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   105th Congress 
     2nd Session        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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                                 RULES

                                 of the

                   COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM 
                           AND OVERSIGHT
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             together with

                         SELECTED RULES OF THE
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                 (Including Clause 2 of House Rule XI)

                                  and

                     SELECTED STATUTES OF INTEREST

                                     
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                               JUNE 1998

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              COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM AND OVERSIGHT

                     DAN BURTON, Indiana, Chairman

BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, New York         HENRY A. WAXMAN, California
J. DENNIS HASTERT, Illinois          TOM LANTOS, California
CONSTANCE A. MORELLA, Maryland       ROBERT E. WISE, Jr., West Virginia
CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, Connecticut       MAJOR R. OWENS, New York
CHRISTOPHER COX, California          EDOLPHUS TOWNS, New York
ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida         PAUL E. KANJORSKI, Pennsylvania
JOHN M. McHUGH, New York             GARY A. CONDIT, California
STEPHEN HORN, California             CAROLYN B. MALONEY, New York
JOHN L. MICA, Florida                THOMAS M. BARRETT, Wisconsin
THOMAS M. DAVIS, Virginia            ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, Washington, 
DAVID M. McINTOSH, Indiana           DC
MARK E. SOUDER, Indiana              CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania
JOE SCARBOROUGH, Florida             ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland
JOHN SHADEGG, Arizona                DENNIS J. KUCINICH, Ohio
STEVEN C. LaTOURETTE, Ohio           ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH, Illinois
MARSHALL ``MARK'' SANFORD, South     DANNY K. DAVIS, Illinois
Carolina                             JOHN F. TIERNEY, Massachusetts
JOHN E. SUNUNU, New Hampshire        JIM TURNER, Texas
PETE SESSIONS, Texas                 THOMAS H. ALLEN, Maine
MICHAEL PAPPAS, New Jersey           HAROLD E. FORD, Jr., Tennessee
VINCE SNOWBARGER, Kansas                         ------
BOB BARR, Georgia                    BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont 
DAN MILLER, Florida                  (Independent)
RON LEWIS, Kentucky

                      Kevin Binger, Staff Director
                 Daniel R. Moll, Deputy Staff Director
             David Kass, Deputy Counsel and Parliamentarian
                       Judith McCoy, Chief Clerk
                 Phil Schiliro, Minority Staff Director

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                            C O N T E N T S

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 I. Rules of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.........1
II. Selected Rules of the House of Representatives....................9
        A.  1. Powers and duties of the committee--Rule X of the 
            House................................................     9
            2. General oversight responsibilities--Rule X, 2 of 
              the House..........................................    11
            3. Additional functions of committees--Rule X, 4 of 
              the House..........................................    14
        B. Rules of procedure for committees--Rule XI of the 
            House................................................    17
        C. Changes in existing law to be shown in reports 
            (Ramseyer Rule)--Rule XIII, 3 of the House...........    36
        D. Cost estimates in legislative reports--Rule XIII, 7 of 
            the House............................................    37
        E. Pay of witnesses--Rule XXXV of the House..............    38
III.Selected matters of interest.....................................39

        A. 5 U.S.C. sec. 2954. Information to committees of 
            Congress on request..................................    39
        B. 18 U.S.C. sec. 1505. Obstruction of proceedings before 
            departments, agencies, and committees................    39
        C. 31 U.S.C. sec. 712. Investigating the use of public 
            money................................................    39
        D. 31 U.S.C. sec. 719. Comptroller General reports.......    40
        E. 31 U.S.C. sec. 717. Evaluating programs and activities 
            of the United States Government......................    40
        F. 31 U.S.C. sec. 1113. Congressional information........    40

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      I. RULES OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM AND OVERSIGHT

                     U.S. House of Representatives

                             105th Congress

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    Rule XI, 1(a)(1) of the House of Representatives provides:

          The Rules of the House are the rules of its 
        committees and subcommittees so far as applicable, 
        except that a motion to recess from day to day, and a 
        motion to dispense with the first reading (in full) of 
        a bill or resolution, if printed copies are available, 
        are nondebatable motions of high privilege in 
        committees and subcommittees.

    Rule XI, 2(a) of the House of Representatives provides, in 
part:

          Each standing committee of the House shall adopt 
        written rules governing its procedures. * * *

    In accordance with this, the Committee on Government Reform 
and Oversight, on February 12, 1997, adopted the rules of the 
committee:

                     Rule 1.--Application of Rules

    Except where the terms ``full committee'' and 
``subcommittee'' are specifically referred to, the following 
rules shall apply to the Committee on Government Reform and 
Oversight and its subcommittees as well as to the respective 
chairmen.
        [See House Rule XI, 1.]

                           Rule 2.--Meetings

    The regular meetings of the full committee shall be held on 
the second Tuesday of each month at 10 a.m., when the House is 
in session. The chairman is authorized to dispense with a 
regular meeting or to change the date thereof, and to call and 
convene additional meetings, when circumstances warrant. A 
special meeting of the committee may be requested by members of 
the committee following the provisions of House Rule XI, 2(c)2. 
Subcommittees shall meet at the call of the subcommittee 
chairmen. Every member of the committee or the appropriate 
subcommittee, unless prevented by unusual circumstances, shall 
be provided with a memorandum at least three calendar days 
before each meeting or hearing explaining (1) the purpose of 
the meeting or hearing; and (2) the names, titles, background 
and reasons for appearance of any witnesses. The ranking 
minority member shall be responsible for providing the same 
information on witnesses whom the minority may request.
        [See House Rule XI, 2(b).]

                            Rule 3.--Quorums

    A majority of the members of the committee shall form a 
quorum, except that two members shall constitute a quorum for 
taking testimony and receiving evidence, and one-third of the 
members shall form a quorum for taking any action other than 
the reporting of a measure or recommendation. If the chairman 
is not present at any meeting of the committee or subcommittee, 
the ranking member of the majority party on the committee or 
subcommittee who is present shall preside at that meeting.
        [See House Rule XI, 2(h).]

                       Rule 4.--Committee Reports

    Bills and resolutions approved by the committee shall be 
reported by the chairman following House Rule XI, 2(l).
    Every investigative report shall be approved by a majority 
vote of the committee at a meeting at which a quorum is 
present. Supplemental, minority, or additional views may be 
filed following House Rule XI, 2(l)(5). The time allowed for 
filing such views shall be three calendar days, beginning on 
the day of notice but excluding Saturday, Sundays, and legal 
holidays (unless the House is in session on such a day), unless 
the committee agrees to a different time, but agreement on a 
shorter time shall require the concurrence of each member 
seeking to file such views. A proposed report shall not be 
considered in subcommittee or full committee unless the 
proposed report has been available to the members of such 
subcommittee or full committee for at least three calendar days 
(excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) before 
consideration of such proposed report in subcommittee or full 
committee. An investigative report or oversight report will be 
considered as read if available, to the members, at least 24 
hours before consideration, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and 
legal holidays unless the House is in session on such days. If 
hearings have been held on the matter reported upon, every 
reasonable effort shall be made to have such hearings available 
to the members of the subcommittee or full committee before the 
consideration of the proposed report in such subcommittee or 
full committee. An investigative or oversight report may be 
filed after sine die adjournment of the last regular session of 
the Congress, provided that if a member gives timely notice of 
intention to file supplemental, minority or additional views, 
that member shall be entitled to not less than seven calendar 
days in which to submit such views for inclusion with the 
report.
    Only those reports approved by a majority vote of the 
committee may be ordered printed, unless otherwise required by 
the Rules of the House of Representatives.

                          Rule 5.--Proxy Votes

    In accordance with the Rules of the House of 
Representatives, members may not vote by proxy on any measure 
or matter before
the committee or any subcommittee.
        [See House Rule XI, 2(f).]

                          Rule 6.--Roll Calls

    A roll call of the members may be had upon the request of 
any member upon approval of a one-fifth vote.
        [See House Rule XI, 2(e).]

                  Rule 7.--Record of Committee Actions

    The committee staff shall maintain in the committee offices 
a complete record of committee actions from the current 
Congress including a record of the rollcall votes taken at 
committee business meetings. The original records, or true 
copies thereof, as appropriate, shall be available for public 
inspection whenever the committee offices are open for public 
business. The staff shall assure that such original records are 
preserved with no unauthorized alteration, additions, or 
defacement.
        [See House Rule XI, 2(e).]

                   Rule 8.--Subcommittees; Referrals

    There shall be seven subcommittees with appropriate party 
ratios that shall have fixed jurisdictions. Bills, resolutions, 
and other matters shall be referred by the chairman to 
subcommittees within two weeks for consideration or 
investigation in accordance with their fixed jurisdictions. 
Where the subject matter of the referral involves the 
jurisdiction of more than one subcommittee or does not fall 
within any previously assigned jurisdiction, the chairman shall 
refer the matter as he may deem advisable. Bills, resolutions, 
and other matters referred to subcommittees may be reassigned 
by the chairman when, in his judgement, the subcommittee is not 
able to complete its work or cannot reach agreement therein. In 
a subcommittee having an even number of members, if there is a 
tie vote with all members voting on any measure, the measure 
shall be placed on the agenda for full committee consideration 
as if it had been ordered reported by the subcommittee without 
recommendation. This provision shall not preclude further 
action on the measure by the subcommittee.
        [See House Rule XI, 1(a)(2).]

                      Rule 9.--Ex Officio Members

    The chairman and the ranking minority member of the 
committee shall be ex officio members of all subcommittees. 
They are authorized to vote on subcommittee matters; but, 
unless they are regular members of the subcommittee, they shall 
not be counted in determining a subcommittee quorum other than 
a quorum for taking testimony.

                            Rule 10.--Staff

    Except as otherwise provided by House Rule XI, 5 and 6, the 
chairman of the full committee shall have the authority to hire 
and discharge employees of the professional and clerical staff 
of the full committee and of subcommittees.

                       Rule 11.--Staff Direction

    Except as otherwise provided by House Rule XI, 5 and 6, the 
staff of the committee shall be subject to the direction of the 
chairman of the full committee and shall perform such duties as 
he may assign.

                 Rule 12.--Hearing Dates and Witnesses

    The chairman of the full committee will announce the date, 
place, and subject matter of all hearings at least one week 
before the commencement of any hearings, unless he determines, 
with the concurrence of the ranking minority member, or the 
committee determines by a vote, that there is good cause to 
begin such hearings sooner. So that the chairman of the full 
committee may coordinate the committee facilities and hearings 
plans, each subcommittee chairman shall notify him of any 
hearing plans at least two weeks before the date of 
commencement of hearings, including the date, place, subject 
matter, and the names of witnesses, willing and unwilling, who 
would be called to testify, including, to the extent he is 
advised thereof, witnesses whom the minority members may 
request. The minority members shall supply the names of 
witnesses they intend to call to the chairman of the full 
committee or subcommittee at the earliest possible date. 
Witnesses appearing before the committee shall so far as 
practicable, submit written statements at least 24 hours before 
their appearance and, when appearing in a non-governmental 
capacity, provide a curriculum vitae and a listing of any 
Federal Government grants and contracts received in the 
previous fiscal year.
        [See House Rules XI, 2(g)(3), (g)(4), (j) and (k).]

                        Rule 13.--Open Meetings

    Meetings for the transaction of business and hearings of 
the committee shall be open to the public or closed in 
accordance with Rule XI of the House of Representatives.
        [See House Rules XI, 2 (g) and (k).]

                       Rule 14.--Five-Minute Rule

    (1) A committee member may question a witness only when 
recognized by the chairman for that purpose. In accordance with 
House Rule XI, 2(j)(2), each committee member may request up to 
five minutes to question a witness until each member who so 
desires has had such opportunity. Until all such requests have 
been satisfied, the chairman shall, so far as practicable, 
recognize alternately based on seniority of those majority and 
minority members present at the time the hearing was called to 
order and others based on their arrival at the hearing. After 
that, additional time may be extended at the direction of the 
chairman.
    (2) The chairman, with the concurrence of the ranking 
minority member, or the committee by motion, may permit an 
equal number of majority and minority members to question a 
witness for a specified, total period that is equal for each 
side and not longer than thirty minutes for each side.
    (3) The chairman, with the concurrence of the ranking 
minority member, or the committee by motion, may permit 
committee staff of the majority and minority to question a 
witness for a specified, total period that is equal for each 
side and not longer than thirty minutes for each side.
    (4) Nothing in paragraph (2) or (3) affects the rights of a 
Member (other than a Member designated under paragraph (2)) to 
question a witness for 5 minutes in accordance with paragraph 
(1) after the questioning permitted under paragraph (2) or (3). 
In any extended questioning permitted under paragraph (2) or 
(3), the chairman shall determine how to allocate the time 
permitted for extended questioning by majority members or 
majority committee staff and the ranking minority member shall 
determine how to allocate the time permitted for extended 
questioning by minority members or minority committee staff. 
The chairman or the ranking minority member, as applicable, may 
allocate the time for any extended questioning permitted to 
staff under paragraph (3) to members.

              Rule 15.--Investigative Hearings; Procedure

    Investigative hearings shall be conducted according to the 
procedures in House Rule XI, 2(k). All questions put to 
witnesses before the committee shall be relevant to the subject 
matter before the committee for consideration, and the chairman 
shall rule on the relevance of any questions put to the 
witnesses.

                     Rule 16.--Stenographic Record

    A stenographic record of all testimony shall be kept of 
public hearings and shall be made available on such conditions 
as the chairman may prescribe.

                  Rule 17.--TV, Radio, and Photographs

    An open meeting or hearing of the committee or a 
subcommittee may be covered, in whole or in part, by television 
broadcast, radio broadcast, and still photography, or by any 
such methods of coverage, unless closed subject to the 
provisions of House Rule XI, 3.

                Rule 18.--Additional Duties of Chairman

    The chairman of the full committee shall:
          (a) Make available to other committees the findings 
        and recommendations resulting from the investigations 
        of the committee or its subcommittees as required by 
        House Rule X, 4(c)(2);
          (b) Direct such review and studies on the impact or 
        probable impact of tax policies affecting subjects 
        within the committee's jurisdiction as required by 
        House Rule X, 2(c);
          (c) Submit to the Committee on the Budget views and 
        estimates required by House Rule X, 4(g), and to file 
        reports with the House as required by the Congressional 
        Budget Act;
          (d) Authorize and issue subpoenas as provided in 
        House Rule XI, clause 2(m), in the conduct of any 
        investigation or activity or series of investigations 
        or activities within the jurisdiction of the committee;
          (e) Prepare, after consultation with subcommittee 
        chairmen and the minority, a budget for the committee 
        which shall include an adequate budget for the 
        subcommittees to discharge their responsibilities;
          (f) Make any necessary technical and conforming 
        changes to legislation reported by the committee upon 
        unanimous consent; and
          (g) Will designate a vice chairman from the majority 
        party.

                     Rule 19.--Commemorative Stamps

    The committee has adopted the policy that the determination 
of the subject matter of commemorative stamps properly is for 
consideration by the Postmaster General and that the committee 
will not give consideration to legislative proposals for the 
issuance of commemorative stamps. It is suggested that 
recommendations for the issuance of commemorative stamps be 
submitted to the Postmaster General.

               Rule 20.--Interrogatories and Depositions

    The chairman, upon consultation with the ranking minority 
member, may order the taking of interrogatories or depositions, 
under oath and pursuant to notice or subpoena. Such 
authorization may occur on a case-by-case basis, or by 
instructions to take a series of interrogatories or 
depositions. Notices for the taking of depositions shall 
specify the date, time, and place of examination. Answers to 
interrogatories shall be answered fully in writing under oath 
and depositions shall be taken under oath administered by a 
member or a person otherwise authorized by law to administer 
oaths. Consultation with the ranking minority member shall 
include three business day's written notice before any 
deposition is taken. All members shall also receive three 
business day's written notice that a deposition has been 
scheduled.
    The committee shall not initiate contempt proceedings based 
on the failure of a witness to appear at a deposition unless 
the deposition notice was accompanied by a committee subpoena 
issued by the chairman.
    Witnesses may be accompanied at a deposition by counsel to 
advise them of their rights. No one may be present at 
depositions except members, committee staff designated by the 
chairman or ranking minority member, an official reporter, the 
witness, and the witness's counsel. Observers or counsel for 
other persons or for agencies under investigation may not 
attend.
    A deposition shall be conducted by any member or committee 
staff attorney designated by the chairman or ranking minority 
member. When depositions are conducted by committee staff 
attorneys, there shall be no more than two committee staff 
attorneys of the committee permitted to question a witness per 
round. One of the committee staff attorneys shall be designated 
by the chairman and the other shall be designated by the 
ranking minority member. Other committee staff members 
designated by the chairman or the ranking minority member may 
attend, but are not permitted to pose questions to the witness.
    Questions in the deposition shall be propounded in rounds. 
Each round of questioning shall last one hour. A member or 
committee staff attorney designated by the chairman shall ask 
questions first, and the member or committee staff attorney 
designated by the ranking minority member shall ask questions 
second. Thereafter, the member or committee staff designated by 
the chairman and the member or committee staff attorney 
designated by the ranking minority member shall ask questions 
in alternating rounds, until each side has had the opportunity 
to pose all questions to the witness.
    An objection by the witness as to the form of a question 
shall be noted for the record. If a witness objects to a 
question and refuses to answer, the member or committee staff 
attorney may proceed with the deposition, or may obtain, at 
that time or a subsequent time, a ruling on the objection by 
telephone or otherwise from the chairman or a member designated 
chairman. The committee shall not initiate procedures leading 
to contempt proceedings based on a refusal to answer a question 
at a deposition unless the witness refuses to testify after an 
objection of the witness has been overruled and after the 
witness has been ordered by the chairman or a member designated 
by the chairman to answer the question. Overruled objections 
shall be preserved for committee consideration within the 
meaning of clause 2(k)(8) of House Rule XI.
    Committee staff shall insure that the testimony is either 
transcribed or electronically recorded, or both. If a witness's 
testimony is transcribed, the witness or the witness's counsel 
shall be afforded an opportunity to review a copy. No later 
than five days thereafter, the witness may submit suggested 
changes to the chairman. Committee staff may make any 
typographical and technical changes requested by the witness. 
Substantive changes, modifications, clarifications, or 
amendments to the deposition transcript submitted by the 
witness must be accompanied by a letter requesting the changes 
and a statement of the witness's reasons for each proposed 
change. A letter requesting any substantive changes, 
modifications, clarifications, or amendments must be signed by 
the witness. Any substantive changes, modifications, 
clarifications, or amendments shall be included as an appendix 
to the transcript conditioned upon the witness signing the 
transcript.
    The individual administering the oath, if other than a 
member, shall certify on the transcript that the witness was 
duly sworn. The transcriber shall certify that the transcript 
is a true record of the testimony and the transcript shall be 
filed, together with any electronic recording, with the clerk 
of the committee in Washington, DC. Interrogatories and 
depositions shall be considered to have been taken in 
Washington, DC, as well as at the location actually taken once 
filed there with the clerk of the committee for the committee's 
use. The chairman and the ranking minority member shall be 
provided with a copy of the transcripts of the deposition at 
the same time.
    All depositions and interrogatories received pursuant to 
this rule shall be considered as taken in executive session.
    A witness shall not be required to testify unless the 
witness has been provided with a copy of the committee's rules.
    This rule is applicable to the committee's investigation of 
political fundraising improprieties and possible violations of 
law, and is effective upon adoption of a resolution, in the 
House of Representatives, providing the committee with special 
investigative authorities.

   Rule 21.--Letters Rogatory and International Government Assistance

    The chairman, after consultation with the ranking minority 
member, may obtain testimony and evidence in other countries 
through letters rogatory and other means of international 
government cooperation and assistance. This rule is applicable 
to the committee's investigation of political fundraising 
improprieties and possible violations of law, and is effective 
upon adoption of a resolution, in the House of Representatives, 
providing the committee with special investigative authorities.
           II. SELECTED RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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      A.1.Powers and Duties of the Committee--Rule X of the House

    House Rule X provides for the establishment and 
jurisdiction of standing committees. The first paragraph of 
clause 1 of Rule X and subdivision (g) thereof reads as 
follows:

         Establishment and Jurisdiction of Standing Committees


                 the committees and their jurisdiction


    1. There shall be in the House the following standing 
committees, each of which shall have the jurisdiction and 
related functions assigned to it by this clause and clauses 2, 
3, and 4; and all bills, resolutions, and other matters 
relating to subjects within the jurisdiction of any standing 
committee as listed in this clause shall (in accordance with 
and subject to clause 5) be referred to such committees, as 
follow:

                     *      *      *      *      *

            (g) committee on government reform and oversight

          (1) The Federal Civil Service, including 
        intergovernmental personnel; the status of officers and 
        employees of the United States, including their 
        compensation, classification, and retirement.
          (2) Measures relating to the municipal affairs of the 
        District of Columbia in general, other than 
        appropriations.
          (3) Federal paperwork reduction.
          (4) Government management and accounting measures, 
        generally.
          (5) Holidays and celebrations.
          (6) The overall economy, efficiency and management of 
        government operations and activities, including Federal 
        procurement.
          (7) National archives.
          (8) Population and demography generally, including 
        the Census.
          (9) Postal service generally, including the 
        transportation of the mails.
          (10) Public information and records.
          (11) Relationship of the Federal Government to the 
        States and municipalities generally.
          (12) Reorganizations in the executive branch of the 
        government.
In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding 
provisions of this paragraph (and its oversight functions under 
clause 2(b) (1) and (2)), the committee shall have the function 
of performing the duties and conducting the studies which are 
provided for in clause 4(c).

     2. General Oversight Responsibilities--Rule X, 2 of the House

    Clause 2 of Rule X relates to general oversight 
responsibilities. It reads as follows:

    2. (a) In order to assist the House in----
          (1) its analysis, appraisal, and evaluation of (A) 
        the application, administration, execution, and 
        effectiveness of the laws enacted by the Congress, or 
        (B) conditions and circumstances which may indicate the 
        necessity or desirability of enacting new or additional 
        legislation, and
          (2) its formulation, consideration, and enactment of 
        such modifications of or changes in those laws, and of 
        such additional legislation, as may be necessary or 
        appropriate,
the various standing committees shall have oversight 
responsibilities as provided in paragraph (b).
    (b)(1) Each standing committee (other than the Committee on 
Appropriations and the Committee on the Budget) shall review 
and study, on a continuing basis, the application, 
administration, execution, and effectiveness of those laws, or 
parts of laws, the subject matter of which is within the 
jurisdiction of that committee and the organization and 
operation of the Federal agencies and entities having 
responsibilities in or for the administration and execution 
thereof, in order to determine whether such laws and the 
programs thereunder are being implemented and carried out in 
accordance with the intent of the Congress and whether such 
programs should be continued, curtailed, or eliminated. In 
addition, each such committee shall review and study any 
conditions or circumstances which may indicate the necessity or 
desirability of enacting new or additional legislation within 
the jurisdiction of that committee (whether or not any bill or 
resolution has been introduced with respect thereto), and shall 
on a continuing basis undertake future research and forecasting 
on matters within the jurisdiction of that committee. Each such 
committee having more than twenty members shall establish an 
oversight subcommittee, or require its subcommittees, if any, 
to conduct oversight in area of their respective jurisdiction, 
to assist in carrying out its responsibilities under this 
subparagraph. The establishment of oversight subcommittees 
shall in no way limit the responsibility of the subcommittees 
with legislative jurisdiction from carrying out their oversight 
responsibilities.
    (2) The Committee on Government Reform and Oversight shall 
review and study, on a continuing basis, the operation of 
Government activities at all levels with a view to determining 
their economy and efficiency.
    (3) The Committee on Appropriations shall conduct such 
studies and examinations of the organization and operation of 
executive departments and other executive agencies (including 
any agency the majority of the stock of which is owned by the 
Government of the United States) as it may deem necessary to 
assist it in the determination of matters within its 
jurisdiction.
    (c) Each standing committee of the House shall have the 
function of reviewing and studying on a continuing basis the 
impact or probable impact of tax policies affecting subjects 
within its jurisdiction as described in clauses 1 and 3.
    (d)(1) Not later than February 15 of the first session of a 
Congress, each standing committee of the House shall, in a 
meeting that is open to the public and with a quorum present, 
adopt its oversight plans for that Congress. Such plans shall 
be submitted simultaneously to the Committee on Government 
Reform and Oversight and to the Committee on House Oversight. 
In developing such plans each committee shall, to the maximum 
extent feasible----
          (A) consult with other committees of the House that 
        have jurisdiction over the same or related laws, 
        programs, or agencies within its jurisdiction, with the 
        objective of ensuring that such laws, programs, or 
        agencies are reviewed in the same Congress and that 
        there is a maximum of coordination between such 
        reviews; and such plans shall include an explanation of 
        what steps have been and will be taken to ensure such 
        coordination and cooperation;
          (B) give priority consideration to including in its 
        plans the review of those laws, programs, or agencies 
        operating under permanent budget authority or permanent 
        statutory authority; and
          (C) have a view toward ensuring that all significant 
        laws, programs, or agencies within its jurisdictions 
        are subject to review at least once every ten years.
    (2) It shall not be in order to consider any committee 
expense resolution (within the meaning of clause 5 of rule XI), 
or any amendment thereto, for any committee that has not 
submitted its oversight plans as required by this paragraph.
    (3) Not later than March 31 in the first session of a 
Congress, after consultation with the Speaker, the Majority 
Leader, and the Minority Leader, the Committee on Government 
Reform and Oversight shall report to the House the oversight 
plans submitted by each committee together with any 
recommendations that it, or the House leadership group referred 
to above, may make to ensure the most effective coordination of 
such plans and otherwise achieve the objectives of this clause.
    (e) The Speaker, with the approval of the House, may 
appoint special ad hoc oversight committees for the purpose of 
reviewing specific matters within the jurisdiction of two or 
more standing committees.

     3. Additional Functions of Committees--Rule X, 4 of the House

    Clause 4 of Rule X relates to additional functions of 
committees. Paragraphs (a)(2), (c), (f), (g), (h), and (i) read 
as follows:

    4. (a)

                     *      *      *      *      *

    (2) Whenever any bill or resolution which provides new 
spending authority described in section 401(c)(2)(C) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is reported by a committee of 
the House and the amount of new budget authority which will be 
required for the fiscal year involved if such bill or 
resolution is enacted as so reported exceeds the appropriate 
allocation of new budget authority reported as described in 
clause 4(h) in connection with the most recently agreed to 
concurrent resolution on the budget for such fiscal year, such 
bill or resolution shall then be referred to the Committee on 
Appropriations with instructions to report it, with the 
committee's recommendations and (if the committee deems it 
desirable) with an amendment limiting the total amount of new 
spending authority provided in the bill or resolution, within 
15 calendar days (not counting any day on which the House is 
not in session) beginning with the day following the day on 
which it is so referred. If the Committee on Appropriations 
fails to report the bill or resolution within such 15-day 
period, the committee shall be automatically discharged from 
further consideration of the bill or resolution and the bill or 
resolution shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.

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    (c)(1) The Committee on Government Reform and Oversight 
shall have the general function of----
          (A) receiving and examining reports of the 
        Comptroller General of the United States and of 
        submitting such recommendations to the House as it 
        deems necessary or desirable in connection with the 
        subject matter of such reports;
          (B) evaluating the effects of laws enacted to 
        reorganize the legislative and executive branches of 
        the Government; and
          (C) studying intergovernmental relationships between 
        the United States and the States and municipalities, 
        and between the United States and international 
        organizations of which the United States is a member.
    (2) In addition to its duties under subparagraph (1), the 
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight may at any time 
conduct investigations of any matter without regard to the 
provisions of clauses 1, 2, or 3 (or this clause) conferring 
jurisdiction over such matter upon another standing committee. 
The committee's findings and recommendations in any such 
investigation shall be made available to the other standing 
committee or committees having jurisdiction over the matter 
involved (and included in the report of any such other 
committee when required by clause 2(1)(3) or rule XI).

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    (f)(1) Each standing committee of the House shall, in its 
consideration of all bills and joint resolutions of a public 
character within its jurisdiction, insure that appropriations 
for continuing programs and activities of the Federal 
Government and the District of Columbia government will be made 
annually to the maximum extent feasible and consistent with the 
nature, requirements, and objectives of the programs and 
activities involved. For the purposes of this paragraph a 
Government agency includes the organizational units of 
government listed in clause 7(c) of rule XIII.
    (2) Each standing committee of the House shall review, from 
time to time, each continuing program within its jurisdiction 
for which appropriations are not made annually in order to 
ascertain whether such program could be modified so that 
appropriations therefor would be made annually.
    (g) Each standing committee of the House shall, on or 
before February 25 of each year, submit to the Committee on the 
Budget (1) its views and estimates with respect to all matters 
to be set forth in the concurrent resolution on the budget for 
the ensuring fiscal year which are within its jurisdiction or 
functions, and (2) an estimate of the total amounts of new 
budget authority, and budget outlays resulting therefrom, to be 
provided or authorized in all bills and resolutions within its 
jurisdiction which it intends to be effective during that 
fiscal year. The views and estimates submitted by the Committee 
on Ways and Means under the preceding sentence shall include a 
specific recommendation, made after holding public hearings, as 
to the appropriate level of the public debt which should be set 
forth in the concurrent resolution on the budget referred to in 
such sentence and serve as the basis for an increase or 
decrease in the statutory limit on such debt under procedures 
provided by rule XLIX.
    (h) As soon as practicable after a concurrent resolution on 
the budget for any fiscal year is agreed to, each standing 
committee of the House (after consulting with the appropriate 
committee or committees of the Senate) shall subdivide any 
allocations made to it in the joint explanatory statement 
accompanying the conference report on such resolution, and 
promptly report such subdivisions to the House, in the manner 
provided by section 302 or section 602 (in the case of fiscal 
year 1991 through 1995) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974.
    (i) Each standing committee of the House which is directed 
in a concurrent resolution on the budget to determine and 
recommend changes in laws, bills, or resolutions under the 
reconciliation process shall promptly make such determination 
and recommendations, and report a reconciliation bill or 
resolution (or both) to the House or submit such 
recommendations to the Committee on the Budget, in accordance 
with the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

       B. Rules of Procedure for Committees--Rule XI of the House

    Clauses 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6 of Rule XI are set out below. 
Particular attention is invited to clause 2 and paragraph (k) 
thereof, as well as to clause 3 and paragraph (f) thereof.

                               In General

    1. (a)(1) The Rules of the House are the rules of its 
committees and subcommittees so far as applicable, except that 
a motion to recess from to day to day, and a motion to dispense 
with the first reading (in full) of a bill or resolution, if 
printed copies are available, are nondebatable motions of high 
privilege in committees and subcommittees.
    (2) Each subcommittee of a committee is part of that 
committee, and is subject to the authority and direction of 
that committee and to its rules so far as applicable.
    (b)(1) Each committee is authorized at any time to conduct 
such investigations and studies as it may consider necessary or 
appropriate in the exercise of its responsibilities under rule 
X, and (subject to the adoption of expense resolutions as 
required by clause 5) to incur expenses (including travel 
expenses) in connection therewith.
    (2) A proposed investigative or oversight report shall be 
considered as read in committee if it has been available to the 
members for at least 24 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or 
legal holidays except when the House is in session on such a 
day).
    (3) A report of an investigation or study conducted jointly 
by more than one committee may be filed jointly, provided that 
each of the committees complies independently with all 
requirements for approval and filing of the report.
    (4) After an adjournment of the last regular session of a 
Congress sine die, an investigative or oversight report may be 
filed with the Clerk at any time, provided that if a member 
gives timely notice of intention to file supplemental, 
minority, or additional views, that member shall be entitled to 
not less than seven calendar days in which to submit such views 
for inclusion with the report.
    (c) Each committee is authorized to have printed and bound 
testimony and other data presented at hearings held by the 
committee. All costs of stenographic services and transcripts 
in connection with any meeting or hearing of a committee shall 
be paid from the applicable accounts of the House described in 
clause 1(h)(1) of rule X.
    (d)(1) Each committee shall submit to the House not later 
than January 2 of each odd-number year, a report on the 
activities of that committee under this rule and rule X during 
the Congress ending on January 3 of such year.
    (2) Such report shall include separate sections summarizing 
the legislative and oversight activities of that committee 
during that Congress.
    (3) The oversight section of such report shall include a 
summary of the oversight plans submitted by the committee 
pursuant to clause 2(d) of rule X, a summary of the actions 
taken and recommendations made with respect to each such plan, 
and a summary of any additional oversight activities undertaken 
by that committee, and any recommendations made or actions 
taken thereon.
    (4) After an adjournment of the last regular session of a 
Congress sine die, the chairman of a committee may file a 
report pursuant to subparagraph (1) with the Clerk at any time 
and without approval of the committee, provided that a copy of 
the report has been available to each member of the committee 
for at least seven calendar days and includes any supplemental, 
minority, or additional views submitted by a member of the 
committee.

                            Committee Rules

Adoption of written rules
    2. (a) Each standing committee of the House shall adopt 
written rules governing its procedures. Such rules----
          (1) shall be adopted in a meeting which is open to 
        the public unless the committee, in open session and 
        with a quorum present, determined by roll call vote 
        that all or part of the meeting on that day is to be 
        closed to the public;
          (2) shall be not inconsistent with the Rules of the 
        House or with those provisions of law having the force 
        and effect of Rules of the House; and
          (3) shall in any event incorporate all of the 
        succeeding provisions of this clause to the extent 
        applicable.
Each committee's rules specifying its regular meeting days, and 
any other rules of a committee which are in addition to the 
provisions of this clause, shall be published in the 
Congressional Record not later than thirty days after the 
committee is elected in each odd-number year. Each select or 
joint committee shall comply with the provisions of this 
paragraph unless specifically prohibited by law.
Regular meeting days
    (b) Each standing committee of the House shall adopt 
regular meeting days, which shall be not less frequent than 
monthly, for the conduct of its business. Each such committee 
shall meet, for the consideration of any bill or resolution 
pending before the committee or for the transaction of other 
committee business, on all regular meeting days fixed by the 
committee, unless otherwise provided by written rule adopted by 
the committee.
Additional and special meetings
    (c)(1) The Chairman of each standing committee may call and 
convene, as he or she considers necessary, additional meetings 
of the committee for the consideration of any bill or 
resolution pending before the committee or for the conduct of 
other committee business. The committee shall meet for such 
purpose pursuant to that call of the chairman.
    (2) If at least three members of any standing committee 
desire that a special meeting of the committee be called by the 
chairman, those members may file in the offices of the 
committee their written request to the chairman for that 
special meeting. Such request shall specify the measure or 
matter to be considered. Immediately upon the filing of the 
request, the clerk of the committee shall notify the chairman 
of the filing of the request. If, within three calendar days 
after the filing of the request, the chairman does not call the 
requested special meeting, to be held within seven calendar 
days after the filing of the request, a majority of the members 
of the committee may file in the offices of the committee their 
written notice that a special meeting of the committee will be 
held, specifying the date and hour of, and the measure or 
matter to be considered at, that special meeting. The committee 
shall meet on that date and hour. Immediately upon the filing 
of the notice, the clerk of the committee shall notify all 
members of the committee that such special meeting will be held 
and inform them of its date and hour and the measure or matter 
to be considered; and only the measure or matter specified in 
that notice may be considered at that special meeting.
Vice chairman or ranking majority member to preside in absence of 
        chairman
    (d) A member of the majority party on any standing 
committee or subcommittee thereof designate by the chairman of 
the full committee shall be vice chairman of the committee or 
subcommittee, as the case may be, and shall preside at any 
meeting during the temporary absence of the chairman. If the 
chairman and vice chairman of the committee or subcommittee are 
not present at any meeting of the committee or subcommittee, 
the ranking member of the majority party who is present shall 
preside at that meeting.
Committee records
    (e)(1) Each committee shall keep a complete record of all 
committee action which shall include----
          (A) in the case of any meeting or hearing transcript, 
        a substantially verbatim account of remarks actually 
        made during the proceedings, subject only to technical, 
        grammatical, and typographical corrections authorized 
        by the person making the remarks involved; and
          (B) a record of the votes on any question on which a 
        rollcall vote is demanded. The result of each such roll 
        call vote shall be made available by the committee for 
        inspection by the public at reasonable times in the 
        offices of the committee. Information so available for 
        public inspection shall include a description of the 
        amendment, motion, order, or other proposition and the 
        name of each Member voting for and each Member voting 
        against such amendment, motion, order, or proposition, 
        and the names of those Members present but not voting.
    (2) All committee hearings, records, data, charts, and 
files shall be kept separate and distinct from the 
congressional office records of the Member serving as chairman 
of the committee; and such records shall be the property of the 
House and all Members of the House shall have access thereto, 
except in the case of records in the Committee on Standards of 
Official Conduct respecting the conduct of any Member, officer, 
or employee of the House, no Member of the House (other than a 
member of such committee) shall have access thereto without the 
specific, prior approval of the committee.
    (3) Each committee shall include in its rules standards for 
availability of records of the committee delivered to the 
Archivist of the United States under rule XXXVI. Such standards 
shall specify procedures for orders of the committee under 
clause 3(b)(3) and clause 4(b) of rule XXXVI, including a 
requirement that nonavailability of a record for a period 
longer than the period otherwise applicable under that rule 
shall be approved by vote of the committee.
    (4) Each committee shall, to the maximum extent feasible, 
make its publications available in electronic format.
Prohibition against proxy voting
    (f) No vote by any member of any committee or subcommittee 
with respect to any measure or matter may be cast by proxy.
Open meetings and hearings
    (g)(1) Each meeting for the transaction of business, 
including the markup of legislation, of each standing committee 
or subcommittee thereof shall be open to the public, including 
to radio, television, and still photography coverage, except as 
provided by clause 3(f)(2), except when the committee or 
subcommittee, in open session and with a majority present, 
determines by roll call vote that all or part of the remainder 
of the meeting on that day shall be closed to the public 
because disclosure of matters to be considered would endanger 
national security, would compromise sensitive law enforcement 
information, would tend to defame, degrade or incriminate any 
person, or otherwise would violate any law or rule of the 
House: Provided, however, That no person other than members of 
the committee and such congressional staff and such 
departmental representatives as they may authorize shall be 
present at any business or markup session which has been closed 
to the public. This paragraph does not apply to open committee 
hearings which are provided for by clause 4(a)(1) of rule X or 
by subparagraph (2) of this paragraph.
    (2) Each hearing conducted by each committee or 
subcommittee thereof shall be open to the public, including to 
radio, television, and still photography coverage, except when 
the committee or subcommittee, in open session and with a 
majority present, determines by roll call vote that all or part 
of the remainder of that hearing on that day shall be closed to 
the public because disclosure of testimony, evidence, or other 
matters to be considered would endanger the national security, 
would compromise sensitive law enforcement information, or 
would violate any law or rule of the House of Representatives. 
Notwithstanding the requirements of the preceding sentence, a 
majority of those present, there being in attendance the 
requisite number required under the rules of the committee to 
be present for the purpose of taking testimony,
          (A) may vote to close the hearing for the sole 
        purpose of discussing whether testimony or evidence to 
        be received would endanger the national security, would 
        compromise sensitive law enforcement information, or 
        violate clause 2(k)(5) of rule XI; or
          (B) may vote to close the hearing, as provided in 
        clause 2(k)(5) of rule XI.
No Member may be excluded from nonparticipartory attendance at 
any hearing of any committee or subcommittee, with the 
exception of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, 
unless the House of Representatives shall by majority vote 
authorize a particular committee or subcommittee, for purposes 
of a particular series of hearings on a particular article of 
legislation or on a particular subject of investigation, to 
close its hearings to Members by the same procedures designated 
in this subparagraph for closing hearings to the public: 
Provided, however, That the committee or subcommittee may by 
the same procedure vote to close one subsequent day of hearing 
except that the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on 
National Security, and the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence and the subcommittees therein may, by the same 
procedure, vote to close up to five additional consecutive days 
of hearings.
    (3) The chairman of each committee of the House (except the 
Committee on Rules) shall make public announcement of the date, 
place, and subject matter of any committee hearing at least one 
week before the commencement of the hearing. If the chairman of 
the committee, with the concurrence of the ranking minority 
member, determines there is good cause to begin the hearing 
sooner, or if the committee so determines by majority vote, a 
quorum being present for the transaction of business, the 
chairman shall make the announcement at the earliest possible 
date. Any announcement made under this subparagraph shall be 
published in the Daily Digest and promptly entered into the 
committee scheduling service of House Information Resources.
    (4) 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 oral presentations to the committee to 
brief summaries thereof. 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 
the amount and source (by agency and program) of any Federal 
grant (or subgrant thereof) or contract (or subcontract 
thereof) received during the current fiscal year or either of 
the two previous fiscal years by the witness or by an entity 
represented by the witness.
    (5) No point of order shall lie with respect to any measure 
reported by any committee on the ground that hearings on such 
measure were not conducted in accordance with the provisions of 
this clause; except that a point of order on that ground may be 
made by any member of the committee which reported the measure 
if, in the committee, such point or order was (A) timely made 
and (B) improperly overruled or not properly considered.
    (6) The preceding provisions of this paragraph do not apply 
to the committee hearings which are provided for by clause 
4(a)(1) of rule X.
Quorum for taking testimony and certain other action
    (h)(1) Each committee may fix the number of its members to 
constitute a quorum for taking testimony and receiving evidence 
which shall be not less than two.
    (2) Each committee (except the Committee on Appropriations, 
the Committee on the Budget, and the Committee on Ways and 
Means) may fix the number of its members to constitute a quorum 
for taking any action other than the reporting of a measure or 
recommendation which shall be not less than one-third of the 
members.
Limitation on committees' sittings
    (i) No committee of the House may sit during a joint 
session of the House and Senate or during a recess when a joint 
meeting of the House and Senate is in progress.
Calling and interrogation of witnesses
    (j)(1) Whenever any hearing is conducted by any committee 
upon any measure or matter, the minority party members on the 
committee shall be entitled, upon request to the chairman by a 
majority of them before the completion of the hearing, to call 
witnesses selected by the minority to testify with respect to 
that measure or matter during at least one day of hearing 
thereon.
    (2)(A) Subject to subdivisions (B) and (C), each committee 
shall apply the five-minute rule in the interrogation of 
witnesses in any hearing until such time as each member of the 
committee who so desires has had an opportunity to question 
each witness.
    (B) A committee may adopt a rule or motion permitting an 
equal number of its majority and minority party members each to 
question a witness for a specified period not longer than 30 
minutes.
    (C) A committee may adopt a rule or motion permitting 
committee staff for its majority and minority party members to 
question a witness for equal specified periods.
Investigative hearing procedures
    (k)(1) The chairman at an investigative hearing shall 
announce in an opening statement the subject of the 
investigation.
    (2) A copy of the committee rules and this clause shall be 
made available to each witness.
    (3) Witnesses at investigative hearings may be accompanied 
by their own counsel for the purpose of advising them 
concerning their constitutional rights.
    (4) The chairman may punish breaches of order and decorum, 
and of professional ethics on the part of counsel, by censure 
and exclusion from the hearings; and the committee may cite the 
offender to the House for contempt.
    (5) Whenever it is asserted that the evidence or testimony 
at an investigatory hearing may tend to defame, degrade, or 
incriminate any person,
          (A) such testimony or evidence shall be presented in 
        executive session, notwithstanding the provisions of 
        clause 2(g)(2) of this rule, if by a majority of those 
        present, there being in attendance the requisite number 
        required under the rules of the committee to be present 
        for the purpose of taking testimony, the committee 
        determines that such evidence or testimony may tend to 
        defame, degrade, or incriminate any person; and
          (B) the committee shall proceed to receive such 
        testimony in open session only if the committee, a 
        majority being present, determines that such evidence 
        or testimony will not tend to defame, degrade, or 
        incriminate any person.
In either case the committee shall afford such person an 
opportunity voluntarily to appear as a witness, and receive and 
dispose of requests from such person to subpoena additional 
witnesses.
    (6) Except as provided in subparagraph (5), the chairman 
shall receive and the committee shall dispose or requests to 
subpoena additional witnesses.
    (7) No evidence or testimony taken in executive session may 
be released or used in public session without the consent of 
the committee.
    (8) In the discretion of the committee, witnesses may 
submit brief and pertinent sworn statements in writing for 
inclusion in the record. The committee is the sole judge of the 
pertinency of testimony and evidence adduced at its hearing.
    (9) A witness may obtain a transcript copy of his testimony 
given at a public session or, if given at an executive session, 
when authorized by the committee.
Committee procedures for reporting bills and resolutions
    (l)(1)(A) It shall be the duty of the chairman of each 
committee to report or cause to be reported promptly to the 
House any measure approved by the committee and to take or 
cause to be taken necessary steps to bring a matter to a vote.
    (B) In any event, the report of any committee on a measure 
which has been approved by the committee shall be filed within 
seven calendar days (exclusive of days on which the House is 
not in session) after the day on which there has been filed 
with the clerk of the committee a written request, signed by a 
majority of the members of the committee, for the reporting of 
that measure. Upon the filing or any such request, the clerk of 
the committee shall transmit immediately to the chairman of the 
committee notice of the filing of that request. This 
subdivision does not apply to a report of the Committee on 
Rules with respect to the rules, joint rules, or order of 
business of the House or to the reporting of a resolution of 
inquiry addressed to the head of an executive department.
    (2)(A) No measure or recommendation shall be reported from 
any committee unless a majority of the committee was actually 
present.
    (B) With respect to each rollcall vote on a motion to 
report any measure or matter of a public character, and on any 
amendment offered to the measure or matter, the total number of 
votes cast for and against, and the names of those members 
voting for and against, shall be included in the committee 
report on the measure or matter.
    (3) The report of any committee on a measure which has been 
approved by the committee shall include (A) the oversight 
findings and recommendations required pursuant to clause 
2(b)(1) of rule X separately set out and clearly identified; 
(B) the statement required by section 308(a)(1) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, separately set out and 
clearly identified, if the measure provides new budget 
authority (other than continuing appropriations), new spending 
authority described in section 401(c)(2) of such Act, new 
credit authority, or an increase or decrease in revenues or tax 
expenditures, except that the estimates with respect to new 
budget authority shall include, when practicable, a comparison 
of total estimated funding level for the relevant program (or 
programs) to the appropriate levels under current law; (C) the 
estimate and comparison prepared by the Director of the 
Congressional Budget Office under section 403 of such Act, 
separately set out and clearly identified, whenever the 
Director (if timely submitted prior to the filing of the 
report) has submitted such estimate and comparison to the 
committee; and (D) a summary of the oversight findings and 
recommendations made by the Committee on Government Reform and 
Oversight under clause 4(c)(2) of rule X separately set out and 
clearly identified whenever such findings and recommendations 
have been submitted to the legislative committee in a timely 
fashion to allow an opportunity to consider such findings and 
recommendations during the committee's deliberations on the 
measure.
    (4) Each report of a committee on a bill or joint 
resolution of a public character shall include a statement 
citing the specific powers granted to the Congress in the 
Constitution to enact the law proposed by the bill or joint 
resolution.
    (5) If, at the time of approval of any measure or matter by 
any committee, other than the Committee on Rules, any member of 
the committee gives notice of intention to file supplemental, 
minority, or additional views, that member shall be entitled to 
not less than two additional calendar days after the day of 
such notice (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays 
except when the House is in session on such a day) in which to 
file such views, in writing and signed by that member, with the 
clerk of the committee. All such views so filed by one or more 
members of the committee shall be included within, and shall be 
a part of, the report filed by the committee with respect to 
that measure or matter. When time guaranteed by this 
subparagraph has expired (or, if sooner, when all separate 
views have been received), the committee may arrange to file 
its report with the Clerk not later than one hour after the 
expiration of such time. The report of the committee upon that 
measure or matter shall be printed in a single volume which----
          (A) shall include all supplemental, minority, or 
        additional views which have been submitted by the time 
        of the filing of the report, and
          (B) shall bear upon its cover a recital that any such 
        supplemental, minority, or additional views (and any 
        material submitted under subdivisions (C) and (D) of 
        subparagraph (3)) are included as part of the report.
This subparagraph does not preclude----
          (i) the immediate filing or printing of a committee 
        print unless timely request for the opportunity to file 
        supplemental, minority, or additional views has been 
        made as provided by this subparagraph; or
          (ii) the filing of any such committee of any 
        supplemental report upon any measure or matter which 
        may be required for the correction of any technical 
        error in a previous report made by that committee upon 
        that measure or matter.
    (6) A measure or matter reported by any committee (except 
the Committee on Rules in the case of a resolution making in 
order the consideration of a bill, resolution, or other order 
of business), shall not be considered in the House until the 
third calendar day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or legal 
holidays except when the House is in session on such a day) on 
which the report of that committee upon that measure or matter 
has been available to the Members of the House, or as provided 
by section 305(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 in 
the case of a concurrent resolution on the budget (except that 
a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday on which the House is in 
session shall not be excluded under such section): Provided, 
however, That it shall always be in order to call up for 
consideration, notwithstanding the provisions of clause 4(b) of 
rule XI, a report from the Committee on Rules specifically 
providing for the consideration of a reported measure or matter 
notwithstanding this restriction. If hearings have been held on 
any such measure or matter so reported, the committee reporting 
the measure or matter shall make every reasonable effort to 
have such hearings printed and available for distribution to 
the Members of the House prior to the consideration of such 
measure or matter in the House. This subparagraph shall not 
apply to----
          (A) any measure for the declaration of war, or the 
        declaration of a national emergency, by the Congress; 
        or
          (B) any decision, determination, or action by a 
        Government agency which would become or continue to be, 
        effective unless disapproved or otherwise invalidated 
        by one or both Houses of Congress.
For the purposes of the preceding sentence, a Governmental 
agency includes any department, agency, establishment, wholly 
owned Government corporation, or instrumentality of the Federal 
Government or the government of the District of Columbia.
    (7) If, within seven calendar days after a measure has, by 
resolution, been made in order for consideration by the House, 
no motion has been offered that the House consider that 
measure, any member of the committee which reported that 
measure may be recognized in the discretion of the Speaker to 
offer a motion that the House shall consider that measure, if 
that committee has duly authorized that member to offer that 
motion.
Power to sit and act; subpoena power
    (m)(1) For the purpose of carrying out any of its functions 
and duties under this rule and rule X (including any matters 
referred to it under clause 5 of rule X), any committee, or any 
subcommittee thereof, is authorized (subject to subparagraph 
(2)(A) of this paragraph)----
          (A) to sit and act at such times and places within 
        the United States, whether the House is in session, has 
        recessed, or has adjourned, and to hold such hearings, 
        and
          (B) to require, by subpoena or otherwise, the 
        attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the 
        production of such books, records, correspondence, 
        memorandums, papers, and documents as it deems 
        necessary.
The chairman of the committee, or any member designated by such 
chairman, may administer oaths to any witness.
    (2)(A) A subpoena may be authorized and issued by a 
committee or subcommittee under subparagraph (1)(B) in the 
conduct of any investigation or series of investigations or 
activities, only when authorized by a majority of the members 
voting, a majority being present. The power to authorize and 
issue subpoenas under subparagraph (1)(B) may be delegated to 
the chairman of the committee pursuant to such rules and under 
such limitations as the committee may prescribe. Authorized 
subpoenas shall be signed by the chairman of the committee or 
by any member designated by the committee.
    (B) Compliance with any subpoena issued by a committee or 
subcommittee under subparagraph (1)(B) may be enforced only as 
authorized or directed by the House.
Use of committee funds for travel
    (n)(1) Funds authorized for a committee under clause 5 are 
for expenses incurred in the committee's activities; however, 
local currencies owned by the United States shall be made 
available to the committee and its employees engaged in 
carrying out their official duties outside the United States, 
its territories or possessions. No appropriated funds, 
including those authorized under clause 5, shall be expended 
for the purpose of defraying expenses of members of the 
committee or its employees in any country where local 
currencies are available for this purpose; and the following 
conditions shall apply with respect to travel outside the 
United States or its terrorities or possessions:
          (A) No member or employee of the committee shall 
        receive or expend local currencies for subsistence in 
        any country for any day at a rate in excess of the 
        maximum per diem set forth in applicable Federal law, 
        or if the Member or employee is reimbursed for any 
        expenses for such day, then the lesser of the per diem 
        or the actual, unreimbursed expenses (other than for 
        transportation) incurred by the Member or employee 
        during that day.
          (B) Each member or employee of the committee shall 
        make to the chairman of the committee an itemized 
        report showing the dates each country was visited, the 
        amount of per diem furnished, the cost of 
        transportation furnished, any funds expended for any 
        other official purpose and shall summarize in these 
        categories the total foreign currencies and/or 
        appropriated funds expended. All such individual 
        reports shall be filed no later than sixty days 
        following the completion of travel with the chairman of 
        the committee for use in complying with reporting 
        requirements in applicable Federal law and shall be 
        open for public inspection.
    (2) In carrying out the committee's activities outside of 
the United States in any country where local currencies are 
unavailable, a member or employee of the committee may not 
receive reimbursement for expenses (other than for 
transportation) in excess of the maximum per diem set forth in 
applicable Federal law, or if the member or employee is 
reimbursed for any expenses for such day, then the lesser or 
the per diem or the actual unreimbursed expenses (other than 
for transportation) incurred, by the member or employee during 
any day.
    (3) A member or employee of a committee may not receive 
reimbursement for the cost of any transportation in connection 
with travel outside of the United States unless the member or 
employee has actually paid for the transportation.
    (4) The restrictions respecting travel outside of the 
United States set forth in subparagraphs (2) and (3) shall also 
apply to travel outside of the United States by Members, 
officers, and employees of the House authorized under clause 8 
of rule I, clause 1(b) of this rule, or any other provision of 
these Rules of the House of Representatives.
    (5) No local currencies owned by the United States may be 
made available under this paragraph for the use outside of the 
United States for defraying the expenses of a member of any 
committee after----
          (A) the date of the general election of Members in 
        which the Member has not been elected to the succeeding 
        Congress; or
          (B) in the case of a Member who is not a candidate in 
        such general election, the earlier of the date of such 
        general election or the adjournment sine die of the 
        last regular session of the Congress.

            Broadcasting of Committee Hearings and Meetings

    3. (a) It is the purpose of this clause to provide a means, 
in conformity with acceptable standards of dignity, propriety, 
and decorum, by which committee hearings, or committee 
meetings, which are open to the public may be covered, by 
television broadcast, radio broadcast, and still photography, 
or by any of such methods of coverage----
          (1) for the education, enlightenment, and information 
        of the general public, on the basis of accurate and 
        impartial news coverage, regarding the operations, 
        procedures, and practices of the House as a legislative 
        and representative body and regarding the measures, 
        public issues, and other matters before the House and 
        its committees, the consideration thereof, and the 
        action taken thereon; and
          (2) for the development of the perspective and 
        understanding of the general public with respect to the 
        role and function of the House under the Constitution 
        of the United States as an organ of the Federal 
        Government.
    (b) In addition, it is the intent of this clause that radio 
and television tapes and television film of any coverage under 
this clause shall not be used, or made available for use, as 
partisan political campaign material to promote or oppose the 
candidacy of any person for elective public office.
    (c) It is, further, the intent of this clause that the 
general conduct of each meeting (whether of a hearing or 
otherwise) covered, under authority of this clause, by 
television broadcast, radio broadcast, and still photography, 
or by any such methods of coverage, and the personal behavior 
of the committee members and staff, other Government officials 
and personnel, witnesses, television, radio, and press media 
personnel, and the general public at the hearing or other 
meeting shall be in strict conformity with and observance of 
the acceptable standards of dignity, propriety, courtesy, and 
decorum traditionally observed by the House in its operations 
and shall not be such as to----
          (1) distort the objects and purposes of the hearing 
        or other meeting or the activities of committee members 
        in connection with that hearing or meeting or in 
        connection with the general work of the committee or of 
        the House; or
          (2) cast discredit or dishonor on the House, the 
        committee, or any Member or bring the House, the 
        committee, or any Member into disrepute.
    (d) The coverage of committee hearings and meetings by 
television broadcast, radio broadcast, or still photography 
shall be permitted and conducted only in strict conformity with 
the purposes, provisions, and requirements of this clause.
    (e) Whenever a hearing or meeting conducted by any 
committee or subcommittee of the House is open to the public, 
those proceedings shall be open to coverage by television, 
radio, and still photography, except as provided in paragraph 
(f)(2). A committee or subcommittee chairman may not limit the 
number of television or still cameras to fewer than two 
representatives from each medium (except for legitimate space 
or safety considerations, in which case pool coverage shall be 
authorized).
    (f) Each committee of the House shall adopt written rules 
to govern its implementation of this clause. Such rules shall 
include provisions to the following effect:
          (1) If the television or radio coverage of the 
        hearing or meeting is to be presented to the public as 
        live coverage, that coverage shall be conducted and 
        presented without commercial sponsorship.
          (2) No witness served with a subpoena by the 
        committee shall be required against his or her will to 
        be photographed at any hearing or to give evidence or 
        testimony while the broadcasting of that hearing, by 
        radio or television, is being conducted. At the request 
        of any such witness who does not wish to be subjected 
        to radio, television, or still photography coverage, 
        all lenses shall be covered and all microphones used 
        for coverage turned off. This subparagraph is 
        supplementary to clause 2(k)(5) of this rule, relating 
        to the protection of the rights of witnesses.
          (3) The allocation among the television media of the 
        positions of the number of television cameras permitted 
        by a committee or subcommittee chairman in a hearing or 
        meeting room shall be in accordance with fair and 
        equitable procedures devised by the Executive Committee 
        of the Radio and Television Correspondents' Galleries.
          (4) Television cameras shall be placed so as not to 
        obstruct in any way the space between any witness 
        giving evidence or testimony and any member of the 
        committee or the visibility of that witness and that 
        member to each other.
          (5) Television cameras shall operate from fixed 
        positions but shall not be placed in positions which 
        obstruct unnecessarily the coverage of the hearing or 
        meeting by the other media.
          (6) Equipment necessary for coverage by the 
        television and radio media shall not be installed in, 
        or removed from, the hearing or meeting room while the 
        committee is in session.
          (7) Floodlights, spotlights, strobelights, and 
        flashguns shall not be used in providing any method of 
        coverage of the hearing or meeting, except that the 
        television media may install additional lighting in the 
        hearing or meeting room, without cost to the 
        Government, in order to raise the ambient lighting 
        level in the hearing or meeting room to the lowest 
        level necessary to provide adequate television coverage 
        of the hearing or meeting at the then current state of 
        the art of television coverage.
          (8) In the allocation of the number of still 
        photographers permitted by a committee or subcommittee 
        chairman in a hearing or meeting room, preference shall 
        be given to photographers from Associated Press Photos 
        and United Press International Newspictures. If 
        requests are made by more of the media than will be 
        permitted by a committee or subcommittee chairman for 
        coverage of the hearing or meeting by still 
        photography, that coverage shall be made on the basis 
        of a fair and equitable pool arrangement devised by the 
        Standing Committee of Press Photographers.
          (9) Photographers shall not position themselves, at 
        any time during the course of the hearing or meeting, 
        between the witness table and the members of the 
        committee.
          (10) Photographers shall not place themselves in 
        positions which obstruct unnecessarily the coverage of 
        the hearing by the other media.
          (11) Personnel providing coverage by the television 
        and radio media shall be then currently accredited to 
        the Radio and Television Correspondents' Galleries.
          (12) Personnel providing coverage by still 
        photography shall be then currently accredited to the 
        Press Photographers' Gallery.
          (13) Personnel providing coverage by the television 
        and radio media and by still photography shall conduct 
        themselves and their coverage activities in an orderly 
        and unobtrusive manner.

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                           Committee Expenses

    5. (a) Whenever any committee, commission, or other entity 
(except the Committee on Appropriations) is to be granted 
authorization for the payment of its expenses (including all 
staff salaries) for a Congress, such authorization initially 
shall be procured by one primary expense resolution reported by 
the Committee on House Oversight. A primary expense resolution 
may include a reserve fund for unanticipated expenses of 
committees. An amount from such a reserve fund may be allocated 
to a committee only by the approval of the Committee on House 
Oversight. A primary expense resolution reported to the House 
shall not be considered in the House unless a printed report on 
that resolution has been available to the Members of the House 
for at least one calendar day prior to the consideration of 
that resolution in the House. Such report shall, for the 
information of the House----
          (1) state the total amount of the funds to be 
        provided to the committee, commission or other entity 
        under the primary expense resolution for all 
        anticipated activities and programs of the committee, 
        commission or other entity; and
          (2) to the extent practicable, contain such general 
        statements regarding the estimated foreseeable 
        expenditures for the respective anticipated activities 
        and programs of the committee, commission or other 
        entity as may be appropriate to provide the House with 
        basic estimates with respect to the expenditure 
        generally of the funds to be provided to the committee, 
        commission or other entity under the primary expense 
        resolution.
    (b) After the date of adoption by the House of any such 
primary expense resolution for any such committee, commission, 
or other entity for any Congress, authorization for the payment 
of additional expenses (including staff salaries) in that 
Congress may be procured by one or more supplemental expense 
resolutions reported by the Committee on House Oversight, as 
necessary. Any such supplemental expense resolution reported to 
the House shall not be considered in the House unless a printed 
report on that resolution has been available to the Members of 
the House for at least one calendar day prior to the 
consideration of that resolution in the House. Such report 
shall, for the information of the House----
          (1) state the total amount of additional funds to be 
        provided to the committee, commission or other entity 
        under the supplemental expense resolution and the 
        purpose or purposes for which those additional funds 
        are to be used by the committee, commission or other 
        entity; and
          (2) state the reason or reasons for the failure to 
        procure the additional funds for the committee, 
        commission or other entity by means of the primary 
        expense resolution.
    (c) The preceding provisions of this clause do not apply 
to----
          (1) any resolution providing for the payment from 
        committee salary and expense accounts of the House of 
        sums necessary to pay compensation for staff services 
        performed for, or to pay other expenses of, any 
        committee, commission or other entity at any time from 
        and after the beginning of any odd-number year and 
        before the date of adoption by the House of the primary 
        expense resolution providing funds to pay the expenses 
        of that committee, commission or other entity for that 
        Congress; or
          (2) any resolution providing in any Congress, for all 
        of the standing committees of the House, additional 
        office equipment, airmail and special delivery postage 
        stamps, supplies, staff personnel, or any other 
        specific item for the operation of the standing 
        committees, and containing an authorization for the 
        payment from committee salary and expense accounts of 
        the House of the expenses of any of the foregoing items 
        provided by that resolution, subject to and until 
        enactment of the provisions of the resolution as 
        permanent law.
    (d) From the funds made available for the appointment of 
committee staff pursuant to any primary or additional expense 
resolution, the chairman of each committee shall ensure that 
sufficient staff is made available to each subcommittee to 
carry out its responsibilities under the rules of the 
committee, and that the minority party is fairly treated in the 
appointment of such staff.
    (e) No primary expense resolution or additional expense 
resolution of a committee may provide for the payment or 
reimbursement of expenses incurred by any member of the 
committee for travel by the member after the date of the 
general election of Members in which the Member is not elected 
to the succeeding Congress, or in the case of a Member who is 
not a candidate in such general election, the earlier of the 
date of such general election or the adjournment sine die of 
the last regular session of the Congress.
    (f)(1) For continuance of necessary investigations and 
studies by----
          (A) each standing committee and select committee 
        established by these rules; and
          (B) except as provided in subparagraph (2), each 
        select committee established by resolution;
there shall be paid out of committee salary and expense 
accounts of the House such amounts as may be necessary for the 
period beginning at noon on January 3 and ending at midnight on 
March 31 in each odd-number year.
    (2) In the case of the first session of a Congress, amounts 
shall be made available under this paragraph for a select 
committee established by resolution in the preceding Congress 
only if----
          (A) a reestablishing resolution for such select 
        committee is introduced in the present Congress; and
          (B) no resolution of the preceding Congress provided 
        for termination of funding of investigations and 
        studies by such select committee at or before the end 
        of the preceding Congress.
    (3) Each committee receiving amounts under this paragraph 
shall be entitled, for each month in the period specified in 
subparagraph (1), to 9 per centum (or such lesser per centum as 
may be determined by the Committee on House Oversight) of the 
total annualized amount made available under expense 
resolutions for such committee in the preceding session of 
Congress.
    (4) Payments under this paragraph shall be made on vouchers 
authorized by the committee involved, signed by the chairman of 
such committee, except as provided in subparagraph (5), and 
approved by the Committee on House Oversight.
    (5) Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule of the 
House, or other authority, from noon on January 3 of the first 
session of a Congress, until the election by the House of the 
committee involved in that Congress, payments under this 
paragraph shall be made on vouchers signed by----
          (A) the chairman of such committee as constituted at 
        the close of the preceding Congress; or
          (B) if such chairman is not a Member in the present 
        Congress, the ranking majority party member of such 
        committee as constituted at the close of the preceding 
        Congress who is a Member in the present Congress.
    (6)(A) The authority of a committee to incur expenses under 
this paragraph shall expire upon agreement by the House to a 
primary expense resolution for such committee.
    (B) Amounts made available under this paragraph shall be 
expended in accordance with regulations prescribed by the 
Committee on House Oversight.
    (C) The provisions of this paragraph shall be effective 
only insofar as not inconsistent with any resolution, reported 
by the Committee on House Oversight and adopted after the date 
of adoption of these rules.

                            Committee Staffs

    6. (a)(1) Subject to subparagraph (2) and paragraph (f), 
each standing committee may appoint, by majority vote of the 
committee, not more than thirty professional staff members from 
the funds provided for the appointment of committee staff 
pursuant to primary and additional expense resolutions. Each 
professional staff member appointed under this subparagraph 
shall be assigned to the chairman and the ranking minority 
party member of such committee, as the committee considers 
advisable.
    (2) Subject to paragraph (f) of this clause, whenever a 
majority of the minority party members of a standing committee 
(except the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct and the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence) so request, not 
more than one ten persons (or one-third of the total 
professional committee staff appointed under this clause, 
whichever is less) may be selected, by majority vote of the 
minority party members, for appointment by the committee as 
professional staff members from among the number authorized by 
subparagraph (1) of this paragraph. The committee shall appoint 
any persons so selected whose character and qualifications are 
acceptable to a majority of the committee. If the committee 
determines that the character and qualifications of any person 
so selected are unacceptable to the committee, a majority of 
the minority party members may select other persons for 
appointment by the committee to the professional staff until 
such appointment is made. Each professional staff member 
appointed under this subparagraph shall be assigned to such 
committee business as the minority party members of the 
committee consider advisable.
    (b)(1) The professional staff members of each standing 
committee----
          (A) may not engage in any work other than committee 
        business during congressional working hours; and
          (B) may not be assigned any duties other than those 
        pertaining to committee business.
    (2) Subparagraph (1) does not apply to any staff designated 
by a committee as ``associate'' or ``shared'' staff who are not 
paid exclusively by the committee, provided that the chairman 
certifies that the compensation paid by the committee for any 
such employee is commensurate with the work performed for the 
committee, in accordance with the provisions of clause 8 of 
rule XLIII.
    (3) The use of any ``associate'' or ``shared'' staff by any 
committee shall be subject to the review of, and to any terms, 
conditions, or limitations established by, the Committee on 
House Oversight in connection with the reporting of any primary 
or additional expense resolution.
    (4) The foregoing provisions of this clause do not apply to 
the Committee on Appropriations.
    (c) Each employee on the professional and investigative 
staff of each standing committee shall be entitled to pay at a 
single gross per annum rate, to be fixed by the chairman, which 
does not exceed the maximum rate of pay, as in effect from time 
to time, under applicable provisions of law.
    (d) Subject to appropriations hereby authorized, the 
Committee on Appropriations may appoint such staff, in addition 
to the clerk thereof and assistants for the minority, as it 
determines by majority vote to be necessary, such personnel, 
other than minority assistants, to possess such qualifications 
as the committee may prescribe.
    (e) No committee shall appoint to its staff any experts or 
other personnel detailed or assigned from any department or 
agency of the Government, except with the written permission of 
the Committee on House Oversight.
    (f) If a request for the appointment of a minority 
professional staff member under paragraph (a) is made when no 
vacancy exists to which that appointment may be made, the 
committee nevertheless shall appoint, under paragraph (a), the 
person selected by the minority and acceptable to the 
committee. The person so appointed shall serve as an additional 
member of the professional staff of the committee, and shall be 
paid from the applicable accounts of the House described in 
clause 1(h)(1) of rule X, until such a vacancy (other than a 
vacancy in the position of head of the professional staff, by 
whatever title designated) occurs, at which time that person 
shall be deemed to have been appointed to that vacancy. If such 
vacancy occurs on the professional staff when seven or more 
persons have been so appointed who are eligible to fill that 
vacancy, a majority of the minority party member shall 
designate which of those person shall fill that vacancy.
    (g) Each staff member appointed pursuant to a request by 
minority party members under paragraph (a) of this clause, and 
each staff member appointed to assist minority party members of 
a committee pursuant to an expense resolution described in 
paragraph (a) of clause 5, shall be accorded equitable 
treatment with respect to the fixing of his or her rate of pay, 
the assignment to him or her work facilities, and the 
accessibility to him or her of committee records.
    (h) Paragraph (a) shall not be construed to authorize the 
appointment of additional professional staff members of a 
committee pursuant to a request under such paragraph by the 
minority party members of that committee if ten or more 
professional staff members provided for in paragraph (a)(1) who 
are satisfactory to a majority of the minority party members, 
are otherwise assigned to assist the minority party members.
    (i) Notwithstanding paragraph (a)(2), a committee may 
employ nonpartisan staff, in lieu of or in addition to 
committee staff designated exclusively for the majority or 
minority party, upon an affirmative vote of a majority of the 
members of the majority party and a majority of the members of 
the minority party.

C. Changes in Existing Law To Be Shown in Reports (Ramseyer Rule)--Rule 
                          XIII, 3 of the House

    3. Whenever a committee reports a bill or a joint 
resolution repealing or amending any statute or part thereof it 
shall include in its report or in an accompanying document----
          (1) The text of the statute or part thereof which is 
        proposed to be repealed; and
          (2) A comparative print of that part of the bill or 
        joint resolution making the amendment and of the 
        statute or part thereof proposed to be amended, showing 
        by stricken-through type and italic, parallel columns, 
        or other appropriate typographical devices the 
        omissions and insertions proposed to be made: Provided, 
        however, That if a committee reports such a bill or 
        joint resolution with amendments or an amendment in the 
        nature of a substitute for the entire bill, such report 
        shall include a comparative print showing any changes 
        in existing law proposed by the amendments or 
        substitute instead of as in the bill as introduced.

  D. Cost Estimates in Legislative Reports--Rule XIII, 7 of the House

    7. (a) The report accompanying each bill or joint 
resolution of a public character reported by any committee 
shall contain----
          (1) an estimate, made by such committee, of the costs 
        which would be incurred in carrying out such bill or 
        joint resolution in the fiscal year in which it is 
        reported, and in each of the five fiscal years 
        following such fiscal year (or for the authorized 
        duration of any program authorized by such bill or 
        joint resolution, if less than five years);
          (2) a comparison of the estimate of costs described 
        in subparagraph (1) of this paragraph made by such 
        committee with any estimate of such costs made by any 
        Government agency and submitted to such committee; and
          (3) when practicable, a comparison of the total 
        estimated funding level for the relevant program (or 
        programs) with the appropriate levels under current 
        law.
    (b) It shall not be in order to consider any such bill or 
joint resolution in the House if the report of the committee 
which reported that bill or joint resolution does not comply 
with paragraph (a) of this clause.
    (c) For the purposes of subparagraph (2) of paragraph (a) 
of this clause, a Government agency includes any department, 
agency, establishment, wholly owned Government corporation, or 
instrumentality of the Federal Government or the government of 
the District of Columbia.
    (d) The preceding provisions of this clause do not apply to 
the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on House 
Oversight, the Committee on Rules, and the Committee on 
Standards of Official Conduct, and do not apply where a cost 
estimate and comparison prepared by the Director of the 
Congressional Budget Office under section 403 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 has been timely submitted 
prior to the filing of the report and included in the report 
pursuant to clause 2(1)(3)(C) of rule XI.

              E. Pay of Witnesses--Rule XXXV of the House

    The rule for paying witnesses to appear before the House or 
any of its committees shall be as follows: For each day a 
witness shall attend, the same per diem rate as established, 
authorized, and regulated by the Committee on House Oversight 
for Members and employees of the House, and actual expenses of 
travel in coming to or going from the place of examination; but 
no per diem shall be paid when a witness has been summoned at 
the place of examination.
                   III. SELECTED MATTERS OF INTERESTS

A. 5 U.S.C. Sec. 2954. Information to Committees of Congress on Request

    An Executive agency, on request of the Committee on 
Government Operations of the House of Representatives, or of 
any seven members thereof, or on request of the Committee on 
Government Operations of the Senate, or any five members 
thereof, shall submit any information requested of it relating 
to any matter within the jurisdiction of the committee.

 B. 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1505. Obstruction of Proceedings Before Department, 
                        Agencies, and Committees

    Whoever, with intent to avoid, evade, prevent, or obstruct 
compliance, in whole or in part, with any civil investigative 
demand duly and properly made under the Antitrust Civil Process 
Act, willfully withholds, misrepresents, removes from any 
place, conceals, covers up, destroys, mutilates, alters, or by 
other means falsifies any documentary material, answers to 
written interrogatories, or oral testimony, which is the 
subject of such demand; or attempts to do so or solicits 
another to do so; or
    Whoever corruptly, or by threats or force, or by any 
threatening letter or communication influences, obstructs, or 
impedes or endeavors to influence, obstruct, or impede the due 
and proper administration of the law under which any pending 
proceeding is being had before any department or agency of the 
United States, or the due and proper exercise of the power or 
inquiry under which any inquiry or investigation is being had 
by either House, or any committee or either House or any joint 
committee of the Congress----
          Shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not 
        more than five years, or both.

      C. 31 U.S.C. Sec. 712. Investigating the Use of Public Money

    The Comptroller General shall----

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    (3) analyze expenditures of each executive agency the 
Comptroller General believes will help Congress decide whether 
public money has been used and expended economically and 
efficiently;
    (4) make an investigation and report ordered by either 
House of Congress or a committee of Congress having 
jurisdiction over revenue, appropriations, or expenditures; and
    (5) give a committee of Congress having jurisdiction over 
revenue, appropriations, or expenditures the help and 
information the committee requests.

           D. 31 U.S.C. Sec. 719. Comptroller General Reports

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    (e) The Comptroller General shall report on analyses 
carried out under section 712(3) of this title to the 
Committees on Governmental Affairs and Appropriations of the 
Senate, the Committees on Government Operations and 
Appropriations of the House, and the committees with 
jurisdiction over legislation related to the operation of each 
executive agency.\1\
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    \1\ For other requirements which relate to General Accounting 
Office reports to Congress and which affect the committee, see secs. 
232 and 236 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 (Public Law 
91-150).
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    (i) On request of a committee of Congress, the Comptroller 
General shall explain to discuss with the committee or 
committee staff a report the Comptroller General makes that 
would help the committee----
          (1) evaluate a program or activity of an agency 
        within the jurisdiction of the committee; or
          (2) in its consideration of proposed legislation.

E. 31 U.S.C. Sec. 717. Evaluating Programs and Activities of the United 
                           States Government

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    (d)(1) On request of a committee of Congress, the 
Comptroller General shall help the committee to----
          (A) develop a statement of legislative goals and ways 
        to assess and report program performance related to the 
        goals, including recommended ways to assess 
        performance, information to be reported, responsibility 
        for reporting, frequency of reports, and feasibility of 
        pilot testing; and
          (B) assess program evaluations prepared by and for an 
        agency.
    (2) On request of a member of Congress, the Comptroller 
General shall give the member a copy of the material the 
Comptroller General compiles in carrying out this subsection 
that has been released by the committee for which the material 
was compiled.

           F. 31 U.S.C. Sec. 1113. Congressional Information

    (a)(1) When requested by a committee of Congress having 
jurisdiction over receipts or appropriations, the President 
shall provide the committee with assistance and information.
    (2) When requested by a committee of Congress, additional 
information related to the amount of an appropriation 
originally requested by an Office of Inspector General shall be 
submitted to the committee.
    (b) When requested by a committee of Congress, by the 
Comptroller General, or by the Director of the Congressional 
Budget Office, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget, and the head of each 
executive agency shall----
          (1) provide information on the location and kind of 
        available fiscal, budget, and program information;
          (2) to the extent practicable, prepare summary tables 
        of that fiscal, budget, and program information and 
        related information of the committee, the Comptroller 
        General, or the Director of the Congressional Budget 
        Office considers necessary; and
          (3) provide a program evaluation carried out or 
        commissioned by an executive agency.
    (c) In cooperation with the Director of the Congressional 
Budget Office, the Secretary, and the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget, the Comptroller General shall----
          (1) establish and maintain a current directory of 
        sources of, and information systems for, fiscal, 
        budget, and program information and a brief description 
        of the contents of each source and system;
          (2) when requested, provide assistance to committees 
        of Congress and members of Congress in obtaining 
        information from the sources in the directory; and
          (3) when requested, provide assistance to committees 
        and the extent practicable, to members of Congress in 
        evaluating the information from the sources in the 
        directory; and
    (d) To the extent they consider necessary, the Comptroller 
General and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office 
individually or jointly shall establish and maintain a file of 
information to meet recurring needs of Congress for fiscal, 
budget, and program information to carry out this section and 
sections 717 and 1112 of this title. The file shall include 
information on budget requests, congressional authorizations to 
obligations and expenditures. The Comptroller General and the 
Director shall maintain the file and an index so that it is 
easier for the committees and agencies of Congress to use the 
file and index through data processing and communications 
techniques.
    (e)(1) The Comptroller General shall----
          (A) carry out a continuing program to identify the 
        needs of committees and members of Congress for fiscal 
        budget, and program information to carry out this 
        section and section 1112 of this title;
          (B) assist committees of Congress in developing their 
        information needs;
          (C) monitor recurring reporting requirements of 
        Congress and committees; and
          (D) make recommendations to Congress and committees 
        for changes and improvements in those reporting 
        requirements to meet information needs identified by 
        the Comptroller General, to improve their usefulness to 
        congressional users, and to eliminate unnecessary 
        reporting.
    (2) Before September 2 of each year, the Comptroller 
General shall report to Congress on----
          (A) the needs identified under paragraph (1)(A) of 
        this subsection;
          (B) the relationship of those needs to existing 
        reporting requirements;
          (C) the extent to which reporting by the executive 
        branch of the United States Government currently meets 
        the identified needs;
          (D) the changes to standard classifications necessary 
        to meet congressional needs;
          (E) activities, progress, and results of the program 
        of the Comptroller General under paragraph (1)(B)-(D) 
        of this subsection; and
          (F) progress of the executive branch in the prior 
        year.
    (3) Before March 2 of each year, the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget and the Secretary shall report to 
Congress on plans for meeting the needs identified under 
paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection, including----
          (A) plans for carrying out changes to classifications 
        to meet information needs of Congress;
          (B) the status of information systems in the prior 
        year; and
          (C) the use of standard classifications.
(Public Law 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 914; Public Law 
97-452, Sec. 1(3), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2467.)

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