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                                 RULES

                                 OF THE

                              COMMITTEE ON

                          EDUCATION AND LABOR

                                     

                     U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                     

                             110th CONGRESS

                                     
                                     
                                     
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                    COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

                  GEORGE MILLER, California, Chairman

Dale E. Kildee, Michigan, Vice       Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon, 
    Chairman                             California,
Donald M. Payne, New Jersey            Ranking Minority Member
Robert E. Andrews, New Jersey        Thomas E. Petri, Wisconsin
Robert C. ``Bobby'' Scott, Virginia  Peter Hoekstra, Michigan
Lynn C. Woolsey, California          Michael N. Castle, Delaware
Ruben Hinojosa, Texas                Mark E. Souder, Indiana
Carolyn McCarthy, New York           Vernon J. Ehlers, Michigan
John F. Tierney, Massachusetts       Judy Biggert, Illinois
Dennis J. Kucinich, Ohio             Todd Russell Platts, Pennsylvania
David Wu, Oregon                     Ric Keller, Florida
Rush D. Holt, New Jersey             Joe Wilson, South Carolina
Susan A. Davis, California           John Kline, Minnesota
Danny K. Davis, Illinois             Bob Inglis, South Carolina
Raul M. Grijalva, Arizona            Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Washington
Timothy H. Bishop, New York          Kenny Marchant, Texas
Linda T. Sanchez, California         Tom Price, Georgia
John P. Sarbanes, Maryland           Luis G. Fortuno, Puerto Rico
Joe Sestak, Pennsylvania             Charles W. Boustany, Jr., 
David Loebsack, Iowa                     Louisiana
Mazie Hirono, Hawaii                 Virginia Foxx, North Carolina
Jason Altmire, Pennsylvania          John R. ``Randy'' Kuhl, Jr., New 
John A. Yarmuth, Kentucky                York
Phil Hare, Illinois                  Rob Bishop, Utah
Yvette D. Clarke, New York           David Davis, Tennessee
Joe Courtney, Connecticut            Timothy Walberg, Michigan
Carol Shea-Porter, New Hampshire

                     Mark Zuckerman, Staff Director
                   Vic Klatt, Minority Staff Director


                            C O N T E N T S

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    Rule 1. Regular, Additional, and Special Meetings: Vice 
      Chairman...................................................     1
    Rule 2. Questioning of Witnesses.............................     2
    Rule 3. Records and Rollcalls................................     2
    Rule 4. Standing Subcommittees and Jurisdiction..............     3
    Rule 5. Ex Officio Membership................................     5
    Rule 6. Special Assignment of Members........................     5
    Rule 7. Subcommittee Scheduling..............................     5
    Rule 8. Subcommittee Rules...................................     5
    Rule 9. Committee Staff......................................     6
    Rule 10. Supervision and Duties of Committee Staff...........     6
    Rule 11. Hearings Procedure..................................     6
    Rule 12. Meetings--Hearings--Quorums.........................     7
    Rule 13. Subpoena Authority..................................     7
    Rule 14. Reports of Subcommittees............................     8
    Rule 15. Votes...............................................     9
    Rule 16. Authorization for Travel............................     9
    Rule 17. Referral of Bills, Resolutions, and Other Matters...    10
    Rule 18. Committee Reports...................................    11
    Rule 19. Measures to Be Considered Under Suspension..........    12
    Rule 20. Budget and Expenses.................................    12
    Rule 21. Appointment of Conferees and Notice of Conference 
      Meetings...................................................    13
    Rule 22. Broadcasting of Committee Hearings and Meetings.....    13
    Rule 23. Changes in Committee Rules..........................    14


                            THE RULES OF THE



                    COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR



                         FOR THE 110th CONGRESS

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    RULE 1. REGULAR, ADDITIONAL, AND SPECIAL MEETINGS: VICE CHAIRMAN

    (a) Regular meetings of the Committee shall be held on the 
second Wednesday of each month at 9:30 a.m., while the House is 
in session. When the Chairman believes that the Committee will 
not be considering any bill or resolution before the Committee 
and that there is no other business to be transacted at a 
regular meeting, he will give each member of the Committee, as 
far in advance of the day of the regular meeting as the 
circumstances make practicable, a written notice to that 
effect; and no regular Committee meeting shall be held on that 
day.
    (b) The Chairman may call and convene, as he considers 
necessary, additional meetings of the Committee for the 
consideration of any bill or resolution pending before the 
Committee or for the conduct of other Committee business. The 
Committee shall meet for such purposes pursuant to that call of 
the Chairman.
    (c) If at least three members of the Committee desire that 
a special meeting of the Committee be called by the Chairman, 
those members may file in the offices of the Committee their 
written request to the Chairman for that special meeting. 
Immediately upon the filing of the request, the staff director 
of the Committee shall notify the Chairman of the filing of the 
request. If, within three calendar days after the filing of the 
request, the Chairman does not call the requested special 
meeting to be held within seven calendar days after the filing 
of the request, a majority of the members of the Committee may 
file in the offices of the Committee their written notice that 
a special meeting of the Committee will be held, specifying the 
date and hour thereof, and the measure or matter to be 
considered at that special meeting. The Committee shall meet on 
that date and hour. Immediately upon the filing of the notice, 
the staff director of the Committee shall notify all members of 
the Committee that such meeting will be held and inform them of 
its date and hour and the measure or matter to be considered; 
and only the measure or matter specified in that notice may be 
considered at that special meeting.
    (d) Legislative meetings of the Committee and its 
subcommittees shall be open to the public, including radio, 
television and still photography coverage, unless such meetings 
are closed pursuant to the requirements of House Rules. No 
business meeting of the Committee, other than regularly 
scheduled meetings, may be held without each member being given 
reasonable notice.
    (e) The Chairman of the Committee or of a subcommittee, as 
appropriate, shall preside at meetings or hearings, or, in the 
absence of the Chairman, the vice chairman, or the Chairman's 
designee shall preside.

                    RULE 2. QUESTIONING OF WITNESSES

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

                     RULE 3. RECORDS AND ROLLCALLS

    (a) Written records shall be kept of the proceedings of the 
Committee and of each subcommittee, including a record of the 
votes on any question on which a roll call is demanded. The 
result of each such roll call vote shall be made available by 
the Committee or subcommittee for inspection by the public at 
reasonable times in the offices of the Committee or 
subcommittee. Information so available for public inspection 
shall include a description of the amendment, motion, order, or 
other proposition and the name of each member voting for and 
each member voting against such amendment, motion, order, or 
proposition, and the names of those members present but not 
voting. A record vote may be demanded by one-fifth of the 
members present or, in the apparent absence of a quorum, by any 
one member.
    (b) In accordance with Rule VII of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives, any official permanent record of the 
Committee (including any record of a legislative, oversight, or 
other activity of the Committee or any subcommittee) shall be 
made available for public use if such record has been in 
existence for 30 years, except that----
          (1) any record that the Committee (or a subcommittee) 
        makes available for public use before such record is 
        delivered to the Archivist under clause 2 of Rule VII 
        of the Rules of the House of Representatives shall be 
        made available immediately, including any record 
        described in subsection (a) of this Rule;
          (2) any investigative record that contains personal 
        data relating to a specific living individual (the 
        disclosure of which would be an unwarranted invasion of 
        personal privacy), any administrative record with 
        respect to personnel, and any record with respect to a 
        hearing closed pursuant to clause 2(g) (2) of Rule XI 
        of the Rules of the House of Representatives shall be 
        available if such record has been in existence for 50 
        years; or
          (3) except as otherwise provided by order of the 
        House, any record of the Committee for which a time, 
        schedule, or condition for availability is specified by 
        order of the Committee (entered during the Congress in 
        which the record is made or acquired by the Committee) 
        shall be made available in accordance with the order of 
        the Committee.
    (c) The official permanent records of the Committee include 
noncurrent records of the Committee (including subcommittees) 
delivered by the Clerk of the House of Representatives to the 
Archivist of the United States for preservation at the National 
Archives and Records Administration, which are the property of 
and remain subject to the rules and orders of the House of 
Representatives.
    (d)(1) Any order of the Committee with respect to any 
matter described in paragraph (2) of this subsection shall be 
adopted only if the notice requirements of Committee Rule 17(c) 
have been met, a quorum consisting of a majority of the members 
of the Committee is present at the time of the vote, and a 
majority of those present and voting approve the adoption of 
the order, which shall be submitted to the Clerk of the House 
of Representatives, together with any accompanying report.
    (2) This subsection applies to any order of the Committee 
which----
          (A) provides for the non-availability of any record 
        subject to subsection (b) of this rule for a period 
        longer than the period otherwise applicable; or
          (B) is subsequent to, and constitutes a later order 
        under clause 4(b) of Rule VII of the Rules of the House 
        of Representatives, regarding a determination of the 
        Clerk of the House of Representatives with respect to 
        authorizing the Archivist of the United States to make 
        available for public use the records delivered to the 
        Archivist under clause 2 of Rule VII of the Rules of 
        the House of Representatives; or
          (C) specifies a time, schedule, or condition for 
        availability pursuant to subsection (b) (3) of this 
        Rule.

            RULE 4. STANDING SUBCOMMITTEES AND JURISDICTION

    (a) There shall be five standing subcommittees. In addition 
to the conducting oversight in the area of their respective 
jurisdictions as required in clause 2 of House Rule X, each 
subcommittee shall have the following jurisdictions:
    Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary 
Education.--Including education from early learning through the 
high school level including, but not limited to, elementary and 
secondary education, education of the disabled, the homeless 
and migrant and agricultural labor. Also including school 
construction, overseas dependent schools, career and technical 
training, school safety and alcohol and drug abuse prevention, 
educational research and improvement, including the Institute 
of Education Sciences; and early care and education programs 
and early learning programs, including the Head Start Act and 
the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act.
    Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and 
Competitiveness.--Education and training beyond the high school 
level including, but not limited to higher education generally, 
postsecondary student assistance and employment services, the 
Higher Education Act; postsecondary career and technical 
education, training and apprenticeship including the Workforce 
Investment Act, displaced homemakers, adult basic education 
(family literacy), rehabilitation, professional development, 
and training programs from immigration funding; pre-service and 
in-service teacher training, including Title II of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act and Title II of the 
Higher Education Act; science and technology programs; 
affirmative action in higher education; Title IX of the 
Education Amendments of 1972; all welfare reform programs 
including, work incentive programs, welfare-to-work 
requirements; the Native American Programs Act, the Robert A. 
Taft Institute, and Institute for Peace.
    Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.--
Adolescent development and training programs, including but not 
limited to those providing for the care and treatment of 
certain at risk youth, including the Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention Act and the Runaway and Homeless Youth 
Act; all matters dealing with child abuse and domestic 
violence, including the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment 
Act, and child adoption; school lunch and child nutrition, 
poverty programs including the Community Services Block Grant 
Act, and the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program 
(LIHEAP); all matters dealing with programs and services for 
the elderly, including nutrition programs and the Older 
Americans Act; environmental education; all domestic volunteer 
programs; library services and construction, and programs 
related to the arts and humanities, museum services, and arts 
and artifacts indemnity.
    Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.--Wages and hours of 
labor including, but not limited to, Davis-Bacon Act, Walsh-
Healey Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, workers' compensation 
including, Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 
Federal Employees' Compensation Act, Migrant and Seasonal 
Agricultural Worker Protection Act, Service Contract Act, 
Family and Medical Leave Act, Worker Adjustment and Retraining 
Notification Act, including training for dislocated workers, 
Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988, trade and 
immigration issues as they impact employers and workers, and 
workers' health and safety including, but not limited to, 
occupational safety and health, mine health and safety, youth 
camp safety, and migrant and agricultural labor health and 
safety.
    Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions.-All 
matters dealing with relationships between employers and 
workers generally including, but not limited to, the National 
Labor Relations Act, Labor Management Relations Act, Labor-
Management Reporting and Disclosure Act, Bureau of Labor 
Statistics, employment-related retirement security, including 
pension, health and other employee benefits, the Employee 
Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA); all matters related to 
equal employment opportunity and civil rights in employment, 
including affirmative action.
    (b) The majority party members of the Committee may provide 
for such temporary, ad hoc subcommittees as determined to be 
appropriate.

                     RULE 5. EX OFFICIO MEMBERSHIP

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

                 RULE 6. SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT OF MEMBERS

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

                    RULE 7. SUBCOMMITTEE SCHEDULING

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

                       RULE 8. SUBCOMMITTEE RULES

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

                        RULE 9. COMMITTEE STAFF

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

           RULE 10. SUPERVISION AND DUTIES OF COMMITTEE STAFF

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

                      RULE 11. HEARINGS PROCEDURE

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

                   RULE 12. MEETINGS-HEARINGS-QUORUMS

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

                      RULE 13. SUBPOENA AUTHORITY

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

                   RULE 14. REPORTS OF SUBCOMMITTEES

    (a) Whenever a subcommittee has ordered a bill, resolution, 
or other matter to be reported to the Committee, the chairman 
of the subcommittee reporting the bill, resolution, or matter 
to the Committee, or any member authorized by the subcommittee 
to do so, may report such bill, resolution, or matter to the 
Committee. It shall be the duty of the chairman of the 
subcommittee to report or cause to be reported promptly such 
bill, resolution, or matter, and to take or cause to be taken 
the necessary steps to bring such bill, resolution, or matter 
to a vote.
    (b) In any event, the report, described in the proviso in 
subsection (d) of this rule, of any subcommittee on a measure 
which has been approved by the subcommittee shall be filed 
within seven calendar days (exclusive of days on which the 
House is not in session) after the day on which there has been 
filed with the staff director of the Committee a written 
request, signed by a majority of the members of the 
subcommittee, for the reporting of that measure. Upon the 
filing of any such request, the staff director of the Committee 
shall transmit immediately to the chairman of the subcommittee 
a notice of the filing of that request.
    (c) All Committee or subcommittee reports printed pursuant 
to legislative study or investigation and not approved by a 
majority vote of the Committee or subcommittee, as appropriate, 
shall contain the following disclaimer on the cover of such 
report:
    ``This report has not been officially adopted by the 
Committee on Education and Labor (or pertinent subcommittee 
thereof) and therefore may not necessarily reflect the views of 
its members.''
    The minority party members of the Committee or subcommittee 
shall have three calendar days, excluding weekends and 
holidays, to file, as part of the printed report, supplemental, 
minority, or additional views.
    (d) Bills, resolutions, or other matters favorably reported 
by a subcommittee shall automatically be placed upon the agenda 
of the Committee as of the time they are reported. No bill or 
resolution or other matter reported by a subcommittee shall be 
considered by the full Committee unless it has been delivered 
or electronically sent to all members and notice of its prior 
transmission has been in the hands of all members at least 48 
hours prior to such consideration; a member of the Committee 
shall receive, upon his or her request, a paper copy of such 
bill, resolution, or other matter reported. When a bill is 
reported from a subcommittee, such measure shall be accompanied 
by a section-by-section analysis; and, if the Chairman of the 
Committee so requires (in response to a request from the 
ranking minority member of the Committee or for other reasons), 
a comparison showing proposed changes in existing law.
    (e) To the extent practicable, any report prepared pursuant 
to a Committee or subcommittee study or investigation shall be 
available to members no later than 48 hours prior to 
consideration of any such report by the Committee or 
subcommittee, as the case may be.

                             RULE 15. VOTES

    (a) With respect to each roll call vote on a motion to 
report any bill, resolution or matter of a public character, 
and on any amendment offered thereto, the total number of votes 
cast for and against, and the names of those members voting for 
and against, shall be included in the Committee report on the 
measure or matter.
    (b) In accordance with clause 2(h) of House Rule XI, the 
Chairman of the Committee or a subcommittee is authorized to 
postpone further proceedings when a record vote is ordered on 
the question of approving a measure or matter or on adopting an 
amendment. Such Chairman may resume proceedings on a postponed 
request at any time after reasonable notice. When proceedings 
resume on a postponed question, notwithstanding any intervening 
order for the previous question, an underlying proposition 
shall remain subject to further debate or amendment to the same 
extent as when the question was postponed.
    (c) In determining the order in which amendments to a 
matter pending before the committee will be considered, the 
Chairman may give priority to:
    (1) The Chairman's mark, and
    (2) Amendments, otherwise in order, that have been filed 
with the Committee at least 24 hours prior to the Committee or 
subcommittee business meeting on said measure or matter.

                   RULE 16. AUTHORIZATION FOR TRAVEL

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

       RULE 17. REFERRAL OF BILLS, RESOLUTIONS, AND OTHER MATTERS

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

                       RULE 18. COMMITTEE REPORTS

    (a) All Committee reports on bills or resolutions shall 
comply with the provisions of clause 2 of Rule XI and clauses 
2, 3, and 4 of Rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives.
    (b) No such report shall be filed until copies of the 
proposed report have been available to all members at least 36 
hours prior to such filing in the House. No material change 
shall be made in the report distributed to members unless 
agreed to by majority vote; but any member or members of the 
Committee may file, as part of the printed report, individual, 
minority, or dissenting views, without regard to the preceding 
provisions of this rule.
    (c) Such 36-hour period shall not conclude earlier than the 
end of the period provided under clause 4 of Rule XIII of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives after the Committee 
approves a measure or matter if a member, at the time of such 
approval, gives notice of intention to file supplemental, 
minority, or additional views for inclusion as part of the 
printed report.
    (d) The report on activities of the Committee required 
under clause 1 of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives shall include the following disclaimer in the 
document transmitting the report to the Clerk of the House:
    ``This report has not been officially adopted by the 
Committee on Education and Labor or any subcommittee thereof 
and therefore may not necessarily reflect the views of its 
members.''
    Such disclaimer need not be included if the report was 
circulated to all members of the Committee at least 7 days 
prior to its submission to the House and provision is made for 
the filing by any member, as part of the printed report, of 
individual, minority, or dissenting views.

          RULE 19. MEASURES TO BE CONSIDERED UNDER SUSPENSION

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

                      RULE 20. BUDGET AND EXPENSES

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

 RULE 21. APPOINTMENT OF CONFEREES, NOTICE OF CONFERENCE MEETINGS AND 
                           CONFERENCE MOTION

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

        RULE 22. BROADCASTING OF COMMITTEE HEARINGS AND MEETINGS

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

                  RULE 23. CHANGES IN COMMITTEE RULES

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

                                 
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