ``(1) Veterans' measures generally.
            ``(2) Cemeteries of the United States in which veterans of any war 
        or conflict are or may be buried, whether in the United States or 
        abroad, except cemeteries administered by the Secretary of the Interior.
            ``(3) Compensation, vocational rehabilitation, and education of 
        veterans.
            ``(4) Life insurance issued by the Government on account of service 
        in the Armed Forces.
            ``(5) Pensions of all the wars of the United States, general and 
        special.
            ``(6) Readjustment of servicemen to civil life.
            ``(7) Soldiers' and sailors' civil relief.
            ``(8) Veterans' hospitals, medical care, and treatment of veterans.
    ``(s) Committee on Ways and Means.
            ``(1) Customs, collection districts, and ports of entry and 
        delivery.
            ``(2) Reciprocal trade agreements.
            ``(3) Revenue measures generally.
            ``(4) Revenue measures relating to the insular possessions.
            ``(5) The bonded debt of the United States (subject to the last 
        sentence of clause 4(g) of this rule).
            ``(6) The deposit of public moneys.
            ``(7) Transportation of dutiable goods.
            ``(8) Tax exempt foundations and charitable trusts.
            ``(9) National social security, except (A) health care and 
        facilities programs that are supported from general revenues as opposed 
        to payroll deductions and (B) work incentive programs.''.
    (b) Any reference in the rules of the House at the end of the One Hundred 
Third Congress to the following standing committees of the House: the Committee 
on Armed Services; the Committee on the District of Columbia; the Committee on 
Education and Labor; the Committee on Energy and Commerce; the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs; the Committee on Government Operations; the Committee on House 
Administration; the Committee on Natural Resources; and the Committee on 
Science, Space and Technology; shall be amended to be a reference to the 
following standing committees of the House, respectively: the Committee on 
National Security; the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight; the 
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities; the Committee on Commerce; 
the Committee on International Relations; the Committee on Government Reform and 
Oversight; the Committee on House Oversight; the Committee on Resources; and the 
Committee on Science.
    (c) The chairman of the Committee on the Budget, when elected, may revise 
(within the appropriate levels established in House Concurrent Resolution 218 of 
the One Hundred Third Congress) allocations of budget outlays, new budget 
authority, and entitlement authority among committees of the House in the One 
Hundred Fourth Congress to reflect changes in jurisdiction under clause 1 of 
rule X. He shall publish the revised allocations in the Congressional Record. 
Once published, the revised allocations shall be effective in the House as 
though made pursuant to sections 302(a) and 602(a) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974.
    (d) In clause 8 of rule XXIV, strike ``the Committee on the District of 
Columbia'' through the end of the sentence and insert: ``the Committee on 
Government Reform and Oversight, be set apart for the consideration of such 
business relating to the District of Columbia as may be presented by said 
committee.''.

                                Oversight Reform

    Sec. 203. (a) In clause 2 of rule X, add the following new paragraphs at the 
end:
    ``(d)(1) Not later than February 15 of the first session of a Congress, each 
standing committee of the House shall, in a meeting that is open to the public 
and with a quorum present, adopt its oversight plans for that Congress. Such 
plans shall be submitted simultaneously to the Committee on Government Reform 
and Oversight and to the Committee on House Oversight. In developing such plans 
each committee shall, to the maximum extent feasible--
            ``(A) consult with other committees of the House that 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 a maximum of 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 ensure 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; and
            ``(C) have a view toward ensuring 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 
(within the meaning of clause 5 of rule XI), or any amendment thereto, for any 
committee that has not submitted its oversight plans as required by this 
paragraph.
    ``(3) Not later than March 31 in the first session of a Congress, after 
consultation with the Speaker, the majority leader, and the minority leader, the 
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight shall report to the House the 
oversight plans submitted by each committee together with any recommendations 
that it, or the House leadership group referred to above, may make to ensure 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 clause 1 of rule XI, amend paragraph (d) 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 such 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(d) 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.''.

                            Member Assignment Limits

    Sec. 204. In clause 6(b) of rule X, insert ``(1)'' after ``(b)'' and add the 
following new subparagraph at the end:
    ``(2)(A) No Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may serve 
simultaneously as a member of more than two standing committees or four 
subcommittees of the standing committees of the House, except that ex officio 
service by a chairman and ranking minority member of a committee on each of its 
subcommittees by committee rule shall not be counted against the limitation on 
subcommittee service. Any other exception to these limitations must be approved 
by the House upon the recommendation of the respective party caucus or 
conference.
    ``(B) For the purposes of this subparagraph, the term `subcommittee' 
includes any panel (other than a special oversight panel of the Committee on 
National Security), task force, special subcommittee, or any subunit of a 
standing committee that is established for a cumulative period longer than six 
months in any Congress.''.

                            Multiple Referral Reform

    Sec. 205. In clause 5 of rule X, amend paragraph (c) to read as follows:
    ``(c) In carrying out paragraphs (a) and (b) with respect to any matter, the 
Speaker shall designate a committee of primary jurisdiction; but also may 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 primary jurisdiction; or 
may refer portions of the matter to one or more additional committees 
(reflecting different subjects and jurisdictions) for the consideration only of 
designated portions; or may refer the matter to a special ad hoc committee 
appointed by the Speaker with the approval of the House (with members from the 
committees having jurisdiction) for the specific purpose of considering that 
matter and reporting to the House thereon; or may make such other provisions as 
may be considered appropriate.''.

                        Accuracy of Committee Transcripts

    Sec. 206. In clause 2(e)(1) of rule XI, amend the first sentence to read as 
follows: ``Each committee shall keep a complete record of all committee action 
which shall include--
            ``(A) in the case of any meeting or hearing transcript, a 
        substantially verbatim account of remarks actually made during the 
        proceedings, subject only to technical, grammatical, and typographical 
        corrections authorized by the person making the remarks involved; and
            ``(B) a record of the votes on any question on which a rollcall vote 
        is demanded.''.

                       Elimination of ``Rolling Quorums''

    Sec. 207. In clause 2(l)(2)(A) of rule XI, strike ``was actually present'' 
and all that follows through the end of the subdivision and insert ``was 
actually present.''.

                       Limitation on Committees' Sittings

    Sec. 208. In clause 2 of rule XI, amend paragraph (i) to read as follows:

                      ``Limitation on committees' sittings

    ``(i)(1) No committee of the House (except the Committee on Appropriations, 
the Committee on the Budget, the Committee on Rules, the Committee on Standards 
of Official Conduct, and the Committee on Ways and Means) may sit, without 
special leave, while the House is reading a measure for amendment under the 
five-minute rule. For purposes of this paragraph, special leave will be granted 
unless ten or more Members object; and shall be granted upon the adoption of a 
motion, which shall be highly privileged if offered by the majority leader, 
granting such leave to one or more committees.
    ``(2) No committee of the House may sit during a joint session of the House 
and Senate or during a recess when a joint meeting of the House and Senate is in 
progress.''.

                        Accountability for Committee Votes

    Sec. 209. In clause 2(l)(2) of rule XI amend subdivision (B) to read as 
follows:
    ``(B) With respect to each rollcall vote on a motion to report any measure 
or matter of a public character, and on any amendment offered to the measure or 
matter, the total number of votes cast for and against, and the names of those 
members voting for and against, shall be included in the committee report on the 
measure or matter.''.

                Affirming Minority's Right on Motions to Recommit

    Sec. 210. In clause 4(b) of rule XI, insert before the period at the end the 
following: ``, including a motion to recommit with instructions to report back 
an amendment otherwise in order (if offered by the minority leader or a 
designee), except with respect to a Senate bill or resolution for which the text 
of a House-passed measure has been substituted''.

                         Waiver Policy for Special Rules

    Sec. 211. In clause 4 of rule XI, add the following new paragraph at the 
end:
    ``(e) Whenever the Committee on Rules reports a resolution providing for the 
consideration of any measure, it shall, to the maximum extent possible, specify 
in the resolution the object of any waiver of a point of order against the 
measure or against its consideration.''.

            Prohibition on Delegate Voting in Committee of the Whole

    Sec. 212. (a) In rule XII, strike clause 2 and the designation of the 
remaining clause.
    (b) In clause 1 of rule XXIII, strike ``, Resident Commissioner, or 
Delegate''.
    (c) In clause 2 of rule XXIII, strike paragraph (d).

                      Accuracy of the Congressional Record

    Sec. 213. In rule XIV, add the following new clause at the end:
    ``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 permission or order of 
the House.
    ``(c) This clause establishes a standard of conduct within the meaning of 
clause 4(e)(1)(B) of rule X.''.

                            Automatic Rollcall Votes

    Sec. 214. In rule XV, add the following new clause at the end:
    ``7. The yeas and nays shall be considered as ordered when the Speaker puts 
the question on final passage or adoption of any bill, joint resolution, or 
conference report making general appropriations or increasing Federal income tax 
rates, or on final adoption of any concurrent resolution on the budget or 
conference report thereon.''.

                             Appropriations Reforms

    Sec. 215. (a) Consideration of Limitation Amendments.--In clause 2(d) of 
rule XXI, strike ``shall have precedence'' and insert ``shall, if offered by the 
majority leader or a designee, have precedence''.
    (b) Prohibition Against Non-Emergency Items in Emergency Spending Bills.--In 
clause 2 of rule XXI, add the following new paragraph at the end:
    ``(e) No provision shall be reported in any appropriation bill or joint 
resolution containing an emergency designation for purposes of section 
251(b)(2)(D) or section 252(e) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act, or shall be in order as an amendment thereto, if the provision or 
amendment is not designated as an emergency, unless the provision or amendment 
rescinds budget authority or reduces direct spending, or reduces an amount for a 
designated emergency.''.
    (c) Permitting Offsetting Amendments.--In clause 2 of rule XXI (as amended 
by (b) above), add the following new paragraph at the end:
    ``(f) During the reading of any appropriation bill for amendment in the 
Committee of the Whole, it shall be in order to consider en bloc amendments 
proposing only to transfer appropriations among objects in the bill without 
increasing the levels of budget authority or outlays in the bill. When 
considered en bloc pursuant to this paragraph, such amendments may amend 
portions of the bill not yet read for amendment (following the disposition of 
any points of order against such portions) and shall not be subject to a demand 
for division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.''.
    (d) Listing of Unauthorized Appropriations in Reports.--In clause 3 of rule 
XXI, insert before the period the following: ``, and shall contain a list of all 
appropriations contained in the bill for any expenditure not previously 
authorized by law (except for classified intelligence or national security 
programs, projects, or activities)''.
    (e) Automatic Reservation of Points of Order.--In rule XXI, add the 
following new clause at the end:
    ``8. At the time any appropriation bill is reported, all points of order 
shall be considered as reserved.''.

                              Ban on Commemoratives

    Sec. 216. (a) In rule XXII--
            (1) amend clause 2 by inserting ``(a)'' after ``2.'' and by adding 
        the following new paragraph at the end:
    ``(b)(1) No bill or resolution, and no amendment to any bill or resolution, 
establishing or expressing any commemoration may be introduced or considered in 
the House.
    ``(2) For purposes of this paragraph, the term `commemoration' means any 
remembrance, celebration, or recognition for any purpose through the designation 
of a specified period of time.''.
            (2) amend clause 3 by striking ``or private bill'' and inserting 
        ``or bill or resolution''.
    (b) The Committee on Government Reform and Oversight shall consider 
alternative means for establishing commemorations, including the creation of an 
independent or Executive branch commission for such purpose, and to report to 
the House any recommendations thereon.

                       Numerical Designation of Amendments

    Sec. 217. In clause 6 of rule XXIII, add the following new sentence at the 
end: ``All amendments to a specified measure submitted for printing in that 
portion of the Record shall be given numerical designations in the order 
printed.''.

                              Pledge of Allegiance

    Sec. 218. In clause 1 of rule XXIV--
            (a) insert after the second order of business the following new 
        order of business: ``Third. The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.''; and
            (b) redesignate succeeding orders accordingly.

                               Discharge Petitions

    Sec. 219. In clause 3 of rule XXVII, insert the following three new 
sentences after the fifth sentence: ``The Clerk shall cause the names of the 
Members who have signed a discharge motion during any week to be published in a 
portion of the Congressional Record designated for that purpose on the last 
legislative day of that week. The Clerk shall make available each day for public 
inspection in an appropriate office of the House cumulative lists of such names. 
The Clerk shall devise a means by which to make such lists available to offices 
of the House and to the public in electronic form.''.

                       Protection of Classified Materials

    Sec. 220. In rule XLIII (``Code of Official Conduct'') insert the following 
new clause before the two undesignated paragraphs at the end:
    ``13. Before any Member, officer, or employee of the House of 
Representatives may have access to classified information, the following oath 
(or affirmation) 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.''.

                        Select Committee on Intelligence

    Sec. 221. (a) In clause 1(a) of rule XLVIII (relating to the Permanent 
Select Committee on Intelligence) strike ``nineteen Members with representation 
to'' and insert ``sixteen Members, of whom not more than nine may be from the 
same party. The select committee shall''.
    (b)(1) In clause 1(b) of rule XLVIII, insert ``(1)'' after ``(b)'', strike 
``majority leader'', and insert ``Speaker''.
    (2) In clause 1(b) of rule XLVIII, add the following new subparagraph at the 
end:
    ``(2) The Speaker and minority leader each may designate a member of their 
leadership staff to assist them in their capacity as ex officio members, with 
the same access to committee meetings, hearings, briefings, and materials as if 
employees of the select committee, and subject to the same security clearance 
and confidentiality requirements as employees of the select committee under this 
rule.''.
    (3) In clause 7(c) of rule XLVIII, strike subparagraph (3).
    (c) In clause 1 of rule XLVIII, amend paragraph (c) to read as follows:
    ``(c) No Member of the House other than the Speaker and the minority leader 
may serve on the select committee during more than four Congresses in any period 
of six successive Congresses (disregarding for this purpose any service for less 
than a full session in any Congress), except that the incumbent chairman or 
ranking minority member having served on the select committee for four 
Congresses and having served as chairman or ranking minority member for not more 
than one Congress shall be eligible for reappointment to the select committee as 
chairman or ranking minority member for one additional Congress.''.
    (d) In clause 2(a) of rule XLVIII--
            (1) insert the following before the period in subparagraph (1): ``, 
        and the National Foreign Intelligence Program as defined in section 3(6) 
        of the National Security Act of 1947'';
            (2) strike all after ``but not limited to,'' in subparagraph (2) and 
        insert the following: ``the tactical intelligence and intelligence-
        related activities of the Department of Defense.''; and
            (3) amend subparagraph (4) to read as follows:
            ``(4) Authorizations for appropriations, both direct and indirect, 
        for the following:
                    ``(A) The Central Intelligence Agency, Director of Central 
                Intelligence, and the National Foreign Intelligence Program as 
                defined in section 3(6) of the National Security Act of 1947.
                    ``(B) Intelligence and intelligence-related activities of 
                all other departments and agencies of the Government, including, 
                but not limited to, the tactical intelligence and intelligence-
                related activities of the Department of Defense.
                    ``(C) Any department, agency, or subdivision, or program 
                that is a successor to any agency or program named or referred 
                to in subdivision (A) or (B).''.

                 Abolition of Legislative Service Organizations

    Sec. 222. The establishment or continuation of any legislative service 
organization (as defined and authorized in the One Hundred Third Congress) shall 
be prohibited in the One Hundred Fourth Congress. The Committee on House 
Oversight shall take such steps as are necessary to ensure an orderly 
termination and accounting for funds of any legislative service organization in 
existence on January 3, 1995.

                Miscellaneous Provisions and Clerical Corrections

    Sec. 223. (a) Speaker's Authority To Postpone Votes.--In clause 5(b)(1) of 
rule I, amend the matter after ``questions listed herein:'' to read as follows:
            ``(A) the question of adopting a resolution;
            ``(B) the question of passing a bill;
            ``(C) the question of agreeing to a motion to instruct conferees as 
        provided in clause 1(c) of rule XXVIII: Provided, however, That 
        proceedings shall not resume on said question if the conferees have 
        filed a report in the House;
            ``(D) the question of agreeing to a conference report;
            ``(E) the question of ordering the previous question on a question 
        described in subdivision (A), (B), (C), or (D); and
            ``(F) the question of agreeing to a motion to suspend the rules.''.
    (b) Office of Floor Assistants.--There is established in the House of 
Representatives an office to be known as the Speaker's Office for Legislative 
Floor Activities. The Speaker shall appoint and set the annual rate of pay for 
employees of the Office. The Office shall have the responsibility of assisting 
the Speaker in the management of legislative floor activity.
    (c) Vice Chairman of Committee.--In clause 2(d) of rule XI--
            (1) strike ``The member'' and insert ``A member''; and
            (2) strike ``ranking immediately after the chairman'' and insert 
        ``designated by the chairman of the full committee''.
    (d) Prohibition Against Members' Use of Personal, Electronic Office 
Equipment on House Floor.--In clause 7 of rule XIV, insert ``or to use any 
personal, electronic office equipment (including cellular phones and 
computers)'' after ``to smoke''.
    (e) Speaker's Authority To Reduce to Five-Minutes a Vote Following a 
Previous Question Vote.--In clause 5(b) of rule XV, amend subparagraph (1) to 
read as follows:
            ``(1) after a rollcall vote has been ordered on a motion for the 
        previous question, on any underlying question that follows without 
        intervening business;''.
    (f) Clerical Corrections.--
            (1) In clause 3 of rule III, insert ``; and'' before ``certify''.
            (2) In clause 2(l)(1)(B) of rule XI, strike ``does not apply to the 
        reporting'' and all that follows through ``subdivision (C) and''.
    (g) Special Rule for Bill Sponsorship on Opening Day.--In the One Hundred 
Fourth Congress, each of the first 20 bills introduced in the House (H.R. 1 
through H.R. 20), and each of the first two joint resolutions introduced in the 
House (H.J. Res. 1 and H.J. Res. 2), may have more than one Member reflected as 
a first sponsor.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.