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                    RULES ADOPTED BY THE COMMITTEES

                    OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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                             109th Congress

                               2005-2006

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                           COMMITTEE ON RULES


                   DAVID DREIER, California, Chairman
LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART, Florida         LOUISE McINTOSH SLAUGHTER, New 
DOC HASTINGS, Washington                 York
PETE SESSIONS, Texas                 JAMES P. McGOVERN, Massachusetts
ADAM H. PUTNAM, Florida              ALCEE L. HASTINGS, Florida
SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO, West Virginia  DORIS O. MATSUI, California
TOM COLE, Oklahoma
ROB BISHOP, Utah
PHIL GINGREY, Georgia
                      Hugh Halpern, Staff Director
                John Nathanial, Minority Staff Director
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             Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process

                 LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART, Florida, Chairman
PETE SESSIONS, Texas, Vice Chairman  ALCEE L. HASTINGS, Florida
ROB BISHOP, Utah                     LOUISE McINTOSH SLAUGHTER, New 
PHIL GINGREY, Georgia                    York
DAVID DREIER, California
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        Subcommittee on Rules and the Organization of the House

                   DOC HASTINGS, Washington, Chairman
ADAM H. PUTNAM, Florida, Vice        JAMES P. McGOVERN, Massachusetts
    Chairman                         DORIS O. MATSUI, California
SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO, West Virginia
TOM COLE, Oklahoma
DAVID DREIER, California



















                            C O N T E N T S

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               Part I.--Standing Committees of the House

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Committee on Agriculture.........................................     3
Committee on Appropriations......................................    23
Committee on Armed Services......................................    33
Committee on the Budget..........................................    43
Committee on Education and the Workforce.........................    51
Committee on Energy and Commerce.................................    65
Committee on Financial Services..................................    75
Committee on Government Reform...................................   101
Committee on Homeland Security...................................   109
Committee on House Administration................................   121
Committee on International Relations.............................   131
Committee on the Judiciary.......................................   147
Committee on Resources...........................................   153
Committee on Rules...............................................   165
Committee on Science.............................................   173
Committee on Small Business......................................   189
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.......................   197
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure...................   221
Committee on Veterans' Affairs...................................   237
Committee on Ways and Means......................................   245

           Part II.--Permanent Select Committee of the House

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.......................   259

               Part III.--Congressional Joint Committees

Joint Economic Committee.........................................   279
Joint Committee of Congress on the Library.......................   283
Joint Committee on Printing......................................   289
Joint Committee on Taxation......................................   295

                                Appendix

Rule X. Organization of Committees...............................   298
Rule XI. Procedures of Committees and Unfinished Business........   305
Rule XII. Calendars and Committee Reports........................   316
      
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                PART I--STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE

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                        Committee on Agriculture

 BOB GOODLATTE, Virginia, Chairman

COLLIN C. PETERSON, Minnesota        JOHN A. BOEHNER, Ohio
TIM HOLDEN, Pennsylvania             RICHARD W. POMBO, California
MIKE McINTYRE, North Carolina        TERRY EVERETT, Alabama
BOB ETHERIDGE, North Carolina        FRANK D. LUCAS, Oklahoma
JOE BACA, California                 JERRY MORAN, Kansas
ED CASE, Hawaii                      WILLIAM L. JENKINS, Tennessee
DENNIS A. CARDOZA, California        GIL GUTKNECHT, Minnesota
DAVID SCOTT, Georgia                 ROBIN HAYES, North Carolina
JIM MARSHALL, Georgia                TIMOTHY V. JOHNSON, Illinois
STEPHANIE HERSETH, South Dakota      TOM OSBORNE, Nebraska
G.K. BUTTERFIELD, North Carolina     MIKE PENCE, Indiana
HENRY CUELLAR, Texas                 SAM GRAVES, Missouri
CHARLIE MELANCON, Louisiana          JO BONNER, Alabama
JIM COSTA, California                MIKE ROGERS, Alabama
JOHN T. SALAZAR, Colorado            STEVE KING, Iowa
JOHN BARROW, Georgia                 MARILYN N. MUSGRAVE, Colorado
EARL POMEROY, North Dakota           RANDY NEUGEBAUER, Texas
LEONARD L. BOSWELL, Iowa             CHARLES W. BOUSTANY, Jr., 
RICK LARSEN, Washington              Louisiana
LINCOLN DAVIS, Tennessee             JOHN J.H. ``JOE'' SCHWARZ, 
BEN CHANDLER, Kentucky               Michigan
                                     JOHN R. ``RANDY'' KUHL, Jr., New 
                                     York
                                     VIRGINIA FOXX, North Carolina
                                     K. MICHAEL CONAWAY, Texas
                                     JEFF FORTENBERRY, Nebraska

                      (Adopted February 16, 2005)

                      Rule I.--General Provisions

    (a) Applicability of House Rules.--(1) The Rules of the 
House shall govern the procedure of the Committee and its 
subcommittees, and the rules of the Committee on Agriculture so 
far as applicable shall be interpreted in accordance with the 
Rules of the House, 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 
non-debatable privileged motions in the Committee and its 
subcommittees. (See Appendix A for the applicable Rules of the 
U.S. House of Representatives.)
    (2) As provided in clause 1(a)(2) of House Rule XI, each 
subcommittee is part of the Committee and is subject to the 
authority and direction of the Committee and its rules so far 
as applicable. (See also Committee rules III, IV, V, VI, VII 
and X, infra.)
    (b) Authority To Conduct Investigations.--The Committee and 
its subcommittees, after consultation with the Chairman of the 
Committee, may conduct such investigations and studies as they 
may consider necessary or appropriate in the exercise of their 
responsibilities under Rule X of the Rules of the House and in 
accordance with clause 2(m) of House Rule XI.
    (c) Authority To Print.--The Committee is authorized by the 
Rules of the House to have printed and bound testimony and 
other data presented at hearings held by the Committee and its 
subcommittees. All costs of stenographic services and 
transcripts in connection with any meeting or hearing of the 
Committee and its subcommittees shall be paid from applicable 
accounts of the House described in clause 1(i)(1) of House Rule 
X in accordance with clause 1(c) of House Rule XI. (See also 
paragraphs (d), (e) and (f) of Committee rule VIII.)
    (d) Vice Chairman.--The Member of the majority party on the 
Committee or subcommittee designated by the Chairman of the 
full Committee shall be the vice chairman of the Committee or 
subcommittee in accordance with clause 2(d) of House Rule XI.
    (e) Presiding Member.--If the Chairman of the Committee or 
subcommittee is not present at any Committee or subcommittee 
meeting or hearing, the vice chairman shall preside. If the 
Chairman and vice chairman of the Committee or subcommittee are 
not present at a Committee or subcommittee meeting or hearing 
the ranking Member of the majority party who is present shall 
preside in accordance with clause 2(d), House Rule XI.
    (f) Activities Report.--(1) The Committee shall submit to 
the House, not later than January 2 of each odd-numbered year, 
a report on the activities of the Committee under Rules X and 
XI of the Rules of the House during the Congress ending on 
January 3 of such year. (See also Committee rule VIII (h)(2).)
    (2) Such report shall include separate sections summarizing 
the legislative and oversight activities of the 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 House 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 the Committee, and any recommendations made or 
actions taken with respect thereto.
    (g) Publication of Rules.--The Committee's rules shall be 
published in the Congressional Record not later than thirty 
days after the Committee is elected in each odd-numbered year 
as provided in clause 2(a) of House Rule XI.
    (h) Joint Committee Reports of Investigation or Study.--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.

 Rule II.--Committee Business Meetings--Regular, Additional and Special

    (a) Regular Meetings.--(1) Regular meetings of the 
Committee, in accordance with clause 2(b) of House Rule XI, 
shall be held on the first Wednesday of every month to transact 
its business unless such day is a holiday, or Congress is in 
recess or is adjourned, in which case the Chairman shall 
determine the regular meeting day of the Committee, if any, for 
that month. The Chairman shall provide each member of the 
Committee, as far in advance of the day of the regular meeting 
as practicable, a written agenda of such meeting. Items may be 
placed on the agenda by the Chairman or a majority of the 
Committee. If the Chairman believes that there will not be any 
bill, resolution or other matter considered before the full 
Committee and there is no other business to be transacted at a 
regular meeting, the meeting may be cancelled or it may be 
deferred until such time as, in the judgment of the Chairman, 
there may be matters which require the Committee's 
consideration. This paragraph shall not apply to meetings of 
any subcommittee. (See paragraph (f) of Committee rule X for 
provisions that apply to meetings of subcommittees.)
    (b) Additional Meetings.--The Chairman may call and 
convene, as he or she considers necessary, after consultation 
with the Ranking Minority Member of the Committee, 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 
additional meetings pursuant to a notice from the Chairman.
    (c) Special Meetings.--If at least three members of the 
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 such 
special meeting. Such request shall specify the measure or 
matters to be considered. Immediately upon the filing of the 
request, the Majority Staff Director (serving as the clerk of 
the Committee for such purpose) 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 7 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 thereof, and the measures or 
matter to be considered at that special meeting in accordance 
with clause 2(c)(2) of House Rule XI. The Committee shall meet 
on that date and hour. Immediately upon the filing of the 
notice, the Majority Staff Director (serving as the clerk) of 
the Committee shall notify all members of the Committee that 
such 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.

          Rule III.--Open Meetings and Hearings; Broadcasting

    (a) Open Meetings and Hearings.--Each meeting for the 
transaction of business, including the markup of legislation, 
and each hearing by the Committee or a subcommittee shall be 
open to the public unless closed in accordance with clause 2(g) 
of House Rule XI. (See Appendix A.)
    (b) Broadcasting and Photography.--Whenever a Committee or 
subcommittee meeting for the transaction of business, including 
the markup of legislation, or a hearing is open to the public, 
that meeting or hearing shall be open to coverage by 
television, radio, and still photography in accordance with 
clause 4 of House Rule XI (See Appendix A). When such radio 
coverage is conducted in the Committee or subcommittee, written 
notice to that effect shall be placed on the desk of each 
Member. The Chairman of the Committee or subcommittee, shall 
not limit the number of television or still cameras permitted 
in a hearing or meeting room to fewer than two representatives 
from each medium (except for legitimate space or safety 
considerations, in which case pool coverage shall be 
authorized).
    (c) Closed Meetings--Attendees.--No person other than 
Members of the Committee or subcommittee and such congressional 
staff and departmental representatives as the Committee or 
subcommittee may authorize shall be present at any business or 
markup session that has been closed to the public as provided 
in clause 2(g)(1) of House Rule XI.
    (d) Addressing the Committee.--A Committee member may 
address the Committee or a subcommittee on any bill, motion, or 
other matter under consideration (See Committee rule VII (e) 
relating to questioning a witness at a hearing). The time a 
member may address the Committee or subcommittee for any such 
purpose shall be limited to five minutes, except that this time 
limit may be waived by unanimous consent. A member shall also 
be limited in his or her remarks to the subject matter under 
consideration, unless the Member receives unanimous consent to 
extend his or her remarks beyond such subject.
    (e) Meetings To Begin Promptly.--Subject to the presence of 
a quorum, each meeting or hearing of the Committee and its 
subcommittees shall begin promptly at the time so stipulated in 
the public announcement of the meeting or hearing.
    (f) Prohibition on Proxy Voting.--No vote by any Member of 
the Committee or subcommittee with respect to any measure or 
matter may be cast by proxy.
    (g) Location of Persons at Meetings.--No person other than 
the Committee or subcommittee Members and Committee or 
subcommittee staff may be seated in the rostrum area during a 
meeting of the Committee or subcommittee unless by unanimous 
consent of Committee or subcommittee.
    (h) Consideration of Amendments and Motions.--A Member, 
upon request, shall be recognized by the Chairman to address 
the Committee or subcommittee at a meeting for a period limited 
to five minutes on behalf of an amendment or motion offered by 
the Member or another Member, or upon any other matter under 
consideration, unless the Member receives unanimous consent to 
extend the time limit. Every amendment or motion made in 
Committee or subcommittee shall, upon the demand of any Member 
present, be reduced to writing, and a copy thereof shall be 
made available to all Members present. Such amendment or motion 
shall not be pending before the Committee or subcommittee or 
voted on until the requirements of this paragraph have been 
met.
    (i) Demanding Record Vote.--(1) A record vote of the 
Committee or subcommittee on a question or action shall be 
ordered on a demand by one-fifth of the Members present.
    (2) The Chairman of the Committee or Subcommittee may 
postpone further proceedings when a record vote is ordered on 
the question of approving a measure or matter or on adopting an 
amendment. If the Chairman postpones further proceedings:
          (A) the Chairman may resume such postponed 
        proceedings, after giving Members adequate notice, at a 
        time chosen in consultation with the Ranking Minority 
        Member; and
          (B) notwithstanding any intervening order for the 
        previous question, the underlying proposition on which 
        proceedings were postponed shall remain subject to 
        further debate or amendment to the same extent as when 
        the question was postponed.
    (j) Submission of Motions or Amendments In Advance of 
Business Meetings.--The Committee and subcommittee-Chairman may 
request and Committee and subcommittee Members should, insofar 
as practicable, cooperate in providing copies of proposed 
amendments or motions to the Chairman and the Ranking Minority 
Member of the Committee or the subcommittee twenty-four hours 
before a Committee or subcommittee business meeting.
    (k) Points of Order.--No point of order against the hearing 
or meeting procedures of the Committee or subcommittee shall be 
entertained unless it is made in a timely fashion.
    (l) Limitation on Committee Sittings.--The Committee or 
subcommittees may not 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.
    (m) Prohibition of Wireless Telephones.--Use of wireless 
phones during a committee or subcommittee hearing or meeting is 
prohibited.

                            Rule IV.--Quorum

    (a) Working Quorum.--One-third of the members of the 
Committee or a subcommittee shall constitute a quorum for 
taking any action, other than as noted in paragraphs (b) and 
(c).
    (b) Majority Quorum.--A majority of the members of the 
Committee or subcommittee shall constitute a quorum for:
          (1) the reporting of a bill, resolution or other 
        measure (See clause 2(h)(1) of House Rules XI, and 
        Committee rule VIII);
          (2) the closing of a meeting or hearing to the public 
        pursuant to clauses 2(g) and 2(k)(5) of the Rule XI of 
        the Rules of the House; and
          (3) the authorizing of a subpoena as provided in 
        clause 2(m)(3), of House Rule XI. (See also Committee 
        rule VI.)
    (c) Quorum for Taking Testimony.--Two members of the 
Committee or subcommittee shall constitute a quorum for the 
purpose of taking testimony and receiving evidence.

                            Rule V.--Records

    (a) Maintenance of Records.--The Committee shall keep a 
complete record of all Committee and subcommittee action which 
shall include--
          (1) in the case of any meeting or hearing 
        transcripts, 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
          (2) written minutes shall include a record of all 
        Committee and subcommittee action and a record of all 
        votes on any question and a tally on all record votes. 
        The result of each such record vote shall be made 
        available by the Committee for inspection by the public 
        at reasonable times in the offices of the Committee and 
        by telephone request. 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.
    (b) Access to and Correction of Records.--Any public 
witness, or person authorized by such witness, during Committee 
office hours in the Committee offices and within two weeks of 
the close of hearings, may obtain a transcript copy of that 
public witness's testimony and make such technical, grammatical 
and typographical corrections as authorized by the person 
making the remarks involved as will not alter the nature of 
testimony given. There shall be prompt return of such corrected 
copy of the transcript to the Committee. Members of the 
Committee or subcommittee shall receive copies of transcripts 
for their prompt review and correction and prompt return to the 
Committee. The Committee or subcommittee may order the printing 
of a hearing record without the corrections of any Member or 
witness if it determines that such Member or witness has been 
afforded a reasonable time in which to make such corrections 
and further delay would seriously impede the consideration of 
the legislative action that is subject of the hearing. The 
record of a hearing shall be closed ten calendar days after the 
last oral testimony, unless the Committee or subcommittee 
determines otherwise. Any person requesting to file a statement 
for the record of a hearing must so request before the hearing 
concludes and must file the statement before the record is 
closed unless the Committee or subcommittee determines 
otherwise. The Committee or subcommittee may reject any 
statement in light of its length or its tendency to defame, 
degrade, or incriminate any person.
    (c) Property of the House.--All Committee and subcommittee 
hearings, records, data, charts, and files shall be kept 
separate and distinct from the congressional office records of 
the Members serving as Chairman and such records shall be the 
property of the House and all Members of the House shall have 
access thereto. The Majority Staff Director shall promptly 
notify the Chairman and the Ranking Minority Member of any 
request for access to such records.
    (d) Availability of Archived Records.--The records of the 
Committee at the National Archives and Records Administration 
shall be made available for public use in accordance with House 
Rule VII. The Chairman shall notify the Ranking Minority Member 
of the Committee of the need for a Committee order pursuant to 
clause 3(b)(3) or clause 4(b) of such House Rule, to withhold a 
record otherwise available.
    (e) Special Rules for Certain Records and Proceedings.--A 
stenographic record of a business meeting of the Committee or 
subcommittee may be kept and thereafter may be published if the 
Chairman of the Committee, after consultation with the Ranking 
Minority Member, determines there is need for such a record. 
The proceedings of the Committee or subcommittee in a closed 
meeting, evidence or testimony in such meeting, shall not be 
divulged unless otherwise determined by a majority of the 
Committee or subcommittee.
    (f) Electronic Availability of Committee Publications.--To 
the maximum extent feasible, the Committee shall make its 
publications available in electronic form.

             Rule VI.--Power To Sit and Act; Subpoena Power

    (a) Authority To Sit and Act.--For the purpose of carrying 
out any of its function and duties under House Rules X and XI, 
the Committee and each of its subcommittees is authorized 
(subject to paragraph (b)(1) of this rule)--
          (1) 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
          (2) to require, by subpoena or otherwise, the 
        attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the 
        production of such books, records, correspondence, 
        memoranda, papers and documents, as it deems necessary. 
        The Chairman of the Committee or subcommittee, or any 
        member designated by the Chairman, may administer oaths 
        to any witness.
    (b) Issuance of Subpoenas.--(1) A subpoena may be 
authorized and issued by the Committee or subcommittee under 
paragraph (a)(2) 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, as 
provided in clause 2(m)(3)(A) of House Rule XI. Such authorized 
subpoenas shall be signed by the Chairman of the Committee or 
by any member designated by the Committee. As soon as 
practicable after a subpoena is issued under this rule, the 
Chairman shall notify all members of the Committee of such 
action.
    (2) Notice of a meeting to consider a motion to authorize 
and issue a subpoena should be given to all Members of the 
Committee by 5 p.m. of the day preceding such meeting.
    (3) Compliance with any subpoena issued by the Committee or 
subcommittee under paragraph (a)(2) may be enforced only as 
authorized or directed by the House.
    (4) A subpoena duces tecum may specify terms of return 
other than at a meeting or hearing of the committee or 
subcommittee authorizing the subpoena.
    (c) Expenses of Subpoenaed Witnesses.--Each witness who has 
been subpoenaed, upon the completion of his or her testimony 
before the Committee or any subcommittee, may report to the 
offices of the Committee, and there sign appropriate vouchers 
for travel allowances and attendance fees to which he or she is 
entitled. If hearings are held in cities other than Washington, 
DC, the subpoenaed witness may contact the Majority Staff 
Director of the Committee, or his or her representative, before 
leaving the hearing room.

                     Rule VII.--Hearing Procedures

    (a) Power To Hear.--For the purpose of carrying out any of 
its functions and duties under House Rule X and XI, the 
Committee and its subcommittees are authorized to sit and hold 
hearings at any time or place within the United States whether 
the House is in session, has recessed, or has adjourned. (See 
paragraph (a) of Committee rule VI and paragraph (f) of 
Committee rule X for provisions relating to subcommittee 
hearings and meetings.)
    (b) Announcement.--The Chairman of the Committee shall 
after consultation with the Ranking Minority Member of the 
Committee, make a public announcement of the date, place and 
subject matter of any Committee hearing at least one week 
before the commencement of the hearing. The Chairman of a 
subcommittee shall schedule a hearing only after consultation 
with the Chairman of the Committee and after consultation with 
the Ranking Minority Member of the subcommittee, and the 
Chairmen of the other subcommittees after such consultation 
with the Committee Chairman, and shall request the Majority 
Staff Director to make a public announcement of the date, 
place, and subject matter of such hearing at least one week 
before the hearing . If the Chairman of the Committee or the 
subcommittee, with concurrence of the Ranking Minority Member 
of the Committee or subcommittee, determines there is good 
cause to begin the hearing sooner, or if the Committee or 
subcommittee so determines by majority vote, a quorum being 
present for the transaction of business, the Chairman of the 
Committee or subcommittee, as appropriate, shall request the 
Majority Staff Director to make such public announcement at the 
earliest possible date. The clerk of the Committee shall 
promptly notify the Daily Digest Clerk of the Congressional 
Record, and shall promptly enter the appropriate information 
into the Committee scheduling service of the House Information 
Systems as soon as possible after such public announcement is 
made.
    (c) Scheduling of Witnesses.--Except as otherwise provided 
in this rule, the scheduling of witnesses and determination of 
the time allowed for the presentation of testimony at hearings 
shall be at the discretion of the Chairman of the Committee or 
subcommittee, unless a majority of the Committee or 
subcommittee determines otherwise.
    (d) Written Statement; Oral Testimony.--(1) Each witness 
who is to appear before the Committee or a subcommittee, shall 
insofar as practicable file with the Majority Staff Director of 
the Committee, at least two working days before day of his or 
her appearance, a written statement of proposed testimony. 
Witnesses shall provide sufficient copies of their statement 
for distribution to Committee or subcommittee Members, staff, 
and the news media. Insofar as practicable, the Committee or 
subcommittee staff shall distribute such written statements to 
all Members of the Committee or subcommittee as soon as they 
are received as well as any official reports from departments 
and agencies on such subject matter. All witnesses may be 
limited in their oral presentations to brief summaries of their 
statements within the time allotted to them, at the discretion 
of the Chairman of the Committee or subcommittee, in light of 
the nature of the testimony and the length of time available.
    (2) As noted in paragraph (a) of Committee rule VI, the 
Chairman of the Committee or one of its subcommittees, or any 
Member designated by the Chairman, may administer an oath to 
any witness.
    (3) To the greatest extent practicable, each witness 
appearing in a non-governmental capacity shall include with the 
written statement of proposed testimony a curriculum vitae and 
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 preceding fiscal years.
    (e) Questioning of Witnesses.--Committee or subcommittee 
Members may question witnesses only when they have been 
recognized by the Chairman of the Committee or subcommittee for 
that purpose. Each Member so recognized shall be limited to 
questioning a witness for five minutes until such time as each 
Member of the Committee or subcommittee who so desires has had 
an opportunity to question the witness for five minutes; and 
thereafter the Chairman of the Committee or subcommittee may 
limit the time of a further round of questioning after giving 
due consideration to the importance of the subject matter and 
the length of time available. All questions put to witnesses 
shall be germane to the measure or matter under consideration. 
Unless a majority of the Committee or subcommittee determines 
otherwise, no committee or subcommittee staff shall interrogate 
witnesses.
    (f) Extended Questioning for Designated Members.--
Notwithstanding paragraph (e), the Chairman and Ranking 
Minority member may designate an equal number of Members from 
each party to question a witness for a period not longer than 
60 minutes.
    (g) Witnesses for the Minority.--When any hearing is 
conducted by the Committee or any subcommittee upon any measure 
or matter, the minority party members on the Committee or 
subcommittee shall be entitled, upon request to the Chairman by 
a majority of those minority members before the completion of 
such 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 as provided in clause 2(j)(1) of 
House Rule XI.
    (h) Summary of Subject Matter.--Upon announcement of a 
hearing, to the extent practicable, the Committee shall make 
available immediately to all members of the Committee a concise 
summary of the subject matter (including legislative reports 
and other material) under consideration. In addition, upon 
announcement of a hearing and subsequently as they are 
received, the Chairman of the Committee or subcommittee shall, 
to the extent practicable, make available to the members of the 
Committee any official reports from departments and agencies on 
such matter. (See Committee rule X(f).)
    (i) Open Hearings.--Each hearing conducted by the Committee 
or subcommittee shall be open to the public, including radio, 
television and still photography coverage, except as provided 
in clause 4 of House Rule XI (see also Committee rule III 
(b).). In any event, no Member of the House may be excluded 
from nonparticipatory attendance at any hearing unless the 
House by majority vote shall authorize the Committee or 
subcommittee, for purposes of a particular series of hearings 
on a particular bill or resolution or on a particular subject 
of investigation, to close its hearings to Members by means of 
the above procedure.
    (j) Hearings and Reports.--(1)(i) The Chairman of the 
Committee or subcommittee at a hearing shall announce in an 
opening statement the subject of the investigation. A copy of 
the Committee rules (and the applicable provisions of clause 2 
of House Rule XI, regarding hearing procedures, an excerpt of 
which appears in Appendix A thereto) shall be made available to 
each witness upon request. Witnesses at hearings may be 
accompanied by their own counsel for the purpose of advising 
them concerning their constitutional rights. The Chairman of 
the Committee or subcommittee may punish breaches of order and 
decorum, and of professional ethics on the part of counsel, by 
censure and exclusion from the hearings; but only the full 
Committee may cite the offender to the House for contempt.
    (ii) Whenever it is asserted by a member of the committee 
that the evidence or testimony at a hearing may tend to defame, 
degrade, or incriminate any person, or it is asserted by a 
witness that the evidence or testimony that the witness would 
give at a hearing may tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate 
the witness, such testimony or evidence shall be presented in 
executive session, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 
(j) 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 or subcommittee determines that such 
evidence or testimony may tend to defame, degrade, or 
incriminate any person. The Committee or subcommittee shall 
afford a person an opportunity voluntarily to appear as a 
witness; and the Committee or subcommittee shall receive and 
shall dispose of requests from such person to subpoena 
additional witnesses.
    (iii) No evidence or testimony taken in executive session 
may be released or used in public sessions without the consent 
of the Committee or subcommittee. In the discretion of the 
Committee or subcommittee, witnesses may submit brief and 
pertinent statements in writing for inclusion in the record. 
The Committee or subcommittee is the sole judge of the 
pertinency of testimony and evidence adduced at its hearings. A 
witness may obtain a transcript copy of his or her testimony 
given at a public session or, if given at an executive session, 
when authorized by the Committee or subcommittee. (See 
paragraph (c) of Committee rule V.)
    (2) A proposed investigative or oversight report shall be 
considered as read if it has been available to the members of 
the Committee for at least 24 hours (excluding Saturdays, 
Sundays, or legal holidays except when the House is in session 
on such day) in advance of their consideration.

           Rule VIII.--The Reporting of Bills and Resolutions

    (a) Filing of Reports.--The Chairman shall report or cause 
to be reported promptly to the House any bill, resolution, or 
other measure approved by the Committee and shall take or cause 
to be taken all necessary steps to bring such bill, resolution, 
or other measure to a vote. No bill, resolution, or measure 
shall be reported from the Committee unless a majority of the 
Committee is actually present. A Committee report on any bill, 
resolution, or other measure approved by the Committee shall be 
filed within seven calendar days (not counting days on which 
the House is not in session) after the day on which there has 
been filed with the Majority Staff Director of the Committee a 
written request, signed by a majority of the Committee, for the 
reporting of that bill or resolution. The Majority Staff 
Director of the Committee shall notify the Chairman immediately 
when such a request is filed.
    (b) Content of Reports.--Each Committee report on any bill 
or resolution approved by the Committee shall include as 
separately identified sections:
          (1) a statement of the intent or purpose of the bill 
        or resolution;
          (2) a statement describing the need for such bill or 
        resolution;
          (3) a statement of Committee and subcommittee 
        consideration of the measure including a summary of 
        amendments and motions offered and the actions taken 
        thereon;
          (4) the results of each record vote on any amendment 
        in the Committee and subcommittee and on the motion to 
        report the measure or matter, including the names of 
        those Members and the total voting for and the names of 
        those Members and the total voting against such 
        amendment or motion (See clause 3(b) of House Rule 
        XIII);
          (5) the oversight findings and recommendations of the 
        Committee with respect to the subject matter of the 
        bill or resolution as required pursuant to clause 
        3(c)(1) of House Rule XIII and clause 2(b)(1) of House 
        Rule X;
          (6) the detailed statement described in section 
        308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 if the 
        bill or resolution 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 the total estimated 
        funding level for the relevant program (or programs) to 
        the appropriate levels under current law;
          (7) the estimate of costs and comparison of such 
        estimates, if any, prepared by the Director of the 
        Congressional Budget Office in connection with such 
        bill or resolution pursuant to section 402 of the 
        Congressional Budget Act of 1974 if submitted in timely 
        fashion to the Committee;
          (8) a statement of general performance goals and 
        objectives, including outcome-related goals and 
        objectives, for which the measure authorizes funding;
          (9) a statement citing the specific powers granted to 
        the Congress in the Constitution to enact the law 
        proposed by the bill or joint resolution;
          (10) an estimate by the committee of the costs that 
        would be incurred in carrying out such bill or joint 
        resolution in the fiscal year in which it is reported 
        and for its authorized duration or for each of the five 
        fiscal years following the fiscal year of reporting, 
        whichever period is less (see Rule XIII, clause 
        3(d)(2), (3) and (h)(2), (3)), together with--
                  (i) a comparison of these estimates with 
                those made and submitted to the Committee by 
                any Government agency when practicable, and
                  (ii) a comparison of the total estimated 
                funding level for the relevant program (or 
                programs) with appropriate levels under current 
                law (The provisions of this clause do not apply 
                if 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);
          (11) the changes in existing law (if any) shown in 
        accordance with clause 3 of House Rule XIII;
          (12) the determination required pursuant to section 
        5(b) of Public Law 92-463, if the legislation reported 
        establishes or authorizes the establishment of an 
        advisory committee; and
          (13) the information on Federal and intergovernmental 
        mandates required by section 423(c) and (d) of the 
        Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as added by the 
        Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (P.L. 104-4).
          (14) a statement regarding the applicability of 
        section 102(b)(3) of the Congressional Accountability 
        Act, Public Law 104-1.
    (c) Supplemental, Minority, or Additional Views.--If, at 
the time of approval of any measure or matter by the Committee, 
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 subsequent calendar days 
(excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays except when 
the House is in session on such date) in which to file such 
views, in writing and signed by that Member, with the Majority 
Staff Director of the Committee. When time guaranteed by this 
paragraph has expired (or if sooner, when all separate views 
have been received), the Committee may arrange to file its 
report with the Clerk of the House not later than one hour 
after the expiration of such time. All such views (in 
accordance with House Rule XI, clause 2(1) and House Rule XIII, 
clause 3(a)(1)), as filed by one or more Members of the 
Committee, shall be included within and made a part of the 
report filed by the Committee with respect to that bill or 
resolution.
      (d) Printing of Reports.--The report of the Committee on 
the measure or matter noted in paragraph (a) above shall be 
printed in a single volume, which shall:
          (1) include all supplemental, minority or additional 
        views that have been submitted by the time of the 
        filing of the report; and
          (2) bear on its cover a recital that any such 
        supplemental, minority, or additional views (and any 
        material submitted under House Rule XII, clause 
        3(a)(1)) are included as part of the report.
    (e) Immediate Printing; Supplemental Reports.--Nothing in 
this rule shall preclude--
          (1) the immediate filing or printing of a Committee 
        report unless timely request for the opportunity to 
        file supplemental, minority, or additional views has 
        been made as provided by paragraph (c), or
          (2) the filing by the Committee of any supplemental 
        report on any bill or resolution that may be required 
        for the correction of any technical error in a previous 
        report made by the Committee on that bill or 
        resolution.
    (f) Availability of Printed Hearing Records.--If hearings 
have been held on any reported bill or resolution, the 
Committee shall make every reasonable effort to have the record 
of such hearings printed and available for distribution to the 
Members of the House prior to the consideration of such bill or 
resolution by the House. Each printed hearing of the Committee 
or any of its subcommittees shall include a record of the 
attendance of the Members.
    (g) Committee Prints.--All Committee or subcommittee prints 
or other Committee or subcommittee documents, other than 
reports or prints of bills, that are prepared for public 
distribution shall be approved by the Chairman of the Committee 
or the Committee prior to public distribution.
    (h) Post Adjournment Filing of Committee Reports.--(1) 
After an adjournment of the last regular session of a Congress 
sine die, an investigative or oversight report approved by the 
Committee may be filed with the Clerk at any time, provided 
that if a member gives notice at the time of approval 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.
    (2) After an adjournment of the last regular session of a 
Congress sine die, the Chairman of the Committee may file at 
any time with the Clerk the Committee's activity report for 
that Congress pursuant to clause 1(d)(1) of Rule XI of the 
Rules of the House without the 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 
the report includes any supplemental, minority, or additional 
views submitted by a member of the Committee.
          (i) The Chairman is directed to offer a motion under 
        clause 1 of Rule XXII of the Rules of the House 
        whenever the Chairman considers it appropriate.

                  Rule IX.--Other Committee Activities

    (a) Oversight Plan.--Not later than February 15 of the 
first session of a Congress, the Chairman shall convene the 
Committee in a meeting that is open to the public and with a 
quorum present to adopt its oversight plans for that Congress. 
Such plans shall be submitted simultaneously to the Committee 
on Government Reform and to the Committee on House 
Administration. In developing such plans the Committee shall, 
to the maximum extent feasible--
          (1) 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 
        committees in the conduct of such reviews; and such 
        plans shall include an explanation of what steps have 
        been and will be taken to ensure such coordination and 
        cooperation;
          (2) review specific problems with federal rules, 
        regulations, statutes, and court decisions that are 
        ambiguous, arbitrary, or nonsensical, or that impose 
        severe financial burdens on individuals; and
          (3) 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
          (4) have a view toward ensuring that all significant 
        laws, programs, or agencies within its jurisdiction are 
        subject to review at least once every ten years.
    The Committee and its appropriate subcommittees shall 
review and study, on a continuing basis, the impact or probable 
impact of tax policies affecting subjects within its 
jurisdiction as provided in clause 2(d) of House Rule X. The 
Committee shall include in the report filed pursuant to clause 
1(d) of House Rule XI a summary of the oversight plans 
submitted by the Committee under clause 2(d) of House Rule X, a 
summary of actions taken and recommendations made with respect 
to each such plan, and a summary of any additional oversight 
activities undertaken by the Committee and any recommendations 
made or actions taken thereon.
    (b) Annual Appropriations.--The Committee shall, in its 
consideration of all bills and joint resolutions of a public 
character within its jurisdiction, ensure 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. The Committee 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.
    (c) Budget Act Compliance: Views and Estimates (See 
Appendix B).--Not later than six weeks after the President 
submits his budget under section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
State Code, or at such time as the Committee on the Budget may 
request, the Committee shall 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 ensuing fiscal year (under section 
        301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974--see 
        Appendix B) that 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 that it intends to be effective 
        during that fiscal year.
    (d) Budget Act Compliance: Recommended Changes.--Whenever 
the Committee is directed in a concurrent resolution on the 
budget to determine and recommend changes in laws, bills, or 
resolutions under the reconciliation process, it 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 (See 
Appendix B).
    (e) Conference Committees.--Whenever in the legislative 
process it becomes necessary to appoint conferees, the Chairman 
shall, after consultation with the Ranking Minority Member, 
determine the number of conferees the Chairman deems most 
suitable and then recommend to the Speaker as conferees, in 
keeping with the number to be appointed by the Speaker as 
provided in House Rule I, clause 11, the names of those Members 
of the Committee of not less than a majority who generally 
supported the House position and who were primarily responsible 
for the legislation. The Chairman shall, to the fullest extent 
feasible, include those Members of the Committee who were the 
principal proponents of the major provisions of the bill as it 
passed the House and such other Committee Members of the 
majority party as the Chairman may designate in consultation 
with the Members of the majority party. Such recommendations 
shall provide a ratio of majority party Members to minority 
party Members no less favorable to the majority party than the 
ratio of majority party Members to minority party Members on 
the Committee. In making recommendations of Minority Party 
Members as conferees, the Chairman shall consult with the 
Ranking Minority Member of the Committee.

                         Rule X.--Subcommittees

    (a) Number and Composition.--There shall be such 
subcommittees as specified in paragraph (c) of this rule. Each 
of such subcommittees shall be composed of the number of 
members set forth in paragraph (c) of this rule, including ex 
officio members.\1\ The Chairman may create additional 
subcommittees of an ad hoc nature as the Chairman determines to 
be appropriate subject to any limitations provided for in the 
House Rules.
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    \1\ The Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the Committee serve 
as ex officio Members of the Subcommittee. (See paragraph (c) of this 
rule).
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    (b) Ratios.--On each subcommittee, there shall be a ratio 
of majority party members to minority party members which shall 
be consistent with the ratio on the full Committee. In 
calculating the ratio of majority party members to minority 
party members, there shall be included the ex officio members 
of the subcommittees and ratios below reflect that fact.
    (c) Jurisdiction.--Each subcommittee shall have the 
following general jurisdiction and number of members:

Department Operations, Oversight, Dairy, Nutrition and Forestry (15 
        Members, 8 majority and 7 minority)

    Agency oversight; review and analysis; special 
investigations; food stamps, nutrition and consumer programs; 
forestry in general, forest reserves other than those created 
from the public domain; energy and biobased energy production; 
and dairy.

Livestock and Horticulture (24 Members, 13 majority and 11 minority)

    Livestock; poultry; meat; seafood and seafood products; 
inspection, marketing, and promotion of such commodities; 
aquaculture; animal welfare; grazing; fruits and vegetables; 
marketing and promotion orders.

General Farm Commodities and Risk Management (30 Members, 16 majority, 
        14 minority)

    Program and markets related to cotton, cottonseed, wheat, 
feed grains, soybeans, oilseeds, rice, dry beans, peas, 
lentils; Commodity Credit Corporation; crop insurance; and 
commodity exchanges.

Specialty Crops and Foreign Agriculture Programs (17 Members, 9 
        majority and 8 minority)

    Peanuts; sugar; tobacco; honey and bees; marketing orders 
relating to such commodities; foreign agricultural assistance 
and trade promotion programs, generally.

Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research (19 Members, 10 
        majority and 9 minority)

    Soil, water, and resource conservation; small watershed 
program; agricultural credit; rural development; rural 
electrification; farm security and family farming matters; 
agricultural research, education and extension services; plant 
pesticides, quarantine, adulteration of seeds, and insect 
pests; and biotechnology.
    (d) Referral of Legislation.--(1)(a) In General.--All 
bills, resolutions, and other matters referred to the Committee 
shall be referred to all subcommittees of appropriate 
jurisdiction within 2 weeks after being referred to the 
Committee. After consultation with the Ranking Minority Member, 
the Chairman may determine that the Committee will consider 
certain bills, resolutions, or other matters.
    (b) Trade Matters.--Unless action is otherwise taken under 
subparagraph (3), bills, resolutions, and other matters 
referred to the Committee relating to foreign agriculture, 
foreign food or commodity assistance, and foreign trade and 
marketing issues will be considered by the Committee.
    (2) The Chairman, by a majority vote of the Committee, may 
discharge a subcommittee from further consideration of any 
bill, resolution, or other matter referred to the subcommittee 
and have such bill, resolution or other matter considered by 
the Committee. The Committee having referred a bill, 
resolution, or other matter to a subcommittee in accordance 
with this rule may discharge such subcommittee from further 
consideration thereof at any time by a vote of the majority 
members of the Committee for the Committee's direct 
consideration or for reference to another subcommittee.
    (3) Unless the Committee, a quorum being present, decides 
otherwise by a majority vote, the Chairman may refer bills, 
resolutions, legislation or other matters not specifically 
within the jurisdiction of a subcommittee, or that is within 
the jurisdiction of more than one subcommittee, jointly or 
exclusively as the Chairman deems appropriate, including 
concurrently to the subcommittees with jurisdiction, 
sequentially to the subcommittees with jurisdiction (subject to 
any time limits deemed appropriate), divided by subject matter 
among the subcommittees with jurisdiction, or to an ad hoc 
subcommittee appointed by the Chairman for the purpose of 
considering the matter and reporting to the Committee thereon, 
or make such other provisions deemed appropriate.
    (e) Participation and Service of Committee Members on 
Subcommittees.--(1) The Chairman and the Ranking Minority 
Member shall serve as ex officio members of all subcommittees 
and shall have the right to vote on all matters before the 
subcommittees. The Chairman and the Ranking Minority Member may 
not be counted for the purpose of establishing a quorum.
    (2) Any member of the Committee who is not a member of the 
subcommittee may have the privilege of sitting and 
nonparticipatory attendance at subcommittee hearings or 
meetings in accordance with clause 2(g)(2) of House Rule XI. 
Such member may not:
          (i) vote on any matter;
          (ii) be counted for the purpose of a establishing a 
        quorum;
          (iii) participate in questioning a witness under the 
        five minute rule, unless permitted to do so by the 
        subcommittee Chairman in consultation with the Ranking 
        Minority Member or a majority of the subcommittee, a 
        quorum being present;
          (iv) raise points of order; or
          (v) offer amendments or motions.
    (f) Subcommittee Hearings and Meetings.--(1) Each 
subcommittee is authorized to meet, hold hearings, receive 
evidence, and make recommendations to the Committee on all 
matters referred to it or under its jurisdiction after 
consultation by the subcommittee Chairmen with the Committee 
Chairman. (See Committee rule VII.)
    (2) After consultation with the Committee Chairman, 
subcommittee Chairmen shall set dates for hearings and meetings 
of their subcommittees and shall request the Majority Staff 
Director to make any announcement relating thereto. (See 
Committee rule VII(b).) In setting the dates, the Committee 
Chairman and subcommittee Chairman shall consult with other 
subcommittee Chairmen and relevant Committee and Subcommittee 
Ranking Minority Members in an effort to avoid simultaneously 
scheduling Committee and subcommittee meetings or hearings to 
the extent practicable.
    (3) Notice of all subcommittee meetings shall be provided 
to the Chairman and the Ranking Minority Member of the 
Committee by the Majority Staff Director.
    (4) Subcommittees may hold meetings or hearings outside of 
the House if the Chairman of the Committee and other 
subcommittee Chairmen and the Ranking Minority Member of the 
subcommittee is consulted in advance to ensure that there is no 
scheduling problem. However, the majority of the Committee may 
authorize such meeting or hearing.
    (5) The provisions regarding notice and the agenda of 
Committee meetings under Committee rule II(a) and special or 
additional meetings under Committee rule II(b) shall apply to 
subcommittee meetings.
    (6) If a vacancy occurs in a subcommittee chairmanship, the 
Chairman may set the dates for hearings and meetings of the 
subcommittee during the period of vacancy. The Chairman may 
also appoint an acting subcommittee Chairman until the vacancy 
is filled.
    (g) Subcommittee Action.--(1) Any bill, resolution, 
recommendation, or other matter forwarded to the Committee by a 
subcommittee shall be promptly forwarded by the subcommittee 
Chairman or any subcommittee member authorized to do so by the 
subcommittee.
    (2) Upon receipt of such recommendation, the Majority Staff 
Director of the Committee shall promptly advise all members of 
the Committee of the subcommittee action.
    (3) The Committee shall not consider any matters 
recommended by subcommittees until two calendar days have 
elapsed from the date of action, unless the Chairman or a 
majority of the Committee determines otherwise.
    (h) Subcommittee Investigations.--No investigation shall be 
initiated by a subcommittee without the prior consultation with 
the Chairman of the Committee or a majority of the Committee.

             Rule XI.--Committee Budget, Staff, and Travel

    (a) Committee Budget.--The Chairman, in consultation with 
the majority members of the Committee, and the minority members 
of the Committee, shall prepare a preliminary budget for each 
session of the Congress. Such budget shall include necessary 
amounts for staff personnel, travel, investigation, and other 
expenses of the Committee and subcommittees. After consultation 
with the Ranking Minority Member, the Chairman shall include an 
amount budgeted to minority members for staff under their 
direction and supervision. Thereafter, the Chairman shall 
combine such proposals into a consolidated Committee budget, 
and shall take whatever action is necessary to have such budget 
duly authorized by the House.
    (b) Committee Staff.--(1) The Chairman shall appoint and 
determine the remuneration of, and may remove, the professional 
and clerical employees of the Committee not assigned to the 
minority. The professional and clerical staff of the Committee 
not assigned to the minority shall be under the general 
supervision and direction of the Chairman, who shall establish 
and assign the duties and responsibilities of such staff 
members and delegate such authority as he or she determines 
appropriate. (See House Rule X, clause 9)
    (2) The Ranking Minority member of the Committee shall 
appoint and determine the remuneration of, and may remove, the 
professional and clerical staff assigned to the minority within 
the budget approved for such purposes. The professional and 
clerical staff assigned to the minority shall be under the 
general supervision and direction of the Ranking Minority 
Member of the Committee who may delegate such authority as he 
or she determines appropriate.
    (3) From the funds made available for the appointment of 
Committee staff pursuant to any primary or additional expense 
resolution, the Chairman shall ensure that each subcommittee is 
adequately funded and staffed to discharged its 
responsibilities and that the minority party is fairly treated 
in the appointment of such staff (See House Rule X, clause 
6(d)).
    (c) Committee Travel.--(1) Consistent with the primary 
expense resolution and such additional expense resolution as 
may have been approved, the provisions of this rule shall 
govern official travel of Committee members and Committee staff 
regarding domestic and foreign travel (See House Rule XI, 
clause 2(n) and House Rule X, clause 8 (reprinted in Appendix 
A)). Official travel for any member or any Committee staff 
member shall be paid only upon the prior authorization of the 
Chairman. Official travel may be authorized by the Chairman for 
any Committee Member and any Committee staff member in 
connection with the attendance of hearings conducted by the 
Committee and its subcommittees and meetings, conferences, 
facility inspections, and investigations which involve 
activities or subject matter relevant to the general 
jurisdiction of the Committee. Before such authorization is 
given there shall be submitted to the Chairman in writing the 
following:
          (i) The purpose of the official travel;
          (ii) The dates during which the official travel is to 
        be made and the date or dates of the event for which 
        the official travel is being made;
          (iii) The location of the event for which the 
        official travel is to be made; and
          (iv) The names of members and Committee staff seeking 
        authorization.
    (2) In the case of official travel of members and staff of 
a subcommittee to hearings, meetings, conferences, facility 
inspections and investigations involving activities or subject 
matter under the jurisdiction of such subcommittee to be paid 
for out of funds allocated to the Committee, prior 
authorization must be obtained from the subcommittee Chairman 
and the full Committee Chairman. Such prior authorization shall 
be given by the Chairman only upon the representation by the 
applicable subcommittee Chairman in writing setting forth those 
items enumerated in clause (1).
    (3) Within 60 days of the conclusion of any official travel 
authorized under this rule, there shall be submitted to the 
Committee Chairman a written report covering the information 
gained as a result of the hearing, meeting, conference, 
facility inspection or investigation attended pursuant to such 
official travel.
    (4) 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 shall be 
expended for the purpose of defraying expenses of Members of 
the Committee or is employees in any country where local 
currencies are available for this purpose; and the following 
conditions shall apply with respect to their use of such 
currencies;
          (i) No Member or employee of the Committee shall 
        receive or expend local currencies for subsistence in 
        any country at a rate in excess of the maximum per diem 
        rate set forth in applicable Federal law; and
          (ii) Each Member or employee of the Committee shall 
        make an itemized report to the Chairman within 60 days 
        following the completion of travel showing the dates 
        each country was visited, the amount of per diem 
        furnished, the cost of transportation furnished, and 
        any funds expended for any other official purpose, and 
        shall summarize in these categories the total foreign 
        currencies and appropriated funds expended. All such 
        individual reports shall be filed by the Chairman with 
        the Committee on House Administration and shall be open 
        to public inspection.

                     Rule XII.--Amendment of Rules

    These rules may be amended by a majority vote of the 
Committee. A proposed change in these rules shall not be 
considered by the Committee as provided in clause 2 of House 
Rule XI, unless written notice of the proposed change has been 
provided to each Committee member two legislative days in 
advance of the date on which the matter is to be considered. 
Any such change in the rules of the Committee shall be 
published in the Congressional Record within 30 calendar days 
after its approval.
                      Committee on Appropriations

 JERRY LEWIS, California, Chairman

DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin             C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida
JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania         RALPH REGULA, Ohio
NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington          HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky
MARTIN OLAV SABO, Minnesota          FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia
STENY H. HOYER, Maryland             JIM KOLBE, Arizona
ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia      JAMES T. WALSH, New York
MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio                   CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina
PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana          DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio
NITA M. LOWEY, New York              ERNEST J. ISTOOK, Jr., Oklahoma
JOSE E. SERRANO, New York            HENRY BONILLA, Texas
ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut         JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan
JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia             JACK KINGSTON, Georgia
JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts         RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New 
ED PASTOR, Arizona                   Jersey
DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina       ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi
CHET EDWARDS, Texas                  RANDY ``DUKE'' CUNNINGHAM, 
ROBERT E. ``BUD'' CRAMER, Jr., Alabamaalifornia
PATRICK J. KENNEDY, Rhode Island     TODD TIAHRT, Kansas
JAMES E. CLYBURN, South Carolina     ZACH WAMP, Tennessee
MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York         TOM LATHAM, Iowa
LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California    ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky
SAM FARR, California                 ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama
JESSE L. JACKSON, Jr., Illinois      JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri
CAROLYN C. KILPATRICK, Michigan      KAY GRANGER, Texas
ALLEN BOYD, Florida                  JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania
CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania           VIRGIL H. GOODE, Jr., Virginia
STEVEN R. ROTHMAN, New Jersey        JOHN T. DOOLITTLE, California
SANFORD D. BISHOP, Jr., Georgia      RAY LaHOOD, Illinois
MARION BERRY, Arkansas               JOHN E. SWEENEY, New York
                                     DON SHERWOOD, Pennsylvania
                                     DAVE WELDON, Florida
                                     MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho
                                     JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON, Texas
                                     MARK STEVEN KIRK, Illinois
                                     ANDER CRENSHAW, Florida
                                     DENNIS R. REHBERG, Montana
                                     JOHN CARTER, Texas
                                     RODNEY ALEXANDER, Louisiana

                      (Adopted February 15, 2005)

    RESOLVED, That the rules and practices of the Committee on 
Appropriations, House of Representatives, in the One Hundred 
Eighth Congress, except as otherwise provided hereinafter, 
shall be and are hereby adopted as the rules and practices of 
the Committee on Appropriations in the One Hundred Ninth 
Congress. The foregoing resolution adopts the following rules:

                      Sec. 1: Power To Sit and Act

    For the purpose of carrying out any of its functions and 
duties under Rules X and XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives, the Committee or any of its subcommittees is 
authorized:
    (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, reports, correspondence, memorandums, papers, and 
documents as it deems necessary. The Chairman, or any Member 
designated by the Chairman, may administer oaths to any 
witness.
    (c) A subpoena may be authorized and issued by the 
Committee or its subcommittees under subsection 1(b) in the 
conduct of any investigation or activity or series of 
investigations or activities, only when authorized by a 
majority of the Members of the Committee voting, a majority 
being present. The power to authorize and issue subpoenas under 
subsection 1(b) may be delegated to the Chairman pursuant to 
such rules and under such limitations as the Committee may 
prescribe. Authorized subpoenas shall be signed by the Chairman 
or by any Member designated by the Committee.
    (d) Compliance with any subpoena issued by the Committee or 
its subcommittees may be enforced only as authorized or 
directed by the House.

                         Sec. 2: Subcommittees

    (a) The Majority Caucus of the Committee shall establish 
the number of subcommittees and shall determine the 
jurisdiction of each subcommittee.
    (b) Each subcommittee is authorized to meet, hold hearings, 
receive evidence, and report to the Committee all matters 
referred to it.
    (c) All legislation and other matters referred to the 
Committee shall be referred to the subcommittee of appropriate 
jurisdiction within two weeks unless, by majority vote of the 
Majority Members of the full Committee, consideration is to be 
by the full Committee.
    (d) The Majority Caucus of the Committee shall determine an 
appropriate ratio of Majority to Minority Members for each 
subcommittee. The Chairman is authorized to negotiate that 
ratio with the Minority; Provided, however, That party 
representation in each subcommittee, including ex-officio 
members, shall be no less favorable to the Majority than the 
ratio for the full Committee.
    (e) The Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the full 
Committee are authorized to sit as a member of all 
subcommittees and to participate, including voting, in all its 
work.

                            Sec. 3: Staffing

    (a) Committee Staff.--The Chairman is authorized to appoint 
the staff of the Committee, and make adjustments in the job 
titles and compensation thereof subject to the maximum rates 
and conditions established in Clause 9(c) of Rule X of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives. In addition, he is 
authorized, in his discretion, to arrange for their specialized 
training. The Chairman is also authorized to employ additional 
personnel as necessary.
    (b) Assistants to Members.--Each of the top twenty-one 
senior majority and minority Members of the full Committee may 
select and designate one staff member who shall serve at the 
pleasure of that Member. Such staff members shall be 
compensated at a rate, determined by the Member, not to exceed 
75 per centum of the maximum established in clause 9(c) of Rule 
X of the Rules of the House of Representatives; Provided, That 
Members designating staff members under this subsection must 
specifically certify by letter to the Chairman that the 
employees are needed and will be utilized for Committee work.

                       Sec. 4: Committee Meetings

    (a) Regular Meeting Day.--The regular meeting day of the 
Committee shall be the first Wednesday of each month while the 
House is in session, unless the Committee has met within the 
past 30 days or the Chairman considers a specific meeting 
unnecessary in the light of the requirements of the Committee 
business schedule.
    (b) Additional and Special Meetings.--(1) The Chairman may 
call and convene, as he 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 Committee Members desire that a 
special meeting of the Committee be called by the Chairman, 
those Members may file in the Committee Offices a written 
request to the Chairman for that special meeting. Such request 
shall specify the measure or matter to be considered. Upon the 
filing of the request, the Committee Clerk shall notify the 
Chairman.
    (3) 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 Committee Members may file in 
the Committee Offices their written notice that a special 
meeting will be held, specifying the date and hour of such 
meeting, and the measure or matter to be considered. The 
Committee shall meet on that date and hour.
    (4) Immediately upon the filing of the notice, the 
Committee Clerk shall notify all Committee Members that such 
special meeting will be held and inform them of its date and 
hour and the measure or matter to be considered. Only the 
measure or matter specified in that notice may be considered at 
the special meeting.
    (c) Vice Chairman To Preside in Absence of Chairman.--A 
member of the majority party on the Committee or subcommittee 
thereof designated 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.
    (d) Business Meetings.--
          (1) Each meeting for the transaction of business, 
        including the markup of legislation, of the Committee 
        and its subcommittees shall be open to the public 
        except when the Committee or its subcommittees, in open 
        session and with a majority present, determines by 
        rollcall vote that all or part of the remainder of the 
        meeting on that day shall be closed.
          (2) No person other than Committee Members and such 
        congressional staff and departmental representatives as 
        they may authorize shall be present at any business or 
        markup session which has been closed.
    (e) Committee Records.--
          (1) The Committee shall keep a complete record of all 
        Committee action, including a record of the votes on 
        any question on which a rollcall is demanded. The 
        result of each rollcall vote shall be available for 
        inspection by the public during regular business hours 
        in the Committee Offices. The information made 
        available for public inspection shall include a 
        description of the amendment, motion, or other 
        proposition, and the name of each Member voting for and 
        each Member voting against, and the names of those 
        Members present but not voting.
          (2) All hearings, records, data, charts, and files of 
        the Committee shall be kept separate and distinct from 
        the congressional office records of the Chairman of the 
        Committee. Such records shall be the property of the 
        House, and all Members of the House shall have access 
        thereto.
          (3) The records of the Committee at the National 
        Archives and Records Administration shall be made 
        available in accordance with Rule VII of the Rules of 
        the House, except that the Committee authorizes use of 
        any record to which clause 3(b)(4) of Rule VII of the 
        Rules of the House would otherwise apply after such 
        record has been in existence for 20 years. The Chairman 
        shall notify the Ranking Minority Member of any 
        decision, pursuant to clause 3(b)(3) or clause 4(b) of 
        Rule VII of the Rules of the House, to withhold a 
        record otherwise available, and the matter shall be 
        presented to the Committee for a determination upon the 
        written request of any Member of the Committee.

              Sec. 5: Committee and Subcommittee Hearings

    (a) Overall Budget Hearings.--Overall budget hearings by 
the Committee, including the hearing required by Section 242(c) 
of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 and clause 
4(a)(1) of Rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
shall be conducted in open session except when the Committee in 
open session and with a majority present, determines by 
rollcall vote that the testimony to be taken at that hearing on 
that day may be related to a matter of national security; 
except that the Committee may by the same procedure close one 
subsequent day of hearing. A transcript of all such hearings 
shall be printed and a copy furnished to each Member, Delegate, 
and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.
    (b) Other Hearings.--
          (1) All other hearings conducted by the Committee or 
        its subcommittees shall be open to the public except 
        when the Committee or subcommittee in open session and 
        with a majority present determines by rollcall 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 or 
        would violate any law or Rule of the House of 
        Representatives. Notwithstanding the requirements of 
        the preceding sentence, a majority of those present at 
        a hearing conducted by the Committee or any of its 
        subcommittees, there being in attendance the number 
        required under Section 5(c) of these Rules to be 
        present for the purpose of taking testimony, (1) may 
        vote to close the hearing for the sole purpose of 
        discussing whether testimony or evidence to be received 
        would endanger the national security or violate clause 
        2(k)(5) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
        Representatives or (2) may vote to close the hearing, 
        as provided in clause 2(k)(5) of such Rule. No Member 
        of the House of Representatives may be excluded from 
        nonparticipatory attendance at any hearing of the 
        Committee or its subcommittees unless the House of 
        Representatives shall by majority vote authorize the 
        Committee or any of its subcommittees, 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 subsection for 
        closing hearings to the public; Provided, however, That 
        the Committee or its subcommittees may by the same 
        procedure vote to close five subsequent days of 
        hearings.
          (2) Subcommittee chairmen shall coordinate the 
        development of schedules for meetings or hearings after 
        consultation with the Chairman and other subcommittee 
        chairmen with a view toward avoiding simultaneous 
        scheduling of Committee and subcommittee meetings or 
        hearings.
          (3) Each witness who is to appear before the 
        Committee or any of its subcommittees as the case may 
        be, insofar as is practicable, shall file in advance of 
        such appearance, a written statement of the proposed 
        testimony and shall limit the oral presentation at such 
        appearance to a brief summary, except that this 
        provision shall not apply to any witness appearing 
        before the Committee in the overall budget hearings.
          (4) Each witness appearing in a nongovernmental 
        capacity before the Committee, or any of its 
        subcommittees as the case may be, shall to the greatest 
        extent practicable, submit a written statement 
        including 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.
    (c) Quorum for Taking Testimony.--The number of Members of 
the Committee which shall constitute a quorum for taking 
testimony and receiving evidence in any hearing of the 
Committee shall be two.
    (d) Calling and Interrogation of Witnesses.--
          (1) The Minority Members of the Committee or its 
        subcommittees shall be entitled, upon request to the 
        Chairman or subcommittee chairman, by a majority of 
        them before completion of any hearing, to call 
        witnesses selected by the Minority to testify with 
        respect to the matter under consideration during at 
        least one day of hearings thereon.
          (2) The Committee and its subcommittees shall observe 
        the five-minute rule during the interrogation of 
        witnesses until such time as each Member of the 
        Committee or subcommittee who so desires has had an 
        opportunity to question the witness.
    (e) Broadcasting and Photographing of Committee Meetings 
and Hearings.--Whenever a hearing or meeting conducted by the 
full Committee or any of its subcommittees is open to the 
public, those proceedings shall be open to coverage by 
television, radio, and still photography, as provided in clause 
(4)(f) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives. 
Neither the full Committee Chairman or Subcommittee Chairman 
shall limit the number of television or still cameras to fewer 
than two representatives from each medium.
    (f) Subcommittee Meetings.--No subcommittee shall sit while 
the House is reading an appropriation measure for amendment 
under the five-minute rule or while the Committee is in 
session.
    (g) Public Notice of Committee Hearings.--The Chairman of 
the Committee shall make public announcement of the date, 
place, and subject matter of any Committee or subcommittee 
hearing at least one week before the commencement of the 
hearing. If the Chairman of the Committee or subcommittee, with 
the concurrence of the ranking minority member of the Committee 
or respective subcommittee, determines there is good cause to 
begin the hearing sooner, or if the Committee or subcommittee 
so determines by majority vote, a quorum being present for the 
transaction of business, the Chairman or subcommittee chairman 
shall make the announcement at the earliest possible date. Any 
announcement made under this subparagraph shall be promptly 
published in the Daily Digest and promptly entered into the 
Committee scheduling service of the House Information Systems.

         Sec. 6: Procedures for Reporting Bills and Resolutions

    (a) Prompt Reporting Requirement.--
          (1) It shall be the duty of the Chairman to report, 
        or cause to be reported promptly to the House any bill 
        or resolution approved by the Committee and to take or 
        cause to be taken necessary steps to bring the matter 
        to a vote.
          (2) In any event, a report on a bill or resolution 
        which the Committee has approved shall be filed within 
        seven calendar days (exclusive of days in which the 
        House is not in session) after the day on which there 
        has been filed with the Committee Clerk a written 
        request, signed by a majority of Committee Members, for 
        the reporting of such bill or resolution. Upon the 
        filing of any such request, the Committee Clerk shall 
        notify the Chairman immediately of the filing of the 
        request. This subsection does not apply to the 
        reporting of a regular appropriation bill or to the 
        reporting of a resolution of inquiry addressed to the 
        head of an executive department.
    (b) Presence of Committee Majority.--No measure or 
recommendation shall be reported from the Committee unless a 
majority of the Committee was actually present.
    (c) Rollcall Votes.--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 of 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.
    (d) Compliance With Congressional Budget Act.--A Committee 
report on a bill or resolution which has been approved by the 
Committee shall include the statement required by Section 
308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, separately set 
out and clearly identified, if the bill or resolution provides 
new budget authority.
    (e) Constitutional Authority Statement.--Each report of the 
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.
    (f) Changes in Existing Law.--Each Committee report on a 
general appropriation bill shall contain a concise statement 
describing fully the effect of any provision of the bill which 
directly or indirectly changes the application of existing law.
    (g) Rescissions and Transfers.--Each bill or resolution 
reported by the Committee shall include separate headings for 
rescissions and transfers of unexpended balances with all 
proposed rescissions and transfers listed therein. The report 
of the Committee accompanying such a bill or resolution shall 
include a separate section with respect to such rescissions or 
transfers.
    (h) Listing of Unauthorized Appropriations.--Each Committee 
report on a general appropriations bill shall contain a list of 
all appropriations contained in the bill for any expenditure 
not previously authorized by law (except for classified 
intelligence or national security programs, projects, or 
activities) along with a statement of the last year for which 
such expenditures were authorized, the level of expenditures 
authorized for that year, the actual level of expenditures for 
that year, and the level of appropriations in the bill for such 
expenditures.
    (i) Supplemental or Minority Views.--
          (1) If, at the time the Committee approves any 
        measure or matter, any Committee Member gives notice of 
        intention to file supplemental, minority, or additional 
        views, the Member shall be entitled to not less than 
        two additional calendar days after the day of such 
        notice (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal 
        holidays) in which to file such views in writing and 
        signed by the Member, with the Clerk of the Committee. 
        All such views so filed shall be included in and shall 
        be a part of the report filed by the Committee with 
        respect to that measure or matter.
          (2) The Committee report on that measure or matter 
        shall be printed in a single volume which--
                  (i) shall include all supplemental, minority, 
                or additional views which have been submitted 
                by the time of the filing of the report, and
                  (ii) shall have on its cover a recital that 
                any such supplemental, minority, or additional 
                views are included as part of the report.
          (3) Subsection (i)(1) of this section, above, does 
        not preclude--
                  (i) the immediate filing or printing of a 
                Committee report unless timely request for the 
                opportunity to file supplemental, minority, or 
                additional views has been made as provided by 
                such subsection; or
                  (ii) the filing by the Committee of a 
                supplemental report on a measure or matter 
                which may be required for correction of any 
                technical error in a previous report made by 
                the Committee on that measure or matter.
          (4) If, at the time a subcommittee approves any 
        measure or matter for recommendation to the full 
        Committee, any Member of that subcommittee who gives 
        notice of intention to offer supplemental, minority, or 
        additional views shall be entitled, insofar as is 
        practicable and in accordance with the printing 
        requirements as determined by the subcommittee, to 
        include such views in the Committee Print with respect 
        to that measure or matter.
    (j) Availability of Reports.--A copy of each bill, 
resolution, or report shall be made available to each Member of 
the Committee at least three calendar days (excluding 
Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) in advance of the date 
on which the Committee is to consider each bill, resolution, or 
report; Provided, That this subsection may be waived by 
agreement between the Chairman and the Ranking Minority Member 
of the full Committee.
    (k) Performance Goals and Objectives.--Each Committee 
report shall contain a statement of general performance goals 
and objectives, including outcome-related goals and objectives, 
for which the measure authorizes funding.
    (l) The Chairman is directed to offer a motion under clause 
1 of Rule XXII of the Rules of the House whenever the Chairman 
considers it appropriate.

                             Sec. 7: Voting

    (a) No vote by any Member of the Committee or any of its 
subcommittees with respect to any measure or matter may be cast 
by proxy.
    (b) The vote on any question before the Committee shall be 
taken by the yeas and nays on the demand of one-fifth of the 
Members present.
    (c) The Chairman of the Committee and any of its 
subcommittees may--
          (1) postpone further proceedings when a record vote 
        is ordered on the question of approving a measure or 
        matter or on adopting an amendment;
          (2) resume proceedings on a postponed question at any 
        time after reasonable notice. When proceedings resume 
        on a postponed question, notwithstanding any 
        intervening order for the previous question, an 
        underlying proposition shall remain subject to further 
        debate or amendment to the same extent as when the 
        question was postponed.

                    Sec. 8: Studies and Examinations

    The following procedure shall be applicable with respect to 
the conduct of studies and examinations of the organization and 
operation of Executive Agencies under authority contained in 
Section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 
and in Clause (3)(a) of Rule X of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives:
    (a) The Chairman is authorized to appoint such staff and, 
in his discretion, arrange for the procurement of temporary 
services of consultants, as from time to time may be required.
    (b) Studies and examinations will be initiated upon the 
written request of a subcommittee which shall be reasonably 
specific and definite in character, and shall be initiated only 
by a majority vote of the subcommittee, with the chairman of 
the subcommittee and the ranking minority member thereof 
participating as part of such majority vote. When so initiated 
such request shall be filed with the Clerk of the Committee for 
submission to the Chairman and the Ranking Minority Member and 
their approval shall be required to make the same effective. 
Notwithstanding any action taken on such request by the 
chairman and ranking minority member of the subcommittee, a 
request may be approved by a majority of the Committee.
    (c) Any request approved as provided under subsection (b) 
shall be immediately turned over to the staff appointed for 
action.
    (d) Any information obtained by such staff shall be 
reported to the chairman of the subcommittee requesting such 
study and examination and to the Chairman and Ranking Minority 
Member, shall be made available to the members of the 
subcommittee concerned, and shall not be released for 
publication until the subcommittee so determines.
    (e) Any hearings or investigations which may be desired, 
aside from the regular hearings on appropriation items, when 
approved by the Committee, shall be conducted by the 
subcommittee having jurisdiction over the matter.

                        Sec. 9: Official Travel

    (a) The chairman of a subcommittee shall approve requests 
for travel by subcommittee members and staff for official 
business within the jurisdiction of that subcommittee. The 
ranking minority member of a subcommittee shall concur in such 
travel requests by minority members of that subcommittee and 
the Ranking Minority Member shall concur in such travel 
requests for Minority Members of the Committee. Requests in 
writing covering the purpose, itinerary, and dates of proposed 
travel shall be submitted for final approval to the Chairman. 
Specific approval shall be required for each and every trip.
    (b) The Chairman is authorized during the recess of the 
Congress to approve travel authorizations for Committee Members 
and staff, including travel outside the United States.
    (c) As soon as practicable, the Chairman shall direct the 
head of each Government agency concerned not to honor requests 
of subcommittees, individual Members, or staff for travel, the 
direct or indirect expenses of which are to be defrayed from an 
executive appropriation, except upon request from the Chairman.
    (d) In accordance with Clause 8 of Rule X of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives and Section 502(b) of the Mutual 
Security Act of 1954, as amended, local currencies owned by the 
United States shall be available to Committee Members and staff 
engaged in carrying out their official duties outside the 
United States, its territories, or possessions. No Committee 
Member or staff member shall receive or expend local currencies 
for subsistence in any country at a rate in excess of the 
maximum per diem rate set forth in applicable Federal law.
    (e) Travel Reports.--
          (1) Members or staff shall make a report to the 
        Chairman on their travel, covering the purpose, 
        results, itinerary, expenses, and other pertinent 
        comments.
          (2) With respect to travel outside the United States 
        or its territories or possessions, the report shall 
        include: (i) an itemized list showing the dates each 
        country was visited, the amount of per diem furnished, 
        the cost of transportation furnished, and any funds 
        expended for any other official purpose; and (ii) a 
        summary in these categories of the total foreign 
        currencies and/or appropriated funds expended. All such 
        individual reports on foreign travel shall be filed 
        with the Chairman no later than sixty days following 
        completion of the travel for use in complying with 
        reporting requirements in applicable Federal law, and 
        shall be open for public inspection.
          (3) Each Member or employee performing such travel 
        shall be solely responsible for supporting the amounts 
        reported by the Member or employee.
          (4) No report or statement as to any trip shall be 
        publicized making any recommendations in behalf of the 
        Committee without the authorization of a majority of 
        the Committee.
    (f) Members and staff of the Committee performing 
authorized travel on official business pertaining to the 
jurisdiction of the Committee shall be governed by applicable 
laws or regulations of the House and of the Committee on House 
Administration pertaining to such travel, and as promulgated 
from time to time by the Chairman.
                      Committee on Armed Services

    DUNCAN HUNTER, California, 
             Chairman

JOHN M. SPRATT, Jr., South Carolina  CURT WELDON, Pennsylvania
SOLOMON P. ORTIZ, Texas              JOEL HEFLEY, Colorado
LANE EVANS, Illinois                 JIM SAXTON, New Jersey
GENE TAYLOR, Mississippi             JOHN M. McHUGH, New York
NEIL ABERCROMBIE, Hawaii             TERRY EVERETT, Alabama
MARTIN T. MEEHAN, Massachusetts      ROSCOE G. BARTLETT, Maryland
SILVESTRE REYES, Texas               HOWARD P. ``BUCK'' McKEON, 
VIC SNYDER, Arkansas                 California
ADAM SMITH, Washington               MAC THORNBERRY, Texas
LORETTA SANCHEZ, California          JOHN N. HOSTETTLER, Indiana
MIKE McINTYRE, North Carolina        WALTER B. JONES, North Carolina
ELLEN O. TAUSCHER, California        JIM RYUN, Kansas
ROBERT A. BRADY, Pennsylvania        JIM GIBBONS, Nevada
ROBERT E. ANDREWS, New Jersey        ROBIN HAYES, North Carolina
SUSAN A. DAVIS, California           KEN CALVERT, California
JAMES R. LANGEVIN, Rhode Island      ROB SIMMONS, Connecticut
STEVE ISRAEL, New York               JO ANN DAVIS, Virginia
RICK LARSEN, Washington              W. TODD AKIN, Missouri
JIM COOPER, Tennessee                J. RANDY FORBES, Virginia
JIM MARSHALL, Georgia                JEFF MILLER, Florida
KENDRICK B. MEEK, Florida            JOE WILSON, South Carolina
MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO, Guam          FRANK A. LoBIONDO, New Jersey
TIM RYAN, Ohio                       JEB BRADLEY, New Hampshire
MARK UDALL, Colorado                 MICHAEL R. TURNER, Ohio
G. K. BUTTERFIELD, North Carolina    JOHN KLINE, Minnesota
CYNTHIA McKINNEY, Georgia            CANDICE S. MILLER, Michigan
DAN BOREN, Oklahoma                  MIKE ROGERS, Alabama
                                     TRENT FRANKS, Arizona
                                     BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania
                                     THELMA D. DRAKE, Virginia
                                     JOHN J. H. ``JOE'' SCHWARZ, 
                                     Michigan
                                     CATHY McMORRIS, Washington
                                     K. MICHAEL CONAWAY, Texas
                                     GEOFF DAVIS, Kentucky
                                     IKE SKELTON, Missouri

                       (Adopted January 26, 2005)

                  Rule 1.--Application of House Rules

    The Rules of the House of Representatives are the rules of 
the Committee on Armed Services (hereinafter referred to in 
these rules as the ``Committee'') and its subcommittees so far 
as applicable.

                  Rule 2.--Full Committee Meeting Date

    (a) The Committee shall meet every Wednesday at 10:00 a.m., 
and at such other times as may be fixed by the chairman of the 
Committee (hereinafter referred to in these rules as the 
``Chairman''), or by written request of members of the 
Committee pursuant to clause 2(c) of rule XI of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives.
    (b) A Wednesday meeting of the Committee may be dispensed 
with by the Chairman, but such action may be reversed by a 
written request of a majority of the members of the Committee.

                  Rule 3.--Subcommittee Meeting Dates

    Each subcommittee is authorized to meet, hold hearings, 
receive evidence, and report to the Committee on all matters 
referred to it. Insofar as possible, meetings of the Committee 
and its subcommittees shall not conflict. A subcommittee 
chairman shall set meeting dates after consultation with the 
Chairman, the other subcommittee chairmen, and the ranking 
minority member of the subcommittee with a view toward avoiding 
simultaneous scheduling of committee and subcommittee meetings 
or hearings wherever possible.

                         Rule 4.--Subcommittees

    Pursuant to the authority granted by Section 3(b), relating 
to Separate Orders, of H. Res. 5 as adopted by the House of 
Representatives on January 4, 2005, the Committee shall be 
organized to consist of six standing subcommittees with the 
following jurisdictions:
Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces
    All Army and Air Force acquisition programs (except 
strategic weapons and lift programs, special operations and 
information technology accounts). In addition, the subcommittee 
will be responsible for all Navy and Marine Corps aviation 
programs, National Guard and Army and Air Force reserve 
modernization, and ammunition programs.
Subcommittee on Readiness
    Military readiness, training, logistics and maintenance 
issues and programs. In addition, the subcommittee will be 
responsible for all military construction, installations and 
family housing issues, including the base closure process.
Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities
    Department of Defense counter proliferation and counter 
terrorism programs and initiatives. In addition, the 
subcommittee will be responsible for Special Operations Forces, 
the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, information 
technology and programs, force protection policy and oversight, 
and related intelligence support.
Subcommittee on Military Personnel
    Military personnel policy, reserve component integration 
and employment issues, military health care, military education 
and POW/MIA issues. In addition, the subcommittee will be 
responsible for Morale, Welfare and Recreation issues and 
programs.

Subcommittee on Strategic Forces

    Strategic Forces (except deep strike systems), space 
programs, ballistic missile defense and Department of Energy 
national security programs (except non-proliferation programs).

Subcommittee on Projection Forces

    Navy and Marine Corps programs (except strategic weapons, 
space, special operations and information technology programs), 
deep strike bombers and related systems, and strategic lift 
programs.

                       Rule 5.--Committee Panels

    (a) The Chairman may designate a panel of the Committee 
consisting of members of the Committee to inquire into and take 
testimony on a matter or matters that fall within the 
jurisdiction of more than one subcommittee and to report to the 
Committee.
    (b) No panel so appointed shall continue in existence for 
more than six months. A panel so appointed may, upon the 
expiration of six months, be reappointed by the Chairman.
    (c) No panel so appointed shall have legislative 
jurisdiction.

          Rule 6.--Reference and Consideration of Legislation

    (a) The Chairman shall refer legislation and other matters 
to the appropriate subcommittee or to the full Committee.
    (b) Legislation shall be taken up for a hearing or markup 
only when called by the Chairman of the Committee or 
subcommittee, as appropriate, or by a majority of those present 
and voting.
    (c) The Chairman, with approval of a majority vote of a 
quorum of the Committee, shall have authority to discharge a 
subcommittee from consideration of any measure or matter 
referred thereto and have such measure or matter considered by 
the Committee.
    (d) Reports and recommendations of a subcommittee may not 
be considered by the Committee until after the intervention of 
three calendar days from the time the report is approved by the 
subcommittee and available to the members of the Committee, 
except that this rule may be waived by a majority vote of a 
quorum of the Committee.

         Rule 7.--Public Announcement of Hearings and Meetings

    Pursuant to clause 2(g)(3) of Rule XI of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Committee or of 
any subcommittee or panel shall make public announcement of the 
date, place, and subject matter of any committee or 
subcommittee hearing at least one week before the commencement 
of the hearing. However, if the Chairman of the Committee or of 
any subcommittee or panel, with the concurrence of the 
respective ranking minority member of the Committee, 
subcommittee or panel, determines that there is good cause to 
begin the hearing sooner, or if the Committee, subcommittee or 
panel so determines by majority vote, a quorum being present 
for the transaction of business, such chairman shall make the 
announcement at the earliest possible date. Any announcement 
made under this rule shall be promptly published in the Daily 
Digest, promptly entered into the committee scheduling service 
of the House Information Resources, and promptly posted to the 
internet web page maintained by the Committee.

        Rule 8.--Broadcasting of Committee Hearings and Meetings

    Clause 4 of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives shall apply to the Committee.

           Rule 9.--Meetings and Hearings Open to the Public

    (a) Each hearing and meeting for the transaction of 
business, including the markup of legislation, conducted by the 
Committee or a subcommittee shall be open to the public except 
when the Committee or subcommittee, in open session and with a 
majority being present, determines by record vote that all or 
part of the remainder of that hearing or meeting on that day 
shall be in executive session 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 no fewer than two members of the Committee or 
subcommittee, may vote to close a hearing or meeting 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 would violate any law 
or rule of the House of Representatives. If the decision is to 
proceed in executive session, the vote must be by record vote 
and in open session, a majority of the Committee or 
subcommittee being present.
    (b) Whenever it is asserted by a member of the committee 
that the evidence or testimony at a hearing may tend to defame, 
degrade, or incriminate any person, or it is asserted by a 
witness that the evidence or testimony that the witness would 
give at a hearing may tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate 
the witness, notwithstanding the requirements of (a) and the 
provisions of clause 2(g)(2) of rule XI of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, such evidence or testimony shall be 
presented in executive session, if by a majority vote of those 
present, there being in attendance no fewer than two members of 
the Committee or subcommittee, the Committee or subcommittee 
determines that such evidence may tend to defame, degrade or 
incriminate any person. A majority of those present, there 
being in attendance no fewer than two members of the Committee 
or subcommittee, may also vote to close the hearing or meeting 
for the sole purpose of discussing whether evidence or 
testimony to be received would tend to defame, degrade or 
incriminate any person. The Committee or subcommittee shall 
proceed to receive such testimony in open session only if the 
Committee or subcommittee, a majority being present, determines 
that such evidence or testimony will not tend to defame, 
degrade or incriminate any person.
    (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, and with the approval of 
the Chairman, each member of the Committee may designate by 
letter to the Chairman, a member of that member's personal 
staff with Top Secret security clearance to attend hearings of 
the Committee, or that member's subcommittee(s) (excluding 
briefings or meetings held under the provisions of committee 
rule 9(a)), which have been closed under the provisions of rule 
9(a) above for national security purposes for the taking of 
testimony. The attendance of such a staff member at such 
hearings is subject to the approval of the Committee or 
subcommittee as dictated by national security requirements at 
that time. The attainment of any required security clearances 
is the responsibility of individual members of the Committee.
    (d) Pursuant to clause 2(g)(2) of Rule XI of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives, no Member, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner may be excluded from nonparticipatory attendance 
at any hearing of the Committee or a subcommittee, unless the 
House of Representatives shall by majority vote authorize the 
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, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner by the same 
procedures designated in this rule for closing hearings to the 
public.
    (e) The Committee or the subcommittee may vote, by the same 
procedure, to meet in executive session for up to five 
additional consecutive days of hearings.

                            Rule 10.--Quorum

    (a) For purposes of taking testimony and receiving 
evidence, two members shall constitute a quorum.
    (b) One-third of the members of the Committee or 
subcommittee shall constitute a quorum for taking any action, 
with the following exceptions, in which case a majority of the 
Committee or subcommittee shall constitute a quorum:
          (1) Reporting a measure or recommendation;
          (2) Closing committee or subcommittee meetings and 
        hearings to the public;
          (3) Authorizing the issuance of subpoenas;
          (4) Authorizing the use of executive session 
        material; and
          (5) Voting to proceed in open session after voting to 
        close to discuss whether evidence or testimony to be 
        received would tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate 
        any person.
    (c) No measure or recommendation shall be reported to the 
House of Representatives unless a majority of the Committee is 
actually present.

                     Rule 11.--The Five-Minute Rule

    (a) The time any one member may address the Committee or 
subcommittee on any measure or matter under consideration shall 
not exceed five minutes and then only when the member has been 
recognized by the Chairman or subcommittee chairman, as 
appropriate, except that this time limit may be exceeded by 
unanimous consent. Any member, upon request, shall be 
recognized for not to exceed five minutes to address the 
Committee or subcommittee on behalf of an amendment which the 
member has offered to any pending bill or resolution. The five-
minute limitation shall not apply to the Chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee or subcommittee.
    (b) Members present at a hearing of the Committee or 
subcommittee when a hearing is originally convened shall be 
recognized by the Chairman or subcommittee chairman, as 
appropriate, in order of seniority. Those members arriving 
subsequently shall be recognized in order of their arrival. 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Chairman and the ranking 
minority member will take precedence upon their arrival. In 
recognizing members to question witnesses in this fashion, the 
Chairman shall take into consideration the ratio of the 
majority to minority members present and shall establish the 
order of recognition for questioning in such a manner as not to 
disadvantage the members of either party.
    (c) No person other than a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner of Congress and committee staff may be seated in 
or behind the dais area during Committee, subcommittee, or 
panel hearings and meetings.

             Rule 12.--Power To Sit and Act; Subpoena Power

    (a) For the purpose of carrying out any of its functions 
and duties under Rules X and XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives, the Committee and any subcommittee are 
authorized (subject to subparagraph (b)(1) of this paragraph):
          (1) 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 hearings, and
          (2) 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, including, but not 
        limited to, those in electronic form, as it considers 
        necessary.
    (b)(1) A subpoena may be authorized and issued by the 
Committee, or any subcommittee with the concurrence of the full 
Committee Chairman, under subparagraph (a)(2) in the conduct of 
any investigation, or series of investigations or activities, 
only when authorized by a majority of the members voting, a 
majority of the Committee or subcommittee being present. 
Authorized subpoenas shall be signed only by the Chairman, or 
by any member designated by the Chairman.
    (2) Pursuant to clause 2(m) of rule XI of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, compliance with any subpoena issued 
by the Committee or any subcommittee under subparagraph (a)(2) 
may be enforced only as authorized or directed by the House of 
Representatives.

                      Rule 13.--Witness Statements

    (a) Any prepared statement to be presented by a witness to 
the Committee or a subcommittee shall be submitted to the 
Committee or subcommittee at least 48 hours in advance of 
presentation and shall be distributed to all members of the 
Committee or subcommittee at least 24 hours in advance of 
presentation. A copy of any such prepared statement shall also 
be submitted to the Committee in electronic form. If a prepared 
statement contains national security information bearing a 
classification of secret or higher, the statement shall be made 
available in the Committee rooms to all members of the 
Committee or subcommittee at least 24 hours in advance of 
presentation; however, no such statement shall be removed from 
the Committee offices. The requirement of this rule may be 
waived by a majority vote of the Committee or subcommittee, a 
quorum being present.
    (b) The Committee and each subcommittee shall require each 
witness who is to appear before it to file with the Committee 
in advance of his or her appearance a written statement of the 
proposed testimony and to limit the oral presentation at such 
appearance to a brief summary of his or her argument.

               Rule 14.--Administering Oaths to Witnesses

    (a) The Chairman, or any member designated by the Chairman, 
may administer oaths to any witness.
    (b) Witnesses, when sworn, shall subscribe to the following 
oath: ``Do you solemnly swear (or affirm) that the testimony 
you will give before this Committee (or subcommittee) in the 
matters now under consideration will be the truth, the whole 
truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?''

                   Rule 15.--Questioning of Witnesses

    (a) When a witness is before the Committee or a 
subcommittee, members of the Committee or subcommittee may put 
questions to the witness only when recognized by the Chairman 
or subcommittee chairman, as appropriate, for that purpose.
    (b) Members of the Committee or subcommittee who so desire 
shall have not to exceed five minutes to interrogate each 
witness or panel of witnesses until such time as each member 
has had an opportunity to interrogate each witness or panel of 
witnesses; thereafter, additional rounds for questioning 
witnesses by members are discretionary with the Chairman or 
subcommittee chairman, as appropriate.
    (c) Questions put to witnesses before the Committee or 
subcommittee shall be pertinent to the measure or matter that 
may be before the Committee or subcommittee for consideration.

        Rule 16.--Publication of Committee Hearings and Markups

    The transcripts of those hearings and mark-ups conducted by 
the Committee or a subcommittee that are decided by the 
Chairman to be officially published will be published in 
verbatim form, with the material requested for the record 
inserted at that place requested, or at the end of the record, 
as appropriate. Any requests to correct any errors, other than 
those in transcription, or disputed errors in transcription, 
will be appended to the record, and the appropriate place where 
the change is requested will be footnoted.

                     Rule 17.--Voting and Rollcalls

    (a) Voting on a measure or matter may be by record vote, 
division vote, voice vote, or unanimous consent.
    (b) A record vote shall be ordered upon the request of one-
fifth of those members present.
    (c) No vote by any member of the Committee or a 
subcommittee with respect to any measure or matter shall be 
cast by proxy.
    (d) In the event of a vote or votes, when a member is in 
attendance at any other committee, subcommittee, or conference 
committee meeting during that time, the necessary absence of 
that member shall be so noted in the record vote record, upon 
timely notification to the Chairman by that member.

                      Rule 18.--Committee Reports

    (a) If, at the time of approval of any measure or matter by 
the Committee, any member of the Committee gives timely notice 
of intention to file supplemental, minority, additional or 
dissenting views, that member shall be entitled to not less 
than two calendar days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal 
holidays except when the House is in session on such days) in 
which to file such views, in writing and signed by that member, 
with the staff director 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.
    (b) With respect to each record vote on a motion to report 
any measure or matter, and on any amendment offered to the 
measure or matter, the total number of votes cast for and 
against, the names of those voting for and against, and a brief 
description of the question, shall be included in the committee 
report on the measure or matter.

                       Rule 19.--Points of Order

    No point of order shall lie with respect to any measure 
reported by the Committee or any subcommittee on the ground 
that hearings on such measure were not conducted in accordance 
with the provisions of the rules of the Committee; except that 
a point of order on that ground may be made by any member of 
the Committee or subcommittee which reported the measure if, in 
the Committee or subcommittee, such point of order was (a) 
timely made and (b) improperly overruled or not properly 
considered.

           Rule 20.--Public Inspection of Committee Rollcalls

    The result of each record vote in any meeting of the 
Committee 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.

         Rule 21.--Protection of National Security Information

    (a) Except as provided in clause 2(g) of Rule XI of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives, all national security 
information bearing a classification of secret or higher which 
has been received by the Committee or a subcommittee shall be 
deemed to have been received in executive session and shall be 
given appropriate safekeeping.
    (b) The Chairman of the Committee shall, with the approval 
of a majority of the Committee, establish such procedures as in 
his judgment may be necessary to prevent the unauthorized 
disclosure of any national security information received 
classified as secret or higher. Such procedures shall, however, 
ensure access to this information by any member of the 
Committee or any other Member, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner of the House of Representatives who has requested 
the opportunity to review such material.

                      Rule 22.--Committee Staffing

    The staffing of the Committee, the standing subcommittees, 
and any panel designated by the Chairman shall be subject to 
the rules of the House of Representatives.

                      Rule 23.--Committee Records

    The records of the Committee at the National Archives and 
Records Administration shall be made available for public use 
in accordance with Rule VII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives. The Chairman shall notify the ranking minority 
member of any decision, pursuant to clause 3(b)(3) or clause 
4(b) of rule VII, to withhold a record otherwise available, and 
the matter shall be presented to the Committee for a 
determination on the written request of any member of the 
Committee.

                      Rule 24.--Hearing Procedures

    Clause 2(k) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives shall apply to the Committee.
                        Committee on the Budget

    JIM NUSSLE, Iowa, Chairman

JOHN M. SPRATT, Jr., South Carolina  JIM RYUN, Kansas
DENNIS MOORE, Kansas                 ANDER CRENSHAW, Florida
RICHARD E. NEAL, Massachusetts       ADAM H. PUTNAM, Florida
ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut         ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi
CHET EDWARDS, Texas                  KENNY C. HULSHOF, Missouri
HAROLD E. FORD, Jr., Tennessee       JO BONNER, Alabama
LOIS CAPPS, California               SCOTT GARRETT, New Jersey
BRIAN BAIRD, Washington              J. GRESHAM BARRETT, South Carolina
JIM COOPER, Tennessee                THADDEUS G. McCOTTER, Michigan
ARTUR DAVIS, Alabama                 MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida
WILLIAM J. JEFFERSON, Louisiana      JEB HENSARLING, Texas
THOMAS H. ALLEN, Maine               ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida
ED CASE, Hawaii                      DANIEL E. LUNGREN, California
CYNTHIA McKINNEY, Georgia            PETE SESSIONS, Texas
HENRY CUELLAR, Texas                 PAUL RYAN, Wisconsin
ALLYSON Y. SCHWARTZ, Pennsylvania    MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho
RON KIND, Wisconsin                  JEB BRADLEY, New Hampshire
                                     PATRICK T. McHENRY, North Carolina
                                     CONNIE MACK, Florida
                                     K. MICHAEL CONAWAY, Texas

                       (Adopted February 2, 2005)

                         GENERAL APPLICABILITY

                 Rule 1.--Applicability of House Rules

    Except as otherwise specified herein, the Rules of the 
House are the rules of the committee so far as applicable, 
except that a motion to recess from day to day is a motion of 
high privilege.

                                MEETINGS

                       Rule 2.--Regular Meetings

    (a) The regular meeting day of the committee shall be the 
second Wednesday of each month at 11 a.m., while the House is 
in session.
    (b) The Chairman is authorized to dispense with a regular 
meeting when the Chairman determines there is no business to be 
considered by the committee. The Chairman shall give written 
notice to that effect to each member of the committee as far in 
advance of the regular meeting day as the circumstances permit.
    (c) Regular meetings shall be canceled when they conflict 
with meetings of either party's caucus or conference.

                Rule 3.--Additional and Special Meetings

    (a) The Chairman may call and convene additional meetings 
of the committee as the Chairman considers necessary, or 
special meetings at the request of a majority of the members of 
the committee in accordance with House Rule XI, clause 2(c).
    (b) In the absence of exceptional circumstances, the 
Chairman shall provide written notice of additional meetings to 
the office of each member at least 24 hours in advance while 
Congress is in session, and at least three days in advance when 
Congress is not in session.

                    Rule 4.--Open Business Meetings

    (a) Each meeting for the transaction of committee business, 
including the markup of measures, shall be open to the public 
except when the committee, in open session and with a quorum 
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 in accordance with House Rule XI, clause 2(g)(1).
    (b) No person other than members of the committee and such 
congressional staff and departmental representatives as the 
committee may authorize shall be present at any business or 
markup session which has been closed to the public.

                            Rule 5.--Quorums

    A majority of the committee shall constitute a quorum. No 
business shall be transacted and no measure or recommendation 
shall be reported unless a quorum is actually present.

                          Rule 6.--Recognition

    Any member, when recognized by the Chairman, may address 
the committee on any bill, motion, or other matter under 
consideration before the committee. The time of such member 
shall be limited to five minutes until all members present have 
been afforded an opportunity to comment.

                   Rule 7.--Consideration of Business

    Measures or matters may be placed before the committee, for 
its consideration, by the Chairman or by a majority vote of the 
members of the committee, a quorum being present.

                  Rule 8.--Availability of Legislation

    The committee shall consider no bill, joint resolution, or 
concurrent resolution unless copies of the measure have been 
made available to all committee members at least four hours 
prior to the time at which such measure is to be considered. 
When considering concurrent resolutions on the budget, this 
requirement shall be satisfied by making available copies of 
the complete Chairman's mark (or such material as will provide 
the basis for committee consideration). The provisions of this 
rule may be suspended with the concurrence of the Chairman and 
Ranking Minority Member.

       Rule 9.--Procedure for Consideration of Budget Resolution

    (a) It shall be the policy of the committee that the 
starting point for any deliberations on a concurrent resolution 
on the budget should be the estimated or actual levels for the 
fiscal year preceding the budget year.
    (b) In the consideration of a concurrent resolution on the 
budget, the committee shall first proceed, unless otherwise 
determined by the committee, to consider budget aggregates, 
functional categories, and other appropriate matters on a 
tentative basis, with the document before the committee open to 
amendment. Subsequent amendments may be offered to aggregates, 
functional categories, or other appropriate matters, which have 
already been amended in their entirety.
    (c) Following adoption of the aggregates, functional 
categories, and other matters, the text of a concurrent 
resolution on the 
budget incorporating such aggregates, functional categories, 
and other appropriate matters shall be considered for amendment 
and a final vote.

                        Rule 10.--Rollcall Votes

    A rollcall of the members may be had upon the request of at 
least one-fifth of those present. In the apparent absence of a 
quorum, a rollcall may be had on the request of any member.

                                HEARINGS


                   Rule 11.--Announcement of Hearings

    The Chairman shall make a public announcement of the date, 
place, and subject matter of any committee hearing at least 1 
week before the hearing, beginning with the day in which the 
announcement is made and ending the day preceding the scheduled 
hearing unless the Chairman, with the concurrence of the 
Ranking Minority Member, or the committee by majority vote with 
a quorum present for the transaction of business, determines 
there is good cause to begin the hearing sooner, in which case 
the Chairman shall make the announcement at the earliest 
possible date.

                        Rule 12.--Open Hearings

    (a) Each hearing conducted by the committee or any of its 
task forces shall be open to the public except when the 
committee or task force, in open session and with a quorum 
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, 
or would compromise sensitive law enforcement information, or 
would tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate any person, or 
would violate any law or rule of the House of Representatives. 
The committee or task forces may by the same procedure vote to 
close one subsequent day of hearing.
    (b) For the purposes of House Rule XI, clause 2(g)(2), the 
task forces of the committee are considered to be 
subcommittees.

                           Rule 13.--Quorums

    For the purpose of hearing testimony, not less than two 
members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.

                    Rule 14.--Questioning Witnesses

    (a) Questioning of witnesses will be conducted under the 
five-minute rule unless the committee adopts a motion pursuant 
to House Rule XI clause 2(j).
    (b) In questioning witnesses under the 5-minute rule:
          (1) First, the Chairman and the Ranking Minority 
        Member shall be recognized;
          (2) Next, the members present at the time the hearing 
        is called to order shall be recognized in order of 
        seniority; and
          (3) Finally, members not present at the time the 
        hearing is called to order may be recognized in the 
        order of their arrival at the hearing. In recognizing 
        members to question witnesses, the Chairman may take 
        into consideration the ratio of majority members to 
        minority members and the number of majority and 
        minority members present and shall apportion the 
        recognition for questioning in such a manner as not to 
        disadvantage the members of the majority.

                     Rule 15.--Subpoenas and Oaths

    (a) In accordance with House Rule XI, clause 2(m) subpoenas 
authorized by a majority of the committee may be issued over 
the signature of the Chairman or of any member of the committee 
designated by him, and may be served by any person designated 
by the Chairman or such member.
    (b) The Chairman, or any member of the committee designated 
by the Chairman, may administer oaths to witnesses.

                    Rule 16.--Witnesses' Statements

    (a) So far as practicable, any prepared statement to be 
presented by a witness shall be submitted to the committee at 
least 24 hours in advance of presentation, and shall be 
distributed to all members of the committee in advance of 
presentation.
    (b) To the greatest extent possible, each witness appearing 
in a nongovernmental capacity shall include with the written 
statement of proposed testimony a curriculum vitae and a 
disclosure of the amount and source (by agency and program) of 
any Federal grant (or sub-grant thereof) or contract (or 
subcontract thereof) received during the current fiscal year or 
either of the two preceding fiscal years.

                        PRINTS AND PUBLICATIONS


                       Rule 17.--Committee Prints

    All committee prints and other materials prepared for 
public distribution shall be approved by the committee prior to 
any distribution, unless such print or other material shows 
clearly on its face that it has not been approved by the 
committee.

            Rule 18.--Committee Publications on the Internet

    To the maximum extent feasible, the committee shall make 
its publications available in electronic form.

                                 STAFF


                       Rule 19.--Committee Staff

    (a) Subject to approval by the committee, and to the 
provisions of the following paragraphs, the professional and 
clerical staff of the committee shall be appointed, and may be 
removed, by the Chairman.
    (b) Committee staff shall not be assigned any duties other 
than those pertaining to committee business, and shall be 
selected without regard to race, creed, sex, or age, and solely 
on the basis of fitness to perform the duties of their 
respective positions.
    (c) All committee staff shall be entitled to equitable 
treatment, including comparable salaries, facilities, access to 
official committee records, leave, and hours of work.
    (d) Notwithstanding paragraphs a, b, and c, staff shall be 
employed in compliance with House rules, the Employment and 
Accountability Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, and 
any other applicable Federal statutes.

                      Rule 20.--Staff Supervision

    (a) Staff shall be under the general supervision and 
direction of the Chairman, who shall establish and assign their 
duties and responsibilities, delegate such authority as he 
deems appropriate, fix and adjust staff salaries (in accordance 
with House Rule X, clause 9(c)) and job titles, and, at his 
discretion, arrange for their specialized training.
    (b) Staff assigned to the minority shall be under the 
general supervision and direction of the minority members of 
the committee, who may delegate such authority, as they deem 
appropriate.

                                RECORDS


       Rule 21.--Preparation and Maintenance of Committee Records

    (a) A substantially verbatim account of remarks actually 
made during the proceedings shall be made of all hearings and 
business meetings subject only to technical, grammatical, and 
typographical corrections.
    (b) The proceedings of the committee shall be recorded in a 
journal, which shall among other things, include a record of 
the votes on any question on which a record vote is demanded.
    (c) Members of the committee shall correct and return 
transcripts of hearings as soon as practicable after receipt 
thereof, except that any changes shall be limited to technical, 
grammatical, and typographical corrections.
    (d) Any witness may examine the transcript of his own 
testimony and make grammatical, technical, and typographical 
corrections.
    (e) The Chairman may order the printing of a hearing record 
without the corrections of any member or witness if he 
determines that such member or witness has been afforded a 
reasonable time for correction, and that further delay would 
seriously impede the committee's responsibility for meeting its 
deadlines under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
    (f) Transcripts of hearings and meetings may be printed if 
the Chairman decides it is appropriate, or if a majority of the 
members so request.

                 Rule 22.--Access to Committee Records

    (a)(1) The Chairman shall promulgate regulations to provide 
for public inspection of roll call votes and to provide access 
by members to committee records (in accordance with House Rule 
XI, clause 2(e)).
    (2) Access to classified testimony and information shall be 
limited to Members of Congress and to House Budget Committee 
staff and staff of the Office of Official Reporters who have 
appropriate security clearance.
    (3) Notice of the receipt of such information shall be sent 
to the committee members. Such information shall be kept in the 
committee safe, and shall be available to members in the 
committee office.
    (b) The records of the committee at the National Archives 
and Records Administration shall be made available for public 
use in accordance with Rule VII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives. The Chairman shall notify the Ranking Minority 
Member of any decision, pursuant to clause 3(b)(3) or clause 
4(b) of the rule, to withhold a record otherwise available, and 
the matter shall be presented to the committee for a 
determination on the written request of any member of the 
committee.

                               OVERSIGHT


                      Rule 23.--General Oversight

    (a) The committee shall review and study, on a continuing 
basis, the application, administration, execution, and 
effectiveness of those laws, or parts of laws, the subject of 
which is within its jurisdiction.
    (b) The 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 
clause (1)(d) of Rule X of the Rules of the House, and, subject 
to the adoption of expense resolutions as required by clause 6 
of Rule X, to incur expenses (including travel expenses) in 
connection therewith.
    (c) Not later than February 15 of the first session of a 
Congress, the committee shall meet in open session, with a 
quorum present, to adopt its oversight plans for that Congress 
for submission to the Committee on House Administration and the 
Committee on Government Reform in accordance with the 
provisions of clause (2)(d) of House Rule X.

                                REPORTS


                  Rule 24.--Availability Before Filing

    (a) Any report accompanying any bill or resolution ordered 
reported to the House by the committee shall be available to 
all committee members at least 36 hours prior to filing with 
the House.
    (b) No material change shall be made in any report made 
available to members pursuant to section (a) without the 
concurrence of the Ranking Minority Member or by a majority 
vote of the committee.
    (c) Notwithstanding any other rule of the committee, either 
or both subsections (a) and (b) may be waived by the Chairman 
or with a majority vote by the committee.

               Rule 25.--Report on the Budget Resolution

    The report of the committee to accompany a concurrent 
resolution on the budget shall include a comparison of the 
estimated or actual levels for the year preceding the budget 
year with the proposed spending and revenue levels for the 
budget year and each out year along with the appropriate 
percentage increase or decrease for each budget function and 
aggregate. The report shall include any roll call vote on any 
motion to amend or report any measure.

Rule 26.--Parliamentarian's Status Report and Section 302 Status Report

    (a)(1) In order to carry out its duty under sections 311 
and 312 of the Congressional Budget Act to advise the House of 
Representatives as to the current level of spending and 
revenues as compared to the levels set forth in the latest 
agreed-upon concurrent resolution on the budget, the committee 
shall advise the Speaker on at least a monthly basis when the 
House is in session as to its estimate of the current level of 
spending and revenue. Such estimates shall be prepared by the 
staff of the committee, transmitted to the Speaker in the form 
of a Parliamentarian's Status Report, and printed in the 
Congressional Record.
    (2) The committee authorizes the Chairman, in consultation 
with the Ranking Minority Member, to transmit to the Speaker 
the Parliamentarian's Status Report described above.
    (b)(1) In order to carry out its duty under sections 302 
and 312 of the Congressional Budget Act to advise the House of 
Representatives as to the current level of spending within the 
jurisdiction of committees as compared to the appropriate 
allocations made pursuant to the Budget Act in conformity with 
the latest agreed-upon concurrent resolution on the budget, the 
committee shall, as necessary, advise the Speaker as to its 
estimate of the current level of spending within the 
jurisdiction of appropriate committees. Such estimates shall be 
prepared by the staff of the committee and transmitted to the 
Speaker in the form of a Section 302 Status Report.
    (2) The committee authorizes the Chairman, in consultation 
with the Ranking Minority Member, to transmit to the Speaker 
the Section 302 Status Report described above.

                       Rule 27.--Activity Report

    After an adjournment of the last regular session of a 
Congress sine die, the Chair of the committee may file any time 
with the Clerk the committee's activity report for that 
Congress pursuant to clause (1)(d)(1) of Rule XI of the Rules 
of the House without the approval of the committee, if a copy 
of the report has been available to each member of the 
committee for at least seven calendar days and the report 
includes any supplemental, minority, or additional views 
submitted by a member of the committee.

                             MISCELLANEOUS


            Rule 28.--Broadcasting of Meetings and Hearings

    (a) It shall be the policy of the committee to give all 
news media access to open hearings of the committee, subject to 
the requirements and limitations set forth in House Rule XI, 
clause 4.
    (b) Whenever any committee business meeting is open to the 
public, that meeting may be covered, in whole or in part, by 
television broadcast, radio broadcast, still photography, or by 
any of such methods of coverage, in accordance with House Rule 
XI, clause 4.

                   Rule 29.--Appointment of Conferees

    (a) Majority party members recommended to the Speaker as 
conferees shall be recommended by the Chairman subject to the 
approval of the majority party members of the committee.
    (b) The Chairman shall recommend such minority party 
members as conferees as shall be determined by the minority 
party; the recommended party representation shall be in 
approximately the same proportion as that in the committee.

                           Rule 30.--Waivers

    When a reported bill or joint resolution, conference 
report, or anticipated floor amendment violates any provision 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Chairman may, if 
practical, consult with the committee members on whether the 
Chairman should recommend, in writing, that the Committee on 
Rules report a special rule that enforces the Act by not 
waiving the applicable points of order during the consideration 
of such measure.
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

   JOHN BOEHNER, Ohio, Chairman

GEORGE MILLER, California            THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin
DALE E. KILDEE, Michigan             HOWARD P. ``BUCK'' McKEON, 
MAJOR R. OWENS, New York             California
DONALD M. PAYNE, New Jersey          MICHAEL N. CASTLE, Delaware
ROBERT E. ANDREWS, New Jersey        SAM JOHNSON, Texas
ROBERT C. SCOTT, Virginia            MARK E. SOUDER, Indiana
LYNN C. WOOLSEY, California          CHARLIE NORWOOD, Georgia
RUBEN HINOJOSA, Texas                VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan
CAROLYN McCARTHY, New York           JUDY BIGGERT, Illinois
JOHN F. TIERNEY, Massachusetts       TODD RUSSELL PLATTS, Pennsylvania
RON KIND, Wisconsin                  PATRICK J. TIBERI, Ohio
DENNIS J. KUCINICH, Ohio             RIC KELLER, Florida
DAVID WU, Oregon                     TOM OSBORNE, Nebraska
RUSH D. HOLT, New Jersey             JOE WILSON, South Carolina
SUSAN A. DAVIS, California           JON C. PORTER, Nevada
BETTY McCOLLUM, Minnesota            JOHN KLINE, Minnesota
DANNY K. DAVIS, Illinois             MARILYN N. MUSGRAVE, Colorado
RAUL M. GRIJALVA, Arizona            BOB INGLIS, South Carolina
CHRIS VAN HOLLEN, Maryland           CATHY McMORRIS, Washington
TIM RYAN, Ohio                       KENNY MARCHANT, Texas
TIMOTHY H. BISHOP, New York          TOM PRICE, Georgia
JOHN BARROW, Georgia                 LUIS G. FORTUNO, Puerto Rico
                                     BOBBY JINDAL, Louisiana
                                     CHARLES W. BOUSTANY, Jr., 
                                     Louisiana
                                     VIRGINIA FOXX, North Carolina
                                     THELMA D. DRAKE, Virginia
                                     JOHN R. ``RANDY'' KUHL, Jr., New 
                                     York

                       (Adopted February 2, 2005)

   Rule 1.--Regular, Additional, and Special Meetings: Vice-Chairman

    (a) Regular meetings of the committee shall be held on the 
second Wednesday of each month at 9:30 a.m., while the House is 
in session. When the Chairman believes that the committee will 
not be considering any bill or resolution before the committee 
and that there is no other business to be transacted at a 
regular meeting, he will give each member of the committee, as 
far in advance of the day of the regular meeting as the 
circumstances make practicable, a written notice to that 
effect; and no committee meeting shall be held on that day.
    (b) The Chairman may call and convene, as he 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 purposes pursuant to that call of 
the Chairman.
    (c) If at least three members of the 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. 
Immediately upon the filing of the request, the staff director 
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 thereof, 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 staff director of the committee shall notify all members of 
the committee that such 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.
    (d) All legislative meetings of the committee and its 
subcommittees shall be open to the public, including radio, 
television and still photography coverage. No business meeting 
of the committee, other than regularly scheduled meetings, may 
be held without each member being given reasonable notice. Such 
meeting shall be called to order and presided over by the 
Chairman, or in the absence of the Chairman, by the vice-
chairman, or the Chairman's designee.
    (e) The Chairman of the committee or of a subcommittee, as 
appropriate, shall preside at meetings or hearings, or, in the 
absence of the chairman, the vice-chairman, or the Chairman's 
designee shall preside.

                   Rule 2.--Questioning of Witnesses

    (a) Subject to clauses (b) and (c), Committee members may 
question witnesses only when they have been recognized by the 
Chairman for that purpose, and only for a 5-minute period until 
all members present have had an opportunity to question a 
witness. The questioning of witnesses in both committee and 
subcommittee hearings shall be initiated by the Chairman, 
followed by the ranking minority party member and all other 
members alternating between the majority and minority party in 
order of the member's appearance at the hearing. In recognizing 
members to question witnesses in this fashion, the Chairman 
shall take into consideration the ratio of the majority to 
minority party members present and shall establish the order of 
recognition for questioning in such a manner as not to place 
the members of the majority party in a disadvantageous 
position.
    (b) The Chairman may permit a specified number of members 
to question a witness for longer than five minutes. The time 
for extended questioning of a witness under this clause shall 
be equal for the majority party and the minority party and may 
not exceed one hour in the aggregate.
    (c) The Chairman may permit committee staff for the 
majority and the minority party members to question a witness 
for equal specified periods. The time for extended questioning 
of a witness under this clause shall be equal for the majority 
party and the minority party and may not exceed one hour in the 
aggregate.

                     Rule 3.--Records and Rollcalls

    (a) Written records shall be kept of the proceedings of the 
committee and of each subcommittee, including a record of the 
votes on any question on which a rollcall is demanded. The 
result of each such rollcall vote shall be made available by 
the committee or subcommittee for inspection by the public at 
reasonable times in the offices of the committee or 
subcommittee. 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. A record vote may be demanded by one-fifth of the 
members present or, in the apparent absence of a quorum, by any 
one member.
    (b) In accordance with Rule VII of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives, any official permanent record of the 
committee (including any record of a legislative, oversight, or 
other activity of the committee or any subcommittee) shall be 
made available for public use if such record has been in 
existence for 30 years, except that--
          (1) any record that the committee (or a subcommittee) 
        makes available for public use before such record is 
        delivered to the Archivist under clause 2 of Rule VII 
        of the Rules of the House of Representatives shall be 
        made available immediately, including any record 
        described in subsection (a) of this Rule;
          (2) any investigative record that contains personal 
        data relating to a specific living individual (the 
        disclosure of which would be an unwarranted invasion of 
        personal privacy), any administrative record with 
        respect to personnel, and any record with respect to a 
        hearing closed pursuant to clause 2(g)(2) of Rule XI of 
        the Rules of the House of Representatives shall be 
        available if such record has been in existence for 50 
        years; or
          (3) except as otherwise provided by order of the 
        House, any record of the committee for which a time, 
        schedule, or condition for availability is specified by 
        order of the committee (entered during the Congress in 
        which the record is made or acquired by the committee) 
        shall be made available in accordance with the order of 
        the committee.
    (c) The official permanent records of the committee include 
noncurrent records of the committee (including subcommittees) 
delivered by the Clerk of the House of Representatives to the 
Archivist of the United States for preservation at the National 
Archives and Records Administration, which are the property of 
and remain subject to the rules and orders of the House of 
Representatives.
    (d)(1) Any order of the committee with respect to any 
matter described in paragraph (2) of this subsection shall be 
adopted only if the notice requirements of committee Rule 18(c) 
have been met, a quorum consisting of a majority of the members 
of the committee is present at the time of the vote, and a 
majority of those present and voting approve the adoption of 
the order, which shall be submitted to the Clerk of the House 
of Representatives, together with any accompanying report.
    (2) This subsection applies to any order of the committee 
which--
          (A) provides for the non-availability of any record 
        subject to subsection (b) of this rule for a period 
        longer than the period otherwise applicable; or
          (B) is subsequent to, and constitutes a later order 
        under clause 4(b) of Rule VII of the Rules of the House 
        of Representatives, regarding a determination of the 
        Clerk of the House of Representatives with respect to 
        authorizing the Archivist of the United States to make 
        available for public use the records delivered to the 
        Archivist under clause 2 of Rule VII of the Rules of 
        the House of Representatives; or
          (C) specifies a time, schedule, or condition for 
        availability pursuant to subsection (b)(3) of this 
        Rule.

            Rule 4.--Standing Subcommittees and Jurisdiction

    (a) There shall be five standing subcommittees. In addition 
to the conducting oversight in the area of their respective 
jurisdictions as required in clause 2 of House Rule X, each 
subcommittee shall have the following jurisdictions:
    Subcommittee on Education Reform.--Education from preschool 
through the high school level including, but not limited to, 
elementary and secondary education generally, vocational 
education, preschool programs including the Head Start Act, 
school lunch and child nutrition, and overseas dependent 
schools; special education programs including, but not limited 
to, alcohol and drug abuse, education of the disabled, migrant 
and agricultural labor education and homeless education; 
educational research and improvement, including the Institute 
of Education Sciences; poverty programs, including the 
Community Services Block Grant Act and the Low Income Home 
Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).
    Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.--Education 
and training beyond the high school level including, but not 
limited to higher education generally, including postsecondary 
student assistance and employment services, Title IV of the 
Higher Education Act; training and apprenticeship including the 
Workforce Investment Act, displaced homemakers, adult basic 
education (family literacy), rehabilitation, professional 
development, and training programs from immigration funding; 
pre-service and in-service teacher training, including Title II 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and Title II of 
the Higher Education Act; Title III and V of the Higher 
Education Act; Title I of the Higher Education Act as it 
relates to Titles II, III, IV, and V; science and technology 
programs; affirmative action in higher education; all welfare 
reform programs including, work incentive programs, welfare-to-
work requirements, and childcare services, including the 
Childcare Development Block Grant; Native American Programs 
Act, Robert A. Taft Institute, and Institute for Peace.
    Subcommittee on Select Education.--Programs and services 
for the care and treatment of certain at risk youth, including 
the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act and the 
Runaway and Homeless Youth Act; all matters dealing with child 
abuse and domestic violence, including the Child Abuse 
Prevention and Treatment Act, and child adoption; all matters 
dealing with programs and services for the elderly, including 
nutrition programs and the Older Americans Act; environmental 
education; all domestic volunteer programs; School to Work 
Opportunities Act; library services and construction, and 
programs related to the arts and humanities, museum services, 
and arts and artifacts indemnity; Titles VI and VII, Title I as 
it relates to those Titles, and oversight of Title III and V of 
the Higher Education Act; and fiscal auditing of the Department 
of Education organization.
    Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.--Wages and hours of 
labor including, but not limited to, Davis-Bacon Act, Walsh-
Healey Act, Fair Labor Standards Act (including child labor), 
workers' compensation generally, Longshore and Harbor Workers' 
Compensation Act, Federal Employees' Compensation Act, Migrant 
and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, Service 
Contract Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, Worker Adjustment 
and Retraining Notification Act, Employee Polygraph Protection 
Act of 1988, workers' health and safety including, but not 
limited to, occupational safety and health, mine health and 
safety, youth camp safety, and migrant and agricultural labor 
health and safety; and, in addition, oversight of compulsory 
union dues within the jurisdiction of another subcommittee.
    Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.--All matters 
dealing with relationships between employers and employees 
generally including, but not limited to, the National Labor 
Relations Act, Bureau of Labor Statistics, pension, health, and 
other employee benefits, including the Employee Retirement 
Income Security Act (ERISA); all matters related to equal 
employment opportunity and civil rights in employment, 
including affirmative action.
    (b) The majority party members of the committee may provide 
for such temporary, ad hoc subcommittees as determined to be 
appropriate.

                     Rule 5.--Ex Officio Membership

    The Chairman of the committee and the ranking minority 
party member shall be ex officio members, but not voting 
members, of each subcommittee to which such Chairman or ranking 
minority party member has not been assigned.

                 Rule 6.--Special Assignment of Members

    To facilitate the oversight and other legislative and 
investigative activities of the committee, the Chairman of the 
committee may, at the request of a subcommittee chairman, make 
a temporary assignment of any member of the committee to such 
subcommittee for the purpose of constituting a quorum and of 
enabling such member to participate in any public hearing, 
investigation, or study by such subcommittee to be held outside 
of Washington, DC. Any member of the committee may attend 
public hearings of any subcommittee and any member of the 
committee may question witnesses only when they have been 
recognized by the Chairman for that purpose.

                  Rule 7.--Subcommittee Chairmanships

    The method for selection of chairmen of the subcommittees 
shall be at the discretion of the full committee Chairman, 
unless a majority of the majority party members of the full 
committee disapprove of the action of the Chairman.

                    Rule 8.--Subcommittee Scheduling

    Subcommittee chairmen shall set meeting dates after 
consultation with the Chairman and other subcommittee chairmen 
with a view toward avoiding simultaneous scheduling of 
committee and subcommittee meetings or hearings, wherever 
possible. Available dates for subcommittee meetings during the 
session shall be assigned by the Chairman to the subcommittees 
as nearly as practicable in rotation and in accordance with 
their workloads. As far as practicable, the Chairman shall not 
schedule simultaneous subcommittee markups, a subcommittee 
markup during a full committee markup, or any hearing during a 
markup.

                      Rule 9.--Subcommittee Rules

    The rules of the committee shall be the rules of its 
subcommittees.

                       Rule 10.--Committee Staff

    (a) The employees of the committee shall be appointed by 
the Chairman in consultation with subcommittee chairmen and 
other majority party members of the committee within the budget 
approved for such purposes by the committee.
    (b) The staff appointed by the minority shall have their 
remuneration determined in such manner as the minority party 
members of the committee shall determine within the budget 
approved for such purposes by the committee.

          Rule 11.--Supervision and Duties of Committee Staff

    The staff of the committee shall be under the general 
supervision and direction of the Chairman, who shall establish 
and assign the duties and responsibilities of such staff 
members and delegate authority as he determines appropriate. 
The staff appointed by the minority shall be under the general 
supervision and direction of the minority party members of the 
committee, who may delegate such authority as they determine 
appropriate. All committee staff shall be assigned to committee 
business and no other duties may be assigned to them.

                      Rule 12.--Hearings Procedure

    (a) The Chairman, in the case of hearings to be conducted 
by the committee, and the appropriate subcommittee chairman, in 
the case of hearings to be conducted by a subcommittee, shall 
make public announcement of the date, place, and subject matter 
of any hearing to be conducted on any measure or matter at 
least one week before the commencement of that hearing unless 
the committee or subcommittee determines that there is good 
cause to begin such hearing at an earlier date. In the latter 
event, the Chairman or the subcommittee chairman, as the case 
may be, shall make such public announcement at the earliest 
possible date. To the extent practicable, the Chairman or the 
subcommittee chairman shall make public announcement of the 
final list of witnesses scheduled to testify at least 48 hours 
before the commencement of the hearing. The staff director of 
the committee shall promptly notify the Daily Digest Clerk of 
the Congressional Record as soon as possible after such public 
announcement is made.
    (b) All opening statements at hearings conducted by the 
committee or any subcommittee will be made part of the 
permanent written record. Opening statements by members may not 
be presented orally, unless the Chairman of the committee or 
any subcommittee determines that one statement from the 
Chairman or a designee will be presented, in which case the 
ranking minority party member or a designee may also make a 
statement. If a witness scheduled to testify at any hearing of 
the Committee or any subcommittee is a constituent of a member 
of the committee or subcommittee, such member shall be entitled 
to introduce such witness at the hearing.
    (c) To the extent practicable, witnesses who are to appear 
before the committee or a subcommittee shall file with the 
staff director of the committee, at least 48 hours in advance 
of their appearance, a written statement of their proposed 
testimony, together with a brief summary thereof, and shall 
limit their oral presentation to a summary thereof. The staff 
director of the committee shall promptly furnish to the staff 
director of the minority a copy of such testimony submitted to 
the committee pursuant to this rule.
    (d) When any hearing is conducted by the committee or any 
subcommittee upon any measure or matter, the minority party 
members on the committee shall be entitled, upon request to the 
Chairman by a majority of those minority party members before 
the completion of such 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. The minority party 
may waive this right by calling at least one witness during a 
committee hearing or subcommittee hearing.

                 Rule 13.--Meetings--Hearings--Quorums

    (a) Subcommittees are authorized to hold hearings, receive 
exhibits, hear witnesses, and prior authorization of the 
committee Chairman. Where feasible and practicable, 14 days' 
report to the committee for final action, together with such 
recommendations as may be agreed upon by the subcommittee. No 
such meetings or hearings, however, shall be held outside of 
Washington, DC, or during a recess or adjournment of the House 
without the notice will be given of such meeting or hearing.
    (b) One-third of the members of the committee or 
subcommittee shall constitute a quorum for taking any action 
other than amending committee rules, closing a meeting from the 
public, reporting a measure or recommendation, or in the case 
of the committee or a subcommittee authorizing a subpoena. For 
the enumerated actions, a majority of the committee or 
subcommittee shall constitute a quorum. Any two members shall 
constitute a quorum for the purpose of taking testimony and 
receiving evidence.
    (c) When a bill or resolution is being considered by the 
committee or a subcommittee, members shall provide the clerk in 
a timely manner a sufficient number of written copies of any 
amendment offered, so as to enable each member present to 
receive a copy thereof prior to taking action. A point of order 
may be made against any amendment not reduced to writing. A 
copy of each such amendment shall be maintained in the public 
records of the committee or subcommittee, as the case may be.
    (d) In the conduct of hearings of subcommittees sitting 
jointly, the rules otherwise applicable to all subcommittees 
shall likewise apply to joint subcommittee hearings for 
purposes of such shared consideration.
    (e) No person other than a Member of Congress or 
Congressional staff may walk in, stand in, or be seated at the 
rostrum area during a meeting or hearing of the Committee or 
Subcommittee unless authorized by the Chairman.

                      Rule 14.--Subpoena Authority

    The power to authorize and issue subpoenas is delegated to 
the Chairman of the full committee, as provided for under 
clause 2(m)(3)(A)(i) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives. The Chairman shall notify the ranking minority 
member prior to issuing any subpoena under such authority. To 
the extent practicable, the Chairman shall consult with the 
ranking minority member at least 24 hours in advance of a 
subpoena being issued under such authority, excluding 
Saturdays, Sundays, and federal holidays. As soon as 
practicable after issuing any subpoena under such authority, 
the Chairman shall notify in writing all members of the 
Committee of the issuance of the subpoena.

                   Rule 15.--Reports of Subcommittees

    (a) Whenever a subcommittee has ordered a bill, resolution, 
or other matter to be reported to the committee, the chairman 
of the subcommittee reporting the bill, resolution, or matter 
to the committee, or any member authorized by the subcommittee 
to do so, may report such bill, resolution, or matter to the 
committee. It shall be the duty of the chairman of the 
subcommittee to report or cause to be reported promptly such 
bill, resolution, or matter, and to take or cause to be taken 
the necessary steps to bring such bill, resolution, or matter 
to a vote.
    (b) In any event, the report, described in the proviso in 
subsection (d) of this rule, of any subcommittee on a measure 
which has been approved by the subcommittee 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 staff director of the committee a written 
request, signed by a majority of the members of the 
subcommittee, for the reporting of that measure. Upon the 
filing of any such request, the staff director of the committee 
shall transmit immediately to the chairman of the subcommittee 
a notice of the filing of that request.
    (c) All committee or subcommittee reports printed pursuant 
to legislative study or investigation and not approved by a 
majority vote of the committee or subcommittee, as appropriate, 
shall contain the following disclaimer on the cover of such 
report:

          This report has not been officially adopted by the 
        Committee on Education and the Workforce (or pertinent 
        subcommittee thereof) and therefore may not necessarily 
        reflect the views of its members.

    The minority party members of the committee or subcommittee 
shall have three calendar days, excluding weekends and 
holidays, to file, as part of the printed report, supplemental, 
minority, or additional views.
    (d) Bills, resolutions, or other matters favorably reported 
by a subcommittee shall automatically be placed upon the agenda 
of the committee as of the time they are reported. No bill or 
resolution or other matter reported by a subcommittee shall be 
considered by the full committee unless it has been delivered 
or electronically sent to all members and notice of its prior 
transmission has been in the hands of all members at least 48 
hours prior to such consideration; a member of the Committee 
shall receive, upon his or her request, a paper copy of the 
such bill, resolution, or other matter reported. When a bill is 
reported from a subcommittee, such measure shall be accompanied 
by a section-by-section analysis; and, if the Chairman of the 
committee so requires (in response to a request from the 
ranking minority member of the committee or for other reasons), 
a comparison showing proposed changes in existing law.
    (e) To the extent practicable, any report prepared pursuant 
to a committee or subcommittee study or investigation shall be 
available to members no later than 48 hours prior to 
consideration of any such report by the committee or 
subcommittee, as the case may be.

                            Rule 16.--Votes

    (a) With respect to each rollcall vote on a motion to 
report any bill, resolution or matter of a public character, 
and on any amendment offered thereto, 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.
    (b) In accordance with clause 2(h) of House Rule XI, the 
Chairman of the Committee or a Subcommittee is authorized to 
postpone further proceedings when a record vote is ordered on 
the question of approving a measure or matter or on adopting an 
amendment. Such Chairman may resume proceedings on a postponed 
request at any time after reasonable notice. When proceedings 
resume on a postponed question, notwithstanding any intervening 
order for the previous question, an underlying proposition 
shall remain subject to further debate or amendment to the same 
extent as when the question was postponed.

                   Rule 17.--Authorization for Travel

    (a) Consistent with the primary expense resolution and such 
additional expense resolutions as may have been approved, the 
provisions of this rule shall govern travel of committee 
members and staff. Travel to be paid from funds set aside for 
the full committee for any member or any staff member shall be 
paid only upon the prior authorization of the Chairman. Travel 
may be authorized by the Chairman for any member and any staff 
member in connection with the attendance of hearings conducted 
by the committee or any subcommittee thereof and meetings, 
conferences, and investigations which involve activities or 
subject matter under the general jurisdiction of the committee. 
The Chairman shall review travel requests to assure the 
validity to committee business. Before such authorization is 
given, there shall be submitted to the Chairman in writing the 
following:
          (1) the purpose of the travel;
          (2) the dates during which the travel is to be made 
        and the date or dates of the event for which the travel 
        is being made;
          (3) the location of the event for which the travel is 
        to be made; and
          (4) the names of members and staff seeking 
        authorization.
    (b)(1) In the case of travel outside the United States of 
members and staff of the committee for the purpose of 
conducting hearings, investigations, studies, or attending 
meetings and conferences involving activities or subject matter 
under the legislative assignment of the committee or pertinent 
subcommittees, prior authorization must be obtained from the 
Chairman, or, in the case of a subcommittee, from the 
subcommittee chairman and the Chairman. Before such 
authorization is given, there shall be submitted to the 
Chairman, in writing, a request for such authorization. Each 
request, which shall be filed in a manner that allows for a 
reasonable period of time for review before such travel is 
scheduled to begin, shall include the following:
          (A) the purpose of travel;
          (B) the dates during which the travel will occur;
          (C) the names of the countries to be visited and the 
        length of time to be spent in each;
          (D) an agenda of anticipated activities for each 
        country for which travel is authorized together with a 
        description of the purpose to be served and the areas 
        of committee jurisdiction involved; and
          (E) the names of members and staff for whom 
        authorization is sought.
    (2) Requests for travel outside the United States may be 
initiated by the Chairman or the chairman of a subcommittee 
(except that individuals may submit a request to the Chairman 
for the purpose of attending a conference or meeting) and shall 
be limited to members and permanent employees of the committee.
    (3) The Chairman shall not approve a request involving 
travel outside the United States while the House is in session 
(except in the case of attendance at meetings and conferences 
or where circumstances warrant an exception).
    (4) At the conclusion of any hearing, investigation, study, 
meeting, or conference for which travel outside the United 
States has been authorized pursuant to this rule, each 
subcommittee (or members and staff attending meetings or 
conferences) shall submit a written report to the Chairman 
covering the activities of the subcommittee and containing the 
results of these activities and other pertinent observations or 
information gained as a result of such travel.
    (c) Members and staff of the committee performing 
authorized travel on official business shall be governed by 
applicable laws, resolutions, or regulations of the House and 
of the Committee on House Administration pertaining to such 
travel, including rules, procedures, and limitations prescribed 
by the Committee on House Administration with respect to 
domestic and foreign expense allowances.
    (d) Prior to the Chairman's authorization for any travel, 
the ranking minority party member shall be given a copy of the 
written request therefor.

      Rule 18.--Referral of Bills, Resolutions, and Other Matters

    (a) The Chairman shall consult with subcommittee chairmen 
regarding referral, to the appropriate subcommittees, of such 
bills, resolutions, and other matters, which have been referred 
to the committee. Once printed copies of a bill, resolution, or 
other matter are available to the Committee, the Chairman 
shall, within three weeks of such availability, provide notice 
of referral, if any, to the appropriate subcommittee.
    (b) Referral to a subcommittee shall not be made until 
three days shall have elapsed after written notification of 
such proposed referral to all subcommittee chairmen, at which 
time such proposed referral shall be made unless one or more 
subcommittee chairmen shall have given written notice to the 
Chairman of the full committee and to the chairman of each 
subcommittee that he [or she] intends to question such proposed 
referral at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the 
committee, or at a special meeting of the committee called for 
that purpose, at which time referral shall be made by the 
majority members of the committee. All bills shall be referred 
under this rule to the subcommittee of proper jurisdiction 
without regard to whether the author is or is not a member of 
the subcommittee. A bill, resolution, or other matter referred 
to a subcommittee in accordance with this rule may be recalled 
therefrom at any time by a vote of the majority members of the 
committee for the committee's direct consideration or for 
reference to another subcommittee.
    (c) All members of the committee shall be given at least 24 
hours' notice prior to the direct consideration of any bill, 
resolution, or other matter by the committee; but this 
requirement may be waived upon determination, by a majority of 
the members voting, that emergency or urgent circumstances 
require immediate consideration thereof.

                      Rule 19.--Committee Reports

    (a) All committee reports on bills or resolutions shall 
comply with the provisions of clause 2 of Rule XI and clauses 
2, 3, and 4 of Rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives.
    (b) No such report shall be filed until copies of the 
proposed report have been available to all members at least 36 
hours prior to such filing in the House. No material change 
shall be made in the report distributed to members unless 
agreed to by majority vote; but any member or members of the 
committee may file, as part of the printed report, individual, 
minority, or dissenting views, without regard to the preceding 
provisions of this rule.
    (c) Such 36-hour period shall not conclude earlier than the 
end of the period provided under clause 4 of Rule XIII of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives after the committee 
approves a measure or matter if a member, at the time of such 
approval, gives notice of intention to file supplemental, 
minority, or additional views for inclusion as part of the 
printed report.
    (d) The report on activities of the committee required 
under clause 1 of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives, shall include the following disclaimer in the 
document transmitting the report to the Clerk of the House:

          This report has not been officially adopted by the 
        Committee on Education and the Workforce or any 
        subcommittee thereof and therefore may not necessarily 
        reflect the views of its members.

    Such disclaimer need not be included if the report was 
circulated to all members of the committee at least 7 days 
prior to its submission to the House and provision is made for 
the filing by any member, as part of the printed report, of 
individual, minority, or dissenting views.

          Rule 20.--Measures To Be Considered Under Suspension

    A member of the committee may not seek to suspend the Rules 
of the House on any bill, resolution, or other matter which has 
been modified after such measure is ordered reported, unless 
notice of such action has been given to the Chairman and 
ranking minority member of the full committee.

                     Rule 21.--Budget and Expenses

    (a) The Chairman in consultation with the majority party 
members of the committee shall prepare a preliminary budget. 
Such budget shall include necessary amounts for staff 
personnel, for necessary travel, investigation, and other 
expenses of the committee; and, after consultation with the 
minority party membership, the Chairman shall include amounts 
budgeted to the minority party members for staff personnel to 
be under the direction and supervision of the minority party, 
travel expenses of minority party members and staff, and 
minority party office expenses. All travel expenses of minority 
party members and staff shall be paid for out of the amounts so 
set aside and budgeted. The Chairman shall take whatever action 
is necessary to have the budget as finally approved by the 
committee duly authorized by the House. After such budget shall 
have been adopted, no change shall be made in such budget 
unless approved by the committee. The Chairman or the chairman 
of any standing subcommittee may initiate necessary travel 
requests as provided in Rule 16 within the limits of their 
portion of the consolidated budget as approved by the House, 
and the Chairman may execute necessary vouchers therefor.
    (b) Subject to the rules of the House of Representatives 
and procedures prescribed by the Committee on House 
Administration, and with the prior authorization of the 
Chairman of the committee in each case, there may be expended 
in any one session of Congress for necessary travel expenses of 
witnesses attending hearings in Washington, DC:
          (1) out of funds budgeted and set aside for each 
        subcommittee, not to exceed $5,000 for expenses of 
        witnesses attending hearings of each such subcommittee;
          (2) out of funds budgeted for the full committee 
        majority, not to exceed $5,000 for expenses of 
        witnesses attending full committee hearings; and
          (3) out of funds set aside to the minority party 
        members,
                  (A) not to exceed, for each of the 
                subcommittees, $5,000 for expenses of witnesses 
                attending subcommittee hearings, and
                  (B) not to exceed $5,000 for expenses of 
                witnesses attending full committee hearings.
    (c) A full and detailed monthly report accounting for all 
expenditures of committee funds shall be maintained in the 
committee office, where it shall be available to each member of 
the committee. Such report shall show the amount and purpose of 
each expenditure, and the budget to which such expenditure is 
attributed.

 Rule 22.--Appointment of Conferees, Notice of Conference Meetings and 
                           Conference Motion

    (a) Whenever in the legislative process it becomes 
necessary to appoint conferees, the Chairman shall recommend to 
the Speaker as conferees the names of those members of the 
subcommittee which handled the legislation in the order of 
their seniority upon such subcommittee and such other committee 
members as the Chairman may designate with the approval of the 
majority party members. Recommendations of the Chairman to the 
Speaker shall provide a ratio of majority party members to 
minority party members no less favorable to the majority party 
than the ratio of majority members to minority party members on 
the full committee. In making assignments of minority party 
members as conferees, the Chairman shall consult with the 
ranking minority party member of the committee.
    (b) After the appointment of conferees pursuant to clause 
11 of Rule I of the Rules of the House of Representatives for 
matters within the jurisdiction of the committee, the Chairman 
shall notify all members appointed to the conference of 
meetings at least 48 hours before the commencement of the 
meeting. If such notice is not possible, then notice shall be 
given as soon as possible.
    (c) The chairman is directed to offer a motion under clause 
1 of rule XXII of the Rules of the House whenever the chairman 
considers it appropriate.

       Rule 23.--Broadcasting of Committee Hearings and Meetings

    (a) Television, Radio and Still Photography.--(1) Whenever 
a hearing or meeting conducted by the Committee or any 
subcommittee is open to the public, those proceedings shall be 
open to coverage by television, radio, and still photography 
subject to the requirements of Rule XI, clause 4 of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives and except when the hearing or 
meeting is closed pursuant to the Rules of the House of 
Representatives and of the Committee. The coverage of any 
hearing or meeting of the Committee or any subcommittee thereof 
by television, radio, or still photography shall be under the 
direct supervision of the Chairman of the Committee, the 
subcommittee chairman, or other member of the Committee 
presiding at such hearing or meeting and may be terminated by 
such member in accordance with the Rules of the House.
    (2) Personnel providing coverage by the television and 
radio media shall be then currently accredited to the Radio and 
Television Correspondents' Galleries.
    (3) Personnel providing coverage by still photography shall 
be then currently accredited to the Press Photographers' 
Gallery.
    (b) Internet Broadcast.--An open meeting or hearing of the 
committee or subcommittee may be covered and recorded, in whole 
or in part, by Internet broadcast, unless such meeting or 
hearing is closed pursuant to the Rules of the House and of the 
Committee. Such coverage shall be fair and nonpartisan and in 
accordance clause 4(b) of House Rule XI and other applicable 
rules of the House of Representatives and of the Committee. 
Members of the Committee shall have prompt access to any 
recording of such coverage to the extent that such coverage is 
maintained. Personnel providing such coverage shall be 
employees of the House of Representatives or currently 
accredited to the Radio and Television Correspondents' 
Galleries.

                  Rule 24.--Changes in Committee Rules

    The committee shall not consider a proposed change in these 
rules unless the text of such change has been delivered or 
electronically sent to all members and notice of its prior 
transmission has been in the hands of all members at least 48 
hours prior to such consideration; a member of the Committee 
shall receive, upon his or her request, a paper copy of the 
such proposed change.
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

    JOE BARTON, Texas, Chairman

JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan            RALPH M. HALL, Texas
HENRY A. WAXMAN, California          MICHAEL BILIRAKIS, Florida
EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts      FRED UPTON, Michigan
RICK BOUCHER, Virginia               CLIFF STEARNS, Florida
EDOLPHUS TOWNS, New York             PAUL E. GILLMOR, Ohio
FRANK PALLONE, Jr., New Jersey       NATHAN DEAL, Georgia
SHERROD BROWN, Ohio                  ED WHITFIELD, Kentucky
BART GORDON, Tennessee               CHARLIE NORWOOD, Georgia
BOBBY L. RUSH, Illinois              BARBARA CUBIN, Wyoming
ANNA G. ESHOO, California            JOHN SHIMKUS, Illinois
BART STUPAK, Michigan                HEATHER WILSON, New Mexico
ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York             JOHN B. SHADEGG, Arizona
ALBERT RUSSELL WYNN, Maryland        CHARLES W. ``CHIP'' PICKERING, 
GENE GREEN, Texas                    Mississippi
TED STRICKLAND, Ohio                 VITO FOSSELLA, New York
DIANA DeGETTE, Colorado              ROY BLUNT, Missouri
LOIS CAPPS, California               STEVE BUYER, Indiana
MICHAEL F. DOYLE, Pennsylvania       GEORGE RADANOVICH, California
THOMAS H. ALLEN, Maine               CHARLES F. BASS, New Hampshire
JIM DAVIS, Florida                   JOSEPH R. PITTS, Pennsylvania
JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY, Illinois       MARY BONO, California
HILDA L. SOLIS, California           GREG WALDEN, Oregon
CHARLES A. GONZALEZ, Texas           LEE TERRY, Nebraska
JAY INSLEE, Washington               MIKE FERGUSON, New Jersey
TAMMY BALDWIN, Wisconsin             MIKE ROGERS, Michigan
MIKE ROSS, Arkansas                  C. L. ``BUTCH'' OTTER, Idaho
                                     SUE WILKINS MYRICK, North Carolina
                                     JOHN SULLIVAN, Oklahoma
                                     TIM MURPHY, Pennsylvania
                                     MICHAEL C. BURGESS, Texas
                                     MARSHA BLACKBURN, Tennessee

                       (Adopted February 2, 2005)

                      Rule 1.--General Provisions

    (a) Rules of the Committee.--The Rules of the House are the 
rules of the Committee on Energy and Commerce (hereinafter the 
``Committee'') and its subcommittees so far as is 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, is nondebatable 
and privileged in the Committee and its subcommittees.
    (b) Rules of the Subcommittees.--Each subcommittee of the 
Committee is part of the Committee and is subject to the 
authority and direction of the Committee and to its rules so 
far as applicable. Written rules adopted by the Committee, not 
inconsistent with the Rules of the House, shall be binding on 
each subcommittee of the Committee.

                  Rule 2.--Time and Place of Meetings

    (a) Regular Meeting Days.--The Committee shall meet on the 
fourth Tuesday of each month at 10 a.m., for the consideration 
of bills, resolutions, and other business, if the House is in 
session on that day. If the House is not in session on that day 
and the Committee has not met during such month, the Committee 
shall meet at the earliest practicable opportunity when the 
House is again in session. The chairman of the Committee may, 
at his discretion, cancel, delay, or defer any meeting required 
under this section, after consultation with the ranking 
minority member.
    (b) Additional Meetings.--The chairman may call and 
convene, as he 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 purposes 
pursuant to that call of the chairman.
    (c) Vice Chairmen; Presiding Member.--The chairman shall 
designate a member of the majority party to serve as vice 
chairman of the Committee, and shall designate a majority 
member of each subcommittee to serve as vice chairman of each 
subcommittee. The vice chairman of the Committee or 
subcommittee, as the case may be, shall preside at any meeting 
or hearing during the temporary absence of the chairman. If the 
chairman and vice chairman of the Committee or subcommittee are 
not present at any meeting or hearing, the ranking member of 
the majority party who is present shall preside at the meeting 
or hearing.
    (d) Open Meetings and Hearings.--Except as provided by the 
Rules of the House, each meeting of the Committee or any of its 
subcommittees for the transaction of business, including the 
markup of legislation, and each hearing, shall be open to the 
public including to radio, television and still photography 
coverage, consistent with the provisions of Rule XI of the 
Rules of the House.

                            Rule 3.--Agenda

    The agenda for each Committee or subcommittee meeting 
(other than a hearing), setting out the date, time, place, and 
all items of business to be considered, shall be provided to 
each member of the Committee at least 36 hours in advance of 
such meeting.

                           Rule 4.--Procedure

    (a)(1) Hearings.--The date, time, place, and subject matter 
of any hearing of the Committee or any of its subcommittees 
shall be announced at least one week in advance of the 
commencement of such hearing, unless the Committee or 
subcommittee determines in accordance with clause 2(g)(3) of 
Rule XI of the Rules of the House that there is good cause to 
begin the hearing sooner.
    (2)(A) Meetings.--The date, time, place, and subject matter 
of any meeting (other than a hearing) scheduled on a Tuesday, 
Wednesday, or Thursday when the House will be in session, shall 
be announced at least 36 hours (exclusive of Saturdays, 
Sundays, and legal holidays except when the House is in session 
on such days) in advance of the commencement of such meeting.
    (B) Other Meetings.--The date, time, place, and subject 
matter of a meeting (other than a hearing or a meeting to which 
subparagraph (A) applies) shall be announced at least 72 hours 
in advance of the commencement of such meeting.
    (3) Motions.--Pursuant to clause 1(a)(2) of Rule XI of the 
Rules of the House, privileged motions to recess from day to 
day, or recess subject to the call of the Chair (within 24 
hours), and to dispense with the first reading (in full) of a 
bill or resolution if printed copies are available shall be 
decided without debate.
    (b)(1) Requirements for Testimony.--Each witness who is to 
appear before the Committee or a subcommittee shall file with 
the clerk of the Committee, at least two working days in 
advance of his or her appearance, sufficient copies, as 
determined by the chairman of the Committee or a subcommittee, 
of a written statement of his or her proposed testimony to 
provide to members and staff of the Committee or subcommittee, 
the news media, and the general public. Each witness shall, to 
the greatest extent practicable, also provide a copy of such 
written testimony in an electronic format prescribed by the 
chairman. Each witness shall limit his or her oral presentation 
to a brief summary of the argument. The chairman of the 
Committee or of a subcommittee, or the presiding member, may 
waive the requirements of this paragraph or any part thereof.
    (2) Additional Requirements for Testimony.--To the greatest 
extent practicable, the written testimony of each witness 
appearing in a non-governmental capacity 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 preceding fiscal years 
by the witness or by an entity represented by the witness.
    (c)(1) Questioning Witnesses.--The right to interrogate the 
witnesses before the Committee or any of its subcommittees 
shall alternate between majority and minority members. Each 
member shall be limited to 5 minutes in the interrogation of 
witnesses until such time as each member who so desires has had 
an opportunity to question witnesses. No member shall be 
recognized for a second period of 5 minutes to interrogate a 
witness until each member of the Committee present has been 
recognized once for that purpose. While the Committee or 
subcommittee is operating under the 5-minute rule for the 
interrogation of witnesses, the chairman shall recognize in 
order of appearance members who were not present when the 
meeting was called to order after all members who were present 
when the meeting was called to order have been recognized in 
the order of seniority on the Committee or subcommittee, as the 
case may be.
    (2) Questions for the Record.--Each member may submit to 
the Chairman of the Committee or the subcommittee additional 
questions for the record, to be answered by the witnesses who 
have appeared. Each member shall provide a copy of the 
questions in an electronic format to the clerk of the Committee 
no later than ten business days following a hearing. The 
Chairman shall transmit all questions received from members of 
the Committee or the subcommittee to the appropriate witness, 
and include the transmittal letter and the responses from the 
witnesses in the hearing record.
    (d) Explanation of Subcommittee Action.--No bill, 
recommendation, or other matter reported by a subcommittee 
shall be considered by the full Committee unless the text of 
the matter reported, together with an explanation, has been 
available to members of the Committee for at least 36 hours. 
Such explanation shall include a summary of the major 
provisions of the legislation, an explanation of the 
relationship of the matter to present law, and a summary of the 
need for the legislation. All subcommittee actions shall be 
reported promptly by the clerk of the Committee to all members 
of the Committee.
    (e) Opening Statements.--(1) All written opening statements 
at hearings conducted by the committee or any of its 
subcommittees shall be made part of the permanent hearing 
record.
    (2) Statements shall be limited to 5 minutes each for the 
chairman and ranking minority member (or their respective 
designee) of the Committee or subcommittee, as applicable, and 
3 minutes each for all other members. With the consent of the 
Committee, prior to the recognition of the first witness for 
testimony, any Member, when recognized for an opening 
statement, may completely defer his or her opening statement 
and instead use those three minutes during the initial round of 
questioning.
    (3) At any hearing of the full Committee, the chairman may 
limit opening statements for Members (including, at the 
discretion of the Chairman, the chairman and ranking minority 
member) to one minute. At any hearing conducted by any 
subcommittee, the chairman of that subcommittee, with the 
consent of its ranking minority member, may reduce the time for 
statements by members or defer statements until the conclusion 
of testimony.

      Rule 5.--Waiver of Agenda, Notice, and Layover Requirements

    Requirements of rules 3, 4(a)(2), and 4(d) may be waived by 
a majority of those present and voting (a majority being 
present) of the Committee or subcommittee, as the case may be.

                            Rule 6.--Quorum

    Testimony may be taken and evidence received at any hearing 
at which there are present not fewer than two members of the 
Committee or subcommittee in question. A majority of the 
members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for the 
purposes of reporting any measure or matter, of authorizing a 
subpoena, or of closing a meeting or hearing pursuant to clause 
2(g) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House (except as provided 
in clause 2(g)(2)(A) and (B)). For the purposes of taking any 
action other than those specified in the preceding sentence, 
one-third of the members of the Committee or subcommittee shall 
constitute a quorum.

                  Rule 7.--Official Committee Records

    (a)(1) Journal.--The proceedings of the Committee shall be 
recorded in a journal which shall, among other things, show 
those present at each meeting, and include a record of the vote 
on any question on which a record vote is demanded and a 
description of the amendment, motion, order, or other 
proposition voted. A copy of the journal shall be furnished to 
the ranking minority member.
    (2) Record Votes.--A record vote may be demanded by one-
fifth of the members present or, in the apparent absence of a 
quorum, by any one member. No demand for a record vote shall be 
made or obtained except for the purpose of procuring a record 
vote or in the apparent absence of a quorum. The result of each 
record vote in any meeting of the Committee shall be made 
available in the Committee office for inspection by the public, 
as provided in Rule XI, clause 2(e) of the Rules of the House.
    (b) Archived Records.--The records of the Committee at the 
National Archives and Records Administration shall be made 
available for public use in accordance with Rule VII of the 
Rules of the House. The chairman shall notify the ranking 
minority member of any decision, pursuant to clause 3(b)(3) or 
clause 4(b) of the Rule, to withhold a record otherwise 
available, and the matter shall be presented to the Committee 
for a determination on the written request of any member of the 
Committee. The chairman shall consult with the ranking minority 
member on any communication from the Archivist of the United 
States or the Clerk of the House concerning the disposition of 
noncurrent records pursuant to clause 3(b) of the Rule.

                         Rule 8.--Subcommittees

    There shall be such standing subcommittees with such 
jurisdiction and size as determined by the majority party 
caucus of the Committee. The jurisdiction, number, and size of 
the subcommittees shall be determined by the majority party 
caucus prior to the start of the process for establishing 
subcommittee chairmanships and assignments.

              Rule 9.--Powers and Duties of Subcommittees

    Each subcommittee is authorized to meet, hold hearings, 
receive testimony, mark up legislation, and report to the 
Committee on all matters referred to it. Subcommittee chairmen 
shall set hearing and meeting dates only with the approval of 
the chairman of the Committee with a view toward assuring the 
availability of meeting rooms and avoiding simultaneous 
scheduling of Committee and subcommittee meetings or hearings 
whenever possible.

          Rule 10.--Reference of Legislation and Other Matters

    All legislation and other matters referred to the Committee 
shall be referred to the subcommittee of appropriate 
jurisdiction within two weeks of the date of receipt by the 
Committee unless action is taken by the full committee within 
those two weeks, or by majority vote of the members of the 
Committee, consideration is to be by the full Committee. In the 
case of legislation or other matter within the jurisdiction of 
more than one subcommittee, the chairman of the Committee may, 
in his discretion, refer the matter simultaneously to two or 
more subcommittees for concurrent consideration, or may 
designate a subcommittee of primary jurisdiction and also refer 
the matter to one or more additional subcommittees for 
consideration in sequence (subject to appropriate time 
limitations), either on its initial referral or after the 
matter has been reported by the subcommittee of primary 
jurisdiction. Such authority shall include the authority to 
refer such legislation or matter to an ad hoc subcommittee 
appointed by the chairman, with the approval of the Committee, 
from the members of the subcommittee having legislative or 
oversight jurisdiction.

                    Rule 11.--Ratio of Subcommittees

    The majority caucus of the Committee shall determine an 
appropriate ratio of majority to minority party members for 
each subcommittee and the chairman shall negotiate that ratio 
with the minority party, provided that the ratio of party 
members on each subcommittee shall be no less favorable to the 
majority than that of the full Committee, nor shall such ratio 
provide for a majority of less than two majority members.

                   Rule 12.--Subcommittee Membership

    (a) Selection of Subcommittee Members.--Prior to any 
organizational meeting held by the Committee, the majority and 
minority caucuses shall select their respective members of the 
standing subcommittees.
    (b) Ex Officio Members.--The chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee shall be ex officio members with voting 
privileges of each subcommittee of which they are not assigned 
as members and may be counted for purposes of establishing a 
quorum in such subcommittees.

           Rule 13.--Managing Legislation on the House Floor

    The chairman, in his discretion, shall designate which 
member shall manage legislation reported by the Committee to 
the House.

    Rule 14.--Committee Professional and Clerical Staff Appointments

    (a) Delegation of Staff.--Whenever the chairman of the 
Committee determines that any professional staff member 
appointed pursuant to the provisions of clause 9 of Rule X of 
the House of Representatives, who is assigned to such chairman 
and not to the ranking minority member, by reason of such 
professional staff member's expertise or qualifications will be 
of assistance to one or more subcommittees in carrying out 
their assigned responsibilities, he may delegate such member to 
such subcommittees for such purpose. A delegation of a member 
of the professional staff pursuant to this subsection shall be 
made after consultation with subcommittee chairmen and with the 
approval of the subcommittee chairman or chairmen involved.
    (b) Minority Professional Staff.--Professional staff 
members appointed pursuant to clause 9 of Rule X of the House 
of Representatives, who are assigned to the ranking minority 
member of the Committee and not to the chairman of the 
Committee, shall be assigned to such Committee business as the 
minority party members of the Committee consider advisable.
    (c) Additional Staff Appointments.--In addition to the 
professional staff appointed pursuant to clause 9 of Rule X of 
the House of Representatives, the chairman of the Committee 
shall be entitled to make such appointments to the professional 
and clerical staff of the Committee as may be provided within 
the budget approved for such purposes by the Committee. Such 
appointee shall be assigned to such business of the full 
Committee as the chairman of the Committee considers advisable.
    (d) Sufficient Staff.--The chairman shall ensure that 
sufficient staff is made available to each subcommittee to 
carry out its responsibilities under the rules of the 
Committee.
    (e) Fair Treatment of Minority Members in Appointment of 
Committee Staff.--The chairman shall ensure that the minority 
members of the Committee are treated fairly in appointment of 
Committee staff.
    (f) Contracts for Temporary or Intermittent Services.--Any 
contract for the temporary services or intermittent service of 
individual consultants or organizations to make studies or 
advise the Committee or its subcommittees with respect to any 
matter within their jurisdiction shall be deemed to have been 
approved by a majority of the members of the Committee if 
approved by the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee. Such approval shall not be deemed to have been given 
if at least one-third of the members of the Committee request 
in writing that the Committee formally act on such a contract, 
if the request is made within 10 days after the latest date on 
which such chairman or chairmen, and such ranking minority 
member or members, approve such contract.

                 Rule 15.--Supervision, Duties of Staff

    (a) Supervision of Majority Staff.--The professional and 
clerical staff of the Committee not assigned to the minority 
shall be under the supervision and direction of the chairman 
who, in consultation with the chairmen of the subcommittees, 
shall establish and assign the duties and responsibilities of 
such staff members and delegate such authority as he determines 
appropriate.
    (b) Supervision of Minority Staff.--The professional and 
clerical staff assigned to the minority shall be under the 
supervision and direction of the minority members of the 
Committee, who may delegate such authority as they determine 
appropriate.

                       Rule 16.--Committee Budget

    (a) Preparation of Committee Budget.--The chairman of the 
Committee, after consultation with the ranking minority member 
of the Committee and the chairmen of the subcommittees, shall 
for the 109th Congress prepare a preliminary budget for the 
Committee, with such budget including necessary amounts for 
professional and clerical staff, travel, investigations, 
equipment and miscellaneous expenses of the Committee and the 
subcommittees, and which shall be adequate to fully discharge 
the Committee's responsibilities for legislation and oversight. 
Such budget shall be presented by the chairman to the majority 
party caucus of the Committee and thereafter to the full 
Committee for its approval.
    (b) Approval of the Committee Budget.--The chairman shall 
take whatever action is necessary to have the budget as finally 
approved by the Committee duly authorized by the House. No 
proposed Committee budget may be submitted to the Committee on 
House Administration unless it has been presented to and 
approved by the majority party caucus and thereafter by the 
full Committee. The chairman of the Committee may authorize all 
necessary expenses in accordance with these rules and within 
the limits of the Committee's budget as approved by the House.
    (c) Monthly Expenditures Report.--Committee members shall 
be furnished a copy of each monthly report, prepared by the 
chairman for the Committee on House Administration, which shows 
expenditures made during the reporting period and cumulative 
for the year by the Committee and subcommittees, anticipated 
expenditures for the projected Committee program, and detailed 
information on travel.

              Rule 17.--Broadcasting of Committee Hearings

    Any meeting or hearing that is open to the public may be 
covered in whole or in part by radio or television or still 
photography, subject to the requirements of clause 4 of Rule XI 
of the Rules of the House. The coverage of any hearing or other 
proceeding of the Committee or any subcommittee thereof by 
television, radio, or still photography shall be under the 
direct supervision of the chairman of the Committee, the 
subcommittee chairman, or other member of the Committee 
presiding at such hearing or other proceeding and may be 
terminated by such member in accordance with the Rules of the 
House.

                  Rule 18.--Comptroller General Audits

    The chairman of the Committee is authorized to request 
verification examinations by the Comptroller General of the 
United States pursuant to Title V, Part A of the Energy Policy 
and Conservation Act (Public Law 94-163), after consultation 
with the members of the Committee.

                          Rule 19.--Subpoenas

    The Committee, or any subcommittee, may authorize and issue 
a subpoena under clause 2(m)(2)(A) of Rule XI of the House, if 
authorized by a majority of the members of the Committee or 
subcommittee (as the case may be) voting, a quorum being 
present. Authorized subpoenas may be issued over the signature 
of the chairman of the Committee or any member designated by 
the Committee, and may be served by any person designated by 
such chairman or member. The chairman of the Committee may 
authorize and issue subpoenas under such clause during any 
period for which the House has adjourned for a period in excess 
of 3 days when, in the opinion of the chairman, authorization 
and issuance of the subpoena is necessary to obtain the 
material set forth in the subpoena. The chairman shall report 
to the members of the Committee on the authorization and 
issuance of a subpoena during the recess period as soon as 
practicable but in no event later than one week after service 
of such subpoena.

                 Rule 20.--Travel of Members and Staff

    (a) Approval of Travel.--Consistent with the primary 
expense resolution and such additional expense resolutions as 
may have been approved, travel to be reimbursed from funds set 
aside for the Committee for any member or any staff member 
shall be paid only upon the prior authorization of the 
chairman. Travel may be authorized by the chairman for any 
member and any staff member in connection with the attendance 
of hearings conducted by the Committee or any subcommittee 
thereof and meetings, conferences, and investigations which 
involve activities or subject matter under the general 
jurisdiction of the Committee. Before such authorization is 
given there shall be submitted to the chairman in writing the 
following: (1) the purpose of the travel; (2) the dates during 
which the travel is to be made and the date or dates of the 
event for which the travel is being made; (3) the location of 
the event for which the travel is to be made; and (4) the names 
of members and staff seeking authorization.
    (b) Approval of Travel by Minority Members and Staff.--In 
the case of travel by minority party members and minority party 
professional staff for the purpose set out in (a), the prior 
approval, not only of the chairman but also of the ranking 
minority member, shall be required. Such prior authorization 
shall be given by the chairman only upon the representation by 
the ranking minority member in writing setting forth those 
items enumerated in (1), (2), (3), and (4) of paragraph (a).
                    Committee on Financial Services

 MICHAEL G. OXLEY, Ohio, Chairman

BARNEY FRANK, Massachusetts          JAMES A. LEACH, Iowa
PAUL E. KANJORSKI, Pennsylvania      RICHARD H. BAKER, Louisiana
MAXINE WATERS, California            DEBORAH PRYCE, Ohio
CAROLYN B. MALONEY, New York         SPENCER BACHUS, Alabama
LUIS V. GUTIERREZ, Illinois          MICHAEL N. CASTLE, Delaware
NYDIA M. VELAZQUEZ, New York         PETER T. KING, New York
MELVIN L. WATT, North Carolina       EDWARD R. ROYCE, California
GARY L. ACKERMAN, New York           FRANK D. LUCAS, Oklahoma
DARLENE HOOLEY, Oregon               ROBERT W. NEY, Ohio
JULIA CARSON, Indiana                SUE W. KELLY, New York, Vice 
BRAD SHERMAN, California             Chairman
GREGORY W. MEEKS, New York           RON PAUL, Texas
BARBARA LEE, California              PAUL E. GILLMOR, Ohio
DENNIS MOORE, Kansas                 JIM RYUN, Kansas
MICHAEL E. CAPUANO, Massachusetts    STEVEN C. LATOURETTE, Ohio
HAROLD E. FORD, Jr., Tennessee       DONALD A. MANZULLO, Illinois
RUBEN HINOJOSA, Texas                WALTER B. JONES, Jr., North 
JOSEPH CROWLEY, New York             Carolina
WM. LACY CLAY, Missouri              JUDY BIGGERT, Illinois
STEVE ISRAEL, New York               CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, Connecticut
CAROLYN McCARTHY, New York           VITO FOSSELLA, New York
JOE BACA, California                 GARY G. MILLER, California
JIM MATHESON, Utah                   PATRICK J. TIBERI, Ohio
STEPHEN F. LYNCH, Massachusetts      MARK R. KENNEDY, Minnesota
BRAD MILLER, North Carolina          TOM FEENEY, Florida
DAVID SCOTT, Georgia                 JEB HENSARLING, Texas
ARTUR DAVIS, Alabama                 SCOTT GARRETT, New Jersey
GENE GREEN, Texas                    GINNY BROWN-WAITE, Florida
EMANUEL CLEAVER, Missouri            J. GRESHAM BARRETT, South Carolina
MELISSA L. BEAN, Illinois            KATHERINE HARRIS, Florida
DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Florida    RICK RENZI, Arizona
GWEN MOORE, Wisconsin,               JIM GERLACH, Pennsylvania
BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont             STEVAN PEARCE, New Mexico
                                     RANDY NEUGEBAUER, Texas
                                     TOM PRICE, Georgia
                                     MICHAEL G. FITZPATRICK, 
                                     Pennsylvania
                                     GEOFF DAVIS, Kentucky
                                     PATRICK T. McHENRY, North Carolina

                       (Adopted February 2, 2005)

                      Rule 1.--General Provisions

    (a) The rules of the House are the rules of the Committee 
on Financial Services (hereinafter in these rules referred to 
as the ``Committee'') and its 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 privileged 
motions in the Committee and shall be considered without 
debate. A proposed investigative or oversight report shall be 
considered as read if it has been available to the members of 
the Committee for at least 24 hours (excluding Saturdays, 
Sundays, or legal holidays except when the House is in session 
on such day).
    (b) Each subcommittee is a part of the Committee, and is 
subject to the authority and direction of the Committee and to 
its rules so far as applicable.
    (c) The provisions of clause 2 of Rule XI of the Rules of 
the House are incorporated by reference as the rules of the 
Committee to the extent applicable.

                           Rule 2.--Meetings

                          CALLING OF MEETINGS

    (a)(1) The Committee shall regularly meet on the first 
Tuesday of each month when the House is in session.
    (2) A regular meeting of the Committee may be dispensed 
with if, in the judgment of the Chairman of the Committee 
(hereinafter in these rules referred to as the ``Chair''), 
there is no need for the meeting.
    (3) Additional regular meetings and hearings of the 
Committee may be called by the Chair, in accordance with clause 
2(g)(3) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House.
    (4) Special meetings shall be called and convened by the 
Chair as provided in clause 2(c)(2) of Rule XI of the Rules of 
the House.

                          NOTICE FOR MEETINGS

    (b)(1) The Chair shall notify each member of the Committee 
of the agenda of each regular meeting of the Committee at least 
two calendar days before the time of the meeting.
    (2) The Chair shall provide to each member of the 
Committee, at least two calendar days before the time of each 
regular meeting for each measure or matter on the agenda a copy 
of--
          (A) the measure or materials relating to the matter 
        in question; and
          (B) an explanation of the measure or matter to be 
        considered, which, in the case of an explanation of a 
        bill, resolution, or similar measure, shall include a 
        summary of the major provisions of the legislation, an 
        explanation of the relationship of the measure to 
        present law, and a summary of the need for the 
        legislation.
    (3) The agenda and materials required under this subsection 
shall be provided to each member of the Committee at least 
three calendar days before the time of the meeting where the 
measure or matter to be considered was not approved for full 
Committee consideration by a subcommittee of jurisdiction.
    (4) The provisions of this subsection may be waived by a 
two thirds vote of the Committee, or by the Chair with the 
concurrence of the ranking minority member.

                Rule 3.--Meeting and Hearing Procedures


                               IN GENERAL

    (a)(1) Meetings and hearings of the Committee shall be 
called to order and presided over by the Chair or, in the 
Chair's absence, by the member designated by the Chair as the 
Vice Chair of the Committee, or by the ranking majority member 
of the Committee present as Acting Chair.
    (2) Meetings and hearings of the committee shall be open to 
the public unless closed in accordance with clause 2(g) of Rule 
XI of the Rules of the House.
    (3) Any meeting or hearing of the Committee that is open to 
the public shall be open to coverage by television broadcast, 
radio broadcast, and still photography in accordance with the 
provisions of clause 4 of Rule XI of the Rules of the House 
(which are incorporated by reference as part of these rules). 
Operation and use of any Committee operated broadcast system 
shall be fair and nonpartisan and in accordance with clause 
4(b) of Rule XI and all other applicable rules of the Committee 
and the House.
    (4) Opening statements by members at the beginning of any 
hearing or meeting of the Committee shall be limited to 5 
minutes each for the Chair or ranking minority member, or their 
respective designee, and 3 minutes each for all other members.
    (5) No person, other than a Member of Congress, Committee 
staff, or an employee of a Member when that Member has an 
amendment under consideration, may stand in or be seated at the 
rostrum area of the Committee rooms unless the Chair determines 
otherwise.

                                 QUORUM

    (b)(1) For the purpose of taking testimony and receiving 
evidence, two members of the Committee shall constitute a 
quorum.
    (2) A majority of the members of the Committee shall 
constitute a quorum for the purposes of reporting any measure 
or matter, of authorizing a subpoena, of closing a meeting or 
hearing pursuant to clause 2(g) of Rule XI of the Rules of the 
House (except as provided in clause 2(g)(2)(A) and (B)) or of 
releasing executive session material pursuant to clause 2(k)(7) 
of Rule XI of the Rules of the House.
    (3) For the purpose of taking any action other than those 
specified in paragraph (2) one-third of the members of the 
Committee shall constitute a quorum.

                                 VOTING

    (c)(1) No vote may be conducted on any measure or matter 
pending before the Committee unless the requisite number of 
members of the Committee is actually present for such purpose.
    (2) A record vote of the Committee shall be provided on any 
question before the Committee upon the request of one-fifth of 
the members present.
    (3) No vote by any member of the Committee on any measure 
or matter may be cast by proxy.
    (4) In accordance with clause 2(e)(1)(B) of Rule XI, a 
record of the vote of each member of the Committee on each 
record vote on any measure or matter before the Committee shall 
be available for public inspection at the offices of the 
Committee, and, with respect to any record vote on any motion 
to report or on any amendment, shall be included in the report 
of the Committee showing the total number of votes cast for and 
against and the names of those members voting for and against.
    (5) Postponed Record Votes.--(A) Subject to subparagraph 
(B), the Chairman may postpone further proceedings when a 
record vote is ordered on the question of approving any measure 
or matter or adopting an amendment. The Chairman may resume 
proceedings on a postponed request at any time, but no later 
than the next meeting day.
    (B) In exercising postponement authority under subparagraph 
(A), the Chairman shall take all reasonable steps necessary to 
notify members on the resumption of proceedings on any 
postponed record vote;
    (C) When proceedings resume on a postponed question, 
notwithstanding any intervening order for the previous 
question, an underlying proposition shall remain subject to 
further debate or amendment to the same extent as when the 
question was postponed.

                           HEARING PROCEDURES

    (d)(1)(A) The Chair 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, unless 
the Chair, with the concurrence of the ranking minority member, 
or the Committee by majority vote with a quorum present for the 
transaction of business, determines there is good cause to 
begin the hearing sooner, in which case the Chair shall make 
the announcement at the earliest possible date.
    (B) Not less than three days before the commencement of a 
hearing announced under this paragraph, the Chair shall provide 
to the members of the Committee a concise summary of the 
subject of the hearing, or, in the case of a hearing on a 
measure or matter, a copy of the measure or materials relating 
to the matter in question and a concise explanation of the 
measure or matter to be considered.
    (2) To the greatest extent practicable--
          (A) each witness who is to appear before the 
        Committee shall file with the Committee two business 
        days in advance of the appearance sufficient copies 
        (including a copy in electronic form), as determined by 
        the Chair, of a written statement of proposed testimony 
        and shall limit the oral presentation to the Committee 
        to brief summary thereof; and
          (B) each witness appearing in a non-governmental 
        capacity shall include with the written statement of 
        proposed testimony 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 preceding fiscal years.
    (3) The requirements of paragraph (2)(A) may be modified or 
waived by the Chair when the Chair determines it to be in the 
best interest of the Committee.
    (4) The five-minute rule shall be observed in the 
interrogation of witnesses before the Committee until each 
member of the Committee has had an opportunity to question the 
witnesses. No member shall be recognized for a second period of 
5 minutes to interrogate witnesses until each member of the 
Committee present has been recognized once for that purpose.
    (5) Whenever any hearing is conducted by the Committee on 
any measure or matter, the minority party members of the 
Committee shall be entitled, upon the request of a majority of 
them before the completion of the hearing, to call witnesses 
with respect to that measure or matter during at least one day 
of hearing thereon.

                          SUBPOENAS AND OATHS

    (e)(1) Pursuant to clause 2(m) of Rule XI of the Rules of 
the House, a subpoena may be authorized and issued by the 
Committee or a subcommittee 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, 
or pursuant to paragraph (2).
    (2) The Chair, with the concurrence of the ranking minority 
member, may authorize and issue subpoenas under such clause 
during any period for which the House has adjourned for a 
period in excess of 3 days when, in the opinion of the Chair, 
authorization and issuance of the subpoena is necessary to 
obtain the material or testimony set forth in the subpoena. The 
Chair shall report to the members of the Committee on the 
authorization and issuance of a subpoena during the recess 
period as soon as practicable, but in no event later than one 
week after service of such subpoena.
    (3) Authorized subpoenas shall be signed by the Chair or by 
any member designated by the Committee, and may be served by 
any person designated by the Chair or such member.
    (4) The Chair, or any member of the Committee designated by 
the Chair, may administer oaths to witnesses before the 
Committee.

                           SPECIAL PROCEDURES

    (f)(1)(A) Commemorative Medals and Coins.--It shall not be 
in order for the Subcommittee on Domestic and International 
Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology to hold a hearing on any 
commemorative medal or commemorative coin legislation unless 
the legislation is cosponsored by at least two-thirds of the 
members of the House.
    (B) It shall not be in order for the subcommittee to 
approve a bill or measure authorizing commemorative coins for 
consideration by the full Committee which does not conform with 
the mintage restrictions established by section 5112 of title 
31, United States Code.
    (C) In considering legislation authorizing Congressional 
gold medals, the subcommittee shall apply the following 
standards--
          (i) the recipient shall be a natural person;
          (ii) the recipient shall have performed an 
        achievement that has an impact on American history and 
        culture that is likely to be recognized as a major 
        achievement in the recipient's field long after the 
        achievement;
          (iii) the recipient shall not have received a medal 
        previously for the same or substantially the same 
        achievement;
          (iv) the recipient shall be living or, if deceased, 
        shall have been deceased for not less than 5 years and 
        not more than 25 years;
          (v) the achievements were performed in the 
        recipient's field of endeavor, and represent either a 
        lifetime of continuous superior achievements or a 
        single achievement so significant that the recipient is 
        recognized and acclaimed by others in the same field, 
        as evidenced by the recipient having received the 
        highest honors in the field.
    (2) Testimony of Certain Officials.--(A) Notwithstanding 
subsection (a)(4), when the Chair announces a hearing of the 
Committee for the purpose of receiving--
          (i) testimony from the Chairman of the Federal 
        Reserve Board pursuant to section 2B of the Federal 
        Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 221 et seq.), or
          (ii) testimony from the Chairman of the Federal 
        Reserve Board or a member of the President's cabinet at 
        the invitation of the Chair, the Chair may, in 
        consultation with the ranking minority member, limit 
        the number and duration of opening statements to be 
        delivered at such hearing. The limitation shall be 
        included in the announcement made pursuant to 
        subsection (d)(1)(A), and shall provide that the 
        opening statements of all members of the Committee 
        shall be made a part of the hearing record.

         Rule 4.--Procedures for Reporting Measures or Matters

    (a) No measure or matter shall be reported from the 
Committee unless a majority of the Committee is actually 
present.
    (b) The Chair of the Committee shall report or cause to be 
reported promptly to the House any measure approved by the 
Committee and take necessary steps to bring a matter to a vote.
    (c) The report of the 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 
pursuant to the provisions of clause 2(b)(2) of Rule XIII of 
the Rules of the House.
    (d) All reports printed by the Committee pursuant to a 
legislative study or investigation and not approved by a 
majority vote of the Committee shall contain the following 
disclaimer on the cover of such report: ``This report has not 
been officially adopted by the Committee on Financial Services 
and may not necessarily reflect the views of its Members.''
    (e) The Chair is directed to offer a motion under clause 1 
of Rule XXII of the Rules of the House whenever the Chair 
considers it appropriate.

                         Rule 5.--Subcommittees


          ESTABLISHMENT AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF SUBCOMMITTEES

    (a)(1) There shall be 5 subcommittees of the Committee as 
follows:
          (A) Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and 
        Government Sponsored Enterprises.--The jurisdiction of 
        the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and 
        Government Sponsored Enterprises includes--
                  (i) securities, exchanges, and finance;
                  (ii) capital markets activities;
                  (iii) activities involving futures, forwards, 
                options, and other types of derivative 
                instruments;
                  (iv) secondary market organizations for home 
                mortgages including the Federal National 
                Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan 
                Mortgage Corporation, and the Federal 
                Agricultural Mortgage Corporation;
                  (v) the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise 
                Oversight;
                  (vi) the Federal Home Loan Banks; and
                  (vii) insurance generally.
          (B) Subcommittee on Domestic and International 
        Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.--The 
        jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Domestic and 
        International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology 
        includes--
                  (i) financial aid to all sectors and elements 
                within the economy;
                  (ii) economic growth and stabilization;
                  (iii) defense production matters as contained 
                in the Defense Production Act of 1950, as 
                amended;
                  (iv) domestic monetary policy, and agencies 
                which directly or indirectly affect domestic 
                monetary policy, including the effect of such 
                policy and other financial actions on interest 
                rates, the allocation of credit, and the 
                structure and functioning of domestic financial 
                institutions;
                  (v) coins, coinage, currency, and medals, 
                including commemorative coins and medals, proof 
                and mint sets and other special coins, the 
                Coinage Act of 1965, gold and silver, including 
                the coinage thereof (but not the par value of 
                gold), gold medals, counterfeiting, currency 
                denominations and design, the distribution of 
                coins, and the operations of the Bureau of the 
                Mint and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing;
                  (vi) development of new or alternative forms 
                of currency;
                  (vii) multilateral development lending 
                institutions, including activities of the 
                National Advisory Council on International 
                Monetary and Financial Policies as related 
                thereto, and monetary and financial 
                developments as they relate to the activities 
                and objectives of such institutions;
                  (viii) international trade, including but not 
                limited to the activities of the Export-Import 
                Bank;
                  (ix) the International Monetary Fund, its 
                permanent and temporary agencies, and all 
                matters related thereto; and
                  (x) international investment policies, both 
                as they relate to United States investments for 
                trade purposes by citizens of the United States 
                and investments made by all foreign entities in 
                the United States.
          (C) Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and 
        Consumer Credit.--The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee 
        on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit 
        includes--
                  (i) all agencies, including the Office of the 
                Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal 
                Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Board of 
                Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the 
                Federal Reserve System, the Office of Thrift 
                Supervision, and the National Credit Union 
                Administration, which directly or indirectly 
                exercise supervisory or regulatory authority in 
                connection with, or provide deposit insurance 
                for, financial institutions, and the 
                establishment of interest rate ceilings on 
                deposits;
                  (ii) the chartering, branching, merger, 
                acquisition, consolidation, or conversion of 
                financial institutions;
                  (iii) consumer credit, including the 
                provision of consumer credit by insurance 
                companies, and further including those matters 
                in the Consumer Credit Protection Act dealing 
                with truth in lending, extortionate credit 
                transactions, restrictions on garnishments, 
                fair credit reporting and the use of credit 
                information by credit bureaus and credit 
                providers, equal credit opportunity, debt 
                collection practices, and electronic funds 
                transfers;
                  (iv) creditor remedies and debtor defenses, 
                Federal aspects of the Uniform Consumer Credit 
                Code, credit and debit cards, and the 
                preemption of State usury laws;
                  (v) consumer access to financial services, 
                including the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act and 
                the Community Reinvestment Act;
                  (vi) the terms and rules of disclosure of 
                financial services, including the 
                advertisement, promotion and pricing of 
                financial services, and availability of 
                government check cashing services;
                  (vii) deposit insurance; and
                  (viii) consumer access to savings accounts 
                and checking accounts in financial 
                institutions, including lifeline banking and 
                other consumer accounts.
          (D) Subcommittee on Housing and Community 
        Opportunity.--The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on 
        Housing and Community Opportunity includes--
                  (i) housing (except programs administered by 
                the Department of Veterans Affairs), including 
                mortgage and loan insurance pursuant to the 
                National Housing Act; rural housing; housing 
                and homeless assistance programs; all 
                activities of the Government National Mortgage 
                Association; private mortgage insurance; 
                housing construction and design and safety 
                standards; housing-related energy conservation; 
                housing research and demonstration programs; 
                financial and technical assistance for 
                nonprofit housing sponsors; housing counseling 
                and technical assistance; regulation of the 
                housing industry (including landlord/tenant 
                relations); and real estate lending including 
                regulation of settlement procedures;
                  (ii) community development and community and 
                neighborhood planning, training and research; 
                national urban growth policies; urban/rural 
                research and technologies; and regulation of 
                interstate land sales;
                  (iii) government sponsored insurance 
                programs, including those offering protection 
                against crime, fire, flood (and related land 
                use controls), earthquake and other natural 
                hazards; and
                  (iv) the qualifications for and designation 
                of Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities 
                (other than matters relating to tax benefits).
          (E) Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.--
        The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Oversight and 
        Investigations includes--
                  (i) the oversight of all agencies, 
                departments, programs, and matters within the 
                jurisdiction of the Committee, including the 
                development of recommendations with regard to 
                the necessity or desirability of enacting, 
                changing, or repealing any legislation within 
                the jurisdiction of the Committee, and for 
                conducting investigations within such 
                jurisdiction; and
                  (ii) research and analysis regarding matters 
                within the jurisdiction of the Committee, 
                including the impact or probable impact of tax 
                policies affecting matters within the 
                jurisdiction of the Committee.
    (2) In addition, each such subcommittee shall have specific 
responsibility for such other measures or matters as the Chair 
refers to it.
    (3) Each subcommittee of the Committee 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 its general 
responsibility.

           REFERRAL OF MEASURES AND MATTERS TO SUBCOMMITTEES

    (b)(1) The Chair shall regularly refer to one or more 
subcommittees such measures and matters as the Chair deems 
appropriate given its jurisdiction and responsibilities. In 
making such a referral, the Chair may designate a subcommittee 
of primary jurisdiction and subcommittees of additional or 
sequential jurisdiction.
    (2) All other measures or matters shall be subject to 
consideration by the full Committee.
    (3) In referring any measure or matter to a subcommittee, 
the Chair may specify a date by which the subcommittee shall 
report thereon to the Committee.
    (4) The Committee by motion may discharge a subcommittee 
from consideration of any measure or matter referred to a 
subcommittee of the Committee.

                      COMPOSITION OF SUBCOMMITTEES

    (c)(1) Members shall be elected to each subcommittee and to 
the positions of chair and ranking minority member thereof, in 
accordance with the rules of the respective party caucuses. The 
Chair of the Committee shall designate a member of the majority 
party on each subcommittee as its vice chair.
    (2) The Chair and ranking minority member of the Committee 
shall be ex officio members with voting privileges of each 
subcommittee of which they are not assigned as members and may 
be counted for purposes of establishing a quorum in such 
subcommittees.
    (3) The subcommittees shall be comprised as follows:
          (A) The Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, 
        and Government Sponsored Enterprises shall be comprised 
        of 49 members, 26 elected by the majority caucus and 23 
        elected by the minority caucus.
          (B) The Subcommittee on Domestic and International 
        Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology shall be 
        comprised of 26 members, 14 elected by the majority 
        caucus and 12 elected by the minority caucus.
          (C) The Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and 
        Commercial Credit shall be comprised of 47 members, 25 
        elected by the majority caucus and 22 elected by the 
        minority caucus.
          (D) The Subcommittee on Housing and Community 
        Opportunity shall be comprised of 26 members, 14 
        elected by the majority caucus and 12 elected by the 
        minority caucus.
          (E) The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations 
        shall be comprised of 20 members, 11 elected by the 
        majority caucus and 9 elected by the minority caucus.

                   SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS AND HEARINGS

    (d)(1) Each subcommittee of the Committee is authorized to 
meet, hold hearings, receive testimony, mark up legislation, 
and report to the full Committee on any measure or matter 
referred to it, consistent with subsection (a).
    (2) No subcommittee of the Committee may meet or hold a 
hearing at the same time as a meeting or hearing of the 
Committee.
    (3) The chair of each subcommittee shall set hearing and 
meeting dates only with the approval of the Chair with a view 
toward assuring the availability of meeting rooms and avoiding 
simultaneous scheduling of Committee and subcommittee meetings 
or hearings.

                          EFFECT OF A VACANCY

    (e) Any vacancy in the membership of a subcommittee shall 
not affect the power of the remaining members to execute the 
functions of the subcommittee as long as the required quorum is 
present.

                                RECORDS

    (f) Each subcommittee of the Committee shall provide the 
full Committee with copies of such records of votes taken in 
the subcommittee and such other records with respect to the 
subcommittee as the Chair deems necessary for the Committee to 
comply with all rules and regulations of the House.

                             Rule 6.--Staff


                               IN GENERAL

    (a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
professional and other staff of the Committee shall be 
appointed, and may be removed by the Chair, and shall work 
under the general supervision and direction of the Chair.
    (2) All professional and other staff provided to the 
minority party members of the Committee shall be appointed, and 
may be removed, by the ranking minority member of the 
Committee, and shall work under the general supervision and 
direction of such member.
    (3) It is intended that the skills and experience of all 
members of the Committee staff be available to all members of 
the Committee.

                           SUBCOMMITTEE STAFF

    (b) From funds made available for the appointment of staff, 
the Chair of the Committee shall, pursuant to clause 6(d) of 
Rule X of the Rules of the House, ensure that sufficient staff 
is made available so that each subcommittee can carry out its 
responsibilities under the rules of the Committee and that the 
minority party is treated fairly in the appointment of such 
staff.

                         COMPENSATION OF STAFF

    (c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Chair shall 
fix the compensation of all professional and other staff of the 
Committee.
    (2) The ranking minority member shall fix the compensation 
of all professional and other staff provided to the minority 
party members of the Committee.

                       Rule 7.--Budget and Travel


                                 BUDGET

    (a)(1) The Chair, in consultation with other members of the 
Committee, shall prepare for each Congress a budget providing 
amounts for staff, necessary travel, investigation, and other 
expenses of the Committee and its subcommittees.
    (2) From the amount provided to the Committee in the 
primary expense resolution adopted by the House of 
Representatives, the Chair, after consultation with the ranking 
minority member, shall designate an amount to be under the 
direction of the ranking minority member for the compensation 
of the minority staff, travel expenses of minority members and 
staff, and minority office expenses. All expenses of minority 
members and staff shall be paid for out of the amount so set 
aside.

                                 TRAVEL

    (b)(1) The Chair may authorize travel for any member and 
any staff member of the Committee in connection with activities 
or subject matters under the general jurisdiction of the 
Committee. Before such authorization is granted, there shall be 
submitted to the Chair in writing the following:
          (A) The purpose of the travel.
          (B) The dates during which the travel is to occur.
          (C) The names of the States or countries to be 
        visited and the length of time to be spent in each.
          (D) The names of members and staff of the Committee 
        for whom the authorization is sought.
    (2) Members and staff of the Committee shall make a written 
report to the Chair on any travel they have conducted under 
this subsection, including a description of their itinerary, 
expenses, and activities, and of pertinent information gained 
as a result of such travel.
    (3) Members and staff of the Committee performing 
authorized travel on official business shall be governed by 
applicable laws, resolutions, and regulations of the House and 
of the Committee on House Administration.

                   Rule 8.--Committee Administration


                                RECORDS

    (a)(1) There shall be a transcript made of each regular 
meeting and hearing of the Committee, and the transcript may be 
printed if the Chair decides it is appropriate or if a majority 
of the members of the Committee requests such printing. Any 
such transcripts shall be 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. Nothing in this 
paragraph shall be construed to require that all such 
transcripts be subject to correction and publication.
    (2) The Committee shall keep a record of all actions of the 
Committee and of its subcommittees. The record shall contain 
all information required by clause 2(e)(1) of Rule XI of the 
Rules of the House and shall be available for public inspection 
at reasonable times in the offices of the Committee.
    (3) All Committee hearings, records, data, charts, and 
files shall be kept separate and distinct from the 
congressional office records of the Chair, shall be the 
property of the House, and all Members of the House shall have 
access thereto as provided in clause 2(e)(2) of Rule XI of the 
Rules of the House.
    (4) The records of the Committee at the National Archives 
and Records Administration shall be made available for public 
use in accordance with Rule VII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives. The Chair shall notify the ranking minority 
member of any decision, pursuant to clause 3(b)(3) or clause 
4(b) of the rule, to withhold a record otherwise available, and 
the matter shall be presented to the Committee for a 
determination on written request of any member of the 
Committee.

                 COMMITTEE PUBLICATIONS ON THE INTERNET

    (b) To the maximum extent feasible, the Committee shall 
make its publications available in electronic form.
                     Committee on Government Reform

   TOM DAVIS, Virginia, Chairman

HENRY A. WAXMAN, California,         DAN BURTON, Indiana
  Ranking Minority Member            CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, Connecticut,
TOM LANTOS, California                 Vice Chairman
MAJOR R. OWENS, New York             ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida
EDOLPHUS TOWNS, New York             JOHN M. McHUGH, New York
PAUL E. KANJORSKI, Pennsylvania      JOHN L. MICA, Florida
CAROLYN B. MALONEY, New York         GIL GUTKNECHT, Minnesota
ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland         MARK E. SOUDER, Indiana
DENNIS J. KUCINICH, Ohio             STEVEN C. LaTOURETTE, Ohio
DANNY K. DAVIS, Illinois             TODD RUSSELL PLATTS, Pennsylvania
WM. LACY CLAY, Missouri              CHRIS CANNON, Utah
DIANE E. WATSON, California          JOHN J. DUNCAN, Jr., Tennessee
STEPHEN F. LYNCH, Massachusetts      CANDICE S. MILLER, Michigan
CHRIS VAN HOLLEN, Maryland           MICHAEL R. TURNER, Ohio
LINDA T. SANCHEZ, California         DARRELL E. ISSA, California
C. A. DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER, Maryland  GINNY BROWN-WAITE, Florida
BRIAN HIGGINS, New York              JON C. PORTER, Nevada
ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of ColumbiaMARCHANT, Texas
                                     LYNN A. WESTMORELAND, Georgia
                                     PATRICK T. McHENRY, North Carolina
                                     CHARLES W. DENT, Pennsylvania
                                     VIRGINIA FOXX, North Carolina

                       (Adopted February 9, 2005)

                     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 its 
subcommittees as well as to the respective chairmen.

                           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, clause 
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.

                            Rule 3.--Quorums

    (a) 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.
    (b) The Chairman of the committee may, at the request of a 
subcommittee chairman, make a temporary assignment of any 
member of the committee to such subcommittee for the purpose of 
constituting a quorum at and participating in any public 
hearing by such subcommittee to be held outside of Washington, 
DC. Members appointed to such temporary positions shall not be 
voting members. The Chairman shall give reasonable notice of 
such temporary assignment to the ranking members of the 
committee and subcommittee.

                       Rule 4.--Committee Reports

    Bills and resolutions approved by the committee shall be 
reported by the chairman following House Rule XIII, clauses 2 
and 4.
    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, unless the House is in session on such days) 
before consideration of such proposed report in subcommittee or 
full committee. Any 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. 
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, clause 2(l) and Rule XIII, clause 
3(a)(1). The time allowed for filing such views shall be three 
calendar days, beginning on the day of notice, but excluding 
Saturdays, 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.
    An investigative or oversight report may be filed after 
sine die adjournment of the last regular session of 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.

                         Rule 6.--Record Votes

    A record vote of the members may be had upon the request of 
any member upon approval of a one-fifth vote of the members 
present.

                  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.

                   Rule 8.--Subcommittees; Referrals

    (a) There shall be seven standing subcommittees with 
appropriate party ratios. The Chairman shall assign members to 
subcommittees. Minority party assignments shall be made only 
with the concurrence of the Ranking Minority Member. The 
subcommittees shall have the following fixed jurisdictions:
          (i) Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging 
        Threats, and International Relations.--All matters 
        relating to the oversight of national security, 
        emerging threats, veterans affairs, homeland security, 
        and international relations, including anti-terrorism 
        efforts, both foreign and domestic, and international 
        trade.
          (ii) Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, 
        and Human Resources.--All matters relating to the 
        criminal justice system, the nation's counter-narcotics 
        programs, both foreign and domestic, and food and drug 
        safety; all matters relating to the oversight of the 
        Judiciary, public health and welfare, education, arts, 
        the humanities, publicly sponsored media, and the 
        National Parks.
          (iii) Subcommittee on Government Management, Finance, 
        and Accountability.--All matters relating to financial 
        management of executive departments and agencies, 
        excluding acquisition; all matters relating to 
        governmental accounting measures; all matters relating 
        to the overall efficiency and management of government 
        operations including program assessment and review and 
        excluding Federal property; all matters relating to 
        public records, including presidential records, the 
        public access to records, advisory committees, and the 
        Archives; and all matters relating to the oversight of 
        financial services, government-sponsored enterprises, 
        and the nation's economic growth.
          (iv) Subcommittee on and Regulatory Affairs.--All 
        matters relating to regulatory reform, Congressional 
        review, the costs of regulation, and paperwork 
        reduction measures; and all matters relating to the 
        oversight of tax policy.
          (v) Subcommittee on Federalism and the Census.--All 
        matters relating to inter-governmental relations and 
        aid to the States and localities, including unfunded 
        mandates, grant management reform, brownfields clean-up 
        and redevelopment, and infrastructure; all matters 
        relating to population and demography generally, 
        including the Census, and the Bureau of Economic 
        Analysis. All matters relating to the oversight of 
        housing and urban development.
          (vi) Subcommittee on Energy and Resources.--All 
        matters related to the oversight of environmental 
        policy, natural resources, and federal land; and all 
        matters related to the oversight of energy policy, 
        commerce, housing, and urban development.
          (vii) Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce and 
        Agency Organization.--All matters relating to the 
        federal civil service, including personnel, 
        compensation, employment benefits and employee 
        relations; all matters relating to reorganizations of 
        the executive branch including the study of redundancy; 
        and all matters relating to the oversight of workforce, 
        retirement, and health policy.
    (b) The full committee shall retain jurisdiction over 
federal acquisition policy, federal property, information 
management, technology policy, the Postal Service, and the 
District of Columbia.
    (c) Bills, resolutions, and other matters shall be 
expeditiously referred by the Chairman to subcommittees 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 judgment, 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.

                      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 X, clauses 6, 7 
and 9, 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 X, clauses 6, 7 
and 9, 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

    (a) Each subcommittee of the Committee is authorized to 
meet, hold hearings, receive testimony, mark up legislation, 
and report to the full Committee on any measure or matter 
referred to it.
    (b) No subcommittee of the Committee may meet or hold a 
hearing at the same time as a meeting or hearing of the 
Committee.
    (c) The chairman of each subcommittee shall set hearing and 
meeting dates only with the approval of the Chairman with a 
view toward assuring the availability of meeting rooms and 
avoiding simultaneous scheduling of Committee and subcommittee 
meetings or hearings.
    (d) Each subcommittee chairman shall notify the Chairman 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.
    (e) 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.

                        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.

                       Rule 14.--Five-Minute Rule

    (a) A committee member may question a witness only when 
recognized by the chairman for that purpose. In accordance with 
House Rule XI, clause 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.
    (b) 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.
    (c) 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.
    (d) Nothing in paragraph (b) or (c) affects the rights of a 
Member (other than a Member designated under paragraph (b)) to 
question a witness for 5 minutes in accordance with paragraph 
(a) after the questioning permitted under paragraph (b) or (c). 
In any extended questioning permitted under paragraph (b) or 
(c), 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 (c) to members.

               Rule 15.--Investigative Hearing Procedures

    Investigative hearings shall be conducted according to the 
procedures in House Rule XI, clause 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.--Audio and Visual Coverage of Committee Proceedings

    (a) An open meeting or hearing of the committee or a 
subcommittee may be covered, in whole or in part, by television 
broadcast, radio broadcast, Internet broadcast, and still 
photography, unless closed subject to the provisions of House 
Rule XI, clause 2(g). Any such coverage shall conform with the 
provisions of House Rule XI, clause 4.
    (b) Use of the Committee Broadcast System shall be fair and 
nonpartisan, and in accordance with House Rule XI, clause 4(b), 
and all other applicable rules of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Government Reform. Members of the 
committee shall have prompt access to a copy of coverage by the 
Committee Broadcast System, to the extent that such coverage is 
maintained.
    (c) Personnel providing coverage of an open meeting or 
hearing of the committee or a subcommittee by Internet 
broadcast, other than through the Committee Broadcast System, 
shall be currently accredited to the Radio and Television 
Correspondents' Galleries.

        Rule 18.--Additional Duties and Authorities 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, 
clause 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, clause 
2(c);
    (c) Submit to the Committee on the Budget views and 
estimates required by House Rule X, clause 4(f), 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) Designate a vice chairman from the majority party.
    (h) The Chairman is directed to offer a motion under clause 
1 of Rule XXII of the Rules of the House whenever the Chairman 
considers it appropriate.

                      Rule 19.--Subjects of Stamps

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

                    Rule 20.--Panels and Task Forces

    (a) The chairman of the committee is authorized to appoint 
panels or task forces to carry out the duties and functions of 
the committee.
    (b) The chairman and ranking minority member of the 
committee may serve as ex-officio members of each panel or task 
force.
    (c) The chairman of any panel or task force shall be 
appointed by the chairman of the committee. The ranking 
minority member shall select a ranking minority member for each 
panel or task force.
    (d) The House and committee rules applicable to 
subcommittee meetings, hearings, recommendations and reports 
shall apply to the meetings, hearings, recommendations and 
reports of panels and task forces.
    (e) No panel or task force so appointed shall continue in 
existence for more than six months. A panel or task force so 
appointed may, upon the expiration of six months, be 
reappointed by the chairman.
                     Committee on Homeland Security

  CHRIS COX, California, Chairman

BENNIE G. THOMPSON, Mississippi      DON YOUNG, Alaska
LORETTA SANCHEZ, California          LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas
EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts      CURT WELDON, Pennsylvania
NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington          CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, Connecticut
JANE HARMAN, California              PETER T. KING, New York
PETER A. DeFAZIO, Oregon             JOHN LINDER, Georgia
NITA M. LOWEY, New York              MARK E. SOUDER, Indiana
ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of ColumbiaVIS, Virginia
ZOE LOFGREN, California              DANIEL E. LUNGREN, California
SHEILA JACKSON-LEE, Texas            JIM GIBBONS, Nevada
BILL PASCRELL, Jr., New Jersey       ROB SIMMONS, Connecticut
DONNA M. CHRISTENSEN, U.S. Virgin Islands ROGERS, Alabama
BOB ETHERIDGE, North Carolina        STEVAN PEARCE, New Mexico
JAMES R. LANGEVIN, Rhode Island      KATHERINE HARRIS, Florida
KENDRICK B. MEEK, Florida            BOBBY JINDAL, Louisiana
                                     DAVE G. REICHERT, Washington
                                     MICHAEL McCAUL, Texas
                                     CHARLIE DENT, Pennsylvania

                       (Adopted February 9, 2005)

                      Rule I.--General Provisions

    (A) Applicability of the Rules of the U.S. House of 
Representatives.--The Rules of the U.S. House of 
Representatives (the ``House'') are the rules of the Committee 
on Homeland Security (the ``Committee'') and its subcommittees 
insofar as applicable.
    (B) Applicability to Subcommittees.--Except where the terms 
``full Committee'' and ``subcommittee'' are specifically 
referred to, the following rules shall apply to the Committee's 
subcommittees and their respective Chairmen and Ranking 
Minority Members to the same extent as they apply to the full 
Committee and its Chairman and Ranking Minority Member.
    (C) Appointments by the Chairman.--The Chairman of the 
Committee (``the Chairman'') shall appoint a Member of the 
majority party to serve as Vice Chairman of the Committee. The 
Chairman shall appoint other Members of the majority party to 
serve as Chairmen of each of the subcommittees.
    (D) Referral of Bills by Chairman.--Except for bills or 
measures retained by the Chairman for full Committee 
consideration or discharged by the Chairman, every bill or 
other measure referred to the Committee shall be referred by 
the Chairman to the appropriate subcommittee within two weeks 
of receipt by the Committee for consideration in accordance 
with its jurisdiction. 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 will refer the matter as he or she deems advisable. 
Bills, resolutions, and other matters referred to subcommittees 
may be reassigned or discharged by the Chairman when, in his or 
her sole judgment, the subcommittee is not able to complete its 
work or cannot reach agreement on the matter in a timely 
manner.
    (E) Recommendation of Conferees.--Whenever the Speaker of 
the House is to appoint a conference committee on a matter 
within the jurisdiction of the Committee, the Chairman shall 
recommend to the Speaker of the House conferees from the 
Committee. In making recommendations of minority Members as 
conferees, the Chairman shall do so with the concurrence of the 
Ranking Minority Member of the Committee.
    (F) Motions To Disagree.--The Chairman is directed to offer 
a motion under clause 1 of Rule XXII of the Rules of the House 
whenever the Chairman considers it appropriate.

                    Rule II.--Meetings and Hearings

    (A) Regular Meeting Date.--The regular meeting date and 
time for the transaction of business of the Committee shall be 
at 10:00 a.m. on the first Wednesday that the House is in 
Session each month, unless otherwise directed by the Chairman.
    (B) Additional Meetings.--The Chairman 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 
purposes pursuant to the call of the Chairman.
    (C) Consideration.--Except in the case of a special meeting 
held under clause 2(c)(2) of House Rule XI, the determination 
of the business to be considered at each meeting of the 
Committee shall be made by the Chairman.
    (D) Notice.--
          (1)Hearings.--The date, time, place and subject 
        matter of any hearing of the Committee shall, except as 
        provided in the Committee rules, be announced by notice 
        at least one week in advance of the commencement of 
        such hearing. The names of all witnesses scheduled to 
        appear at such hearing shall be provided to Members no 
        later than 48 hours prior to the commencement of such 
        hearing. These notice requirements may be abridged or 
        waived in extraordinary circumstances, as determined by 
        the Chairman with the concurrence of the Ranking 
        Minority Member.
          (2) Meetings.--The date, time, place and subject 
        matter of any meeting, other than a hearing or a 
        regularly scheduled meeting, shall be announced at 
        least 36 hours in advance for a meeting taking place on 
        a day the House is in session, and 72 hours in advance 
        of a meeting taking place on a day the House is not in 
        session, except in the case of a special meeting called 
        under clause 2(c)(2) of House Rule XI. These notice 
        requirements may be abridged or waived in extraordinary 
        circumstances, as determined by the Chairman in 
        consultation with the Ranking Minority Member.
          (3) Publication.--The meeting announcement shall be 
        published in the Daily Digest portion of the 
        Congressional Record.
    (E) Open Meetings.--All meetings of the Committee shall be 
open to the public except when the Committee, in open session 
and with a majority present, determines by recorded 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 or would violate any law or rule of the 
House, in accordance with clause 2(g) or 2(k) of House Rule XI.
    (F) Quorum Requirements.--Two Members shall constitute a 
quorum for the purposes of receiving testimony and evidence at 
a duly noticed hearing or meeting. One-third of the Members of 
the Committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of 
business, except that a majority of the Committee shall 
constitute a quorum for ordering a report, entering executive 
session, releasing executive session material, issuing a 
subpoena, immunizing a witness, reporting contempt, or where 
otherwise required under the rules of the House.
    (G) Opening Statements.--At any meeting of the full 
Committee, the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member shall be 
entitled to present oral opening statements of five minutes 
each. Other Members may submit written opening statements for 
the record. In the case of a meeting of any subcommittee, the 
Chairmen and Ranking Minority Members of the subcommittee and 
the full Committee shall be entitled to present oral opening 
statements of five minutes each, and other Members may submit 
written opening statements for the record. At any hearing of 
the full Committee, the Chairman of the full Committee, and at 
any hearing of a subcommittee, the Chairman of that 
subcommittee, in his or her discretion and with the concurrence 
of the Ranking Minority Member of the full Committee or of that 
subcommittee, respectively, may permit additional opening 
statements by other Members of the full Committee or of that 
subcommittee at the hearing in question.
    (H) Questioning of Witnesses.--Committee questioning of 
witnesses shall be conducted by any Member of the Committee, as 
well as by such Committee staff as may be authorized by the 
Chairman or presiding Member to question such witnesses. 
Committee Members or authorized staff may question witnesses 
only when recognized by the Chairman for that purpose.
          (1) Time Limitation.--In the course of any hearing, 
        Members shall be limited to five minutes on the initial 
        round of questioning. No Member shall be recognized for 
        a second opportunity to question a witness until each 
        Member of the Committee who is present has been 
        recognized for that purpose.
          (2) Order of Recognition.--In questioning witnesses, 
        the Chairman and the Ranking Minority Member shall be 
        recognized first, after which Members who are in 
        attendance when the Chairman gavels the hearing to 
        order will be recognized in the order of their 
        seniority on the Committee, alternating between 
        majority and minority Members. Members arriving after 
        the commencement of a hearing shall be recognized after 
        all Members present at the beginning of the hearing 
        have been recognized, in the order of their appearance, 
        alternating between majority and minority Members.
          (3) Alternative Questioning Procedure.--The Chairman, 
        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 30 minutes for each side. The 
        Chairman, 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 30 minutes 
        for each side.
    (I) Oath or Affirmation.--Whenever the full Committee or 
the Subcommittee on Management, Integration, and Oversight 
holds a hearing or meeting that the Chairman has designated as 
an investigatory hearing or meeting in order to take testimony 
or consider other evidence, the testimony of any person before 
such Committee or Subcommittee shall be given under oath or 
affirmation administered by the Chairman or his designee.
    (J) Statements by Witnesses.--
          (1) Witnesses shall submit a prepared or written 
        statement for the record of the proceedings (including, 
        where practicable an electronic copy) with the Clerk of 
        the Committee, and insofar as practicable and 
        consistent with the notice given, shall do so no less 
        than 48 hours in advance of the witness' appearance 
        before the Committee, unless such requirement is waived 
        or otherwise modified by the Chairman in consultation 
        with the Ranking Minority Member.
          (2) To the greatest extent practicable, the written 
        testimony of each witness appearing in a non-
        governmental capacity 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 preceding 
        fiscal years by the witness or by an entity represented 
        by the witness.
    (K) Objections and Ruling.--Except as otherwise provided by 
the rules of the House, any objection raised by a witness shall 
be ruled upon by the Chairman or other presiding Member, and 
such ruling shall be the ruling of the Committee unless a 
Member of the Committee appeals the ruling of the chair and a 
majority of the Committee present fails to sustain the ruling 
of the chair.
    (L) Transcripts.--A transcript shall be made of the 
testimony of each witness appearing before the Committee during 
a Committee hearing. All hearings of the Committee which are 
open to the public shall be printed and made available.
    (M) Minority Witnesses.--Whenever a hearing is conducted by 
the 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 those minority Members before the 
completion of such 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.
    (N) Contempt Procedures.--No recommendation that a person 
be cited for contempt of Congress shall be forwarded to the 
House unless and until the Committee has, upon notice to all 
its Members, met and considered the alleged contempt. The 
person to be cited for contempt shall be afforded, upon notice 
of at least 72 hours, an opportunity to state why he or she 
should not be held in contempt, prior to a vote of all the 
Committee, a quorum being present, on the question whether to 
forward such recommendation to the House. Such statement shall 
be, in the discretion of the Chairman, either in writing or in 
person before the Committee.
    (O) The Five-Minute Rule.--The time any one Member may 
address the Committee on any bill, motion, or other matter 
under consideration by the Committee shall not exceed five 
minutes, and then only when the Member has been recognized by 
the Chairman, except that this time limit may be exceeded when 
permitted by unanimous consent.
    (P) Postponement of Vote.--The Chairman may postpone 
further proceedings when a record vote is ordered on the 
question of approving any measure or matter or adopting an 
amendment. The Chairman may resume proceedings on a postponed 
vote at any time, provided that all reasonable steps have been 
taken to notify Members of the resumption of such proceedings. 
When proceedings resume on a postponed question, 
notwithstanding any intervening order for the previous 
question, an underlying proposition shall remain subject to 
further debate or amendment to the same extent as when the 
question was postponed.
    (Q) Breaches of Decorum.--The Chairman may punish breaches 
of order and decorum, by censure and exclusion from the 
hearing; and the Committee may cite the offender to the House 
for contempt.
    (R) Access to Dais.--Access to the dais during and before a 
hearing, mark-up or other meeting of the Committee shall be 
limited to Members and staff of the Committee, and staff of 
Members of the Committee.
    (S) Cellular Telephones.--The ringing or conversational use 
of cellular telephones is prohibited on the Committee dais or 
in the Committee hearing room during a hearing, mark-up, or 
other meeting of the Committee.
    (T) Broadcasting.--Whenever any hearing or meeting 
conducted by the Committee is open to the public, the Committee 
shall permit that hearing or meeting to be covered by 
television broadcast, internet broadcast, print media, and 
still photography, or by any of such methods of coverage, 
subject to the provisions of the Legislative Reorganization Act 
of 1970 (Section 116(b) and House Rule XI. Priority shall be 
given by the Committee to members of the Press Galleries.

                          Rule III.--Subpoenas

    (A) Authorization.--The Committee, or any subcommittee, may 
authorize and issue a subpoena under clause 2(m)(2)(A) of Rule 
XI of the House, if authorized by a majority of the members of 
the Committee or subcommittee (as the case may be) voting, a 
quorum being present. The power to authorize and issue 
subpoenas is also delegated to the Chairman of the full 
Committee, in consultation with the Ranking Minority Member, as 
provided for under clause 2(m)(3)(A)(i) of Rule XI of the House 
of Representatives. Subpoenas shall be issued under the seal of 
the House and attested by the Clerk of the House, and may be 
served by any person designated by the Chairman. Subpoenas 
shall be issued under the Chairman's signature or that of a 
Member designated by the Committee.
    (B) Disclosure.--Provisions may be included in a subpoena, 
by concurrence of the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member, or 
by the Committee, to prevent the disclosure of Committee 
demands for information when deemed necessary for the security 
of information or the progress of an investigation, including 
but not limited to prohibiting the revelation by witnesses and 
their counsel of Committee inquiries.
    (C) Subpoena duces tecum.--A subpoena duces tecum may be 
issued whose return shall occur at a time and place other than 
that of a regularly scheduled meeting.
    (D) Requests for Investigations.--Requests for 
investigations, reports, and other assistance from any agency 
of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the 
federal government shall be made by the Chairman, upon 
consultation with the Ranking Minority Member, or by the 
Committee.
    (E) Affidavits and Depositions.--The Chairman, in 
consultation with the Ranking Member, or the Committee may 
authorize the taking of an affidavit or deposition with respect 
to any person who is subpoenaed under these rules but who is 
unable to appear in person to testify as a witness at any 
hearing or meeting.

                        Rule IV.--Subcommittees

    (A) Generally.--The Committee shall be organized to consist 
of five standing subcommittees with the following jurisdiction:
          (1) Subcommittee on Prevention of Nuclear and 
        Biological Attack.--Prevention of terrorist attacks on 
        the United States involving nuclear and biological 
        weapons, including the Department of Homeland 
        Security's role in nuclear and biological counter-
        proliferation and detection of fissile materials, 
        biological weapons, precursors, and production 
        equipment; the Department of Homeland Security's role 
        in detecting and interdicting commerce in and transit 
        of nuclear and biological weapons, components, 
        precursors, delivery systems, and production equipment; 
        development and deployment of sensors to detect nuclear 
        and biological weapons, components, precursors, and 
        production equipment; inspections conducted 
        domestically and abroad to detect and interdict nuclear 
        and biological weapons, components, precursors, 
        delivery systems, and production equipment; nuclear and 
        biological threat certification and characterization; 
        preventative use of technology, including forensic 
        analytic techniques, to attribute nuclear and 
        biological weapons-related samples to their sources; 
        border, port, and transportation security designed to 
        prevent nuclear and biological attacks on the United 
        States; integration of federal, state, and local 
        efforts to prevent nuclear and biological attacks, 
        including coordination of border security initiatives 
        for this purpose; conducting relevant oversight; and 
        other matters referred to the Subcommittee by the 
        Chairman.
          (2) Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information 
        Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment.--Intelligence 
        and information sharing for the purpose of preventing, 
        preparing for, and responding to potential terrorist 
        attacks on the United States; the responsibility of the 
        Department of Homeland Security for comprehensive, 
        nationwide, terrorism-related threat, vulnerability, 
        and risk analyses; the integration, analysis, and 
        dissemination of homeland security information, 
        including the Department of Homeland Security's 
        participation in, and interaction with, other public 
        and private sector entities for any of those purposes; 
        communications of terrorism-related information by the 
        federal government to State, local, and private sector 
        entities; issuance of terrorism threat advisories and 
        warnings (including administration of the Homeland 
        Security Advisory System); liaison of the Department of 
        Homeland Security with U.S. intelligence and law 
        enforcement agencies; information gathering, analysis, 
        and sharing by Department of Homeland Security 
        entities; the role of intelligence in terrorism threat 
        prioritization; conducting relevant oversight; and 
        other matters referred to the Subcommittee by the 
        Chairman.
          (3) Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure 
        Protection, and Cybersecurity.--Development of 
        strategies to protect against terrorist attack against 
        the United States; prioritizing risks through 
        analytical tools and cost/benefit analyses; 
        prioritizing investment in critical infrastructure 
        protection across all sectors, including transportation 
        (air, land, sea, and intermodal, both domestic and 
        international); defeating terrorist efforts to inflict 
        economic costs through threats and violence; mitigation 
        of potential consequences of terrorist attacks on 
        critical infrastructure, and related target hardening 
        strategies; border, port, and transportation security; 
        in the wake of an attack on one sector, ensuring the 
        continuity of other sectors including critical 
        government, business, health, financial, commercial, 
        and social service functions; security of computer, 
        telecommunications, information technology, industrial 
        control systems, electronic infrastructure, and data 
        systems; protecting government and private networks and 
        computer systems from domestic and foreign attack; 
        preventing potential injury to civilian populations and 
        physical infrastructure resulting, directly or 
        indirectly, from cyber attacks; with respect to each of 
        the foregoing, assessing the impact of potential 
        protective measures on the free flow of commerce and 
        the promotion of economic growth; conducting relevant 
        oversight; and other matters referred to the 
        Subcommittee by the Chairman.
          (4) Subcommittee on Management, Integration, and 
        Oversight.--Oversight of Department of Homeland 
        Security progress in implementing the management and 
        organizational directives of the Homeland Security Act 
        and other homeland security-related mandates; 
        Department of Homeland Security offices responsible for 
        the provision of department-wide services, including 
        the Under Secretary for Management, the Chief 
        Information Officer, and the Chief Financial Officer; 
        cross-directorate, Department-wide standardization and 
        programmatic initiatives; investigations and reports by 
        the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland 
        Security; standardization and security of Department of 
        Homeland Security communications systems and 
        information technology infrastructure; harmonization 
        and effectiveness of Department of Homeland Security 
        budgeting, acquisition, procurement, personnel, and 
        financial management systems; incentives and barriers 
        to hiring that affect Department components; Department 
        of Homeland Security-initiated internal 
        reorganizations; conducting relevant oversight; and 
        other matters referred to the Subcommittee by the 
        Chairman.
          (5) Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, 
        and Technology.--Preparedness for and collective 
        response to terrorism, including federal support to 
        first responders; terrorism-related incident management 
        and response; consequence mitigation; Department of 
        Homeland Security-administered homeland security grants 
        to first responders; conduct and coordination of 
        exercises and training relating to mitigating the 
        effects of and responding to terrorist attacks 
        (including nuclear, biological, radiological, and 
        chemical attacks on civilian populations); federal 
        government coordination of terrorism-related emergency 
        preparedness and response with and among state and 
        local governments, the private sector, and the public; 
        research, development and deployment of technology for 
        combating terrorism; adaptation of existing 
        technologies to homeland security prevention 
        priorities; coordination and enhancement of Department 
        of Homeland Security interaction on science and 
        technology matters with the private sector, federally 
        funded research and development centers, educational 
        institutions, the National Laboratories, and other 
        scientific resources; Department of Homeland Security-
        based science and technology entities and initiatives; 
        conducting relevant oversight; and other matters 
        referred to the Subcommittee by the Chairman.
    (B) Powers and Duties of Subcommittees.--Except as 
otherwise directed by the Chairman of the full Committee, each 
subcommittee is authorized to meet, hold hearings, receive 
testimony, mark up legislation, and report to the Committee on 
all matters within its jurisdiction. Subcommittee chairmen 
shall set hearing and meeting dates only with the approval of 
the Chairman of the Committee.
    (C) Selection and Ratio of Subcommittee Members.--The 
Chairman and Ranking Member shall select their respective 
Members of each Subcommittee. The ratio of majority to minority 
Members shall be comparable to the ratio of majority to 
minority Members on the full Committee, except that each 
subcommittee shall have at least two more majority Members than 
minority Members.
    (D) Ex Officio Members.--The Chairman and the Ranking 
Minority Member of the Committee shall be ex officio members of 
all subcommittees, with full rights as a member of each 
subcommittee. They are authorized to vote on all matters that 
arise before any subcommittee, and may be counted for purposes 
of establishing a quorum in such subcommittees.
    (E) Special Voting Provision.--If a tie vote occurs in a 
subcommittee on the question of reporting any measure to the 
full Committee, the measure shall be placed on the agenda for 
full Committee consideration as if it had been ordered reported 
by the subcommittee without recommendation.

                        Rule V.--Committee Staff

    (A) Generally.--Members of the Committee staff shall work 
collegially, with discretion, and always with the best 
interests of the Nation's security foremost in mind. Committee 
business shall, whenever possible, take precedence over other 
official and personal business. For the purpose of these rules, 
Committee staff means the employees of the Committee, 
consultants engaged by the Committee, and any other person 
engaged by contract, or otherwise, to perform services for, or 
at the request of, the Committee, including detailees and 
fellows. All such persons shall be subject to the same 
requirements as employees of the Committee under this rule. To 
be employed or otherwise engaged by the Committee, an 
individual must be eligible to be considered for routine (non-
limited) access to classified information.
    (B) Staff Assignments.--All Committee staff shall be staff 
of, and engaged by, the full Committee. Committee staff shall 
be either majority, minority, or joint. Majority staff shall be 
designated by and assigned to the Chairman. Minority staff 
shall be designated by and assigned to the Ranking Minority 
Member. Joint Committee staff shall be designated by the 
Chairman, in consultation with the Ranking Minority Member, and 
assigned to service of the full Committee. The Chairman shall 
certify Committee staff appointments, including appointments by 
the Ranking Minority Member and joint staff appointments, to 
the Clerk of the House in writing.
    (C) Joint Committee Staff.--The Chairman and Ranking 
Minority Member may agree to employ joint Committee staff, with 
duties as mutually agreed. Such joint Committee staff works for 
the Committee as a whole, under the supervision and direction 
of the Staff Director of the Committee.
    (D) Notification of Testimony.--No member of the Committee 
staff shall be employed by the Committee unless and until such 
person agrees in writing, as a condition of employment, to 
notify the Committee of any request for testimony, either while 
a member of the Committee staff or at any time thereafter, with 
respect to classified information which came into the staff 
member's possession by virtue of his or her position as a 
member of the Committee staff. Such classified information 
shall not be disclosed in response to such requests except as 
authorized by the Committee.
    (E) Divulgence of Information.--Prior to the public 
acknowledgement by the Chairman or the Committee of a decision 
to initiate an investigation of a particular person, entity, or 
subject, no member of the Committee staff shall divulge to any 
person any information, including non-classified information, 
which comes into his or her possession by virtue of his or her 
status as a member of the Committee staff, if such information 
may alert the subject of a Committee investigation to the 
existence, nature, or substance of such investigation, unless 
authorized to do so by the Chairman or the Committee.

                   Rule VI.--Member and Staff Travel

    (A) Approval of Travel.--Consistent with the primary 
expense resolution and such additional expense resolutions as 
may have been approved, travel to be reimbursed from funds set 
aside for the Committee for any Member or any Committee staff 
shall be paid only upon the prior authorization of the 
Chairman. Travel may be authorized by the Chairman for any 
Member and any Committee staff only in connection with official 
Committee business, such as the attendance of hearings 
conducted by the Committee and meetings, conferences, site 
visits, and investigations that involve activities or subject 
matter under the general jurisdiction of the Committee.
          (1) Proposed Travel by Majority Party Members and 
        Staff.--In the case of proposed travel by majority 
        party Members or Committee staff, before such 
        authorization is given, there shall be submitted to the 
        Chairman in writing the following: (a) the purpose of 
        the travel; (b) the dates during which the travel is to 
        be made and the date or dates of the event for which 
        the travel is being made; (c) the location of the event 
        for which the travel is to be made; and (d) the names 
        of Members and staff seeking authorization. On the 
        basis of that information, the Chairman shall determine 
        whether the proposed travel is for official Committee 
        business, concerns subject matter within the 
        jurisdiction of the Committee, and is not excessively 
        costly in view of the Committee business proposed to be 
        conducted.
          (2) Proposed Travel by Minority Party Members and 
        Staff.--In the case of proposed travel by minority 
        party Members or Committee staff, the Ranking Minority 
        Member shall provide to the Chairman a written 
        representation setting forth the information specified 
        in items (a), (b), (c), and (d) of subparagraph (1) and 
        his or her determination that such travel complies with 
        the other requirements of subparagraph (1).
          (3) Foreign Travel.--All Committee Member and staff 
        requests for Committee-funded foreign travel must be 
        submitted to the Chairman, through the Chief Financial 
        Officer of the Committee, not less than seven business 
        days prior to the start of the travel. Within 60 days 
        of the conclusion of any such foreign travel authorized 
        under this rule, there shall be submitted to the 
        Chairman a written report summarizing the information 
        gained as a result of the travel in question, or other 
        Committee objectives served by such travel.

                      Rule VII.--Committee Records

    (A) Legislative Calendar.--The Clerk of the Committee shall 
maintain a printed calendar for the information of each 
Committee Member showing any procedural or legislative measures 
considered or scheduled to be considered by the Committee, and 
the status of such measures and such other matters as the 
Committee determines shall be included. The calendar shall be 
revised from time to time to show pertinent changes. A copy of 
such revisions shall be made available to each Member of the 
Committee upon request.
    (B) Members Right To Access.--Members of the Committee and 
of the House shall have access to all official Committee 
records. Access to Committee files shall be limited to 
examination within the Committee offices at reasonable times. 
Access to Committee records that contain classified information 
shall be provided in a manner consistent with section VIII of 
these rules.
    (C) Removal of Records.--Files and records of the Committee 
are not to be removed from the Committee offices. No Committee 
files or records that are not made publicly available shall be 
photocopied by any Member.
    (D) Executive Session Records.--Evidence or testimony 
received by the Committee in executive session shall not be 
released or made available to the public unless agreed to by 
the Committee. Members may examine the Committee's executive 
session records, but may not make copies of, or take personal 
notes from, such records.
    (E) Public Inspection.--The Committee shall keep a complete 
record of all Committee action including recorded votes. 
Information so available for public inspection shall include a 
description of each amendment, motion, order or other 
proposition and the name of each Member voting for and each 
Member voting against each such amendment, motion, order, or 
proposition, as well as the names of those Members present but 
not voting. Such record shall be made available to the public 
at reasonable times within the Committee offices.
    (F) Separate and Distinct.--All Committee records and files 
must be kept separate and distinct from the office records of 
the Members serving as Chairman and Ranking Minority Member. 
Records and files of Members' personal offices shall not be 
considered records or files of the Committee.
    (G) Disposition of Committee Records.--At the conclusion of 
the 109th Congress, the records of the Committee shall be 
delivered to the Archivist of the United States in accordance 
with Rule VII of the Rules of the House.
    (H) Archived Records.--The records of the Committee at the 
National Archives and Records Administration shall be made 
available for public use in accordance with Rule VII of the 
Rules of the House. The Chairman shall notify the Ranking 
Minority Member of any decision, pursuant to clause 3(b)(3) or 
clause 4(b) of the Rule, to withhold a record otherwise 
available, and the matter shall be presented to the Committee 
for a determination on the written request of any member of the 
Committee. The Chairman shall consult with the Ranking Minority 
Member on any communication from the Archivist of the United 
States or the Clerk of the House concerning the disposition of 
noncurrent records pursuant to clause 3(b) of the Rule.

       Rule VIII.--Classified and Other Confidential Information

    (A) Security Precautions.--Committee staff offices, 
including majority and minority offices, shall operate under 
strict security precautions administered by the Security 
Officer of the Committee. A security officer shall be on duty 
at all times during normal office hours. Sensitive or 
classified documents may be examined only in an appropriately 
secure manner. Removal from the secure area of the Committee's 
offices of such documents and other materials is prohibited 
except with leave of the Chairman for use in furtherance of 
Committee business, in accordance with applicable security 
procedures.
    (B) Temporary Custody of Executive Branch Material.--
Executive branch documents or other materials containing 
classified information in any form that were not made part of 
the record of a Committee hearing, did not originate in the 
Committee or the House, and are not otherwise records of the 
Committee shall, while in the custody of the Committee, be 
segregated and maintained by the Committee in the same manner 
as Committee records that are classified. Such documents and 
other materials shall be returned to the Executive branch 
agency from which they were obtained at the earliest 
practicable time.
    (C) Access by Committee Staff.--Access to classified 
information supplied to the Committee shall be limited to 
Committee staff members with appropriate security clearance and 
a need-to-know, as determined by the Committee, and under the 
Committee's direction, the Majority and Minority Staff 
Directors.
    (D) Maintaining Confidentiality.--No Member of the 
Committee or Committee staff shall disclose, in whole or in 
part or by way of summary, to any person who is not a Member of 
the Committee or an authorized member of Committee staff for 
any purpose or in connection with any proceeding, judicial or 
otherwise, any testimony given before the Committee in 
executive session. Classified information shall be handled in 
accordance with all applicable provisions of law and consistent 
with the provisions of these rules.
    (E) Oath.--Before a Member or Committee staff member may 
have access to classified information, the following oath (or 
affirmation) shall be executed:

          I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will not 
        disclose any classified information received in the 
        course of my service on the Committee on Homeland 
        Security, except as authorized by the Committee or the 
        House of Representatives or in accordance with the 
        Rules of such Committee or the Rules of the House.

    Copies of the executed oath (or affirmation) shall be 
retained by the Clerk as part of the records of the Committee.
    (F) Disciplinary Action.--The Chairman shall immediately 
consider disciplinary action in the event any member of the 
Committee staff fails to conform to the provisions of these 
rules governing the disclosure of classified or unclassified 
information. Such disciplinary action may include, but shall 
not be limited to, immediate dismissal from the Committee 
staff, criminal referral to the Justice Department, and 
notification of the Speaker of the House. With respect to 
minority party staff, the Chairman shall consider such 
disciplinary action in consultation with the Ranking Minority 
Member.

                  Rule IX.--Changes to Committee Rules

    These rules may be modified, amended, or repealed by the 
Committee provided that a notice in writing of the proposed 
change has been given to each Member at least 48 hours prior to 
the meeting at which action thereon is to be taken.
                   Committee on House Administration

   ROBERT W. NEY, Ohio, Chairman

JUANITA MILLENDER-MCDONALD, CaliforniaOBERT W. NEY, Ohio
ROBERT A. BRADY, Pennsylvania        VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan
ZOE LOFGREN, California              JOHN L. MICA, Florida
                                     JOHN T. DOOLITTLE, California
                                     THOMAS M. REYNOLDS, New York
                                     CANDICE S. MILLER, Michigan

                       (Adopted February 9, 2005)

                      Rule 1.--General Provisions

    (a) The Rules of the House are the rules of the Committee 
so far as applicable, except that a motion to recess from day 
to day is a privileged motion in the Committee.
    (b) The 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 House 
Rule X and, subject to the adoption of expense resolutions as 
required by House Rule X, clause 6, to incur expenses 
(including travel expenses) in connection therewith.
    (c) The Committee is authorized to have printed and bound 
testimony and other data presented at hearings held by the 
Committee, and to distribute such information by electronic 
means. All costs of stenographic services and transcripts in 
connection with any meeting or hearing of the Committee shall 
be paid from the appropriate House account.
    (d) The Committee shall submit to the House, not later than 
January 2 of each odd-numbered year, a report on the activities 
of the committee under House Rules X and XI during the Congress 
ending at noon on January 3 of such year.
    (e) The Committee's rules shall be published in the 
Congressional Record not later than 30 days after the Committee 
is elected in each odd-numbered year.

                 Rule 2.--Regular and Special Meetings

    (a) The regular meeting date of the Committee on House 
Administration shall be the second Wednesday of every month 
when the House is in session in accordance with clause 2(b) of 
House Rule XI. Additional meetings may be called by the 
Chairman of the Committee (hereinafter in these rules referred 
to as the ``Chairman'') as he may deem necessary or at the 
request of a majority of the members of the Committee in 
accordance with clause 2(c) of House Rule XI. The determination 
of the business to be considered at each meeting shall be made 
by the Chairman subject to clause 2(c) of House Rule XI. A 
regularly scheduled meeting may be dispensed with if, in the 
judgment of the Chairman, there is no need for the meeting.
    (b) If the Chairman is not present at any meeting of the 
Committee, or at the discretion of the Chairman, the Vice 
Chairman of the Committee shall preside at the meeting. If the 
Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Committee are not present at 
any meeting of the Committee, the ranking member of the 
majority party who is present shall preside at the meeting.

                         Rule 3.--Open Meetings

    As required by clause 2(g), of House Rule XI, each meeting 
for the transaction of business, including the markup of 
legislation, of the Committee, shall be open to the public 
except when the Committee, in open session and with a quorum 
present, determines by record 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, or 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 in any business or markup session which has been closed 
to the public.

                     Rule 4.--Records and Rollcalls

    (a) The result of each record vote in any meeting of the 
Committee shall be transmitted for publication in the 
Congressional Record as soon as possible, but in no case later 
than two legislative days following such record vote, and shall 
be made available for inspection by the public at reasonable 
times at the Committee offices, including a description of the 
amendment, motion, order or other proposition; the name of each 
member voting for and against; and the members present but not 
voting.
    (b)(1) Subject to subparagraph (2), the Chairman may 
postpone further proceedings when a record vote is ordered on 
the question of approving any measure or matter or adopting an 
amendment. The Chairman may resume proceedings on a postponed 
request at any time.
    (2) In exercising postponement authority under subparagraph 
(1), the Chairman shall take all reasonable steps necessary to 
notify members on the resumption of proceedings on any 
postponed record vote.
    (3) When proceedings resume on a postponed question, 
notwithstanding any intervening order for the previous 
question, an underlying proposition shall remain subject to 
further debate or amendment to the same extent as when the 
question was postponed.
    (c) 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; 
and such records shall be the property of the House and all 
members of the House shall have access thereto.
    (d) House records of the Committee which are at the 
National Archives shall be made available pursuant to House 
Rule VII. The Chairman shall notify the ranking minority member 
of any decision to withhold a record pursuant to the rule, and 
shall present the matter to the Committee upon written request 
of any Committee member.
    (e) To the maximum extent feasible, the Committee shall 
make its publications available in electronic form.
    (f) All Committee resolutions and Committee motions (other 
than procedural motions) adopted by the Committee during a 
Congress shall be numbered consecutively.

                            Rule 5.--Proxies

    No vote by any member in the Committee may be cast by 
proxy.

             Rule 6.--Power To Sit and Act; Subpoena Power

    (a) For the purpose of carrying out any of its functions 
and duties under House Rules X and XI, the Committee is 
authorized (subject to subparagraph (b)(1) of this paragraph--
          (1) 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
          (2) 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, or any member designated by 
        the Chairman, may administer oaths to any witness.
    (b)(1) A subpoena may be authorized and issued by the 
Committee 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 
(a)(2) may be delegated to the Chairman pursuant to such rules 
and under such limitations as the Committee may prescribe. 
Authorized subpoenas shall be signed by the Chairman or by any 
member designated by the Committee, and may be served by any 
person designated by the Chairman or such member.
    (2) Compliance with any subpoena issued by the Committee 
may be enforced only as authorized or directed by the House.

                            Rule 7.--Quorums

    No measure or recommendation shall be reported to the House 
unless a majority of the Committee is actually present. For the 
purposes of taking any action other than reporting any measure, 
issuance of a subpoena, closing meetings, promulgating 
Committee orders, or changing the rules of the Committee, one-
third of the members of the Committee shall constitute a 
quorum. For purposes of taking testimony and receiving 
evidence, two members shall constitute a quorum.

                          Rule 8.--Amendments

    Any amendment offered to any pending legislation before the 
Committee must be made available in written form when requested 
by any member of the Committee. If such amendment is not 
available in written form when requested, the Chair will allow 
an appropriate period of time for the provision thereof.

                      Rule 9.--Hearing Procedures

    (a) The Chairman, in the case of hearings to be conducted 
by the Committee, shall make public announcement of the date, 
place, and subject matter of any hearing to be conducted on any 
measure or matter at least one (1) week before the commencement 
of that hearing. If the Chairman, with the concurrence of the 
ranking minority member, determines that 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. The clerk of the Committee shall 
promptly notify the Daily Digest Clerk of the Congressional 
Record as soon as possible after such public announcement is 
made.
    (b) Unless excused by the Chairman, each witness who is to 
appear before the Committee shall file with the clerk of the 
Committee, at least 48 hours in advance of his or her 
appearance, a written statement of his or her proposed 
testimony and shall limit his or her oral presentation to a 
summary of his or her statement.
    (c) When any hearing is conducted by the 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 those minority members before the completion of such 
hearing, to call witnesses selected by the minority to testify 
with respect to that measure or matter during at least one day 
of hearings thereon.
    (d) Committee members may question witnesses only when they 
have been recognized by the Chairman for that purpose, and only 
for a 5-minute period until all members present have had an 
opportunity to question a witness. The 5-minute period for 
questioning a witness by any one member can be extended as 
provided by House Rules. The questioning of a witness in 
Committee hearings shall be initiated by the Chairman, followed 
by the ranking minority member and all other members 
alternating between the majority and minority. In recognizing 
members to question witnesses in this fashion, the Chairman 
shall take into consideration the ratio of the majority to 
minority members present and shall establish the order of 
recognition for questioning in such a manner as not to 
disadvantage the members of the majority. The Chairman may 
accomplish this by recognizing two majority members for each 
minority member recognized.
    (e) The following additional rules shall apply to hearings:
          (1) The Chairman at a 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 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) If the Committee determines that evidence or 
        testimony at a hearing may tend to defame, degrade, or 
        incriminate any person, it shall--
                  (A) afford such person an opportunity 
                voluntarily to appear as a witness;
                  (B) receive such evidence or testimony in 
                executive session; and
                  (C) receive and dispose of requests from such 
                person to subpoena additional witnesses.
          (6) Except as provided in subparagraph (e)(5), the 
        Chairman shall receive and the Committee shall dispose 
        of requests to subpoena additional witnesses.
          (7) No evidence or testimony taken in executive 
        session may be released or used in public sessions 
        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 pertinence 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.

         Rule 10.--Procedures for Reporting Measures or Matters

    (a)(1) It shall be the duty of the Chairman 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 the matter to a vote.
    (2) In any event, the report of the Committee on a measure 
which has been approved by the Committee shall be filed within 
7 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 of any such request, the clerk of the 
Committee shall transmit immediately to the Chairman notice of 
the filing of that request.
    (b)(1) No measure or recommendation shall be reported to 
the House unless a majority of the Committee is actually 
present.
    (2) With respect to each record 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.
    (c) The report of the Committee on a measure or matter 
which has been approved by the Committee shall include the 
matters required by clause 3(c) of Rule XIII of the Rules of 
the House.
    (d) Each report of the Committee on each bill or joint 
resolution of a public character reported by the Committee 
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.
    (e) If, at the time of approval of any measure or matter by 
the Committee, 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, commencing on the 
day on which the measure or matter(s) was approved, excluding 
Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, 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. The report of the Committee upon that 
measure or matter shall be printed in a single volume which--
          (1) shall include all supplemental, minority, or 
        additional views which have been submitted by the time 
        of the filing of the report, and
          (2) shall bear upon its cover a recital that any such 
        supplemental, minority, or additional views (and any 
        material submitted under subparagraph (c) are included 
        as part of the report. This subparagraph does not 
        preclude--
                  (A) the immediate filing or printing of a 
                Committee report unless timely request for the 
                opportunity to file supplemental, minority, or 
                additional views has been made as provided by 
                paragraph (c); or
                  (B) the filing 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 the 
                Committee upon that measure or matter.
          (3) shall, when appropriate, contain the documents 
        required by clause 3(e) of Rule XIII of the Rules of 
        the House.
    (f) The Chairman is directed to offer a motion under clause 
1 of Rule XXII of the Rules of the House whenever the Chairman 
considers it appropriate.
    (g) If hearings have been held on any such measure or 
matter so reported, the Committee shall make every reasonable 
effort to have such hearings published and available to the 
members of the House prior to the consideration of such measure 
or matter in the House.
    (h) The Chairman may designate any member of the Committee 
to act as ``floor manager'' of a bill or resolution during its 
consideration in the House.

                     Rule 11.--Committee Oversight

    The Committee shall conduct oversight of matters within the 
jurisdiction of the Committee in accordance with House Rule X, 
clause 2 and clause 4. Not later than February 15 of the first 
session of a Congress, the Committee shall, in a meeting that 
is open to the public and with a quorum present, adopt its 
oversight plans for that Congress in accordance with House Rule 
X, clause 2(d).

     Rule 12.--Review of Continuing Programs; Budget Act Provisions

    (a) The Committee shall, in its consideration of all bills 
and joint resolutions of a public character within its 
jurisdiction, ensure that appropriation 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, requirement, 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 4(e) of 
Rule X of House Rules.
    (b) The Committee shall review, from time to time, each 
continuing program within its jurisdictions for which 
appropriations are not made annually in order to ascertain 
whether such program could be modified so that appropriations 
therefore would be made annually.
    (c) The Committee 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 ensuing 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 there from, to be provided or 
authorized in all bills and resolutions within its jurisdiction 
which it intends to be effective during that fiscal year.
    (d) As soon as practicable after a concurrent resolution on 
the budget for any fiscal year is agreed to, the Committee 
(after consulting with the appropriate committee or committees 
of the Senate) shall subdivide any allocation 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 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
    (e) Whenever the Committee is directed in a concurrent 
resolution on the budget to determine and recommend changes in 
laws, bills, or resolutions under the reconciliation process it 
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.

       Rule 13.--Broadcasting of Committee Hearings and Meetings

    Whenever any hearing or meeting conducted by the Committee 
is open to the public, those proceedings shall be open to 
coverage by television, radio, and still photography, as 
provided in Clause 4 of House Rule XI, subject to the 
limitations therein. Operation and use of any Committee 
Internet broadcast system shall be fair and nonpartisan and in 
accordance with clause 4(b) of Rule XI and all other applicable 
rules of the Committee and the House.

                       Rule 14.--Committee Staff

    The staff of the Committee on House Administration shall be 
appointed as follows:
    (A) The Committee staff shall be appointed, except as 
provided in paragraph (b), and may be removed by the Chairman 
and shall work under the general supervision and direction of 
the Chairman;
    (B) All staff provided to the minority party members of the 
Committee shall be appointed, and may be removed, by the 
ranking minority member of the Committee, and shall work under 
the general supervision and direction of such member;
    (C) The Chairman shall fix the compensation of all staff of 
the Committee, after consultation with the ranking minority 
member regarding any minority party staff, within the budget 
approved for such purposes for the Committee.

                 Rule 15.--Travel of Members and Staff

    (a) Consistent with the primary expense resolution and such 
additional expense resolutions as may have been approved, the 
provisions of this rule shall govern travel of Committee 
members and staff. Travel for any member or any staff member 
shall be paid only upon the prior authorization of the 
Chairman. Travel may be authorized by the Chairman for any 
member and any staff member in connection with the attendance 
of hearings conducted by the Committee and meetings, 
conferences, and investigations which involve activities or 
subject matter under the general jurisdiction of the Committee. 
Before such authorization is given there shall be submitted to 
the Chairman in writing the following:
          (1) The purpose of the travel;
          (2) The dates during which the travel will occur;
          (3) The locations to be visited and the length of 
        time to be spent in each; and
          (4) The names of members and staff seeking 
        authorization.
    (b)(1) In the case of travel outside the United States of 
members and staff of the Committee for the purpose of 
conducting hearings, investigations, studies, or attending 
meetings and conferences involving activities or subject matter 
under the legislative assignment of the committee, prior 
authorization must be obtained from the Chairman. Before such 
authorization is given, there shall be submitted to the 
Chairman, in writing, a request for such authorization. Each 
request, which shall be filed in a manner that allows for a 
reasonable period of time for review before such travel is 
scheduled to begin, shall include the following:
          (A) the purpose of the travel;
          (B) the dates during which the travel will occur;
          (C) the names of the countries to be visited and the 
        length of time to be spent in each;
          (D) an agenda of anticipated activities for each 
        country for which travel is authorized together with a 
        description of the purpose to be served and the areas 
        of committee jurisdiction involved; and
          (E) the names of members and staff for whom 
        authorization is sought.
    (2) At the conclusion of any hearing, investigation, study, 
meeting or conference for which travel outside the United 
States has been authorized pursuant to this rule, members and 
staff attending meetings or conferences shall submit a written 
report to the Chairman covering the activities and other 
pertinent observations or information gained as a result of 
such travel.
    (c) Members and staff of the Committee performing 
authorized travel on official business shall be governed by 
applicable laws, resolutions, or regulations of the House and 
of the Committee on House Administration pertaining to such 
travel.

        Rule 16.--Powers and Duties of Subunits of the Committee

    The Chairman is authorized to establish appropriately named 
subunits, such as task forces, composed of members of the 
Committee, for any purpose, measure or matter; one member of 
each such subunit shall be designated chairman of the subunit 
by the Chairman. All such subunits shall be considered ad hoc 
subcommittees of the Committee. The rules of the Committee 
shall be the rules of any subunit of the Committee, so far as 
applicable, or as otherwise directed by the Chairman. Each 
subunit of the Committee is authorized to meet, hold hearings, 
receive evidence, and 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, and to report to the full 
Committee on all measures or matters for which it was created. 
Chairmen of subunits of the Committee shall set meeting dates 
with the approval of the Chairman of the full Committee, with a 
view toward avoiding simultaneous scheduling of Committee and 
subunit meetings or hearings wherever possible. It shall be the 
practice of the Committee that meetings of subunits not be 
scheduled to occur simultaneously with meetings of the full 
Committee. In order to ensure orderly and fair assignment of 
hearing and meeting rooms, hearings and meetings should be 
arranged in advance with the Chairman through the clerk of the 
Committee.

               Rule 17.--Other Procedures and Regulations

    The Chairman may establish such other procedures and take 
such actions as may be necessary to carry out the foregoing 
rules or to facilitate the effective operation of the 
committee.

            Rule 18.--Designation of Clerk of the Committee

    For the purposes of these rules and the Rules of the House 
of Representatives, the staff director of the Committee shall 
act as the clerk of the Committee.
                  Committee on International Relations

 HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois, Chairman

TOM LANTOS, California               JAMES A. LEACH, Iowa
HOWARD L. BERMAN, California         CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, New Jersey,
GARY L. ACKERMAN, New York             Vice Chairman
ENI F. H. FALEOMAVAEGA, American SamoaAN BURTON, Indiana
DONALD M. PAYNE, New Jersey          ELTON GALLEGLY, California
ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey          ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida
SHERROD BROWN, Ohio                  DANA ROHRABACHER, California
BRAD SHERMAN, California             EDWARD R. ROYCE, California
ROBERT WEXLER, Florida               PETER T. KING, New York
ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York             STEVE CHABOT, Ohio
WILLIAM D. DELAHUNT, Massachusetts   THOMAS G. TANCREDO, Colorado
GREGORY W. MEEKS, New York           RON PAUL, Texas
BARBARA LEE, California              DARRELL E. ISSA, California
JOSEPH CROWLEY, New York             JEFF FLAKE, Arizona
EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon              JO ANN DAVIS, Virginia
SHELLEY BERKLEY, Nevada              MARK GREEN, Wisconsin
GRACE F. NAPOLITANO, California      JERRY WELLER, Illinois
ADAM B. SCHIFF, California           MIKE PENCE, Indiana
DIANE E. WATSON, California          THADDEUS G. McCOTTER, Michigan
ADAM SMITH, Washington               KATHERINE HARRIS, Florida
BETTY McCOLLUM, Minnesota            JOE WILSON, South Carolina
BEN CHANDLER, Kentucky               JOHN BOOZMAN, Arkansas
DENNIS A. CARDOZA, California        J. GRESHAM BARRETT, South Carolina
                                     CONNIE MACK, Florida
                                     JEFF FORTENBERRY, Nebraska
                                     MICHAEL T. McCAUL, Texas
                                     TED POE, Texas

                       (Adopted February 9, 2005)

                      Rule 1.--General Provisions

    The Rules of the House of Representatives, and in 
particular, the committee rules enumerated in clause 2 of Rule 
XI, are the rules of the Committee on International Relations 
(hereafter referred to as the ``Committee''), to the extent 
applicable. A motion to recess and a motion to dispense with 
the first reading (in full) of a bill or resolution, if printed 
copies are available, are privileged non-debatable motions in 
Committee.
    The Chairman of the Committee on International Relations 
(hereinafter referred to as the ``Chairman'') shall consult the 
Ranking Minority Member to the extent possible with respect to 
the business of the Committee. Each subcommittee of the 
Committee is a part of the Committee and is subject to the 
authority and direction of the Committee and to its rules, to 
the extent applicable.

                        Rule 2.--Date of Meeting

    The regular meeting date of the Committee shall be the 
first Tuesday of every month when the House of Representatives 
is in session pursuant to clause 2(b) of Rule XI of the House 
of Representatives. Additional meetings may be called by the 
Chairman as he may deem necessary or at the request of a 
majority of the Members of the Committee in accordance with 
clause 2(c) of Rule XI of the House of Representatives.
    The determination of the business to be considered at each 
meeting shall be made by the Chairman subject to clause 2(c) of 
Rule XI of the House of Representatives.
    A regularly scheduled meeting need not be held if, in the 
judgment of the Chairman, there is no business to be 
considered.

                            Rule 3.--Quorum

    For purposes of taking testimony and receiving evidence, 
two Members shall constitute a quorum.
    One-third of the Members of the Committee shall constitute 
a quorum for taking any action, except: (1) Reporting a measure 
or recommendation; (2) closing Committee meetings and hearings 
to the public; (3) authorizing the issuance of subpoenas; and 
(4) any other action for which an actual majority quorum is 
required by any rule of the House of Representatives or by law.
    No measure or recommendation shall be reported to the House 
of Representatives unless a majority of the Committee is 
actually present.
    A record vote may be demanded by one-fifth of the Members 
present or, in the apparent absence of a quorum, by any one 
Member.

           Rule 4.--Meetings and Hearings Open to the Public

    (a) Meetings.--(1) Each meeting for the transaction of 
business, including the markup of legislation, of the Committee 
or a subcommittee shall be open to the public except when the 
Committee or subcommittee, in open session and with a majority 
present, determines by record 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, or would tend to defame, degrade or 
incriminate any person or otherwise violate any law or rule of 
the House of Representatives. No person other than Members of 
the Committee and such congressional staff and departmental 
representatives as they may authorize shall be present at any 
business or markup session which has been closed to the public. 
This subsection does not apply to open Committee hearings which 
are provided for by subsection (b) of this rule.
    (2) The Chairman may postpone further proceedings when a 
record vote is ordered on the question of approving any measure 
or matter, or adopting an amendment. The Chairman may resume 
proceedings on a postponed request at any time. When exercising 
postponement authority, the Chairman shall take all reasonable 
steps necessary to notify Members on the resumption of 
proceedings on any postponed record vote. When proceedings 
resume on a postponed question, notwithstanding any intervening 
order for the previous question, an underlying proposition 
shall remain subject to further debate or amendment to the same 
extent as when the question was postponed.
    (b) Hearings.--(1) Each hearing conducted by the Committee 
or a subcommittee shall be open to the public except when the 
Committee or subcommittee, in open session and with a majority 
present, determines by record vote that all or part of the 
remainder of that hearing on that day should 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 
otherwise would violate any law or rule of the House of 
Representatives. Notwithstanding 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 paragraph (2) of this subsection; or
          (B) may vote to close the hearing, as provided in 
        paragraph (2) of this subsection.
    (2) Whenever it is asserted by a member of the Committee 
that the evidence or testimony at a hearing may tend to defame, 
degrade, or incriminate any person, or it is asserted by a 
witness that the evidence or testimony that the witness would 
give at a hearing may tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate 
the witness
          (A) such testimony or evidence shall be presented in 
        executive session, notwithstanding the provisions of 
        paragraph (1) of this subsection, 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 or subcommittee determines that such evidence 
        or testimony may tend to defame, degrade, or 
        incriminate any person; and
          (B) the Committee or subcommittee 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.
    (3) No Member of the House of Representatives may be 
excluded from nonparticipatory attendance at any hearing of the 
Committee or a subcommittee unless the House of Representatives 
has by majority vote authorized the 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 subsection for closing hearings 
to the public.
    (4) The Committee or a subcommittee may by the procedure 
designated in this subsection vote to close one (1) subsequent 
day of hearing.
    (5) No congressional staff shall be present at any meeting 
or hearing of the Committee or a subcommittee that has been 
closed to the public, and at which classified information will 
be involved, unless such person is authorized access to such 
classified information in accordance with Rule 20.

             Rule 5.--Announcement of Hearings and Markups

    Public announcement shall be made of the date, place, and 
subject matter of any hearing or markup to be conducted by the 
Committee or a subcommittee at the earliest possible date, and 
in any event at least one (1) week before the commencement of 
that hearing or markup unless the Committee or subcommittee 
determines that there is good cause to begin that meeting at an 
earlier date, in consultation with the Ranking Minority Member 
of the Committee or subcommittee, as the case may be. Such 
determination may be made with respect to any markup by the 
Chairman or subcommittee chairman, as appropriate. Such 
determination may be made with respect to any hearing of the 
Committee or of a subcommittee by its Chairman, with the 
concurrence of its Ranking Minority Member, or by the Committee 
or subcommittee by majority vote, a quorum being present for 
the transaction of business.
    Public announcement of all hearings and markups shall be 
published in the Daily Digest portion of the Congressional 
Record. Members shall be notified by the Chief of Staff of all 
meetings (including markups and hearings) and briefings of 
subcommittees and of the full Committee.
    The agenda for each Committee and subcommittee meeting, 
setting out all items of business to be considered, including 
whenever possible a copy of any bill or other document 
scheduled for markup, shall be furnished to each Committee or 
subcommittee Member by delivery to the Member's office at least 
24 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) 
before the meeting. Bills or subjects not listed on such agenda 
shall be subject to a point of order unless their consideration 
is agreed to by a two-thirds vote of the Committee or 
subcommittee or by the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of 
the Committee or subcommittee.

                           Rule 6.--Witnesses

    (a) Interrogation of Witnesses.--(1) Insofar as 
practicable, witnesses shall be permitted to present their oral 
statements without interruption subject to reasonable time 
constraints imposed by the Chairman, with questioning by the 
Committee Members taking place afterward. Members should 
refrain from questions until such statements are completed.
    (2) In recognizing Members, the Chairman shall, to the 
extent practicable, give preference to the Members on the basis 
of their arrival at the hearing, taking into consideration the 
majority and minority ratio of the Members actually present. A 
Member desiring to speak or ask a question shall address the 
Chairman and not the witness.
    (3) Subject to paragraph (4), each Member may interrogate 
the witness for 5 minutes, the reply of the witness being 
included in the 5-minute period. After all Members have had an 
opportunity to ask questions, the round shall begin again under 
the 5-minute rule.
    (4) Notwithstanding paragraph (3), the Chairman, with the 
concurrence of the Ranking Minority Member, may permit one (1) 
or more majority members of the Committee designated by the 
Chairman to question a witness for a specified period of not 
longer than 30 minutes. On such occasions, an equal number of 
minority Members of the Committee designated by the Ranking 
Minority Member shall be permitted to question the same witness 
for the same period of time. Committee staff may be permitted 
to question a witness for equal specified periods either with 
the concurrence of the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member or 
by motion. However, in no case may questioning by Committee 
staff proceed before each Member of the Committee who wishes to 
speak under the 5-minute rule has had one opportunity to do so.
    (b) Statements of Witnesses.--Each witness who is to appear 
before the Committee or a subcommittee is required to file with 
the clerk of the Committee, at least two (2) working days in 
advance of his or her appearance, sufficient copies, as 
determined by the Chairman of the Committee or subcommittee, of 
his or her proposed testimony to provide to Members and staff 
of the Committee or subcommittee, the news media, and the 
general public. The witness shall limit his or her oral 
presentation to a brief summary of his or her testimony. In the 
case of a witness appearing in a nongovernmental capacity, a 
written statement of proposed testimony shall, to the extent 
practicable, 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, to the extent that such information 
is relevant to the subject matter of, and the witness' 
representational capacity at, the hearing.
    To the extent practicable, each witness should provide the 
text of his or her proposed testimony in machine-readable form, 
along with any attachments and appendix materials.
    The Committee or subcommittee shall notify Members at least 
two working days in advance of a hearing of the availability of 
testimony submitted by witnesses.
    The requirements of this subsection or any part thereof may 
be waived by the Chairman or Ranking Minority Member of the 
Committee or subcommittee, or the presiding Member, provided 
that the witness or the Chairman or Ranking Minority Member has 
submitted, prior to the witness's appearance, a written 
explanation as to the reasons testimony has not been made 
available to the Committee or subcommittee. In the event a 
witness submits neither his nor her testimony at least two 
working days in advance of his or her appearance nor has a 
written explanation been submitted as to prior availability, 
the witness shall be released from testifying unless a majority 
of the Committee or subcommittee votes to accept his or her 
testimony.
    (c) Oaths.--The Chairman, or any Member of the Committee 
designated by the Chairman, may administer oaths to witnesses 
before the Committee.

       Rule 7.--Preparation and Maintenance of Committee Records

    An accurate stenographic record shall be made of all 
hearings and markup sessions. Members of the Committee and any 
witness may examine the transcript of his or her own remarks 
and may make any grammatical or technical changes that do not 
substantively alter the record. Any such Member or witness 
shall return the transcript to the Committee offices within 
five (5) calendar days (not including Saturdays, Sundays, and 
legal holidays) after receipt of the transcript, or as soon 
thereafter as is practicable.
    Any information supplied for the record at the request of a 
Member of the Committee shall be provided to the Member when 
received by the Committee.
    Transcripts of hearings and markup sessions (except for the 
record of a meeting or hearing which is closed to the public) 
shall be printed as soon as is practicable after receipt of the 
corrected versions, except that the Chairman may order the 
transcript of a hearing to be printed without the corrections 
of a Member or witness if the Chairman determines that such 
Member or witness has been afforded a reasonable time to 
correct such transcript and such transcript has not been 
returned within such time.
    The records of the Committee at the National Archives and 
Records Administration shall be made available for public use 
in accordance with Rule VII of the House of Representatives. 
The Chairman shall notify the Ranking Minority Member of any 
decision, pursuant to clause 3(b)(3) or clause 4(b) of the 
rule, to withhold a record otherwise available, and the matter 
shall be presented to the Committee for a determination on the 
written request of any Member of the Committee.
    The Committee shall, to the maximum extent feasible, make 
its publications available in electronic form.

           Rule 8.--Extraneous Material in Committee Hearings

    No extraneous material shall be printed in either the body 
or appendices of any Committee or subcommittee hearing, except 
matter which has been accepted for inclusion in the record 
during the hearing or by agreement of the Chairman and Ranking 
Minority Member of the Committee or subcommittee within five 
calendar days of the hearing. Copies of bills and other 
legislation under consideration and responses to written 
questions submitted by Members shall not be considered 
extraneous material.
    Extraneous material in either the body or appendices of any 
hearing to be printed which would be in excess of eight (8) 
printed pages (for any one submission) shall be accompanied by 
a written request to the Chairman, such written request to 
contain an estimate in writing from the Public Printer of the 
probable cost of publishing such material.

            Rule 9.--Public Availability of Committee Votes

    The result of each record vote in any meeting of the 
Committee shall be made available for inspection by the public 
at reasonable times at the Committee offices. Such result shall 
include a description of the amendment, motion, order, or other 
proposition, the name of each Member voting for and against, 
and the Members present but not voting.

                           Rule 10.--Proxies

    Proxy voting is not permitted in the Committee or in 
subcommittees.

                           Rule 11.--Reports

    (a) Reports on Bills and Resolutions.--To the extent 
practicable, not later than 24 hours before a report is to be 
filed with the Clerk of the House on a measure that has been 
ordered reported by the Committee, the Chairman shall make 
available for inspection by all Members of the Committee a copy 
of the draft committee report in order to afford Members 
adequate information and the opportunity to draft and file any 
supplemental, minority or additional views which they may deem 
appropriate.
    With respect to each record 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 any Committee report on the 
measure or matter.
    (b) Prior Approval of Certain Reports.--No Committee, 
subcommittee, or staff report, study, or other document which 
purports to express publicly the views, findings, conclusions, 
or recommendations of the Committee or a subcommittee may be 
released to the public or filed with the Clerk of the House 
unless approved by a majority of the Committee or subcommittee, 
as appropriate. A proposed investigative or oversight report 
shall be considered as read if it has been available to Members 
of the Committee for at least 24 hours (excluding Saturdays, 
Sundays, or legal holidays except when the House is in session 
on such a day). In any case in which clause 2(l) of Rule XI and 
clause 3(a)(1) of Rule XIII of the House of Representatives 
does not apply, each Member of the Committee or subcommittee 
shall be given an opportunity to have views or a disclaimer 
included as part of the material filed or released, as the case 
may be.
    (c) Foreign Travel Reports.--At the same time that the 
report required by clause 8(b)(3) of Rule X of the House of 
Representatives, regarding foreign travel reports, is submitted 
to the Chairman, Members and employees of the committee shall 
provide a report to the Chairman listing all official meetings, 
interviews, inspection tours and other official functions in 
which the individual participated, by country and date. Under 
extraordinary circumstances, the Chairman may waive the listing 
in such report of an official meeting, interview, inspection 
tour, or other official function. The report shall be 
maintained in the full committee offices and shall be available 
for public inspection during normal business hours.

               Rule 12.--Reporting Bills and Resolutions

    Except in unusual circumstances, bills and resolutions will 
not be considered by the Committee unless and until the 
appropriate subcommittee has recommended the bill or resolution 
for Committee action, and will not be taken to the House of 
Representatives for action unless and until the Committee has 
ordered reported such bill or resolution, a quorum being 
present.
    Except in unusual circumstances, a bill or resolution 
originating in the House of Representatives that contains 
exclusively findings and policy declarations or expressions of 
the sense of the House of Representatives or the sense of the 
Congress shall not be considered by the Committee or a 
subcommittee unless such bill or resolution has at least 25 
House co-sponsors, at least ten of whom are Members of the 
Committee.
    For purposes of this Rule, unusual circumstances will be 
determined by the Chairman, after consultation with the Ranking 
Minority Member and such other Members of the Committee as the 
Chairman deems appropriate.
    The Chairman is directed to offer a motion under clause 1 
of Rule XXII of the Rules of the House whenever the Chairman 
considers it appropriate.

                        Rule 13.--Staff Services

    (a) The Committee staff shall be selected and organized so 
that it can provide a comprehensive range of professional 
services in the field of foreign affairs to the Committee, the 
subcommittees, and all its Members. The staff shall include 
persons with training and experience in international 
relations, making available to the Committee individuals with 
knowledge of major countries, areas, and U.S. overseas programs 
and operations.
    (b) Subject to clause 9 of Rule X of the House of 
Representatives, the staff of the Committee, except as provided 
in paragraph (c), shall be appointed, and may be removed, by 
the Chairman with the approval of the majority of the majority 
Members of the Committee. Their remuneration shall be fixed by 
the Chairman, and they shall work under the general supervision 
and direction of the Chairman. Staff assignments are to be 
authorized by the Chairman or by the Chief of Staff under the 
direction of the Chairman.
    (c) Subject to clause 9 of Rule X of the House of 
Representatives, the staff of the Committee assigned to the 
minority shall be appointed, their remuneration determined, and 
may be removed, by the Ranking Minority Member with the 
approval of the majority of the minority party Members of the 
Committee. No minority staff person shall be compensated at a 
rate which exceeds that paid his or her majority staff 
counterpart. Such staff shall work under the general 
supervision and direction of the Ranking Minority Member with 
the approval or consultation of the minority Members of the 
committee.
    (d) The Chairman shall ensure that sufficient staff is made 
available to each subcommittee to carry out its 
responsibilities under the rules of the Committee. The Chairman 
shall ensure that the minority party is fairly treated in the 
appointment of such staff.

           Rule 14.--Number and Jurisdiction of Subcommittees

    (a) Full Committee.--The Full Committee will be responsible 
for oversight and legislation relating to: foreign assistance 
(including development assistance, Millennium Challenge 
Corporation, the Millennium Challenge Account, HIV/AIDS in 
foreign countries, security assistance, and Public Law 480 
programs abroad); the Peace Corps; national security 
developments affecting foreign policy; strategic planning and 
agreements; war powers, treaties, executive agreements, and the 
deployment and use of United States Armed Forces; peacekeeping, 
peace enforcement, and enforcement of United Nations or other 
international sanctions; arms control and disarmament issues; 
the Agency for International Development; activities and 
policies of the State, Commerce, and Defense Departments and 
other agencies related to the Arms Export Control Act, the 
Export Administration Act, and the Foreign Assistance Act 
including export and licensing policy for munitions items and 
technology and dual-use equipment and technology, and other 
matters related to international economic policy and trade; 
international law; promotion of democracy; international law 
enforcement issues, including narcotics control programs and 
activities; Broadcasting Board of Governors, Overseas Private 
Investment Corporation, Trade and Development Agency, and 
related agency operations; embassy security; the United 
Nations, its affiliated agencies and other international 
organizations, including assessed and voluntary contributions 
to such organizations; international broadcasting; public 
diplomacy, including international communication, information 
policy, international education, and cultural programs; and all 
other matters not specifically assigned to a subcommittee. The 
Full Committee may conduct oversight with respect to any matter 
within the jurisdiction of the Committee as defined in the 
Rules of the House of Representatives.
    (b) Subcommittees.--There shall be seven (7) standing 
subcommittees. The names and jurisdiction of those 
subcommittees shall be as follows:

                      1. FUNCTIONAL SUBCOMMITTEES

    There shall be two subcommittees with functional 
jurisdiction:
    Subcommittee on International Terrorism and 
Nonproliferation.--(Oversight and legislative responsibilities 
over the United States (efforts to manage and coordinate 
international programs to combat terrorism as coordinated by 
the Department of State and other agencies, including 
diplomatic, economic, and military assistance programs in areas 
designed to prevent terrorism, and efforts intended to 
identify, arrest, and bring international terrorists to 
justice. Oversight of, and (to the degree applicable to matters 
outside the Foreign Assistance Act, the Arms Export Control 
Act, the Export Administration Act, sanctions laws pertaining 
to individual countries and the provision of foreign 
assistance) legislation pertaining to: nonproliferation 
including matters relating to arms transfer policy; export 
control policy including the transfer of dual use equipment and 
technology; matters involving nuclear, chemical, biological and 
other weapons of mass destruction; legislation aimed at the 
promotion of sanctions and other nonproliferation matters 
generally.
    Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.--With the 
concurrence of the full Committee Chairman, oversight and 
investigations of all matters within the jurisdiction of the 
Committee.

                       2. REGIONAL SUBCOMMITTEES

    There shall be five subcommittees with regional 
jurisdiction: the Subcommittee on Europe and Emerging Threats; 
the Subcommittee on the Middle East and Central Asia; the 
Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere; the Subcommittee on 
Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations; and 
the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific. Two of the regional 
subcommittees, the Subcommittee on Europe and Emerging Threats 
and the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and 
International Operations, shall also have functional 
jurisdiction.
    The regional subcommittees shall have jurisdiction over the 
following within their respective regions:
          (1) Matters affecting the political relations between 
        the United States and other countries and regions, 
        including resolutions or other legislative measures 
        directed to such relations.
          (2) Legislation with respect to disaster assistance 
        outside the Foreign Assistance Act, boundary issues, 
        and international claims.
          (3) Legislation with respect to region- or country-
        specific loans or other financial relations outside the 
        Foreign Assistance Act.
          (4) Resolutions of disapproval under section 36(b) of 
        the Arms Export Control Act, with respect to foreign 
        military sales.
          (5) Legislation and oversight regarding human rights 
        practices in particular countries.
          (6) Oversight of regional lending institutions.
          (7) Oversight of matters related to the regional 
        activities of the United Nations, of its affiliated 
        agencies, and of other multilateral institutions.
          (8) Identification and development of options for 
        meeting future problems and issues relating to U.S. 
        interests in the region.
          (9) Base rights and other facilities access 
        agreements and regional security pacts.
          (10) Oversight of matters relating to parliamentary 
        conferences and exchanges involving the region.
          (11) Concurrent oversight jurisdiction with respect 
        to matters assigned to the functional subcommittees 
        insofar as they may affect the region.
          (12) Oversight of all foreign assistance activities 
        affecting the region.
          (13) Such other matters as the Chairman of the Full 
        Committee may determine.
    The Subcommittee on Europe and Emerging Threats.--In 
addition to its regional jurisdiction, responsibility for 
legislation and oversight over emerging threats.
    The Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and 
International Operations.--In addition to its regional 
jurisdiction, responsibility for oversight of, and (to the 
degree applicable to matters outside the Foreign Assistance 
Act, the Arms Export Control Act, the Export Administration 
Act, and the provision of foreign assistance) legislation 
pertaining to implementation of the Universal Declaration of 
Human Rights, and other matters relating to internationally-
recognized human rights, including sanctions legislation aimed 
at the promotion of human rights and democracy generally; the 
Department of State and related agency operations; the 
diplomatic service; foreign buildings; parliamentary 
conferences and exchanges; and, the American Red Cross; 
oversight of international population planning and child 
survival activities; the United Nations, its affiliated 
agencies and other international organizations, including 
assessed and voluntary contributions to such organizations; 
international broadcasting; and, public diplomacy, including 
international communication, information policy, international 
education, and cultural programs.

              Rule 15.--Powers and Duties of Subcommittees

    Each subcommittee is authorized to meet, hold hearings, 
receive evidence, and report to the full Committee on all 
matters referred to it. Subcommittee chairmen shall set meeting 
dates after consultation with the Chairman, other subcommittee 
chairmen, and other appropriate Members, with a view towards 
minimizing scheduling conflicts. It shall be the practice of 
the Committee that meetings of subcommittees not be scheduled 
to occur simultaneously with meetings of the Full Committee.
    In order to ensure orderly administration and fair 
assignment of hearing and meeting rooms, the subject, time, and 
location of hearings and meetings shall be arranged in advance 
with the Chairman through the Chief of Staff of the Committee.
    The Chairman of the Full Committee shall designate a Member 
of the majority party on each subcommittee as its Vice 
Chairman.
    The Chairman and the Ranking Minority Member may attend the 
meetings and participate in the activities of all subcommittees 
of which they are not members, except that they may not vote or 
be counted for a quorum in such subcommittees.

                Rule 16.--Referral of Bills by Chairman

    In accordance with Rule 14 of the Committee and to the 
extent practicable, all legislation and other matters referred 
to the Committee shall be referred by the Chairman to a 
subcommittee of primary jurisdiction within two (2) weeks. In 
accordance with Rule 14 of the Committee, legislation may also 
be referred to additional subcommittees for consideration. 
Unless otherwise directed by the Chairman, such subcommittees 
shall act on or be discharged from consideration of legislation 
that has been approved by the subcommittee of primary 
jurisdiction within two (2) weeks of such action. In referring 
any legislation to a subcommittee, the Chairman may specify a 
date by which the subcommittee shall report thereon to the Full 
Committee.
    The Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and 
International Operations and the subcommittees with regional 
jurisdiction shall have joint jurisdiction over legislation 
regarding human rights practices in particular countries within 
the region.
    The Chairman may designate a subcommittee chairman or other 
Member to take responsibility as manager of a bill or 
resolution during its consideration in the House of 
Representatives.

   Rule 17.--Party Ratios on Subcommittees and Conference Committees

    The majority party caucus of the Committee shall determine 
an appropriate ratio of majority to minority party Members for 
each subcommittee. Party representation on each subcommittee or 
conference committee shall be no less favorable to the majority 
party than the ratio for the Full Committee. The Chairman and 
the Ranking Minority Member are authorized to negotiate matters 
affecting such ratios including the size of subcommittees and 
conference committees.

               Rule 18.--Subcommittee Funding and Records

    (a) Each subcommittee shall have adequate funds to 
discharge its responsibility for legislation and oversight.
    (b) In order to facilitate Committee compliance with clause 
2(e)(1) of Rule XI of the House of Representatives, each 
subcommittee shall keep a complete record of all subcommittee 
actions which shall include a record of the votes on any 
question on which a record vote is demanded. The result of each 
record vote shall be promptly made available to the Full 
Committee for inspection by the public in accordance with Rule 
9 of the Committee.
    (c) All subcommittee hearings, records, data, charts, and 
files shall be kept distinct from the congressional office 
records of the Member serving as chairman of the subcommittee. 
Subcommittee records shall be coordinated with the records of 
the Full Committee, shall be the property of the House, and all 
Members of the House shall have access thereto.

              Rule 19.--Meetings of Subcommittee Chairmen

    The Chairman shall call a meeting of the subcommittee 
chairmen on a regular basis not less frequently than once a 
month. Such a meeting need not be held if there is no business 
to conduct. It shall be the practice at such meetings to review 
the current agenda and activities of each of the subcommittees.

               Rule 20.--Access to Classified Information

    Authorized Persons.--In accordance with the stipulations of 
the Rules of the House of Representatives, all Members of the 
House who have executed the oath required by clause 13 of Rule 
XXIII of the House of Representatives shall be authorized to 
have access to classified information within the possession of 
the Committee.
    Members of the Committee staff shall be considered 
authorized to have access to classified information within the 
possession of the Committee when they have the proper security 
clearances, when they have executed the oath required by clause 
13 of Rule XXIII of the House of Representatives, and when they 
have a demonstrable need to know. The decision on whether a 
given staff member has a need to know will be made on the 
following basis:
    (a) In the case of the Full Committee majority staff, by 
the Chairman, acting through the Chief of Staff;
    (b) In the case of the Full Committee minority staff, by 
the Ranking Minority Member of the committee, acting through 
the Minority Chief of Staff;
    (c) In the case of subcommittee majority staff, by the 
Chairman of the subcommittee;
    (d) In the case of the subcommittee minority staff, by the 
Ranking Minority Member of the subcommittee.
    No other individuals shall be considered authorized 
persons, unless so designated by the Chairman.
    Designated Persons.--Each Committee Member is permitted to 
designate one member of his or her staff as having the right of 
access to information classified confidential. Such designated 
persons must have the proper security clearance, have executed 
the oath required by clause 13 of Rule XXIII of the House of 
Representatives, and have a need to know as determined by his 
or her principal. Upon request of a Committee Member in 
specific instances, a designated person also shall be permitted 
access to information classified secret which has been 
furnished to the Committee pursuant to section 36 of the Arms 
Export Control Act, as amended. Upon the written request of a 
Committee Member and with the approval of the Chairman in 
specific instances, a designated person may be permitted access 
to other classified materials. Designation of a staff person 
shall be by letter from the Committee Member to the Chairman.
    Location.--Classified information will be stored in secure 
safes in the Committee rooms. All materials classified top 
secret must be stored in a Secure Compartmentalized Information 
Facility (SCIF).
    Handling.--Materials classified confidential or secret may 
be taken from Committee offices to other Committee offices and 
hearing rooms by Members of the Committee and authorized 
Committee staff in connection with hearings and briefings of 
the Committee or its Subcommittees for which such information 
is deemed to be essential. Removal of such information from the 
Committee offices shall be only with the permission of the 
Chairman under procedures designed to ensure the safe handling 
and storage of such information at all times. Except as 
provided in this paragraph, top secret materials may not be 
taken from the SCIF for any purpose, except that such materials 
may be taken to hearings and other meetings that are being 
conducted at the top secret level when necessary. Top secret 
materials may otherwise be used under conditions approved by 
the Chairman after consultation with the Ranking Minority 
Member.
    Notice.--Appropriate notice of the receipt of classified 
documents received by the Committee from the Executive Branch 
will be sent promptly to Committee Members through the Survey 
of Activities or by other means.
    Access.--Except as provided for above, access to materials 
classified top secret or otherwise restricted held by the 
Committee will be in the SCIF. The following procedures will be 
observed:
    (a) Authorized or designated persons will be admitted to 
the SCIF after inquiring of the Chief of Staff or an assigned 
staff member. Access to the SCIF will be afforded during 
regular Committee hours.
    (b) Authorized or designated persons will be required to 
identify themselves, to identify the documents or information 
they wish to view, and to sign the Classified Materials Log, 
which is kept with the classified information.
    (c) The assigned staff member will be responsible for 
maintaining a log which identifies (1) authorized and 
designated persons seeking access, (2) the classified 
information requested, and (3) the time of arrival and 
departure of such persons. The assigned staff member will also 
assure that the classified materials are returned to the proper 
location.
    (d) The Classified Materials log will contain a statement 
acknowledged by the signature of the authorized or designated 
person that he or she has read the Committee rules and will 
abide by them.
    Divulgence.--Classified information provided to the 
Committee by the Executive Branch shall be handled in 
accordance with the procedures that apply within the Executive 
Branch for the protection of such information. Any classified 
information to which access has been gained through the 
Committee may not be divulged to any unauthorized person. 
Classified material shall not be photocopied or otherwise 
reproduced without the authorization of the Chief of Staff. In 
no event shall classified information be discussed over a non-
secure telephone. Apparent violations of this rule should be 
reported as promptly as possible to the Chairman for 
appropriate action.
    Other regulations.--The Chairman, after consultation with 
the Ranking Minority Member, may establish such additional 
regulations and procedures as in his judgment may be necessary 
to safeguard classified information under the control of the 
Committee. Members of the Committee will be given notice of any 
such regulations and procedures promptly. They may be modified 
or waived in any or all particulars by a majority vote of the 
Full Committee.

        Rule 21. Broadcasting of Committee Hearings and Meetings

    All Committee and subcommittee meetings or hearings which 
are open to the public may be covered, in whole or in part, by 
television broadcast, radio broadcast, and still photography, 
or by any such methods of coverage in accordance with the 
provisions of clause 3 of House rule XI.
    The Chairman or subcommittee chairman shall determine, in 
his or her discretion, the number of television and still 
cameras permitted in a hearing or meeting room, but shall not 
limit the number of television or still cameras to fewer than 
two (2) representatives from each medium.
    Such coverage shall be in accordance with the following 
requirements contained in Section 116(b) of the Legislative 
Reorganization Act of 1970, and clause 4 of Rule XI of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives:
    (a) 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.
    (b) No witness served with a subpoena by the Committee 
shall be required against his 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 Rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives relating to the protection of the rights of 
witnesses.
    (c) The allocation among cameras permitted by the Chairman 
or subcommittee chairman in a hearing room shall be in 
accordance with fair and equitable procedures devised by the 
Executive Committee of the Radio and Television Correspondents' 
Galleries.
    (d) Television cameras shall be placed so as not to 
obstruct in any way the space between any witness giving 
evidence or testimony and Member of the Committee or its 
subcommittees or the visibility of that witness and that Member 
to each other.
    (e) Television cameras shall operate from fixed positions 
but shall not be placed in positions which obstruct 
unnecessarily the coverage of the hearing by the other media.
    (f) 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 or subcommittee is 
in session.
    (g) Floodlights, spotlights, strobe lights, 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 room, without cost 
to the Government, in order to raise the ambient lighting level 
in the hearing room to the lowest level necessary to provide 
adequate television coverage of the hearing or meeting at the 
current state-of-the-art level of television coverage.
    (h) In the allocation of the number of still photographers 
permitted by the Chairman or subcommittee chairman in a hearing 
or meeting room, preference shall be given to photographers 
from Associated Press Photos, United Press International News 
pictures, and Reuters. If requests are made by more of the 
media than will be permitted by the Chairman 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.
    (i) 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 or its 
subcommittees.
    (j) Photographers shall not place themselves in positions 
which obstruct unnecessarily the coverage of the hearing by the 
other media.
    (k) Personnel providing coverage by the television and 
radio media shall be then currently accredited to the Radio and 
Television Correspondents' Galleries.
    (l) Personnel providing coverage by still photography shall 
be then currently accredited to the Press Photographers' 
Gallery Committee of Press Photographers.
    (m) 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.

                       Rule 22.--Subpoena Powers

    A subpoena may be authorized and issued by the Chairman, in 
accordance with clause 2(m) of Rule XI of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, in the conduct of any investigation 
or activity or series of investigations or activities within 
the jurisdiction of the Committee, following consultation with 
the Ranking Minority Member.
    In addition, a subpoena may be authorized and issued by the 
Committee or its subcommittees in accordance with clause 2(m) 
of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of the Representatives, in 
the conduct of any investigation or activity or series of 
investigations or activities, when authorized by a majority of 
the Members voting, a majority of the committee or subcommittee 
being present.
    Authorized subpoenas shall be signed by the Chairman or by 
any Member designated by the Committee.

         Rule 23.--Recommendation for Appointment of Conferees

    Whenever the Speaker is to appoint a conference committee, 
the Chairman shall recommend to the Speaker as conferees those 
Members of the Committee who are primarily responsible for the 
legislation (including to the full extent practicable the 
principal proponents of the major provisions of the bill as it 
passed the House), who have actively participated in the 
Committee or subcommittee consideration of the legislation, and 
who agree to attend the meetings of the conference. With regard 
to the appointment of minority Members, the Chairman shall 
consult with the Ranking Minority Member.

                      Rule 24.--General Oversight

    Not later than February 15th of the first session of a 
Congress, the Committee shall meet in open session, with a 
quorum present, to adopt its oversight plans for that Congress 
for submission to the Committee on House Oversight and the 
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, in accordance 
with the provisions of clause 2(d) of Rule X of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives.

               Rule 25.--Other Procedures and Regulations

    The Chairman, in consultation with the Ranking Minority 
Member, may establish such other procedures and take such 
actions as may be necessary to carry out the foregoing rules or 
to facilitate the effective operation of the Committee. Any 
additional procedures or regulations may be modified or 
rescinded in any or all particulars by a majority vote of the 
Full Committee.
                       Committee on the Judiciary

   F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, Jr., 
        Wisconsin, Chairman

JOHN CONYERS, Jr., Michigan          HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois
HOWARD L. BERMAN, California         HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina
RICK BOUCHER, Virginia               LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas
JERROLD NADLER, New York             ELTON GALLEGLY, California
ROBERT C. SCOTT, Virginia            BOB GOODLATTE, Virginia
MELVIN L. WATT, North Carolina       STEVE CHABOT, Ohio
ZOE LOFGREN, California              DANIEL E. LUNGREN, California
SHEILA JACKSON-LEE, Texas            WILLIAM L. JENKINS, Tennessee
MAXINE WATERS, California            CHRIS CANNON, Utah
MARTIN T. MEEHAN, Massachusetts      SPENCER BACHUS, Alabama
WILLIAM D. DELAHUNT, Massachusetts   BOB INGLIS, South Carolina
ROBERT WEXLER, Florida               JOHN N. HOSTETTLER, Indiana
ANTHONY D. WEINER, New York          MARK GREEN, Wisconsin
ADAM B. SCHIFF, California           RIC KELLER, Florida
LINDA T. SANCHEZ, California         DARRELL E. ISSA, California
ADAM SMITH, Washington               JEFF FLAKE, Arizona
CHRIS VAN HOLLEN, Maryland           MIKE PENCE, Indiana
                                     J. RANDY FORBES, Virginia
                                     STEVE KING, Iowa
                                     TOM FEENEY, Florida
                                     TRENT FRANKS, Arizona
                                     LOUIE GOHMERT, Texas

                       (Adopted January 26, 2005)

                                 Rule I

    The Rules of the House of Representatives are the rules of 
the Committee on the Judiciary and its Subcommittees with the 
following specific additions thereto.

                      Rule II.--Committee Meetings

    (a) The regular meeting day of the Committee on the 
Judiciary for the conduct of its business shall be on Tuesday 
of each week while the House is in session.
    (b) Additional meetings may be called by the Chairman and a 
regular meeting of the Committee may be dispensed with when, in 
the judgment of the Chairman, there is no need therefor.
    (c) At least 24 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and 
legal holidays when the House is not in session) before each 
scheduled Committee or Subcommittee meeting, each Member of the 
Committee or Subcommittee shall be furnished a list of the 
bill(s) and subject(s) to be considered and/or acted upon at 
the meeting. Bills or subjects not listed shall be subject to a 
point of order unless their consideration is agreed to by a 
two-thirds vote of the Committee or Subcommittee.
    (d) The Chairman, with such notice to the Ranking Minority 
Member as is practicable, may call and convene, as he 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.
    (e) Committee and Subcommittee meetings for the transaction 
of business, i.e. meetings other than those held for the 
purpose of taking testimony, shall be open to the public except 
when the Committee or Subcommittee determines by majority vote 
to close the meeting because disclosure of matters to be 
considered would endanger national security, would compromise 
sensitive law enforcement information, or would tend to defame, 
degrade or incriminate any person or otherwise would violate 
any law or rule of the House.
    (f) Every motion made to the Committee and entertained by 
the Chairman shall be reduced to writing upon demand of any 
Member, and a copy made available to each Member present.
    (g) For purposes of taking any action at a meeting of the 
full Committee or any Subcommittee thereof, a quorum shall be 
constituted by the presence of not less than one-third of the 
Members of the Committee or subcommittee, except that a full 
majority of the Members of the Committee or Subcommittee shall 
constitute a quorum for purposes of reporting a measure or 
recommendation from the Committee or Subcommittee, closing a 
meeting to the public, or authorizing the issuance of a 
subpoena.
    (h)(1) Subject to subparagraph (2), the Chairman may 
postpone further proceedings when a record vote is ordered on 
the question of approving any measure or matter or adopting an 
amendment. The Chairman may resume proceedings on a postponed 
request at any time.
    (2) In exercising postponement authority under subparagraph 
(1), the Chairman shall take all reasonable steps necessary to 
notify Members on the resumption of proceedings on any 
postponed record vote.
    (3) When proceedings resume on a postponed question, 
notwithstanding any intervening order for the previous 
question, an underlying proposition shall remain subject to 
further debate or amendment to the same extent as when the 
question was postponed.
    (i) Transcripts of markups shall be recorded and may be 
published in the same manner as hearings before the Committee 
and shall be included as part of the legislative report unless 
waived by the Chairman.
    (j) Without further action of the Committee, the Chairman 
is directed to offer a motion under clause 1 of Rule XXII of 
the Rules of the House of Representatives whenever the Chairman 
considers it appropriate.

                          Rule III.--Hearings

    (a) The Committee Chairman or any Subcommittee chairman 
shall make public announcement of the date, place, and subject 
matter of any hearing to be conducted by it on any measure or 
matter at least one week before the commencement of that 
hearing. If the Chairman of the Committee, or Subcommittee, 
with the concurrence of the Ranking Minority Member, determines 
there is good cause to begin the hearing sooner, or if the 
Committee or Subcommittee so determines by majority vote, a 
quorum being present for the transaction of business, the 
Chairman or Subcommittee chairman shall make the announcement 
at the earliest possible date.
    (b) Committee and Subcommittee hearings shall be open to 
the public except when the Committee or Subcommittee determines 
by majority vote to close the meeting because disclosure of 
matters to be considered would endanger national security, 
would compromise sensitive law enforcement information, or 
would tend to defame, degrade or incriminate any person or 
otherwise would violate any law or rule of the House.
    (c) For purposes of taking testimony and receiving evidence 
before the Committee or any Subcommittee, a quorum shall be 
constituted by the presence of two Members.
    (d) In the course of any hearing each Member shall be 
allowed five minutes for the interrogation of a witness until 
such time as each Member who so desires has had an opportunity 
to question the witness.
    (e) The transcripts of those hearings conducted by the 
Committee which are decided to be printed shall be published in 
verbatim form, with the material requested for the record 
inserted at that place requested, or at the end of the record, 
as appropriate. Individuals, including Members of Congress, 
whose comments are to be published as part of a Committee 
document shall be given the opportunity to verify the accuracy 
of the transcription in advance of publication. Any requests by 
those Members, staff or witnesses to correct any errors other 
than errors in the transcription, or disputed errors in 
transcription, shall be appended to the record, and the 
appropriate place where the change is requested will be 
footnoted. Prior to approval by the Chairman of hearings 
conducted jointly with another congressional Committee, a 
memorandum of understanding shall be prepared which 
incorporates an agreement for the publication of the verbatim 
transcript.

                         Rule IV.--Broadcasting

    Whenever a hearing or meeting conducted by the Committee or 
any Subcommittee is open to the public, those proceedings shall 
be open to coverage by television, radio and still photography 
except when the hearing or meeting is closed pursuant to the 
Committee Rules of Procedure.

                    Rule V.--Standing Subcommittees

    (a) The full Committee shall have jurisdiction over the 
following subject matters: antitrust law, tort liability, 
including medical malpractice and product liability, legal 
reform generally, and such other matters as determined by the 
Chairman.
    (b) There shall be five standing Subcommittees of the 
Committee on the Judiciary, with jurisdictions as follows:
          (1) Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and 
        Intellectual Property.--Copyright, patent and trademark 
        law, information technology, administration of U.S. 
        courts, Federal Rules of Evidence, Civil and Appellate 
        Procedure, judicial ethics, other appropriate matters 
        as referred by the Chairman, and relevant oversight.
          (2) Subcommittee on the Constitution.--Constitutional 
        amendments, constitutional rights, federal civil rights 
        laws, ethics in government, other appropriate matters 
        as referred by the Chairman, and relevant oversight.
          (3) Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative 
        Law.--Bankruptcy and commercial law, bankruptcy 
        judgeships, administrative law, independent counsel, 
        state taxation affecting interstate commerce, 
        interstate compacts, other appropriate matters as 
        referred by the Chairman, and relevant oversight.
          (4) Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland 
        Security.--Federal Criminal Code, drug enforcement, 
        sentencing, parole and pardons, terrorism, internal and 
        homeland security, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, 
        prisons, criminal law enforcement, other appropriate 
        matters as referred by the Chairman, and relevant 
        oversight.
          (5) Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and 
        Claims.--Immigration and naturalization, border 
        security, admission of refugees, treaties, conventions 
        and international agreements, claims against the United 
        States, federal charters of incorporation, private 
        immigration and claims bills, non-border enforcement, 
        other appropriate matters as referred by the Chairman, 
        and relevant oversight.
    (c) The Chairman of the Committee and Ranking Minority 
Member thereof shall be ex officio Members, but not voting 
Members, of each Subcommittee to which such Chairman or Ranking 
Minority Member has not been assigned by resolution of the 
Committee. Ex officio Members shall not be counted as present 
for purposes of constituting a quorum at any hearing or meeting 
of such Subcommittee.

              Rule VI.--Powers and Duties of Subcommittees

    Each Subcommittee is authorized to meet, hold hearings, 
receive evidence, and report to the full Committee on all 
matters referred to it or under its jurisdiction. Subcommittee 
chairmen shall set dates for hearings and meetings of their 
respective Subcommittees after consultation with the Chairman 
and other Subcommittee chairmen with a view toward avoiding 
simultaneous scheduling of full Committee and Subcommittee 
meetings or hearings whenever possible.

                   Rule VII.--Non-Legislative Reports

    No report of the Committee or Subcommittee which does not 
accompany a measure or matter for consideration by the House 
shall be published unless all Members of the Committee or 
Subcommittee issuing the report shall have been apprised of 
such report and given the opportunity to give notice of 
intention to file supplemental, additional, or dissenting views 
as part of the report. In no case shall the time in which to 
file such views be less than three calendar days (excluding 
Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays when the House is not in 
session).

                     Rule VIII.--Committee Records

    The records of the Committee at the National Archives and 
Records Administration shall be made available for public use 
according to the Rules of the House. The Chairman shall notify 
the Ranking Minority Member of any decision to withhold a 
record otherwise available, and the matter shall be presented 
to the Committee for a determination on the written request of 
any Member of the Committee.
                         Committee on Resources

  RICHARD W. POMBO, California, 
             Chairman

NICK J. RAHALL II, West Virginia     DON YOUNG, Alaska
DALE E. KILDEE, Michigan             JIM SAXTON, New Jersey
ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA, American SamoaELTON GALLEGLY, California
NEIL ABERCROMBIE, Hawaii             JOHN J. DUNCAN, Jr., Tennessee
SOLOMON P. ORTIZ, Texas              WAYNE T. GILCHREST, Maryland
FRANK PALLONE, Jr., New Jersey       KEN CALVERT, California
DONNA M. CHRISTENSEN, Virgin Islands BARBARA CUBIN, Wyoming
RON KIND, Wisconsin                  GEORGE RADANOVICH, California
GRACE F. NAPOLITANO, California      WALTER B. JONES, North Carolina
TOM UDALL, New Mexico                CHRIS CANNON, Utah
RAUL M. GRIJALVA, Arizona            JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania
MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO, Guam          JIM GIBBONS, Nevada
JIM COSTA, California                GREG WALDEN, Oregon
CHARLIE MELANCON, Louisiana          THOMAS G. TANCREDO, Colorado
DAN BOREN, Oklahoma                  J.D. HAYWORTH, Arizona
GEORGE MILLER, California            JEFF FLAKE, Arizona
EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts      RICK RENZI, Arizona
PETER A. DeFAZIO, Oregon             STEVAN PEARCE, New Mexico
JAY INSLEE, Washington               HENRY E. BROWN, Jr., South 
MARK UDALL, Colorado                 Carolina
DENNIS A. CARDOZA, California        THELMA D. DRAKE, Virginia
STEPHANIE HERSETH, South Dakota      LUIS G. FORTUNO, Puerto Rico
                                     CATHY McMORRIS, Washington
                                     BOBBY JINDAL, Louisiana
                                     LOUIE GOHMERT, Texas
                                     MARILYN N. MUSGRAVE, Colorado

                       (Adopted February 2, 2005)

               Rule 1.--Rules of the House; Vice Chairmen

    (a) Applicability of House Rules.--
          (1) The Rules of the House of Representatives, so far 
        as they are applicable, are the rules of the Committee 
        and its Subcommittees.
          (2) Each Subcommittee is part of the Committee and is 
        subject to the authority, direction and rules of the 
        Committee. References in these rules to ``Committee'' 
        and ``Chairman'' shall apply to each Subcommittee and 
        its Chairman wherever applicable.
          (3) House Rule XI is incorporated and made a part of 
        the rules of the Committee to the extent applicable.
    (b) Vice Chairmen.--Unless inconsistent with other rules, 
the Chairman shall appoint a Vice Chairman of the Committee and 
the Subcommittee Chairmen will appoint Vice Chairmen of each of 
the Subcommittees. If the Chairman of the Committee or 
Subcommittee is not present at any meeting of the Committee or 
Subcommittee, as the case may be, the Vice Chairman shall 
preside. If the Vice Chairman is not present, the ranking 
Member of the Majority party on the Committee or Subcommittee 
who is present shall preside at that meeting.

                      Rule 2.--Meetings in General

    (a) Scheduled Meetings.--The Committee shall meet at 10 
a.m. every Wednesday when the House is in session, unless 
canceled by the Chairman. The Committee shall also meet at the 
call of the Chairman subject to advance notice to all Members 
of the Committee. Special meetings shall be called and convened 
by the Chairman as provided in clause 2(c)(1) of House Rule XI. 
Any Committee meeting or hearing that conflicts with a party 
caucus, conference, or similar party meeting shall be 
rescheduled at the discretion of the Chairman, in consultation 
with the Ranking Minority Member. The Committee may not 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.
    (b) Open Meetings.--Each meeting for the transaction of 
business, including the markup of legislation, and each hearing 
of the Committee or a Subcommittee shall be open to the public, 
except as provided by clause 2(g) and clause 2(k) of House Rule 
XI.
    (c) Broadcasting.--Whenever a meeting for the transaction 
of business, including the markup of legislation, or a hearing 
is open to the public, that meeting or hearing shall be open to 
coverage by television, radio, and still photography in 
accordance with clause 4 of House Rule XI. The provisions of 
clause 4(f) of House Rule XI are specifically made part of 
these rules by reference. Operation and use of any Committee 
Internet broadcast system shall be fair and nonpartisan and in 
accordance with clause 4(b) of House Rule XI and all other 
applicable rules of the Committee and the House.
    (d) Oversight Plan.--No later than February 15 of the first 
session of each Congress, the Committee shall adopt its 
oversight plans for that Congress in accordance with clause 
2(d)(1) of House Rule X.

                     Rule 3.--Procedures in General

    (a) Agenda of Meetings; Information for Members.--An agenda 
of the business to be considered at meetings shall be delivered 
to the office of each Member of the Committee no later than 48 
hours before the meeting. This requirement may be waived by a 
majority vote of the Committee at the time of the consideration 
of the measure or matter. To the extent practicable, a summary 
of the major provisions of any bill being considered by the 
Committee, including the need for the bill and its effect on 
current law, will be available for the Members of the Committee 
no later than 48 hours before the meeting.
    (b) Meetings and Hearings To Begin Promptly.--Each meeting 
or hearing of the Committee shall begin promptly at the time 
stipulated in the public announcement of the meeting or 
hearing.
    (c) Addressing the Committee.--A Committee Member may 
address the Committee or a Subcommittee on any bill, motion, or 
other matter under consideration or may question a witness at a 
hearing only when recognized by the Chairman for that purpose. 
The time a Member may address the Committee or Subcommittee for 
any purpose or to question a witness shall be limited to five 
minutes, except as provided in Committee rule 4(g). A Member 
shall limit his remarks to the subject matter under 
consideration. The Chairman shall enforce the preceding 
provision.
    (d) Quorums.--
          (1) A majority of the Members shall constitute a 
        quorum for the reporting of any measure or 
        recommendation, the authorizing of a subpoena, the 
        closing of any meeting or hearing to the public under 
        clause 2(g)(1), clause 2(g)(2)(A) and clause 2(k)(5)(B) 
        of House Rule XI, and the releasing of executive 
        session materials under clause 2(k)(7) of House Rule X. 
        Testimony and evidence may be received at any hearing 
        at which there are at least two Members of the 
        Committee present. For the purpose of transacting all 
        other business of the Committee, one third of the 
        Members shall constitute a quorum.
          (2) When a call of the roll is required to ascertain 
        the presence of a quorum, the offices of all Members 
        shall be notified and the Members shall have not less 
        than 15 minutes to prove their attendance. The Chairman 
        shall have the discretion to waive this requirement 
        when a quorum is actually present or whenever a quorum 
        is secured and may direct the Chief Clerk to note the 
        names of all Members present within the 15-minute 
        period.
    (e) Participation of Members in Committee and 
Subcommittees.--All Members of the Committee may sit with any 
Subcommittee during any hearing, and by unanimous consent of 
the Members of the Subcommittee may participate in any meeting 
or hearing. However, a Member who is not a Member of the 
Subcommittee may not vote on any matter before the 
Subcommittee, be counted for purposes of establishing a quorum 
or raise points of order.
    (f) Proxies.--No vote in the Committee or its Subcommittees 
may be cast by proxy.
    (g) Record Votes.--Record votes shall be ordered on the 
demand of one-fifth of the Members present, or by any Member in 
the apparent absence of a quorum.
    (h) Postponed Record Votes.--
          (1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Chairman may, after 
        consultation with the Ranking Minority Member, postpone 
        further proceedings when a record vote is ordered on 
        the question of approving any measure or matter or 
        adopting an amendment. The Chairman shall resume 
        proceedings on a postponed request at any time after 
        reasonable notice, but no later than the next meeting 
        day.
          (2) Notwithstanding any intervening order for the 
        previous question, when proceedings resume on a 
        postponed question under paragraph (1), an underlying 
        proposition shall remain subject to further debate or 
        amendment to the same extent as when the question was 
        postponed.
          (3) This rule shall apply to Subcommittee 
        proceedings.
    (i) Privileged Motions.--A motion to recess from day to 
day, a motion to recess subject to the call of the Chairman 
(within 24 hours), 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.
    (j) Layover and Copy of Bill.--No measure or recommendation 
reported by a Subcommittee shall be considered by the Committee 
until two calendar days from the time of Subcommittee action. 
No bill shall be considered by the Committee unless a copy has 
been delivered to the office of each Member of the Committee 
requesting a copy. These requirements may be waived by a 
majority vote of the Committee at the time of consideration of 
the measure or recommendation.
    (k) Access to Dais and Conference Room.--Access to the 
hearing rooms' daises [and to the conference rooms adjacent to 
the Committee hearing rooms] shall be limited to Members of 
Congress and employees of the Committee during a meeting of the 
Committee, except that Committee Members' personal staff may be 
present on the daises if their employing Member is the author 
of a bill or amendment under consideration by the Committee, 
but only during the time that the bill or amendment is under 
active consideration by the Committee. Access to the conference 
rooms adjacent to the Committee hearing rooms shall be limited 
to Members of Congress and employees of Congress during a 
meeting of the Committee.
    (l) Cellular Telephones.--The use of cellular telephones is 
prohibited on the Committee dais or in the Committee hearing 
rooms during a meeting of the Committee.
    (m) Motion To Go To Conference With the Senate.--The 
Chairman may offer a motion under clause 1 of Rule XXII 
whenever the Chairman considers it appropriate.

                      Rule 4.--Hearing Procedures

    (a) Announcement.--The Chairman shall publicly announce the 
date, place, and subject matter of any hearing at least one 
week before the hearing unless the Chairman, with the 
concurrence of the Ranking Minority Member, determines that 
there is good cause to begin the hearing sooner, or if the 
Committee so determines by majority vote. In these cases, the 
Chairman shall publicly announce the hearing at the earliest 
possible date. The Chief Clerk of the Committee shall promptly 
notify the Daily Digest Clerk of the Congressional Record and 
shall promptly enter the appropriate information on the 
Committee's web site as soon as possible after the public 
announcement is made.
    (b) Written Statement; Oral Testimony.--Each witness who is 
to appear before the Committee or a Subcommittee shall file 
with the Chief Clerk of the Committee or Subcommittee Clerk, at 
least two working days before the day of his or her appearance, 
a written statement of proposed testimony. Failure to comply 
with this requirement may result in the exclusion of the 
written testimony from the hearing record and/or the barring of 
an oral presentation of the testimony. Each witness shall limit 
his or her oral presentation to a five-minute summary of the 
written statement, unless the Chairman, in consultation with 
the Ranking Minority Member, extends this time period. In 
addition, all witnesses shall be required to submit with their 
testimony a resume or other statement describing their 
education, employment, professional affiliations and other 
background information pertinent to their testimony.
    (c) Minority Witnesses.--When any hearing is conducted by 
the Committee or any Subcommittee upon any measure or matter, 
the Minority party Members on the Committee or Subcommittee 
shall be entitled, upon request to the Chairman by a majority 
of those Minority Members 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 
hearings thereon.
    (d) Information for Members.--After announcement of a 
hearing, the Committee shall make available as soon as 
practicable to all Members of the Committee a tentative witness 
list and to the extent practicable a memorandum explaining the 
subject matter of the hearing (including relevant legislative 
reports and other necessary material). In addition, the 
Chairman shall make available to the Members of the Committee 
any official reports from departments and agencies on the 
subject matter as they are received.
    (e) Subpoenas.--The Committee or a Subcommittee may 
authorize and issue a subpoena under clause 2(m) of House Rule 
XI if authorized by a majority of the Members voting. In 
addition, the Chairman of the Committee may authorize and issue 
subpoenas during any period of time in which the House of 
Representatives has adjourned for more than three days. 
Subpoenas shall be signed only by the Chairman of the 
Committee, or any Member of the Committee authorized by the 
Committee, and may be served by any person designated by the 
Chairman or Member.
    (f) Oaths.--The Chairman of the Committee or any Member 
designated by the Chairman may administer oaths to any witness 
before the Committee. All witnesses appearing in hearings may 
be administered the following oath by the Chairman or his 
designee prior to receiving the testimony: ``Do you solemnly 
swear or affirm that the testimony that you are about to give 
is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so 
help you God?''.
    (g) Opening Statements; Questioning of Witnesses.--
          (1) Opening statements by Members may not be 
        presented orally, unless the Chairman or his designee 
        makes a statement, in which case the Ranking Minority 
        Member or his designee may also make a statement. If a 
        witness scheduled to testify at any hearing of the 
        Committee is a constituent of a Member of the 
        Committee, that Member shall be entitled to introduce 
        the witness at the hearing.
          (2) The questioning of witnesses in Committee and 
        Subcommittee hearings shall be initiated by the 
        Chairman, followed by the Ranking Minority Member and 
        all other Members alternating between the Majority and 
        Minority parties. In recognizing Members to question 
        witnesses, the Chairman shall take into consideration 
        the ratio of the Majority to Minority Members present 
        and shall establish the order of recognition for 
        questioning in a manner so as not to disadvantage the 
        Members of the Majority or the Members of the Minority. 
        A motion is in order to allow designated Majority and 
        Minority party Members to question a witness for a 
        specified period to be equally divided between the 
        Majority and Minority parties. This period shall not 
        exceed one hour in the aggregate.
    (h) Materials for Hearing Record.--Any materials submitted 
specifically for inclusion in the hearing record must address 
the announced subject matter of the hearing and be submitted to 
the relevant Subcommittee Clerk or Chief Clerk no later than 10 
business days following the last day of the hearing.
    (i) Claims of Privilege.--Claims of common-law privileges 
made by witnesses in hearings, or by interviewees or deponents 
in investigations or inquiries, are applicable only at the 
discretion of the Chairman, subject to appeal to the Committee.

                  Rule 5.--Filing of Committee Reports

    (a) Duty of Chairman.--Whenever the Committee authorizes 
the favorable reporting of a measure from the Committee, the 
Chairman or his designee shall report the same to the House of 
Representatives and shall take all steps necessary to secure 
its passage without any additional authority needing to be set 
forth in the motion to report each individual measure. In 
appropriate cases, the authority set forth in this rule shall 
extend to moving in accordance with the Rules of the House of 
Representatives that the House be resolved into the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union for the 
consideration of the measure; and to moving in accordance with 
the Rules of the House of Representatives for the disposition 
of a Senate measure that is substantially the same as the House 
measure as reported.
    (b) Filing.--A report on a measure which has been approved 
by the Committee shall be filed within seven calendar days 
(exclusive of days on which the House of Representatives is not 
in session) after the day on which there has been filed with 
the Committee Chief Clerk a written request, signed by a 
majority of the Members of the Committee, for the reporting of 
that measure. Upon the filing with the Committee Chief Clerk of 
this request, the Chief Clerk shall transmit immediately to the 
Chairman notice of the filing of that request.
    (c) Supplemental, Additional or Minority Views.--Any Member 
may, if notice is given at the time a bill or resolution is 
approved by the Committee, file supplemental, additional, or 
minority views. These views must be in writing and signed by 
each Member joining therein and be filed with the Committee 
Chief Clerk not less than two additional calendar days 
(excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays except when 
the House is in session on those days) of the time the bill or 
resolution is approved by the Committee. This paragraph shall 
not preclude the filing of any supplemental report on any bill 
or resolution that may be required for the correction of any 
technical error in a previous report made by the Committee on 
that bill or resolution.
    (d) Review by Members.--Each Member of the Committee shall 
be given an opportunity to review each proposed Committee 
report before it is filed with the Clerk of the House of 
Representatives. Nothing in this paragraph extends the time 
allowed for filing supplemental, additional or minority views 
under paragraph (c).
    (e) Disclaimer.--All Committee or Subcommittee reports 
printed and not approved by a majority vote of the Committee or 
Subcommittee, as appropriate, shall contain the following 
disclaimer on the cover of the report:

          This report has not been officially adopted by the 
        (Committee on Resources) (Subcommittee) and may not 
        therefore necessarily reflect the views of its Members.

 Rule 6.--Establishment of Subcommittees; Full Committee Jurisdiction; 
                             Bill Referrals

    (a) Subcommittees.--There shall be five standing 
Subcommittees of the Committee:
          (1) Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources;
          (2) Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans;
          (3) Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health;
          (4) Subcommittee on National Parks; and
          (5) Subcommittee on Water and Power.
    (b) Full Committee.--The Full Committee shall have the 
following jurisdiction and responsibilities:
          (1) Environmental and habitat measures and matters of 
        general applicability.
          (2) Measures relating to the welfare of Native 
        Americans, including management of Indian lands in 
        general and special measures relating to claims which 
        are paid out of Indian funds.
          (3) All matters regarding the relations of the United 
        States with Native Americans and Native American 
        tribes, including special oversight functions under 
        Rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives.
          (4) All matters regarding Native Alaskans and Native 
        Hawaiians.
          (5) All matters related to the Federal trust 
        responsibility to Native Americans and the sovereignty 
        of Native Americans.
          (6) All matters regarding insular areas of the United 
        States.
          (7) All measures or matters regarding the Freely 
        Associated States and Antarctica.
          (8) Cooperative efforts to encourage, enhance and 
        improve international programs for the protection of 
        the environment and the conservation of natural 
        resources otherwise within the jurisdiction of the Full 
        Committee under this paragraph.
          (9) All measures and matters retained by the Full 
        Committee under Committee rule 6(e).
          (10) General and continuing oversight and 
        investigative authority over activities, policies and 
        programs within the jurisdiction of the Committee under 
        House Rule X.
    (c) Ex-Officio Members.--The Chairman and Ranking Minority 
Member of the Committee may serve as ex-officio Members of each 
standing Subcommittee to which the Chairman or the Ranking 
Minority Member have not been assigned. Ex-officio Members 
shall have the right to fully participate in Subcommittee 
activities but may not vote and may not be counted in 
establishing a quorum.
    (d) Powers and Duties of Subcommittees.--Each Subcommittee 
is authorized to meet, hold hearings, receive evidence and 
report to the Committee on all matters within its jurisdiction. 
Each Subcommittee shall review and study, on a continuing 
basis, the application, administration, execution and 
effectiveness of those statutes, or parts of statutes, the 
subject matter of which is within that Subcommittee's 
jurisdiction; and the organization, operation, and regulations 
of any Federal agency or entity having responsibilities in or 
for the administration of such statutes, to determine whether 
these statutes are being implemented and carried out in 
accordance with the intent of Congress. Each Subcommittee shall 
review and study any conditions or circumstances indicating the 
need of enacting new or supplemental legislation within the 
jurisdiction of the Subcommittee. Each Subcommittee shall have 
general and continuing oversight and investigative authority 
over activities, policies and programs within the jurisdiction 
of the Subcommittee.
    (e) Referral to Subcommittees; Recall.--
          (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) and for those 
        matters within the jurisdiction of the Full Committee, 
        every legislative measure or other matter referred to 
        the Committee shall be referred to the Subcommittee of 
        jurisdiction within two weeks of the date of its 
        referral to the Committee. If any measure or matter is 
        within or affects the jurisdiction of one or more 
        Subcommittees, the Chairman may refer that measure or 
        matter simultaneously to two or more Subcommittees for 
        concurrent consideration or for consideration in 
        sequence subject to appropriate time limits, or divide 
        the matter into two or more parts and refer each part 
        to a Subcommittee.
          (2) The Chairman, with the approval of a majority of 
        the Majority Members of the Committee, may refer a 
        legislative measure or other matter to a select or 
        special Subcommittee. A legislative measure or other 
        matter referred by the Chairman to a Subcommittee may 
        be recalled from the Subcommittee for direct 
        consideration by the Full Committee, or for referral to 
        another Subcommittee, provided Members of the Committee 
        receive one week written notice of the recall and a 
        majority of the Members of the Committee do not object. 
        In addition, a legislative measure or other matter 
        referred by the Chairman to a Subcommittee may be 
        recalled from the Subcommittee at any time by majority 
        vote of the Committee for direct consideration by the 
        Full Committee or for referral to another Subcommittee.
    (f) Consultation.--Each Subcommittee Chairman shall consult 
with the Chairman of the Full Committee prior to setting dates 
for Subcommittee meetings with a view towards avoiding whenever 
possible conflicting Committee and Subcommittee meetings.
    (g) Vacancy.--A vacancy in the membership of a Subcommittee 
shall not affect the power of the remaining Members to execute 
the functions of the Subcommittee.

         Rule 7.--Task Forces, Special or Select Subcommittees

    (a) Appointment.--The Chairman of the Committee is 
authorized, after consultation with the Ranking Minority 
Member, to appoint Task Forces, or special or select 
Subcommittees, to carry out the duties and functions of the 
Committee.
    (b) Ex-Officio Members.--The Chairman and Ranking Minority 
Member of the Committee may serve as ex-officio Members of each 
Task Force, or special or select Subcommittee if they are not 
otherwise members. Ex-officio Members shall have the right to 
fully participate in activities but may not vote and may not be 
counted in establishing a quorum.
    (c) Party Ratios.--The ratio of Majority Members to 
Minority Members, excluding ex-officio Members, on each Task 
Force, special or select Subcommittee shall be as close as 
practicable to the ratio on the Full Committee.
    (d) Temporary Resignation.--A Member can temporarily resign 
his or her position on a Subcommittee to serve on a Task Force, 
special or select Subcommittee without prejudice to the 
Member's seniority on the Subcommittee.
    (e) Chairman and Ranking Minority Member.--The Chairman of 
any Task Force, or special or select Subcommittee shall be 
appointed by the Chairman of the Committee. The Ranking 
Minority Members shall select a Ranking Minority Member for 
each Task Force, or standing, special or select Subcommittee.

                  Rule 8.--Recommendation of Conferees

    Whenever it becomes necessary to appoint conferees on a 
particular measure, the Chairman shall recommend to the Speaker 
as conferees those Majority Members, as well as those Minority 
Members recommended to the Chairman by the Ranking Minority 
Member, primarily responsible for the measure. The ratio of 
Majority Members to Minority Members recommended for 
conferences shall be no greater than the ratio on the 
Committee.

                       Rule 9.--Committee Records

    (a) Segregation of Records.--All Committee records shall be 
kept separate and distinct from the office records of 
individual Committee Members serving as Chairmen or Ranking 
Minority Members. These records shall be the property of the 
House and all Members shall have access to them in accordance 
with clause 2(e)(2) of House Rule XI.
    (b) Availability.--The Committee shall make available to 
the public for review at reasonable times in the Committee 
office the following records:
          (1) transcripts of public meetings and hearings, 
        except those that are unrevised or unedited and 
        intended solely for the use of the Committee; and
          (2) the result of each rollcall vote taken in the 
        Committee, including a description of the amendment, 
        motion, order or other proposition voted on, the name 
        of each Committee Member voting for or against a 
        proposition, and the name of each Member present but 
        not voting.
    (c) Archived Records.--Records of the Committee which are 
deposited with the National Archives shall be made available 
for public use pursuant to House Rule VII. The Chairman of the 
Committee shall notify the Ranking Minority Member of any 
decision, pursuant to clause 3(b)(3) or clause 4(b) of House 
Rule VII, to withhold, or to provide a time, schedule or 
condition for availability of any record otherwise available. 
At the written request of any Member of the Committee, the 
matter shall be presented to the Committee for a determination 
and shall be subject to the same notice and quorum requirements 
for the conduct of business under Committee Rule 3.
    (d) Records of Closed Meetings.--Notwithstanding the other 
provisions of this rule, no records of Committee meetings or 
hearings which were closed to the public pursuant to the Rules 
of the House of Representatives shall be released to the public 
unless the Committee votes to release those records in 
accordance with the procedure used to close the Committee 
meeting.
    (e) Classified Materials.--All classified materials shall 
be maintained in an appropriately secured location and shall be 
released only to authorized persons for review, who shall not 
remove the material from the Committee offices without the 
written permission of the Chairman.

                Rule 10.--Committee Budget and Expenses

    (a) Budget.--At the beginning of each Congress, after 
consultation with the Chairman of each Subcommittee and the 
Ranking Minority Member, the Chairman shall present to the 
Committee for its approval a budget covering the funding 
required for staff, travel, and miscellaneous expenses.
    (b) Expense Resolution.--Upon approval by the Committee of 
each budget, the Chairman, acting pursuant to clause 6 of House 
Rule X, shall prepare and introduce in the House a supporting 
expense resolution, and take all action necessary to bring 
about its approval by the Committee on House Administration and 
by the House of Representatives.
    (c) Amendments.--The Chairman shall report to the Committee 
any amendments to each expense resolution and any related 
changes in the budget.
    (d) Additional Expenses.--Authorization for the payment of 
additional or unforeseen Committee expenses may be procured by 
one or more additional expense resolutions processed in the 
same manner as set out under this rule.
    (e) Monthly Reports.--Copies of each monthly report, 
prepared by the Chairman for the Committee on House 
Administration, which shows expenditures made during the 
reporting period and cumulative for the year, anticipated 
expenditures for the projected Committee program, and detailed 
information on travel, shall be available to each Member.

                       Rule 11.--Committee Staff

    (a) Rules and Policies.--Committee staff members are 
subject to the provisions of clause 9 of House Rule X, as well 
as any written personnel policies the Committee may from time 
to time adopt.
    (b) Majority and Nonpartisan Staff.--The Chairman shall 
appoint, determine the remuneration of, and may remove, the 
legislative and administrative employees of the Committee not 
assigned to the Minority. The legislative and administrative 
staff of the Committee not assigned to the Minority shall be 
under the general supervision and direction of the Chairman, 
who shall establish and assign the duties and responsibilities 
of these staff members and delegate any authority he determines 
appropriate.
    (c) Minority Staff.--The Ranking Minority Member of the 
Committee shall appoint, determine the remuneration of, and may 
remove, the legislative and administrative staff assigned to 
the Minority within the budget approved for those purposes. The 
legislative and administrative staff assigned to the Minority 
shall be under the general supervision and direction of the 
Ranking Minority Member of the Committee who may delegate any 
authority he determines appropriate.
    (d) Availability.--The skills and services of all Committee 
staff shall be available to all Members of the Committee.

                       Rule 12.--Committee Travel

    In addition to any written travel policies the Committee 
may from time to time adopt, all travel of Members and staff of 
the Committee or its Subcommittees, to hearings, meetings, 
conferences and investigations, including all foreign travel, 
must be authorized by the Full Committee Chairman prior to any 
public notice of the travel and prior to the actual travel. In 
the case of Minority staff, all travel shall first be approved 
by the Ranking Minority Member. Funds authorized for the 
Committee under clauses 6 and 7 of House Rule X are for 
expenses incurred in the Committee's activities within the 
United States.

                  Rule 13.--Changes to Committee Rules

    The rules of the Committee may be modified, amended, or 
repealed, by a majority vote of the Committee, provided that 48 
hours written notice of the proposed change has been provided 
each Member of the Committee prior to the meeting date on which 
the changes are to be discussed and voted on. A change to the 
rules of the Committee shall be published in the Congressional 
Record no later than 30 days after its approval.

                       Rule 14.--Other Procedures

    The Chairman may establish procedures and take actions as 
may be necessary to carry out the rules of the Committee or to 
facilitate the effective administration of the Committee, in 
accordance with the rules of the Committee and the Rules of the 
House of Representatives.
                           Committee on Rules

DAVID DREIER, California, Chairman

LOUISE McINTOSH SLAUGHTER, New York  DAVID DREIER, California, Chairman
JAMES P. McGOVERN, Massachusetts     LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART, Florida
ALCEE L. HASTINGS, Florida           DOC HASTINGS, Washington
DORIS O. MATSUI, California          PETE SESSIONS, Texas
                                     ADAM H. PUTNAM, Florida
                                     SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO, West 
                                     Virginia
                                     TOM COLE, Oklahoma
                                     ROB BISHOP, Utah
                                     PHIL GINGREY, Georgia

                       (Adopted January 25, 2005)

                      Rule 1.--General Provisions

    (a) The Rules of the House are the rules of the Committee 
and its 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 non-debatable privileged motions in 
the Committee. A proposed investigative or oversight report 
shall be considered as read if it has been available to the 
members of the Committee for at least 24 hours (excluding 
Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays except when the House is 
in session on such day).
    (b) Each subcommittee is a part of the Committee, and is 
subject to the authority and direction of the Committee and to 
its rules so far as applicable.
    (c) The provisions of clause 2 of Rule XI of the Rules of 
the House are incorporated by reference as the rules of the 
Committee to the extent applicable.
    (d) The Committee's rules shall be published in the 
Congressional Record not later than 30 days after the Committee 
is elected in each odd-numbered year.

           Rule 2.--Regular, Additional, and Special Meetings

    (a) Regular Meetings.--(1) The Committee shall regularly 
meet at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday of each week when the House is in 
session.
    (2) A regular meeting of the Committee may be dispensed 
with if, in the judgment of the Chairman of the Committee 
(hereafter in these rules referred to as the ``Chair''), there 
is no need for the meeting.
    (3) Additional regular meetings and hearings of the 
Committee may be called by the Chair.
    (b) Notice for Regular Meetings.--The Chair shall notify 
each member of the Committee of the agenda of each regular 
meeting of the Committee at least 48 hours before the time of 
the meeting and shall provide to each member of the Committee 
at least 24 hours before the time of each regular meeting--
          (1) for each bill or resolution scheduled on the 
        agenda for consideration of a rule, a copy of--
                  (A) the bill or resolution;
                  (B) any committee reports thereon; and
                  (C) any letter requesting a rule for the bill 
                or resolution; and
          (2) for each other bill, resolution, report, or other 
        matter on the agenda a copy of--
                  (A) the bill, resolution, report, or 
                materials relating to the other matter in 
                question; and
                  (B) any report on the bill, resolution, 
                report, or any other matter made by any 
                subcommittee of the Committee.
    (c) Emergency Meetings.--(1) The Chair may call an 
emergency meeting of the Committee at any time on any measure 
or matter which the Chair determines to be of an emergency 
nature; provided, however, that the Chair has made an effort to 
consult the ranking minority member, or, in such member's 
absence, the next ranking minority party member of the 
Committee.
    (2) As soon as possible after calling an emergency meeting 
of the Committee, the Chair shall notify each member of the 
Committee of the time and location of the meeting.
    (3) To the extent feasible, the notice provided under 
paragraph (2) shall include the agenda for the emergency 
meeting and copies of available materials which would otherwise 
have been provided under subsection (b) if the emergency 
meeting was a regular meeting.
    (d) Special Meetings.--Special meetings shall be called and 
convened as provided in clause 2(c)(2) of Rule XI of the Rules 
of the House.

                Rule 3.--Meeting and Hearing Procedures

    (a) In General.--(1) Meetings and hearings of the Committee 
shall be called to order and presided over by the Chair or, in 
the Chair's absence, by the member designated by the Chair as 
the Vice Chair of the Committee, or by the ranking majority 
member of the Committee present as Acting Chair.
    (2) Meetings and hearings of the committee shall be open to 
the public unless closed in accordance with clause 2(g) of Rule 
XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives.
    (3) Any meeting or hearing of the Committee that is open to 
the public shall be open to coverage by television, radio, and 
still photography in accordance with the provisions of clause 4 
of Rule XI of the Rules of the House (which are incorporated by 
reference as part of these rules).
    (4) When a recommendation is made as to the kind of rule 
which should be granted for consideration of a bill or 
resolution, a copy of the language recommended shall be 
furnished to each member of the Committee at the beginning of 
the Committee meeting at which the rule is to be considered or 
as soon thereafter as the proposed language becomes available.
    (b) Quorum.--(1) For the purpose of hearing testimony on 
requests for rules, five members of the Committee shall 
constitute a quorum.
    (2) For the purpose of taking testimony and receiving 
evidence on measures or matters of original jurisdiction before 
the Committee, three members of the Committee shall constitute 
a quorum.
    (3) A majority of the members of the Committee shall 
constitute a quorum for the purposes of reporting any measure 
or matter, of authorizing a subpoena, of closing a meeting or 
hearing pursuant to clause 2(g) of Rule XI of the Rules of the 
House (except as provided in clause 2(g)(2)(A) and (B), or of 
taking any other action.
    (c) Voting.--(1) No vote may be conducted on any measure or 
motion pending before the Committee unless a majority of the 
members of the Committee is actually present for such purpose.
    (2) A record vote of the Committee shall be provided on any 
question before the Committee upon the request of any member.
    (3) No vote by any member of the Committee on any measure 
or matter may be cast by proxy.
    (4) A record of the vote of each Member of the Committee on 
each record vote on any matter before the Committee shall be 
available for public inspection at the offices of the 
Committee, and with respect to any record vote on any motion to 
amend or report, shall be included in the report of the 
Committee showing the total number of votes cast for and 
against and the names of those members voting for and against.
    (d) Hearing Procedures.--(1) With regard to hearings on 
matters of original jurisdiction, to the greatest extent 
practicable:
          (A) each witness who is to appear before the 
        Committee shall file with the committee at least 24 
        hours in advance of the appearance a statement of 
        proposed testimony in written and electronic form and 
        shall limit the oral presentation to the Committee to a 
        brief summary thereof; and
          (B) each witness appearing in a non-governmental 
        capacity shall include with the statement of proposed 
        testimony provided in written and electronic form 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 preceding fiscal years.
    (2) The five-minute rule shall be observed in the 
interrogation of each witness before the Committee until each 
member of the Committee has had an opportunity to question the 
witness.
    (3) The provisions of clause 2(k) of Rule XI of the Rules 
of the House shall apply to any hearing conducted by the 
committee.
    (e) Subpoenas and Oaths.--(1) Pursuant to clause 2(m) of 
rule XI of the rules of the House of Representatives, a 
subpoena may be authorized and issued by the Committee or a 
subcommittee 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.
    (2) The Chair may authorize and issue subpoenas under such 
clause during any period in which the House has adjourned for a 
period of longer than three days.
    (3) Authorized subpoenas shall be signed by the Chair or by 
any member designated by the Committee, and may be served by 
any person designated by the Chair or such member.
    (4) The Chair, or any member of the Committee designated by 
the Chair, may administer oaths to witnesses before the 
Committee.

              Rule 4.--General Oversight Responsibilities

    (a) The Committee 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 its jurisdiction.
    (b) Not later than February 15 of the first session of a 
Congress, the committee shall meet in open session, with a 
quorum present, to adopt its oversight plans for that Congress 
for submission to the Committee on House Administration and the 
Committee on Government Reform, in accordance with the 
provisions of clause 2(d) of House Rule X.

                         Rule 5.--Subcommittees

    (a) Establishment and Responsibilities of Subcommittees.--
(1) There shall be two subcommittees of the Committee as 
follows:
          (A) Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process, 
        which shall have general responsibility for measures or 
        matters related to relations between the Congress and 
        the Executive Branch.
          (B) Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the 
        House, which shall have general responsibility for 
        measures or matters related to process and procedures 
        of the House, relations between the two Houses of 
        Congress, relations between the Congress and the 
        Judiciary, and internal operations of the House.
    (2) In addition, each such subcommittee shall have specific 
responsibility for such other measures or matters as the Chair 
refers to it.
    (3) Each subcommittee of the Committee 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 its general 
responsibility.
    (b) Referral of Measures and Matters to Subcommittees.--(1) 
In view of the unique procedural responsibilities of the 
Committee, no special order providing for the consideration of 
any bill or resolution shall be referred to a subcommittee of 
the Committee.
    (2) The Chair shall refer to a subcommittee such measures 
or matters of original jurisdiction as the Chair deems 
appropriate given its jurisdiction and responsibilities.
    (3) All other measures or matters of original jurisdiction 
shall be subject to consideration by the full Committee.
    (4) In referring any measure or matter of original 
jurisdiction to a subcommittee, the Chair may specify a date by 
which the subcommittee shall report thereon to the Committee.
    (5) The Committee by motion may discharge a subcommittee 
from consideration of any measure or matter referred to a 
subcommittee of the Committee.
    (c) Composition of Subcommittees.--The size and ratio of 
each subcommittee shall be determined by the Committee and 
members shall be elected to each subcommittee, and to the 
positions of chairman and ranking minority member thereof, in 
accordance with the rules of the respective party caucuses. The 
Chair of the full committee shall designate a member of the 
majority party on each subcommittee as its vice chairman.
    (d) Subcommittee Meetings and Hearings.--(1) Each 
subcommittee of the Committee is authorized to meet, hold 
hearings, receive testimony, mark up legislation, and report to 
the full Committee on any measure or matter referred to it.
    (2) No subcommittee of the Committee may meet or hold a 
hearing at the same time as a meeting or hearing of the full 
Committee is being held.
    (3) The chairman of each subcommittee shall schedule 
meetings and hearings of the subcommittee only after 
consultation with the Chair.
    (e) Quorum.--(1) For the purpose of taking testimony, two 
members of the subcommittee shall constitute a quorum.
    (2) For all other purposes, a quorum shall consist of a 
majority of the members of a subcommittee.
    (f) Effect of a Vacancy.--Any vacancy in the membership of 
a subcommittee shall not affect the power of the remaining 
members to execute the functions of the subcommittee.
    (g) Records.--Each subcommittee of the Committee shall 
provide the full Committee with copies of such records of votes 
taken in the subcommittee and such other records with respect 
to the subcommittee necessary for the Committee to comply with 
all rules and regulations of the House.

                             Rule 6.--Staff

    (a) In General.--(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) 
and (3), the professional and other staff of the Committee 
shall be appointed, by the Chair, and shall work under the 
general supervision and direction of the Chair.
    (2) All professional, and other staff provided to the 
minority party members of the Committee shall be appointed, by 
the ranking minority member of the Committee, and shall work 
under the general supervision and direction of such member.
    (3) The appointment of all professional staff shall be 
subject to the approval of the Committee as provided by, and 
subject to the provisions of, clause 9 of Rule X of the Rules 
of the House.
    (b) Associate Staff.--Associate staff for members of the 
Committee may be appointed only at the discretion of the Chair 
(in consultation with the ranking minority member regarding any 
minority party associate staff), after taking into account any 
staff ceilings and budgetary constraints in effect at the time, 
and any terms, limits, or conditions established by the 
Committee on House Administration under clause 9 of Rule X of 
the Rules of the House.
    (c) Subcommittee Staff.--From funds made available for the 
appointment of staff, the Chair of the Committee shall, 
pursuant to clause 6(d) of Rule X of the Rules of the House, 
ensure that sufficient staff is made available to each 
subcommittee to carry out its responsibilities under the rules 
of the Committee, and, after consultation with the ranking 
minority member of the Committee, that the minority party of 
the Committee is treated fairly in the appointment of such 
staff.
    (d) Compensation of Staff.--The Chair shall fix the 
compensation of all professional and other staff of the 
Committee, after consultation with the ranking minority member 
regarding any minority party staff.
    (e) Certification of Staff.--(1) To the extent any staff 
member of the Committee or any of its subcommittees does not 
work under the direct supervision and direction of the Chair, 
the Member of the Committee who supervises and directs the 
staff member's work shall file with the Chief of Staff of the 
Committee (not later than the tenth day of each month) a 
certification regarding the staff member's work for that member 
for the preceding calendar month.
    (2) The certification required by paragraph (1) shall be in 
such form as the Chair may prescribe, shall identify each staff 
member by name, and shall state that the work engaged in by the 
staff member and the duties assigned to the staff member for 
the member of the Committee with respect to the month in 
question met the requirements of clause 9 of rule X of the 
rules of the House.
    (3) Any certification of staff of the Committee, or any of 
its subcommittees, made by the Chair in compliance with any 
provision of law or regulation shall be made--
          (A) on the basis of the certifications filed under 
        paragraph (1) to the extent the staff is not under the 
        Chair's supervision and direction, and
          (B) on his own responsibility to the extent the staff 
        is under the Chair's direct supervision and direction.

               Rule 7.--Budget, Travel, Pay of Witnesses

    (a) Budget.--The Chair, in consultation with other members 
of the Committee, shall prepare for each Congress a budget 
providing amounts for staff, necessary travel, investigation, 
and other expenses of the Committee and its subcommittees.
    (b) Travel.--(1) The Chair may authorize travel for any 
member and any staff member of the Committee in connection with 
activities or subject matters under the general jurisdiction of 
the Committee. Before such authorization is granted, there 
shall be submitted to the Chair in writing the following:
          (A) The purpose of the travel.
          (B) The dates during which the travel is to occur.
          (C) The names of the States or countries to be 
        visited and the length of time to be spent in each.
          (D) The names of members and staff of the Committee 
        for whom the authorization is sought.
    (2) Members and staff of the Committee shall make a written 
report to the Chair on any travel they have conducted under 
this subsection, including a description of their itinerary, 
expenses, and activities, and of pertinent information gained 
as a result of such travel.
    (3) Members and staff of the Committee performing 
authorized travel on official business shall be governed by 
applicable laws, resolutions, and regulations of the House and 
of the Committee on House Administration.
    (c) Pay of Witnesses.--Witnesses may be paid from funds 
made available to the Committee in its expense resolution 
subject to the provisions of clause 5 of Rule XI of the Rules 
of the House.

                   Rule 8.--Committee Administration

    (a) Reporting.--Whenever the Committee authorizes the 
favorable reporting of a bill or resolution from the 
Committee--
          (1) the Chair or acting Chair shall report it to the 
        House or designate a member of the Committee to do so, 
        and
          (2) in the case of a bill or resolution in which the 
        Committee has original jurisdiction, the Chair shall 
        allow, to the extent that the anticipated floor 
        schedule permits, any member of the Committee a 
        reasonable amount of time to submit views for inclusion 
        in the Committee report on the bill or resolution.
    Any such report shall contain all matters required by the 
rules of the House of Representatives (or by any provision of 
law enacted as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the 
House) and such other information as the Chair deems 
appropriate.
    (b) Records.--(1) There shall be a transcript made of each 
regular meeting and hearing of the Committee, and the 
transcript may be printed if the Chair decides it is 
appropriate or if a majority of the Members of the Committee 
requests such printing. Any such transcripts shall be 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. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to 
require that all such transcripts be subject to correction and 
publication.
    (2) The Committee shall keep a record of all actions of the 
Committee and of its subcommittees. The record shall contain 
all information required by clause 2(e)(1) of Rule XI of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives and shall be available 
for public inspection at reasonable times in the offices of the 
Committee.
    (3) All Committee hearings, records, data, charts, and 
files shall be kept separate and distinct from the 
congressional office records of the Chair, shall be the 
property of the House, and all Members of the House shall have 
access thereto as provided in clause 2(e)(2) of Rule XI of the 
Rules of the House.
    (4) The records of the Committee at the National Archives 
and Records Administration shall be made available for public 
use in accordance with Rule VII of the Rules of the House. The 
Chair shall notify the ranking minority member of any decision, 
pursuant to clause 3(b)(3) or clause 4(b) of the rule, to 
withhold a record otherwise available, and the matter shall be 
presented to the Committee for a determination on written 
request of any member of the Committee.
    (c) Committee Publications on the Internet.--To the maximum 
extent feasible, the Committee shall makes its publications 
available in electronic form.
    (d) Calendars.--(1) The Committee shall maintain a 
Committee Calendar, which shall include all bills, resolutions, 
and other matters referred to or reported by the Committee and 
all bills, resolutions, and other matters reported by any other 
committee on which a rule has been granted or formally 
requested, and such other matters as the Chair shall direct. 
The Calendar shall be published periodically, but in no case 
less often than once in each session of Congress.
    (2) The staff of the Committee shall furnish each member of 
the Committee with a list of all bills or resolutions (A) 
reported from the Committee but not yet considered by the 
House, and (B) on which a rule has been formally requested but 
not yet granted. The list shall be updated each week when the 
House is in session.
    (3) For purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), a rule is 
considered as formally requested when the Chairman of a 
committee which has reported a bill or resolution (or a member 
of such committee authorized to act on the Chairman's behalf):
          (A) has requested, in writing to the Chair, that a 
        hearing be scheduled on a rule for the consideration of 
        the bill or resolution, and
          (B) has supplied the Committee with an adequate 
        number of copies of the bill or resolution, as 
        reported, together with the final printed committee 
        report thereon.
    (e) Other Procedures.--The Chair may establish such other 
Committee procedures and take such actions as may be necessary 
to carry out these rules or to facilitate the effective 
operation of the Committee and its subcommittees in a manner 
consistent with these rules.

                 Rule 9.--Amendments to Committee Rules

    The rules of the Committee may be modified, amended or 
repealed, in the same manner and method as prescribed for the 
adoption of committee rules in clause 2 of Rule XI of the Rules 
of the House, but only if written notice of the proposed change 
has been provided to each such Member at least 48 hours before 
the time of the meeting at which the vote on the change occurs. 
Any such change in the rules of the Committee shall be 
published in the Congressional Record within 30 calendar days 
after their approval.
                          Committee on Science

   SHERWOOD BOEHLERT, New York, 
             Chairman

BART GORDON, Tennessee               RALPH M. HALL, Texas
JERRY F. COSTELLO, Illinois          LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas
EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas         CURT WELDON, Pennsylvania
LYNN C. WOOLSEY, California          DANA ROHRABACHER, California
DARLENE HOOLEY, Oregon               KEN CALVERT, California
MARK UDALL, Colorado                 ROSCOE G. BARTLETT, Maryland
DAVID WU, Oregon                     VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan
MICHAEL M. HONDA, California         GIL GUTKNECHT, Minnesota
BRAD MILLER, North Carolina          FRANK D. LUCAS, Oklahoma
LINCOLN DAVIS, Tennessee             JUDY BIGGERT, Illinois
RUSS CARNAHAN, Missouri              WAYNE T. GILCHREST, Maryland
DANIEL LIPINSKI, Illinois            W. TODD AKIN, Missouri
SHEILA JACKSON-LEE, Texas            TIMOTHY V. JOHNSON, Illinois
BRAD SHERMAN, California             J. RANDY FORBES, Virginia
BRIAN BAIRD, Washington              JO BONNER, Alabama
JIM MATHESON, Utah                   TOM FEENEY, Florida
JIM COSTA, California                BOB INGLIS, South Carolina
AL GREEN, Texas                      DAVID G. REICHERT, Washington
CHARLIE MELANCON, Louisiana          MICHAEL E. SODREL, Indiana
VACANCY                              JOHN J. H. ``JOE'' SCHWARZ, 
                                     Michigan
                                     MICHAEL T. McCAUL, Texas
                                     VACANCY
                                     VACANCY

                      (Adopted February 10, 2005)

                      Rule 1.--General Provisions

    (a) General Statement.--The Rules of the House of 
Representatives, as applicable, shall govern the Committee and 
its Subcommittees, 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 
non-debatable privileged motions in the Committee and its 
Subcommittees and shall be decided without debate. The rules of 
the Committee, as applicable, shall be the rules of its 
Subcommittees. The rules of germaneness shall be enforced by 
the Chairman. [XI 1(a)]
    (b) Membership.--A majority of the Majority Members of the 
Committee shall determine an appropriate ratio of majority to 
minority Members of each Subcommittee and shall authorize the 
Chairman to negotiate that ratio with the minority party; 
Provided, however, that party representation on each 
Subcommittee (including any ex-officio Members) shall be no 
less favorable to the majority party than the ratio for the 
Full Committee. Provided, further, that recommendations of 
conferees to the Speaker shall provide a ratio of majority 
party Members to minority party Members which shall be no less 
favorable to the majority party than the ratio for the Full 
Committee.
    (c) Power To Sit and Act; Subpoena Power.--(1) 
Notwithstanding subparagraph (2), a subpoena may be authorized 
and issued by the Committee in the conduct of any investigation 
or series of investigations or activities to require the 
attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the production 
of such books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers and 
documents as deemed necessary, only when authorized by a 
majority of the members voting, a majority of the Committee 
being present. Authorized subpoenas shall be signed only by the 
Chairman, or by any member designated by the Chairman. [XI 
2(m)]
    (2) The Chairman of the Full Committee, with the 
concurrence of the Ranking Minority Member of the Full 
Committee, may authorize and issue such subpoenas as described 
in paragraph (1), during any period in which the House has 
adjourned for a period longer than 3 days. [XI 2(m)(3)(A)(i)]
    (3) A subpoena duces tecum may specify terms of return 
other than at a meeting or a hearing of the Committee.
    (d) Sensitive or Confidential Information Received Pursuant 
to Subpoena.--Unless otherwise determined by the Committee or 
Subcommittee, certain information received by the Committee or 
Subcommittee pursuant to a subpoena not made part of the record 
at an open hearing shall be deemed to have been received in 
Executive Session when the Chairman of the Full Committee, in 
his judgment and after consultation with the Ranking Minority 
Member, deems that in view of all the circumstances, such as 
the sensitivity of the information or the confidential nature 
of the information, such action is appropriate.
    (e) National Security Information.--All national security 
information bearing a classification of secret or higher which 
has been received by the Committee or a Subcommittee shall be 
deemed to have been received in Executive Session and shall be 
given appropriate safekeeping. The Chairman of the Full 
Committee may establish such regulations and procedures as in 
his judgment are necessary to safeguard classified information 
under the control of the Committee. Such procedures shall, 
however, ensure access to this information by any Member of the 
Committee, or any other Member of the House of Representatives 
who has requested the opportunity to review such material.
    (f) Oversight.--Not later than February 15 of the first 
session of a Congress, the Committee shall meet in open 
session, with a quorum present, to adopt its oversight plans 
for that Congress for submission to the Committee on House 
Oversight and the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, 
in accordance with the provisions of clause 2(d) of Rule X of 
the House of Representatives.
    (g) The Chairman of the Full Committee, or of any 
Subcommittee, shall not undertake any investigation in the name 
of the Committee without formal approval by the Chairman of the 
Full Committee after consultation with the Ranking Minority 
Member of the Full Committee.
    (h) Order of Business.--The order of business and procedure 
of the Committee and the subjects of inquiries or 
investigations will be decided by the Chairman, subject always 
to an appeal to the Committee.
    (i) Suspended Proceeding.--During the consideration of any 
measure or matter, the Chairman of the Full Committee, or of 
any Subcommittee, or any Member acting as such, shall suspend 
further proceedings after a question has been put to the 
Committee at any time when there is a vote by electronic device 
occurring in the House of Representatives.
    (j) Other Procedures.--The Chairman of the Full Committee, 
after consultation with the Ranking Minority Member, may 
establish such other procedures and take such actions as may be 
necessary to carry out the foregoing rules or to facilitate the 
effective operation of the Committee.
    (k) Use of Hearing Rooms.--In consultation with the Ranking 
Minority Member, the Chairman of the full Committee shall 
establish guidelines for use of Committee hearing rooms.

              Rule 2.--Committee Meetings [and Procedures]

    (a) Quorum [XI 2(h)].--(1) One-third of the Members of the 
Committee shall constitute a quorum for all purposes except as 
provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this Rule.
    (2) A majority of the Members of the Committee shall 
constitute a quorum in order to: (A) report or table any 
legislation, measure, or matter; (B) close Committee meetings 
or hearings pursuant to Rules 2(c) and 2(d); and, (C) authorize 
the issuance of subpoenas pursuant to Rule 1(c).
    (3) Two Members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum 
for taking testimony and receiving evidence, which, unless 
waived by the Chairman of the Full Committee after consultation 
with the Ranking Minority Member of the Full Committee, shall 
include at least one Member from each of the majority and 
minority parties.
    (b) Time and Place.--(1) Unless dispensed with by the 
Chairman, the meetings of the Committee shall be held on the 
2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month the House is in session at 
10:00 a.m. and at such other times and in such places as the 
Chairman may designate. [XI 2(b)]
    (2) The Chairman of the Committee may convene as 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 subject to such rules as 
the Committee may adopt. The Committee shall meet for such 
purpose under that call of the Chairman. [XI 2(c)]
    (3) The Chairman shall make public announcement of the 
date, time, place and subject matter of any of its hearings, 
and to the extent practicable, a list of witnesses at least one 
week before the commencement of the hearing. If the Chairman, 
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 Rule shall be promptly published 
in the Daily Digest, and promptly made available by electronic 
form including the Committee website. [XI 2(g)(3)]
    (c) Open Meetings [XI 2(g)].--Each meeting for the 
transaction of business, including the markup of legislation, 
of the Committee shall be open to the public, including to 
radio, television, and still photography coverage, except when 
the Committee, in open session and with a majority present, 
determines by record vote that all or part of the remainder of 
the meeting on that day shall be in executive session 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. 
Persons other than Members of the Committee and such non-
Committee Members, Delegates, Resident Commissioner, 
congressional staff, or departmental representatives as the 
Committee may authorize, may not be present at a business or 
markup session that is held in executive session. This Rule 
does not apply to open Committee hearings which are provided 
for by Rule 2(d).
    (d)(1) Each hearing conducted by the Committee shall be 
open to the public including radio, television, and still 
photography coverage except when the Committee, in open session 
and with a majority present, determines by record 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 national 
security, would compromise sensitive law enforcement 
information, or would violate a law or rule of the House of 
Representatives. Notwithstanding the requirements of the 
preceding sentence, and Rule 2(q) 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 
        would violate Rule XI 2(k)(5) of the Rules of the House 
        of Representatives; or
          (B) may vote to close the hearing, as provided in 
        Rule XI 2(k)(5) of the Rules of the House of 
        Representatives. No Member, Delegate, or Resident 
        Commissioner may be excluded from non-participatory 
        attendance at any hearing of any Committee or 
        Subcommittee, 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, Delegate and the Resident 
        Commissioner by the same procedures designated in this 
        Rule 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 the 
        hearing.
    (e) Audio and Visual Coverage [XI, clause 4].--(A) Whenever 
a hearing or meeting conducted by the Committee is open to the 
public, these proceedings shall be open to coverage by 
television, radio, and still photography, except as provided in 
Rule XI 4(f)(2) of the House of Representatives. The Chairman 
shall not be able to 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).
    (B)(1) Radio and television tapes, television film, and 
internet recordings of any Committee hearings or meetings that 
are open to the public may 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.
    (2) It is, further, the intent of this rule that the 
general conduct of each meeting or hearing covered under 
authority of this rule by audio or visual means, 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 
meeting or hearing, 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 may not be such as to:
          (i) distort the objects and purposes of the meeting 
        or hearing or the activities of Committee Members in 
        connection with that meeting or hearing or in 
        connection with the general work of the Committee or of 
        the House; or
          (ii) cast discredit or dishonor on the House, the 
        Committee, or a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
        Commissioner or bring the House, the Committee, or a 
        Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner into 
        disrepute.
    (3) The coverage of Committee meetings and hearings by 
audio and visual means shall be permitted and conducted only in 
strict conformity with the purposes, provisions, and 
requirements of this rule.
    (f) The following shall apply to coverage of Committee 
meetings or hearings by audio or visual means:
          (1) If audio or visual 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) The allocation among the television media of the 
        positions or 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.
          (3) Television cameras shall be placed so as not to 
        obstruct in any way the space between a witness giving 
        evidence or testimony and any member of the Committee 
        or the visibility of that witness and that member to 
        each other.
          (4) Television cameras shall operate from fixed 
        positions but may not be placed in positions that 
        obstruct unnecessarily the coverage of the hearing or 
        meeting by the other media.
          (5) Equipment necessary for coverage by the 
        television and radio media may not be installed in, or 
        removed from, the hearing or meeting room while the 
        Committee is in session.
          (6)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (B), 
        floodlights, spotlights, strobelights, and flashguns 
        may not be used in providing any method of coverage of 
        the hearing or meeting.
          (B) The television media may install additional 
        lighting in a hearing or meeting room, without cost to 
        the Government, in order to raise the ambient lighting 
        level in a hearing or meeting room to the lowest level 
        necessary to provide adequate television coverage of a 
        hearing or meeting at the current state of the art of 
        television coverage.
          (7) 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 a hearing or meeting by still photography, 
        that coverage shall be permitted on the basis of a fair 
        and equitable pool arrangement devised by the Standing 
        Committee of Press Photographers.
          (8) Photographers may not position themselves between 
        the witness table and the members of the Committee at 
        any time during the course of a hearing or meeting.
          (9) Photographers may not place themselves in 
        positions that obstruct unnecessarily the coverage of 
        the hearing by the other media.
          (10) Personnel providing coverage by the television 
        and radio media shall be currently accredited to the 
        Radio and Television Correspondents' Galleries.
          (11) Personnel providing coverage by still 
        photography shall be currently accredited to the Press 
        Photographers' Gallery.
          (12) 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.
    (g) Special Meetings.--Rule XI 2(c) of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives is hereby incorporated by reference 
(Special Meetings).
    (h) Vice Chairman To Preside in Absence of Chairman.--
Meetings and hearings of the Committee shall be called to order 
and presided over by the Chairman or, in the Chairman's 
absence, by the member designated by the Chairman as the Vice 
Chairman of the Committee, or by the ranking majority member of 
the Committee present as Acting Chairman. [XI 2(d)]
    (i) Opening Statements; 5-Minute Rule.--Insofar as is 
practicable, the Chairman, after consultation with the Ranking 
Minority Member, shall limit the total time of opening 
statements by Members to no more than 10 minutes, the time to 
be divided equally between the Chairman and Ranking Minority 
Member. The time any one Member may address the Committee on 
any bill, motion or other matter under consideration by the 
Committee or the time allowed for the questioning of a witness 
at hearings before the Committee will be limited to five 
minutes, and then only when the Member has been recognized by 
the Chairman, except that this time limit may be waived by the 
Chairman or acting. [XI 2(j)]
    (j) Notwithstanding Rule 2(i), upon a motion the Chairman, 
in consultation with the Ranking Minority Member, may designate 
an equal number of members from each party to question a 
witness for a period not to exceed one hour in the aggregate 
or, upon a motion, may designate staff from each party to 
question a witness for equal specific periods that do not 
exceed one hour in the aggregate. [XI 2(j)]
    (k) Proxies.--No Member may authorize a vote by proxy with 
respect to any measure or matter before the Committee. [XI 
2(f)]
    (l)(1) Witnesses.--Insofar as is practicable, each witness 
who is to appear before the Committee shall file no later than 
twenty-four (24) hours in advance of his or her appearance, a 
written statement of the proposed testimony and curriculum 
vitae. Each witness shall limit his or her presentation to a 5-
minute summary, provided that additional time may be granted by 
the Chairman when appropriate. [XI 2(g)(4)]
    (2) To the greatest extent practicable, each witness 
appearing in a non-governmental capacity shall include with the 
written statement of proposed testimony a disclosure of the 
amount and source (by agency and program) of any Federal grant 
(or subgrant thereof) or contract (or subcontract thereof) 
which is relevant to the subject of his or her testimony and 
was received during the current fiscal year or either of the 2 
preceding fiscal years by the witness or by an entity 
represented by the witness. [XI 2(g)(4)]
    (m) Whenever any hearing is conducted by the Committee on 
any measure or matter, the minority Members of 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 the measure 
or matter during at least one day of hearing thereon. [XI 
2(j)(1)]
    (n) Hearing Procedures.--Rule XI 2(k) of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives is hereby incorporated by reference.
    (o) Bill and Subject Matter Consideration.--Bills and other 
substantive matters may be taken up for consideration only when 
called by the Chairman of the Committee or by a majority vote 
of a quorum of the Committee, except those matters which are 
the subject of special-call meetings outlined in Rule 2(g). [XI 
2(c)]
    (p) Private Bills.--No private bill will be reported by the 
Committee if there are two or more dissenting votes. Private 
bills so rejected by the Committee will not be reconsidered 
during the same Congress unless new evidence sufficient to 
justify a new hearing has been presented to the Committee.
    (q) Consideration of Measure or Matter.--(1) It shall not 
be in order for the Committee to consider any new or original 
measure or matter unless written notice of the date, place and 
subject matter of consideration and to the maximum extent 
practicable, a written copy of the measure or matter to be 
considered, and to the maximum extent practicable the original 
text for purposes of markup of the measure to be considered 
have been available to each Member of the Committee for at 
least 48 hours in advance of consideration, excluding 
Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays. To the maximum extent 
practicable, amendments to the measure or matter to be 
considered, shall be submitted in writing to the Clerk of the 
Committee at least 24 hours prior to the consideration of the 
measure or matter. [XIII 4(a)]
    (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this rule, 
consideration of any legislative measure or matter by the 
Committee shall be in order by vote of two-thirds of the 
Members present, provided that a majority of the Committee is 
present.
    (r) Requests for Written Motions.--Any legislative or non-
procedural motion made at a regular or special meeting of the 
Committee and which is entertained by the Chairman shall be 
presented in writing upon the demand of any Member present and 
a copy made available to each Member present.
    (s) Requests for Record Votes at Full Committee.--A record 
vote of the Members may be had at the request of three or more 
Members or, in the apparent absence of a quorum, by any one 
Member.
    (t) Report Language on Use of Federal Resources.--No 
legislative report filed by the Committee on any measure or 
matter reported by the Committee shall contain language which 
has the effect of specifying the use of federal resources more 
explicitly (inclusively or exclusively) than that specified in 
the measure or matter as ordered reported, unless such language 
has been approved by the Committee during a meeting or 
otherwise in writing by a majority of the Members.
    (u) Committee Records.--(1) The Committee shall keep a 
complete record of all Committee action which shall include a 
record of the votes on any question on which a record vote is 
demanded. The result of each record 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. [XI 2(e)]
    (2) The records of the Committee at the National Archives 
and Records Administration shall be made available for public 
use in accordance with Rule VII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives. The Chairman shall notify the Ranking Minority 
Member of any decision, pursuant to clause 3(b)(3) or clause 
4(b) of the Rule, to withhold a record otherwise available, and 
the matter shall be presented to the Committee for a 
determination on the written request of any Member of the 
Committee. [XI 2(e)(3)]
    (3) To the maximum extent feasible, the Committee shall 
make its publications available in electronic form, including 
the Committee website. [XI 2(e)(4)]
    (4)(A) Except as provided for in subdivision (B), all 
Committee hearings, records, data, charts, and files shall be 
kept separate and distinct from the congressional office 
records of the member serving as its Chairman. Such records 
shall be the property of the House, and each Member, Delegate, 
and the Resident Commissioner, shall have access thereto.
    (B) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, other 
than members of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, 
may not have access to the records of the Committee respecting 
the conduct of a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
officer, or employee of the House without the specific prior 
permission of the Committee.
    (v) Publication of Committee Hearings and Markups.--The 
transcripts of those hearings conducted by the Committee which 
are decided to be printed shall be published in verbatim form, 
with the material requested for the record inserted at that 
place requested, or at the end of the record, as appropriate. 
Individuals, including Members of Congress, whose comments are 
to be published as part of a Committee document shall be given 
the opportunity to verify the accuracy of the transcription in 
advance of publication. Any requests by those Members, staff or 
witnesses to correct any errors other than errors in 
transcription, or disputed errors in transcription, shall be 
appended to the record, and the appropriate place where the 
change is requested will be footnoted. Prior to approval by the 
Chairman of hearings conducted jointly with another 
congressional Committee, a memorandum of understanding shall be 
prepared which incorporates an agreement for the publication of 
the verbatim transcript. Transcripts of markups shall be 
recorded and published in the same manner as hearings before 
the Committee and shall be included as part of the legislative 
report unless waived by the Chairman.

                         Rule 3.--Subcommittees

    (a) Structure and Jurisdiction.--The Committee shall have 
the following standing Subcommittees with the jurisdiction 
indicated.
          (1) Subcommittee on Energy.--Legislative jurisdiction 
        and general and special oversight and investigative 
        authority on all matters relating to energy research, 
        development, and demonstration and projects therefor, 
        and commercial application of energy technology 
        including: Department of Energy research, development, 
        and demonstration programs; Department of Energy 
        laboratories; Department of Energy science activities; 
        energy supply activities; nuclear, solar and renewable 
        energy, and other advanced energy technologies; uranium 
        supply and enrichment, and Department of Energy waste 
        management and environment, safety, and health 
        activities as appropriate; fossil energy research and 
        development; clean coal technology; energy conservation 
        research and development; energy aspects of climate 
        change; pipeline research, development, and 
        demonstration projects; energy standards; and energy 
        conservation including building performance, alternate 
        fuels for and improved efficiency of vehicles, 
        distributed power systems, and industrial process 
        improvements.
          (2) Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and 
        Standards.--Legislative jurisdiction and general and 
        special oversight and investigative authority on all 
        matters relating to competitiveness, technology, and 
        environmental research, development, and demonstration 
        including: technical standards and standardization of 
        measurement; the Technology Administration of the 
        Department of Commerce; the National Institute of 
        Standards and Technology; the National Technical 
        Information Service; competitiveness, including small 
        business competitiveness; tax, antitrust, regulatory 
        and other legal and governmental policies as they 
        relate to technological development and 
        commercialization; technology transfer including 
        civilian use of defense technologies; patent and 
        intellectual property policy; international technology 
        trade; research, development, and demonstration 
        activities of the Department of Transportation; surface 
        and water transportation research, development, and 
        demonstration programs; Environmental Protection Agency 
        research and development programs; biotechnology 
        policy; National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
        Administration, including all activities related to 
        weather, weather services, climate, and the atmosphere, 
        and marine fisheries, and oceanic research; risk 
        assessment activities; scientific issues related to 
        environmental policy, including climate change; Small 
        Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer; 
        and voting technologies and standards.
          (3) Subcommittee on Research.--Legislative 
        jurisdiction and general and special oversight and 
        investigative authority on all matters relating to 
        science policy including: Office of Science and 
        Technology Policy; all scientific research, and 
        scientific and engineering resources (including human 
        resources), math, science and engineering education; 
        intergovernmental mechanisms for research, development, 
        and demonstration and cross-cutting programs; 
        international scientific cooperation; National Science 
        Foundation; university research policy, including 
        infrastructure and overhead; university research 
        partnerships, including those with industry; science 
        scholarships; issues relating to computers, 
        communications, and information technology; earthquake 
        and fire research programs including those related to 
        wildfire proliferation research and prevention; 
        research and development relating to health, 
        biomedical, and nutritional programs; to the extent 
        appropriate, agricultural, geological, biological and 
        life sciences research; and materials research, 
        development, and demonstration and policy.
          (4) Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.--
        Legislative jurisdiction and general and special 
        oversight and investigative authority on all matters 
        relating to astronautical and aeronautical research and 
        development including: national space policy, including 
        access to space; sub-orbital access and applications; 
        National Aeronautics and Space Administration and its 
        contractor and government-operated laboratories; space 
        commercialization including the commercial space 
        activities relating to the Department of Transportation 
        and the Department of Commerce; exploration and use of 
        outer space; international space cooperation; National 
        Space Council; space applications, space communications 
        and related matters; earth remote sensing policy; civil 
        aviation research, development, and demonstration; and 
        research, development, and demonstration programs of 
        the Federal Aviation Administration; and space law.
    (b) Referral of Legislation.--The Chairman shall refer all 
legislation and other matters referred to the Committee to the 
Subcommittee or Subcommittees of appropriate jurisdiction 
within two weeks unless, the Chairman deems consideration is to 
be by the Full Committee. Subcommittee Chairmen may make 
requests for referral of specific matters to their Subcommittee 
within the two week period if they believe Subcommittee 
jurisdictions so warrant.
    (c) Ex-Officio Members.--The Chairman and Ranking Minority 
Member shall serve as ex-officio Members of all Subcommittees 
and shall have the right to vote and be counted as part of the 
quorum and ratios on all matters before the Subcommittee.
    (d) Procedures.--No Subcommittee shall meet for markup or 
approval when any other Subcommittee of the Committee or the 
Full Committee is meeting to consider any measure or matter for 
markup or approval.
    (e) Each Subcommittee is authorized to meet, hold hearings, 
receive evidence, and report to the Committee on all matters 
referred to it. For matters within its jurisdiction, each 
Subcommittee is authorized to conduct legislative, 
investigative, forecasting, and general oversight hearings; to 
conduct inquiries into the future; and to undertake budget 
impact studies. Subcommittee Chairmen shall set meeting dates 
after consultation with the Chairman and other Subcommittee 
Chairmen with a view toward avoiding simultaneous scheduling of 
Committee and Subcommittee meetings or hearings wherever 
possible.
    (f) Any Member of the Committee may have the privilege of 
sitting with any Subcommittee during its hearings or 
deliberations and may participate in such hearings or 
deliberations, but no such Member who is not a Member of the 
Subcommittee shall vote on any matter before such Subcommittee, 
except as provided in Rule 3(c).
    (g) During any Subcommittee proceeding for markup or 
approval, a record vote may be had at the request of one or 
more Members of that Subcommittee.

                            Rule 4.--Reports

    (a) Substance of Legislative Reports.--The report of the 
Committee on a measure which has been approved by the Committee 
shall include the following, to be provided by the Committee:
          (1) the oversight findings and recommendations 
        required pursuant to Rule X 2(b)(1) of the Rules of the 
        House of Representatives, separately set out and 
        identified [XIII, 3(c)];
          (2) the statement required by section 308(a) of the 
        Congressional Budget Act of 1974, separately set out 
        and identified, if the measure provides new budget 
        authority or new or increased tax expenditures as 
        specified in [XIII, 3(c)(2)];
          (3) With respect to reports on a bill or joint 
        resolution of a public character, a ``Constitutional 
        Authority Statement'' citing the specific powers 
        granted to Congress by the Constitution pursuant to 
        which the bill or joint resolution is proposed to be 
        enacted.
          (4) with respect to each record 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;
          (5) the estimate and comparison prepared by the 
        Committee under Rule XIII, clause 3(d)(2) of the Rules 
        of the House of Representatives, unless the estimate 
        and comparison prepared by the Director of the 
        Congressional Budget Office prepared under subparagraph 
        2 of this Rule has been timely submitted prior to the 
        filing of the report and included in the report [ XIII, 
        3(d)(3)(D)];
          (6) in the case of a bill or joint resolution which 
        repeals or amends any statute or part thereof, the text 
        of the statute or part thereof which is proposed to be 
        repealed, and 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 
        [Rule XIII, clause 3]; and
          (7) a transcript of the markup of the measure or 
        matter unless waived under Rule 2(v).
          (8) a statement of general performance goals and 
        objectives, including outcome-related goals and 
        objectives, for which the measure authorizes funding. 
        [XIII, 3(c)]
    (b) The report of the Committee on a measure which has been 
approved by the Committee shall further include the following, 
to be provided by sources other than the Committee:
          (1) the estimate and comparison prepared by the 
        Director of the Congressional Budget Office required 
        under section 403 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
        1974, separately set out and identified, whenever the 
        Director (if timely, and submitted prior to the filing 
        of the report) has submitted such estimate and 
        comparison of the Committee [XIII, clauses 2-4];
          (2) if the Committee has not received prior to the 
        filing of the report the material required under 
        paragraph (1) of this Rule, then it shall include a 
        statement to that effect in the report on the measure.
    (c) Minority and Additional Views [XI 2(l)].--If, at the 
time of approval of any measure or matter by the Committee, 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 subsequent calendar days after 
the day of such notice (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal 
holidays) 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. The report of 
the Committee upon that measure or matter shall be printed in a 
single volume which shall include all supplemental, minority, 
or additional views, which have been submitted by the time of 
the filing of the report, and shall bear upon its cover a 
recital that any such supplemental, minority, or additional 
views (and any material submitted under Rule 4(b)(1)) are 
included as part of the report. However, this rule does not 
preclude (1) the immediate filing or printing of a Committee 
report unless timely requested for the opportunity to file 
supplemental, minority, or additional views has been made as 
provided by this Rule or (2) the filing by the 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.
    (d) The Chairman of the Committee or Subcommittee, as 
appropriate, shall advise Members of the day and hour when the 
time for submitting views relative to any given report elapses. 
No supplemental, minority, or additional views shall be 
accepted for inclusion in the report if submitted after the 
announced time has elapsed unless the Chairman of the Committee 
or Subcommittee, as appropriate, decides to extend the time for 
submission of views the 2 subsequent calendar days after the 
day of notice, in which case he shall communicate such fact to 
Members, including the revised day and hour for submissions to 
be received, without delay.
    (e) Consideration of Subcommittee Reports.--Reports and 
recommendations of a Subcommittee shall not be considered by 
the Full Committee until after the intervention of 48 hours, 
excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, from the time 
the report is submitted and made available to full Committee 
membership and printed hearings thereon shall be made 
available, if feasible, to the Members, except that this rule 
may be waived at the discretion of the Chairman after 
consultation with the Ranking Minority Member.
    (f) Timing and Filing of Committee Reports [XIII].--It 
shall be the duty of the Chairman 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 the necessary steps 
to bring the matter to a vote. To the maximum extent 
practicable, the written report of the Committee on such 
measures shall be made available to the Committee membership 
for review at least 24 hours in advance of filing.
    (g) The report of the Committee on a measure which has been 
approved by the Committee shall be filed within 7 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 the majority of the 
Members of the Committee, for the reporting of that measure. 
Upon the filing of any such request, the clerk of the Committee 
shall transmit immediately to the Chairman of the Committee 
notice of the filing of that request.
    (h)(1) Any document published by the Committee as a House 
Report, other than a report of the Committee on a measure which 
has been approved by the Committee, shall be approved by the 
Committee at a meeting, and Members shall have the same 
opportunity to submit views as provided for in Rule 4(c).
    (2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), the Chairman may 
approve the publication of any document as a Committee print 
which in his discretion he determines to be useful for the 
information of the Committee.
    (3) Any document to be published as a Committee print which 
purports to express the views, findings, conclusions, or 
recommendations of the Committee or any of its Subcommittees 
must be approved by the Full Committee or its Subcommittees, as 
applicable, in a meeting or otherwise in writing by a majority 
of the Members, and such Members shall have the right to submit 
supplemental, minority, or additional views for inclusion in 
the print within at least 48 hours after such approval.
    (4) Any document to be published as a Committee print other 
than a document described in paragraph (3) of this Rule: (A) 
shall include on its cover the following statement: ``This 
document has been printed for informational purposes only and 
does not represent either findings or recommendations adopted 
by this Committee;'' and (B) shall not be published following 
the sine die adjournment of a Congress, unless approved by the 
Chairman of the Full Committee after consultation with the 
Ranking Minority Member of the Full Committee.
    (i) A report of an investigation or study conducted jointly 
by this Committee and one or more other Committee(s) may be 
filed jointly, provided that each of the Committees complies 
independently with all requirements for approval and filing of 
the report.
    (j) After an adjournment of the last regular session of a 
Congress sine die, an investigative or oversight report 
approved by the Committee may be filed with the Clerk at any 
time, provided that if a member gives notice at the time of 
approval of intention to file supplemental, minority, or 
additional views, that member shall be entitled to not less 
than 7 calendar days in which to submit such views for 
inclusion with the report.
    (k) After an adjournment sine die of the last regular 
session of a Congress, the Chairman may file the Committee's 
Activity Report for that Congress under clause 1(d)(1) of Rule 
XI of the Rules of the House with the Clerk of the House at any 
time and without the approval of the Committee, provided that a 
copy of the report has been available to each member of the 
Committee for at least 7 calendar days and that the report 
includes any supplemental, minority, or additional views 
submitted by a member of the Committee. [XI 1(d), XI 1(d)(4)]
    (l) Oversight Reports.--A proposed investigative or 
oversight report shall be considered as read if it has been 
available to the members of the Committee for at least 24 hours 
(excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays except when 
the House is in session on such day). [XI 1(b)(2)]

   LEGISLATIVE AND OVERSIGHT JURISDICTION OF THE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE


                  Rule X.--Organization of Committees

    Committees and their legislative jurisdictions.
    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. All bills, resolutions, and other matters relating to 
subjects within the jurisdiction of the standing Committees 
listed in this clause shall be referred to those Committees, in 
accordance with clause 2 of Rule XII, as follows:
    (n) Committee on Science.
    (1) All energy research, development, and demonstration, 
and projects therefor, and all federally owned or operated 
nonmilitary energy laboratories.
    (2) Astronautical research and development, including 
resources, personnel, equipment, and facilities.
    (3) Civil aviation research and development.
    (4) Environmental research and development.
    (5) Marine research.
    (6) Commercial application of energy technology.
    (7) National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
standardization of weights and measures and the metric system.
    (8) National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
    (9) National Space Council.
    (10) National Science Foundation.
    (11) National Weather Service.
    (12) Outer space, including exploration and control 
thereof.
    (13) Science Scholarships.
    (14) Scientific research, development, and demonstration, 
and projects therefor.

                      SPECIAL OVERSIGHT FUNCTIONS

    3. (j) The Committee on Science shall review and study on a 
continuing basis laws, programs, and Government activities 
relating to nonmilitary research and development.
                      Committee on Small Business

  DONALD A. MANZULLO, Illinois, 
             Chairman

NYDIA M. VELAZQUEZ, New York         ROSCOE G. BARTLETT, Maryland
JUANITA MILLENDER-McDONALD, CaliforniaUE W. KELLY, New York
TOM UDALL, New Mexico                STEVE CHABOT, Ohio
DANIEL LIPINSKI, Illinois            SAM GRAVES, Missouri
ENI F. H. FALEOMAVAEGA, American Samoa. TODD AKIN, Missouri
DONNA M. CHRISTENSEN, Virgin Islands BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania
DANNY K. DAVIS, Illinois             MARILYN N. MUSGRAVE, Colorado
ED CASE, Hawaii                      JEB BRADLEY, New Hampshire
MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO, Guam          STEVE KING, Iowa
RAUL M. GRIJALVA, Arizona            THADDEUS G. McCOTTER, Michigan
MICHAEL H. MICHAUD, Maine            RIC KELLER, Florida
LINDA T. SANCHEZ, California         TED POE, Texas
JOHN BARROW, Georgia                 MICHAEL E. SODREL, Indiana
MELISSA L. BEAN, Illinois            JEFF FORTENBERRY, Nebraska
GWEN MOORE, Wisconsin                MICHAEL G. FITZPATRICK, 
                                     Pennsylvania
                                     LYNN A. WESTMORELAND, Georgia
                                     LOUIE GOHMERT, Texas

                      (Adopted February 10, 2005)

                      Rule 1.--General Provisions

    The Rules of the House of Representatives, and in 
particular the committee rules enumerated in Rule XI, are the 
rules of the Committee on Small Business to the extent 
applicable and by this reference are incorporated. Each 
subcommittee of the Committee on Small Business (hereinafter 
referred to as the ``committee'') is a part of the committee 
and is subject to the authority and direction of the committee, 
and to its rules to the extent applicable.

                 Rule 2.--Referral of Bills by Chairman

    Unless retained for consideration by the full committee, 
all legislation and other matters referred to the committee 
shall be referred by the Chairman to the subcommittee of 
appropriate jurisdiction within 2 weeks. Where the subject 
matter of the referral involves the jurisdiction of more than 
one subcommittee or does not fall within any previously 
assigned jurisdictions, the Chairman shall refer the matter, as 
he may deem advisable.

                        Rule 3.--Date of Meeting

    The regular meeting date of the committee shall be the 
second Thursday of every month when the House is in session. A 
regular meeting of the committee may be dispensed with if, in 
the judgment of the Chairman, there is no need for the meeting. 
Additional meetings may be called by the Chairman as he may 
deem necessary or at the request of a majority of the members 
of the committee in accordance with clause 2(c) of Rule XI of 
the House.
    At least 3 days' notice of such an additional meeting shall 
be given unless the Chairman determines that there is good 
cause to call the meeting on less notice.
    The determination of the business to be considered at each 
meeting shall be made by the Chairman subject to clause 2(c) of 
rule XI of the House.
    A regularly scheduled meeting need not be held if there is 
no business to be considered or, upon at least 3 days' notice, 
it may be set for a different date.

                   Rule 4.--Announcement of Hearings

    Unless the Chairman, with the concurrence of the ranking 
minority member, or the committee by majority vote, determines 
that there is good cause to begin a hearing at an earlier date, 
public announcement shall be made of the date, place and 
subject matter of any hearing to be conducted by the committee 
at least 1 week before the commencement of that hearing.
    After announcement of a hearing, the committee shall make 
available as soon as practicable to all Members of the 
Committee a tentative witness list and to the extent 
practicable a memorandum explaining the subject matter of the 
hearing (including relevant legislative reports and other 
necessary material). In addition, the Chairman shall make 
available as soon as practicable to the Members of the 
Committee any official reports from departments and agencies on 
the subject matter as they are received.

           Rule 5.--Meetings and Hearings Open to the Public

    (A) Meetings.--Each meeting of the committee or its 
subcommittees for the transaction of business, including the 
markup of legislation, shall be open to the public, including 
to radio, television and still photography coverage, except as 
provided by clause 4 of Rule XI of the House, except when the 
committee or subcommittee, in open session and with a majority 
present, determines by record 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, or 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 
executive branch representatives as they may authorize, shall 
be present in any business meeting or markup session which has 
been closed to the public.
    (B) Hearings.--Each hearing conducted by the committee or 
its subcommittees shall be open to the public, including radio, 
television and still photography coverage, except when the 
committee or subcommittee, in open session and with a majority 
present, determines by record vote that all or part of the 
remainder of the 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; Provided, however, 
that the committee or subcommittee may by the same procedure 
vote to close one subsequent day of hearings. 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, (i) 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 of the House; or (ii) may 
vote to close the hearing, as provided in clause 2(k)(5) of 
Rule XI of the House.
    No member of the House may be excluded from non-
participatory attendance at any hearing of the committee or any 
subcommittee, unless the House of Representatives shall by 
majority vote authorize the 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 hearing to members by the same 
procedures designated for closing hearings to the public.

                           Rule 6.--Witnesses

    (A) Statement of Witnesses.--Each witness who is to appear 
before the committee or subcommittee shall file with the 
committee at least two business days before the day of his or 
her appearance, 100 copies of his or her written statement of 
proposed testimony. At least one copy of the statement of each 
witness shall be furnished directly to the ranking minority 
member. In addition, all witnesses shall be required to submit 
with their testimony a resume or other statement describing 
their education, employment, professional affiliations and 
other background information pertinent to their testimony 
unless waived by the Chairman.
    Each witness shall also submit to the committee a copy of 
his or her final prepared statement in an electronic format no 
later than the day of the hearing unless waived by the 
Chairman.
    The committee will provide public access to its printed 
materials, including the proposed testimony of witnesses, in 
electronic form.
    (B) Interrogation of Witnesses.--Whenever any hearing is 
conducted by the committee or any subcommittee upon any measure 
or matter, the minority party members on the committee shall be 
entitled, upon request to the Chairman by a majority of those 
minority members, to call one witness selected by the minority 
to testify with respect to that measure or matter. The witness 
requested by the minority shall furnish at least one copy of 
his or her statement and any supplementary materials directly 
to the Chairman within two business days before the day of his 
or her appearance unless waived by the Chairman.
    Except when the committee adopts a motion pursuant to 
subdivisions (B) and (C) of clause 2(j)(2) of Rule XI of the 
Rules of the House, committee members may question witnesses 
only when they have been recognized by the Chairman for that 
purpose, and only for a 5-minute period until all members 
present have had an opportunity to question a witness. The 5-
minute period for questioning a witness by any one member can 
be extended only with the unanimous consent of all members 
present. The Chairman, followed by the ranking minority member 
and all other members alternating between the majority and 
minority, shall initiate the questioning of witnesses in both 
the full and subcommittee hearings.
    In recognizing members to question witnesses, the Chairman 
may take into consideration the ratio of majority and minority 
members present in such a manner as not to disadvantage the 
Members of either party. The Chairman, in consultation with the 
ranking minority member, may decrease the 5-minute time period 
in order to accommodate the needs of all the Members present 
and the schedule of the witnesses.

                           Rule 7.--Subpoenas

    A subpoena may be authorized and issued by the Chairman of 
the committee in the conduct of any investigation or series of 
investigations or activities to require the attendance and 
testimony of such witness and the production of such books, 
records, correspondence, memoranda, papers and documents, as he 
deems necessary. The ranking minority member shall be promptly 
notified of the issuance of such a subpoena.
    Such a subpoena may be authorized and issued by the 
chairman of a subcommittee with the approval of a majority of 
the members of the subcommittee and the approval of the 
Chairman of the committee.

                            Rule 8.--Quorum

    No measure or recommendation shall be reported unless a 
majority of the committee was actually present. For purposes of 
taking testimony or receiving evidence, two members shall 
constitute a quorum. For all other purposes, one-third of the 
members (or 11 Members) shall constitute a quorum.

                   Rule 9.--Amendments During Mark-up

    Any amendment offered to any pending legislation before the 
committee must be made available in written form when requested 
by any member of the committee. If such amendment is not 
available in written form when requested, the Chairman shall 
allow an appropriate period for the provision thereof.

                           Rule 10.--Proxies

    No vote by any member of the committee or any of its 
subcommittees with respect to any measure or matter may be cast 
by proxy.

                 Rule 11.--Postponement of Proceedings

    The Chairman in consultation with the Ranking Minority 
Member may postpone further proceedings when a record vote is 
ordered on the question of approving any measure or matter or 
adopting an amendment. The Chairman may resume proceedings on a 
postponed request at any time. In exercising postponement 
authority, the Chairman shall take all reasonable steps 
necessary to notify members on the resumption of proceedings on 
any postponed recorded vote. When proceedings resume on a 
postponed question, notwithstanding any intervening order for 
the previous question, an underlying proposition shall remain 
subject to further debate or amendment to the same extent as 
when the question was postponed.

           Rule 12.--Number and Jurisdiction of Subcommittees

    There will be four subcommittees as follows:
    Workforce, Empowerment and Government Programs (seven 
Republicans and six Democrats) Regulatory Reform and Oversight 
(seven Republicans and six Democrats) Rural Enterprises, 
Agriculture and Technology (six Republicans and five Democrats) 
Tax, Finance and Exports (eight Republicans and seven 
Democrats)
    During the 109th Congress, the Chairman and ranking 
minority member shall be ex officio members of all 
subcommittees, without vote, and the full committee shall have 
the authority to conduct oversight of all areas of the 
committee's jurisdiction.
    In addition to conducting oversight in the area of their 
respective jurisdiction, each subcommittee shall have the 
following jurisdiction:

             WORKFORCE, EMPOWERMENT AND GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS

    Oversight and investigative authority over problems faced 
by small businesses in attracting and retaining a high quality 
workforce, including but not limited to wages and benefits such 
as health care.
    Promotion of business growth and opportunities in 
economically depressed areas.
    Oversight and investigative authority over regulations and 
other government policies that impact small businesses located 
in high risk communities.
    Opportunities for minority, women, veteran and disabled-
owned small businesses, including the SBA's 8(a) program.
    General oversight of programs targeted toward urban relief.
    Small Business Act, Small Business Investment Act, and 
related legislation.
    Federal Government programs that are designed to assist 
small business generally.
    Participation of small business in Federal procurement and 
Government contracts.

                    REGULATORY REFORM AND OVERSIGHT

    Oversight and investigative authority over the regulatory 
and paperwork policies of all Federal departments and agencies.
    Regulatory Flexibility Act.
    Paperwork Reduction Act.
    Competition policy generally.
    Oversight and investigative authority generally, including 
novel issues of special concern to small business.

             RURAL ENTERPRISES, AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY

    Promotion of business growth and opportunities in rural 
areas.
    Oversight and investigative authority over agricultural 
issues that impact small businesses.
    General oversight of programs targeted toward farm relief.
    Oversight and investigative authority for small business 
technology issues.

                        TAX, FINANCE AND EXPORTS

    Tax policy and its impact on small business.
    Access to capital and finance issues generally.
    Export opportunities and oversight over Federal trade 
policy and promotion programs.

                       Rule 13.--Committee Staff

    (A) Majority Staff.--The employees of the committee, except 
those assigned to the minority as provided below, shall be 
appointed and assigned, and may be removed by the Chairman. The 
Chairman shall fix their remuneration, and they shall be under 
the general supervision and direction of the Chairman.
    (B) Minority Staff.--The employees of the committee 
assigned to the minority shall be appointed and assigned, and 
their remuneration determined, as the ranking minority member 
of the committee shall determine.
    (C) Subcommittee Staff.--The Chairman and ranking minority 
member of the full committee shall endeavor to ensure that 
sufficient staff is made available to each subcommittee to 
carry out its responsibilities under the rules of the 
committee.

              Rule 14.--Powers and Duties of Subcommittees

    Each subcommittee is authorized to meet, hold hearings, 
receive evidence, and report to the full committee on all 
matters referred to it. Subcommittee chairmen shall set meeting 
and hearing dates after consultation with the Chairman of the 
full committee. Meetings and hearings of subcommittees shall 
not be scheduled to occur simultaneously with meetings or 
hearings of the full committee.

                     Rule 15.--Subcommittee Reports

    (A) Investigative Hearings.--The report of any subcommittee 
on a matter which was the topic of a study or investigation 
shall include a statement concerning the subject of the study 
or investigation, the findings and conclusions, and 
recommendations for corrective action, if any, together with 
such other material as the subcommittee deems appropriate.
    Such proposed reports shall first be approved by a majority 
of the subcommittee members. After such approval has been 
secured, the proposed report shall be sent to each member of 
the full committee for his or her supplemental, minority, or 
additional views.
    Any such views shall be in writing and signed by the member 
and filed with the clerk of the full committee within 5 
calendar days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal 
holidays) from the date of the transmittal of the proposed 
report to the members. Transmittal of the proposed report to 
members shall be by hand delivery to the members' offices.
    After the expiration of such 5 calendar days, the report 
may be filed as a House report.
    (B) End of Congress.--Each subcommittee shall submit to the 
full committee, not later than November 15 of each even-
numbered year, a report on the activities of the subcommittee 
during the Congress.

                           Rule 16.--Records

    The committee shall keep a complete record of all actions, 
which shall include a record of the votes on any question on 
which a record vote is demanded. The result of each 
subcommittee record vote, together with a description of the 
matter voted upon, shall promptly be made available to the full 
committee. A record of such votes shall be made available for 
inspection by the public at reasonable times in the offices of 
the committee.
    The committee shall keep a complete record of all committee 
and subcommittee activity which, in the case of any meeting or 
hearing transcript, shall include 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.
    The records of the committee at the National Archives and 
Records Administration shall be made available in accordance 
with rule VII of the Rules of the House. The Chairman of the 
full committee shall notify the ranking minority member of the 
full committee of any decision, pursuant to clause 3(b)(3) or 
clause 4(b) of rule VII of the House, to withhold a record 
otherwise available, and the matter shall be presented to the 
committee for a determination of the written request of any 
member of the committee.

        Rule 17.--Access to Classified or Sensitive Information

    Access to classified or sensitive information supplied to 
the committee and attendance at closed sessions of the 
committee or its subcommittees shall be limited to members and 
necessary committee staff and stenographic reporters who have 
appropriate security clearance when the Chairman determines 
that such access or attendance is essential to the functioning 
of the committee.
    The procedures to be followed in granting access to those 
hearings, records, data, charts, and files of the committee 
which involve classified information or information deemed to 
be sensitive shall be as follows:
    (a) Only Members of the House of Representatives and 
specifically designated committee staff of the Committee on 
Small Business may have access to such information.
    (b) Members who desire to read materials that are in the 
possession of the committee should notify the clerk of the 
committee.
    (c) The clerk will maintain an accurate access log, which 
identifies the circumstances surrounding access to the 
information, without revealing the material examined.
    (d) If the material desired to be reviewed is material 
which the committee or subcommittee deems to be sensitive 
enough to require special handling, before receiving access to 
such information, individuals will be required to sign an 
access information sheet acknowledging such access and that the 
individual has read and understands the procedures under which 
access is being granted.
    (e) Material provided for review under this rule shall not 
be removed from a specified room within the committee offices.
    (f) Individuals reviewing materials under this rule shall 
make certain that the materials are returned to the proper 
custodian.
    (g) No reproductions or recordings may be made of any 
portion of such materials.
    (h) The contents of such information shall not be divulged 
to any person in any way, form, shape, or manner, and shall not 
be discussed with any person who has not received the 
information in an authorized manner.
    (i) When not being examined in the manner described herein, 
such information will be kept in secure safes or locked file 
cabinets in the committee offices.
    (j) These procedures only address access to information the 
committee or a subcommittee deems to be sensitive enough to 
require special treatment.
    (k) If a member of the House of Representatives believes 
that certain sensitive information should not be restricted as 
to dissemination or use, the member may petition the committee 
or subcommittee to so rule. With respect to information and 
materials provided to the committee by the executive branch, 
the classification of information and materials as determined 
by the executive branch shall prevail unless affirmatively 
changed by the committee or the subcommittee involved, after 
consultation with the appropriate executive agencies.
    (l) Other materials in the possession of the committee are 
to be handled in accordance with the normal practices and 
traditions of the committee.

                       Rule 18.--Other Procedures

    The Chairman of the full committee may establish such other 
procedures and take such actions as may be necessary to carry 
out the foregoing rules or to facilitate the effective 
operation of the committee.
    The committee may not be committed to any expense whatever 
without the prior approval of the Chairman of the full 
committee.

                Rule 19.--Amendments to Committee Rules

    The rules of the committee may be modified, amended or 
repealed by a majority of the members, at a meeting 
specifically called for such purpose, but only if written 
notice of the proposed change has been provided to each such 
member at least 3 days before the time of the meeting.
               Committee on Standards of Official Conduct

DOC HASTINGS, Washington, Chairman

ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia      JUDY BIGGERT, Illinois
STEPHANIE TUBBS JONES, Ohio          LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas
GENE GREEN, Texas                    MELISSA A. HART, Pennsylvania
LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California    TOM COLE, Oklahoma
MICHAEL F. DOYLE, Pennsylvania

                         (Adopted May 4, 2005)

                                FOREWORD

    The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct is unique in 
the House of Representatives. Consistent with the duty to carry 
out its advisory and enforcement responsibilities in an 
impartial manner, the Committee is the only standing committee 
of the House of Representatives the membership of which is 
divided evenly by party. These rules are intended to provide a 
fair procedural framework for the conduct of the Committee's 
activities and to help insure that the Committee serves well 
the people of the United States, the House of Representatives, 
and the Members, officers, and employees of the House of 
Representatives.

                    PART I--GENERAL COMMITTEE RULES

                      Rule 1.--General Provisions

    (a) So far as applicable, these rules and the Rules of the 
House of Representatives shall be the rules of the Committee 
and any subcommittee. The Committee adopts these rules under 
the authority of clause 2(a)(1) of Rule XI of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, 109th Congress.
    (b) The rules of the Committee may be modified, amended, or 
repealed by a vote of a majority of the Committee.
    (c) When the interests of justice so require, the 
Committee, by a majority vote of its members, may adopt any 
special procedures, not inconsistent with these rules, deemed 
necessary to resolve a particular matter before it. Copies of 
such special procedures shall be furnished to all parties in 
the matter.
    (d) The Chairman and Ranking Minority Member shall have 
access to such information that they request as necessary to 
conduct Committee business.

                          Rule 2.--Definitions

    (a) ``Committee'' means the Committee on Standards of 
Official Conduct.
    (b) ``Complaint'' means a written allegation of improper 
conduct against a Member, officer, or employee of the House of 
Representatives filed with the Committee with the intent to 
initiate an inquiry.
    (c) ``Inquiry'' means an investigation by an investigative 
subcommittee into allegations against a Member, officer, or 
employee of the House of Representatives.
    (d) ``Investigative Subcommittee'' means a subcommittee 
designated pursuant to Rule 19(a) to conduct an inquiry to 
determine if a Statement of Alleged Violation should be issued.
    (e) ``Statement of Alleged Violation'' means a formal 
charging document filed by an investigative subcommittee with 
the Committee containing specific allegations against a Member, 
officer, or employee of the House of Representatives of a 
violation of the Code of Official Conduct, or of a law, rule, 
regulation, or other standard of conduct applicable to the 
performance of official duties or the discharge of official 
responsibilities.
    (f) ``Adjudicatory Subcommittee'' means a subcommittee 
designated pursuant to Rule 23(a), that holds an adjudicatory 
hearing and determines whether the counts in a Statement of 
Alleged Violation are proved by clear and convincing evidence.
    (g) ``Sanction Hearing'' means a Committee hearing to 
determine what sanction, if any, to adopt or to recommend to 
the House of Representatives.
    (h) ``Respondent'' means a Member, officer, or employee of 
the House of Representatives who is the subject of a complaint 
filed with the Committee or who is the subject of an inquiry or 
a Statement of Alleged Violation.
    (i) ``Office of Advice and Education'' refers to the Office 
established by section 803(i) of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989. 
The Office handles inquiries; prepares written opinions in 
response to specific requests; develops general guidance; and 
organizes seminars, workshops, and briefings for the benefit of 
the House of Representatives.
    (j) ``Member'' means a Representative in, or a Delegate to, 
or the Resident Commissioner to, the U.S. House of 
Representatives.

                 Rule 3.--Advisory Opinions and Waivers

    (a) The Office of Advice and Education shall handle 
inquiries; prepare written opinions providing specific advice; 
develop general guidance; and organize seminars, workshops, and 
briefings for the benefit of the House of Representatives.
    (b) Any Member, officer, or employee of the House of 
Representatives, may request a written opinion with respect to 
the propriety of any current or proposed conduct of such 
Member, officer, or employee.
    (c) The Office of Advice and Education may provide 
information and guidance regarding laws, rules, regulations, 
and other standards of conduct applicable to Members, officers, 
and employees in the performance of their duties or the 
discharge of their responsibilities.
    (d) In general, the Committee shall provide a written 
opinion to an individual only in response to a written request, 
and the written opinion shall address the conduct only of the 
inquiring individual, or of persons for whom the inquiring 
individual is responsible as employing authority.
    (e) A written request for an opinion shall be addressed to 
the Chairman of the Committee and shall include a complete and 
accurate statement of the relevant facts. A request shall be 
signed by the requester or the requester's authorized 
representative or employing authority. A representative shall 
disclose to the Committee the identity of the principal on 
whose behalf advice is being sought.
    (f) The Office of Advice and Education shall prepare for 
the Committee a response to each written request for an opinion 
from a Member, officer or employee. Each response shall discuss 
all applicable laws, rules, regulations, or other standards.
    (g) Where a request is unclear or incomplete, the Office of 
Advice and Education may seek additional information from the 
requester.
    (h) The Chairman and Ranking Minority Member are authorized 
to take action on behalf of the Committee on any proposed 
written opinion that they determine does not require 
consideration by the Committee. If the Chairman or Ranking 
Minority Member requests a written opinion, or seeks a waiver, 
extension, or approval pursuant to Rules 3(l), 4(c), 4(e), or 
4(h), the next ranking member of the requester's party is 
authorized to act in lieu of the requester.
    (i) The Committee shall keep confidential any request for 
advice from a Member, officer, or employee, as well as any 
response thereto.
    (j) The Committee may take no adverse action in regard to 
any conduct that has been undertaken in reliance on a written 
opinion if the conduct conforms to the specific facts addressed 
in the opinion.
    (k) Information provided to the Committee by a Member, 
officer, or employee seeking advice regarding prospective 
conduct may not be used as the basis for initiating an 
investigation under clause 3(a)(2) or clause 3(b) of Rule XI of 
the Rules of the House of Representatives, if such Member, 
officer, or employee acts in good faith in accordance with the 
written advice of the Committee.
    (l) A written request for a waiver of clause 5 of House 
Rule XXV (the House gift rule), or for any other waiver or 
approval, shall be treated in all respects like any other 
request for a written opinion.
    (m) A written request for a waiver of clause 5 of House 
Rule XXV (the House gift rule) shall specify the nature of the 
waiver being sought and the specific circumstances justifying 
the waiver.
    (n) An employee seeking a waiver of time limits applicable 
to travel paid for by a private source shall include with the 
request evidence that the employing authority is aware of the 
request. In any other instance where proposed employee conduct 
may reflect on the performance of official duties, the 
Committee may require that the requester submit evidence that 
the employing authority knows of the conduct.

                     Rule 4.--Financial Disclosure

    (a) In matters relating to Title I of the Ethics in 
Government Act of 1978, the Committee shall coordinate with the 
Clerk of the House of Representatives, Legislative Resource 
Center, to assure that appropriate individuals are notified of 
their obligation to file Financial Disclosure Statements and 
that such individuals are provided in a timely fashion with 
filing instructions and forms developed by the Committee.
    (b) The Committee shall coordinate with the Legislative 
Resource Center to assure that information that the Ethics in 
Government Act requires to be placed on the public record is 
made public.
    (c) The Chairman and Ranking Minority Member are authorized 
to grant on behalf of the Committee requests for reasonable 
extensions of time for the filing of Financial Disclosure 
Statements. Any such request must be received by the Committee 
no later than the date on which the statement in question is 
due. A request received after such date may be granted by the 
Committee only in extraordinary circumstances. Such extensions 
for one individual in a calendar year shall not exceed a total 
of 90 days. No extension shall be granted authorizing a 
nonincumbent candidate to file a statement later than 30 days 
prior to a primary or general election in which the candidate 
is participating.
    (d) An individual who takes legally sufficient action to 
withdraw as a candidate before the date on which that 
individual's Financial Disclosure Statement is due under the 
Ethics in Government Act shall not be required to file a 
Statement. An individual shall not be excused from filing a 
Financial Disclosure Statement when withdrawal as a candidate 
occurs after the date on which such Statement was due.
    (e) Any individual who files a report required to be filed 
under title I of the Ethics in Government Act more than 30 days 
after the later of--
          (1) the date such report is required to be filed, or
          (2) if a filing extension is granted to such 
        individual, the last day of the filing extension 
        period, is required by such Act to pay a late filing 
        fee of $200. The Chairman and Ranking Minority Member 
        are authorized to approve requests that the fee be 
        waived based on extraordinary circumstances.
    (f) Any late report that is submitted without a required 
filing fee shall be deemed procedurally deficient and not 
properly filed.
    (g) The Chairman and Ranking Minority Member are authorized 
to approve requests for waivers of the aggregation and 
reporting of gifts as provided by section 102(a)(2)(C) of the 
Ethics in Government Act. If such a request is approved, both 
the incoming request and the Committee response shall be 
forwarded to the Legislative Resource Center for placement on 
the public record.
    (h) The Chairman and Ranking Minority Member are authorized 
to approve blind trusts as qualifying under section 102(f)(3) 
of the Ethics in Government Act. The correspondence relating to 
formal approval of a blind trust, the trust document, the list 
of assets transferred to the trust, and any other documents 
required by law to be made public, shall be forwarded to the 
Legislative Resource Center for such purpose.
    (i) The Committee shall designate staff counsel who shall 
review Financial Disclosure Statements and, based upon 
information contained therein, indicate in a form and manner 
prescribed by the Committee whether the Statement appears 
substantially accurate and complete and the filer appears to be 
in compliance with applicable laws and rules.
    (j) Each Financial Disclosure Statement shall be reviewed 
within 60 days after the date of filing.
    (k) If the reviewing counsel believes that additional 
information is required because (1) the Statement appears not 
substantially accurate or complete, or (2) the filer may not be 
in compliance with applicable laws or rules, then the reporting 
individual shall be notified in writing of the additional 
information believed to be required, or of the law or rule with 
which the reporting individual does not appear to be in 
compliance. Such notice shall also state the time within which 
a response is to be submitted. Any such notice shall remain 
confidential.
    (l) Within the time specified, including any extension 
granted in accordance with clause (c), a reporting individual 
who concurs with the Committee's notification that the 
Statement is not complete, or that other action is required, 
shall submit the necessary information or take appropriate 
action. Any amendment may be in the form of a revised Financial 
Disclosure Statement or an explanatory letter addressed to the 
Clerk of the House of Representatives.
    (m) Any amendment shall be placed on the public record in 
the same manner as other Statements. The individual designated 
by the Committee to review the original Statement shall review 
any amendment thereto.
    (n) Within the time specified, including any extension 
granted in accordance with clause (c), a reporting individual 
who does not agree with the Committee that the Statement is 
deficient or that other action is required, shall be provided 
an opportunity to respond orally or in writing. If the 
explanation is accepted, a copy of the response, if written, or 
a note summarizing an oral response, shall be retained in 
Committee files with the original report.
    (o) The Committee shall be the final arbiter of whether any 
Statement requires clarification or amendment.
    (p) If the Committee determines, by vote of a majority of 
its members, that there is reason to believe that an individual 
has willfully failed to file a Statement or has willfully 
falsified or willfully failed to file information required to 
be reported, then the Committee shall refer the name of the 
individual, together with the evidence supporting its finding, 
to the Attorney General pursuant to section 104(b) of the 
Ethics in Government Act. Such referral shall not preclude the 
Committee from initiating such other action as may be 
authorized by other provisions of law or the Rules of the House 
of Representatives.

                           Rule 5.--Meetings

    (a) The regular meeting day of the Committee shall be the 
second Wednesday of each month, except when the House of 
Representatives is not meeting on that day. When the Committee 
Chairman determines that there is sufficient reason, a meeting 
may be called on additional days. A regularly scheduled meeting 
need not be held when the Chairman determines there is no 
business to be considered.
    (b) The Chairman shall establish the agenda for meetings of 
the Committee and the Ranking Minority Member may place 
additional items on the agenda.
    (c) All meetings of the Committee or any subcommittee shall 
occur in executive session unless the Committee or 
subcommittee, by an affirmative vote of a majority of its 
members, opens the meeting or hearing to the public.
    (d) Any hearing held by an adjudicatory subcommittee or any 
sanction hearing held by the Committee shall be open to the 
public unless the Committee or subcommittee, by an affirmative 
vote of a majority of its members, closes the hearing to the 
public.
    (e) A subcommittee shall meet at the discretion of its 
Chairman.
    (f) Insofar as practicable, notice for any Committee or 
subcommittee meeting shall be provided at least seven days in 
advance of the meeting. The Chairman of the Committee or 
subcommittee may waive such time period for good cause.

                        Rule 6.--Committee Staff

    (a) The staff is to be assembled and retained as a 
professional, nonpartisan staff.
    (b) Each member of the staff shall be professional and 
demonstrably qualified for the position for which he is hired.
    (c) The staff as a whole and each individual member of the 
staff shall perform all official duties in a nonpartisan 
manner.
    (d) No member of the staff shall engage in any partisan 
political activity directly affecting any congressional or 
presidential election.
    (e) No member of the staff or outside counsel may accept 
public speaking engagements or write for publication on any 
subject that is in any way related to his or her employment or 
duties with the Committee without specific prior approval from 
the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member.
    (f) All staff members shall be appointed by an affirmative 
vote of a majority of the members of the Committee. Such vote 
shall occur at the first meeting of the membership of the 
Committee during each Congress and as necessary during the 
Congress.
    (g) Subject to the approval of the Committee on House 
Administration, the Committee may retain counsel not employed 
by the House of Representatives whenever the Committee 
determines, by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members 
of the Committee, that the retention of outside counsel is 
necessary and appropriate.
    (h) If the Committee determines that it is necessary to 
retain staff members for the purpose of a particular 
investigation or other proceeding, then such staff shall be 
retained only for the duration of that particular investigation 
or proceeding.
    (i) Outside counsel may be dismissed prior to the end of a 
contract between the Committee and such counsel only by a 
majority vote of the members of the Committee.
    (j) In addition to any other staff provided for by law, 
rule, or other authority, with respect to the Committee, the 
Chairman and Ranking Minority Member each may appoint one 
individual as a shared staff member from his or her personal 
staff to perform service for the Committee. Such shared staff 
may assist the Chairman or Ranking Minority Member on any 
subcommittee on which he serves. Only paragraphs (c) and (e) of 
this Rule and Rule 7(b) shall apply to shared staff.

                        Rule 7.--Confidentiality

    (a) Before any Member or employee of the Committee, 
including members of an investigative subcommittee selected 
under clause 5(a)(4) of Rule X of the House of Representatives 
and shared staff designated pursuant to Committee Rule 6(j), 
may have access to information that is confidential under the 
rules of the Committee, the following oath (or affirmation) 
shall be executed in writing:

          I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will not 
        disclose, to any person or entity outside the Committee 
        on Standards of Official Conduct, any information 
        received in the course of my service with the 
        Committee, except as authorized by the Committee or in 
        accordance with its rules.

    Copies of the executed oath shall be provided to the Clerk 
of the House as part of the records of the House. Breaches of 
confidentiality shall be investigated by the Committee and 
appropriate action shall be taken.
    (b) No member of the staff or outside counsel may make 
public, unless approved by an affirmative vote of a majority of 
the members of the Committee, any information, document, or 
other material that is confidential, derived from executive 
session, or classified and that is obtained during the course 
of employment with the Committee.
    (c) Committee members and staff shall not disclose any 
evidence relating to an investigation to any person or 
organization outside the Committee unless authorized by the 
Committee.
    (d) Members and staff of the Committee shall not disclose 
to any person or organization outside the Committee, unless 
authorized by the Committee, any information regarding the 
Committee's or a subcommittee's investigative, adjudicatory or 
other proceedings, including but not limited to: (i) the fact 
or nature of any complaints; (ii) executive session 
proceedings; (iii) information pertaining to or copies of any 
Committee or subcommittee report, study or other document which 
purports to express the views, findings, conclusions or 
recommendations of the Committee or subcommittee in connection 
with any of its activities or proceedings; or (iv) any other 
information or allegation respecting the conduct of a Member, 
officer or employee of the House.
    (e) Except as otherwise specifically authorized by the 
Committee, no Committee member or staff member shall disclose 
to any person outside the Committee, the name of any witness 
subpoenaed to testify or to produce evidence.
    (f) The Committee shall not disclose to any person or 
organization outside the Committee any information concerning 
the conduct of a respondent until it has transmitted a 
Statement of Alleged Violation to such respondent and the 
respondent has been given full opportunity to respond pursuant 
to Rule 22. The Statement of Alleged Violation and any written 
response thereto shall be made public at the first meeting or 
hearing on the matter that is open to the public after such 
opportunity has been provided. Any other materials in the 
possession of the Committee regarding such statement may be 
made public as authorized by the Committee to the extent 
consistent with the Rules of the House of Representatives. If 
no public hearing is held on the matter, the Statement of 
Alleged Violation and any written response thereto shall be 
included in the Committee's final report on the matter to the 
House of Representatives.
    (g) Unless otherwise determined by a vote of the Committee, 
only the Chairman or Ranking Minority Member of the Committee, 
after consultation with each other, may make public statements 
regarding matters before the Committee or any subcommittee.
    (h) The Committee may establish procedures necessary to 
prevent the unauthorized disclosure of any testimony or other 
information received by the Committee or its staff.

          Rule 8.--Subcommittees--General Policy and Structure

    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of these Rules, the 
Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the Committee may 
consult with an investigative subcommittee either on their own 
initiative or on the initiative of the subcommittee, shall have 
access to evidence and information before a subcommittee with 
whom they so consult, and shall not thereby be precluded from 
serving as full, voting members of any adjudicatory 
subcommittee. Except for the Chairman and Ranking Minority 
Member of the Committee pursuant to this paragraph, evidence in 
the possession of an investigative subcommittee shall not be 
disclosed to other Committee members except by a vote of the 
subcommittee.
    (b) The Committee may establish other noninvestigative and 
nonadjudicatory subcommittees and may assign to them such 
functions as it may deem appropriate. The membership of each 
subcommittee shall provide equal representation for the 
majority and minority parties.
    (c) The Chairman may refer any bill, resolution, or other 
matter before the Committee to an appropriate subcommittee for 
consideration. Any such bill, resolution, or other matter may 
be discharged from the subcommittee to which it was referred by 
a majority vote of the Committee.
    (d) Any member of the Committee may sit with any 
noninvestigative or nonadjudicatory subcommittee, but only 
regular members of such subcommittee may vote on any matter 
before that subcommittee.

              Rule 9.--Quorums and Member Disqualification

    (a) The quorum for an investigative subcommittee to take 
testimony and to receive evidence shall be two members, unless 
otherwise authorized by the House of Representatives.
    (b) The quorum for an adjudicatory subcommittee to take 
testimony, receive evidence, or conduct business shall consist 
of a majority plus one of the members of the adjudicatory 
subcommittee.
    (c) Except as stated in clauses (a) and (b) of this rule, a 
quorum for the purpose of conducting business consists of a 
majority of the members of the Committee or subcommittee.
    (d) A member of the Committee shall be ineligible to 
participate in any Committee or subcommittee proceeding in 
which he is the respondent.
    (e) A member of the Committee may disqualify himself from 
participating in any investigation of the conduct of a Member, 
officer, or employee of the House of Representatives upon the 
submission in writing and under oath of an affidavit of 
disqualification stating that the member cannot render an 
impartial and unbiased decision. If the Committee approves and 
accepts such affidavit of disqualification, or if a member is 
disqualified pursuant to Rule 17(e) or Rule 23(a), the Chairman 
shall so notify the Speaker and ask the Speaker to designate a 
Member of the House of Representatives from the same political 
party as the disqualified member of the Committee to act as a 
member of the Committee in any Committee proceeding relating to 
such investigation.

                      Rule 10.--Vote Requirements

    (a) The following actions shall be taken only upon an 
affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Committee 
or subcommittee, as appropriate:
          (1) Issuing a subpoena.
          (2) Adopting a full Committee motion to create an 
        investigative subcommittee.
          (3) Adoption or amendment of a Statement of Alleged 
        Violation.
          (4) Finding that a count in a Statement of Alleged 
        Violation has been proved by clear and convincing 
        evidence.
          (5) Sending a letter of reproval.
          (6) Adoption of a recommendation to the House of 
        Representatives that a sanction be imposed.
          (7) Adoption of a report relating to the conduct of a 
        Member, officer, or employee.
          (8) Issuance of an advisory opinion of general 
        applicability establishing new policy.
    (b) Except as stated in clause (a), action may be taken by 
the Committee or any subcommittee thereof by a simple majority, 
a quorum being present.
    (c) No motion made to take any of the actions enumerated in 
clause (a) of this Rule may be entertained by the Chair unless 
a quorum of the Committee is present when such motion is made.

                      Rule 11.--Committee Records

    (a) All communications and all pleadings pursuant to these 
rules shall be filed with the Committee at the Committee's 
office or such other place as designated by the Committee.
    (b) All records of the Committee which have been delivered 
to the Archivist of the United States shall be made available 
to the public in accordance with Rule VII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives.

     Rule 12.--Broadcasts of Committee and Subcommittee Proceedings

    (a) Television or radio coverage of a Committee or 
subcommittee hearing or meeting shall be without commercial 
sponsorship.
    (b) No witness shall be required against his or her will to 
be photographed or otherwise to have a graphic reproduction of 
his or her image made 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 witness, 
all media microphones shall be turned off, all television and 
camera lenses shall be covered, and the making of a graphic 
reproduction at the hearing shall not be permitted. This 
paragraph supplements clause 2(k)(5) of Rule XI of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives relating to the protection of the 
rights of witnesses.
    (c) Not more than four television cameras, operating from 
fixed positions, shall be permitted in a hearing or meeting 
room. The Committee may allocate the positions of permitted 
television cameras among the television media in consultation 
with the Executive Committee of the Radio and Television 
Correspondents' Galleries.
    (d) 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.
    (e) Television cameras shall not be placed in positions 
that unnecessarily obstruct the coverage of the hearing or 
meeting by the other media.

                   PART II.--INVESTIGATIVE AUTHORITY


                       Rule 13.--House Resolution

    Whenever the House of Representatives, by resolution, 
authorizes or directs the Committee to undertake an inquiry or 
investigation, the provisions of the resolution, in conjunction 
with these Rules, shall govern. To the extent the provisions of 
the resolution differ from these Rules, the resolution shall 
control.

      Rule 14.--Committee Authority To Investigate--General Policy

    (a) Pursuant to clause 3(b) of Rule XI of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, the Committee may exercise its 
investigative authority when:
          (1) information offered as a complaint by a Member of 
        the House of Representatives is transmitted directly to 
        the Committee;
          (2) information offered as a complaint by an 
        individual not a Member of the House is transmitted to 
        the Committee, provided that a Member of the House 
        certifies in writing that he or she believes the 
        information is submitted in good faith and warrants the 
        review and consideration of the Committee;
          (3) the Committee, on its own initiative, establishes 
        an investigative subcommittee;
          (4) a Member, officer, or employee is convicted in a 
        Federal, State, or local courts of a felony; or
          (5) the House of Representatives, by resolution, 
        authorizes or directs the Committee to undertake an 
        inquiry or investigation.
    (b) The Committee also has investigatory authority over:
          (1) certain unauthorized disclosures of intelligence-
        related information, pursuant to House Rule X, clauses 
        11(g)(4) and (g)(5); or
          (2) reports received from the Office of the Inspector 
        General pursuant to House Rule II, clause 6(c)(5).

                          Rule 15.--Complaints

    (a) A complaint submitted to the Committee shall be in 
writing, dated, and properly verified (a document will be 
considered properly verified where a notary executes it with 
the language, ``Signed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me on 
(date) by (the name of the person)'' setting forth in simple, 
concise, and direct statements--
          (1) the name and legal address of the party filing 
        the complaint (hereinafter referred to as the 
        ``complainant'');
          (2) the name and position or title of the respondent;
          (3) the nature of the alleged violation of the Code 
        of Official Conduct or of other law, rule, regulation, 
        or other standard of conduct applicable to the 
        performance of duties or discharge of responsibilities; 
        and
          (4) the facts alleged to give rise to the violation. 
        The complaint shall not contain innuendo, speculative 
        assertions, or conclusory statements.
    (b) Any documents in the possession of the complainant that 
relate to the allegations may be submitted with the complaint.
    (c) Information offered as a complaint by a Member of the 
House of Representatives may be transmitted directly to the 
Committee.
    (d) Information offered as a complaint by an individual not 
a Member of the House may be transmitted to the Committee, 
provided that a Member of the House certifies in writing that 
he or she believes the information is submitted in good faith 
and warrants the review and consideration of the Committee.
    (e) A complaint must be accompanied by a certification, 
which may be unsworn, that the complainant has provided an 
exact copy of the filed complaint and all attachments to the 
respondent.
    (f) The Committee may defer action on a complaint against a 
Member, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives 
when the complaint alleges conduct that the Committee has 
reason to believe is being reviewed by appropriate law 
enforcement or regulatory authorities, or when the Committee 
determines that it is appropriate for the conduct alleged in 
the complaint to be reviewed initially by law enforcement or 
regulatory authorities.
    (g) A complaint may not be amended without leave of the 
Committee. Otherwise, any new allegations of improper conduct 
must be submitted in a new complaint that independently meets 
the procedural requirements of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee's Rules.
    (h) The Committee shall not accept, and shall return to the 
complainant, any complaint submitted within the 60 days prior 
to an election in which the subject of the complaint is a 
candidate.
    (i) The Committee shall not consider a complaint, nor shall 
any investigation be undertaken by the Committee, of any 
alleged violation which occurred before the third previous 
Congress unless the Committee determines that the alleged 
violation is directly related to an alleged violation which 
occurred in a more recent Congress.

   Rule 16.--Duties of Committee Chairman and Ranking Minority Member

    (a) Whenever information offered as a complaint is 
submitted to the Committee, the Chairman and Ranking Minority 
Member shall have 14 calendar days or 5 legislative days, 
whichever occurs first, to determine whether the information 
meets the requirements of the Committee's rules for what 
constitutes a complaint.
    (b) Whenever the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member 
jointly determine that information submitted to the Committee 
meets the requirements of the Committee's rules for what 
constitutes a complaint, they shall have 45 calendar days or 5 
legislative days, whichever is later, after the date that the 
Chairman and Ranking Minority Member determine that information 
filed meets the requirements of the Committee's rules for what 
constitutes a complaint, unless the Committee by an affirmative 
vote of a majority of its members votes otherwise, to--
          (1) recommend to the Committee that it dispose of the 
        complaint, or any portion thereof, in any manner that 
        does not require action by the House, which may include 
        dismissal of the complaint or resolution of the 
        complaint by a letter to the Member, officer, or 
        employee of the House against whom the complaint is 
        made;
          (2) establish an investigative subcommittee; or
          (3) request that the Committee extend the applicable 
        45-calendar day period when they determine more time is 
        necessary in order to make a recommendation under 
        paragraph (1) or (2) of Rule 16(b).
    (c) The Chairman and Ranking Minority Member may jointly 
gather additional information concerning alleged conduct which 
is the basis of a complaint or of information offered as a 
complaint until they have established an investigative 
subcommittee or the Chairman or Ranking Minority Member has 
placed on the agenda the issue of whether to establish an 
investigative subcommittee.
    (d) If the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member jointly 
determine that information submitted to the Committee meets the 
requirements of the Committee rules for what constitutes a 
complaint, and the complaint is not disposed of within 45 
calendar days or 5 legislative days, whichever is later, and no 
additional 45-day extension is made, then they shall establish 
an investigative subcommittee and forward the complaint, or any 
portion thereof, to that subcommittee for its consideration. If 
at any time during the time period either the Chairman or 
Ranking Minority Member places on the agenda the issue of 
whether to establish an investigative subcommittee, then an 
investigative subcommittee may be established only by an 
affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Committee.
    (e) Whenever the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member 
jointly determine that information submitted to the Committee 
does not meet the requirements for what constitutes a complaint 
set forth in the Committee rules, they may (1) return the 
information to the complainant with a statement that it fails 
to meet the requirements for what constitutes a complaint set 
forth in the Committee's rules; or (2) recommend to the 
Committee that it authorize the establishment of an 
investigative subcommittee.

                   Rule 17.--Processing of Complaints

    (a) If a complaint is in compliance with House and 
Committee Rules, a copy of the complaint and the Committee 
Rules shall be forwarded to the respondent within five days 
with notice that the complaint conforms to the applicable 
rules.
    (b) The respondent may, within 30 days of the Committee's 
notification, provide to the Committee any information relevant 
to a complaint filed with the Committee. The respondent may 
submit a written statement in response to the complaint. Such a 
statement shall be signed by the respondent. If the statement 
is prepared by counsel for the respondent, the respondent shall 
sign a representation that he/she has reviewed the response and 
agrees with the factual assertions contained therein.
    (c) The Committee staff may request information from the 
respondent or obtain additional information pertinent to the 
case from other sources prior to the establishment of an 
investigative subcommittee only when so directed by the 
Chairman and Ranking Minority Member.
    (d) The respondent shall be notified in writing regarding 
the Committee's decision either to dismiss the complaint or to 
create an investigative subcommittee.
    (e) The respondent shall be notified of the membership of 
the investigative subcommittee and shall have ten days after 
such notice is transmitted to object to the participation of 
any subcommittee member. Such objection shall be in writing and 
shall be on the grounds that the subcommittee member cannot 
render an impartial and unbiased decision. The subcommittee 
member against whom the objection is made shall be the sole 
judge of his or her disqualification.

                 Rule 18.--Committee-Initiated Inquiry

    (a) Notwithstanding the absence of a filed complaint, the 
Committee may consider any information in its possession 
indicating that a Member, officer, or employee may have 
committed a violation of the Code of Official Conduct or any 
law, rule, regulation, or other standard of conduct applicable 
to the conduct of such Member, officer, or employee in the 
performance of his or her duties or the discharge of his or her 
responsibilities. The Chairman and Ranking Minority Member may 
jointly gather additional information concerning such an 
alleged violation by a Member, officer, or employee unless and 
until an investigative subcommittee has been established.
    (b) If the Committee votes to establish an investigative 
subcommittee, the Committee shall proceed in accordance with 
Rule 19.
    (c) Any written request by a Member, officer, or employee 
of the House of Representatives that the Committee conduct an 
inquiry into such person's own conduct shall be processed in 
accordance with subsection (a) of this Rule.
    (d) An inquiry shall not be undertaken regarding any 
alleged violation that occurred before the third previous 
Congress unless a majority of the Committee determines that the 
alleged violation is directly related to an alleged violation 
that occurred in a more recent Congress.
    (e) An inquiry shall be undertaken by an investigative 
subcommittee with regard to any felony conviction of a Member, 
officer, or employee of the House of Representatives in a 
Federal, State, or local court who has been sentenced. 
Notwithstanding this provision, the Committee has the 
discretion to initiate an inquiry upon an affirmative vote of a 
majority of the members of the Committee at any time prior to 
conviction or sentencing.

                  Rule 19.--Investigative Subcommittee

    (a) Upon the establishment of an investigative 
subcommittee, the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the 
Committee shall designate four members (with equal 
representation from the majority and minority parties) to serve 
as an investigative subcommittee to undertake an inquiry. 
Members of the Committee and Members of the House selected 
pursuant to clause 5(a)(4)(A) of Rule X of the House of 
Representatives, are eligible for appointment to an 
investigative subcommittee, as determined by the Chairman and 
Ranking Minority Member of the Committee. At the time of 
appointment, the Chairman shall designate one member of the 
subcommittee to serve as the chairman and the Ranking Minority 
Member shall designate one member of the subcommittee to serve 
as the ranking minority member of the investigative 
subcommittee. The Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the 
Committee may serve as members of an investigative 
subcommittee, but may not serve as non-voting, ex-officio 
members.
    (b) In an inquiry undertaken by an investigative 
subcommittee--
          (1) All proceedings, including the taking of 
        testimony, shall be conducted in executive session and 
        all testimony taken by deposition or things produced 
        pursuant to subpoena or otherwise shall be deemed to 
        have been taken or produced in executive session.
          (2) The Chairman of the investigative subcommittee 
        shall ask the respondent and all witnesses whether they 
        intend to be represented by counsel. If so, the 
        respondent or witnesses or their legal representatives 
        shall provide written designation of counsel. A 
        respondent or witness who is represented by counsel 
        shall not be questioned in the absence of counsel 
        unless an explicit waiver is obtained.
          (3) The subcommittee shall provide the respondent an 
        opportunity to present, orally or in writing, a 
        statement, which must be under oath or affirmation, 
        regarding the allegations and any other relevant 
        questions arising out of the inquiry.
          (4) The staff may interview witnesses, examine 
        documents and other evidence, and request that 
        submitted statements be under oath or affirmation and 
        that documents be certified as to their authenticity 
        and accuracy.
          (5) The subcommittee, by a majority vote of its 
        members, may require, by subpoena or otherwise, the 
        attendance and testimony of witnesses and the 
        production of such books, records, correspondence, 
        memoranda, papers, documents, and other items as it 
        deems necessary to the conduct of the inquiry. Unless 
        the Committee otherwise provides, the subpoena power 
        shall rest in the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member 
        of the Committee and a subpoena shall be issued upon 
        the request of the investigative subcommittee.
          (6) The subcommittee shall require that testimony be 
        given under oath or affirmation. The form of the oath 
        or affirmation shall be: ``Do you solemnly swear (or 
        affirm) that the testimony you will give before this 
        subcommittee in the matter now under consideration will 
        be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the 
        truth (so help you God)?'' The oath or affirmation 
        shall be administered by the Chairman or subcommittee 
        member designated by the Chairman to administer oaths.
    (c) During the inquiry, the procedure respecting the 
admissibility of evidence and rulings shall be as follows:
          (1) Any relevant evidence shall be admissible unless 
        the evidence is privileged under the precedents of the 
        House of Representatives.
          (2) The Chairman of the subcommittee or other 
        presiding member at any investigative subcommittee 
        proceeding shall rule upon any question of 
        admissibility or pertinency of evidence, motion, 
        procedure or any other matter, and may direct any 
        witness to answer any question under penalty of 
        contempt. A witness, witness' counsel, or a member of 
        the subcommittee may appeal any rulings to the members 
        present at that proceeding. The majority vote of the 
        members present at such proceeding on such appeal shall 
        govern the question of admissibility, and no appeal 
        shall lie to the Committee.
          (3) Whenever a person is determined by a majority 
        vote to be in contempt of the subcommittee, the matter 
        may be referred to the Committee to determine whether 
        to refer the matter to the House of Representatives for 
        consideration.
          (4) Committee counsel may, subject to subcommittee 
        approval, enter into stipulations with the respondent 
        and/or the respondent's counsel as to facts that are 
        not in dispute.
    (d) Upon an affirmative vote of a majority of the 
subcommittee members, and an affirmative vote of a majority of 
the full Committee, an investigative subcommittee may expand 
the scope of its investigation.
    (e) Upon completion of the investigation, the staff shall 
draft for the investigative subcommittee a report that shall 
contain a comprehensive summary of the information received 
regarding the alleged violations.
    (f) Upon completion of the inquiry, an investigative 
subcommittee, by a majority vote of its members, may adopt a 
Statement of Alleged Violation if it determines that there is 
substantial reason to believe that a violation of the Code of 
Official Conduct, or of a law, rule, regulation, or other 
standard of conduct applicable to the performance of official 
duties or the discharge of official responsibilities by a 
Member, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives 
has occurred. If more than one violation is alleged, such 
Statement shall be divided into separate counts. Each count 
shall relate to a separate violation, shall contain a plain and 
concise statement of the alleged facts of such violation, and 
shall include a reference to the provision of the Code of 
Official Conduct or law, rule, regulation or other applicable 
standard of conduct governing the performance of duties or 
discharge of responsibilities alleged to have been violated. A 
copy of such Statement shall be transmitted to the respondent 
and the respondent's counsel.
    (g) If the investigative subcommittee does not adopt a 
Statement of Alleged Violation, it shall transmit to the 
Committee a report containing a summary of the information 
received in the inquiry, its conclusions and reasons therefor, 
and any appropriate recommendation.

        Rule 20.--Amendments to Statements of Alleged Violation

    (a) An investigative subcommittee may, upon an affirmative 
vote of a majority of its members, amend its Statement of 
Alleged Violation any time before the Statement of Alleged 
Violation is transmitted to the Committee; and
    (b) If an investigative subcommittee amends its Statement 
of Alleged Violation, the respondent shall be notified in 
writing and shall have 30 calendar days from the date of that 
notification to file an answer to the amended Statement of 
Alleged Violation.

               Rule 21.--Committee Reporting Requirements

    (a) Whenever an investigative subcommittee does not adopt a 
Statement of Alleged Violation and transmits a report to that 
effect to the Committee, the Committee may by an affirmative 
vote of a majority of its members transmit such report to the 
House of Representatives;
    (b) Whenever an investigative subcommittee adopts a 
Statement of Alleged Violation but recommends that no further 
action be taken, it shall transmit a report to the Committee 
regarding the Statement of Alleged Violation; and
    (c) Whenever an investigative subcommittee adopts a 
Statement of Alleged Violation, the respondent admits to the 
violations set forth in such Statement, the respondent waives 
his or her right to an adjudicatory hearing, and the 
respondent's waiver is approved by the Committee--
          (1) the subcommittee shall prepare a report for 
        transmittal to the Committee, a final draft of which 
        shall be provided to the respondent not less than 15 
        calendar days before the subcommittee votes on whether 
        to adopt the report;
          (2) the respondent may submit views in writing 
        regarding the final draft to the subcommittee within 7 
        calendar days of receipt of that draft;
          (3) the subcommittee shall transmit a report to the 
        Committee regarding the Statement of Alleged Violation 
        together with any views submitted by the respondent 
        pursuant to subparagraph (2), and the Committee shall 
        make the report, together with the respondent's views, 
        available to the public before the commencement of any 
        sanction hearing; and
          (4) the Committee shall by an affirmative vote of a 
        majority of its members issue a report and transmit 
        such report to the House of Representatives, together 
        with the respondent's views previously submitted 
        pursuant to subparagraph (2) and any additional views 
        respondent may submit for attachment to the final 
        report; and
    (d) Members of the Committee shall have not less than 72 
hours to review any report transmitted to the Committee by an 
investigative subcommittee before both the commencement of a 
sanction hearing and the Committee vote on whether to adopt the 
report.

                     Rule 22.--Respondent's Answer

    (a)(1) Within 30 days from the date of transmittal of a 
Statement of Alleged Violation, the respondent shall file with 
the investigative subcommittee an answer, in writing and under 
oath, signed by respondent and respondent's counsel. Failure to 
file an answer within the time prescribed shall be considered 
by the Committee as a denial of each count.
    (2) The answer shall contain an admission to or denial of 
each count set forth in the Statement of Alleged Violation and 
may include negative, affirmative, or alternative defenses and 
any supporting evidence or other relevant information.
    (b) The respondent may file a Motion for a Bill of 
Particulars within 10 days of the date of transmittal of the 
Statement of Alleged Violation. If a Motion for a Bill of 
Particulars is filed, the respondent shall not be required to 
file an answer until 20 days after the subcommittee has replied 
to such motion.
    (c)(1) The respondent may file a Motion to Dismiss within 
10 days of the date of transmittal of the Statement of Alleged 
Violation or, if a Motion for a Bill of Particulars has been 
filed, within 10 days of the date of the subcommittee's reply 
to the Motion for a Bill of Particulars. If a Motion to Dismiss 
is filed, the respondent shall not be required to file an 
answer until 20 days after the subcommittee has replied to the 
Motion to Dismiss, unless the respondent previously filed a 
Motion for a Bill of Particulars, in which case the respondent 
shall not be required to file an answer until 10 days after the 
subcommittee has replied to the Motion to Dismiss. The 
investigative subcommittee shall rule upon any motion to 
dismiss filed during the period between the establishment of 
the subcommittee and the subcommittee's transmittal of a report 
or Statement of Alleged Violation to the Committee or to the 
Chairman and Ranking Minority Member at the conclusion of an 
inquiry, and no appeal of the subcommittee's ruling shall lie 
to the Committee.
    (2) A Motion to Dismiss may be made on the grounds that the 
Statement of Alleged Violation fails to state facts that 
constitute a violation of the Code of Official Conduct or other 
applicable law, rule, regulation, or standard of conduct, or on 
the grounds that the Committee lacks jurisdiction to consider 
the allegations contained in the Statement.
    (d) Any motion filed with the subcommittee pursuant to this 
rule shall be accompanied by a Memorandum of Points and 
Authorities.
    (e)(1) The Chairman of the investigative subcommittee, for 
good cause shown, may permit the respondent to file an answer 
or motion after the day prescribed above.
    (2) If the ability of the respondent to present an adequate 
defense is not adversely affected and special circumstances so 
require, the Chairman of the investigative subcommittee may 
direct the respondent to file an answer or motion prior to the 
day prescribed above.
    (f) If the day on which any answer, motion, reply, or other 
pleading must be filed falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, 
such filing shall be made on the first business day thereafter.
    (g) As soon as practicable after an answer has been filed 
or the time for such filing has expired, the Statement of 
Alleged Violation and any answer, motion, reply, or other 
pleading connected therewith shall be transmitted by the 
Chairman of the investigative subcommittee to the Chairman and 
Ranking Minority Member of the Committee.

                    Rule 23.--Adjudicatory Hearings

    (a) If a Statement of Alleged Violation is transmitted to 
the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member pursuant to Rule 22, 
and no waiver pursuant to Rule 26(b) has occurred, the Chairman 
shall designate the members of the Committee who did not serve 
on the investigative subcommittee to serve on an adjudicatory 
subcommittee. The Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the 
Committee shall be the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of 
the adjudicatory subcommittee unless they served on the 
investigative subcommittee. The respondent shall be notified of 
the designation of the adjudicatory subcommittee and shall have 
ten days after such notice is transmitted to object to the 
participation of any subcommittee member. Such objection shall 
be in writing and shall be on the grounds that the member 
cannot render an impartial and unbiased decision. The member 
against whom the objection is made shall be the sole judge of 
his or her disqualification.
    (b) A majority of the adjudicatory subcommittee membership 
plus one must be present at all times for the conduct of any 
business pursuant to this rule.
    (c) The adjudicatory subcommittee shall hold a hearing to 
determine whether any counts in the Statement of Alleged 
Violation have been proved by clear and convincing evidence and 
shall make findings of fact, except where such violations have 
been admitted by respondent.
    (d) At an adjudicatory hearing, the subcommittee may 
require, by subpoena or otherwise, the attendance and testimony 
of such witnesses and production of such books, records, 
correspondence, memoranda, papers, documents, and other items 
as it deems necessary. Depositions, interrogatories, and sworn 
statements taken under any investigative subcommittee direction 
may be accepted into the hearing record.
    (e) The procedures set forth in clause 2(g) and (k) of Rule 
XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives shall apply to 
adjudicatory hearings. All such hearings shall be open to the 
public unless the adjudicatory subcommittee, pursuant to such 
clause, determines that the hearings or any part thereof should 
be closed.
    (f)(1) The adjudicatory subcommittee shall, in writing, 
notify the respondent that the respondent and his or her 
counsel have the right to inspect, review, copy, or photograph 
books, papers, documents, photographs, or other tangible 
objects that the adjudicatory subcommittee counsel intends to 
use as evidence against the respondent in an adjudicatory 
hearing. The respondent shall be given access to such evidence, 
and shall be provided the names of witnesses the subcommittee 
counsel intends to call, and a summary of their expected 
testimony, no less than 15 calendar days prior to any such 
hearing. Except in extraordinary circumstances, no evidence may 
be introduced or witness called in an adjudicatory hearing 
unless the respondent has been afforded a prior opportunity to 
review such evidence or has been provided the name of the 
witness.
    (2) After a witness has testified on direct examination at 
an adjudicatory hearing, the Committee, at the request of the 
respondent, shall make available to the respondent any 
statement of the witness in the possession of the Committee 
which relates to the subject matter as to which the witness has 
testified.
    (3) Any other testimony, statement, or documentary evidence 
in the possession of the Committee which is material to the 
respondent's defense shall, upon request, be made available to 
the respondent.
    (g) No less than five days prior to the hearing, the 
respondent or counsel shall provide the adjudicatory 
subcommittee with the names of witnesses expected to be called, 
summaries of their expected testimony, and copies of any 
documents or other evidence proposed to be introduced.
    (h) The respondent or counsel may apply to the subcommittee 
for the issuance of subpoenas for the appearance of witnesses 
or the production of evidence. The application shall be granted 
upon a showing by the respondent that the proposed testimony or 
evidence is relevant and not otherwise available to respondent. 
The application may be denied if not made at a reasonable time 
or if the testimony or evidence would be merely cumulative.
    (i) During the hearing, the procedures regarding the 
admissibility of evidence and rulings shall be as follows:
          (1) Any relevant evidence shall be admissible unless 
        the evidence is privileged under the precedents of the 
        House of Representatives.
          (2) The Chairman of the subcommittee or other 
        presiding member at an adjudicatory subcommittee 
        hearing shall rule upon any question of admissibility 
        or pertinency of evidence, motion, procedure, or any 
        other matter, and may direct any witness to answer any 
        question under penalty of contempt. A witness, 
        witness's counsel, or a member of the subcommittee may 
        appeal any ruling to the members present at that 
        proceeding. The majority vote of the members present at 
        such proceeding on such an appeal shall govern the 
        question of admissibility and no appeal shall lie to 
        the Committee.
          (3) Whenever a witness is deemed by a Chairman or 
        other presiding member to be in contempt of the 
        subcommittee, the matter may be referred to the 
        Committee to determine whether to refer the matter to 
        the House of Representatives for consideration.
          (4) Committee counsel may, subject to subcommittee 
        approval, enter into stipulations with the respondent 
        and/or the respondent's counsel as to facts that are 
        not in dispute.
    (j) Unless otherwise provided, the order of an adjudicatory 
hearing shall be as follows:
          (1) The Chairman of the subcommittee shall open the 
        hearing by stating the adjudicatory subcommittee's 
        authority to conduct the hearing and the purpose of the 
        hearing.
          (2) The Chairman shall then recognize Committee 
        counsel and the respondent's counsel, in turn, for the 
        purpose of giving opening statements.
          (3) Testimony from witnesses and other pertinent 
        evidence shall be received in the following order 
        whenever possible:
                  (i) witnesses (deposition transcripts and 
                affidavits obtained during the inquiry may be 
                used in lieu of live witnesses if the witness 
                is unavailable) and other evidence offered by 
                the Committee counsel,
                  (ii) witnesses and other evidence offered by 
                the respondent,
                  (iii) rebuttal witnesses, as permitted by the 
                Chairman.
          (4) Witnesses at a hearing shall be examined first by 
        counsel calling such witness. The opposing counsel may 
        then cross-examine the witness. Redirect examination 
        and recross examination by counsel may be permitted at 
        the Chairman's discretion. Subcommittee members may 
        then question witnesses. Unless otherwise directed by 
        the Chairman, questions by Subcommittee members shall 
        be conducted under the five-minute rule.
          (5) The Chairman shall then recognize Committee 
        counsel and respondent's counsel, in turn, for the 
        purpose of giving closing arguments. Committee counsel 
        may reserve time for rebuttal argument, as permitted by 
        the Chairman.
    (k) A subpoena to a witness to appear at a hearing shall be 
served sufficiently in advance of that witness's scheduled 
appearance to allow the witness a reasonable period of time, as 
determined by the Chairman of the adjudicatory subcommittee, to 
prepare for the hearing and to employ counsel.
    (l) Each witness appearing before the subcommittee shall be 
furnished a printed copy of the Committee rules, the pertinent 
provisions of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
applicable to the rights of witnesses, and a copy of the 
Statement of Alleged Violation.
    (m) Testimony of all witnesses shall be taken under oath or 
affirmation. The form of the oath or affirmation shall be: ``Do 
you solemnly swear (or affirm) that the testimony you will give 
before this subcommittee in the matter now under consideration 
will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth 
(so help you God)?'' The oath or affirmation shall be 
administered by the Chairman or Committee member designated by 
the Chairman to administer oaths.
    (n) At an adjudicatory hearing, the burden of proof rests 
on Committee counsel to establish the facts alleged in the 
Statement of Alleged Violation by clear and convincing 
evidence. However, Committee counsel need not present any 
evidence regarding any count that is admitted by the respondent 
or any fact stipulated.
    (o) As soon as practicable after all testimony and evidence 
have been presented, the subcommittee shall consider each count 
contained in the Statement of Alleged Violation and shall 
determine by a majority vote of its members whether each count 
has been proved. If a majority of the subcommittee does not 
vote that a count has been proved, a motion to reconsider that 
vote may be made only by a member who voted that the count was 
not proved. A count that is not proved shall be considered as 
dismissed by the subcommittee.
    (p) The findings of the adjudicatory subcommittee shall be 
reported to the Committee.

  Rule 24.--Sanction Hearing and Consideration of Sanctions or Other 
                            Recommendations

    (a) If no count in a Statement of Alleged Violation is 
proved, the Committee shall prepare a report to the House of 
Representatives, based upon the report of the adjudicatory 
subcommittee.
    (b) If an adjudicatory subcommittee completes an 
adjudicatory hearing pursuant to Rule 23 and reports that any 
count of the Statement of Alleged Violation has been proved, a 
hearing before the Committee shall be held to receive oral and/
or written submissions by counsel for the Committee and counsel 
for the respondent as to the sanction the Committee should 
recommend to the House of Representatives with respect to such 
violations. Testimony by witnesses shall not be heard except by 
written request and vote of a majority of the Committee.
    (c) Upon completion of any proceeding held pursuant to 
clause (b), the Committee shall consider and vote on a motion 
to recommend to the House of Representatives that the House 
take disciplinary action. If a majority of the Committee does 
not vote in favor of the recommendation that the House of 
Representatives take action, a motion to reconsider that vote 
may be made only by a member who voted against the 
recommendation. The Committee may also, by majority vote, adopt 
a motion to issue a Letter of Reproval or take other 
appropriate Committee action.
    (d) If the Committee determines a Letter of Reproval 
constitutes sufficient action, the Committee shall include any 
such letter as a part of its report to the House of 
Representatives.
    (e) With respect to any proved counts against a Member of 
the House of Representatives, the Committee may recommend to 
the House one or more of the following sanctions:
          (1) Expulsion from the House of Representatives.
          (2) Censure.
          (3) Reprimand.
          (4) Fine.
          (5) Denial or limitation of any right, power, 
        privilege, or immunity of the Member if under the 
        Constitution the House of Representatives may impose 
        such denial or limitation.
          (6) Any other sanction determined by the Committee to 
        be appropriate.
    (f) With respect to any proved counts against an officer or 
employee of the House of Representatives, the Committee may 
recommend to the House one or more of the following sanctions:
          (1) Dismissal from employment.
          (2) Reprimand.
          (3) Fine.
          (4) Any other sanction determined by the Committee to 
        be appropriate.
    (g) With respect to the sanctions that the Committee may 
recommend, reprimand is appropriate for serious violations, 
censure is appropriate for more serious violations, and 
expulsion of a Member or dismissal of an officer or employee is 
appropriate for the most serious violations. A recommendation 
of a fine is appropriate in a case in which it is likely that 
the violation was committed to secure a personal financial 
benefit; and a recommendation of a denial or limitation of a 
right, power, privilege, or immunity of a Member is appropriate 
when the violation bears upon the exercise or holding of such 
right, power, privilege, or immunity. This clause sets forth 
general guidelines and does not limit the authority of the 
Committee to recommend other sanctions.
    (h) The Committee report shall contain an appropriate 
statement of the evidence supporting the Committee's findings 
and a statement of the Committee's reasons for the recommended 
sanction.

     Rule 25.--Disclosure of Exculpatory Information to Respondent

    If the Committee, or any investigative or adjudicatory 
subcommittee at any time receives any exculpatory information 
respecting a Complaint or Statement of Alleged Violation 
concerning a Member, officer, or employee of the House of 
Representatives, it shall make such information known and 
available to the Member, officer, or employee as soon as 
practicable, but in no event later than the transmittal of 
evidence supporting a proposed Statement of Alleged Violation 
pursuant to Rule 26(c). If an investigative subcommittee does 
not adopt a Statement of Alleged Violation, it shall identify 
any exculpatory information in its possession at the conclusion 
of its inquiry and shall include such information, if any, in 
the subcommittee's final report to the Committee regarding its 
inquiry. For purposes of this rule, exculpatory evidence shall 
be any evidence or information that is substantially favorable 
to the respondent with respect to the allegations or charges 
before an investigative or adjudicatory subcommittee.

             Rule 26.--Rights of Respondents and Witnesses

    (a) A respondent shall be informed of the right to be 
represented by counsel, to be provided at his or her own 
expense.
    (b) A respondent may seek to waive any procedural rights or 
steps in the disciplinary process. A request for waiver must be 
in writing, signed by the respondent, and must detail what 
procedural steps the respondent seeks to waive. Any such 
request shall be subject to the acceptance of the Committee or 
subcommittee, as appropriate.
    (c) Not less than 10 calendar days before a scheduled vote 
by an investigative subcommittee on a Statement of Alleged 
Violation, the subcommittee shall provide the respondent with a 
copy of the Statement of Alleged Violation it intends to adopt 
together with all evidence it intends to use to prove those 
charges which it intends to adopt, including documentary 
evidence, witness testimony, memoranda of witness interviews, 
and physical evidence, unless the subcommittee by an 
affirmative vote of a majority of its members decides to 
withhold certain evidence in order to protect a witness, but if 
such evidence is withheld, the subcommittee shall inform the 
respondent that evidence is being withheld and of the count to 
which such evidence relates.
    (d) Neither the respondent nor his counsel shall, directly 
or indirectly, contact the subcommittee or any member thereof 
during the period of time set forth in paragraph (c) except for 
the sole purpose of settlement discussions where counsels for 
the respondent and the subcommittee are present.
    (e) If, at any time after the issuance of a Statement of 
Alleged Violation, the Committee or any subcommittee thereof 
determines that it intends to use evidence not provided to a 
respondent under paragraph (c) to prove the charges contained 
in the Statement of Alleged Violation (or any amendment 
thereof), such evidence shall be made immediately available to 
the respondent, and it may be used in any further proceeding 
under the Committee's rules.
    (f) Evidence provided pursuant to paragraph (c) or (e) 
shall be made available to the respondent and his or her 
counsel only after each agrees, in writing, that no document, 
information, or other materials obtained pursuant to that 
paragraph shall be made public until--
          (1) such time as a Statement of Alleged Violation is 
        made public by the Committee if the respondent has 
        waived the adjudicatory hearing; or
          (2) the commencement of an adjudicatory hearing if 
        the respondent has not waived an adjudicatory hearing; 
        but the failure of respondent and his counsel to so 
        agree in writing, and therefore not receive the 
        evidence, shall not preclude the issuance of a 
        Statement of Alleged Violation at the end of the period 
        referenced to in (c).
    (g) A respondent shall receive written notice whenever--
          (1) the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member 
        determine that information the Committee has received 
        constitutes a complaint;
          (2) a complaint or allegation is transmitted to an 
        investigative subcommittee;
          (3) that subcommittee votes to authorize its first 
        subpoena or to take testimony under oath, whichever 
        occurs first; and
          (4) the Committee votes to expand the scope of the 
        inquiry of an investigative subcommittee.
    (h) Whenever an investigative subcommittee adopts a 
Statement of Alleged Violation and a respondent enters into an 
agreement with that subcommittee to settle a complaint on which 
the Statement is based, that agreement, unless the respondent 
requests otherwise, shall be in writing and signed by the 
respondent and the respondent's counsel, the Chairman and 
Ranking Minority Member of the subcommittee, and the outside 
counsel, if any.
    (i) Statements or information derived solely from a 
respondent or his counsel during any settlement discussions 
between the Committee or a subcommittee thereof and the 
respondent shall not be included in any report of the 
subcommittee or the Committee or otherwise publicly disclosed 
without the consent of the respondent.
    (j) Whenever a motion to establish an investigative 
subcommittee does not prevail, the Committee shall promptly 
send a letter to the respondent informing him of such vote.
    (k) Witnesses shall be afforded a reasonable period of 
time, as determined by the Committee or subcommittee, to 
prepare for an appearance before an investigative subcommittee 
or for an adjudicatory hearing and to obtain counsel.
    (l) Prior to their testimony, witnesses shall be furnished 
a printed copy of the Committee's Rules of Procedure and the 
provisions of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
applicable to the rights of witnesses.
    (m) Witnesses may be accompanied by their own counsel for 
the purpose of advising them concerning their constitutional 
rights. The Chairman may punish breaches of order and decorum, 
and of professional responsibility on the part of counsel, by 
censure and exclusion from the hearings; and the Committee may 
cite the offender to the House of Representatives for contempt.
    (n) Each witness subpoenaed to provide testimony or other 
evidence shall be provided the same per diem rate as 
established, authorized, and regulated by the Committee on 
House Administration for Members, officers and employees of the 
House, and as the Chairman considers appropriate, actual 
expenses of travel to or from the place of examination. No 
compensation shall be authorized for attorney's fees or for a 
witness' lost earnings. Such per diem may not be paid if a 
witness had been summoned at the place of examination.
    (o) With the approval of the Committee, a witness, upon 
request, may be provided with a transcript of his or her 
deposition or other testimony taken in executive session, or, 
with the approval of the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member, 
may be permitted to examine such transcript in the office of 
the Committee. Any such request shall be in writing and shall 
include a statement that the witness, and counsel, agree to 
maintain the confidentiality of all executive session 
proceedings covered by such transcript.

                      Rule 27.--Frivolous Filings

    If a complaint or information offered as a complaint is 
deemed frivolous by an affirmative vote of a majority of the 
members of the Committee, the Committee may take such action as 
it, by an affirmative vote of its members, deems appropriate in 
the circumstances.

          Rule 28.--Referrals to Federal or State Authorities

    Referrals made under clause 3(a)(3) of Rule XI of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives may be made by an affirmative 
vote of two-thirds of the members of the Committee.
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

    DON YOUNG, Alaska, Chairman

JAMES L. OBERSTAR, Minnesota         THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin,
NICK J. RAHALL II, West Virginia       Vice Chairman
PETER A. DeFAZIO, Oregon             SHERWOOD BOEHLERT, New York
JERRY F. COSTELLO, Illinois          HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina
ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of Columbia. DUNCAN, Jr., Tennessee
JERROLD NADLER, New York             WAYNE T. GILCHREST, Maryland
ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey          JOHN L. MICA, Florida
CORRINE BROWN, Florida               PETER HOEKSTRA, Michigan
BOB FILNER, California               VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan
EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas         SPENCER BACHUS, Alabama
GENE TAYLOR, Mississippi             STEVEN C. LaTOURETTE, Ohio
JUANITA MILLENDER-McDONALD, CaliforniaUE W. KELLY, New York
ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland         RICHARD H. BAKER, Louisiana
EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon              ROBERT W. NEY, Ohio
ELLEN O. TAUSCHER, California        FRANK A. LoBIONDO, New Jersey
BILL PASCRELL, Jr., New Jersey       JERRY MORAN, Kansas
LEONARD L. BOSWELL, Iowa             GARY G. MILLER, California
TIM HOLDEN, Pennsylvania             ROBIN HAYES, North Carolina
BRIAN BAIRD, Washington              ROB SIMMONS, Connecticut
SHELLEY BERKLEY, Nevada              HENRY E. BROWN, Jr., South 
JIM MATHESON, Utah                   Carolina
MICHAEL M. HONDA, California         TIMOTHY V. JOHNSON, Illinois
RICK LARSEN, Washington              TODD RUSSELL PLATTS, Pennsylvania
MICHAEL E. CAPUANO, Massachusetts    SAM GRAVES, Missouri
ANTHONY D. WEINER, New York          MARK R. KENNEDY, Minnesota
JULIA CARSON, Indiana                BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania
TIMOTHY H. BISHOP, New York          JOHN BOOZMAN, Arkansas
MICHAEL H. MICHAUD, Maine            JIM GERLACH, Pennsylvania
LINCOLN DAVIS, Tennessee             MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida
BEN CHANDLER, Kentucky               JON C. PORTER, Nevada
BRIAN HIGGINS, New York              TOM OSBORNE, Nebraska
RUSS CARNAHAN, Missouri              KENNY MARCHANT, Texas
ALLYSON Y. SCHWARTZ, Pennsylvania    MICHAEL E. SODREL, Indiana
JOHN T. SALAZAR, Colorado            CHARLES W. DENT, Pennsylvania
                                     TED POE, Texas
                                     DAVID G. REICHERT, Washington
                                     CONNIE MACK, Florida
                                     JOHN R. ``RANDY'' KUHL, Jr., New 
                                     York
                                     LUIS G. FORTUNO, Puerto Rico
                                     LYNN A. WESTMORELAND, Georgia
                                     CHARLES W. BOUSTANY, Jr., 
                                     Louisiana
                                     VACANCY

                       (Adopted February 2, 2005)

                      Rule I.--General Provisions.

  (a) Applicability of House Rules.--
          (1) In General.--The Rules of the House are the rules 
        of the Committee and its 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 non-debatable privileged motions in 
        the Committee and its subcommittees.
          (2) Subcommittees.--Each subcommittee is part of the 
        Committee, and is subject to the authority and 
        direction of the Committee and its rules so far as 
        applicable.
          (3) Incorporation of House Rule on Committee 
        Procedure.--Rule XI of the Rules of the House, which 
        pertains entirely to Committee procedure, is 
        incorporated and made a part of the rules of the 
        Committee to the extent applicable.
  (b) Publication of Rules.--The Committee's rules shall be 
published in the Congressional Record not later than 30 days 
after the Committee is elected in each odd-numbered year.
  (c) Vice Chairman.--The Chairman shall appoint a vice 
chairman of the Committee and of each subcommittee. If the 
Chairman of the Committee or subcommittee is not present at any 
meeting of the Committee or subcommittee, as the case may be, 
the vice chairman shall preside. If the vice chairman is not 
present, the ranking member of the majority party on the 
Committee or subcommittee who is present shall preside at that 
meeting.

          Rule II.--Regular, Additional, and Special Meetings

  (a) Regular Meetings.--
          (1) In General.--Regular meetings of the Committee 
        shall be held on the first Wednesday of every month to 
        transact its business unless such day is a holiday, or 
        the House is in recess or is adjourned, in which case 
        the Chairman shall determine the regular meeting day of 
        the Committee for that month.
          (2) Notice.--The Chairman shall give each member of 
        the Committee, as far in advance of the day of the 
        regular meeting as the circumstances make practicable, 
        a written notice of such meeting and the matters to be 
        considered at such meeting.
          (3) Cancellation or Deferral.--If the Chairman 
        believes that the Committee will not be considering any 
        bill or resolution before the full Committee and that 
        there is no other business to be transacted at a 
        regular meeting, the meeting may be canceled or it may 
        be deferred until such time as, in the judgment of the 
        Chairman, there may be matters which require the 
        Committee's consideration.
          (4) Applicability.--This paragraph shall not apply to 
        meetings of any subcommittee.
  (b) Additional Meetings.--The Chairman 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 the call of the Chairman.
  (c) Special Meetings.--If at least three members of the 
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 3 calendar days after 
the filing of the request, the Chairman does not call the 
requested special meeting to be held within 7 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 thereof, 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 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.
  (d) Prohibition on Sitting During Joint Session.--The 
Committee may not 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.

               Rule III.--Meetings and Hearings Generally

  (a) Open Meetings.--Each meeting for the transaction of 
business, including the markup of legislation, and each hearing 
of the Committee or a subcommittee shall be open to the public, 
except as provided by clause 2(g) of Rule XI of the Rules of 
the House.
  (b) Meetings To Begin Promptly.--Each meeting or hearing of 
the Committee shall begin promptly at the time so stipulated in 
the public announcement of the meeting or hearing.
  (c) Addressing the Committee.--A Committee member may address 
the Committee or a subcommittee on any bill, motion, or other 
matter under consideration--
          (1) only when recognized by the Chairman for that 
        purpose; and
          (2) only for 5 minutes until such time as each member 
        of the Committee or subcommittee who so desires has had 
        an opportunity to address the Committee or 
        subcommittee.
A member shall be limited in his or her remarks to the subject 
matter under consideration. The Chairman shall enforce this 
subparagraph.
  (d) Participation of Members in Subcommittee Meetings and 
Hearings.--All members of the Committee who are not members of 
a particular Subcommittee may, by unanimous consent of the 
members of such Subcommittee, participate in any subcommittee 
meeting or hearing. However, a member who is not a member of 
the Subcommittee may not vote on any matter before the 
Subcommittee, be counted for purposes of establishing a quorum, 
or raise points of order.
  (e) Broadcasting.--Whenever a meeting for the transaction of 
business, including the markup of legislation, or a hearing is 
open to the public, that meeting or hearing shall be open to 
coverage by television, radio, and still photography in 
accordance with clause 4 of Rule XI of the Rules of the House. 
Operation and use of any Committee internet broadcast system 
shall be fair and nonpartisan and in accordance with clause 
4(b) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House and all other 
applicable rules of the Committee and the House.
  (f) Access to the Dais and Lounges.--Access to the hearing 
rooms' daises and to the lounges adjacent to the Committee 
hearing rooms shall be limited to Members of Congress and 
employees of Congress during a meeting or hearing of the 
Committee unless specifically permitted by the Chairman or 
ranking minority member.
  (g) Use of Cellular Telephones.--The use of cellular 
telephones in the Committee hearing room is prohibited during a 
meeting or hearing of the Committee.

Rule IV.--Power To Sit and Act; Power To Conduct Investigations; Oaths; 
                             Subpoena Power

  (a) Authority to Sit and Act.--For the purpose of carrying 
out any of its functions and duties under Rules X and XI of the 
Rules of the House, the Committee and each of its 
subcommittees, is authorized (subject to paragraph (d)(1))--
          (1) 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
          (2) 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.
  (b) Authority To Conduct Investigations.--
          (1) In General.--The 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 of the Rules of 
        the House and (subject to the adoption of expense 
        resolutions as required by Rule X, clause 6 of the 
        Rules of the House) to incur expenses (including travel 
        expenses) in connection therewith.
          (2) Major Investigations by Subcommittees.--A 
        subcommittee may not begin a major investigation 
        without approval of a majority of such subcommittee.
  (c) Oaths.--The Chairman of the Committee, or any member 
designated by the Chairman, may administer oaths to any 
witness.
  (d) Issuance of Subpoenas.--
          (1) In General.--A subpoena may be issued by the 
        Committee or subcommittee under paragraph (a)(2) in the 
        conduct of any investigation or activity or series of 
        investigations or activities, only when authorized by a 
        majority of the members voting, a majority being 
        present. Such authorized subpoenas shall be signed by 
        the Chairman of the Committee or by any member 
        designated by the Committee. If a specific request for 
        a subpoena has not been previously rejected by either 
        the Committee or subcommittee, the Chairman of the 
        Committee, after consultation with the ranking minority 
        member of the Committee, may authorize and issue a 
        subpoena under paragraph (a)(2) in the conduct of any 
        investigation or activity or series of investigations 
        or activities, and such subpoena shall for all purposes 
        be deemed a subpoena issued by the Committee. As soon 
        as practicable after a subpoena is issued under this 
        rule, the Chairman shall notify all members of the 
        Committee of such action.
          (2) Enforcement.--Compliance with any subpoena issued 
        by the Committee or subcommittee under paragraph (a)(2) 
        may be enforced only as authorized or directed by the 
        House.
    (e) Expenses of Subpoenaed Witnesses.--Each witness who has 
been subpoenaed, upon the completion of his or her testimony 
before the Committee or any subcommittee, may report to the 
offices of the Committee, and there sign appropriate vouchers 
for travel allowances and attendance fees. If hearings are held 
in cities other than Washington, D.C., the witness may contact 
the counsel of the Committee, or his or her representative, 
before leaving the hearing room.

        Rule V.--Quorums and Record Votes; Postponement of Votes

    (a) Working Quorum.--One-third of the members of the 
Committee or a subcommittee shall constitute a quorum for 
taking any action other than the closing of a meeting pursuant 
to clauses 2(g) and 2(k)(5) of Rule XI of the Rules of the 
House, the authorizing of a subpoena pursuant to paragraph (d) 
of Committee Rule IV, the reporting of a measure or 
recommendation pursuant to paragraph (b)(1) of Committee Rule 
VII, and the actions described in paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) 
of this rule.
    (b) Quorum for Reporting.--A majority of the members of the 
Committee or a subcommittee shall constitute a quorum for the 
reporting of a measure or recommendation.
    (c) Approval of Certain Matters.--A majority of the members 
of the Committee or a subcommittee shall constitute a quorum 
for approval of a resolution concerning any of the following 
actions:
          (1) A prospectus for construction, alteration, 
        purchase or acquisition of a public building or the 
        lease of space as required by section 3307 of title 40, 
        United States Code.
          (2) Survey investigation of a proposed project for 
        navigation, flood control, and other purposes by the 
        Corps of Engineers (section 4 of the Rivers and Harbors 
        Act of March 4, 1913, 33 U.S.C. 542).
          (3) Construction of a water resources development 
        project by the Corps of Engineers with an estimated 
        Federal cost not exceeding $15,000,000 (section 201 of 
        the Flood Control Act of 1965).
          (4) Deletion of water quality storage in a Federal 
        reservoir project where the benefits attributable to 
        water quality are 15 percent or more but not greater 
        than 25 percent of the total project benefits (section 
        65 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1974).
          (5) Authorization of a Natural Resources Conservation 
        Service watershed project involving any single 
        structure of more than 4,000 acre feet of total 
        capacity (section 2 of P.L. 566, 83rd Congress).
    (d) Quorum for Taking Testimony.--Two members of the 
Committee or subcommittee shall constitute a quorum for the 
purpose of taking testimony and receiving evidence.
    (e) Record Votes.--A record vote may be demanded by one-
fifth of the members present.
    (f) Postponement of Votes.--
          (1) In General.--In accordance with clause 2(h)(4) of 
        Rule XI of the Rules of the House, the Chairman of the 
        Committee or a subcommittee, after consultation with 
        the ranking minority member of the Committee or 
        subcommittee, may--
                  (A) postpone further proceedings when a 
                record vote is ordered on the question of 
                approving a measure or matter or on adopting an 
                amendment; and
                  (B) resume proceedings on a postponed 
                question at any time after reasonable notice.
          (2) Resumption of Proceedings.--When proceedings 
        resume on a postponed question, notwithstanding any 
        intervening order for the previous question, an 
        underlying proposition shall remain subject to further 
        debate or amendment to the same extent as when the 
        question was postponed.

                      Rule VI.--Hearing Procedures

    (a) Announcement of Hearing.--The Chairman, in the case of 
a hearing to be conducted by the Committee, and the appropriate 
subcommittee chairman, in the case of a hearing to be conducted 
by a subcommittee, shall make public announcement of the date, 
place, and subject matter of such hearing at least one week 
before the hearing. If the Chairman or the appropriate 
subcommittee chairman, as the case may be, with the concurrence 
of the ranking minority member of the Committee or subcommittee 
as appropriate, determines there is good cause to begin the 
hearing sooner, or if the Committee or subcommittee 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. The clerk of the 
Committee shall promptly notify the Daily Digest Clerk of the 
Congressional Record as soon as possible after such public 
announcement is made.
    (b) Written Statement; Oral Testimony.--So far as 
practicable, each witness who is to appear before the Committee 
or a subcommittee shall file with the clerk of the Committee or 
subcommittee, at least 2 working days before the day of his or 
her appearance, a written statement of proposed testimony and 
shall limit his or her oral presentation to a summary of the 
written statement.
    (c) Minority Witnesses.--When any hearing is conducted by 
the Committee or any subcommittee upon any measure or matter, 
the minority party members on the Committee or subcommittee 
shall be entitled, upon request to the Chairman by a majority 
of those minority members before the completion of such 
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.
    (d) Summary of Subject Matter.--Upon announcement of a 
hearing, to the extent practicable, the Committee shall make 
available immediately to all members of the Committee a concise 
summary of the subject matter (including legislative reports 
and other material) under consideration. In addition, upon 
announcement of a hearing and subsequently as they are 
received, the Chairman shall make available to the members of 
the Committee any official reports from departments and 
agencies on such matter.
    (e) Questioning of Witnesses.--The questioning of witnesses 
in Committee and subcommittee hearings shall be initiated by 
the Chairman, followed by the ranking minority member and all 
other members alternating between the majority and minority 
parties. In recognizing members to question witnesses in this 
fashion, the Chairman shall take into consideration the ratio 
of the majority to minority members present and shall establish 
the order of recognition for questioning in such a manner as 
not to disadvantage the members of the majority nor the members 
of the minority. The Chairman may accomplish this by 
recognizing two majority members for each minority member 
recognized.
    (f) Procedures for Questions.--
          (1) In General.--A Committee member may question a 
        witness at a hearing--
                  (A) only when recognized by the Chairman for 
                that purpose; and
                  (B) subject to subparagraphs (2) and (3), 
                only for 5 minutes until such time as each 
                member of the Committee or subcommittee who so 
                desires has had an opportunity to question the 
                witness.
A member shall be limited in his or her remarks to the subject 
matter under consideration. The Chairman shall enforce this 
paragraph.
          (2) Extended Questioning of Witnesses by Members.--
        The Chairman of the Committee or a subcommittee, with 
        the concurrence of the ranking minority member, or the 
        Committee or subcommittee by motion, may permit a 
        specified number of its members to question a witness 
        for longer than 5 minutes. The time for extended 
        questioning of a witness under this subdivision shall 
        be equal for the majority party and minority party and 
        may not exceed one hour in the aggregate.
          (3) Extended Questioning of Witnesses by Staff.--The 
        Chairman of the Committee or a subcommittee, with the 
        concurrence of the ranking minority member, or the 
        Committee or subcommittee by motion, may permit 
        committee staff for its majority and minority party 
        members to question a witness for equal specified 
        periods. The time for extended questioning of a witness 
        under this subdivision shall be equal for the majority 
        party and minority party and may not exceed one hour in 
        the aggregate.
          (4) Right To Question Witnesses Following Extended 
        Questioning.--Nothing in subparagraph (2) or (3) 
        affects the right of a Member (other than a Member 
        designated under subparagraph (2)) to question a 
        witness for 5 minutes in accordance with subparagraph 
        (1)(B) after the questioning permitted under 
        subparagraph (2) or (3).
    (g) Additional Hearing Procedures.--Clause 2(k) of Rule XI 
of the Rules of the House (relating to additional rules for 
hearings) applies to hearings of the Committee and its 
subcommittees.

  Rule VII.--Procedures for Reporting Bills, Resolutions, and Reports

    (a) Filing of Reports.--
          (1) In General.--The Chairman of the Committee shall 
        report promptly to the House any measure or matter 
        approved by the Committee and take necessary steps to 
        bring the measure or matter to a vote.
          (2) Requests for Reporting.--The report of the 
        Committee on a measure or matter which has been 
        approved by the Committee shall be filed within 7 
        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 or matter. 
        Upon the filing of any such request, the clerk of the 
        Committee shall transmit immediately to the Chairman of 
        the Committee notice of the filing of that request.
    (b) Quorum; Record Votes.--
          (1) Quorum.--No measure, matter, or recommendation 
        shall be reported from the Committee unless a majority 
        of the Committee was actually present.
          (2) Record Votes.--With respect to each record 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.
    (c) Required Matters.--The report of the Committee on a 
measure or matter which has been approved by the Committee 
shall include the items required to be included by clauses 2(c) 
and 3 of Rule XIII of the Rules of the House.
    (d) Additional Views.--If, at the time of approval of any 
measure or matter by the Committee, 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, and legal holidays) in which to 
file such views in accordance with clause 2(1) of Rule XI of 
the Rules of the House.
    (e) Activities Report.--
          (1) In General.--The Committee shall submit to the 
        House, not later than January 2 of each odd-numbered 
        year, a report on the activities of the Committee under 
        Rules X and XI of the Rules of the House during the 
        Congress ending on January 3 of such year.
          (2) Contents.--Such report shall include separate 
        sections summarizing the legislative and oversight 
        activities of the Committee during that Congress.
          (3) Oversight Section.--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 of the Rules of the House, 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 the Committee, and 
        any recommendations made or actions taken thereon.
    (f) Other Committee Materials.--
          (1) In General.--All Committee and subcommittee 
        prints, reports, documents, or other materials, not 
        otherwise provided for under this rule, that purport to 
        express publicly the views of the Committee or any of 
        its subcommittees or members of the Committee or its 
        subcommittees shall be approved by the Committee or the 
        subcommittee prior to printing and distribution and any 
        member shall be given an opportunity to have views 
        included as part of such material prior to printing, 
        release, and distribution in accordance with paragraph 
        (d) of this rule.
          (2) Documents Containing Views Other Than Member 
        Views.--A Committee or subcommittee document containing 
        views other than those of members of the Committee or 
        subcommittee shall not be published without approval of 
        the Committee or subcommittee.
          (3) Disclaimer.--All Committee or subcommittee 
        reports printed pursuant to legislative study or 
        investigation and not approved by a majority vote of 
        the Committee or subcommittee, as appropriate, shall 
        contain the following disclaimer on the cover of such 
        report: ``This report has not been officially adopted 
        by the Committee on (or pertinent subcommittee thereof) 
        and may not therefore necessarily reflect the views of 
        its members.''.

   Rule VIII.--Establishment of Subcommittees; Size and Party Ratios

    (a) Establishment.--There shall be 6 standing 
subcommittees. These subcommittees, with the following sizes 
(including delegates) and majority/minority ratios, are:
          (1) Subcommittee on Aviation (48 Members: 26 Majority 
        and 22 Minority).
          (2) Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime 
        Transportation (20 Members: 11 Majority and 9 
        Minority).
          (3) Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public 
        Buildings, and Emergency Management (11 Members: 6 
        Majority and 5 Minority).
          (4) Subcommittee on Highways, Transit, and Pipelines 
        (57 Members: 31 Majority and 26 Minority).
          (5) Subcommittee on Railroads (28 Members: 15 
        Majority and 13 Minority).
          (6) Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment 
        (36 Members: 20 Majority and 16 Minority).
    (b) Ex Officio Members.--The Chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee shall serve as ex officio voting 
members on each subcommittee.
    (c) Ratios.--On each subcommittee there shall be a ratio of 
majority party members to minority party members which shall be 
no less favorable to the majority party than the ratio for the 
full Committee. In calculating the ratio of majority party 
members to minority party members, there shall be included the 
ex officio members of the subcommittees.

              Rule IX.--Powers and Duties of Subcommittees

    (a) Authority To Sit.--Each subcommittee is authorized to 
meet, hold hearings, receive evidence, and report to the full 
Committee on all matters referred to it or under its 
jurisdiction. Subcommittee chairmen shall set dates for 
hearings and meetings of their respective subcommittees after 
consultation with the Chairman and other subcommittee chairmen 
with a view toward avoiding simultaneous scheduling of full 
Committee and subcommittee meetings or hearings whenever 
possible.
    (b) Consideration by Committee.--Each bill, resolution, or 
other matter favorably reported by a subcommittee shall 
automatically be placed upon the agenda of the Committee. Any 
such matter reported by a subcommittee shall not be considered 
by the Committee unless it has been delivered to the offices of 
all members of the Committee at least 48 hours before the 
meeting, unless the Chairman determines that the matter is of 
such urgency that it should be given early consideration. Where 
practicable, such matters shall be accompanied by a comparison 
with present law and a section-by-section analysis.

           Rule X.--Referral of Legislation to Subcommittees

    (a) General Requirement.--Except where the Chairman of the 
Committee determines, in consultation with the majority members 
of the Committee, that consideration is to be by the full 
Committee, each bill, resolution, investigation, or other 
matter which relates to a subject listed under the jurisdiction 
of any subcommittee established in Committee Rule VIII referred 
to or initiated by the full Committee shall be referred by the 
Chairman to all subcommittees of appropriate jurisdiction 
within two weeks. All bills shall be referred to the 
subcommittee of proper jurisdiction without regard to whether 
the author is or is not a member of the subcommittee.
    (b) Recall From Subcommittee.--A bill, resolution, or other 
matter referred to a subcommittee in accordance with this rule 
may be recalled therefrom at any time by a vote of a majority 
of the members of the Committee voting, a quorum being present, 
for the Committee's direct consideration or for reference to 
another subcommittee.
    (c) Multiple Referrals.--In carrying out this rule with 
respect to any matter, the Chairman may refer the matter 
simultaneously to two or more subcommittees for concurrent 
consideration or for consideration in sequence (subject to 
appropriate time limitations in the case of any subcommittee 
after the first), or divide the matter into two or more parts 
(reflecting different subjects and jurisdictions) and refer 
each such part to a different subcommittee, or make such other 
provisions as he or she considers appropriate.

                 Rule XI.--Recommendation of Conferees

    The Chairman of the Committee shall recommend to the 
Speaker as conferees the names of those members (1) of the 
majority party selected by the Chairman, and (2) of the 
minority party selected by the ranking minority member of the 
Committee. Recommendations of conferees to the Speaker shall 
provide a ratio of majority party members to minority party 
members which shall be no less favorable to the majority party 
than the ratio for the Committee.

                          Rule XII.--Oversight

    (a) Purpose.--The Committee shall carry out oversight 
responsibilities as provided in this rule 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 or changes in those laws, and of 
        such additional legislation, as may be necessary or 
        appropriate.
    (b) Oversight Plan.--Not later than February 15 of the 
first session of each Congress, the Committee shall adopt its 
oversight plans for that Congress in accordance with clause 
2(d)(1) of Rule X of the Rules of the House.
    (c) Review of Laws and Programs.--The Committee and the 
appropriate subcommittees shall cooperatively 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 the 
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, the Committee and the 
appropriate subcommittees shall cooperatively review and study 
any conditions or circumstances which may indicate the 
necessity or desirability of enacting new or additional 
legislation within the jurisdiction of the 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 
the Committee.
    (d) Review of Tax Policies.--The Committee and the 
appropriate subcommittees shall cooperatively review and study 
on a continuing basis the impact or probable impact of tax 
policies affecting subjects within the jurisdiction of the 
Committee.

    Rule XIII.--Review of Continuing Programs; Budget Act Provisions

    (a) Ensuring Annual Appropriations.--The Committee shall, 
in its consideration of all bills and joint resolutions of a 
public character within its jurisdiction, ensure 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.
    (b) Review of Multi-Year Appropriations.--The Committee 
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 therefore would be made annually.
    (c) Views and Estimates.--In accordance with clause 4(f)(1) 
of Rule X of the Rules of the House, the Committee shall 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 ensuing fiscal year which are within 
        its jurisdiction or functions; and
          (2) an estimate of the total amount 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.
    (d) Budget Allocations.--As soon as practicable after a 
concurrent resolution on the budget for any fiscal year is 
agreed to, the Committee (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 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974.
    (e) Reconciliation.--Whenever the Committee is directed in 
a concurrent resolution on the budget to determine and 
recommend changes in laws, bills, or resolutions under the 
reconciliation process, it 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.

                           Rule XIV.--Records

    (a) Keeping of Records.--The Committee shall keep a 
complete record of all Committee action which shall include--
          (1) in the case of any meeting or hearing 
        transcripts, 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
          (2) a record of the votes on any question on which a 
        record vote is demanded.
    (b) Public Inspection.--The result of each such record 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.
    (c) Property of the House.--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.
    (d) Availability of Archived Records.--The records of the 
Committee at the National Archives and Records Administration 
shall be made available for public use in accordance with Rule 
VII of the Rules of the House. The Chairman shall notify the 
ranking minority member of the Committee of any decision, 
pursuant to clause 3(b)(3) or clause 4(b) of such rule, to 
withhold a record otherwise available, and the matter shall be 
presented to the Committee for a determination on written 
request of any member of the Committee.
    (e) Authority To Print.--The 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 the Committee shall be paid as provided in clause 
1(c) of Rule XI of the House.

                      Rule XV.--Committee Budgets

    (a) Biennial Budget.--The Chairman, in consultation with 
the chairman of each subcommittee, the majority members of the 
Committee, and the minority members of the Committee, shall, 
for each Congress, prepare a consolidated Committee budget. 
Such budget shall include necessary amounts for staff 
personnel, necessary travel, investigation, and other expenses 
of the Committee.
    (b) Additional Expenses.--Authorization for the payment of 
additional or unforeseen Committee expenses may be procured by 
one or more additional expense resolutions processed in the 
same manner as set out herein.
    (c) Travel Requests.--The Chairman or any chairman of a 
subcommittee may initiate necessary travel requests as provided 
in Committee Rule XVII within the limits of the consolidated 
budget as approved by the House and the Chairman may execute 
necessary vouchers thereof.
    (d) Monthly Reports.--Once monthly, the Chairman shall 
submit to the Committee on House Administration, in writing, a 
full and detailed accounting of all expenditures made during 
the period since the last such accounting from the amount 
budgeted to the Committee. Such report shall show the amount 
and purpose of such expenditure and the budget to which such 
expenditure is attributed. A copy of such monthly report shall 
be available in the Committee office for review by members of 
the Committee.

                       Rule XVI.--Committee Staff

    (a) Appointment by Chairman.--The Chairman shall appoint 
and determine the remuneration of, and may remove, the 
employees of the Committee not assigned to the minority. The 
staff of the Committee not assigned to the minority shall be 
under the general supervision and direction of the Chairman, 
who shall establish and assign the duties and responsibilities 
of such staff members and delegate such authority as he or she 
determines appropriate.
    (b) Appointment by Ranking Minority Member.--The ranking 
minority member of the Committee shall appoint and determine 
the remuneration of, and may remove, the staff assigned to the 
minority within the budget approved for such purposes. The 
staff assigned to the minority shall be under the general 
supervision and direction of the ranking minority member of the 
Committee who may delegate such authority as he or she 
determines appropriate.
    (c) Intention Regarding Staff.--It is intended that the 
skills and experience of all members of the Committee staff 
shall be available to all members of the Committee.

                Rule XVII.--Travel of Members and Staff

    (a) Approval.--Consistent with the primary expense 
resolution and such additional expense resolutions as may have 
been approved, the provisions of this rule shall govern travel 
of Committee members and staff. Travel to be reimbursed from 
funds set aside for the Committee for any member or any staff 
member shall be paid only upon the prior authorization of the 
Chairman. Travel shall be authorized by the Chairman for any 
member and any staff member in connection with the attendance 
of hearings conducted by the Committee or any subcommittee and 
meetings, conferences, and investigations which involve 
activities or subject matter under the general jurisdiction of 
the Committee. Before such authorization is given there shall 
be submitted to the Chairman in writing the following:
          (1) The purpose of the travel.
          (2) The dates during which the travel is to be made 
        and the date or dates of the event for which the travel 
        is being made.
          (3) The location of the event for which the travel is 
        to be made.
          (4) The names of members and staff seeking 
        authorization.
    (b) Subcommittee Travel.--In the case of travel of members 
and staff of a subcommittee to hearings, meetings, conferences, 
and investigations involving activities or subject matter under 
the legislative assignment of such subcommittee, prior 
authorization must be obtained from the subcommittee chairman 
and the Chairman. Such prior authorization shall be given by 
the Chairman only upon the representation by the chairman of 
such subcommittee in writing setting forth those items 
enumerated in subparagraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of paragraph 
(a) and that there has been a compliance where applicable with 
Committee Rule VI.
    (c) Travel Outside the United States.--
          (1) In General.--In the case of travel outside the 
        United States of members and staff of the Committee or 
        of a subcommittee for the purpose of conducting 
        hearings, investigations, studies, or attending 
        meetings and conferences involving activities or 
        subject matter under the legislative assignment of the 
        Committee or pertinent subcommittee, prior 
        authorization must be obtained from the Chairman, or, 
        in the case of a subcommittee from the subcommittee 
        chairman and the Chairman. Before such authorization is 
        given there shall be submitted to the Chairman, in 
        writing, a request for such authorization. Each 
        request, which shall be filed in a manner that allows 
        for a reasonable period of time for review before such 
        travel is scheduled to begin, shall include the 
        following:
                  (A) The purpose of the travel.
                  (B) The dates during which the travel will 
                occur.
                  (C) The names of the countries to be visited 
                and the length of time to be spent in each.
                  (D) An agenda of anticipated activities for 
                each country for which travel is authorized 
                together with a description of the purpose to 
                be served and the areas of Committee 
                jurisdiction involved.
                  (E) The names of members and staff for whom 
                authorization is sought.
          (2) Initiation of Requests.--Requests for travel 
        outside the United States may be initiated by the 
        Chairman or the chairman of a subcommittee (except that 
        individuals may submit a request to the Chairman for 
        the purpose of attending a conference or meeting) and 
        shall be limited to members and permanent employees of 
        the Committee.
          (3) Reports by Staff Members.--At the conclusion of 
        any hearing, investigation, study, meeting, or 
        conference for which travel has been authorized 
        pursuant to this rule, each staff member involved in 
        such travel shall submit a written report to the 
        Chairman covering the activities and other pertinent 
        observations or information gained as a result of such 
        travel.
    (d) Applicability of Laws, Rules, Policies.--Members and 
staff of the Committee performing authorized travel on official 
business shall be governed by applicable laws, resolutions, or 
regulations of the House and of the Committee on House 
Administration pertaining to such travel, and by the travel 
policy of the Committee.
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

  STEVE BUYER, Indiana, Chairman

LANE EVANS, Illinois                 STEVE BUYER, Indiana,
BOB FILNER, California                 Chairman
LUIS V. GUTIERREZ, Illinois          MICHAEL BILIRAKIS, Florida,
CORRINE BROWN, Florida                 Vice Chairman
VIC SNYDER, Arkansas                 TERRY EVERETT, Alabama
MICHAEL H. MICHAUD, Maine            CLIFF STEARNS, Florida
STEPHANIE HERSETH, South Dakoda      DAN BURTON, Indiana
TED STRICKLAND, Ohio                 JERRY MORAN, Kansas
DARLENE HOOLEY, Oregon               RICHARD H. BAKER, Louisiana
SILVESTRE REYES, Texas               HENRY E. BROWN, Jr., South 
SHELLEY BERKLEY, Nevada              Carolina
TOM UDALL, New Mexico                JEFF MILLER, Florida
VACANCY                              JOHN BOOZMAN, Arkansas
                                     JEB BRADLEY, New Hampshire
                                     GINNY BROWN-WAITE, Florida
                                     MICHAEL R. TURNER, Ohio
                                     VACANCY
                                     VACANCY
                                     VACANCY

                      (Adopted February 10, 2005)

                 Rule 1.--Applicability of House Rules

    The Rules of the House are the rules of the Committee on 
Veterans' Affairs and its subcommittees so far as applicable, 
except that a motion to recess from day to day is a privileged 
motion in Committees and subcommittees. Each subcommittee of 
the Committee is a part of the Committee and is subject to the 
authority and direction of the Committee and to its rules so 
far as applicable.

                Rule 2.--Committee Meetings and Hearings

                    Regular and Additional Meetings

    (a)(1) The regular meeting day for the Committee shall be 
at 10 a.m. on the second Wednesday of each month in such place 
as the Chairman may designate. However, the Chairman may 
dispense with a regular Wednesday meeting of the Committee.
    (2)(A) The Chairman of the Committee may call and convene, 
as he 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 the call 
of the Chairman.
    (B) The Chairman shall notify each member of the Committee 
of the agenda of each regular and additional meeting of the 
Committee at least 24 hours before the time of the meeting, 
except under circumstances the Chairman determines to be of an 
emergency nature. Under such circumstances, the Chairman shall 
make an effort to consult the ranking minority member, or in 
such member's absence, the next ranking minority party member 
of the Committee.
    (b) Wireless Telephone Use Prohibited.--No person may use a 
wireless telephone during a Committee or subcommittee meeting 
or hearing.
    (c) Public Announcement.--
          (1) The Chairman, in the case of a hearing to be 
        conducted by the Committee, and the subcommittee 
        Chairman, in the case of a hearing to be conducted by a 
        subcommittee, shall make public announcement of the 
        date, place, and subject matter of any hearing to be 
        conducted on any measure or matter at least one week 
        before the commencement of that hearing unless the 
        Committee or the subcommittee determines that there is 
        good cause to begin the hearing at an earlier date. In 
        the latter event, the Chairman or the subcommittee 
        Chairman, as the case may be, shall consult with the 
        ranking minority member and make such public 
        announcement at the earliest possible date. The clerk 
        of the Committee shall promptly notify the Daily Clerk 
        of the Congressional Record and the Committee 
        scheduling service of the House Information Resources 
        as soon as possible after such public announcement is 
        made.
          (2) Meetings and hearings of the Committee and each 
        of its subcommittees shall be open to the public unless 
        closed in accordance with clause 2(g) of House Rule XI.
    (d) Quorum and Rollcalls.--
          (1) A majority of the members of the Committee shall 
        constitute a quorum for business and a majority of the 
        members of any subcommittee shall constitute a quorum 
        thereof for business, except that two members shall 
        constitute a quorum for the purpose of taking testimony 
        and receiving evidence.
          (2) No measure or recommendation shall be reported to 
        the House of Representatives unless a majority of the 
        Committee was actually present.
          (3) There shall be kept in writing a record of the 
        proceedings of the Committee and each of its 
        subcommittees, including a record of the votes on any 
        question on which a recorded vote is demanded. The 
        result of each such record 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.
          (4) A record vote may be demanded by one-fifth of the 
        members present or, in the apparent absence of a 
        quorum, by any one member. With respect to any record 
        vote on any motion to amend or report, the total number 
        of votes cast for and against, and the names of those 
        members voting for and against, shall be included in 
        the report of the Committee on the bill or resolution.
          (5) No vote by any member of the Committee or a 
        subcommittee with respect to any measure or matter may 
        be cast by proxy.
    (e) Postponing Proceedings.--Committee and subcommittee 
chairmen may postpone further proceedings when a record vote is 
ordered on the question of approving a measure or matter or on 
adopting an amendment, and may resume proceedings within two 
legislative days on a postponed question after reasonable 
notice. When proceedings resume on a postponed question, 
notwithstanding any intervening order for the previous 
question, an underlying proposition shall remain subject to 
further debate or amendment to the same extent as when the 
question was postponed.
    (f) Calling and Interrogating Witnesses.--
          (1) Committee and subcommittee members may question 
        witnesses only when they have been recognized by the 
        Chairman of the Committee or subcommittee for that 
        purpose, and only for a 5-minute period until all 
        members present have had an opportunity to question a 
        witness. The 5-minute period for questioning a witness 
        by any one member may be extended only with the 
        unanimous consent of all members present. The 
        questioning of witnesses in both Committee and 
        subcommittee hearings shall be initiated by the 
        Chairman, followed by the ranking minority party member 
        and all other members alternating between the majority 
        and minority. Except as otherwise announced by the 
        Chairman at the beginning of a hearing, members who are 
        present at the start of the hearing will be recognized 
        before other members who arrive after the hearing has 
        begun. In recognizing members to question witnesses in 
        this fashion, the Chairman shall take into 
        consideration the ratio of the majority to minority 
        members present and shall establish the order of 
        recognition for questioning in such a manner as not to 
        disadvantage the members of the majority.
          (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) 
        regarding the 5-minute rule, the Chairman after 
        consultation with the ranking minority member may 
        designate an equal number of members of the Committee 
        or subcommittee majority and minority party to question 
        a witness for a period not longer than 30 minutes. In 
        no event shall the Chairman allow a member to question 
        a witness for an extended period under this rule until 
        all members present have had the opportunity to ask 
        questions under the 5-minute rule. The Chairman after 
        consultation with the ranking minority member may 
        permit Committee staff for its majority and minority 
        party members to question a witness for equal specified 
        periods of time.
          (3) So far as practicable: (A) each witness who is to 
        appear before the Committee or a subcommittee shall 
        file with the clerk of the Committee, at least 48 hours 
        in advance of the appearance of the witness, a written 
        statement of the testimony of the witness and shall 
        limit any oral presentation to a summary of the written 
        statement; and (B) each witness appearing in a non-
        governmental capacity shall include with the written 
        statement of proposed testimony 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 preceding 
        fiscal years.
          (4) When a hearing is conducted by the Committee or a 
        subcommittee on any measure or matter, the minority 
        party members on the Committee shall be entitled, upon 
        request to the Chairman of a majority of those minority 
        members 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 the hearing thereon.
    (g) Media Coverage of Proceedings.--Any meeting of the 
Committee or its subcommittees that is open to the public shall 
be open to coverage by radio, television, and still photography 
in accordance with the provisions of clause 4 of House Rule XI.
    (h) Subpoenas.--Pursuant to clause 2(m) of House Rule XI, a 
subpoena may be authorized and issued by the Committee or a 
subcommittee 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.
    (i) The Chairman of the full Committee is directed to offer 
a motion under clause 1 of House Rule XXII whenever the 
Chairman considers it appropriate.

               Rule 3.--General Oversight Responsibility

    (a) In order to assist the House in:
          (1) Its analysis, appraisal, 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 or changes in those laws, and of 
        such additional legislation, as may be necessary or 
        appropriate, the Committee and its various 
        subcommittees, consistent with their jurisdiction as 
        set forth in Rule 4, shall have oversight 
        responsibilities as provided in subsection (b).
    (b)(1) The Committee and its subcommittees shall review and 
study, on a continuing basis, the applications, administration, 
execution, and effectiveness of those laws, or parts of laws, 
the subject matter of which is within the jurisdiction of the 
Committee or subcommittee, 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.
    (2) In addition, the Committee and its subcommittees 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 the Committee 
or subcommittee (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 the Committee or subcommittee.
    (3) Not later than February 15 of the first session of a 
Congress, the Committee shall meet in open session, with a 
quorum present, to adopt its oversight plans for that Congress 
for submission to the Committee on House Administration and the 
Committee on Government Reform, in accordance with the 
provisions of clause 2(d) of House Rule X.

                         Rule 4.--Vice Chairmen

    The Chairman of the full Committee shall designate the Vice 
Chairman of the Committee and a Vice Chairman of each 
subcommittee established under Rule 5(a)(1).

                         Rule 5.--Subcommittees

    (a) Establishment and Jurisdiction of Subcommittees.--
          (1) There shall be four subcommittees of the 
        Committee as follows:
                  (A) Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and 
                Memorial Affairs, which shall have legislative, 
                oversight and investigative jurisdiction over 
                compensation; general and special pensions of 
                all the wars of the United States; life 
                insurance issued by the Government on account 
                of service in the Armed Forces; cemeteries of 
                the United States in which veterans of any war 
                or conflict are or may be buried, whether in 
                the United States or abroad, except cemeteries 
                administered by the Secretary of the Interior; 
                burial benefits; the Board of Veterans' 
                Appeals; and the Court of Appeals for Veterans' 
                Claims.
                  (B) Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, 
                which shall have legislative, oversight and 
                investigative jurisdiction over education of 
                veterans, employment and training of veterans, 
                vocational rehabilitation, veterans' housing 
                programs, readjustment of servicemembers to 
                civilian life, and servicemembers civil relief.
                  (C) Subcommittee on Health, which shall have 
                legislative, oversight and investigative 
                jurisdiction over veterans' hospitals, medical 
                care, and treatment of veterans.
                  (D) Subcommittee on Oversight and 
                Investigations, which shall have oversight and 
                investigative jurisdiction over veterans' 
                matters generally, and over such matters as may 
                be referred to the subcommittee by the Chairman 
                of the full Committee for its oversight or 
                investigation and for its appropriate 
                recommendations. The subcommittee shall only 
                have legislative jurisdiction over such bills 
                or resolutions as may be referred to it by the 
                Chairman of the full Committee. Provided, 
                however, that the activities of the 
                Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations 
                shall in no way limit the responsibility of the 
                other subcommittees of the Committee on 
                Veterans' Affairs for carrying out their 
                oversight duties.
    In addition, each subcommittee shall have responsibility 
for such other measures or matters as the Chairman refers to 
it.
          (2) Any vacancy in the membership of a subcommittee 
        shall not affect the power of the remaining members to 
        execute the functions of that subcommittee.
          (3) On each subcommittee, there shall be a ratio of 
        majority party members to minority party members which 
        shall be consistent with the ratio on the full 
        Committee.
    (b) Referral to Subcommittees.--
          (1) The Chairman of the Committee may refer a measure 
        or matter, which is within the general responsibility 
        of more than one of the subcommittees of the Committee, 
        as the Chairman deems appropriate.
          (2) In referring any measure or matter to a 
        subcommittee, the Chairman of the Committee may specify 
        a date by which the subcommittee shall report thereon 
        to the Committee.
    (c) Power and Duties.--
          (1) Each subcommittee is authorized to meet, hold 
        hearings, receive evidence, and report to the full 
        Committee on all matters referred to it or under its 
        jurisdiction. Subcommittee chairmen shall set dates for 
        hearings and meetings of their respective subcommittees 
        after consultation with the Chairman of the Committee 
        and other subcommittee chairmen with a view toward 
        avoiding simultaneous scheduling of Committee and 
        subcommittee meetings or hearings whenever possible.
          (2) Whenever a subcommittee has ordered a bill, 
        resolution, or other matter to be reported to the 
        Committee, the Chairman of the subcommittee reporting 
        the bill, resolution, or matter to the full Committee, 
        or any member authorized by the subcommittee to do so 
        shall notify the Chairman and the ranking minority 
        party member of the Committee of the Subcommittee's 
        action.
          (3) A member of the Committee who is not a member of 
        a particular subcommittee may sit with the subcommittee 
        during any of its meetings and hearings, but shall not 
        have authority to vote, cannot be counted for a quorum, 
        and cannot raise a point of order at the meeting or 
        hearing.
          (4) Each subcommittee of the Committee shall provide 
        the Committee with copies of such records of votes 
        taken in the subcommittee and such other records with 
        respect to the subcommittee as the Chairman of the 
        Committee deems necessary for the Committee to comply 
        with all rules and regulations of the House.

                    Rule 6.--Transcripts and Records

    (a)(1) There shall be a transcript made of each regular and 
additional meeting and hearing of the Committee and its 
subcommittees. Any such transcript shall be 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.
    (2) The Committee shall keep a record of all actions of the 
Committee and each of its subcommittees. The record shall 
contain all information required by clause 2(e)(1) of House 
Rule XI and shall be available for public inspection at 
reasonable times in the offices of the Committee.
    (3) The records of the Committee at the National Archives 
and Records Administration shall be made available for public 
use in accordance with House rule VII. The Chairman shall 
notify the ranking minority member of any decision, pursuant to 
clause 3 or clause 4 of the Rule, to withhold a record 
otherwise available, and the matter shall be presented to the 
Committee for a determination on written request of any member 
of the Committee.
                      Committee on Ways and Means

 BILL THOMAS, California, Chairman

CHARLES B. RANGEL, New York          E. CLAY SHAW, Jr., Florida
FORTNEY PETE STARK, California       NANCY L. JOHNSON, Connecticut
SANDER M. LEVIN, Michigan            WALLY HERGER, California
BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland         JIM McCRERY, Louisiana
JIM McDERMOTT, Washington            DAVE CAMP, Michigan
JOHN LEWIS, Georgia                  JIM RAMSTAD, Minnesota
RICHARD E. NEAL, Massachusetts       JIM NUSSLE, Iowa
MICHAEL R. McNULTY, New York         SAM JOHNSON, Texas
WILLIAM J. JEFFERSON, Louisiana      ROB PORTMAN, Ohio
JOHN S. TANNER, Tennessee            PHIL ENGLISH, Pennsylvania
XAVIER BECERRA, California           J.D. HAYWORTH, Arizona
LLOYD DOGGETT, Texas                 JERRY WELLER, Illinois
EARL POMEROY, North Dakota           KENNY C. HULSHOF, Missouri
STEPHANIE TUBBS JONES, Ohio          RON LEWIS, Kentucky
MIKE THOMPSON, California            MARK FOLEY, Florida
JOHN B. LARSON, Connecticut          KEVIN BRADY, Texas
RAHM EMANUEL, Illinois               THOMAS M. REYNOLDS, New York
                                     PAUL RYAN, Wisconsin
                                     ERIC CANTOR, Virginia
                                     JOHN LINDER, Georgia
                                     BOB BEAUPREZ, Colorado
                                     MELISSA A. HART, Pennsylvania
                                     CHRIS CHOCOLA, Indiana

                       (Adopted February 2, 2005)

    PART I.--RULES OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS FOR THE 109TH 
                                CONGRESS

    Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives, 
provides in part:
          * * * 1. (a)(1)(A) The Rules of the House are the 
        rules of its committees and subcommittees so far as 
        applicable.
          (B) Each subcommittee is a part of its committee and 
        is subject to the authority and direction of that 
        committee and to its rules, so far as applicable.
          (2)(A) In a committee or subcommittee--
                  (i) a motion to recess from day to day, or to 
                recess subject to the call of the Chair (within 
                24 hours), shall be privileged; and
                  (ii) a motion to dispense with the first 
                reading (in full) of a bill or resolution shall 
                be privileged if printed copies are available.
          (B) A motion accorded privilege under this 
        subparagraph shall be decided without debate. * * *
          * * * 2. (a)(1) Each standing committee shall adopt 
        written rules governing its procedure. Such rules--
                  (A) shall be adopted in a meeting that is 
                open to the public unless the committee, in 
                open session and with a quorum present, 
                determines by record vote that all or part of 
                the meeting on that day shall be closed to the 
                public;
                  (B) may not be inconsistent with the Rules of 
                the House or with those provisions of law 
                having the force and effect of Rules of the 
                House * * *.
    In accordance with the foregoing, the Committee on Ways and 
Means, on February 2, 2005, adopted the following as the Rules 
of the Committee for the 109th Congress.

                               A. GENERAL

                     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 Ways and Means and its 
Subcommittees as well as to the respective Chairmen.

                   Rule 2.--Meeting Date and Quorums

    The regular meeting day of the Committee on Ways and Means 
shall be on the second Wednesday of each month while the House 
is in session. However, the Committee shall not meet on the 
regularly scheduled meeting day if there is no business to be 
considered.
    A majority of the Committee constitutes a quorum for 
business; provided however, that two Members shall constitute a 
quorum at any regularly scheduled hearing called for the 
purpose of taking testimony and receiving evidence. In 
establishing a quorum for purposes of a public hearing, every 
effort shall be made to secure the presence of at least one 
Member each from the majority and the minority.
    The Chairman of the Committee may call and convene, as he 
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 pursuant to the call of the Chair.

                       Rule 3.--Committee Budget

    For each Congress, the Chairman, in consultation with the 
Majority Members of the Committee, shall prepare a preliminary 
budget. Such budget shall include necessary amounts for staff 
personnel, travel, investigation, and other expenses of the 
Committee. After consultation with the Minority Members, the 
Chairman shall include an amount budgeted by Minority Members. 
Thereafter, the Chairman shall combine such proposals into a 
consolidated Committee budget, and shall present the same to 
the Committee for its approval or other action. The Chairman 
shall take whatever action is necessary to have the budget as 
finally approved by the Committee duly authorized by the House. 
After said budget shall have been adopted, no substantial 
change shall be made in such budget unless approved by the 
Committee.

              Rule 4.--Publication of Committee Documents

    Any Committee or Subcommittee print, document, or similar 
material prepared for public distribution shall either be 
approved by the Committee or Subcommittee prior to distribution 
and opportunity afforded for the inclusion of supplemental, 
minority or additional views, or such document shall contain on 
its cover the following disclaimer:

          Prepared for the use of Members of the Committee on 
        Ways and Means by members of its staff. This document 
        has not been officially approved by the Committee and 
        may not reflect the views of its Members.

    Any such print, document, or other material not officially 
approved by the Committee or Subcommittee shall not include the 
names of its Members, other than the name of the full Committee 
Chairman or Subcommittee Chairman under whose authority the 
document is released. Any such document shall be made available 
to the full Committee Chairman and Ranking Minority Member not 
less than 3 calendar days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and 
legal holidays) prior to its public release.
    The requirements of this rule shall apply only to the 
publication of policy-oriented, analytical documents, and not 
to the publication of public hearings, legislative documents, 
documents which are administrative in nature or reports which 
are required to be submitted to the Committee under public law. 
The appropriate characterization of a document subject to this 
rule shall be determined after consultation with the Minority.

                        Rule 5.--Official Travel

    Consistent with the primary expense resolution and such 
additional expense resolution as may have been approved, the 
provisions of this rule shall govern official travel of 
Committee Members and Committee staff. Official travel to be 
reimbursed from funds set aside for the full Committee for any 
Member or any committee staff member shall be paid only upon 
the prior authorization of the Chairman. Official travel may be 
authorized by the Chairman for any Member and any committee 
staff member in connection with the attendance of hearings 
conducted by the Committee, its Subcommittees, or any other 
Committee or Subcommittee of the Congress on matters relevant 
to the general jurisdiction of the Committee, and meetings, 
conferences, facility inspections, and investigations which 
involve activities or subject matter relevant to the general 
jurisdiction of the Committee. Before such authorization is 
given, there shall be submitted to the Chairman in writing the 
following:
          (1) The purpose of the official travel;
          (2) The dates during which the official travel is to 
        be made and the date or dates of the event for which 
        the official travel is being made;
          (3) The location of the event for which the official 
        travel is to be made; and
          (4) The names of Members and Committee staff seeking 
        authorization.
    In the case of official travel of Members and staff of a 
Subcommittee to hearings, meetings, conferences, facility 
inspections and investigations involving activities or subject 
matter under the jurisdiction of such Subcommittee prior 
authorization must be obtained from the Subcommittee Chairman 
and the full Committee Chairman. Such prior authorization shall 
be given by the Chairman only upon the representation by the 
applicable Subcommittee Chairman in writing setting forth those 
items enumerated above.
    Within 60 days of the conclusion of any official travel 
authorized under this rule, there shall be submitted to the 
full Committee Chairman a written report covering the 
information gained as a result of the hearing, meeting, 
conference, facility inspection or investigation attended 
pursuant to such official travel.

      Rule 6.--Availability of Committee Records and Publications

    The records of the Committee at the National Archives and 
Records Administration shall be made available for public use 
in accordance with Rule VII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives. The Chairman shall notify the Ranking Minority 
Member of any decision, pursuant to clause 3(b)(3) or clause 
4(b) of Rule VII, to withhold a record otherwise available, and 
the matter shall be presented to the Committee for a 
determination on the written request of any Member of the 
Committee. The Committee shall, to the maximum extent feasible, 
make its publications available in electronic form.

                           Rule 7.--Websites

    The minority shall be entitled to a separate website that 
is linked to and accessible only from the full Committee's 
website. For any website created under this policy, the Ranking 
Minority Member is responsible for its content and must be 
identified on the introductory page.
    All Committee websites must comply with House Regulations.
    The content of a committee website may not:
          (1) Include personal, political, or campaign 
        information.
          (2) Be directly linked or refer to websites created 
        or operated by campaign or any campaign related entity, 
        including political parties and campaign committees.
          (3) Include grassroots lobbying or solicit support 
        for a Member's position.
          (4) Generate, circulate, solicit or encourage signing 
        petitions.
          (5) Include any advertisement for any private 
        individual, firm, or corporation, or imply in any 
        manner that the Government endorses or favors any 
        specific commercial product, commodity, or service.

                            B. SUBCOMMITTEES


             Rule 8.--Subcommittee Ratios and Jurisdiction

    All matters referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
involving revenue measures, except those revenue measures 
referred to Subcommittees under paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 
shall be considered by the full Committee and not in 
Subcommittee. There shall be six standing Subcommittees as 
follows: a Subcommittee on Trade; a Subcommittee on Oversight; 
a Subcommittee on Health; a Subcommittee on Social Security; a 
Subcommittee on Human Resources; and a Subcommittee on Select 
Revenue Measures. The ratio of Republicans to Democrats on any 
Subcommittee of the Committee shall be consistent with the 
ratio of Republicans to Democrats on the full Committee.
          1. The Subcommittee on Trade shall consist of 15 
        Members, 9 of whom shall be Republicans and 6 of whom 
        shall be Democrats.
          The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Trade shall 
        include bills and matters referred to the Committee on 
        Ways and Means that relate to customs and customs 
        administration including tariff and import fee 
        structure, classification, valuation of and special 
        rules applying to imports, and special tariff 
        provisions and procedures which relate to customs 
        operation affecting exports and imports; import trade 
        matters, including import impact, industry relief from 
        injurious imports, adjustment assistance and programs 
        to encourage competitive responses to imports, unfair 
        import practices including antidumping and 
        countervailing duty provisions, and import policy which 
        relates to dependence on foreign sources of supply; 
        commodity agreements and reciprocal trade agreements 
        including multilateral and bilateral trade negotiations 
        and implementation of agreements involving tariff and 
        nontariff trade barriers to and distortions of 
        international trade; international rules, organizations 
        and institutional aspects of international trade 
        agreements; budget authorizations for the customs 
        revenue functions of the Department of Homeland 
        Security, the U.S. International Trade Commission, and 
        the U.S. Trade Representative; and special trade-
        related problems involving market access, competitive 
        conditions of specific industries, export policy and 
        promotion, access to materials in short supply, 
        bilateral trade relations including trade with 
        developing countries, operations of multinational 
        corporations, and trade with nonmarket economies.
          2. The Subcommittee on Oversight shall consist of 13 
        Members, 8 of whom shall be Republicans and 5 of whom 
        shall be Democrats.
        The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Oversight shall 
        include all matters within the scope of the full 
        Committee's jurisdiction but shall be limited to 
        existing law. Said oversight jurisdiction shall not be 
        exclusive but shall be concurrent with that of the 
        other Subcommittees. With respect to matters involving 
        the Internal Revenue Code and other revenue issues, 
        said concurrent jurisdiction shall be shared with the 
        full Committee. Before undertaking any investigation or 
        hearing, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight 
        shall confer with the Chairman of the full Committee 
        and the Chairman of any other Subcommittee having 
        jurisdiction.
          3. The Subcommittee on Health shall consist of 13 
        Members, 8 of whom shall be Republicans and 5 of whom 
        shall be Democrats.
        The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Health shall 
        include bills and matters referred to the Committee on 
        Ways and Means that relate to programs providing 
        payments (from any source) for health care, health 
        delivery systems, or health research. More 
        specifically, the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on 
        Health shall include bills and matters that relate to 
        the health care programs of the Social Security Act 
        (including titles V, XI (Part B), XVIII, and XIX 
        thereof) and, concurrent with the full Committee, tax 
        credit and deduction provisions of the Internal Revenue 
        Code dealing with health insurance premiums and health 
        care costs.
          4. The Subcommittee on Social Security shall consist 
        of 13 Members, 8 of whom shall be Republicans and 5 of 
        whom shall be Democrats.
        The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Social Security 
        shall include bills and matters referred to the 
        Committee on Ways and Means that relate to the Federal 
        Old-Age, Survivors' and Disability Insurance System, 
        the Railroad Retirement System, and employment taxes 
        and trust fund operations relating to those systems. 
        More specifically, the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee 
        on Social Security shall include bills and matters 
        involving title II of the Social Security Act and 
        Chapter 22 of the Internal Revenue Code (the Railroad 
        Retirement Tax Act), as well as provisions in title VII 
        and title XI of the Act relating to procedure and 
        administration involving the Old-Age, Survivors' and 
        Disability Insurance System.
          5. The Subcommittee on Human Resources shall consist 
        of 13 Members, 8 of whom shall be Republicans and 5 of 
        whom shall be Democrats.
          The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Human 
        Resources shall include bills and matters referred to 
        the Committee on Ways and Means that relate to the 
        public assistance provisions of the Social Security Act 
        including temporary assistance for needy families, 
        child care, child and family services, child support, 
        foster care, adoption supplemental security income 
        social services, eligibility of welfare recipients for 
        food stamps, and low-income energy assistance. More 
        specifically, the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on 
        Human Resources shall include bills and matters 
        relating to titles I, IV, VI, X, XIV, XVI, XVII, XX and 
        related provisions of titles VII and XI of the Social 
        Security Act.
          The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Human 
        Resources shall also include bills and matters referred 
        to the Committee on Ways and Means that relate to the 
        Federal-State system of unemployment compensation, and 
        the financing thereof, including the programs for 
        extended and emergency benefits. More specifically, the 
        jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Human Resources 
        shall also include all bills and matters pertaining to 
        the programs of unemployment compensation under titles 
        III, IX and XII of the Social Security Act, Chapters 23 
        and 23A of the Internal Revenue Code, and the Federal-
        State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970, 
        and provisions relating thereto.
          6. The Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures shall 
        consist of 13 Members, 8 of whom shall be Republicans 
        and 5 of whom shall be Democrats.
          The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Select 
        Revenue Measures shall consist of those revenue 
        measures that, from time to time, shall be referred to 
        it specifically by the Chairman of the full Committee.

              Rule 9.--Ex-Officio Members of Subcommittees

    The Chairman of the full Committee and the Ranking Minority 
Member may sit as ex-officio Members of all Subcommittees. They 
may be counted for purposes of assisting in the establishment 
of a quorum for a Subcommittee. However, their absence shall 
not count against the establishment of a quorum by the regular 
Members of the Subcommittee. Ex-officio Members shall neither 
vote in the Subcommittee nor be taken into consideration for 
purposes of determining the ratio of the Subcommittee.

                    Rule 10.--Subcommittee Meetings

    Insofar as practicable, meetings of the full Committee and 
its Subcommittees shall not conflict. Subcommittee Chairmen 
shall set meeting dates after consultation with the Chairman of 
the full Committee and other Subcommittee Chairmen with a view 
toward avoiding, wherever possible, simultaneous scheduling of 
full Committee and Subcommittee meetings or hearings.

      Rule 11.--Reference of Legislation and Subcommittee Reports

    Except for bills or measures retained by the Chairman of 
the full Committee for full Committee consideration, every bill 
or other measure referred to the Committee shall be referred by 
the Chairman of the full Committee to the appropriate 
Subcommittee in a timely manner. A Subcommittee shall, within 3 
legislative days of the referral, acknowledge same to the full 
Committee.
    After a measure has been pending in a Subcommittee for a 
reasonable period of time, the Chairman of the full Committee 
may make a request in writing to the Subcommittee that the 
Subcommittee forthwith report the measure to the full Committee 
with its recommendations. If within 7 legislative days after 
the Chairman's written request, the Subcommittee has not so 
reported the measure, then there shall be in order in the full 
Committee a motion to discharge the Subcommittee from further 
consideration of the measure. If such motion is approved by a 
majority vote of the full Committee, the measure may thereafter 
be considered only by the full Committee.
    No measure reported by a Subcommittee shall be considered 
by the full Committee unless it has been presented to all 
Members of the full Committee at least 2 legislative days prior 
to the full Committee's meeting, together with a comparison 
with present law, a section-by-section analysis of the proposed 
change, a section-by-section justification, and a draft 
statement of the budget effects of the measure that is 
consistent with the requirements for reported measures under 
clause 3(d)(2) of Rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives.

         Rule 12.--Recommendation for Appointment of Conferees

    Whenever in the legislative process it becomes necessary to 
appoint conferees, the Chairman of the full Committee shall 
recommend to the Speaker as conferees the names of those 
Committee Members as the Chairman may designate. In making 
recommendations of Minority Members as conferees, the Chairman 
shall consult with the Ranking Minority Member of the 
Committee.

                              C. HEARINGS


                          Rule 13.--Witnesses

    In order to assure the most productive use of the limited 
time available to question hearing witnesses, a witness who is 
scheduled to appear before the full Committee or a Subcommittee 
shall file with the Clerk of the Committee at least 48 hours in 
advance of his appearance a written statement of his proposed 
testimony. In addition, all witnesses shall comply with 
formatting requirements as specified by the Committee and the 
Rules of the House. Failure to comply with the 48-hour rule may 
result in a witness being denied the opportunity to testify in 
person. Failure to comply with the formatting requirements may 
result in a witness' statement being rejected for inclusion in 
the published hearing record. In addition to the requirements 
of clause 2(g)(4) of Rule XI, of the Rules of the House, 
regarding information required of public witnesses, a witness 
shall limit his oral presentation to a summary of his position 
and shall provide sufficient copies of his written statement to 
the Clerk for distribution to Members, staff and news media.
    A witness appearing at a public hearing, or submitting a 
statement for the record of a public hearing, or submitting 
written comments in response to a published request for 
comments by the Committee must include on his statement or 
submission a list of all clients, persons, or organizations on 
whose behalf the witness appears. Oral testimony and statements 
for the record, or written comments in response to a request 
for comments by the Committee, will be accepted only from 
citizens of the United States or corporations or associations 
organized under the laws of one of the 50 States of the United 
States or the District of Columbia, unless otherwise directed 
by the Chairman of the full Committee or Subcommittee involved. 
Written statements from non-citizens may be considered for 
acceptance in the record if transmitted to the Committee in 
writing by Members of Congress.

                   Rule 14.--Questioning of Witnesses

    Committee Members may question witnesses only when 
recognized by the Chairman for that purpose. All Members shall 
be limited to 5 minutes on the initial round of questioning. In 
questioning witnesses under the 5-minute rule, the Chairman and 
the Ranking Minority Member shall be recognized first after 
which Members who are in attendance at the beginning of a 
hearing will be recognized in the order of their seniority on 
the Committee. Other Members shall be recognized in the order 
of their appearance at the hearing. In recognizing Members to 
question witnesses, the Chairman may take into consideration 
the ratio of Majority Members to Minority Members and the 
number of Majority and Minority Members present and shall 
apportion the recognition for questioning in such a manner as 
not to disadvantage Members of the majority.

                        Rule 15.--Subpoena Power

    The power to authorize and issue subpoenas is delegated to 
the Chairman of the full Committee, as provided for under 
clause 2(m)(3)(A)(i) of Rule XI of the House of 
Representatives.

                     Rule 16.--Records of Hearings

    An accurate stenographic record shall be kept of all 
testimony taken at a public hearing. The staff shall transmit 
to a witness the transcript of his testimony for correction and 
immediate return to the Committee offices. Only changes in the 
interest of clarity, accuracy and corrections in transcribing 
errors will be permitted. Changes that substantially alter the 
actual testimony will not be permitted. Members shall correct 
their own testimony and return transcripts as soon as possible 
after receipt thereof. The Chairman of the full Committee may 
order the printing of a hearing without the corrections of a 
witness or Member if he determines that a reasonable time has 
been afforded to make corrections and that further delay would 
impede the consideration of the legislation or other measure 
that is the subject of the hearing.

                   Rule 17.--Broadcasting of Hearings

    The provisions of clause 4(f) of Rule XI of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives are specifically made a part of 
these rules by reference. In addition, the following policy 
shall apply to media coverage of any meeting of the full 
Committee or a Subcommittee:
          (1) An appropriate area of the Committee's hearing 
        room will be designated for members of the media and 
        their equipment.
          (2) No interviews will be allowed in the Committee 
        room while the Committee is in session. Individual 
        interviews must take place before the gavel falls for 
        the convening of a meeting or after the gavel falls for 
        adjournment.
          (3) Day-to-day notification of the next day's 
        electronic coverage shall be provided by the media to 
        the Chairman of the full Committee through an 
        appropriate designee.
          (4) Still photography during a Committee meeting will 
        not be permitted to disrupt the proceedings or block 
        the vision of Committee Members or witnesses.
          (5) Further conditions may be specified by the 
        Chairman.

                               D. MARKUPS


               Rule 18.--Reconsideration of Previous Vote

    When an amendment or other matter has been disposed of, it 
shall be in order for any Member of the prevailing side, on the 
same or next day on which a quorum of the Committee is present, 
to move the reconsideration thereof, and such motion shall take 
precedence over all other questions except the consideration of 
a motion to adjourn.

                      Rule 19.--Previous Question

    The Chairman shall not recognize a Member for the purpose 
of moving the previous question unless the Member has first 
advised the Chair and the Committee that this is the purpose 
for which recognition is being sought.

                 Rule 20.--Postponement of Proceedings

    The Chairman may postpone further proceedings when a record 
vote is ordered on the question of approving any measure or 
matter or adopting an amendment.
    The Chairman may resume proceedings on a postponed request 
at any time. In exercising postponement authority the Chairman 
shall take reasonable steps to notify members on the resumption 
of proceedings on any postponed record vote.
    When proceedings resume on a postponed question, 
notwithstanding any intervening order for the previous 
question, an underlying proposition shall remain subject to 
further debate or amendment to the same extent as when the 
question was postponed.

                  Rule 21.--Motion To Go to Conference

    The Chairman is authorized to offer a motion under clause 1 
of rule XXII of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
whenever the chairman considers it appropriate.

 Rule 22.--Official Transcripts of Markups and Other Committee Meetings

    An official stenographic transcript shall be kept 
accurately reflecting all markups and other meetings of the 
full Committee and the Subcommittees, whether they be open or 
closed to the public. This official transcript, marked as 
``uncorrected,'' shall be available for inspection by the 
public (except for meetings closed pursuant to clause 2(g)(1) 
of Rule XI of the Rules of the House), by Members of the House, 
or by Members of the Committee together with their staffs, 
during normal business hours in the full Committee or 
Subcommittee office under such controls as the Chairman of the 
full Committee deems necessary. Official transcripts shall not 
be removed from the Committee or Subcommittee office. If, 
however, (1) in the drafting of a Committee or Subcommittee 
decision, the Office of the House Legislative Counsel or (2) in 
the preparation of a Committee report, the Chief of Staff of 
the Joint Committee on Taxation determines (in consultation 
with appropriate majority and minority committee staff) that it 
is necessary to review the official transcript of a markup, 
such transcript may be released upon the signature and to the 
custody of an appropriate committee staff person. Such 
transcript shall be returned immediately after its review in 
the drafting session.
    The official transcript of a markup or Committee meeting 
other than a public hearing shall not be published or 
distributed to the public in any way except by a majority vote 
of the Committee. Before any public release of the uncorrected 
transcript, Members must be given a reasonable opportunity to 
correct their remarks. In instances in which a stenographic 
transcript is kept of a conference committee proceeding, all of 
the requirements of this rule shall likewise be observed.

      Rule 23.--Publication of Decisions and Legislative Language

    A press release describing any tentative or final decision 
made by the full Committee or a Subcommittee on legislation 
under consideration shall be made available to each Member of 
the Committee as soon as possible, but no later than the next 
day. However, the legislative draft of any tentative or final 
decision of the full Committee or a Subcommittee shall not be 
publicly released until such draft is made available to each 
Member of the Committee.

                                E. STAFF


                Rule 24.--Supervision of Committee Staff

    The staff of the Committee shall be under the general 
supervision and direction of the Chairman of the full Committee 
except as provided in clause 9 of Rule X of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives concerning Committee expenses and 
staff.
    Pursuant to clause 6(d) of Rule X of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives, the Chairman of the full Committee, from 
the funds made available for the appointment of Committee staff 
pursuant to primary and additional expense resolutions, shall 
ensure that each Subcommittee receives sufficient staff 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.

 Rule 25.--Staff Honoraria, Speaking Engagements, and Unofficial Travel

    This rule shall apply to all majority and minority staff of 
the Committee and its Subcommittees.
    a. Honoraria.--Under no circumstances shall a staff person 
accept the offer of an honorarium. This prohibition includes 
the direction of an honorarium to a charity.
    b. Speaking Engagements and Unofficial Travel.--(1) Advance 
Approval Required.--In the case of all speaking engagements, 
fact-finding trips, and other unofficial travel, a staff person 
must receive approval by the full Committee Chairman (or, in 
the case of the minority staff, from the Ranking Minority 
Member) at least 7 calendar days prior to the event.
    (2) Request for Approval.--A request for approval must be 
submitted in writing to the full Committee Chairman (or, where 
appropriate, the Ranking Minority Member) in connection with 
each speaking engagement, fact-finding trip, or other 
unofficial travel. Such request must contain the following 
information:
          (a) the name of the sponsoring organization and a 
        general description of such organization (nonprofit 
        organization, trade association, etc.);
          (b) the nature of the event, including any relevant 
        information regarding attendees at such event;
          (c) in the case of a speaking engagement, the subject 
        of the speech and duration of staff travel, if any; and
          (d) in the case of a fact-finding trip or 
        international travel, a description of the proposed 
        itinerary and proposed agenda of substantive issues to 
        be discussed, as well as a justification of the 
        relevance and importance of the fact-finding trip or 
        international travel to the staff member's official 
        duties.
    (3) Reasonable Travel and Lodging Expenses.--After receipt 
of the advance approval described in (1) above, a staff person 
may accept reimbursement by an appropriate sponsoring 
organization of reasonable travel and lodging expenses 
associated with a speaking engagement, fact-finding trip, or 
international travel related to official duties, provided such 
reimbursement is consistent with the Rules of the House of 
Representatives. (In lieu of reimbursement after the event, 
expenses may be paid directly by an appropriate sponsoring 
organization.) The reasonable travel and lodging expenses of a 
spouse (but not children) may be reimbursed (or directly paid) 
by an appropriate sponsoring organization consistent with the 
Rules of the House of Representatives.
    (4) Trip Summary and Report.--In the case of any 
reimbursement or direct payment associated with a fact-finding 
trip or international travel, a staff person must submit, 
within 60 days after such trip, a report summarizing the trip 
and listing all expenses reimbursed or directly paid by the 
sponsoring organization. This information shall be submitted to 
the Chairman (or, in the case of the minority staff, to the 
Ranking Minority Member).
    c. Waiver.--The Chairman (or, where appropriate, the 
Ranking Minority Member) may waive the application of section 
(b) of this rule upon a showing of good cause.
      
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            PART II--PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE

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               Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

PETER HOEKSTRA, Michigan, Chairman

JANE HARMAN, California              RAY LaHOOD, Illinois
ALCEE L. HASTINGS, Florida           RANDY ``DUKE'' CUNNINGHAM,
SILVESTRE REYES, Texas                 California
LEONARD L. BOSWELL, Iowa             TERRY EVERETT, Alabama
ROBERT E. (BUD) CRAMER, Jr., Alabama ELTON GALLEGLY, California
ANNA G. ESHOO, California            HEATHER WILSON, New Mexico
RUSH D. HOLT, New Jersey             JO ANN DAVIS, Virginia
C.A. DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER, Maryland   MAC THORNBERRY, Texas
JOHN TIERNEY, Massachusetts          JOHN McHUGH, New York
                                     TODD TIAHRT, Kansas
                                     MIKE ROGERS, Michigan
                                     RICK RENZI, Arizona

                       (Adopted January 26, 2005)

                          Rule 1.--Meeting Day

    (a) Regular Meeting Day for the Full Committee.--
Generally.--The regular meeting day of the Committee for the 
transaction of Committee business shall be the first Wednesday 
of each month, unless otherwise directed by the Chairman.

                      Rule 2.--Notice for Meetings

    (a) Generally.--In the case of any meeting of the 
Committee, the Chief Clerk of the Committee shall provide 
reasonable notice to every Member of the Committee. Such notice 
shall provide the time and place of the meeting.
    (b) Definition.--For purposes of this rule, ``reasonable 
notice'' means:
          (1) written notification;
          (2) delivered by facsimile transmission or regular 
        mail, which is
                  (A) delivered no less than 24 hours prior to 
                the event for which notice is being given, if 
                the event is to be held in Washington, D.C.; or
                  (B) delivered no less than 48 hours prior to 
                the event for which notice is being given, if 
                the event is to be held outside Washington, 
                D.C.
    (c) Exception.--In extraordinary circumstances only, the 
Chairman may, after consulting with the Ranking Minority 
Member, call a meeting of the Committee without providing 
notice, as defined in subparagraph (b), to Members of the 
Committee.

              Rule 3.--Preparations for Committee Meetings

    (a) Generally.--Designated Committee Staff, as directed by 
the Chairman, shall brief Members of the Committee at a time 
sufficiently prior to any Committee meeting in order to:
          (1) assist Committee Members in preparation for such 
        meeting; and
          (2) determine which matters Members wish considered 
        during any meeting.
    (b) Briefing Materials.--(1) Such a briefing shall, at the 
request of a Member, include a list of all pertinent papers, 
and such other materials, that have been obtained by the 
Committee that bear on matters to be considered at the meeting; 
and
    (2) The staff director shall also recommend to the Chairman 
any testimony, papers, or other materials to be presented to 
the Committee at the meeting of the Committee.

                         Rule 4.--Open Meetings

    (a) Generally.--Pursuant to Rule XI of the House, but 
subject to the limitations of subsections (b) and (c), 
Committee meetings held for the transaction of business and 
Committee hearings shall be open to the public.
    (b) Meetings.--Any meetings or portion thereof, for the 
transaction of business, including the markup of legislation, 
or any hearing or portion thereof, shall be closed to the 
public, if the Committee determines by record vote in open 
session with a majority of the Committee present, that 
disclosure of the matters to be discussed may:
          (1) endanger national security;
          (2) compromise sensitive law enforcement information;
          (3) tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate any 
        person; or
          (4) otherwise violate any law or Rule of the House.
    (c) Hearings.--The Committee may vote to close a Committee 
hearing pursuant to House Rule X clause 11(d)(2), regardless of 
whether a majority is present, so long as at least two Members 
of the Committee are present, one of whom is a member of the 
Minority and votes upon the motion.
    (d) Briefings.--All Committee briefings shall be closed to 
the public.

                            Rule 5.--Quorum

    (a) Hearings.--For purposes of taking testimony, or 
receiving evidence, a quorum shall consist of two Committee 
Members.
    (b) Other Committee Proceedings.--For purposes of the 
transaction of all other Committee business, other than the 
consideration of a motion to close a hearing as described in 
rule 4(c), a quorum shall consist of a majority of Members.

              Rule 6.--Procedures for Amendments and Votes

    (a) Amendments.--When a bill or resolution is being 
considered by the Committee, members shall provide the Chief 
Clerk in a timely manner with a sufficient number of written 
copies of any amendment offered, so as to enable each member 
present to receive a copy thereof prior to taking action. A 
point of order may be made against any amendment not reduced to 
writing. A copy of each such amendment shall be maintained in 
the public records of the Committee.
    (b) Reporting Recorded Votes.--Whenever the Committee 
reports any measure or matter by record vote, the report of the 
Committee upon such measure or matter shall include a 
tabulation of the votes cast in favor of, and the votes cast in 
opposition to, such measure or matter.
    (c) Postponement of Further Proceedings.--In accordance 
with clause 2(h) of House Rule XI, the Chairman is authorized 
to postpone further proceedings when a record vote is ordered 
on the question of approving a measure or matter or adopting an 
amendment. The Chairman may resume proceedings on a postponed 
request at any time after reasonable notice. When proceedings 
resume on a postponed question, notwithstanding any intervening 
order for the previous question, an underlying proposition 
shall remain subject to further debate or amendment to the same 
extent as when the question was postponed.

                         Rule 7.--Subcommittees

    (a) Generally.--
          (1) Creation of subcommittees shall be by majority 
        vote of the Committee.
          (2) Subcommittees shall deal with such legislation 
        and oversight of programs and policies as the Committee 
        may direct.
          (3) Subcommittees shall be governed by these rules.
    For purposes of these rules, any reference herein to the 
``Committee'' shall be interpreted to include subcommittees, 
unless otherwise specifically provided.
    (b) Establishment of Subcommittees.--The Committee 
establishes the following subcommittees:
          (1) Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, 
        Analysis, and Counterintelligence;
          (2) Subcommittee on Technical and Tactical 
        Intelligence;
          (3) Subcommittee on Oversight; and,
          (4) Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy.
    For purposes of these rules, any reference herein to the 
``Committee'' shall be interpreted to include subcommittees, 
unless otherwise specifically provided.
    (c) Subcommittee Membership.--
          (1) Generally.--Each Member of the Committee may be 
        assigned to at least one of the four subcommittees.
          (2) Ex Officio Membership.--In the event that the 
        Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the full 
        Committee do not choose to sit as regular voting 
        members of one or more of the subcommittees, each is 
        authorized to sit as an ex officio Member of the 
        subcommittees and participate in the work of the 
        subcommittees. When sitting ex officio, however, they--
                  (A) shall not have a vote in the 
                subcommittee; and
                  (B) shall not be counted for purposes of 
                determining a quorum.
    (d) Regular Meeting Day for Subcommittees.--There is no 
regular meeting day for subcommittees.

     Rule 8.--Procedures for Taking Testimony or Receiving Evidence

    (a) Notice.--Adequate notice shall be given to all 
witnesses appearing before the Committee.
    (b) Oath or Affirmation.--The Chairman may require 
testimony of witnesses to be given under oath or affirmation.
    (c) Administration of Oath or Affirmation.--Upon the 
determination that a witness shall testify under oath or 
affirmation, any Member of the Committee designated by the 
Chairman may administer the oath or affirmation.
    (d) Questioning of Witnesses.--
          (1) Generally.--Questioning of witnesses before the 
        Committee shall be conducted by Members of the 
        Committee.
          (2) Exceptions.--
                  (A) The Chairman, in consultation with the 
                Ranking Minority Member, may determine that 
                Committee Staff will be authorized to question 
                witnesses at a hearing in accordance with 
                clause (2)(j) of House Rule XI.
                  (B) The Chairman and Ranking Minority Member 
                are each authorized to designate Committee 
                Staff to conduct such questioning.
    (e) Counsel for the Witness.--
          (1) Generally.--Witnesses before the Committee may be 
        accompanied by counsel, subject to the requirements of 
        paragraph (2).
          (2) Counsel Clearances Required.--In the event that a 
        meeting of the Committee has been closed because the 
        subject to be discussed deals with classified 
        information, counsel accompanying a witness before the 
        Committee must possess the requisite security clearance 
        and provide proof of such clearance to the Committee at 
        least 24 hours prior to the meeting at which the 
        counsel intends to be present.
          (3) Failure To Obtain Counsel.--Any witness who is 
        unable to obtain counsel should notify the Committee. 
        If such notification occurs at least 24 hours prior to 
        the witness's appearance before the Committee, the 
        Committee shall then endeavor to obtain voluntary 
        counsel for the witness. Failure to obtain counsel, 
        however, will not excuse the witness from appearing and 
        testifying.
          (4) Conduct of Counsel for Witnesses.--Counsel for 
        witnesses appearing before the Committee shall conduct 
        themselves ethically and professionally at all times in 
        their dealings with the Committee.
                  (A) A majority of Members of the Committee 
                may, should circumstances warrant, find that 
                counsel for a witness before the Committee 
                failed to conduct himself or herself in an 
                ethical or professional manner.
                  (B) Upon such finding, counsel may be subject 
                to appropriate disciplinary action.
          (5) Temporary Removal of Counsel.--The Chairman may 
        remove counsel during any proceeding before the 
        Committee for failure to act in an ethical and 
        professional manner.
          (6) Committee Reversal.--A majority of the Members of 
        the Committee may vote to overturn the decision of the 
        Chairman to remove counsel for a witness.
          (7) Role of Counsel for Witness.--
                  (A) Counsel for a witness:
                          (i) shall not be allowed to examine 
                        witnesses before the Committee, either 
                        directly or through cross-examination; 
                        but
                          (ii) may submit questions in writing 
                        to the Committee that counsel wishes 
                        propounded to a witness; or
                          (iii) may suggest, in writing to the 
                        Committee, the presentation of other 
                        evidence or the calling of other 
                        witnesses.
                  (B) The Committee may make such use of any 
                such questions, or suggestions, as the 
                Committee deems appropriate.
    (f) Statements by Witnesses.--
          (1) Generally.--A witness may make a statement, which 
        shall be brief and relevant, at the beginning and at 
        the conclusion of the witness's testimony.
          (2) Length.--Each such statement shall not exceed 
        five minutes in length, unless otherwise determined by 
        the Chairman.
          (3) Submission to the Committee.--Any witness 
        desiring to submit a written statement for the record 
        of the proceeding shall submit a copy of the statement 
        to the Chief Clerk of the Committee.
                  (A) Such statements shall ordinarily be 
                submitted no less than 48 hours in advance of 
                the witness's appearance before the Committee 
                and shall be submitted in written and 
                electronic format.
                  (B) In the event that the hearing was called 
                with less than 24 hours notice, written 
                statements should be submitted as soon as 
                practicable prior to the hearing.
    (g) Objections and Ruling.--
          (1) Generally.--Any objection raised by a witness, or 
        counsel for the witness, shall be ruled upon by the 
        Chairman, and such ruling shall be the ruling of the 
        Committee.
          (2) Committee Action.--A ruling by the Chairman may 
        be overturned upon a majority vote of the Committee.
    (h) Transcripts.--
          (1) Transcript Required.--A transcript shall be made 
        of the testimony of each witness appearing before the 
        Committee during any hearing of the Committee.
          (2) Opportunity To Inspect.--Any witness testifying 
        before the Committee shall be given a reasonable 
        opportunity to inspect the transcript of the hearing, 
        and may be accompanied by counsel to determine whether 
        such testimony was correctly transcribed. Such counsel:
                  (A) shall have the appropriate clearance 
                necessary to review any classified aspect of 
                the transcript; and
                  (B) should, to the extent possible, be the 
                same counsel that was present for such 
                classified testimony.
          (3) Corrections.--
                  (A) Pursuant to Rule XI of the House Rules, 
                any corrections the witness desires to make in 
                a transcript shall be limited to technical, 
                grammatical, and typographical corrections.
                  (B) Corrections may not be made to change the 
                substance of the Testimony.
                  (C) Such corrections shall be submitted in 
                writing to the Committee within 7 days after 
                the transcript is made available to the 
                witnesses.
                  (D) Any questions arising with respect to 
                such corrections shall be decided by the 
                Chairman.
          (4) Copy for the Witness.--At the request of the 
        witness, any portion of the witness's testimony given 
        in executive session shall be made available to that 
        witness if that testimony is subsequently quoted or 
        intended to be made part of a public record. Such 
        testimony shall be made available to the witness at the 
        witness's expense.
    (i) Requests to Testify.--
          (1) Generally.--The Committee will consider requests 
        to testify on any matter or measure pending before the 
        Committee.
          (2) Recommendations for Additional Evidence.--Any 
        person who believes that testimony, other evidence, or 
        commentary, presented at a public hearing may tend to 
        affect adversely that person's reputation may submit to 
        the Committee, in writing:
                  (A) a request to appear personally before the 
                Committee;
                  (B) A sworn statement of facts relevant to 
                the testimony, evidence, or commentary; or
                  (C) proposed questions for the cross-
                examination of other witnesses.
          (3) Committees Discretion.--The Committee may take 
        those actions it deems appropriate with respect to such 
        requests.
    (j) Contempt Procedures.--Citations for contempt of 
Congress shall be forwarded to the House only if:
          (1) reasonable notice is provided to all Members of 
        the Committee of a meeting to be held to consider any 
        such contempt recommendations;
          (2) the Committee has met and considered the contempt 
        allegations;
          (3) The subject of the allegations was afforded an 
        opportunity to state either in writing or in person, 
        why he or she should not be held in contempt; and
          (4) the Committee agreed by majority vote to forward 
        the citation recommendations to the House.
    (k) Release of Name of Witness.--
          (1) Generally.--At the request of a witnesses 
        scheduled to be heard by the Committee, the name of 
        that witness shall not be released publicly prior to, 
        or after, the witness' appearance before the Committee.
          (2) Exceptions.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the 
        chairman may authorize the release to the public of the 
        name of any witness scheduled to appear before the 
        Committee.

                        Rule 9.--Investigations

    (a) Commencing Investigations.--The Committee shall conduct 
investigations only if approved by the Chairman, in 
consultation with the Ranking Minority Member.
    (b) Conducting Investigation.--An authorized investigation 
may be conducted by Members of the Committee or Committee Staff 
members designated by the Chairman, in consultation with the 
Ranking Minority Member, to undertake any such investigation.

                          Rule 10.--Subpoenas

    (a) Generally.--All subpoenas shall be authorized by the 
Chairman of the full Committee, upon consultation with the 
Ranking Minority member, or by vote of the Committee.
    (b) Subpoena Contents.--Any subpoena authorized by the 
Chairman of the full Committee, or the Committee, may compel:
          (1) the attendance of witnesses and testimony before 
        the Committee, or
          (2) the production of memoranda, documents, records, 
        or any other tangible item.
    (c) Signing of Subpoena.--A subpoena authorized by the 
Chairman of the full Committee, or the Committee, may be signed 
by the Chairman, or by any Member of the Committee designated 
to do so by the Committee.
    (d) Subpoena Service.--A subpoena authorized by the 
Chairman of the full Committee, or the Committee, may be served 
by any person designated to do so by the Chairman.
    (e) Other Requirements.--Each subpoena shall have attached 
thereto a copy of these rules.

                       Rule 11.--Committee Staff

    (a) Definition.--For the purpose of these rules, 
``Committee Staff'' or ``staff of the Committee'' means:
          1. employees of the Committee;
          2. consultants to the Committee;
          3. employees of other Government agencies detailed to 
        the Committee; or
          4. any other person engaged by contract, or 
        otherwise, to perform services for, or at the request 
        of, the Committee.
    (b) Appointment of Committee Staff and Security 
Requirements.--(1) Chairman's Authority.--Except as provided in 
paragraph (2), the Committee staff shall be appointed, and may 
be removed, by the Chairman and shall work under the general 
supervision and direction of the Chairman.
    (2) Staff Assistance to Minority Membership.--Except as 
provided in paragraphs (3) and (4) and except as otherwise 
provided by Committee Rules, the Committee staff provided to 
the minority party members of the Committee shall be appointed, 
and may be removed, by the ranking minority member of the 
Committee, and shall work under the general supervision and 
direction of such member.
    (3) Security Clearance Required.--All offers of employment 
for prospective Committee Staff positions shall be contingent 
upon: (A) the results of a background investigation; and (B) a 
determination by the Chairman that requirements for the 
appropriate security clearances have been met.
    (4) Security Requirements.--Notwithstanding paragraph (2), 
the Chairman shall supervise and direct the Committee staff 
with respect to the security and nondisclosure of classified 
information. Committee Staff shall comply with requirements 
necessary to ensure the security and nondisclosure of 
classified information as determined by the Chairman in 
consultation with the ranking minority member.

   Rule 12.--Limit on Discussion of Classified Work of the Committee

    (a) Prohibition.--
          (1) Generally.--Except as otherwise provided by these 
        rules and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 
        Members and Committee staff shall not at any time, 
        either during that person's tenure as a Member of the 
        Committee or as Committee Staff, or anytime thereafter, 
        discuss or disclose, or cause to be discussed or 
        disclosed:
                  (A) the classified substance of the work of 
                the Committee;
                  (B) any information received by the Committee 
                in executive session;
                  (C) any classified information received by 
                the Committee from any source; or
                  (D) the substance of any hearing that was 
                closed to the public pursuant to these rules or 
                the Rules of the House.
          (2) Non-Disclosure in Proceedings.--
                  (A) Members of the Committee and the 
                Committee Staff shall not discuss either the 
                substance or procedure of the work of the 
                Committee with any person not a Member of the 
                Committee or the Committee Staff in connection 
                with any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, 
                either during the person's tenure as a Member 
                of the Committee, or of the Committee Staff, or 
                at any time thereafter, except as directed by 
                the Committee in accordance with the Rules of 
                the House and these rules.
                  (B) In the event of the termination of the 
                Committee, Members and Committee Staff shall be 
                governed in these matters in a manner 
                determined by the House concerning discussions 
                of the classified work of the Committee.
          (3) Exceptions.--
                  (A) Notwithstanding the provisions of 
                subsection (a)(1), Members of the Committee and 
                the Committee Staff may discuss and disclose 
                those matters described in subsection (a)(1) 
                with--
                          (i) Members and staff of the Senate 
                        Select Committee on Intelligence 
                        designated by the chairman of that 
                        committee;
                          (ii) the chairmen and ranking 
                        minority members of the House and 
                        Senate Committees on Appropriations and 
                        staff of those committees designated by 
                        the chairmen of those committees; and
                          (iii) the chairman and ranking 
                        minority member of the Subcommittee on 
                        Defense of the House Committee on 
                        Appropriations and staff of that 
                        subcommittee as designated by the 
                        chairman of that subcommittee.
                  (B) Notwithstanding the provisions of 
                subsection (a)(1), Members of the Committee and 
                the Committee Staff may discuss and disclose 
                only that budget-related information necessary 
                to facilitate the enactment of the annual 
                defense authorization bill with the chairmen 
                and ranking minority members of the House and 
                Senate Committees on Armed Services and the 
                staff of those committees designated by the 
                chairmen of those committees.
                  (C) Notwithstanding the provisions of 
                subsection (a)(1), Members of the Committee and 
                the Committee staff may discuss with and 
                disclose to the chairman and ranking minority 
                member of a subcommittee of the House 
                Appropriations Committee with jurisdiction over 
                an agency or program within the National 
                Foreign Intelligence Program (NFIP), and staff 
                of that subcommittee as designated by the 
                chairman of that subcommittee, only that 
                budget-related information necessary to 
                facilitate the enactment of an appropriations 
                bill within which is included an appropriation 
                for an agency or program within the NFIP.
                  (D) The Chairman may, in consultation with 
                the Ranking Minority Member, upon the written 
                request to the Chairman from the Inspector 
                General of an element of the Intelligence 
                Community, grant access to Committee 
                transcripts or documents that are relevant to 
                an investigation of an allegation of possible 
                false testimony or other inappropriate conduct 
                before the Committee, or that are otherwise 
                relevant to the Inspector General's 
                investigation.
                  (E) Upon the written request of the head of 
                an Intelligence Community element, the Chairman 
                may, in consultation with the Ranking Minority 
                Member, make available Committee briefing or 
                hearing transcripts to that element for review 
                by that element if a representative of that 
                element testified, presented information to the 
                Committee, or was present at the briefing or 
                hearing the transcript of which is requested 
                for review.
                  (F) Members and Committee Staff may discuss 
                and disclose such matters as otherwise directed 
                by the Committee.
    (b) Non-Disclosure Agreement.--
          (1) Generally.--All Committee Staff must, before 
        joining the Committee, agree in writing, as a condition 
        of employment, not to divulge or cause to be divulged 
        any classified information which comes into such 
        person's possession while a member of the Committee 
        Staff, to any person not a Member of the Committee or 
        the Committee Staff, except as authorized by the 
        Committee in accordance with the Rules of the House and 
        these rules.
          (2) Other Requirements.--In the event of the 
        termination of the Committee, Members and Committee 
        Staff must follow any determination by the House of 
        Representatives with respect to the protection of 
        classified information received while a Member of the 
        Committee or as Committee Staff.
          (3) Requests for Testimony of Staff.--
                  (A) All Committee Staff must, as a condition 
                of employment, agree in writing to notify the 
                Committee immediately of any request for 
                testimony received while a member of the 
                Committee Staff, or at any time thereafter, 
                concerning any classified information received 
                by such person while a member of the Committee 
                Staff.
                  (B) Committee Staff shall not disclose, in 
                response to any such request for testimony, any 
                such classified information, except as 
                authorized by the Committee in accordance with 
                the Rules of the House and these rules.
                  (C) In the event of the termination of the 
                Committee, Committee Staff will be subject to 
                any determination made by the House of 
                Representatives with respect to any requests 
                for testimony involving classified information 
                received while a member of the Committee Staff.

                     Rule 13.--Classified Material

    (a) Receipt of Classified Information.--
          (1) Generally.--In the case of any information that 
        has been classified under established security 
        procedures and submitted to the Committee by any 
        source, the Committee shall receive such classified 
        information as executive session material.
          (2) Staff Receipt of Classified Materials.--For 
        purposes of receiving classified information, the 
        Committee Staff is authorized to accept information on 
        behalf of the Committee.
    (b) Non-Disclosure of Classified Information.--Generally.--
Any classified information received by the Committee, from any 
source, shall not be disclosed to any person not a Member of 
the Committee or the Committee Staff, or otherwise released, 
except as authorized by the Committee in accord with the Rules 
of the House and these rules.

   Rule 14.--Procedures Related to Handling of Classified Information

    (a) Security Measures.--
          (1) Strict Security.--The Committee's offices shall 
        operate under strict security procedures administered 
        by the Director of Security and Registry of the 
        Committee under the direct supervision of the staff 
        director.
          (2) U.S. Capitol Police Presence Required.--At least 
        one U.S. Capitol Police officer shall be on duty at all 
        times outside the entrance to Committee offices to 
        control entry of all persons to such offices.
          (3) Identification Required.--Before entering the 
        Committee's offices all persons shall identify 
        themselves to the U.S. Capitol Police officer described 
        in paragraph (2) and to a Member of the Committee or 
        Committee Staff.
          (4) Maintenance of Classified Materials.--Classified 
        documents shall be segregated and maintained in 
        approved security storage locations.
          (5) Examination of Classified Materials.--Classified 
        documents in the Committee's possession shall be 
        examined in an appropriately secure manner.
          (6) Prohibition on Removal of Classified Materials.--
        Removal of any classified document from the Committee's 
        offices is strictly prohibited, except as provided by 
        these rules.
          (7) Exception.--Notwithstanding the prohibition set 
        forth in paragraph (6), a classified document, or copy 
        thereof, may be removed from the Committee's offices in 
        furtherance of official Committee business. Appropriate 
        security procedures shall govern the handling of any 
        classified documents removed from the Committee's 
        offices.
    (b) Access to Classified Information by Member.--All 
Members of the Committee shall at all times have access to all 
classified papers and other material received by the Committee 
from any source.
    (c) Need-to-know.--
          (1) Generally.--Committee Staff shall have access to 
        any classified information provided to the Committee on 
        a strict ``need-to-know'' basis, as determined by the 
        Committee, and under the Committee's direction by the 
        staff director.
          (2) Appropriate Clearances Required.--Committee Staff 
        must have the appropriate clearances prior to any 
        access to compartmented information.
    (d) Oath.--
          (1) Requirement.--Before any Member of the Committee, 
        or the Committee Staff, shall have access to classified 
        information, the following oath shall be executed:

        I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will not 
        disclose or cause to be disclosed any classified 
        information received in the course of my service on the 
        House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 
        except when authorized to do so by the Committee or the 
        House of Representatives.

          (2) Copy.--A copy of such executed oath shall be 
        retained in the files of the Committee.
    (e) Registry.--
          (1) Generally.--The Committee shall maintain a 
        registry that:
                  (A) provides a brief description of the 
                content of all classified documents provided to 
                the Committee by the executive branch that 
                remain in the possession of the Committee; and
                  (B) lists by number all such documents.
          (2) Designation by the Staff Director.--The staff 
        director shall designate a member of the Committee 
        Staff to be responsible for the organization and daily 
        maintenance of such registry.
          (3) Availability.--Such registry shall be available 
        to all Members of the Committee and Committee Staff.
    (f) Requests by Members of Other Committees.--Pursuant to 
the Rules of the House, Members who are not Members of the 
Committee may be granted access to such classified transcripts, 
records, data, charts, or files of the Committee, and be 
admitted on a non-participatory basis to classified hearings of 
the Committee involving discussions of classified material in 
the following manner:
          (1) Written Notification Required.--Members who 
        desire to examine classified materials in the 
        possession of the Committee, or to attend Committee 
        hearings or briefings on a non-participatory basis, 
        must notify the Chief Clerk of the Committee in 
        writing.
          (2) Committee Consideration.--The Committee shall 
        consider each such request by non-Committee Members at 
        the earliest practicable opportunity. The Committee 
        shall determine, by roll call vote, what action it 
        deems appropriate in light of all of the circumstances 
        of each request. In its determination, the Committee 
        shall consider:
                  (A) the sensitivity to the national defense 
                or the confidential conduct of the foreign 
                relations of the United States of the 
                information sought;
                  (B) the likelihood of its being directly or 
                indirectly disclosed;
                  (C) the jurisdictional interest of the Member 
                making the request; and (D) such other 
                concerns, constitutional or otherwise, as may 
                affect the public interest of the United 
                States.
          (3) Committee Action.--After consideration of the 
        Member's request, the Committee may take any action it 
        may deem appropriate under the circumstances, including 
        but not limited to:
                  (A) approving the request, in whole or part;
                  (B) denying the request; or
                  (C) providing the requested information or 
                material in a different form than that sought 
                by the Member.
          (4) Requirements for Access by Non-Committee 
        Members.--Prior to a non-Committee Member being given 
        access to classified information pursuant to this 
        subsection, the requesting Member shall--
                  (A) provide the Committee a copy of the oath 
                executed by such Member pursuant to House Rule 
                XXIII, clause 13; and
                  (B) agree in writing not to divulge any 
                classified information provided to the Member 
                pursuant to this subsection to any person not a 
                Member of the Committee or the Committee Staff, 
                except as otherwise authorized by the Committee 
                in accordance with the Rules of the House and 
                these rules.
          (5) Consultation Authorized.--When considering a 
        Member's request, the Committee may consult the 
        Director of National Intelligence and such other 
        officials it considers necessary.
          (6) Finality of Committee Decision.--(A) Should the 
        Member making such a request disagree with the 
        Committee's determination with respect to that request, 
        or any part thereof, that Member must notify the 
        Committee in writing of such disagreement.
          (B) The Committee shall subsequently consider the 
        matter and decide, by record vote, what further action 
        or recommendation, if any, the Committee will take.
    (g) Advising the House or Other Committees.--Pursuant to 
Section 501 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
Sec. 413), and to the Rules of the House, the Committee shall 
call to the attention of the House, or to any other appropriate 
committee of the House, those matters requiring the attention 
of the House, or such other committee, on the basis of the 
following provisions:
          (1) By Request of Committee Member.--At the request 
        of any Member of the Committee to call to the attention 
        of the House, or any other committee, executive session 
        material in the Committee's possession, the Committee 
        shall meet at the earliest practicable opportunity to 
        consider that request.
          (2) Committee Consideration of Request.--The 
        Committee shall consider the following factors, among 
        any others it deems appropriate:
                  (A) the effect of the matter in question on 
                the national defense or the foreign relations 
                of the United States;
                  (B) whether the matter in question involves 
                sensitive intelligence sources and methods;
                  (C) whether the matter in question otherwise 
                raises questions affecting the national 
                interest; and
                  (D) whether the matter in question affects 
                matters within the jurisdiction of another 
                Committee of the House.
          (3) Views of Other Committees.--In examining such 
        factors, the Committee may seek the opinion of Members 
        of the Committee appointed from standing committees of 
        the House with jurisdiction over the matter in 
        question, or submissions from such other committees.
          (4) Other Advice.--The Committee may, during its 
        deliberations on such requests, seek the advice of any 
        executive branch official.
    (h) Reasonable Opportunity To Examine Materials.--Before 
the Committee makes any decision regarding any request for 
access to any classified information in its possession, or a 
proposal to bring any matter to the attention of the House or 
another committee, Members of the Committee shall have a 
reasonable opportunity to examine all pertinent testimony, 
documents, or other materials in the Committee's possession 
that may inform their decision on the question.
    (i) Notification to the House.--The Committee may bring a 
matter to the attention of the House when, after consideration 
of the factors set forth in this rule, it considers the matter 
in question so grave that it requires the attention of all 
Members of the House, and time is of the essence, or for any 
reason the Committee finds compelling.
    (j) Method of Disclosure to the House.--
          (1) Should the Committee decide by rollcall vote that 
        a matter requires the attention of the House as 
        described in subsection (i), it shall make arrangements 
        to notify the House promptly.
          (2) In such cases, the Committee shall consider 
        whether:
                  (A) to request an immediate secret session of 
                the House (with time equally divided between 
                the Majority and the Minority); or
                  (B) to publicly disclose the matter in 
                question pursuant to clause 11(g) of House Rule 
                X.
    (k) Requirement To Protect Sources and Methods.--In 
bringing a matter to the attention of the House, or another 
committee, the Committee, with due regard for the protection of 
intelligence sources and methods, shall take all necessary 
steps to safeguard materials or information relating to the 
matter in question.
    (l) Availability of Information to Other Committees.--The 
Committee, having determined that a matter shall be brought to 
the attention of another committee, shall ensure that such 
matter, including all classified information related to that 
matter, is promptly made available to the chairman and ranking 
minority member of such other committee.
    (m) Provision of Materials.--The Director of Security and 
Registry for the Committee shall provide a copy of these rules, 
and the applicable portions of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives governing the handling of classified 
information, along with those materials determined by the 
Committee to be made available to such other committee of the 
House or Member (not a Member of the Committee).
    (n) Ensuring Clearances and Secure Storage.--The Director 
of Security and Registry shall ensure that such other committee 
or Member (not a Member of the Committee) receiving such 
classified materials may properly store classified materials in 
a manner consistent with all governing rules, regulations, 
policies, procedures, and statutes.
    (o) Log.--The Director of Security and Registry for the 
Committee shall maintain a written record identifying the 
particular classified document or material provided to such 
other committee or Member (not a Member of the Committee), the 
reasons agreed upon by the Committee for approving such 
transmission, and the name of the committee or Member (not a 
Member of the Committee) receiving such document or material.
    (p) Miscellaneous Requirements.--
          (1) Staff Director's Additional Authority.--The staff 
        director is further empowered to provide for such 
        additional measures, which he or she deems necessary, 
        to protect such classified information authorized by 
        the Committee to be provided to such other committee or 
        Member (not a Member of the Committee).
          (2) Notice to Originating Agency.--In the event that 
        the Committee authorizes the disclosure of classified 
        information provided to the Committee by an agency of 
        the executive branch to a Member (not a Member of the 
        Committee) or to another committee, the Chairman may 
        notify the providing agency of the Committee's action 
        prior to the transmission of such classified 
        information.

                     Rule 15.--Legislative Calendar

    (a) Generally.--The Chief Clerk, under the direction of the 
staff director, shall maintain a printed calendar that lists:
          (1) the legislative measures introduced and referred 
        to the Committee;
          (2) the status of such measures; and
          (3) such other matters that the Committee may 
        require.
    (b) Revisions to the Calendar.--The calendar shall be 
revised from time to time to show pertinent changes.
    (c) Availability.--A copy of each such revision shall be 
furnished to each Member, upon request.
    (d) Consultation With Appropriate Government Entities.--
Unless otherwise directed by the Committee, legislative 
measures referred to the Committee may be referred by the Chief 
Clerk to the appropriate department or agency of the Government 
for reports thereon.

                 Rule 16.--Motions To Go to Conference

    In accordance with clause 2(a) of House Rule XI, the 
Chairman is authorized and directed to offer a privileged 
motion to go to conference under clause 1 of House Rule XXII 
whenever the Chairman considers it appropriate.

                       Rule 17.--Committee Travel

    (a) Authority.--The Chairman may authorize Members and 
Committee Staff to travel on Committee business.
    (b) Requests.--
          (1) Member Requests.--Members requesting 
        authorization for such travel shall state the purpose 
        and length of the trip, and shall submit such request 
        directly to the Chairman.
          (2) Committee Staff Requests.--Committee Staff 
        requesting authorization for such travel shall state 
        the purpose and length of the trip, and shall submit 
        such request through their supervisors to the staff 
        director and the Chairman.
    (c) Notification to Members.--
          (1) Generally.--Members shall be notified of all 
        foreign travel of Committee Staff not accompanying a 
        Member.
          (2) Content.--All Members are to be advised, prior to 
        the commencement of such travel, of its length, nature, 
        and purpose.
    (d) Trip Reports.--
          (1) Generally.--A full report of all issues discussed 
        during any travel shall be submitted to the Chief Clerk 
        of the Committee within a reasonable period of time 
        following the completion of such trip.
          (2) Availability of Reports.--Such report shall be:
                  (A) available for the review of any Member or 
                Committee Staff; and
                  (B) considered executive session material for 
                purposes of these rules.
    (e) Limitations on Travel.--
          (1) Generally.--The Chairman is not authorized to 
        permit travel on Committee business of Committee Staff 
        who have not satisfied the requirements of subsection 
        (d) of this rule.
          (2) Exception.--The Chairman may authorize Committee 
        Staff to travel on Committee business, notwithstanding 
        the requirements of subsections (d) and (e) of this 
        rule--
                  (A) at the specific request of a Member of 
                the Committee; or
                  (B) in the event there are circumstances 
                beyond the control of the Committee Staff 
                hindering compliance with such requirements.
    (f) Definitions.--For purposes of this rule the term 
``reasonable period of time'' means:
          (1) no later than 60 days after returning from a 
        foreign trip; and
          (2) no later than 30 days after returning from a 
        domestic trip.

                     Rule 18.--Disciplinary Actions

    (a) Generally.--The Committee shall immediately consider 
whether disciplinary action shall be taken in the case of any 
member of the Committee Staff alleged to have failed to conform 
to any rule of the House of Representatives or to these rules.
    (b) Exception.--In the event the House of Representatives 
is:
          (1) in a recess period in excess of 3 days; or
          (2) has adjourned sine die; the Chairman of the full 
        Committee, in consultation with the Ranking Minority 
        Member, may take such immediate disciplinary actions 
        deemed necessary.
    (c) Available Actions.--Such disciplinary action may 
include immediate dismissal from the Committee Staff.
    (d) Notice to Members.--All Members shall be notified as 
soon as practicable, either by facsimile transmission or 
regular mail, of any disciplinary action taken by the Chairman 
pursuant to subsection (b).
    (e) Reconsideration of Chairman's Actions.--A majority of 
the Members of the full Committee may vote to overturn the 
decision of the Chairman to take disciplinary action pursuant 
to subsection (b).

               Rule 19.--Broadcasting Committee Meetings

    Whenever any hearing or meeting conducted by the Committee 
is open to the public, a majority of the Committee may permit 
that hearing or meeting to be covered, in whole or in part, by 
television broadcast, radio broadcast, and still photography, 
or by any of such methods of coverage, subject to the 
provisions and in accordance with the spirit of the purposes 
enumerated in the Rules of the House.

    Rule 20.--Committee Records Transferred to the National Archives

    (a) Generally.--The records of the Committee at the 
National Archives and Records Administration shall be made 
available for public use in accordance with the Rules of the 
House of Representatives.
    (b) Notice of Withholding.--The Chairman shall notify the 
Ranking Minority Member of any decision, pursuant to the Rules 
of the House of Representatives, to withhold a record otherwise 
available, and the matter shall be presented to the full 
Committee for a determination of the question of public 
availability on the written request of any Member of the 
Committee.

                       Rule 21.--Changes in Rules

    (a) Generally.--These rules may be modified, amended, or 
repealed by vote of the full Committee.
    (b) Notice of Proposed Changes.--A notice, in writing, of 
the proposed change shall be given to each Member at least 48 
hours prior to any meeting at which action on the proposed rule 
change is to be taken.
      
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                PART III--CONGRESSIONAL JOINT COMMITTEES

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                        Joint Economic Committee

 JIM SAXTON, Representative from 
       New Jersey, Chairman
 ROBERT F. BENNETT, Senator from 
          Utah, Chairman

              SENATE                                HOUSE
ROBERT F. BENNETT, Utah              PAUL RYAN, Wisconsin
  Vice Chairman                      PHIL ENGLISH, Pennsylvania
SAM BROWNBACK, Kansas                RON PAUL, Texas
JOHN SUNUNU, New Hampshire           KEVIN BRADY, Texas
JIM DeMINT, South Carolina           THADDEUS G. McCOTTER, Michigan
JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama               CAROLYN B. MALONEY, New York
JOHN CORNYN, Texas                   MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York
JACK REED, Rhode Island,             LORETTA SANCHEZ, California
  Ranking Member                     ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland
EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts
PAUL SARBANES, Maryland
JEFF BINGAMAN, New Mexico

                        (Adopted March 7, 2005)

    Rule 1. The Rules of the Senate and House, insofar as they 
are applicable, shall govern the committee and its 
subcommittees. The rules of the Committee, insofar as they are 
applicable, shall be the rules of any subcommittee of the 
Committee.
    Rule 2. The meetings of the Committee shall be held at such 
times and in such places as the Chairman may designate, or at 
such times as a quorum of the Committee may request in writing, 
with adequate advance notice provided to all members of the 
Committee. Subcommittee meetings shall not be held when the 
full Committee is meeting. Where there rules require a vote of 
the members of the Committee, polling of members either in 
writing or by telephone shall not be permitted to substitute 
for a vote taken at a Committee meeting, unless the Ranking 
Minority Member assents to a waiver of this requirement.
    Rule 3. Ten members of the Committee shall constitute a 
quorum. A majority of the members of a subcommittee shall 
constitute a quorum of such subcommittee.
    Rule 4. Written or telegraphic proxies of Committee members 
will be received and recorded on any vote taken by the 
Committee, except at the organization meeting at the beginning 
of each Congress, or for the purpose of creating a quorum.
    Rule 5. The Chairman may name standing or special 
subcommittees. Any member of the Committee shall have the 
privilege of sitting with any subcommittee during its hearings 
or deliberations, but no such member who is not a member of the 
subcommittee shall vote on any matter before such subcommittee.
    Rule 6. The chairmanship and vice chairmanship of the 
Committee shall alternate between the House and Senate by 
Congresses. The senior member of the minority party in the 
House of Congress opposite to that of the Chairman shall be the 
Ranking Minority Member of the Committee. In the event the 
House and Senate are under different party control, the 
Chairman and Vice Chairman shall represent the majority party 
in the respective Houses.
    Rule 7. Questions as to the order of business and the 
procedure of the Committee shall in the first instance be 
decided by the Chairman, subject always to an appeal to the 
Committee.
    Rule 8. All hearings conducted by the Committee or its 
subcommittees shall be open to the public except where the 
Committee or subcommittee, as the case may be, by a majority 
vote orders an executive session. Whenever possible, all public 
hearings shall include some sessions held on the Senate side 
and some of the House side. House and Senate members shall 
alternate in order of seating and interrogation.
    Rule 9. So far as practicable all witnesses appearing 
before the Committee shall file advance written statements of 
their proposed testimony, and their oral testimony shall be 
limited to brief summaries. Brief insertions of additional 
germane material will be received for the record, subject to 
the approval of the Chairman.
    Rule 10. An accurate stenographic record shall be kept of 
all testimony and each witness provided with a copy thereof. 
Witnesses may make changes in testimony for the purpose of 
correcting grammatical errors, obvious errors of fact, and 
errors of transcription. Brief supplemental materials when 
required to clarify the transcript may be inserted in the 
record subject to the approval of the Chairman. Witnesses shall 
be allowed 3 days within which to correct and return the 
transcript of their testimony. If not so returned, the clerk 
may close the record whenever necessary.
    Rule 11. Each member of the Committee shall be provided 
with a copy of the hearings transcript for the purpose of 
correcting errors of transcription and grammar, and clarifying 
questions or remarks. If another person is authorized by a 
Committee member to make his corrections, the clerk shall be so 
notified.
    Members who have received unanimous consent to submit 
written questions to witnesses shall be allowed 2 days within 
which to submit these to the executive director for 
transmission to the witnesses. The record may be held open for 
a period not to exceed 1 week awaiting responses by witnesses.
    Rule 12. Testimony received in executive hearings shall not 
be released or included in any report without the approval of a 
majority of the Committee.
    Rule 13. The Chairman shall provide adequate time for 
questioning of witnesses by all members, and the rule of 
germaneness shall be enforced in all hearings.
    Rule 14. None of the hearings of the Committee shall be 
telecast or broadcast, whether directly or through such devices 
as recordings, tapes, motion pictures, or other mechanical 
means, if in conflict with a rule or practice of the House on 
the side of the Capitol where hearings are being held. If no 
general rule or practice prevails in regard to such telecasts 
or broadcasts, none of the hearings of the Committee shall be 
telecast or broadcast unless approved by a majority of the 
members of the Committee.
    Telecasts or broadcasts of any such portion of hearings of 
the Committee as may include testimony of a witness, shall not 
be authorized if such witness objects to such telecast or 
broadcast: Provided, That such witness shall be afforded the 
opportunity to make such objection, if any, to the Committee at 
a time when the proceedings are not being telecast or 
broadcast.
    Rule 15. No Committee report shall be made public or 
transmitted to the Congress without the approval of a majority 
of the Committee except that when the Congress has adjourned, 
subcommittees may by majority vote and with the express 
permission of the full Committee submit reports to the full 
Committee and simultaneously release same to the public: 
Provided, That any member of the Committee may make a report 
supplementary to or dissenting from the majority report. Such 
supplementary or dissenting reports should be as brief as 
possible. Factual reports by the Committee staff may be printed 
for the distribution to Committee members and the public only 
upon authorization of the Chairman of the full Committee either 
with the approval of a majority of the Committee or with the 
consent of the Ranking Minority Member.
    Rule 16. No summary of a Committee report, prediction of 
the contents of a report, or statement of conclusions 
concerning any investigation shall be made by a member of the 
Committee or of the Committee staff prior to the issuance of a 
report of the Committee.
    Rule 17. There shall be kept a complete record of all 
Committee proceedings and actions. The clerk of the Committee, 
or a designated member of the Committee staff, shall act as 
recording secretary of all proceedings before the Committee and 
shall prepare and circulate to all members of the Committee the 
minutes of such proceedings. Minutes circulated will be 
considered approved unless objection is registered prior to the 
next Committee meeting. The records of the Committee shall be 
open to all members of the Committee.
    Rule 18. The Committee shall have a professional and 
clerical staff under the supervision of an executive director. 
The Committee shall appoint and remove the executive director 
with the approval of not less than 10 members of the Committee. 
Staff operating procedures shall be determined by the executive 
director, with the approval of the Chairman of the Committee, 
and after notification to the Ranking Minority Member with 
respect to basic revisions. The executive director under the 
general supervision of the Chairman is authorized to deal 
directly with agencies of the Government and with non-
Government groups and individuals on behalf of the Committee.
    The professional members of the Committee staff shall be 
appointed and removed on the recommendation of the executive 
director with approval by a majority vote of the Committee. The 
professional staff members, including the executive director, 
shall be persons selected without regard to political 
affiliations who, as a result of training, experience, and 
attainments, are exceptionally qualified to analyze and 
interpret economic developments and programs. The clerical and 
temporary staff shall be appointed and removed by the executive 
director with the approval of the Chairman, and after 
notification to the Ranking Minority Member. The Committee 
staff shall serve all members of the Committee in an objective, 
non partisan manner. From time to time, upon request the 
executive director shall designate individual members of the 
staff to assist subcommittees, individual Committee members, 
and the minority members. The staff, to the extent possible, 
shall be organized along functional lines to permit 
specialization.
    Rule 19. Attendance at executive sessions shall be limited 
to members of the Committee and of the Committee staff. Other 
persons whose presence is requested or consented to by the 
Committee may be admitted to such sessions.
    Rule 20. Selection of witnesses for Committee hearings 
shall be made by the Committee staff under the direction of the 
Chairman. A list of proposed witnesses shall be submitted to 
the members of the Committee for review sufficiently in advance 
of the hearings to permit suggestions by the Committee members 
to receive appropriate consideration.
    Rule 21. The Chairman of the Committee shall have the 
overall responsibility for preparing and carrying out the 
Committee's program, including staff duties, subject to prior 
approval of each item on the program by a majority of the 
Committee or, alternatively, by the Ranking Minority Member. 
Prior to and during the transition from one Congress to 
another, the outgoing Committee shall prepare and have ready a 
plan for the consideration of the President's Economic Report 
and the preparation of the Committee's report thereon in order 
to meet the March 1 deadline established by Public Law 304 
(79th Cong.), as amended.
    Rule 22. Proposals for amending Committee rules shall be 
sent to all members at least 1 week before final action is 
taken thereon, unless the amendment is made by unanimous 
consent. Approval by at least 11 members of the Committee shall 
be required to amend these rules.
    Rule 23. The information contained in any books, papers, or 
documents furnished to the Committee by any individual, 
partnership, corporation, or other legal entity shall, upon the 
request of the individual, partnership, corporation, or other 
entity furnishing the same, be maintained in strict confidence 
by the members and staff of the Committee, except that any such 
information may be released outside of executive session of the 
Committee if the release thereof is effected in a manner which 
will not reveal the identity of such individual, partnership, 
corporation, or entity: Provided, That the Committee by 
majority vote may authorize the disclosure of the identity of 
any such individual, partnership, corporation, or entity in 
connection with any pending hearing or as a part of a duly 
authorized report of the Committee if such release is deemed 
essential to the performance of the functions of the Committee 
and is in the public interest.
               Joint Committee of Congress on the Library

   ROBERT W. NEY, Ohio, Chairman
Senator TED STEVENS, Alaska, Vice-
             Chairman

              SENATE                                HOUSE
THAD COCRAN                          VERNON J. EHLERS
TRENT LOTT                           CANDICE MILLER
CHRISTOPHER DODD                     JUANITA MILLENDER-McDONALD
CHARLES SCHUMER                      ZOE LOFGREN

                        (Adopted April 21, 2005)

                      Rule 1.--General Provisions

    (a) The Rules of the House are the rules of the Joint 
Committee of Congress on the Library so far as applicable, 
except that a motion to recess from day to day is a motion of 
high privilege in committees.
    (b) The 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 House 
Rule X and (subject to the adoption of expense resolutions as 
required by House Rule XI, clause 5) to incur expenses 
(including travel expenses) in connection therewith.
    (c) The committee is authorized to have printed and bound 
testimony and other data presented at hearings held by the 
committee, and to distribute such information by electronic 
means. All costs of stenographic services and transcripts in 
connection with any meeting or hearing of the committee shall 
be paid from the appropriate House account.
    (d) The Committee's rules shall be published in the 
Congressional Record as soon as possible following the 
Committee's organizational meeting in each odd numbered year.

                 Rule 2.--Regular and Special Meetings

    (a) The regular meeting date of the Joint Committee on the 
Library shall be the second Wednesday of every month when the 
House is in session in accordance with Clause 2(b) of House 
Rule XI. Additional meetings may be called by the chairman as 
he may deem necessary or at the request of a majority of the 
members of the committee in accordance with Clause 2(c) of 
House Rule XI. The determination of the business to be 
considered at each meeting shall be made by the chairman 
subject to Clause 2(c) of House Rule XI. A regularly scheduled 
meeting need not be held if there is no business to be 
considered.
    (b) If the chairman of the committee is not present at any 
meeting of the committee, or at the discretion of the chairman, 
the vice chairman of the committee shall preside at the 
meeting. If the chairman and vice chairman of the committee are 
not present at any meeting of the committee, the ranking member 
of the majority party who is present shall preside at the 
meeting.

                         Rule 3.--Open Meetings

    As required by Clause 2(g), of House Rule XI, each meeting 
for the transaction of business of the committee, shall be open 
to the public except when the committee, in open session and 
with a quorum present, determines by rollcall 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, or 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 in any business session which has 
been closed to the public.

                     Rule 4.--Records and Rollcalls

    (a) The result of each roll call vote in any meeting of the 
committee shall be transmitted for publication in the 
Congressional Record as soon as possible, but in no case later 
than two legislative days following such rollcall vote, and 
shall be made available for inspection by the public at 
reasonable times at the committee offices, including a 
description of the amendment, motion, order or other 
proposition; the name of each member voting for and against; 
and the members present but not voting.
    (b) 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 
Congress and all members of congress shall have access thereto.
    (c) House records of the committee which are at the 
National Archives shall be made available pursuant to House 
Rule VII. The chairman of the committee shall notify the 
ranking minority party member of any decision to withhold a 
record pursuant to the rule, and shall present the matter to 
the committee upon written request of any committee member.
    (d) To the maximum extent feasible, the committee shall 
make its publications available in electronic form.

                            Rule 5.--Proxies

    No vote by any member in the committee may be cast by 
proxy.

             Rule 6.--Power To Sit and Act; Subpoena Power

    (a) For the purpose of carrying out any of its functions 
and duties under House Rules X and XI, the committee is 
authorized, (subject to subparagraph (b)(1) of the paragraph):
          (1) to sit and act at such times and places within 
        the Untied States, whether the House is in session, has 
        recessed, or has adjourned, and to hold such hearings; 
        and
          (2) to require, by subpoena or otherwise, the 
        attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the 
        productions of such books, records, correspondence, 
        memorandums, papers, and documents; as it deems 
        necessary. The chairman of the committee, or any member 
        designated by the chairman, may administer oaths of any 
        witness.
    (b)(1) A subpoena may be authorized and issued by the 
committee 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 
(a)(2) 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.
    (2) Compliance with any subpoena issued by the committee 
may be enforced only as authorized or directed by the House.

                            Rule 7.--Quorums

    For the purpose of taking any action other than issuing a 
subpoena, closing meetings, promulgating committee orders, or 
changing the rules of the committee, the quorum shall be one-
third of the members of the committee. For purposes of taking 
testimony and receiving evidence, two members shall constitute 
a quorum.

                          Rule 8.--Amendments

    Any amendment offered to any pending matter before the 
committee must be made available in written form when requested 
by any member of the committee. If such amendment is not 
available in written form when requested, the chair will allow 
an appropriate period of time for the provision thereof.

                      Rule 9.--Hearing Procedures

    (a) The chairman, with the concurrence of the vice 
chairman, in the case of hearings to be conducted by the 
committee, shall make public announcement of the date, place, 
and subject matter of any hearing to be conducted on any 
measure or matter at the earliest possible date. The clerk of 
the committee shall promptly notify the Daily Digest Clerk of 
the Congressional Record as soon as possible after such public 
announcement is made
    (b) Unless excused by the chairman, each witness who is to 
appear before the committee shall file with the clerk of the 
committee, at least 48 hours in advance of his or her 
appearance, a written statement of his or her proposed 
testimony and shall limit his or her oral presentation to a 
summary of his or her statement.
    (c) When any hearing is conducted by the 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 those minority members before the completion of such 
hearing, to call witnesses selected by the minority to testify 
with respect to that measure or matter during at least one day 
of hearings thereon.
    (d) Committee members may question a witness only when they 
have been recognized by the chairman for that purpose, and only 
for a 5-minute period until all members present have had an 
opportunity to question the witness. The 5-minute period for 
questioning a witness by any one member can be extended as 
provided by House Rules. The questioning of a witness in 
committee hearings shall be initiated by the chairman, followed 
by the ranking minority party member and all other members 
alternating between the majority and minority. In recognizing 
members to question witnesses in this fashion, the chairman 
shall take into consideration the ratio of the majority to 
minority members present and shall establish the order of 
recognition for questioning in such a manner as not to 
disadvantage the members of the majority. The chairman may 
accomplish this by recognizing two majority members for each 
minority member recognized.
    (e) The following additional rules shall apply to hearing:
          (1) The chairman at a 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 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) If the committee determines that evidence or 
        testimony at a hearing may tend to defame, degrade, or 
        incriminate any person, it shall: (A) afford such 
        person an opportunity voluntarily to appear as a 
        witness; (B) receive such evidence or testimony in 
        executive session; and (C) receive and dispose of 
        requests from such person to subpoena additional 
        witnesses.
          (6) Except as provided in subparagraph (e)(5), the 
        chairman shall receive and the committee shall dispose 
        of requests to subpoena additional witnesses.
          (7) No evidence or testimony taken in executive 
        session may be released or used in public sessions 
        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 pertinence 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.

       Rule 10.--Broadcasting of Committee Hearings and Meetings

    Whenever any hearing or meeting conducted by the committee 
is open to the public, those proceedings shall be open to 
coverage by television, radio, and still photography, as 
provided in Clause 4 of House Rule XI, subject to the 
limitations therein.

                 Rule 11.--Travel of Members and Staff

    (a) Consistent with the primary expense resolution and such 
additional expense resolutions as may have been approved, the 
provisions of this rule shall govern travel of committee 
members and staff. Travel for any member or any staff member 
shall be paid only upon the prior authorization of the 
chairman. Travel may be authorized by the chairman for any 
member and any staff member in connection with the attendance 
of hearings conducted by the committee and meetings, 
conferences, and investigations which involve activities or 
subject matter under the general jurisdiction of the committee. 
Before such authorization is given there shall be submitted to 
the chairman in writing the following:
          (1) the purpose of the travel;
          (2) the dates during which the travel will occur;
          (3) the locations to be visited and the length of 
        time to be spent in each;
          (4) the names of members and staff seeking 
        authorization.
    (b)(1) In the case of travel outside the United States of 
members and staff of the committee for the purpose of 
conducting hearings, investigations, studies, or attending 
meetings and conferences involving activities or subject matter 
under the jurisdiction of the committee, prior authorization 
must be obtained from the chairman. Before such authorization 
is given, there shall be submitted to the chairman, in writing, 
a request for such authorization. Each request, which shall be 
filed in a manner that allows for a reasonable period of time 
for review before such travel is scheduled to begin, shall 
include the following: a. the purpose of the travel; b. the 
dates during which the travel will occur; c. the names of the 
countries to be visited and the length of time to spend in 
each; d. an agenda of anticipated activities for each country 
for which travel is authorized together with a description of 
the purpose to be served and the areas of committee 
jurisdiction involved; and e. the names of members and staff 
for whom authorization is sought.
    (2) At the conclusion of any hearing, investigation, study, 
meeting or conference for which travel outside the United 
States has been authorized pursuant to this rule, members and 
staff attending meetings or conferences shall submit a written 
report to the chairman covering the activities and other 
pertinent observations or information gained as a result of 
such travel.
    (c) Members and staff of the committee performing 
authorized travel on official business shall be governed by 
applicable laws, resolutions, or regulations of the House and 
of the Committee on House Administration pertaining to such 
travel.

        Rule 12.--Powers and Duties of Subunits of the Committee

    The chairman of the committee is authorized to establish 
appropriately named subunits, such as task forces, composed of 
members of the committee, for any purpose, measure or matter; 
one member of each such subunit shall be designated chairman of 
the subunit by the chairman of the committee. All such subunits 
shall be considered ad hoc subcommittees of the committee. The 
rules of the committee shall be the rules of any subunit of the 
committee, so far as applicable, or as otherwise directed by 
the chairman of the committee. Each subunit of the committee is 
authorized to meet, hold hearings, receive evidence, and 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, and to report to the full committee on all measures 
or matters for which it was created. Chairmen of subunits of 
the committee shall set meeting dates with the approval of the 
chairman of the full committee, with a view toward avoiding 
simultaneous scheduling of committee and subunit meetings or 
hearings whenever possible. It shall be the practice of the 
committee that meetings of subunits not be scheduled to occur 
simultaneously with meetings of the full committee. In order to 
ensure orderly and fair assignment of hearing and meeting 
rooms, hearings and meetings should be arranged in advance with 
the chairman through the clerk of the committee.

               Rule 13.--Other Procedures and Regulations

    The chairman of the full committee may establish such other 
procedures and take such actions as may be necessary to carry 
out the foregoing rules or to facilitate the effective 
operation of the committee.

            Rule 14.--Designation of Clerk of the Committee

    For the purpose of these rules and the Rules of the House 
of Representatives, the chairman designated staff person of the 
committee shall act as the clerk of the committee.
                      Joint Committee on Printing

ROBERT W. NEY, Representative from 
       California, Chairman
  SAXBY CHAMBLISS, Senator from 
      Georgia, Vice Chairman

THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi            JOHN DOOLITTLE, California
GORDON SMITH, Oregon                 JOHN LINDER, Georgia
DANIEL INOUYE, Hawaii                JOHN LARSON, Connecticut
MARK DAYTON, Minnesota               ROBERT BRADY, Pennsylvania

                        (Adopted April 21, 2005)

                        Rule 1.--Committee Rules

    (a) The rules of the Senate and House insofar as they are 
applicable, shall govern the Committee.
    (b) The Committee's rules shall be published in the 
Congressional Record as soon as possible following the 
Committee's organizational meeting in each odd-numbered year.
    (c) Where these rules require a vote of the members of the 
Committee, polling of members either in writing or by telephone 
shall not be permitted to substitute for a vote taken at a 
Committee meeting, unless the ranking minority member assents 
to waiver of this requirement.
    (d) Proposals for amending Committee rules shall be sent to 
all members at least one week before final action is taken 
thereon, unless the amendment is made by unanimous consent.

                  Rule 2.--Regular Committee Meetings

    (a) The regular meeting date of the Committee shall be the 
second Wednesday of every month when the House and Senate are 
in session. A regularly scheduled meeting need not be held if 
there is no business to be considered and after appropriate 
notification is made to the ranking minority member. Additional 
meetings may be called by the Chairman, as he may deem 
necessary or at the request of the majority of the members of 
the Committee.
    (b) If the Chairman of the Committee is not present at any 
meeting of the Committee, the vice-Chairman or ranking member 
of the majority party on the Committee who is present shall 
preside at the meeting.

                            Rule 3.--Quorum

    (a) Five members of the Committee shall constitute a 
quorum, which is required for the purpose of closing meetings, 
promulgating Committee orders or changing the rules of the 
Committee.
    (b) Three members shall constitute a quorum for purposes of 
taking testimony and receiving evidence.

                            Rule 4.--Proxies

    (a) Written or telegraphic proxies of Committee members 
will be received and recorded on any vote taken by the 
Committee, except for the purpose of creating a quorum.
    (b) Proxies will be allowed on any such votes for the 
purpose of recording a member's position on a question only 
when the absentee Committee member has been informed of the 
question and has affirmatively requested that he be recorded.

                   Rule 5.--Open and Closed Meetings

    (a) Each meeting for the transaction of business of the 
Committee shall be open to the public except when the 
Committee, in open session and with a quorum 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. No 
such vote shall be required to close a meeting that relates 
solely to internal budget or personnel matters.
    (b) No person other than members of the Committee, and such 
congressional staff and other representatives as they may 
authorize, shall be present in any business session that has 
been closed to the public.

 Rule 6.--Alternating Chairmanship and Vice-Chairmanship by Congresses

    (a) The Chairmanship and vice Chairmanship of the Committee 
shall alternate between the House and the Senate by Congresses: 
The senior member of the minority party in the House of 
Congress opposite of that of the Chairman shall be the ranking 
minority member of the Committee.
    (b) In the event the House and Senate are under different 
party control, the Chairman and vice Chairman shall represent 
the majority party in their respective Houses. When the 
Chairman and vice-Chairman represent different parties, the 
vice-Chairman shall also fulfill the responsibilities of the 
ranking minority member as prescribed by these rules.

                    Rule 7.--Parliamentary Questions

    Questions as to the order of business and the procedures of 
Committee shall in the first instance be decided by the 
Chairman; subject always to an appeal to the Committee.

         Rule 8.--Hearings: Public Announcements and Witnesses

    (a) The Chairman, in the case of hearings to be conducted 
by the Committee, shall make public announcement of the date, 
place and subject matter of any hearing to be conducted on any 
measure or matter at least one week before the commencement of 
that hearing unless the Committee determines that there is good 
cause to begin such hearing at an earlier date. In the latter 
event, the Chairman shall make such public announcement at the 
earliest possible date. The staff director of the Committee 
shall promptly notify the Daily Digest of the Congressional 
Record as soon as possible after such public announcement is 
made.
    (b) So far as practicable, all witnesses appearing before 
the Committee shall file advance written statements of their 
proposed testimony at least 48 hours in advance of their 
appearance and their oral testimony shall be limited to brief 
summaries. Limited insertions or additional germane material 
will be received for the record, subject to the approval of the 
Chairman.

                    Rule 9.--Official Hearing Record

    (a) An accurate stenographic record shall be kept of all 
Committee proceedings and actions. Brief supplemental materials 
when required to clarify the transcript may be inserted in the 
record subject to the approval of the Chairman.
    (b) Each member of the Committee shall be provided with a 
copy of the hearing transcript for the purpose of correcting 
errors of transcription and grammar, and clarifying questions 
or remarks. If any other person is authorized by a Committee 
Member to make his corrections, the staff director shall be so 
notified.
    (c) Members who have received unanimous consent to submit 
written questions to witnesses shall be allowed two days within 
which to submit these to the staff director for transmission to 
the witnesses. The record may be held open for a period not to 
exceed two weeks awaiting the responses by witnesses.
    (d) 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. Testimony received in closed 
hearings shall not be released or included in any report 
without the approval of the Committee.

               Rule 10.--Witnesses for Committee Hearings

    (a) Selection of witnesses for Committee hearings shall be 
made by the Committee staff under the direction of the 
Chairman. A list of proposed witnesses shall be submitted to 
the members of the Committee for review sufficiently in advance 
of the hearings to permit suggestions by the Committee members 
to receive appropriate consideration.
    (b) The Chairman shall provide adequate time for 
questioning of witnesses by all members, including minority 
Members and the rule of germaneness shall be enforced in all 
hearings notified.
    (c) Whenever a hearing is conducted by the Committee upon 
any measure or matter, the minority on the Committee shall be 
entitled, upon unanimous request to the Chairman before the 
completion of such hearings, to call witnesses selected by the 
minority to testify with respect to the measure or matter 
during at least one day of hearing thereon.

     Rule 11.--Confidential Information Furnished to the Committee

    The information contained in any books, papers or documents 
furnished to the Committee by any individual, partnership, 
corporation or other legal entity shall, upon the request of 
the individual, partnership, corporation or entity furnishing 
the same, be maintained in strict confidence by the members and 
staff of the Committee, except that any such information may be 
released outside of executive session of the Committee if the 
release thereof is effected in a manner which will not reveal 
the identity of such individual, partnership, corporation or 
entity in connection with any pending hearing or as a part of a 
duly authorized report of the Committee if such release is 
deemed essential to the performance of the functions of the 
Committee and is in the public interest.

              Rule 12.--Broadcasting of Committee Hearings

    The rule for broadcasting of Committee hearings shall be 
the same as Rule XI, clause 4, of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives.

                      Rule 13.--Committee Reports

    (a) No Committee report shall be made public or transmitted 
to the Congress without the approval of a majority of the 
Committee except when Congress has adjourned: provided that any 
member of the Committee may make a report supplementary to or 
dissenting from the majority report. Such supplementary or 
dissenting reports should be as brief as possible.
    (b) Factual reports by the Committee staff may be printed 
for distribution to Committee members and the public only upon 
authorization of the Chairman either with the approval of a 
majority of the Committee or with the consent of the ranking 
minority member.

             Rule 14.--Confidentiality of Committee Reports

    No summary of a Committee report, prediction of the 
contents of a report, or statement of conclusions concerning 
any investigation shall be made by a member of the Committee or 
by any staff member of the Committee prior to the issuance of a 
report of the Committee.

                       Rule 15.--Committee Staff

    (a) The Committee shall have a staff director, selected by 
the Chairman. The staff director shall be an employee of the 
House of Representatives or of the Senate.
    (b) The Ranking Minority Member may designate an employee 
of the House of Representatives or of the Senate as the 
minority staff director.
    (c) The staff director, under the general supervision of 
the Chairman, is authorized to deal directly with agencies of 
the Government and with non-Government groups and individuals 
on behalf of the Committee.
    (d) The Chairman or staff director shall timely notify the 
Ranking Minority Member or the minority staff director of 
decisions made on behalf of the Committee.

                      Rule 16.--Committee Chairman

    The Chairman of the Committee may establish such other 
procedures and take such actions as may be necessary to carry 
out the foregoing rules or to facilitate the effective 
operation of the Committee. Specifically, the Chairman is 
authorized, during the interim periods between meetings of the 
Committee, to act on all requests submitted by any executive 
department, independent agency, temporary or permanent 
commissions and committees of the Federal Government, the 
Government Printing Office and any other Federal entity, 
pursuant to the requirements of applicable Federal law and 
regulations.
                      Joint Committee on Taxation

  WILLIAM M. THOMAS, California, 
             Chairman
 CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, Iowa, Vice 
             Chairman

ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah                 E. CLAY SHAW, Jr., Florida
TRENT LOTT, Mississippi              NANCY L. JOHNSON, Connecticut
MAX BAUCUS, Montana                  CHARLES B. RANGEL, New York
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER IV, West VirginiaFORTNEY PETE STARK, California

    A description of the Joint Committee on Taxation and the 
rules by which it functions can be found in the United States 
of America Internal Revenue Code, Title 26. Therefore, the 
Joint Committee does not adopt written rules.
      
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                                APPENDIX

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                                 Rule X


                       Organization of Committees


             COMMITTEES AND THEIR LEGISLATIVE JURISDICTIONS

    1. There shall be in the House the following standing 
committees, each of which shall have the jurisdiction and 
related functions assigned by this clause and clauses 2, 3, and 
4. All bills, resolutions, and other matters relating to 
subjects within the jurisdiction of the standing committees 
listed in this clause shall be referred to those committees, in 
accordance with clause 2 of rule XII, as follows: * * *
    Committee on Ways and Means.--(1) Customs revenue, 
collection districts, and ports of entry and delivery.
    (2) Reciprocal trade agreements.
    (3) Revenue measures generally.
    (4) Revenue measures relating to insular possessions.
    (5) Bonded debt of the United States, subject to the last 
sentence of clause 4(f).
    (6) Deposit of public monies.
    (7) Transportation of dutiable goods.
    (8) Tax exempt foundations and charitable trusts.
    (9) National social security (except health care and 
facilities programs that are supported from general revenues as 
opposed to payroll deductions and except work incentive 
programs).

                   GENERAL OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITIES

    2. (a) The various standing committees shall have general 
oversight responsibilities as provided in paragraph (b) in 
order to assist the House in--
          (1) its analysis, appraisal, and evaluation of--
                  (A) the application, administration, 
                execution, and effectiveness of Federal laws; 
                and
                  (B) conditions and circumstances that may 
                indicate the necessity or desirability of 
                enacting new or additional legislation; and
          (2) its formulation, consideration, and enactment of 
        changes in Federal laws, and of such additional 
        legislation as may be necessary or appropriate.
    (b)(1) In order to determine whether laws and programs 
addressing subjects within the jurisdiction of a committee are 
being implemented and carried out in accordance with the intent 
of Congress and whether they should be continued, curtailed, or 
eliminated, each standing committee (other than the Committee 
on Appropriations) shall review and study on a continuing 
basis--
          (A) the application, administration, execution, and 
        effectiveness of laws and programs addressing subjects 
        within its jurisdiction;
          (B) the organization and operation of Federal 
        agencies and entities having responsibilities for the 
        administration and execution of laws and programs 
        addressing subjects within its jurisdiction;
          (C) any conditions or circumstances that may indicate 
        the necessity or desirability of enacting new or 
        additional legislation addressing subjects within its 
        jurisdiction (whether or not a bill or resolution has 
        been introduced with respect thereto); and
          (D) future research and forecasting on subjects 
        within its jurisdiction.
    (2) Each committee to which subparagraph (1) applies having 
more than 20 members shall establish an oversight subcommittee, 
or require its subcommittees to conduct oversight in their 
respective jurisdictions, to assist in carrying out its 
responsibilities under this clause. The establishment of an 
oversight subcommittee does not limit the responsibility of a 
subcommittee with legislative jurisdiction in carrying out its 
oversight responsibilities.
    (c) Each standing committee shall review and study 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 shall, in a meeting that is 
open to the public and with a quorum present, adopt its 
oversight plan for that Congress. Such plan shall be submitted 
simultaneously to the Committee on Government Reform and to the 
Committee on House Administration. In developing its plan each 
committee shall, to the maximum extent feasible--
          (A) consult with other committees that have 
        jurisdiction over the same or related laws, programs, 
        or agencies within its jurisdiction with the objective 
        of ensuring maximum coordination and cooperation among 
        committees when conducting reviews of such laws, 
        programs, or agencies and include in its plan an 
        explanation of steps that have been or will be taken to 
        ensure such coordination and cooperation;
          (B) review specific problems with Federal rules, 
        regulations, statutes, and court decisions that are 
        ambiguous, arbitrary, or nonsensical, or that impose 
        severe financial burdens on individuals;
          (C) give priority consideration to including in its 
        plan the review of those laws, programs, or agencies 
        operating under permanent budget authority or permanent 
        statutory authority;
          (D) have a view toward ensuring that all significant 
        laws, programs, or agencies within its jurisdiction are 
        subject to review every 10 years; and
          (E) have a view toward insuring against duplication 
        of Federal programs.
    (2) 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 shall report to the House the oversight plans submitted 
by committees together with any recommendations that it, or the 
House leadership group described above, may make to ensure the 
most effective coordination of oversight plans and otherwise to 
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.

                      SPECIAL OVERSIGHT FUNCTIONS

    3. * * *
    (f) The Committee on International Relations shall review 
and study on a continuing basis laws, programs, and Government 
activities relating to customs administration, intelligence 
activities relating to foreign policy, international financial 
and monetary organizations, and international fishing 
agreements.

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                   ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS OF COMMITTEES

    4. * * *
    (b) The Committee on the Budget shall--* * *
    (6) request and evaluate continuing studies of tax 
expenditures, devise methods of coordinating tax expenditures, 
policies, and programs with direct budget outlays, and report 
the results of such studies to the House on a recurring basis.

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                      BUDGET ACT RESPONSIBILITIES

    (f)(1) Each standing committee shall submit to the 
Committee on the Budget not later than six weeks after the 
President submits his budget, or at such time as the Committee 
on the Budget may request--
          (A) its views and estimates with respect to all 
        matters to be set forth in the concurrent resolution on 
        the budget for the ensuing fiscal year that are within 
        its jurisdiction or functions; and
          (B) 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 that it intends to be effective 
        during that fiscal year.
    (2) The views and estimates submitted by the Committee on 
Ways and Means under subparagraph (1) shall include a specific 
recommendation, made after holding public hearings, as to the 
appropriate level of the public debt that should be set forth 
in the concurrent resolution on the budget.

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             ELECTION AND MEMBERSHIP OF STANDING COMMITTEES

    5. * * *
    (2)(A) The Committee on the Budget shall be composed of 
members as follows:
          (i) Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner 
        who are members of other standing committees, including 
        five who are members of the Committee on Appropriations 
        and five who are members of the Committee on Ways and 
        Means;

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                          EXPENSE RESOLUTIONS

    6. (a) Whenever a committee, commission, or other entity 
(other than the Committee on Appropriations) is granted 
authorization for the payment of its expenses (including staff 
salaries) for a Congress, such authorization initially shall be 
procured by one primary expense resolution reported by the 
Committee on House Administration. 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 
Administration. A primary expense resolution reported to the 
House may not be considered in the House unless a printed 
report thereon was available on the previous calendar day. For 
the information of the House, such report shall--
          (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 of the expenditures contemplated by the 
        primary expense resolution.
    (b) After the date of adoption by the House of a primary 
expense resolution for a committee, commission, or other entity 
for a 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 Administration, as 
necessary. A supplemental expense resolution reported to the 
House may not be considered in the House unless a printed 
report thereon was available on the previous calendar day. For 
the information of the House, such report shall--
          (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 
        purposes for which those additional funds are 
        available; and
          (2) state the 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) a 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, a 
        committee, commission, or other entity at any time 
        after the beginning of an odd-numbered year and before 
        the date of adoption by the House of the primary 
        expense resolution described in paragraph (a) for that 
        year; or
          (2) a resolution providing each of the standing 
        committees in a Congress 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 by a 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 treated fairly in the appointment of such 
staff.
    (e) Funds authorized for a committee under this clause and 
clauses 7 and 8 are for expenses incurred in the activities of 
the committee.

                            INTERIM FUNDING

    7. (a) For the period beginning at noon on January 3 and 
ending at midnight on March 31 in each odd-numbered year, such 
sums as may be necessary shall be paid out of the committee 
salary and expense accounts of the House for continuance of 
necessary investigations and studies by--
          (1) each standing and select committee established by 
        these rules; and
          (2) except as specified in paragraph (b), each select 
        committee established by resolution.
    (b) 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--
          (1) a resolution proposing to reestablish such select 
        committee is introduced in the present Congress; and
          (2) the House has not adopted a resolution of the 
        preceding Congress providing for termination of funding 
        for investigations and studies by such select 
        committee.
    (c) Each committee described in paragraph (a) shall be 
entitled for each month during the period specified in 
paragraph (a) to 9 percent (or such lesser percentage as may be 
determined by the Committee on House Administration) of the 
total annualized amount made available under expense 
resolutions for such committee in the preceding session of 
Congress.
    (d) Payments under this paragraph shall be made on vouchers 
authorized by the committee involved, signed by the chairman of 
the committee, except as provided in paragraph (e), and 
approved by the Committee on House Administration.
    (e) 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 concerned in that Congress, payments under this 
paragraph shall be made on vouchers signed by--
          (1) the member of the committee who served as 
        chairman of the committee at the expiration of the 
        preceding Congress; or
          (2) if the chairman is not a Member, Delegate, or 
        Resident Commissioner in the present Congress, then the 
        ranking member of the committee as it was constituted 
        at the expiration of the preceding Congress who is a 
        member of the majority party in the present Congress.
    (f)(1) The authority of a committee to incur expenses under 
this paragraph shall expire upon adoption by the House of a 
primary expense resolution for the committee.
    (2) Amounts made available under this paragraph shall be 
expended in accordance with regulations prescribed by the 
Committee on House Administration.
    (3) This clause shall be effective only insofar as it is 
not inconsistent with a resolution reported by the Committee on 
House Administration and adopted by the House after the 
adoption of these rules.

                                 TRAVEL

    8. (a) 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 or 
its territories or possessions. Appropriated funds, including 
those authorized under this clause and clauses 6 and 8, may not 
be expended for the purpose of defraying expenses of members of 
a committee or its employees in a country where local 
currencies are available for this purpose.
    (b) The following conditions shall apply with respect to 
travel outside the United States or its territories or 
possessions:
          (1) A member or employee of a committee may not 
        receive or expend local currencies for subsistence in a 
        country for a day at a rate in excess of the maximum 
        per diem set forth in applicable Federal law.
          (2) A member or employee shall be reimbursed for his 
        expenses for a day at the lesser of--
                  (A) the per diem set forth in applicable 
                Federal law; or
                  (B) the actual, unreimbursed expenses (other 
                than for transportation) he incurred during 
                that day.
          (3) Each member or employee of a 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, and funds expended for any other official 
        purpose and shall summarize in these categories the 
        total foreign currencies or appropriated funds 
        expended. Each report shall be filed with the chairman 
        of the committee not later than 60 days following the 
        completion of travel for use in complying with 
        reporting requirements in applicable Federal law and 
        shall be open for public inspection.
    (c)(1) In carrying out the activities of a committee 
outside the United States in a country where local currencies 
are unavailable, a member or employee of a committee may not 
receive reimbursement for expenses (other than for 
transportation) in excess of the maximum per diem set forth in 
applicable Federal law.
    (2) A member or employee shall be reimbursed for his 
expenses for a day, at the lesser of--
          (A) the per diem set forth in applicable Federal law; 
        or
          (B) the actual unreimbursed expenses (other than for 
        transportation) he incurred during that day.
    (3) A member or employee of a committee may not receive 
reimbursement for the cost of any transportation in connection 
with travel outside the United States unless the member or 
employee actually paid for the transportation.
    (d) The restrictions respecting travel outside the United 
States set forth in paragraph (c) also shall apply to travel 
outside the United States by a Member, Delegate, Resident 
Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House authorized 
under any standing rule.

                            COMMITTEE STAFFS

    9. (a)(1) Subject to subparagraph (2) and paragraph (f), 
each standing committee may appoint, by majority vote, not more 
than 30 professional staff members to be compensated from the 
funds provided for the appointment of committee staff by 
primary and additional expense resolutions. Each professional 
staff member appointed under this subparagraph shall be 
assigned to the chairman and the ranking minority member of the 
committee, as the committee considers advisable.
    (2) Subject to paragraph (f) whenever a majority of the 
minority party members of a standing committee (other than the 
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct or the Permanent 
Select Committee on Intelligence) so request, not more than 10 
persons (or one-third of the total professional committee staff 
appointed under this clause, whichever is fewer) may be 
selected, by majority vote of the minority party members, for 
appointment by the committee as professional staff members 
under subparagraph (1). The committee shall appoint 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 a person so selected are 
unacceptable, a majority of the minority party members may 
select another person 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 each standing 
committee--
          (A) may not engage in any work other than committee 
        business during congressional working hours; and
          (B) may not be assigned a duty other than one 
        pertaining to committee business.
    (2)(A) Subparagraph (1) does not apply to 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 staff is commensurate with the work performed for the 
committee in accordance with clause 8 of Rule XXIII.
    (B) The use of any ``associate'' or ``shared'' staff by a 
committee other than the Committee on Appropriations shall be 
subject to the review of, and to any terms, conditions, or 
limitations established by, the Committee on House 
Administration in connection with the reporting of any primary 
or additional expense resolution.
    (c) Each employee on the professional or investigative 
staff of a standing committee shall be entitled to pay at a 
single gross per annum rate, to be fixed by the chairman and 
that 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 by majority vote such 
staff as it determines to be necessary (in addition to the 
clerk of the committee and assistants for the minority). The 
staff appointed under this paragraph, other than minority 
assistants, shall possess such qualifications as the committee 
may prescribe.
    (e) A committee may not appoint to its staff an expert or 
other personnel detailed or assigned from a department or 
agency of the Government except with the written permission of 
the Committee on House Administration.
    (f) If a request for the appointment of a minority 
professional staff member under paragraph (a) is made when no 
vacancy exists for such an appointment, the committee 
nevertheless may appoint under paragraph (a) a person selected 
by the minority and acceptable to the committee. A person so 
appointed shall serve as an additional member of the 
professional staff of the committee until such a vacancy occurs 
(other than a vacancy in the position of head of the 
professional staff, by whatever title designated), at which 
time that person is considered as appointed to that vacancy. 
Such a person shall be paid from the applicable accounts of the 
House described in clause 1(i)(1) of Rule X. If such a 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 members shall designate which of 
those persons shall fill the vacancy.
    (g) Each staff member appointed pursuant to a request by 
minority party members under paragraph (a), and each staff 
member appointed to assist minority members of a committee 
pursuant to an expense resolution described in paragraph (a) of 
clause 6, shall be accorded equitable treatment with respect to 
the fixing of the rate of pay, the assignment of work 
facilities, and the accessibility of committee records.
    (h) Paragraph (a) may not be construed to authorize the 
appointment of additional professional staff members of a 
committee pursuant to a request under paragraph (a) by the 
minority party members of that committee if 10 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, by an affirmative vote of a majority of the 
members of the majority party and of a majority of the members 
of the minority party.

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                                Rule XI


            Procedures of Committees and Unfinished Business


                               IN GENERAL

    1. (a)(1)(A) The Rules of the House are the rules of its 
committees and subcommittees so far as applicable.
    (B) Each subcommittee is a part of its committee and is 
subject to the authority and direction of that committee and to 
its rules, so far as applicable.
    (2)(A) In a committee or subcommittee--
          (i) a motion to recess from day to day, or to recess 
        subject to the call of the Chair (within 24 hours), 
        shall be privileged; and
          (ii) a motion to dispense with the first reading (in 
        full) of a bill or resolution shall be privileged if 
        printed copies are available.
    (B) A motion accorded privilege under this subparagraph 
shall be decided without debate.
    (b)(1) Each committee may conduct at any time such 
investigations and studies as it considers necessary or 
appropriate in the exercise of its responsibilities under Rule 
X. Subject to the adoption of expense resolutions as required 
by clause 6 of Rule X, each committee may incur expenses, 
including travel expenses, in connection with such 
investigations and studies.
    (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 sine die of the last regular 
session of a Congress, an investigative or oversight report may 
be filed with the Clerk at any time, provided that a member who 
gives timely notice of intention to file supplemental, 
minority, or additional views shall be entitled to not less 
than seven calendar days in which to submit such views for 
inclusion in the report.
    (c) Each committee may have printed and bound such 
testimony and other data as may be presented at hearings held 
by the committee or its subcommittees. All costs of 
stenographic services and transcripts in connection with a 
meeting or hearing of a committee shall be paid from the 
applicable accounts of the House described in clause 1(i)(1) of 
Rule X.
    (d)(1) Each committee shall submit to the House not later 
than January 2 of each odd-numbered year a report on the 
activities of that committee under this Rule and Rule X during 
the Congress ending at noon 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 under 
clause 2(d) of Rule X, a summary of the actions taken and 
recommendations made with respect to each such plan, a summary 
of any additional oversight activities undertaken by that 
committee, and any recommendations made or actions taken 
thereon.
    (4) After an adjournment sine die of the last regular 
session of a Congress, the chairman of a committee may file an 
activities report under subparagraph (1) with the Clerk at any 
time and without approval of the committee, provided that--
          (A) a copy of the report has been available to each 
        member of the committee for at least seven calendar 
        days; and
          (B) the report includes any supplemental, minority, 
        or additional views submitted by a member of the 
        committee.

                       ADOPTION OF WRITTEN RULES

    2. (a)(1) Each standing committee shall adopt written rules 
governing its procedure. Such rules--
          (A) shall be adopted in a meeting that is open to the 
        public unless the committee, in open session and with a 
        quorum present, determines by record vote that all or 
        part of the meeting on that day shall be closed to the 
        public;
          (B) may not be inconsistent with the Rules of the 
        House or with those provisions of law having the force 
        and effect of Rules of the House; and
          (C) shall in any event incorporate all of the 
        succeeding provisions of this clause to the extent 
        applicable.
    (2) Each committee shall submit its rules for publication 
in the Congressional Record not later than 30 days after the 
committee is elected in each odd-numbered year.
    (3) A committee may adopt a rule providing that the 
chairman be directed to offer a motion under clause 1 of Rule 
XXII whenever the chairman considers it appropriate.

                          REGULAR MEETING DAYS

    (b) Each standing committee shall establish regular meeting 
days for the conduct of its business, which shall be not less 
frequent than monthly. Each such committee shall meet for the 
consideration of a bill or resolution pending before the 
committee or 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 considers necessary, additional and special 
meetings of the committee for the consideration of a bill or 
resolution pending before the committee or for the conduct of 
other committee business, subject to such rules as the 
committee may adopt. The committee shall meet for such purpose 
under that call of the chairman.
    (2) Three or more members of a standing committee may file 
in the offices of the committee a written request that the 
chairman call a special meeting of the committee. 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 the chairman does not call the requested special 
meeting within three calendar days after the filing of the 
request (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. The written 
notice shall specify the date and hour of the special meeting 
and the measure or matter to be considered. 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. Only the measure or matter specified in that notice 
may be considered at that special meeting.

                     TEMPORARY ABSENCE OF CHAIRMAN

    (d) A member of the majority party on each standing 
committee or subcommittee thereof shall be designated by the 
chairman of the full committee as the vice chairman of the 
committee or subcommittee, as the case may be, and shall 
preside during the absence of the chairman from any meeting. If 
the chairman and vice chairman of a committee or subcommittee 
are not present at any meeting of the committee or 
subcommittee, the ranking majority member who is present shall 
preside at that meeting.

                           COMMITTEE RECORDS

    (e)(1)(A) Each committee shall keep a complete record of 
all committee action which shall include--
          (i) in the case of a 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
          (ii) a record of the votes on any question on which a 
        record vote is demanded.
    (B)(i) Except as provided in subdivision (B)(ii) and 
subject to paragraph (k)(7), the result of each such record 
vote shall be made available by the committee for inspection by 
the public at reasonable times in its offices. Information so 
available for public inspection shall include a description of 
the amendment, motion, order, or other proposition, the name of 
each member voting for and each member voting against such 
amendment, motion, order, or proposition, and the names of 
those members of the committee present but not voting.
    (ii) The result of any record vote taken in executive 
session in the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct may 
not be made available for inspection by the public without an 
affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the committee.
    (2)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (B), all committee 
hearings, records, data, charts, and files shall be kept 
separate and distinct from the congressional office records of 
the member serving as its chairman. Such records shall be the 
property of the House, and each Member, Delegate, and the 
Resident Commissioner shall have access thereto.
    (B) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, other 
than members of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, 
may not have access to the records of that committee respecting 
the conduct of a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
officer, or employee of the House without the specific prior 
permission of that 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 VII. Such standards 
shall specify procedures for orders of the committee under 
clause 3(b)(3) and clause 4(b) of Rule VII, 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 make its publications available in 
electronic form to the maximum extent feasible.

                    PROHIBITION AGAINST PROXY VOTING

    (f) A vote by a member of a committee or subcommittee with 
respect to any measure or matter may not be cast by proxy.

                       OPEN MEETINGS AND HEARINGS

    (g)(1) Each meeting for the transaction of business, 
including the markup of legislation, by a standing committee or 
subcommittee thereof (other than the Committee on Standards of 
Official Conduct or its subcommittee) 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 record vote 
that all or part of the remainder of the meeting on that day 
shall be in executive session 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 a law or rule of the House. Persons, other than members 
of the committee and such noncommittee Members, Delegates, 
Resident Commissioner, congressional staff, or departmental 
representatives as the committee may authorize, may not be 
present at a business or markup session that is held in 
executive session. This subparagraph does not apply to open 
committee hearings, which are governed by clause 4(a)(1) of 
Rule X or by subparagraph (2).
    (2)(A) Each hearing conducted by a committee or 
subcommittee (other than the Committee on Standards of Official 
Conduct or its subcommittees) 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 record 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 national 
security, would compromise sensitive law enforcement 
information, or would violate a law or rule of the House.
    (B) Notwithstanding the requirements of subdivision (A), in 
the presence of the number of members required under the rules 
of the committee for the purpose of taking testimony, a 
majority of those present may--
          (i) agree to close the hearing for the sole purpose 
        of discussing whether testimony or evidence to be 
        received would endanger national security, would 
        compromise sensitive law enforcement information, or 
        would violate clause 2(k)(5); or
          (ii) agree to close the hearing as provided in clause 
        2(k)(5).
    (C) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not be 
excluded from nonparticipatory attendance at a hearing of a 
committee or subcommittee (other than the Committee on 
Standards of Official Conduct or its subcommittees) unless the 
House by majority vote authorizes 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, 
Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner by the same procedures 
specified in this subparagraph for closing hearings to the 
public.
    (D) The committee or subcommittee may vote by the same 
procedure described in this subparagraph to close one 
subsequent day of hearing, except that the Committee on 
Appropriations, the Committee on Armed Services, and the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the 
subcommittees thereof, may vote by the same procedure to close 
up to five additional, consecutive days of hearings.
    (3) The chairman of each committee (other than the 
Committee on Rules) shall make public announcement of the date, 
place, and subject matter of a 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 that there is good cause to begin a hearing 
sooner, or if the committee so determines by majority vote in 
the presence of the number of members required under the rules 
of the committee for the transaction of business, the chairman 
shall make the announcement at the earliest possible date. An 
announcement made under this subparagraph shall be published 
promptly in the Daily Digest and made available in electronic 
form.
    (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 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 each 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)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (B), a point of 
order does not lie with respect to a measure reported by a 
committee on the ground that hearings on such measure were not 
conducted in accordance with this clause.
    (B) A point of order on the ground described in subdivision 
(A) may be made by a member of the committee that reported the 
measure if such point of order was timely made and improperly 
disposed of in the committee.
    (6) This paragraph does not apply to hearings of the 
Committee on Appropriations under clause 4(a)(1) of Rule X.

                          QUORUM REQUIREMENTS

    (h)(1) A measure or recommendation may not be reported by a 
committee unless a majority of the committee is actually 
present.
    (2) Each committee may fix the number of its members to 
constitute a quorum for taking testimony and receiving 
evidence, which may not be less than two.
    (3) Each committee (other than 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 one for 
which the presence of a majority of the committee is otherwise 
required, which may not be less than one-third of the members.
    (4)(A) Each committee may adopt a rule authorizing the 
chairman of a committee or subcommittee--
          (i) to postpone further proceedings when a record 
        vote is ordered on the question of approving a measure 
        or matter or on adopting an amendment; and
          (ii) to resume proceedings on a postponed question at 
        any time after reasonable notice.
    (B) A rule adopted pursuant to this subparagraph shall 
provide that when proceedings resume on a postponed question, 
notwithstanding any intervening order for the previous 
question, an underlying proposition shall remain subject to 
further debate or amendment to the same extent as when the 
question was postponed.

                    LIMITATION ON COMMITTEE SITTINGS

    (i) A committee may not 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 QUESTIONING OF WITNESSES

    (j)(1) Whenever a hearing is conducted by a committee on a 
measure or matter, the minority members of 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 during the questioning of 
witnesses in a 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 a 
specified number of its members to question a witness for 
longer than five minutes. The time for extended questioning of 
a witness under this subdivision shall be equal for the 
majority party and the minority party and may not exceed one 
hour in the aggregate.
    (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. The time for 
extended questioning of a witness under this subdivision shall 
be equal for the majority party and the minority party and may 
not exceed one hour in the aggregate.

                           HEARING PROCEDURES

    (k)(1) The chairman at a hearing shall announce in an 
opening statement the subject of hearing.
    (2) A copy of the committee rules and of this clause shall 
be made available to each witness on request.
    (3) Witnesses at 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 investigative hearing may tend to defame, degrade, or 
incriminate any person or it is asserted by a witness that the 
evidence or testimony that the witness would give at hearing 
may tend to defame, degrade or incriminate the witness--
          (A) notwithstanding paragraph (g)(2), such testimony 
        or evidence shall be presented in executive session if, 
        in the presence of the number of members required under 
        the rules of the committee for the purpose of taking 
        testimony, the committee determines by vote of a 
        majority of those present 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 of requests to 
subpoena additional witnesses.
    (7) Evidence or testimony taken in executive session, and 
proceedings conducted in executive session, may be released or 
used in public sessions only when authorized by the committee, 
a majority being present.
    (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 
pertinence 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.

              SUPPLEMENTAL, MINORITY, OR ADDITIONAL VIEWS

    (l) If at the time of approval of a measure or matter by a 
committee (other than the Committee on Rules) a member of the 
committee gives notice of intention to file supplemental, 
minority, or additional views for inclusion in the report to 
the House thereon, that member shall be entitled to not less 
than two additional calendar days after the day of such notice 
(excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays except when 
the House is in session on such a day) to file such views, in 
writing and signed by that member, with the clerk of the 
committee.

                  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 2 of Rule XII), a committee or 
subcommittee is authorized (subject to subparagraph (2)(A))--
          (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 
        as it considers necessary; and
          (B) to require, by subpoena or otherwise, the 
        attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the 
        production of such books, records, correspondence, 
        memoranda, papers, and documents as it considers 
        necessary.
    (2) The chairman of the committee, or a member designated 
by the chairman, may administer oaths to witnesses.
    (3)(A)(i) Except as provided in subdivision (A)(ii), a 
subpoena may be authorized and issued by a committee or 
subcommittee under subparagraph (1)(B) in the conduct of an 
investigation or series of investigations or activities only 
when authorized by the committee or subcommittee, a majority 
being present. The power to authorize and issue subpoenas under 
subparagraph (1)(B) may be delegated to the chairman of the 
committee under such rules and under such limitations as the 
committee may prescribe. Authorized subpoenas shall be signed 
by the chairman of the committee or by a member designated by 
the committee.
    (ii) In the case of a subcommittee of the Committee on 
Standards of Official Conduct, a subpoena may be authorized and 
issued only by an affirmative vote of a majority of its 
members.
    (B) A subpoena duces tecum may specify terms of return 
other than at a meeting or hearing of the committee or 
subcommittee authorizing the subpoena.
    (C) Compliance with a subpoena issued by a committee or 
subcommittee under subparagraph (1)(B) may be enforced only as 
authorized or directed by the House.

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           AUDIO AND VISUAL COVERAGE OF COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS

    4. (a) The purpose of this clause is to provide a means, in 
conformity with acceptable standards of dignity, propriety, and 
decorum, by which committee hearings or committee meetings that 
are open to the public may be covered by audio and visual 
means--
          (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 
        as an institution 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 may 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 audio or 
visual means, 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 may 
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 a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
        Commissioner or bring the House, the committee, or a 
        Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner into 
        disrepute.
    (d) The coverage of committee hearings and meetings by 
audio and visual means 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 a committee 
or subcommittee is open to the public, those proceedings shall 
be open to coverage by audio and visual means. 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 shall adopt written rules to govern its 
implementation of this clause. Such rules shall contain 
provisions to the following effect:
          (1) If audio or visual 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) The allocation among the television media of the 
        positions or 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.
          (3) Television cameras shall be placed so as not to 
        obstruct in any way the space between a witness giving 
        evidence or testimony and any member of the committee 
        or the visibility of that witness and that member to 
        each other.
          (4) Television cameras shall operate from fixed 
        positions but may not be placed in positions that 
        obstruct unnecessarily the coverage of the hearing or 
        meeting by the other media.
          (5) Equipment necessary for coverage by the 
        television and radio media may not be installed in, or 
        removed from, the hearing or meeting room while the 
        committee is in session.
          (6)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (B), 
        floodlights, spotlights, strobelights, and flashguns 
        may not be used in providing any method of coverage of 
        the hearing or meeting.
          (B) The television media may install additional 
        lighting in a hearing or meeting room, without cost to 
        the Government, in order to raise the ambient lighting 
        level in a hearing or meeting room to the lowest level 
        necessary to provide adequate television coverage of a 
        hearing or meeting at the current state of the art of 
        television coverage.
          (7) 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 a hearing or meeting by still photography, 
        that coverage shall be permitted on the basis of a fair 
        and equitable pool arrangement devised by the Standing 
        Committee of Press Photographers.
          (8) Photographers may not position themselves between 
        the witness table and the members of the committee at 
        any time during the course of a hearing or meeting.
          (9) Photographers may not place themselves in 
        positions that obstruct unnecessarily the coverage of 
        the hearing by the other media.
          (10) Personnel providing coverage by the television 
        and radio media shall be currently accredited to the 
        Radio and Television Correspondents' Galleries.
          (11) Personnel providing coverage by still 
        photography shall be currently accredited to the Press 
        Photographers' Gallery.
          (12) 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.

                            PAY OF WITNESSES

    5. Witnesses appearing before the House or any of its 
committees shall be paid the same per diem rate as established, 
authorized, and regulated by the Committee on House 
Administration for Members, Delegates, the Resident 
Commissioner, and employees of the House, plus actual expenses 
of travel to or from the place of examination. Such per diem 
may not be paid when a witness has been summoned at the place 
of examination.

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                                Rule XII


                    Calendars and Committee Reports


                               CALENDARS

    1. (a) All business reported by committees shall be 
referred to one of the following three calendars:
          (1) A Calendar of the Committee of the Whole House on 
        the state of the Union, to which shall be referred 
        public bills and public resolutions raising revenue, 
        involving a tax or charge on the people, directly or 
        indirectly making appropriations of money or property 
        or requiring such appropriations to be made, 
        authorizing payments out of appropriations already 
        made, releasing any liability to the United States for 
        money or property, or referring a claim to the Court of 
        Claims.
          (2) A House Calendar, to which shall be referred all 
        public bills and public resolutions not requiring 
        referral to the Calendar of the Committee of the Whole 
        House on the state of the Union.
          (3) A Private Calendar as provided in clause 5 of 
        Rule XV, to which shall be referred all private bills 
        and private resolutions.
    (b) There is established a Calendar of Motions to Discharge 
Committees as provided in clause 2 of Rule XV.

                     FILING AND PRINTING OF REPORTS

    2. (a)(1) Except as provided in subparagraph (2), all 
reports of committees (other than those filed from the floor as 
privileged) shall be delivered to the Clerk for printing and 
reference to the proper calendar under the direction of the 
Speaker in accordance with clause 1. The title or subject of 
each report shall be entered on the Journal and printed in the 
Congressional Record.
    (2) A bill or resolution reported adversely shall be laid 
on the table unless a committee to which the bill or resolution 
was referred requests at the time of the report its referral to 
an appropriate calendar under clause 1 or unless, within three 
days thereafter, a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
makes such a request.
    (b)(1) It shall be the duty of the chairman of each 
committee to report or cause to be reported promptly to the 
House a measure or matter approved by the committee and to take 
or cause to be taken steps necessary to bring the measure or 
matter to a vote.
    (2) In any event, the report of a committee on a measure 
that 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 a written request for 
the filing of the report, signed by a majority of the members 
of the committee, has been filed with the clerk of the 
committee. The clerk of the committee shall immediately notify 
the chairman of the filing of such a request. This subparagraph 
does not apply to a report of the Committee on Rules with 
respect to a rule, joint rule, or order of business of the 
House, or to the reporting of a resolution of inquiry addressed 
to the head of an executive department.
    (c) All supplemental, minority, or additional views filed 
under clause 2(l) of Rule XI by one or more members of a 
committee shall be included in, and shall be a part of, the 
report filed by the committee with respect to a measure or 
matter. When time guaranteed by clause 2(l) of Rule XI 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. This clause and provisions of clause 2(l) of Rule XI do 
not preclude the immediate filing or printing of a committee 
report in the absence of a timely request for the opportunity 
to file supplemental, minority, or additional views as provided 
in clause 2(l) of rule XI.

                           CONTENT OF REPORTS

    3. (a)(1) Except as provided in subparagraph (2), the 
report of a committee on a measure or matter shall be printed 
in a single volume that--
          (A) shall include all supplemental, minority, or 
        additional views that have been submitted by the time 
        of the filing of the report; and
          (B) shall bear on its cover a recital that any such 
        supplemental, minority, or additional views (and any 
        material submitted under paragraph (c)(3) or (4)) are 
        included as part of the report.
    (2) A committee may file a supplemental report for the 
correction of a technical error in its previous report on a 
measure or matter. A supplemental report only correcting errors 
in the depiction of record votes under paragraph (b) may be 
filed under this subparagraph and shall not be subject to the 
requirement in clause 4 concerning the availability of reports.
    (b) With respect to each record vote on a motion to report 
a measure or matter of a public nature, and on any amendment 
offered to the measure or matter, the total number of votes 
cast for and against, and the names of members voting for and 
against, shall be included in the committee report. The 
preceding sentence does not apply to votes taken in executive 
session by the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.
    (c) The report of a committee on a measure that has been 
approved by the committee shall include, separately set out and 
clearly identified, the following:
          (1) Oversight findings and recommendations under 
        clause 2(b)(1) of Rule X.
          (2) The statement required by section 308(a) of the 
        Congressional Budget Act of 1974, except that an 
        estimate of new budget authority shall include, when 
        practicable, a comparison of the total estimated 
        funding level for the relevant programs to the 
        appropriate levels under current law.
          (3) An estimate and comparison prepared by the 
        Director of the Congressional Budget Office under 
        section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 if 
        timely submitted to the committee before the filing of 
        the report.
          (4) A statement of general performance goals and 
        objectives, including outcome-related goals and 
        objectives, for which the measure authorizes funding.
    (d) Each report of a committee on a public bill or public 
joint resolution shall contain the following:
          (1) A statement citing the specific powers granted to 
        Congress in the Constitution to enact the law proposed 
        by the bill or joint resolution.
          (2)(A) An estimate by the committee of the costs that 
        would be incurred in carrying out the bill or joint 
        resolution in the fiscal year in which it is reported 
        and in each of the five fiscal years following that 
        fiscal year (or for the authorized duration of any 
        program authorized by the bill or joint resolution if 
        less than five years);
          (B) A comparison of the estimate of costs described 
        in subdivision (A) made by the committee with any 
        estimate of such costs made by a Government agency and 
        submitted to such committee; and
          (C) When practicable, a comparison of the total 
        estimated funding level for the relevant programs with 
        the appropriate levels under current law.
          (3)(A) In subparagraph (2) the term ``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.
          (B) Subparagraph (2) does not apply to the Committee 
        on Appropriations, the Committee on House 
        Administration, the Committee on Rules, or the 
        Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, and does 
        not apply when a cost estimate and comparison prepared 
        by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office 
        under section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
        1974 has been included in the report under paragraph 
        (c)(3).
    (e)(1) Whenever a committee reports a bill or joint 
resolution proposing to repeal or amend a statute or part 
thereof, it shall include in its report or in an accompanying 
document--
          (A) the text of a statute or part thereof that is 
        proposed to be repealed; and
          (B) a comparative print of any part of the bill or 
        joint resolution proposing to amend the statute and of 
        the statute or part thereof proposed to be amended, 
        showing by appropriate typographical devices the 
        omissions and insertions proposed.
    (2) If a committee reports a bill or joint resolution 
proposing to repeal or amend a statute or part thereof with a 
recommendation that the bill or joint resolution be amended, 
the comparative print required by subparagraph (1) shall 
reflect the changes in existing law proposed to be made by the 
bill or joint resolution as proposed to be amended.
    (f)(1) A report of the Committee on Appropriations on a 
general appropriation bill shall include--
          (A) a concise statement describing the effect of any 
        provision of the accompanying bill that directly or 
        indirectly changes the application of existing law; and
          (B) a list of all appropriations contained in the 
        bill for expenditures not previously authorized by law 
        for the period concerned (except classified 
        intelligence or national security programs, projects, 
        or activities) along with a statement of the last year 
        for which such expenditures were authorized, the level 
        of expenditures authorized for that year, the actual 
        level of appropriations in the bill for such 
        expenditures.
    (2) Whenever the Committee on Appropriations reports a bill 
or joint resolution including matter specified in clause 1(b) 
(2) or (3) of Rule X, it shall include--
          (A) in the bill or joint resolution, separate 
        headings for ``Rescissions'' and ``Transfers of 
        Unexpended Balances'' and
          (B) in the report of the committee, a separate 
        section listing such rescissions and transfers.
    (g) Whenever the Committee on Rules reports a resolution 
proposing to repeal or amend a standing rule of the House, it 
shall include in its report or in an accompanying document--
          (1) the text of any rule or part thereof that is 
        proposed to be repealed; and
          (2) a comparative print of any part of the resolution 
        proposing to amend the rule and of the rule or part 
        thereof proposed to be amended, showing by appropriate 
        typographical devices the omissions and insertions 
        proposed.
    (h)(1) It shall not be in order to consider a bill or joint 
resolution reported by the Committee on Ways and Means that 
proposes to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 unless--
          (A) the report includes a tax complexity analysis 
        prepared by the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue 
        Taxation in accordance with section 4022(b) of the 
        Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act 
        of 1998; or
          (B) the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means 
        causes such a tax complexity analysis to be printed in 
        the Congressional Record before consideration of the 
        bill or joint resolution.
    (2)(A) It shall not be in order to consider a bill or joint 
resolution reported by the Committee on Ways and Means that 
proposes to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 unless--
          (i) the report includes a macroeconomic impact 
        analysis;
          (ii) the report includes a statement from the Joint 
        Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation explaining why a 
        macroeconomic impact analysis is not calculable; or
          (iii) the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means 
        causes a macroeconomic impact analysis to be printed in 
        the Congressional Record before consideration of the 
        bill or joint resolution.
    (B) In subdivision (A), the term ``macroeconomic impact 
analysis'' means--
          (i) an estimate prepared by the Joint Committee on 
        Internal Revenue Taxation of the changes in economic 
        output, employment, capital stock, and tax revenues 
        expected to result from enactment of the proposal; and
          (ii) a statement from the Joint Committee on Internal 
        Revenue Taxation identifying the critical assumptions 
        and the source of data underlying that estimate.

                        AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS

    4. (a)(1) Except as specified in subparagraph (2), it shall 
not be in order to consider in the House a measure or matter 
reported by a committee until the third calendar day (excluding 
Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays except when the House is 
in session on such a day) on which each report of a committee 
on that measure or matter has been available to Members, 
Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner.
    (2) Subparagraph (1) does not apply to--
          (A) a resolution providing a rule, joint rule, or 
        order of business reported by the Committee on Rules 
        considered under clause 6;
          (B) a resolution providing amounts from the 
        applicable accounts described in clause 1(i)(1) of Rule 
        X reported by the Committee on House Administration 
        considered under clause 6 of Rule X;
          (C) a resolution presenting a question of the 
        privileges of the House reported by any committee;
          (D) a measure for the declaration of war, or the 
        declaration of a national emergency, by Congress; and
          (E) a measure providing for the disapproval of a 
        decision, determination, or action by a Government 
        agency that would become, or continue to be, effective 
        unless disapproved or otherwise invalidated by one or 
        both Houses of Congress. In this subdivision the term 
        ``Government agency'' includes any department, agency, 
        establishment, wholly owned Government corporation, or 
        instrumentality of the Federal Government or of the 
        government of the District of Columbia.
    (b) A committee that reports a measure or matter shall make 
every reasonable effort to have its hearings thereon (if any) 
printed and available for distribution to Members, Delegates, 
and the Resident Commissioner before the consideration of the 
measure or matter in the House.
    (c) A general appropriation bill reported by the Committee 
on Appropriations may not be considered in the House until the 
third calendar day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal 
holidays except when the House is in session on such a day) on 
which printed hearings of the Committee on Appropriations 
thereon have been available to Members, Delegates, and the 
Resident Commissioner.

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    The Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the Committee 
serve as ex officio Members of the Subcommittees. (See 
paragraph (e) of this Rule).
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