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   109th Congress 1st                                   Committee
    1st    Session            COMMITTEE PRINT        Print 109-A
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                     COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY
                     U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES



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                           RULES AND APPENDIX

                                for the

                     COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY

                               during the

                       ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS

                             FIRST SESSION

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                         Adopted February 2005









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                     COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY

                 Christopher Cox, California, Chairman
Don Young, Alaska                    Bennie G. Thompson, Mississippi
Lamar S. Smith, Texas                Loretta Sanchez, California
Curt Weldon, Pennsylvania, Vice      Edward J. Markey, Massachusetts
    Chair                            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 
Tom Davis, Virginia                      Columbia
Daniel E. Lungren, California        Zoe Lofgren, California
Jim Gibbons, Nevada                  Sheila Jackson-Lee, Texas
Rob Simmons, Connecticut             Bill Pascrell, Jr., New Jersey
Mike Rogers, Alabama                 Donna M. Christensen, U.S. Virgin 
Stevan Pearce, New Mexico                Islands
Katherine Harris, Florida            Bob Etheridge, North Carolina
Bobby Jindal, Louisiana              James R. Langevin, Rhode Island
Dave G. Reichert, Washington         Kendrick B. Meek, Florida
Michael McCaul, Texas
Charlie Dent, Pennsylvania

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                            C O N T E N T S



Rules
    Rule I--General Provisions...................................     1
    Rule II--Meetings and Hearing................................     2
    Rule III--Subpoenas..........................................     5
    Rule IV--Subcommittees.......................................     6
    Rule V--Committee Staff......................................     9
    Rule VI--Member and Staff Travel.............................    10
    Rule VII--Committee Records..................................    11
    Rule VIII--Classified and Other Confidential Information.....    12
    Rule IX--Changes to Committee Rules..........................    13

Appendix
    Appicable Provisions of House Rules..........................    14

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                     COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY

                            Committee Rules

                        Adopted February 9, 2005

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

                            APPENDIX

                             House Rule VII

                          Records of the House

Archiving
        1.  (a) At the end of each Congress, the chairman of 
        each committee shall transfer to the Clerk any 
        noncurrent records of such committee, including the 
        subcommittees thereof.
                (b) At the end of each Congress, each officer 
                of the House elected under Rule II shall 
                transfer to the Clerk any noncurrent records 
                made or acquired in the course of the duties of 
                such officer.
        2. The Clerk shall deliver the records transferred 
        under clause 1, together with any other noncurrent 
        records of the House, to the Archivist of the United 
        States for preservation at the National Archives and 
        Records Administration. Records so delivered are the 
        permanent property of the House and remain subject to 
        this rule and any order of the House.

Public availability
        3.  (a) The Clerk shall authorize the Archivist to make 
        records delivered under clause 2 available for public 
        use, subject to clause 4(b), and any order of the 
        House.
                (b) (1) A record shall immediately be made 
                available if it was previously made available 
                for public use by the House or a committee or a 
                subcommittee.
                        (2) An investigative record that 
                        contains personal data relating to a 
                        specific living person (the disclosure 
                        of which would be an unwarranted 
                        invasion of personal privacy), an 
                        administrative record relating to 
                        personnel, or a record relating to a 
                        hearing that was closed under clause 
                        2(g)(2) of rule XI shall be made 
                        available if it has been in existence 
                        for 50 years.
                        (3) A record for which a time, 
                        schedule, or condition for availability 
                        is specified by order of the House 
                        shall be made available in accordance 
                        with that order. Except as otherwise 
                        provided by order of the House, a 
                        record of a 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.
                        (4) A record (other than a record 
                        referred to in subparagraph (1), (2), 
                        or (3)) shall be made available if it 
                        has been in existence for 30 years.
        4.  (a) A record may not be made available for public 
        use under clause 3 if the Clerk determines that such 
        availability would be detrimental to the public 
        interest or inconsistent with the rights and privileges 
        of the House. The Clerk shall notify in writing the 
        chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee 
        on House Administration of any such determination.
                (b) A determination of the Clerk under 
                paragraph (a) is subject to later orders of the 
                House and, in the case of a record of a 
                committee, later orders of the committee.
        5.  (a) This rule does not supersede Rule VIII or 
        clause 11 of Rule X and does not authorize the public 
        disclosure of any record if such disclosure is 
        prohibited by law or executive order of the President.
                (b) The Committee on House Administration may 
                prescribe guidelines and regulations governing 
                the applicability and implementation of this 
                rule.
                (c) A committee may withdraw from the National 
                Archives and Records Administration any record 
                of the committee delivered to the Archivist 
                under this rule. Such a withdrawal shall be on 
                a temporary basis and for official use of the 
                committee.

Definition of record
        6. In this rule the term 'record' means any official, 
        permanent record of the House (other than a record of 
        an individual Member, Delegate, or Resident 
        Commissioner), including --
                (a) with respect to a committee, an official, 
                permanent record of the committee (including 
                any record of a legislative, oversight, or 
                other activity of such committee or a 
                subcommittee thereof); and
                (b) with respect to an officer of the House 
                elected under Rule II, an official, permanent 
                record made or acquired in the course of the 
                duties of such officer.

Withdrawal of papers
        7. A memorial or other paper presented to the House may 
        not be withdrawn from its files without its leave. If 
        withdrawn certified copies thereof shall be left in the 
        office of the Clerk. When an act passes for the 
        settlement of a claim, the Clerk may transmit to the 
        officer charged with the settlement thereof the papers 
        on file in his office relating to such claim. The Clerk 
        may lend temporarily to an officer or bureau of the 
        executive departments any papers on file in his office 
        relating to any matter pending before such officer or 
        bureau, taking proper receipt therefor.

                              House 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:

        

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                (i) Committee on Homeland Security
                        (1) Overall homeland security policy.
                        (2) Organization and administration of 
                        the Department of Homeland Security.
                        (3) Functions of the Department of 
                        Homeland Security relating to the 
                        following:
                                (A) Border and port security 
                                (except immigration policy and 
                                non-border enforcement).
                                (B) Customs (except customs 
                                revenue).
                                (C) Integration, analysis, and 
                                dissemination of homeland 
                                security information.
                                (D) Domestic preparedness for 
                                and collective response to 
                                terrorism.
                                (E) Research and development.
                                (F) Transportation security.


                                

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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 Homeland Security shall review 
        and study on a continuing basis all Government 
        activities relating to homeland security, including the 
        interaction of all departments and agencies with the 
        Department of Homeland Security.


        

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Additional functions of committees
        4.  (e) (1) Each standing committee shall, in its 
        consideration of all public bills and public joint 
        resolutions within its jurisdiction, ensure that 
        appropriations for continuing programs and activities 
        of the Federal Government and the government of the 
        District of Columbia will be made annually to the 
        maximum extent feasible and consistent with the nature, 
        requirement, and objective of the programs and 
        activities involved. In this subparagraph programs and 
        activities of the Federal Government and the government 
        of the District of Columbia includes programs and 
        activities of any department, agency, establishment, 
        wholly owned Government corporation, or instrumentality 
        of the Federal Government or of the government of the 
        District of Columbia.
                        (2) Each standing committee shall 
                        review from time to time each 
                        continuing program within its 
                        jurisdiction for which appropriations 
                        are not made annually to ascertain 
                        whether the program should be modified 
                        to provide for annual appropriations.

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.  (a) (1) The standing committees specified in clause 
        1 shall be elected by the House within seven calendar 
        days after the commencement of each Congress, from 
        nominations submitted by the respective party caucus or 
        conference. A resolution proposing to change the 
        composition of a standing committee shall be privileged 
        if offered by direction of the party caucus or 
        conference concerned.
                (c) (1) One of the members of each standing 
                committee shall be elected by the House, on the 
                nomination of the majority party caucus or 
                conference, as chairman thereof. In the 
                temporary absence of the chairman, the member 
                next in rank (and so on, as often as the case 
                shall happen) shall act as chairman. Rank shall 
                be determined by the order members are named in 
                resolutions electing them to the committee. In 
                the case of a permanent vacancy in the elected 
                chairmanship of a committee, the House shall 
                elect another chairman.
                        (2) Except in the case of the Committee 
                        on Rules, a member of a standing 
                        committee may not serve as chairman of 
                        the same standing committee, or of the 
                        same subcommittee of a standing 
                        committee, during more than three 
                        consecutive Congresses (disregarding 
                        for this purpose any service for less 
                        than a full session in a Congress).
                (d) (1) Except as permitted by subparagraph 
                (2), a committee may have not more than five 
                subcommittees.
                        (2) A committee that maintains a 
                        subcommittee on oversight may have not 
                        more than six subcommittees. The 
                        Committee on Appropriations may have 
                        not more than 13 subcommittees. The 
                        Committee on Government Reform may have 
                        not more than seven subcommittees.
                (e) The House shall fill a vacancy on a 
                standing committee by election on the 
                nomination of the respective party caucus or 
                conference.

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 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 clause 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 clause 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 clause shall expire upon 
                adoption by the House of a primary expense 
                resolution for the committee.
                        (2) Amounts made available under this 
                        clause 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 of each 
                standing committee
                                (A) may not engage in any work 
                                other than committee business 
                                during congressional working 
                                hours; and
                                (B) may not be assigned 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(j)(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 
                clause 6(a), 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.

                             House 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, if 
                                        printed copies are 
                                        available.
                                (B) A motion accorded privilege 
                                under this usbparagraph 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(j)(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 
                the 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 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) 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 (3)(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.

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.

Unfinished business of the session
        6. All business of the House at the end of one session 
        shall be resumed at the commencement of the next 
        session of the same Congress in the same manner as if 
        no adjournment had taken place.


        

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                            House Rule XIII.

                    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)) 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 or 
                        clause 6 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:

                                 
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