[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 40 Engrossed in House (EH)]

H. Res. 40

                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                      January 14, 2009.
    Resolved, That clause 2 of rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
    ``(n)(1) Each standing committee, or a subcommittee thereof, shall hold at 
least one hearing during each 120-day period following the establishment of the 
committee on the topic of waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement in Government 
programs which that committee may authorize.
    ``(2) A hearing described in subparagraph (1) shall include a focus on the 
most egregious instances of waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement as documented 
by any report the committee has received from a Federal Office of the Inspector 
General or the Comptroller General of the United States.
    ``(o) Each committee, or a subcommittee thereof, shall hold at least one 
hearing in any session in which the committee has received disclaimers of agency 
financial statements from auditors of any Federal agency that the committee may 
authorize to hear testimony on such disclaimers from representatives of any such 
agency.
    ``(p) Each standing committee, or a subcommittee thereof, shall hold at 
least one hearing on issues raised by reports issued by the Comptroller General 
of the United States indicating that Federal programs or operations that the 
committee may authorize are at high risk for waste, fraud, and mismanagement, 
known as the `high-risk list' or the `high-risk series'.''.
    Sec. 2.  Clause 1(d)(3) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
``That section shall also delineate any hearings held pursuant to clauses 2(n), 
(o), or (p) of this rule.''.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.