[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 869 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 869

 Directing the Chief Administrative Officer to install cameras in the 
                hearing room of the Committee on Rules.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 23, 2009

Mr. Dent (for himself, Mr. Dreier, Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida, 
   Mr. Sessions, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Cantor, Mr. McCarthy of 
   California, Mr. Castle, Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of California, Mr. 
    Buchanan, Mr. Walden, Ms. Jenkins, Mr. Platts, Mrs. Capito, Mr. 
Frelinghuysen, Mr. Upton, Mr. Gingrey of Georgia, Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart 
  of Florida, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Flake, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Price of 
  Georgia, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. Lee of New York, Mr. Lance, Mr. 
Kirk, Mr. Coffman of Colorado, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mrs. Schmidt, Mr. 
 Coble, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Camp, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. 
 Wittman, Mr. Harper, Mr. Heller, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Smith of 
 Texas, Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Mr. Bonner, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Cassidy, 
Mr. Davis of Kentucky, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Shadegg, 
  Mr. Culberson, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Carter, Mr. Barton of 
Texas, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Scalise, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Smith of New 
 Jersey, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Fortenberry, 
and Mr. Gerlach) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
                to the Committee on House Administration

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Directing the Chief Administrative Officer to install cameras in the 
                hearing room of the Committee on Rules.

Whereas the public benefits from a more open and transparent Congress;
Whereas the House has undertaken renovations to many of its hearing rooms to 
        facilitate the broadcast of committee proceedings both on internal 
        television channels and the webcast of those same proceedings on the 
        Internet;
Whereas the Committee on Agriculture, Committee on Appropriations, Committee on 
        Armed Services, Committee on the Budget, Committee on Education and 
        Labor, Committee on Energy and Commerce, Committee on Financial 
        Services, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Committee on Homeland Security, 
        Committee on House Administration, Committee on the Judiciary, Committee 
        on Natural Resources, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 
        Committee on Science and Technology, Committee on Small Business, 
        Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Committee on Veterans' 
        Affairs, and the Committee on Ways and Means all have hearing rooms 
        equipped with cameras to provide the public access to their proceedings;
Whereas most of those committees provide live video and audio webcasts of their 
        proceedings on the Internet;
Whereas the Committee on Rules is the only committee, other than the Committee 
        on Standards of Official Conduct and the Permanent Select Committee on 
        Intelligence, which does not have cameras installed in its main hearing 
        room;
Whereas most of the architectural work required to install such cameras was 
        completed during the last renovation of the hearing room of the 
        Committee on Rules, room H-313 in the Capitol, reducing the time and 
        expense required for camera installation; and
Whereas the public would benefit from greater access to the proceedings of the 
        Committee on Rules because that committee establishes the ultimate terms 
        of debate in the House for virtually all major legislation, including 
        the base text of bills to be considered, which amendments are made in 
        order, and how much debate they receive: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Chief Administrative Officer of the House is 
hereby directed to--
            (1) take all necessary steps to begin installation of 
        cameras in room H-313 of the Capitol during the next recess 
        lasting 10 calendar days or longer;
            (2) during the next such recess, begin and complete 
        installation of such cameras; and
            (3) coordinate with the Chair of the Committee on Rules to 
        provide for live broadcasting of the proceedings of the 
        Committee on Rules on the Internet.
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