[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[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.