[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
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[H. Res. 5 Engrossed in House (EH)]

H. Res. 5

                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                       January 6, 2015.
    Resolved, That the Rules of the House of Representatives of the One Hundred 
Thirteenth Congress, including applicable provisions of law or concurrent 
resolution that constituted rules of the House at the end of the One Hundred 
Thirteenth Congress, are adopted as the Rules of the House of Representatives of 
the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, with amendments to the standing rules as 
provided in section 2, and with other orders as provided in sections 3, 4, and 
5.

SEC. 2. CHANGES TO THE STANDING RULES.

    (a) Committees.--
            (1) Disclosure of foreign payments to witnesses.--Amend clause 
        2(g)(5) of rule XI to read as follows:
                    ``(5)(A) Each committee shall, to the greatest extent 
                practicable, require witnesses who appear before it to submit in 
                advance written statements of proposed testimony and to limit 
                their initial presentations to the committee to brief summaries 
                thereof.
                    ``(B) In the case of a witness appearing in a 
                nongovernmental capacity, a written statement of proposed 
                testimony shall include a curriculum vitae and a disclosure of 
                any Federal grants or contracts, or contracts or payments 
                originating with a foreign government, received during the 
                current calendar year or either of the two previous calendar 
                years by the witness or by an entity represented by the witness 
                and related to the subject matter of the hearing.
                    ``(C) The disclosure referred to in subdivision (B) shall 
                include--
                            ``(i) the amount and source of each Federal grant 
                        (or subgrant thereof) or contract (or subcontract 
                        thereof) related to the subject matter of the hearing; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) the amount and country of origin of any 
                        payment or contract related to the subject matter of the 
                        hearing originating with a foreign government.
                    ``(D) Such statements, with appropriate redactions to 
                protect the privacy or security of the witness, shall be made 
                publicly available in electronic form not later than one day 
                after the witness appears.''.
            (2) Jurisdictional changes.--
                    (A) Committee on the judiciary.--In clause 1(l)(7) of rule 
                X, insert before the period ``and criminalization''.
                    (B) Committee on appropriations.--In clause 1(b) of rule X, 
                add the following:
                    ``(5) Bills and joint resolutions that provide new budget 
                authority, limitation on the use of funds, or other authority 
                relating to new direct loan obligations and new loan guarantee 
                commitments referencing section 504(b) of the Congressional 
                Budget Act of 1974.''.
            (3) Clarifying the jurisdiction of the committee on house 
        administration.--
                    (A) Clause 4(d)(1)(A) of rule X is amended by striking ``for 
                the'' and inserting ``for the Chief Administrative Officer and 
                the''.
                    (B) Clause 4(a) of rule II is amended by striking ``the 
                oversight'' and inserting ``the policy direction and 
                oversight''.
            (4) Committee activity reports.--In clause 1(d) of rule XI--
                    (A) in subparagraph (1), insert ``odd-numbered'' after 
                ``each'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (2)(A), strike ``applicable period'' and 
                insert ``Congress'';
                    (C) in subparagraph (2)(B), strike ``in the case of the 
                first such report in each Congress,''; and
                    (D) in subparagraph (3), strike ``a regular session of 
                Congress, or after December 15'' and insert ``the last regular 
                session of a Congress, or after December 15 of an even-numbered 
                year''.
            (5) Dissenting views.--In the standing rules, strike ``supplemental, 
        minority, or additional'' each place it appears and insert (in each 
        instance) ``supplemental, minority, additional, or dissenting''.
            (6) Consolidating requirements for written rules.--
                    (A) In clause 2(a)(1) of rule XI--
                            (i) in subdivision (B) after the semicolon, strike 
                        ``and'';
                            (ii) in subdivision (C), strike the period and 
                        insert ``; and''; and
                            (iii) add the following new subdivision:
                            ``(D) shall include provisions to govern the 
                        implementation of clause 4 as provided in paragraph (f) 
                        of such clause.''.
                    (B) In clause 4(f) of rule XI, strike ``Each committee shall 
                adopt written rules to govern its implementation of this clause. 
                Such rules shall contain provisions to the following effect'' 
                and insert ``Written rules adopted by each committee pursuant to 
                clause 2(a)(1)(D) shall contain provisions to the following 
                effect''.
            (7) Conforming committee and house broadcast standards.--In clause 
        4(b) of rule XI, strike ``used, or made available for use, as partisan 
        political campaign material to promote or oppose the candidacy of any 
        person for elective public office'' and insert ``used for any partisan 
        political campaign purpose or be made available for such use''.
            (8) Eliminating the point of order against considering 
        appropriations measures without printed hearings.--In clause 4 of rule 
        XIII, strike paragraph (c).
            (9) Permanent select committee on intelligence.--In clause 11(a)(1) 
        of rule X, strike ``20'' and insert ``22'' and strike ``12'' and insert 
        ``13''.
            (10) Committee on ethics.--Clause 3 of rule XI of the Rules of the 
        House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following 
        new paragraph:
    ``(s) The committee may not take any action that would deny any person any 
right or protection provided under the Constitution of the United States.''.
    (b) Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group.--Amend clause 8 of rule II to read as 
follows:
    ``8.(a) There is established an Office of General Counsel for the purpose of 
providing legal assistance and representation to the House. Legal assistance and 
representation shall be provided without regard to political affiliation. The 
Speaker shall appoint and set the annual rate of pay for employees of the Office 
of General Counsel. The Office of General Counsel shall function pursuant to the 
direction of the Speaker, who shall consult with the Bipartisan Legal Advisory 
Group.
    ``(b) There is established a Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group composed of the 
Speaker and the majority and minority leaderships. Unless otherwise provided by 
the House, the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group speaks for, and articulates the 
institutional position of, the House in all litigation matters.''.
    (c) Cost Estimates for Major Legislation to Incorporate Macroeconomic 
Effects.--
            (1) Amend rule XIII by adding the following:
``Estimates of major legislation
    ``8.(a) An estimate provided by the Congressional Budget Office under 
section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for any major legislation 
shall, to the extent practicable, incorporate the budgetary effects of changes 
in economic output, employment, capital stock, and other macroeconomic variables 
resulting from such legislation.
    ``(b) An estimate provided by the Joint Committee on Taxation to the 
Director of the Congressional Budget Office under section 201(f) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for any major legislation shall, to the extent 
practicable, incorporate the budgetary effects of changes in economic output, 
employment, capital stock, and other macroeconomic variables resulting from such 
legislation.
    ``(c) An estimate referred to in this clause shall, to the extent 
practicable, include--
            ``(1) a qualitative assessment of the budgetary effects (including 
        macroeconomic variables described in paragraphs (a) and (b)) of such 
        legislation in the 20-fiscal year period beginning after the last fiscal 
        year of the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget 
        that set forth appropriate levels required by section 301 of the 
        Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and
            ``(2) an identification of the critical assumptions and the source 
        of data underlying that estimate.
    ``(d) As used in this clause--
            ``(1) the term `major legislation' means any bill or joint 
        resolution--
                    ``(A) for which an estimate is required to be prepared 
                pursuant to section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
                and that causes a gross budgetary effect (before incorporating 
                macroeconomic effects) in any fiscal year over the years of the 
                most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget 
                equal to or greater than 0.25 percent of the current projected 
                gross domestic product of the United States for that fiscal 
                year; or
                    ``(B) designated as such by the chair of the Committee on 
                the Budget for all direct spending legislation other than 
                revenue legislation or the Member who is chair or vice chair, as 
                applicable, of the Joint Committee on Taxation for revenue 
                legislation; and
            ``(2) the term `budgetary effects' means changes in revenues, 
        outlays, and deficits.''.
            (2) Amend clause 3(h) of rule XIII--
                    (A) by striking ``(1)'', by striking ``(A)'' and inserting 
                ``(1)'', and by striking ``(B)'' and inserting ``(2)''; and
                    (B) by striking subparagraph (2).
    (d) Providing for Reconvening Authority for the House of Representatives.--
In clause 12 of rule I, add the following:
            ``(e) During any recess or adjournment of not more than three days, 
        if in the opinion of the Speaker the public interest so warrants, then 
        the Speaker, after consultation with the Minority Leader, may reconvene 
        the House at a time other than that previously appointed, within the 
        limits of clause 4, section 5, article I of the Constitution, and notify 
        Members accordingly.
            ``(f) The Speaker may name a designee for purposes of paragraphs 
        (c), (d), and (e).''.
    (e) Providing Conference Committees With Time to Reach Agreement.--In clause 
7(c)(1) of rule XXII, strike ``20'' and insert ``45'' and strike ``10'' and 
insert ``25''.
    (f) Contents of Committee Reports Showing Changes to Existing Law.--Clause 
3(e)(1) of rule XIII is amended by striking ``accompanying document--'' and all 
that follows and inserting ``accompanying document--
            ``(A) the entire text of each section of a statute that is proposed 
        to be repealed or amended; and
            ``(B) a comparative print of each amendment to a section of a 
        statute that the bill or joint resolution proposes to make, showing by 
        appropriate typographical devices the omissions and insertions 
        proposed.''.
    (g) Mandatory Ethics Training for New Members.--Clause 3(a)(6)(B)(i) of rule 
XI is amended by striking ``new officer or employee'' and inserting ``new 
Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee''.
    (h) Technical and Conforming Changes.--
            (1) Updating references to the joint committee on taxation.--
                    (A) In clause 3(h) of rule XIII, strike ``Joint Committee on 
                Internal Revenue Taxation'' each place it appears and insert (in 
                each instance) ``Joint Committee on Taxation''; and
                    (B) In clause 11(a) of rule XXII, strike ``Joint Committee 
                on Internal Revenue Taxation'' and insert ``Joint Committee on 
                Taxation''.
            (2) Updating cross-references.--
                    (A) In clause 2(i)(2) of rule II, strike ``31b-5'' and 
                insert ``5128''.
                    (B) In clause 3 of rule XXVI, strike ``pursuant to clause 
                1'' and insert ``by August 1 of each year''.

SEC. 3. SEPARATE ORDERS.

    (a) Independent Payment Advisory Board.--Section 1899A(d) of the Social 
Security Act shall not apply in the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress.
    (b) Staff Deposition Authority for Certain Committees.--
            (1) During the first session of the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, 
        the chair of a committee designated in paragraph (3), upon consultation 
        with the ranking minority member of such committee, may order the taking 
        of depositions, including pursuant to subpoena, by a member or counsel 
        of such committee.
            (2) Depositions taken under the authority prescribed in this 
        subsection shall be subject to regulations issued by the chair of the 
        Committee on Rules and printed in the Congressional Record.
            (3) The committees referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows: the 
        Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on Financial Services, 
        the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and the Committee on 
        Ways and Means.
    (c) Providing for Transparency With Respect to Memorials Submitted Pursuant 
to Article V of the Constitution of the United States.--With respect to any 
memorial presented under clause 3 of rule XII purporting to be an application of 
the legislature of a State calling for a convention for proposing amendments to 
the Constitution of the United States pursuant to Article V, or a rescission of 
any such prior application--
            (1) the chair of the Committee on the Judiciary shall, in the case 
        of such a memorial presented in the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, and 
        may, in the case of such a memorial presented prior to the One Hundred 
        Fourteenth Congress, designate any such memorial for public availability 
        by the Clerk; and
            (2) the Clerk shall make such memorials as are designated pursuant 
        to paragraph (1) publicly available in electronic form, organized by 
        State of origin and year of receipt.
    (d) Spending Reduction Amendments In Appropriations Bills.--
            (1) During the reading of a general appropriation bill for amendment 
        in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, it shall 
        be in order to consider en bloc amendments proposing only to transfer 
        appropriations from an object or objects in the bill to a spending 
        reduction account. When considered en bloc under this paragraph, such 
        amendments may amend portions of the bill not yet read for amendment 
        (following disposition of any points of order against such portions) and 
        are not subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or 
        in the Committee of the Whole.
            (2) Except as provided in paragraph (1), it shall not be in order to 
        consider an amendment to a spending reduction account in the House or in 
        the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
            (3) It shall not be in order to consider an amendment to a general 
        appropriation bill proposing a net increase in budget authority in the 
        bill (unless considered en bloc with another amendment or amendments 
        proposing an equal or greater decrease in such budget authority pursuant 
        to clause 2(f) of rule XXI).
            (4) A point of order under clause 2(b) of rule XXI shall not apply 
        to a spending reduction account.
            (5) A general appropriation bill may not be considered in the 
        Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union unless it 
        includes a spending reduction account as the last section of the bill. 
        An order to report a general appropriation bill to the House shall 
        constitute authority for the chair of the Committee on Appropriations to 
        add such a section to the bill or modify the figure contained therein.
            (6) For purposes of this subsection, the term ``spending reduction 
        account'' means an account in a general appropriation bill that bears 
        that caption and contains only a recitation of the amount by which an 
        applicable allocation of new budget authority under section 302(b) of 
        the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 exceeds the amount of new budget 
        authority proposed by the bill.
    (e) Budget Matters.--
            (1)(A) During the first session of the One Hundred Fourteenth 
        Congress, pending the adoption of a concurrent resolution on the budget 
        for fiscal year 2015--
                            (i) the provisions of titles III, IV, and VI of 
                        House Concurrent Resolution 25, One Hundred Thirteenth 
                        Congress, as adopted by the House, shall have force and 
                        effect in the House as though Congress has adopted such 
                        concurrent resolution;
                            (ii) the allocations, aggregates, and other 
                        appropriate levels as contained in the statement of the 
                        chair of the Committee on the Budget of the House of 
                        Representatives in the Congressional Record of April 29, 
                        2014, as adjusted in the One Hundred Thirteenth 
                        Congress, shall be considered for all purposes in the 
                        House to be the allocations, aggregates, and other 
                        appropriate levels under titles III and IV of the 
                        Congressional Budget Act of 1974;
                            (iii) all references in titles IV and VI of House 
                        Concurrent Resolution 25, One Hundred Thirteenth 
                        Congress, to a fiscal year shall be considered for all 
                        purposes in the House to be references to the succeeding 
                        fiscal year; and
                            (iv) all references in titles IV and VI of House 
                        Concurrent Resolution 25, One Hundred Thirteenth 
                        Congress, to allocations, aggregates, or other 
                        appropriate levels in ``this concurrent resolution'' 
                        (or, in the case of section 408 of such concurrent 
                        resolution, ``this resolution'') shall be considered for 
                        all purposes in the House to be references to the 
                        allocations, aggregates, or other appropriate levels 
                        contained in the statement of the chair of the Committee 
                        on the Budget of the House of Representatives printed in 
                        the Congressional Record of April 29, 2014, as adjusted 
                        in the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress.
            (B) The chair of the Committee on the Budget may revise the 
        allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels provided for in 
        subparagraph (A)(ii) for any bill or joint resolution, or amendment 
        thereto or conference report thereon, if such measure maintains the 
        solvency of the Highway Trust Fund, but only if such measure would not 
        increase the deficit over the period of fiscal years 2015 through 2025.
            (C) The chair of the Committee on the Budget may revise the 
        allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels provided for in 
        subparagraph (A)(ii) to take into account the most recent baseline 
        published by the Congressional Budget Office.
            (2)(A) During the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, except as 
        provided in subparagraph (C), a motion that the Committee of the Whole 
        rise and report a bill to the House shall not be in order if the bill, 
        as amended, exceeds an applicable allocation of new budget authority 
        under section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
        estimated by the Committee on the Budget.
                    (B) If a point of order under subparagraph (A) is sustained, 
                the Chair shall put the question: ``Shall the Committee of the 
                Whole rise and report the bill to the House with such amendments 
                as may have been adopted notwithstanding that the bill exceeds 
                its allocation of new budget authority under section 302(b) of 
                the Congressional Budget Act of 1974?''. Such question shall be 
                debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by a 
                proponent of the question and an opponent but shall be decided 
                without intervening motion.
                    (C) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply--
                            (i) to a motion offered under clause 2(d) of rule 
                        XXI; or
                            (ii) after disposition of a question under 
                        subparagraph (B) on a given bill.
                    (D) If a question under subparagraph (B) is decided in the 
                negative, no further amendment shall be in order except--
                            (i) one proper amendment, which shall be debatable 
                        for 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the 
                        proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 
                        amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for 
                        division of the question in the House or in the 
                        Committee of the Whole; and
                            (ii) pro forma amendments, if offered by the chair 
                        or ranking minority member of the Committee on 
                        Appropriations or their designees, for the purpose of 
                        debate.
    (f) Continuing Litigation Authorities.--
            (1) Oversight and government reform and the office of general 
        counsel.--
                    (A) The House authorizes--
                            (i) the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
                        of the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress to act as the 
                        successor in interest to the Committee on Oversight and 
                        Government Reform of the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress 
                        and the One Hundred Twelfth Congress with respect to the 
                        civil action Committee on Oversight and Government 
                        Reform, United States House of Representatives v. Eric 
                        H. Holder, Jr., in his official capacity as Attorney 
                        General of the United States, filed by the Committee on 
                        Oversight and Government Reform in the One Hundred 
                        Twelfth Congress pursuant to House Resolution 706; and
                            (ii) the chair of the Committee on Oversight and 
                        Government Reform (when elected), on behalf of the 
                        Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and the 
                        Office of General Counsel to take such steps as may be 
                        appropriate to ensure continuation of such civil action, 
                        including amending the complaint as circumstances may 
                        warrant.
                    (B) The House authorizes the chair of the Committee on 
                Oversight and Government Reform (when elected), on behalf of the 
                Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and until such 
                committee has adopted rules pursuant to clause 2(a) of rule XI, 
                to issue subpoenas related to the investigation into the United 
                States Department of Justice operation known as ``Fast and 
                Furious'' and related matters.
                    (C) The House authorizes the chair of the Committee on 
                Oversight and Government Reform (when elected), on behalf of the 
                Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Office of 
                General Counsel to petition to join as a party to the civil 
                action referenced in paragraph (1) any individual subpoenaed by 
                the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the One 
                Hundred Thirteenth Congress or the One Hundred Twelfth Congress 
                as part of its investigation into the United States Department 
                of Justice operation known as ``Fast and Furious'' and related 
                matters who failed to comply with such subpoena, or any 
                successor to such individual.
                    (D) The House authorizes the chair of the Committee on 
                Oversight and Government Reform (when elected), on behalf of the 
                Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Office of 
                General Counsel, at the authorization of the Speaker after 
                consultation with the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group, to 
                initiate judicial proceedings concerning the enforcement of 
                subpoenas issued to such individuals.
            (2) The house of representatives and the office of general 
        counsel.--
                    (A) The House of Representatives of the One Hundred 
                Fourteenth Congress is authorized to act as the successor in 
                interest to the House of Representatives of the One Hundred 
                Thirteenth Congress with respect to the civil action United 
                States House of Representatives v. Sylvia Mathews Burwell, in 
                her official capacity as the Secretary of the United States 
                Department of Health and Human Services, et al., filed by the 
                House of Representatives in the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress 
                pursuant to House Resolution 676.
                    (B) The House authorizes the Speaker, on behalf of the House 
                of Representatives, and the Office of General Counsel to take 
                such steps as may be appropriate to ensure continuation of such 
                civil action, including amending the complaint as circumstances 
                may warrant.
                    (C) The authorities provided by House Resolution 676 of the 
                One Hundred Thirteenth Congress remain in full force and effect 
                in the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress.
            (3) Authority to provide testimony.--The House authorizes Michael W. 
        Sheehy to provide testimony in the criminal action United States v. 
        Jeffrey Sterling in accordance with the authorizations provided to Mr. 
        Sheehy by the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the One 
        Hundred Thirteenth Congress and the One Hundred Twelfth Congress.
    (g) Duplication of Federal Programs.--
            (1) The chair of a committee may request that the Government 
        Accountability Office perform a duplication analysis of any bill or 
        joint resolution referred to that committee. Any such analysis shall 
        assess whether, and the extent to which, the bill or joint resolution 
        creates a new Federal program, office, or initiative that duplicates or 
        overlaps with any existing Federal program, office, or initiative.
            (2) The report of a committee on a bill or joint resolution that 
        establishes or reauthorizes a program of the Federal Government shall 
        include a statement, as though under clause 3(c) of rule XIII, 
        indicating whether any such program is known to be duplicative of 
        another such program. The statement shall at a minimum explain whether--
                    (A) any such program was included in any report from the 
                Government Accountability Office to Congress pursuant to section 
                21 of Public Law 111-139; or
                    (B) the most recent Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, 
                published pursuant to the Federal Program Information Act 
                (Public Law 95-220, as amended by Public Law 98-169), identified 
                other programs related to the program established or 
                reauthorized by the measure.
    (h) Estimates of Direct Spending.--
            (1) It shall not be in order to consider any concurrent resolution 
        on the budget, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, unless 
        it contains a separate heading entitled ``Direct Spending'', which shall 
        include a category for ``Means-Tested Direct Spending'' and a category 
        for ``Nonmeans-Tested Direct Spending'' and sets forth--
                    (A) the average rate of growth for each category in the 
                total amount of outlays during the 10-year period preceding the 
                budget year;
                    (B) estimates for each such category under current law for 
                the period covered by the concurrent resolution; and
                    (C) information on proposed reforms in such categories.
            (2) Before the consideration of a concurrent resolution on the 
        budget by the Committee on the Budget for a fiscal year, the chair of 
        the Committee on the Budget shall submit for printing in the 
        Congressional Record a description of programs which shall be considered 
        means-tested direct spending and nonmeans-tested direct spending for 
        purposes of this subsection.
    (i) Disclosure of Directed Rulemakings.--
            (1) The report of a committee on a bill or joint resolution shall 
        include a statement, as though under clause 3(c) of rule XIII, 
        estimating the number of directed rule makings required by the measure.
            (2) For purposes of this subparagraph, the term ``directed rule 
        making'' means a specific rule making within the meaning of section 551 
        of title 5, United States Code, specifically directed to be completed by 
        a provision in the measure, but does not include a grant of 
        discretionary rule making authority.
    (j) Subcommittees.--Notwithstanding clause 5(d) of rule X, during the One 
Hundred Fourteenth Congress--
            (1) the Committee on Agriculture may have not more than six 
        subcommittees;
            (2) the Committee on Armed Services may have not more than seven 
        subcommittees;
            (3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs may have not more than seven 
        subcommittees; and
            (4) the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure may have not 
        more than six subcommittees.
    (k) Exercise Facilities for Former Members.--During the One Hundred 
Fourteenth Congress--
            (1) The House of Representatives may not provide access to any 
        exercise facility which is made available exclusively to Members and 
        former Members, officers and former officers of the House of 
        Representatives, and their spouses to any former Member, former officer, 
        or spouse who is a lobbyist registered under the Lobbying Disclosure Act 
        of 1995 or any successor statute or agent of a foreign principal as 
        defined in clause 5 of rule XXV. For purposes of this section, the term 
        ``Member'' includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress.
            (2) The Committee on House Administration shall promulgate 
        regulations to carry out this subsection.
    (l) Numbering of Bills.--In the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, the first 
10 numbers for bills (H.R. 1 through H.R. 10) shall be reserved for assignment 
by the Speaker and the second 10 numbers for bills (H.R. 11 through H.R. 20) 
shall be reserved for assignment by the Minority Leader.
    (m) Inclusion of Citations for Proposed Repeals and Amendments.--To the 
maximum extent practicable and consistent with established drafting conventions, 
an instruction in a bill or joint resolution proposing to repeal or amend any 
law or part thereof not contained in a codified title of the United States Code 
shall include, in parentheses immediately following the designation of the 
matter proposed to be repealed or amended, the applicable United States Code 
citation (which may be a note in the United States Code), or, if no such 
citation is available, an appropriate alternative citation to the applicable law 
or part.
    (n) Broadening Availability of Legislative Documents in Machine Readable 
Formats.--The Committee on House Administration, the Clerk, and other officers 
and officials of the House shall continue efforts to broaden the availability of 
legislative documents in machine readable formats in the One Hundred Fourteenth 
Congress in furtherance of the institutional priority of improving public 
availability and use of legislative information produced by the House and its 
committees.
    (o) Temporary Designation.--Pending the designation of a location by the 
Committee on House Administration pursuant to clause 3 of rule XXIX, documents 
may be made publicly available in electronic form at an electronic document 
repository operated by the Clerk.
    (p) Congressional Member Organization Transparency Reform.--
            (1) Payment of salaries and expenses through account of 
        organization.--A Member of the House of Representatives and an eligible 
        Congressional Member Organization may enter into an agreement under 
        which--
                    (A) an employee of the Member's office may carry out 
                official and representational duties of the Member by assignment 
                to the Organization; and
                    (B) to the extent that the employee carries out such duties 
                under the agreement, the Member shall transfer the portion of 
                the Members' Representation Allowance of the Member which would 
                otherwise be used for the salary and related expenses of the 
                employee to a dedicated account in the House of Representatives 
                which is administered by the Organization, in accordance with 
                the regulations promulgated by the Committee on House 
                Administration under paragraph (2).
            (2) Regulations.--The Committee on House Administration (hereafter 
        referred to as the ``Committee'') shall promulgate regulations as 
        follows:
                    (A) Use of mra.--Pursuant to the authority of section 101(d) 
                of the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical 
                Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 5341(d)), the Committee shall 
                prescribe regulations to provide that an eligible Congressional 
                Member Organization may use the amounts transferred to the 
                Organization's dedicated account under paragraph (1)(B) for the 
                same purposes for which a Member of the House of Representatives 
                may use the Members' Representational Allowance, except that the 
                Organization may not use such amounts for franked mail, official 
                travel, or leases of space or vehicles.
                    (B) Maintenance of limitations on number of shared 
                employees.--Pursuant to the authority of section 104(d) of the 
                House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical 
                Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 5321(d)), the Committee shall 
                prescribe regulations to provide that an employee of the office 
                of a Member of the House of Representatives who is covered by an 
                agreement entered into under paragraph (1) between the Member 
                and an eligible Congressional Member Organization shall be 
                considered a shared employee of the Member's office and the 
                Organization for purposes of such section, and shall include in 
                such regulations appropriate accounting standards to ensure that 
                a Member of the House of Representatives who enters into an 
                agreement with such an Organization under paragraph (1) does not 
                employ more employees than the Member is authorized to employ 
                under such section.
                    (C) Participation in student loan repayment program.--
                Pursuant to the authority of section 105(b) of the Legislative 
                Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 4536(b)), relating to 
                the student loan repayment program for employees of the House, 
                the Committee shall promulgate regulations to provide that, in 
                the case of an employee who is covered by an agreement entered 
                into under paragraph (1) between a Member of the House of 
                Representatives and an eligible Congressional Member 
                Organization and who participates in such program while carrying 
                out duties under the agreement--
                            (i) any funds made available for making payments 
                        under the program with respect to the employee shall be 
                        transferred to the Organization's dedicated account 
                        under paragraph (1)(B); and
                            (ii) the Organization shall use the funds to repay a 
                        student loan taken out by the employee, under the same 
                        terms and conditions which would apply under the program 
                        if the Organization were the employing office of the 
                        employee.
                    (D) Access to house services.--The Committee shall prescribe 
                regulations to ensure that an eligible Congressional Member 
                Organization has appropriate access to services of the House.
                    (E) Other regulations.--The Committee shall promulgate such 
                other regulations as may be appropriate to carry out this 
                subsection.
            (3) Eligible congressional member organization defined.--In this 
        subsection, the term ``eligible Congressional Member Organization'' 
        means, with respect to the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, an 
        organization meeting each of the following requirements:
                    (A) The organization is registered as a Congressional Member 
                Organization with the Committee on House Administration.
                    (B) The organization designates a single Member of the House 
                of Representatives to be responsible for the administration of 
                the organization, including the administration of the account 
                administered under paragraph (1)(B), and includes the 
                identification of such Member with the statement of organization 
                that the organization files and maintains with the Committee on 
                House Administration.
                    (C) At least 3 employees of the House are assigned to work 
                for the organization.
                    (D) During the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, at least 30 
                Members of the House of Representatives used a portion of the 
                Members' Representational Allowance of the Member for the salary 
                and related expenses of an employee who was a shared employee of 
                the Member's office and the organization.
                    (E) The organization files a statement with the Committee on 
                House Administration and the Chief Administrative Officer of the 
                House of Representatives certifying that it will administer an 
                account in accordance with paragraph (1)(B).
    (q) Social Security Solvency.--
            (1) Point of order.--During the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, it 
        shall not be in order to consider a bill or joint resolution, or an 
        amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that reduces the 
        actuarial balance by at least .01 percent of the present value of future 
        taxable payroll of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 
        Fund established under section 201(a) of the Social Security Act for the 
        75-year period utilized in the most recent annual report of the Board of 
        Trustees provided pursuant to section 201(c)(2) of the Social Security 
        Act.
            (2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a measure that 
        would improve the actuarial balance of the combined balance in the 
        Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 
        Disability Insurance Trust Fund for the 75-year period utilized in the 
        most recent annual report of the Board of Trustees provided pursuant to 
        section 201(c)(2) of the Social Security Act.

SEC. 4. COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS, AND HOUSE OFFICES.

    (a) Select Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in 
Benghazi.--House Resolution 567, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, shall apply in 
the same manner as such resolution applied in the One Hundred Thirteenth 
Congress, except that notwithstanding clause 2(j)(2)(A) of rule XI, the Select 
Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi may 
adopt a rule or motion permitting members of the select committee to question a 
witness for ten minutes until such time as each member of the select committee 
who so desires has had an opportunity to question such witness.
    (b) House Democracy Partnership.--House Resolution 24, One Hundred Tenth 
Congress, shall apply in the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress in the same manner 
as such resolution applied in the One Hundred Tenth Congress except that the 
commission concerned shall be known as the House Democracy Partnership.
    (c) Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission.--Sections 1 through 7 of House 
Resolution 1451, One Hundred Tenth Congress, shall apply in the One Hundred 
Fourteenth Congress in the same manner as such provisions applied in the One 
Hundred Tenth Congress, except that--
            (1) the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission may, in addition to 
        collaborating closely with other professional staff members of the 
        Committee on Foreign Affairs, collaborate closely with professional 
        staff members of other relevant committees; and
            (2) the resources of the Committee on Foreign Affairs which the 
        Commission may use shall include all resources which the Committee is 
        authorized to obtain from other offices of the House of Representatives.
    (d) Office of Congressional Ethics.--Section 1 of House Resolution 895, One 
Hundred Tenth Congress, shall apply in the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress in 
the same manner as such provision applied in the One Hundred Tenth Congress, 
except that--
            (1) the Office of Congressional Ethics shall be treated as a 
        standing committee of the House for purposes of section 202(i) of the 
        Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 72a(i));
            (2) references to the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct 
        shall be construed as references to the Committee on Ethics;
            (3) the second sentence of section 1(b)(6)(A) shall not apply;
            (4) members subject to section 1(b)(6)(B) may be reappointed for a 
        second additional term;
            (5) any individual who is the subject of a preliminary review or 
        second-phase review by the board shall be informed of the right to be 
        represented by counsel and invoking that right should not be held 
        negatively against them; and
            (6) the Office may not take any action that would deny any person 
        any right or protection provided under the Constitution of the United 
        States.

SEC. 5. ORDER OF BUSINESS.

    The Speaker may recognize a Member for the reading of the Constitution on 
any legislative day through January 16, 2015.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.