[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
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[S. Res. 189 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 189

To amend the rules of the Senate to improve legislative efficiency, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 11, 2001

 Mr. McCain submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
               the Committee on Rules and Administration

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                               RESOLUTION


 
To amend the rules of the Senate to improve legislative efficiency, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Resolved, That rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate is 
amended to read as follows:

                               ``RULE XXV

                         ``standing committees

    ``1. The following standing committees shall be appointed at the 
commencement of each Congress, and shall continue and have the power to 
act until their successors are appointed, with leave to report by bill 
or otherwise on matters within their respective jurisdictions:
    ``(a)(1) Committee on National Priorities, to which committee shall 
be referred all concurrent resolutions on the budget (as defined in 
section 3(4) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) and all other 
matters required to be referred to committee under titles III and IV of 
that Act, and messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters 
relating thereto.
    ``(2) Such committee shall have the duty--
            ``(A) to report the matters required to be reported by 
        committee 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 Senate 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 
        Senate on a recurring basis; and
            ``(D) to review, on a continuing basis, the conduct by the 
        Congressional Budget Office of its functions and duties.
    ``(b)(1) Committee on Agricultural Policy, to which committee shall 
be referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, 
and other matters relating primarily to the following subjects:
    ``1. Agricultural economics and research.
    ``2. Agricultural extension services and experiment stations.
    ``3. Agricultural production, marketing, and stabilization of 
prices.
    ``4. Agriculture and agricultural commodities.
    ``5. Animal industry and diseases.
    ``6. Crop insurance and soil conservation.
    ``7. Farm credit and farm security.
    ``8. Food from fresh waters.
    ``9. Inspection of livestock, meat, and agricultural products.
    ``10. Pests and pesticides.
    ``11. Plant industry, soils, and agricultural engineering.
    ``12. Rural development, rural electrification, and watersheds.
    ``(2) There shall also be referred to such committee all proposed 
legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating 
to the appropriation, or to the rescission of the appropriation, of 
revenue for the support of Government programs, projects, or activities 
relating primarily to the subjects specified in paragraph (b)(1), 
except as provided in subparagraph (a).
    ``(c)(1) Committee on Defense Policy, to which committee shall be 
referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and 
other matters relating primarily to the following subjects:
    ``1. Aeronautical and space activities peculiar to or primarily 
associated with the development of weapons systems or military 
operations.
    ``2. Common defense.
    ``3. Department of Defense, the Department of the Army, the 
Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force, generally.
    ``4. Maintenance and operation of the Panama Canal, including 
administration, sanitation, and government of the Canal Zone.
    ``5. Military research and development.
    ``6. National security aspects of nuclear energy.
    ``7. Naval petroleum reserves, except those in Alaska.
    ``8. Pay, promotion, retirement, and other benefits and privileges 
of members of the Armed Forces, including overseas education of 
civilian and military dependents.
    ``9. Selective Service system.
    ``10. Strategic and critical materials necessary for the common 
defense.
    ``(2) There shall also be referred to such committee all proposed 
legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating 
to the appropriation, or to the rescission of the appropriation, of 
revenue for the support of Government programs, projects, or activities 
relating primarily to the subjects specified in paragraph (c)(1), 
except as provided in subparagraph (a).
    ``(d)(1) Committee on Commercial Policy, to which committee shall 
be referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, 
and other matters relating primarily to the following subjects:
    ``1. Coast Guard.
    ``2. Coastal zone management.
    ``3. Communications.
    ``4. Construction and maintenance of highways, and highway safety.
    ``5. Inland waterways, except construction.
    ``6. Interstate commerce.
    ``7. Marine and ocean navigation, safety, and transportation, 
including navigational aspects of deepwater ports.
    ``8. Marine fisheries.
    ``9. Merchant marine and navigation.
    ``10. Nonmilitary aeronautical and space sciences.
    ``11. Oceans, weather, and atmospheric activities.
    ``12. Regulation of consumer products and services, including 
testing related to toxic substances, other than pesticides.
    ``13. Regulation of interstate common carriers, including 
railroads, buses, trucks, vessels, pipelines, and civil aviation.
    ``14. Science, engineering, and technology research and development 
and policy.
    ``15. Sports.
    ``16. Standards and measurement.
    ``17. Transportation.
    ``18. Transportation and commerce aspects of Outer Continental 
Shelf lands.
    ``19. Regional economic development.
    ``20. Financial aid to commerce and industry.
    ``21. Public works, bridges, and dams.
    ``(2) There shall also be referred to such committee all proposed 
legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating 
to the appropriation, or to the rescission of the appropriation, of 
revenue for the support of Government programs, projects, or activities 
relating primarily to the subjects specified in paragraph (d)(1), 
except as provided in subparagraph (a).
    ``(e)(1) Committee on Economic Policy, to which committee shall be 
referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and 
other matters relating primarily to the following subjects:
    ``1. Bonded debt of the United States, except as provided in the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
    ``2. Deposits of public moneys.
    ``3. Revenue measures generally, except as provided in the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
    ``4. Revenue measures relating to the insular possessions.
    ``5. Banks, banking, and financial institutions.
    ``6. Deposit insurance.
    ``7. Federal monetary policy, including the Federal Reserve System.
    ``8. Issuance and redemption of notes.
    ``9. Money and credit, including currency and coinage.
    ``(2) There shall also be referred to such committee all proposed 
legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating 
to the appropriation, or to the rescission of the appropriation, of 
revenue for the support of Government programs, projects, or activities 
relating primarily to the subjects specified in paragraph (e)(1), 
except as provided in subparagraph (a).
    ``(f)(1) Committee on Energy Policy, to which committee shall be 
referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and 
other matters relating primarily to the following subjects:
    ``1. Coal production, distribution, and utilization.
    ``2. Energy policy.
    ``3. Energy regulation and conservation.
    ``4. Energy-related aspects of deepwater ports.
    ``5. Energy research and development.
    ``6. Extraction of minerals from oceans and Outer Continental Shelf 
lands.
    ``7. Hydroelectric power, irrigation, and reclamation.
    ``8. Mining education and research.
    ``9. Mining, mineral lands, mining claims, and mineral 
conservation.
    ``10. Naval petroleum reserves in Alaska.
    ``11. Nonmilitary development of nuclear energy.
    ``12. Oil and gas production and distribution.
    ``13. Solar energy systems.
    ``(2) There shall also be referred to such committee all proposed 
legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating 
to the appropriation, or to the rescission of the appropriation, of 
revenue for the support of Government programs, projects, or activities 
relating primarily to the subjects specified in paragraph (f)(1), 
except as provided in subparagraph (a).
    ``(g)(1) Committee on Environmental Policy, to which committee 
shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, 
memorials, and other matters relating primarily to the following 
subjects:
    ``1. Air pollution.
    ``2. Environmental aspects of Outer Continental Shelf lands.
    ``3. Environmental effects of toxic substances, other than 
pesticides.
    ``4. Environmental policy.
    ``5. Environmental research and development.
    ``6. Fisheries and wildlife.
    ``7. Flood control and improvements of rivers and harbors, 
including environmental aspects of deepwater ports.
    ``8. Noise pollution.
    ``9. Nonmilitary environmental regulation and control of nuclear 
energy.
    ``10. Ocean dumping.
    ``11. Solid waste disposal and recycling.
    ``12. Water pollution.
    ``13. Water resources.
    ``14. Forestry, and forest reserves and wilderness areas.
    ``15. National parks, recreation areas, wild and scenic rivers, 
historical sites, military parks and battlefields, and on the public 
domain, preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects of interest.
    ``16. Public lands and forests, including farming and grazing 
thereon, and mineral extraction therefrom.
    ``(2) There shall also be referred to such committee all proposed 
legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating 
to the appropriation, or to the rescission of the appropriation, of 
revenue for the support of Government programs, projects, or activities 
relating primarily to the subjects specified in paragraph (g)(1), 
except as provided in subparagraph (a).
    ``(h)(1) Committee on Foreign Policy, to which committee shall be 
referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and 
other matters relating primarily to the following subjects:
    ``1. Acquisition of land and buildings for embassies and legations 
in foreign countries.
    ``2. Boundaries of the United States.
    ``3. Diplomatic service.
    ``4. Foreign economic, military, technical, and humanitarian 
assistance.
    ``5. Foreign loans.
    ``6. International activities of the American Red Cross and the 
International Committee of the Red Cross.
    ``7. International aspects of nuclear energy, including nuclear 
transfer policy.
    ``8. International conferences and congresses.
    ``9. International law as it relates to foreign policy.
    ``10. International Monetary Fund and other international 
organizations established primarily for international monetary 
purposes.
    ``11. Intervention abroad and declarations of war.
    ``12. Measures to foster commercial intercourse with foreign 
nations and to safeguard American business interests abroad.
    ``13. Trusteeships of the United States, including territorial 
possessions of the United States.
    ``14. Oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs 
as they relate to foreign policy.
    ``15. Protection of United States citizens abroad and expatriation.
    ``16. Relations of the United States with foreign nations 
generally.
    ``17. Treaties and executive agreements.
    ``18. United Nations and its affiliated organizations.
    ``19. World Bank group, the regional development banks, and other 
international organizations established primarily for development 
assistance programs.
    ``20. Foreign trade promotion, export, and export controls.
    ``21. Interoceanic canals generally, unless otherwise provided.
    ``22. Customs and ports of entry and delivery.
    ``23. Reciprocal trade agreements.
    ``24. Tariffs and import quotas, and matters related thereto.
    ``25. Organization and management of United States nuclear export 
policy.
    ``(2) There shall also be referred to such committee all proposed 
legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating 
to the appropriation, or to the rescission of the appropriation, of 
revenue for the support of Government programs, projects, or activities 
relating primarily to the subjects specified in paragraph (h)(1), 
except as provided in subparagraph (a).
    ``(i)(1) Committee on Governmental Policy, to which committee shall 
be referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, 
and other matters relating primarily to the following subjects:
    ``1. Archives of the United States.
    ``2. Budget and accounting measures, except as provided in the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
    ``3. Census and collection of statistics, including economic and 
social statistics.
    ``4. Congressional organizations, except for any part of the matter 
that amends the rules of order of the Senate.
    ``5. Federal Civil Service.
    ``6. Government information.
    ``7. Intergovernmental relations.
    ``8. Municipal affairs of the District of Columbia.
    ``9. Organization and reorganization of the executive branch of the 
Government.
    ``10. Postal Service.
    ``11. Status of officers of the United States, including their 
classification, compensation, and benefits.
    ``12. Renegotiation of governmental contracts.
    ``13. Public buildings and improved grounds of the United States 
generally, including Federal buildings in the District of Columbia.
    ``(2) There shall also be referred to such committee all proposed 
legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating 
to the appropriation, or to the rescission of the appropriation, of 
revenue for the support of Government programs, projects, or activities 
relating primarily to the subjects specified in paragraph (i)(1), 
except as provided in subparagraph (a).
    ``(j)(1) Committee on Judicial Policy, to which committee shall be 
referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and 
other matters relating primarily to the following subjects:
    ``1. Apportionment of Representatives.
    ``2. Bankruptcy, mutiny, espionage, and counterfeiting.
    ``3. Civil liberties.
    ``4. Constitutional amendments.
    ``5. Federal courts and judges.
    ``6. Holidays and celebrations.
    ``7. Immigration and naturalization.
    ``8. Interstate compacts generally.
    ``9. Judicial proceedings, civil and criminal, generally.
    ``10. Local courts in the territories and possessions.
    ``11. Measures relating to claims against the United States.
    ``12. National penitentiaries.
    ``13. Patent Office.
    ``14. Patents, copyrights, and trademarks.
    ``15. Protection of trade and commerce against unlawful restraints 
and monopolies.
    ``16. Revisions and codification of the statutes of the United 
States.
    ``17. State and territorial boundary lines.
    ``(2) There shall also be referred to such committee all proposed 
legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating 
to the appropriation, or to the rescission of the appropriation, of 
revenue for the support of Government programs, projects, or activities 
relating primarily to the subjects specified in paragraph (j)(1), 
except as provided in subparagraph (a).
    ``(k)(1) Committee on Social Policy, to which committee shall be 
referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and 
other matters relating primarily to the following subjects:
    ``1. Measures relating to education, labor, health, and public 
welfare.
    ``2. Arts and humanities.
    ``3. Biomedical research and development.
    ``4. Child labor.
    ``5. Domestic activities of the American Red Cross.
    ``6. Equal employment opportunity.
    ``7. Gallaudet College, Howard University, and Saint Elizabeth's 
Hospital.
    ``8. Handicapped individuals.
    ``9. Labor standards.
    ``10. Mediation and arbitration of labor disputes.
    ``11. Occupational safety and health, including the welfare of 
miners.
    ``12. Private pension plans.
    ``13. Public health.
    ``14. Railroad retirement program.
    ``15. Regulation of foreign laborers.
    ``16. Student loans.
    ``17. Wages and hours of labor.
    ``18. Food stamp programs.
    ``19. Human nutrition.
    ``20. School nutrition programs.
    ``21. Public housing.
    ``22. Nursing homes including construction.
    ``23. National social security.
    ``24. Public health programs, including health programs under the 
Social Security Act.
    ``(2) There shall also be referred to such committee all proposed 
legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating 
to the appropriation, or to the rescission of the appropriation, of 
revenue for the support of Government programs, projects, or activities 
relating primarily to the subjects specified in paragraph (k)(1), 
except as provided in subparagraph (a).
    ``(l)(1) Committee on Native American Programs, to which committee 
shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, 
memorials, and other matters relating primarily to Native Americans 
generally, and Native American Programs.
    ``(2) There shall also be referred to such committee all proposed 
legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating 
to the appropriation, or to the rescission of the appropriation, of 
revenue for the support of government programs, projects, or activities 
relating primarily to the subjects specified in paragraph (l)(1), 
except as provided in subparagraph (a).
    ``(m)(1) Committee on Senior American Programs, to which committee 
shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, 
memorials, and other matters relating primarily to senior Americans 
generally, and to the Older Americans Act.
    ``(2) There shall also be referred to such committee all proposed 
legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating 
to the appropriation, or to the rescission of the appropriation, of 
revenue for the support of Government programs, projects, or activities 
relating primarily to the subjects specified in paragraph (m)(1), 
except as provided in subparagraph (a).
    ``(n)(1) Committee on Veteran American Programs, to which committee 
shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, 
memorials, and other matters relating primarily to the following 
subjects:
    ``1. Compensation of veterans.
    ``2. Life insurance issued by the Government on account of service 
in the Armed Forces.
    ``3. National cemeteries.
    ``4. Pensions of all wars of the United States, general and 
special.
    ``5. Readjustment of servicemen to civilian life.
    ``6. Soldiers and sailors civil relief.
    ``7. Veterans' hospitals, medical care and treatment of veterans.
    ``8. Veterans' measures generally.
    ``9. Vocational rehabilitation and education of veterans.
    ``(2) There shall also be referred to such committee all proposed 
legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating 
to the appropriation, or to the rescission of the appropriation, of 
revenue for the support of Government programs, projects, or activities 
relating primarily to the subjects specified in paragraph (n)(1), 
except as provided in subparagraph (a).
    ``(o)(1) Committee on Entrepreneurial American Programs,  to which 
committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages, 
petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the Small Business 
Administration.
    ``(2) Any proposed legislation reported by such committee which 
relates to matters other than the functions of the Small Business 
Administration shall, at the request of any standing committee having 
jurisdiction over the subject matter extraneous to the functions of the 
Small Business Administration, be considered and reported by such 
standing committee prior to its consideration by the Senate; and 
likewise measures reported by other committees directly relating to the 
Small Business Administration shall, at the request of the Committee on 
Entrepreneurial American Programs for its consideration of any portions 
of the measure dealing with the Small Business Administration, be 
considered and reported by this committee prior to its consideration by 
the Senate.
    ``(3) There shall also be referred to such committee all proposed 
legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating 
to the appropriation, or to the rescission of the appropriation, of 
revenue for the support of Government programs, projects, or activities 
relating primarily to the subjects specified in paragraphs (o)(1) and 
(o)(2), except as provided in subparagraph (a).
    ``(p)(1) Committee on Senate Rules, to which committee shall be 
referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and 
other matters relating primarily to the following subjects:
    ``1. Administration of the Senate office buildings and the Senate 
wing of the Capitol, including the assignment of office space.
    ``2. Congressional organization relative to rules and procedures, 
and Senate rules and regulations, including floor and gallery rules.
    ``3. Corrupt practices.
    ``4. Credentials and qualifications of members of the Senate, 
contested elections, and acceptance of incompatible offices.
    ``5. Federal elections generally, including the election of the 
President, Vice President, and members of Congress.
    ``6. Government Printing Office, and the printing and correction of 
the Congressional Record, as well as those matters provided under rule 
XI.
    ``7. Meetings of the Congress and attendance of the members.
    ``8. Payments of money out of the contingent fund of the Senate or 
creating a charge upon the same (except that any resolution relating to 
substantive matter within the jurisdiction of any other standing 
committee of the Senate shall first be referred to such committee).
    ``9. Presidential succession.
    ``10. Purchase of books and manuscripts and erection of monuments 
to the memory of individuals.
    ``11. Senate Library and statuary, art, and pictures in the Capitol 
and Senate office buildings.
    ``12. Services to the Senate, including the Senate restaurant.
    ``13. United States Capitol and congressional office buildings, the 
Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Institution (and the incorporation 
of similar institutions), and the Botanic Gardens.
    ``(2) There shall also be referred to such committee all proposed 
legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating 
to the appropriation, or to the rescission of the appropriation, of 
revenue for the support of Government programs, projects, or activities 
relating primarily to the subjects specified in paragraph (p)(1), 
except as provided in subparagraph (a).
    ``2. (a) Except as otherwise provided by paragraph 4 of this rule, 
the Leadership Committee, known as the Committee on National 
Priorities, shall consist of not less than 28 Senators nor more than 33 
Senators.
    ``(b) Except as otherwise provided by paragraph 4 of this rule, 
each of the following standing committees shall consist of not more 
than the number of Senators set forth in the following table on the 
line on which the name of that committee appears:

                    ``LEGISLATIVE POLICY COMMITTEES

        ``Committee:
                                                                Members
                Agricultural Policy........................      17    
                Defense Policy.............................      17    
                Commercial Policy..........................      17    
                Economic Policy............................      17    
                Energy Policy..............................      17    
                Environmental Policy.......................      17    
                Foreign Policy.............................      17    
                Governmental Policy........................      17    
                Judicial Policy............................      17    
                Social Policy..............................      17    
    ``(c) Except as otherwise provided by paragraph 4 of this rule, 
each of the following standing committees shall consist of not more 
than the number of Senators set forth in the following table on the 
line on which the name of that committee appears:

                    ``LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM COMMITTEES

        ``Committee:
                                                                Members
                Native American Programs...................       9    
                Veteran American Programs..................      11    
                Senior American Programs...................      19    
                Entrepreneurial American Programs..........      19    
    ``(d) Except as otherwise provided by paragraph 4 of this rule, 
each of the following committees and standing committees shall consist 
of the number of Senators set forth in the following table on the line 
on which the name of that committee appears:

                      ``ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEES

        ``Committee:
                                                                Members
                Senate Rules...............................      15    
                Senate Ethics..............................       6    
                Senate Intelligence........................      15    
    ``3. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 4, and except 
as otherwise provided by this paragraph--
            ``(1) each Senator shall serve on no more than two 
        committees listed in subparagraph 2(b).
            ``(2) each Senator serving as either a chairman or a 
        ranking member of any committee listed in subparagraph 2(b) 
        shall serve on the committee listed in subparagraph 2(a).
            ``(3) each Senator serving as either a chairman or a 
        ranking member of any committee listed in subparagraph 2(c) 
        shall also serve on the committee listed in subparagraph 2(a).
            ``(4) in addition to those Senators serving on the 
        committee listed in subparagraph 2(a) by virtue of their 
        serving as chairman or ranking member of a committee listed in 
        subparagraph 2(b), not more than 5 Senators shall be appointed 
        by the majority leader of the Senate to serve on the committee 
        listed in subparagraph 2(a) for the purpose of making the 
        overall balance of majority and minority members on the 
        committee the same as the relative balance between the majority 
        and minority members of the Senate.
            ``(5) service by a Senator on any committee listed in 
        subparagraph 2(c) shall not limit the ability of such Senator 
        to serve on any other committee or standing committee.
    ``(b) By agreement entered into by the majority leader and the 
minority leader, the membership of one or more standing committees may 
be increased temporarily from time to time by such number or numbers as 
may be required to accord to the majority party a majority of the 
membership of all standing committees. Members of the majority party in 
such numbers as may be required for that purpose may serve as members 
of three standing committees listed in subparagraph 2(b). No such 
temporary increase in the membership of any Standing committee under 
this subparagraph shall be continued in effect after the need therefore 
has ended. No standing committee may be increased in membership under 
this subparagraph by more than two members in excess of the number 
prescribed for that committee by paragraph 2(b).
    ``(c) No Senator shall serve at any one time as chairman of more 
than one subcommittee of each standing committee of the Senate.
    ``4. Notwithstanding any provision of rule XXIV of the Standing 
Rules of the Senate, the appointment of committees or standing 
committees as prescribed by this title shall be on the basis of each 
Senator's continuous service in the Senate, except that such 
appointment shall be in accordance with the following limitations:
    ``(a) Only those Senators who on the day preceding the effective 
date of this title were serving as members of the Committee on 
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry or who were serving on the 
Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies of 
the Committee on Appropriations may serve on the Committee on 
Agricultural Policy.
    ``(b) Only those Senators who on the day preceding the effective 
date of this title were serving as members of the Committee on Armed 
Services or who were serving on the Subcommittee on Defense or the 
Subcommittee on Military Construction of the Committee on 
Appropriations may serve on the Committee on Defense Policy.
    ``(c) Only those Senators who on the day preceding the effective 
date of this title were serving as members of the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation or who were serving on the 
Subcommittee on Transportation and Related Agencies of the Committee on 
Appropriations may serve on the Committee on Commercial Policy.
    ``(d) Only those Senators who on the day preceding the effective 
date of this title were serving as members of the Committee on Finance 
or the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs may serve on the 
Committee on Economic Policy.
    ``(e) Only those Senators who on the day preceding the effective 
date of this title were serving as members of the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources or who were serving on the Subcommittee on Energy 
and Water Development of the Committee on Appropriations, may serve on 
the Committee on Energy Policy.
    ``(f) Only those Senators who on the day preceding the effective 
date of this title were serving as members of the Committee on 
Environment and Public Works or who were serving on the Subcommittee on 
Interior and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations may 
serve on the Committee on Environmental Policy.
    ``(g) Only those Senators who on the day preceding the effective 
date of this title were serving as members of the Committee on Foreign 
Relations or who were serving on the Subcommittee on Foreign Operations 
of the Committee on Appropriations may serve on the Committee on 
Foreign Policy.
    ``(h) Only those Senators who on the day preceding the effective 
date of this title were serving as members of the Committee on 
Governmental Affairs or who were serving on the Subcommittee on 
Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government or the Subcommittee on 
the District of Columbia or on the Subcommittee on HUD-Independent 
Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations may serve on the Committee 
on Governmental Policy.
    ``(i) Only those Senators who on the day preceding the effective 
date of this title were serving as members of the Committee on the 
Judiciary or who were serving on the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies of the Committee on 
Appropriations may serve on the Committee on Judicial Policy.
    ``(j) Only those Senators who on the day preceding the effective 
date of this title were serving as members of the Committee on Labor 
and Human Resources or who were serving on the Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies of the 
Committee on Appropriations, may serve on the Committee on Social 
Policy.
    ``(k) Only those Senators who on the day preceding the effective 
date of this title were serving as members of the Committee on Rules 
and Administration or who were serving on the Subcommittee on 
Legislative Branch of the Committee on Appropriations may serve on the 
Committee on Senate Policy.
    ``(l) Only those Senators who on the day preceding the effective 
date of this title were serving as members of the Select Committee on 
Indian Affairs may serve on the Committee on Native American Programs.
    ``(m) Only those Senators who on the day preceding the effective 
date of this title were serving as members of the Committee on 
Veterans' Affairs may serve on the Committee on Veteran Programs.
    ``(n) Only those Senators who on the day preceding the effective 
date of this title were serving as members of the Special Committee on 
Aging may serve on the Committee on Senior American Programs.
    ``(o) Only those Senators who on the day preceding the effective 
date of this title were serving as members of the Committee on Small 
Business may serve on the Committee on Senior American Programs.
    ``5. Upon the effective date of this title, the Select Committee on 
Ethics shall become the Committee on Senate Ethics, and the Select 
Committee on Intelligence shall become the Committee on Intelligence 
Oversight. However, the membership, functions, and duties of such 
committees shall remain unchanged.''.
    Sec. 2. Paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7 of rule XVI of the Standing 
Rules of the Senate are repealed, and paragraphs 5 and 8 are renumbered 
as paragraphs ``1'' and ``2'', respectively.
    Sec. 3. Subparagraph (b) of paragraph 4 of rule XVII of the 
Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by striking out ``(except the 
Committee on Appropriations)''.
    Sec. 4. Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended--
            (a) by striking out ``(except the Committee on 
        Appropriations)'' in each instance where it appears,
            (b) by striking out ``(except the Committee on 
        Appropriations and the Committee on the Budget)'' in each 
        instance where it appears, and inserting in lieu thereof the 
        following ``(except the Committee on National Priorities)'',
            (c) by striking out ``The prohibition contained in the 
        preceding sentence shall not apply to the Committee on 
        Appropriations or the Committee on the Budget.'' in 
        subparagraph 5(a) and inserting in lieu thereof ``The 
        prohibition contained in the preceding sentence shall not apply 
        to the Committee on National Priorities.'',
            (d) by striking out the last sentence of subparagraph 
        10(b), and
            (e) by striking out ``(except those by the Committee on 
        Appropriations)'' in subparagraph 11(b).
    Sec. 5. The provisions of this resolution shall take effect on the 
first day of the first Congress following the date of its adoption by 
the Senate.
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