[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 11 Engrossed in House (EH)]

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H. Res. 11

                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                      January 10, 2023.
    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE STRATEGIC COMPETITION BETWEEN THE UNITED 
              STATES AND THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY.

    (a) Establishment; Composition.--
            (1) Establishment.--There is hereby established in the House of 
        Representatives a Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between 
        the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (hereinafter in this 
        section referred to as the ``Select Committee'').
            (2) Composition.--
                    (A) In general.--The Select Committee shall be composed of 
                not more than 16 Members, Delegates, or the Resident 
                Commissioner appointed by the Speaker, not more than 7 of whom 
                shall be appointed after consultation with the minority leader. 
                The Speaker shall designate one member of the Select Committee 
                as its chair. A vacancy in the membership of the Select 
                Committee shall be filled in the same manner as the original 
                appointment.
                    (B) Ex officio members.--The Speaker and the minority leader 
                shall be ex officio members of the Select Committee but shall 
                have no vote in the Select Committee and may not be counted for 
                purposes of determining a quorum.
                    (C) Designation of leadership staff member.--The Speaker and 
                the minority leader each may designate a leadership staff member 
                to assist in their capacity as ex officio members, with the same 
                access to Select Committee meetings, hearings, briefings, and 
                materials as employees of the Select Committee and subject to 
                the same security clearance and confidentiality requirements as 
                staff of the Select Committee.
    (b) Jurisdiction; Functions.--
            (1) Legislative jurisdiction.--The Select Committee shall not have 
        legislative jurisdiction and shall have no authority to take legislative 
        action on any bill or resolution.
            (2) Investigative jurisdiction.--The sole authority of the Select 
        Committee shall be to investigate and submit policy recommendations on 
        the status of the Chinese Communist Party's economic, technological, and 
        security progress and its competition with the United States. The Select 
        Committee may, at its discretion, hold public hearings in connection 
        with any aspect of its investigative functions.
    (c) Procedure.--
            (1) Notwithstanding clause 3(m) of rule X of the Rules of the House 
        of Representatives, the Select Committee is authorized to study the 
        sources and methods of entities described in clause 11(b)(1)(A) of rule 
        X insofar as such study is related to the matters described in 
        subsection (b)(2).
            (2) Clause 11(b)(4), clause 11(e), and the first sentence of clause 
        11(f) of rule X shall apply to the Select Committee.
            (3) Except as specified in paragraph (4), the Select Committee shall 
        have the authorities and responsibilities of, and shall be subject to 
        the same limitations and restrictions as, a standing committee of the 
        House, and shall be deemed a committee of the House for all purposes of 
        law or rule.
            (4)(A) Rules X and XI shall apply to the Select Committee where not 
        inconsistent with this subsection.
            (B) Service on the Select Committee shall not count against the 
        limitations in clause 5(b)(2) of rule X.
            (C) Clause 2(d) of rule X shall not apply to the Select Committee.
            (D) Clause 2(g)(2)(D) of rule XI shall apply to the Select Committee 
        in the same manner as it applies to the Permanent Select Committee on 
        Intelligence.
    (d) Records; Staff; Travel; Funding.--
            (1) The appointment and the compensation of staff for the Select 
        Committee shall be subject to regulations issued by the Committee on 
        House Administration.
            (2)(A) Staff of employing entities of the House or a joint committee 
        may be detailed to the Select Committee to carry out this resolution and 
        shall be deemed to be staff of the Select Committee.
            (B) The Select Committee may request the head of any Federal agency 
        to detail, on a nonreimbursable basis, any of the personnel of the 
        agency to the Select Committee.
            (3) Section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 
        U.S.C. 4301(i)) shall apply with respect to the Select Committee in the 
        same manner as such section applies with respect to a standing 
        committee, except that the selection of any consultant or organization 
        under such section shall be subject to approval by the Speaker.
    (e) Reporting.--The Select Committee may report to the House or any 
committee from time to time the results of its investigations and studies, 
together with such detailed findings, policy recommendations, and legislative 
proposals as it may deem advisable. All such reports shall be submitted to the 
House by December 31, 2024. All policy recommendations shall be submitted to the 
relevant standing committees not later than December 31, 2023. The Select 
Committee shall submit all legislative proposals to the relevant standing 
committees not later than 30 days after their adoption by the Select Committee.
    (f) Publication.--
            (1) The Select Committee shall ensure that reports and proposals 
        prepared in accordance with this subsection shall, upon completion, be 
        made available to the general public in widely accessible formats not 
        later than 30 calendar days following the respective dates for 
        completion set forth in subsection (e).
            (2) Any report issued by the Select Committee shall be issued in 
        unclassified form but may include a classified annex, a law enforcement-
        sensitive annex, or both.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.