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                    RULES ADOPTED BY THE COMMITTEES
                    OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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                           COMMITTEE ON RULES

            LOUISE McINTOSH SLAUGHTER, New York, Chairwoman
JAMES P. McGOVERN, Massachusetts     DAVID DREIER, California,
ALCEE L. HASTINGS, Florida             Ranking Member
DORIS O. MATSUI, California          LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART, Florida
DENNIS A. CARDOZA, California        DOC HASTINGS, Washington
PETER WELCH, Vermont                 PETE SESSIONS, Texas
KATHY CASTOR, Florida
MICHAEL A. ARCURI, New York
BETTY SUTTON, Ohio
                       Dan Turton, Staff Director
            Hugh Nathanial Halpern, Minority Staff Director
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             Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process

                  ALCEE L. HASTINGS, Florida, Chairman
DENNIS A. CARDOZA, California,       LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART, Florida
PETER WELCH, Vermont                 DAVID DREIER, California
BETTY SUTTON, Ohio
LOUISE McINTOSH SLAUGHTER,
  New York
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          Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House

               JAMES P. McGOVERN, Massachusetts, Chairman
DORIS O. MATSUI, California,         DOC HASTINGS, Washington
KATHY CASTOR, Florida                PETE SESSIONS, Texas
MICHAEL A. ARCURI, New York
LOUISE McINTOSH SLAUGHTER,
  New York
                            C O N T E N T S

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               Part I.--Standing Committees of the House

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Committee on Agriculture.........................................     3
Committee on Appropriations......................................    23
Committee on Armed Services......................................    33
Committee on the Budget..........................................    45
Committee on Education and Labor.................................    53
Committee on Energy and Commerce.................................    67
Committee on Financial Services..................................    77
Committee on Foreign Affairs.....................................    91
Committee on Homeland Security...................................   109
Committee on House Administration................................   121
Committee on the Judiciary.......................................   131
Committee on Natural Resources...................................   137
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.....................   151
Committee on Rules...............................................   161
Committee on Science and Technology..............................   171
Committee on Small Business......................................   189
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.......................   199
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure...................   223
Committee on Veterans' Affairs...................................   239
Committee on Ways and Means......................................   247

           Part II.--Permanent Select Committee of the House

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

               Part III.--Select Committees of the House

Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming.......   279
Select Committee to Investigate the Voting Irregularities of Aug. 
  2, 2007........................................................   285

                Part IV.--Congressional Joint Committees

Joint Economic Committee.........................................   289
Joint Committee of Congress on the Library.......................   295
Joint Committee on Printing......................................   299
Joint Committee on Taxation......................................   305

                                Appendix

Rule X. Organization of Committees...............................   307
Rule XI. Procedures of Committees and Unfinished Business........   334
Rule XIII. Calendars and Committee Reports.......................   353
      
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                PART I--STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE

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                        Committee on Agriculture

  COLLIN C. PETERSON, Minnesota, 
             Chairman

BOB GOODLATTE, Virginia,             TIM HOLDEN, Pennsylvania
  Ranking Member                     MIKE McINTYRE, North Carolina
TERRY EVERETT, Alabama               BOB ETHERIDGE, North Carolina
FRANK D. LUCAS, Oklahoma             LEONARD L. BOSWELL, Iowa
JERRY MORAN, Kansas                  JOE BACA, California
ROBIN HAYES, North Carolina          DENNIS A. CARDOZA, California
TIMOTHY V. JOHNSON, Illinois         DAVID SCOTT, Georgia
SAM GRAVES, Missouri                 JIM MARSHALL, Georgia
JO BONNER, Alabama                   STEPHANIE HERSETH SANDLIN, South 
MIKE ROGERS, Alabama                 Dakota
STEVE KING, Iowa                     HENRY CUELLAR, Texas
MARILYN N. MUSGRAVE, Colorado        JIM COSTA, California
RANDY NEUGEBAUER, Texas              JOHN T. SALAZAR, Colorado
CHARLES W. BOUSTANY, Jr.,            BRAD ELLSWORTH, Indiana
  Louisiana                          NANCY E. BOYDA, Kansas
JOHN R. ``RANDY'' KUHL, Jr.,         ZACHARY T. SPACE, Ohio
  New York                           TIMOTHY J. WALZ, Minnesota
VIRGINIA FOXX, North Carolina        KIRSTEN E. GILLIBRAND, New York
K. MICHAEL CONAWAY, Texas            STEVE KAGEN, Wisconsin
JEFF FORTENBERRY, Nebraska           EARL POMEROY, North Dakota
JEAN SCHMIDT, Ohio                   LINCOLN DAVIS, Tennessee
ADRIAN SMITH, Nebraska               JOHN BARROW, Georgia
TIM WALBERG, Michigan                NICK LAMPSON, Texas
[VACANCY]*                           JOE DONNELLY, Indiana
                                     TIM MAHONEY, Florida
*Vacancy created by the resignation of Rep. Kevin McCarthy.

                       (Adopted January 23, 2007)

                      Rule I.--General Provisions

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

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

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

          Rule III.--Open Meetings and Hearings; Broadcasting

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

                           Rule IV.--Quorums

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

                            Rule V.--Records

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

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

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

                     Rule VII.--Hearing Procedures

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

           Rule VIII.--The Reporting of Bills and Resolutions

    (a) Filing of Reports.--The Chairman shall report or cause 
to be reported promptly to the House any bill, resolution, or 
other measure approved by the Committee and shall take or cause 
to be taken all necessary steps to bring such bill, resolution, 
or other measure to a vote. No bill, resolution, or measure 
shall be reported from the Committee unless a majority of 
Committee is actually present. A Committee report on any bill, 
resolution, or other measure approved by the Committee shall be 
filed within seven calendar days (not counting days on which 
the House is not in session) after the day on which there has 
been filed with the Majority Staff Director of the Committee a 
written request, signed by a majority of the Committee, for the 
reporting of that bill or resolution. The Majority Staff 
Director of the Committee shall notify the Chairman immediately 
when such a request is filed.
    (b) Content of Reports.--Each Committee report on any bill 
or resolution approved by the Committee shall include as 
separately identified sections:
          (1) a statement of the intent or purpose of the bill 
        or resolution;
          (2) a statement describing the need for such bill or 
        resolution;
          (3) a statement of Committee and subcommittee 
        consideration of the measure including a summary of 
        amendments and motions offered and the actions taken 
        thereon;
          (4) the results of each record vote on any amendment 
        in the Committee and subcommittee and on the motion to 
        report the measure or matter, including the names of 
        those Members and the total voting for and the names of 
        those Members and the total voting against such 
        amendment or motion (See clause 3(b) of House rule 
        XIII);
          (5) the oversight findings and recommendations of the 
        Committee with respect to the subject matter of the 
        bill or resolution as required pursuant to clause 
        3(c)(1) of House rule XIII and clause 2(b)(1) of House 
        rule X;
          (6) the detailed statement described in section 
        308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 if the 
        bill or resolution provides new budget authority (other 
        than continuing appropriations), new spending authority 
        described in section 401(c)(2) of such Act, new credit 
        authority, or an increase or decrease in revenues or 
        tax expenditures, except that the estimates with 
        respect to new budget authority shall include, when 
        practicable, a comparison of the total estimated 
        funding level for the relevant program (or programs) to 
        the appropriate levels under current law;
          (7) the estimate of costs and comparison of such 
        estimates, if any, prepared by the Director of the 
        Congressional Budget Office in connection with such 
        bill or resolution pursuant to section 402 of the 
        Congressional Budget Act of 1974 if submitted in timely 
        fashion to the Committee;
          (8) a statement of general performance goals and 
        objectives, including outcome-related goals and 
        objectives, for which the measure authorizes funding;
          (9) a statement citing the specific powers granted to 
        the Congress in the Constitution to enact the law 
        proposed by the bill or joint resolution;
          (10) an estimate by the committee of the costs that 
        would be incurred in carrying out such bill or joint 
        resolution in the fiscal year in which it is reported 
        and for its authorized duration or for each of the five 
        fiscal years following the fiscal year of reporting, 
        whichever period is less (see rule XIII, clause 
        3(d)(2), (3) and (h)(2), (3)), together with--(i) a 
        comparison of these estimates with those made and 
        submitted to the Committee by any Government agency 
        when practicable, and
          (ii) a comparison of the total estimated funding 
        level for the relevant program (or programs) with 
        appropriate levels under current law (The provisions of 
        this clause do not apply if a cost estimate and 
        comparison prepared by the Director of the 
        Congressional Budget Office under section 403 of the 
        Congressional Budget Act of 1974 has been timely 
        submitted prior to the filing of the report and 
        included in the report);
          (11) a list of congressional earmarks, limited tax 
        benefits, and limited tariff benefits in the bill or in 
        the report (and the name of any Member, Delegate, or 
        Resident Commissioner who submitted a request to the 
        committee for each respective item included in such 
        list) or a statement that the proposition contains no 
        congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, or 
        limited tariff benefits;
          (12) the changes in existing law (if any) shown in 
        accordance with clause 3 of House rule XIII;
          (13) the determination required pursuant to section 
        5(b) of Public Law 92-463, if the legislation reported 
        establishes or authorizes the establishment of an 
        advisory committee; and
          (14) the information on Federal and intergovernmental 
        mandates required by section 423(c) and (d) of the 
        Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as added by the 
        Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (P.L. 104-4).
          (15) a statement regarding the applicability of 
        section 102(b)(3) of the Congressional Accountability 
        Act, Public Law 104-1.
    (c) Supplemental, Minority, or Additional Views.--If, at 
the time of approval of any measure or matter by the Committee, 
any Member of the Committee gives notice of intention to file 
supplemental, minority, or additional views, that Member shall 
be entitled to not less than two subsequent calendar days 
(excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays except when 
the House is in session on such date) in which to file such 
views, in writing and signed by that Member, with the Majority 
Staff Director of the Committee. When time guaranteed by this 
paragraph has expired (or if sooner, when all separate views 
have been received), the Committee may arrange to file its 
report with the Clerk of the House not later than one hour 
after the expiration of such time. All such views (in 
accordance with House rule XI, clause 2(l) and House rule XIII, 
clause 3(a)(1)), as filed by one or more Members of the 
Committee, shall be included within and made a part of the 
report filed by the Committee with respect to that bill or 
resolution.
    (d) Printing of Reports.--The report of the Committee on 
the measure or matter noted in paragraph (a) above shall be 
printed in a single volume, which shall:
          (1) include all supplemental, minority or additional 
        views that have been submitted by the time of the 
        filing of the report; and
          (2) bear on its cover a recital that any such 
        supplemental, minority, or additional views (and any 
        material submitted under House rule XII, clause 
        3(a)(1)) are included as part of the report.
    (e) Immediate Printing; Supplemental Reports.--Nothing in 
this rule shall preclude (1) the immediate filing or printing 
of a Committee report unless timely request for the opportunity 
to file supplemental, minority, or additional views has been 
made as provided by paragraph (c), or (2) the filing by the 
Committee of any supplemental report on any bill or resolution 
that may be required for the correction of any technical error 
in a previous report made by the Committee on that bill or 
resolution.
    (f) Availability of Printed Hearing Records.--If hearings 
have been held on any reported bill or resolution, the 
Committee shall make every reasonable effort to have the record 
of such hearings printed and available for distribution to the 
Members of the House prior to the consideration of such bill or 
resolution by the House. Each printed hearing of the Committee 
or any of its subcommittees shall include a record of the 
attendance of the Members.
    (g) Committee Prints.--All Committee or subcommittee prints 
or other Committee or subcommittee documents, other than 
reports or prints of bills, that are prepared for public 
distribution shall be approved by the Chairman of the Committee 
or the Committee prior to public distribution.
    (h) Post Adjournment Filing of Committee Reports.--(1) 
After an adjournment of the last regular session of a Congress 
sine die, an investigative or oversight report approved by the 
Committee may be filed with the Clerk at any time, provided 
that if a member gives notice at the time of approval of 
intention to file supplemental, minority, or additional views, 
that member shall be entitled to not less than seven calendar 
days in which to submit such views for inclusion with the 
report.
    (2) After an adjournment of the last regular session of a 
Congress sine die, the Chairman of the Committee may file at 
any time with the Clerk the Committee's activity report for 
that Congress pursuant to clause 1(d)(1) of rule XI of the 
Rules of the House without the approval of the Committee, 
provided that a copy of the report has been available to each 
member of the Committee for at least seven calendar days and 
the report includes any supplemental, minority, or additional 
views submitted by a member of the Committee.
    (i) The Chairman is directed to offer a motion under clause 
1 of rule XXII of the Rules of the House whenever the Chairman 
considers it appropriate.

                  Rule IX.--Other Committee Activities

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

                         Rule X.--Subcommittees

    (a) Number and Composition.--There shall be such 
subcommittees as specified in paragraph (c) of this rule. Each 
of such subcommittees shall be composed of the number of 
members set forth in paragraph (c) of this rule, including ex 
officio members. The Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of 
the Committee serve as ex officio Members of the Subcommittees. 
(See paragraph (e) of this rule.) The Chairman may create 
additional subcommittees of an ad hoc nature as the Chairman 
determines to be appropriate subject to any limitations 
provided for in the House Rules.
    (b) Ratios.--On each subcommittee, there shall be a ratio 
of majority party members to minority party members which shall 
be consistent with the ratio on the full Committee. In 
calculating the ratio of majority party members to minority 
party members, there shall be included the ex officio members 
of the subcommittees and ratios below reflect that fact.
    (c) Jurisdiction.--Each subcommittee shall have the 
following general jurisdiction and number of members: 
Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research (28 Members, 15 
Majority and 13 Minority).--Soil, water, and resource 
conservation, small watershed program, energy and biobased 
energy production, rural electrification, agricultural credit, 
and agricultural research, education and extension services. 
Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry (13 
Members, 7 Majority and 6 Minority).--Agency oversight, review 
and analysis, special investigations, food stamps, nutrition 
and consumer programs, forestry in general, and forest reserves 
other than those created from the public domain. General Farm 
Commodities and Risk Management (20 Members, 11 Majority and 9 
Minority).--Program and markets related to cotton, cottonseed, 
wheat, feed grains, soybeans, oilseeds, rice, dry beans, peas, 
lentils, the Commodity Credit Corporation, crop insurance, and 
commodity exchanges. Horticulture and Organic Agriculture (13 
Members, 7 Majority and 6 Minority).--Fruits and vegetables, 
honey and bees, marketing and promotion orders, plant 
pesticides, quarantine, adulteration of seeds, and insect 
pests, and organic agriculture. Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry 
(20 Members, 11 Majority and 9 Minority).--Livestock, dairy, 
poultry, meat, seafood and seafood products, inspection, 
marketing, and promotion of such commodities, aquaculture, 
animal welfare, and grazing. Specialty Crops, Rural Development 
and Foreign Agriculture (13 Members, 7 Majority and 6 
Minority).--Peanuts, sugar, tobacco, marketing orders relating 
to such commodities, rural development, farm security and 
family farming matters, biotechnology, foreign agricultural 
assistance, and trade promotion programs, generally.
    (d) Referral of Legislation.--(1)(a) In General.--All 
bills, resolutions, and other matters referred to the Committee 
shall be referred to all subcommittees of appropriate 
jurisdiction within 2 weeks after being referred to the 
Committee. After consultation with the Ranking Minority Member, 
the Chairman may determine that the Committee will consider 
certain bills, resolutions, or other matters.
    (b) Trade Matters.--Unless action is otherwise taken under 
subparagraph (3), bills, resolutions, and other matters 
referred to the Committee relating to foreign agriculture, 
foreign food or commodity assistance, and foreign trade and 
marketing issues will be considered by the Committee.
    (2) The Chairman, by a majority vote of the Committee, may 
discharge a subcommittee from further consideration of any 
bill, resolution, or other matter referred to the subcommittee 
and have such bill, resolution or other matter considered by 
the Committee. The Committee having referred a bill, 
resolution, or other matter to a subcommittee in accordance 
with this rule may discharge such subcommittee from further 
consideration thereof at any time by a vote of the majority 
members of the Committee for the Committee's direct 
consideration or for reference to another subcommittee.
    (3) Unless the Committee, a quorum being present, decides 
otherwise by a majority vote, the Chairman may refer bills, 
resolutions, legislation or other matters not specifically 
within the jurisdiction of a subcommittee, or that is within 
the jurisdiction of more than one subcommittee, jointly or 
exclusively as the Chairman deems appropriate, including 
concurrently to the subcommittees with jurisdiction, 
sequentially to the subcommittees with jurisdiction (subject to 
any time limits deemed appropriate), divided by subject matter 
among the subcommittees with jurisdiction, or to an ad hoc 
subcommittee appointed by the Chairman for the purpose of 
considering the matter and reporting to the Committee thereon, 
or make such other provisions deemed appropriate.
    (e) Participation and Service of Committee Members on 
Subcommittees.--(1) The Chairman and the Ranking Minority 
Member shall serve as ex officio members of all subcommittees 
and shall have the right to vote on all matters before the 
subcommittees. The Chairman and the Ranking Minority Member may 
not be counted for the purpose of establishing a quorum.
    (2) Any member of the Committee who is not a member of the 
subcommittee may have the privilege of sitting and 
nonparticipatory attendance at subcommittee hearings or 
meetings in accordance with clause 2(g)(2) of House rule XI. 
Such member may not:
          (i) vote on any matter;
          (ii) be counted for the purpose of establishing a 
        quorum;
          (iii) participate in questioning a witness under the 
        five minute rule, unless permitted to do so by the 
        subcommittee Chairman in consultation with the Ranking 
        Minority Member or a majority of the subcommittee, a 
        quorum being present;
          (iv) raise points of order; or
          (v) offer amendments or motions.
    (f) Subcommittee Hearings and Meetings.--(1) Each 
subcommittee is authorized to meet, hold hearings, receive 
evidence, and make recommendations to the Committee on all 
matters referred to it or under its jurisdiction after 
consultation by the subcommittee Chairmen with the Committee 
Chairman. (See Committee rule VII.)
    (2) After consultation with the Committee Chairman, 
subcommittee Chairmen shall set dates for hearings and meetings 
of their subcommittees and shall request the Majority Staff 
Director to make any announcement relating thereto. (See 
Committee rule VII(b).) In setting the dates, the Committee 
Chairman and subcommittee Chairman shall consult with other 
subcommittee Chairmen and relevant Committee and Subcommittee 
Ranking Minority Members in an effort to avoid simultaneously 
scheduling Committee and subcommittee meetings or hearings to 
the extent practicable.
    (3) Notice of all subcommittee meetings shall be provided 
to the Chairman and the Ranking Minority Member of the 
Committee by the Majority Staff Director.
    (4) Subcommittees may hold meetings or hearings outside of 
the House if the Chairman of the Committee and other 
subcommittee Chairmen and the Ranking Minority Member of the 
subcommittee is consulted in advance to ensure that there is no 
scheduling problem. However, the majority of the Committee may 
authorize such meeting or hearing.
    (5) The provisions regarding notice and the agenda of 
Committee meetings under Committee rule II(a) and special or 
additional meetings under Committee rule II(b) shall apply to 
subcommittee meetings.
    (6) If a vacancy occurs in a subcommittee chairmanship, the 
Chairman may set the dates for hearings and meetings of the 
subcommittee during the period of vacancy. The Chairman may 
also appoint an acting subcommittee Chairman until the vacancy 
is filled.
    (g) Subcommittee Action.--(1) Any bill, resolution, 
recommendation, or other matter forwarded to the Committee by a 
subcommittee shall be promptly forwarded by the subcommittee 
Chairman or any subcommittee member authorized to do so by the 
subcommittee.
    (2) Upon receipt of such recommendation, the Majority Staff 
Director of the Committee shall promptly advise all members of 
the Committee of the subcommittee action.
    (3) The Committee shall not consider any matters 
recommended by subcommittees until two calendar days have 
elapsed from the date of action, unless the Chairman or a 
majority of the Committee determines otherwise.
    (h) Subcommittee Investigations.--No investigation shall be 
initiated by a subcommittee without the prior consultation with 
the Chairman of the Committee or a majority of the Committee.

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

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

                     Rule XII.--Amendment of Rules

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

DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin, Chairman

JERRY LEWIS, California,             JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania
  Ranking Member                     NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington
C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida            ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia
RALPH REGULA, Ohio                   MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio
HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky              PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana
FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia              NITA M. LOWEY, New York
JAMES T. WALSH, New York             JOSE E. SERRANO, New York
DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio                ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut
JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan            JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia
JACK KINGSTON, Georgia               JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts
RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN,             ED PASTOR, Arizona
  New Jersey                         DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina
ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi         CHET EDWARDS, Texas
TODD TIAHRT, Kansas                  ROBERT E. ``BUD'' CRAMER, Jr.,
ZACH WAMP, Tennessee                   Alabama
TOM LATHAM, Iowa                     PATRICK J. KENNEDY, Rhode Island
ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama          MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York
JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri             LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California
KAY GRANGER, Texas                   SAM FARR, California
JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania       JESSE L. JACKSON, Jr., Illinois
VIRGIL H. GOODE, Jr., Virginia       CAROLYN C. KILPATRICK, Michigan
RAY LaHOOD, Illinois                 ALLEN BOYD, Florida
DAVE WELDON, Florida                 CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania
MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho            STEVEN R. ROTHMAN, New Jersey
JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON, Texas          SANFORD D. BISHOP, Jr., Georgia
MARK STEVEN KIRK, Illinois           MARION BERRY, Arkansas
ANDER CRENSHAW, Florida              BARBARA LEE, California
DENNIS R. REHBERG, Montana           TOM UDALL, New Mexico
JOHN R. CARTER, Texas                ADAM B. SCHIFF, California
RODNEY ALEXANDER, Louisiana          MICHAEL M. HONDA, California
KEN CALVERT, California*             BETTY McCOLLUM, Minnesota
                                     STEVE ISRAEL, New York
                                     TIM RYAN, Ohio
                                     C. A. DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER,
                                       Maryland
                                     BEN CHANDLER, Kentucky
                                     DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ,
                                       Florida
                                     CIRO D. RODRIGUEZ, Texas

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*Appointed to the Appropriations Committee on May 10, 2007, filling a 
vacancy created by the April 20, 2007 resignation of Rep. John 
Doolittle.

                       (Adopted January 16, 2007)

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

                      Sec. 1: Power To Sit and Act

    (a) For the purpose of carrying out any of its functions 
and duties under rules X and XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives, the Committee and each of its subcommittees is 
authorized:
          (1) To sit and act at such times and places within 
        the United States whether the House is in session, has 
        recessed, or has adjourned, and to hold such hearings 
        as it deems necessary; and
          (2) To require, by subpoena or otherwise, the 
        attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the 
        production of such books, reports, correspondence, 
        memorandums, papers, and documents as it deems 
        necessary.
    (b) The Chairman, or any Member designated by the Chairman, 
may administer oaths to any witness.
    (c) A subpoena may be authorized and issued by the 
Committee or its subcommittees under subsection (a)(2) in the 
conduct of any investigation or activity or series of 
investigations or activities, only when authorized by a 
majority of the Members of the Committee voting, a majority 
being present. The power to authorize and issue subpoenas under 
subsection (a)(2) may be delegated to the Chairman pursuant to 
such rules and under such limitations as the Committee may 
prescribe. Authorized subpoenas shall be signed by the Chairman 
or by any Member designated by the Committee.
    (d) Compliance with any subpoena issued by the Committee or 
its subcommittees may be enforced only as authorized or 
directed by the House.

                         Sec. 2: Subcommittees

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

                            Sec. 3: Staffing

    (a) Committee Staff.--The Chairman is authorized to appoint 
the staff of the Committee, and make adjustments in the job 
titles and compensation thereof subject to the maxi mum rates 
and conditions established in Clause 9(c) of rule X of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives. In addition, he is 
authorized, in his discretion, to arrange for their specialized 
training. The Chairman is also authorized to employ additional 
personnel as necessary.
    (b) Assistants to Members.--(1) Each of the top twenty-one 
senior majority and minority Members of the full Committee may 
select and designate one staff member who shall serve at the 
pleasure of that Member. Effective as of such date as the 
Chairman may determine, all other Members of the Committee may 
also each select and designate one such staff member.
    (2) Effective as of such date as the Chairman may 
determine, the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the full 
committee and of each subcommittee may each select and 
designate one staff member, in addition to the staff member 
designated under the preceding paragraph, who shall serve at 
the pleasure of the Member making the designation.
    (3) Staff members designated under this subsection shall be 
compensated at a rate, determined by the Member, not to exceed 
75 per centum of the maximum established in Clause 9 (c) of 
rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives. Effective 
as of such date as the Chairman may determine, the limit on 
compensation under this subsection shall be increased to 80 per 
centum of such maximum.
    (4) Members designating staff members under this subsection 
must specifically certify by letter to the Chairman that the 
employees are needed and will be utilized for Committee work.

                       Sec. 4: Committee Meetings

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

              Sec. 5: Committee and Subcommittee Hearings

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

         Sec. 6: Procedures for Reporting Bills and Resolutions

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

                             Sec. 7: Voting

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

                    Sec. 8: Studies and Examinations

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

                        Sec. 9: Official Travel

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

  IKE SKELTON, Missouri, Chairman

DUNCAN HUNTER, California,           JOHN M. SPRATT, Jr., South 
  Ranking Member                     Carolina
JIM SAXTON, New Jersey               SOLOMON P. ORTIZ, Texas
JOHN M. McHUGH, New York             GENE TAYLOR, Mississippi
TERRY EVERETT, Alabama               NEIL ABERCROMBIE, Hawaii
ROSCOE G. BARTLETT, Maryland         SILVESTRE REYES, Texas
HOWARD P. ``BUCK'' McKEON,           VIC SNYDER, Arkansas
  California                         ADAM SMITH, Washington
MAC THORNBERRY, Texas                LORETTA SANCHEZ, California
WALTER B. JONES, North Carolina      MIKE McINTYRE, North Carolina
ROBIN HAYES, North Carolina          ELLEN O. TAUSCHER, California
W. TODD AKIN, Missouri               ROBERT A. BRADY, Pennsylvania
J. RANDY FORBES, Virginia            ROBERT E. ANDREWS, New Jersey
JEFF MILLER, Florida                 SUSAN A. DAVIS, California
JOE WILSON, South Carolina           RICK LARSEN, Washington
FRANK A. LoBIONDO, New Jersey        JIM COOPER, Tennessee
TOM COLE, Oklahoma                   JIM MARSHALL, Georgia
ROB BISHOP, Utah                     MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO, Guam
MICHAEL R. TURNER, Ohio              MARK UDALL, Colorado
JOHN KLINE, Minnesota                DAN BOREN, Oklahoma
CANDICE S. MILLER, Michigan          BRAD ELLSWORTH, Indiana
PHIL GINGREY, Georgia                NANCY E. BOYDA, Kansas
MIKE ROGERS, Alabama                 PATRICK J. MURPHY, Pennsylvania
TRENT FRANKS, Arizona                HENRY C. ``HANK'' JOHNSON, Jr., 
BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania*          Georgia
THELMA D. DRAKE, Virginia            CAROL SHEA-PORTER, New Hampshire
CATHY McMORRIS RODGERS,              JOE COURTNEY, Connecticut
  Washington                         DAVID LOEBSACK, Iowa
K. MICHAEL CONAWAY, Texas            KIRSTEN E. GILLIBRAND, New York
GEOFF DAVIS, Kentucky                JOE SESTAK, Pennsylvania
[VACANCY]***                         GABRIELLE GIFFORDS, Arizona
                                     ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland
                                     KENDRICK B. MEEK, Florida
                                     KATHY CASTOR, Florida
                                     JAMES R. LANGEVIN, Rhode 
                                     Island****

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*Appointed to the Armed Services Committee on May 10, 2007, filling a 
vacancy created by the May 16, 2007 resignation of Rep. Ken Calvert 
(CA).
**Vacancy created by the resignation from Congress of Rep. Martin 
Meehan (MA) on July 1, 2007.
***Vacancy created by the death of Rep. Jo Ann Davis on October 6, 
2007.
****Appointed to the Armed Services Committee on September 20, 2007, 
filling a vacancy created by the resignation from Congress of Rep. 
Martin Meehan (MA) on July 1, 2007.

                       (Adopted January 10, 2007)

                  Rule 1.--Application of House Rules

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

                  Rule 2.--Full Committee Meeting Date

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

                  Rule 3.--Subcommittee Meeting Dates

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

  Rule 4.--Jurisdiction and Membership of Committee and Subcommittees

    (a) Jurisdiction.--(1) The Committee retains jurisdiction 
of all subjects listed in clause 1(c) of rule X of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives and retains exclusive jurisdiction 
for: defense policy generally, ongoing military operations, the 
organization and reform of the Department of Defense and 
Department of Energy, counter-drug programs, acquisition and 
industrial base policy, technology transfer and export 
controls, joint interoperability, the Cooperative Threat 
Reduction program, Department of Energy nonproliferation 
programs, and detainee affairs and policy. While subcommittees 
are provided jurisdictional responsibilities in subparagraph 
(2), the Committee retains the right to exercise oversight and 
legislative jurisdiction over all subjects within its purview 
under rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives.
    (2) The Committee shall be organized to consist of seven 
standing subcommittees with the following jurisdictions:
          Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces: All Army and Air 
        Force acquisition programs (except strategic missiles, 
        special operations and information technology 
        programs). In addition, the subcommittee will be 
        responsible for deep strike bombers and related 
        systems, National Guard and Army and Air Force reserve 
        modernization, and ammunition programs.
          Subcommittee on Readiness: Military readiness, 
        training, logistics and maintenance issues and 
        programs. In addition, the subcommittee will be 
        responsible for all military construction, 
        installations and family housing issues, including the 
        base closure process.
          Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
        Capabilities: Department of Defense counter-
        proliferation and counter-terrorism programs and 
        initiatives. In addition, the subcommittee will be 
        responsible for Special Operations Forces; science and 
        technology policy, including the Defense Advanced 
        Research Projects Agency and information technology 
        programs; force protection policy and oversight; 
        homeland defense and consequence management programs 
        within the committee's jurisdiction; and related 
        intelligence support.
          Subcommittee on Military Personnel: Military 
        personnel policy, reserve component integration and 
        employment issues, military health care, military 
        education and POW/MIA issues. In addition, the 
        subcommittee will be responsible for Morale, Welfare 
        and Recreation issues and programs.
          Subcommittee on Strategic Forces: Strategic Forces 
        (except deep strike systems), space programs, ballistic 
        missile defense, intelligence policy and national 
        programs and Department of Energy national security 
        programs (except non-proliferation programs).
          Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces: 
        Navy and Marine Corps programs (except strategic 
        weapons, space, special operations and information 
        technology programs) and Naval Reserve equipment. In 
        addition, the subcommittee will be responsible for 
        Maritime programs under the jurisdiction of the 
        Committee as delineated in rule X, clauses 5, 6, and 9 
        of the Rules of the House of Representatives.
          Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations: Any 
        matter within the jurisdiction of the Committee, 
        subject to the concurrence of the Chairman of the 
        Committee and, as appropriate, affected subcommittee 
        chairmen. The subcommittee shall have no legislative 
        jurisdiction.
    (b) Membership of the Subcommittees.--(1) Subcommittee 
memberships, with the exception of membership on the 
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, shall be filled 
in accordance with the rules of the Majority party's caucus and 
the Minority party's conference, respectively.
    (2) The Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the 
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations shall be filled in 
accordance with the rules of the Majority party's caucus and 
the Minority party's conference, respectively. Consistent with 
the party ratios established by the Majority party, all other 
Majority members of the subcommittee shall be appointed by the 
Chairman of the Committee, and all other Minority members shall 
be appointed by the Ranking Minority Member of the Committee.

               Rule 5.--Committee Panels and Task Forces

    (a) Committee Panels.--(1) The Chairman may designate a 
panel of the Committee consisting of members of the Committee 
to inquire into and take testimony on a matter or matters that 
fall within the jurisdiction of more than one subcommittee and 
to report to the Committee.
    (2) No panel appointed by the Chairman shall continue in 
existence for more than six months after the appointment. A 
panel so appointed may, upon the expiration of six months, be 
reappointed by the Chairman for a period of time which is not 
to exceed six months.
    (3) Consistent with the party ratios established by the 
Majority party, all Majority members of the panels shall be 
appointed by the Chairman of the Committee, and all Minority 
members shall be appointed by the Ranking Minority Member of 
the Committee. The Chairman of the Committee shall choose one 
of the Majority members so appointed who does not currently 
chair another subcommittee of the Committee to serve as 
Chairman of the panel. The Ranking Minority Member of the 
Committee shall similarly choose the Ranking Minority Member of 
the panel.
    (4) No panel shall have legislative jurisdiction.
    (b) Committee and Subcommittee Task Forces.--(1) The 
Chairman of the Committee, or a Chairman of a subcommittee with 
the concurrence of the Chairman of the Committee, may designate 
a task force to inquire into and take testimony on a matter 
that falls within the jurisdiction of the Committee or 
subcommittee, respectively. The Chairman and Ranking Minority 
Member of the Committee or subcommittee shall each appoint an 
equal number of members to the task force. The Chairman of the 
Committee or subcommittee shall choose one of the members so 
appointed, who does not currently chair another subcommittee of 
the Committee, to serve as Chairman of the task force. The 
Ranking Minority Member of the Committee or subcommittee shall 
similarly appoint the Ranking Minority Member of the task 
force.
    (2) No task force appointed by the Chairman of the 
Committee or subcommittee shall continue in existence for more 
than three months. A task force may only be reappointed for an 
additional three months with the written concurrence of the 
Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the Committee or 
subcommittee whose Chairman appointed the task force.
    (3) No task force shall have legislative jurisdiction.

          Rule 6.--Reference and Consideration of Legislation

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

         Rule 7.--Public Announcement of Hearings and Meetings

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

        Rule 8.--Broadcasting of Committee Hearings and Meetings

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

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

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

                            Rule 10.--Quorum

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

                     Rule 11.--The Five-Minute Rule

    (a) The time any one member may address the Committee or 
subcommittee on any measure or matter under consideration shall 
not exceed five minutes and then only when the member has been 
recognized by the Chairman or subcommittee chairman, as 
appropriate, except that this time limit may be exceeded by 
unanimous consent. Any member, upon request, shall be 
recognized for not more than five minutes to address the 
Committee or subcommittee on behalf of an amendment which the 
member has offered to any pending bill or resolution. The five-
minute limitation shall not apply to the Chairman and Ranking 
Minority Member of the Committee or subcommittee.
    (b)(1) Members who are present at a hearing of the 
Committee or subcommittee when a hearing is originally convened 
shall be recognized by the Chairman or subcommittee chairman, 
as appropriate, in order of seniority. Those members arriving 
subsequently shall be recognized in order of their arrival. 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Chairman and the Ranking 
Minority Member will take precedence upon their arrival. In 
recognizing members to question witnesses in this fashion, the 
Chairman shall take into consideration the ratio of the 
Majority to Minority members present and shall establish the 
order of recognition for questioning in such a manner as not to 
disadvantage the members of either party.
    (2) The Chairman of the Committee or a subcommittee, with 
the concurrence of the respective Ranking Minority Member, may 
depart with the regular order for questioning which is 
specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this rule provided that 
such a decision is announced prior to the hearing or prior to 
the opening statements of the witnesses and that any such 
departure applies equally to the Majority and the Minority.
    (c) No person other than a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner of Congress and committee staff may be seated in 
or behind the dais area during Committee, subcommittee, panel, 
or task force hearings and meetings.

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

    (a) For the purpose of carrying out any of its functions 
and duties under rules X and XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives, the Committee and any subcommittee is 
authorized (subject to subparagraph (b)(1) of this paragraph):
          (1) to sit and act at such times and places within 
        the United States, whether the House is in session, has 
        recessed, or has adjourned, and to hold hearings, and
          (2) to require by subpoena, or otherwise, the 
        attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the 
        production of such books, records, correspondence, 
        memorandums, papers and documents, including, but not 
        limited to, those in electronic form, as it considers 
        necessary.
    (b)(1) A subpoena may be authorized and issued by the 
Committee, or any subcommittee with the concurrence of the full 
Committee Chairman and after consultation with the Ranking 
Member of the Committee, under subparagraph (a)(2) in the 
conduct of any investigation, or series of investigations or 
activities, only when authorized by a majority of the members 
voting, a majority of the Committee or subcommittee being 
present. Authorized subpoenas shall be signed only by the 
Chairman, or by any member designated by the Committee.
    (2) Pursuant to clause 2(m) of rule XI of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, compliance with any subpoena issued 
by the Committee or any subcommittee under subparagraph (a)(2) 
may be enforced only as authorized or directed by the House of 
Representatives.

                      Rule 13.--Witness Statements

    (a) Any prepared statement to be presented by a witness to 
the Committee or a subcommittee shall be submitted to the 
Committee or subcommittee at least 48 hours in advance of 
presentation and shall be distributed to all members of the 
Committee or subcommittee as soon as practicable but not less 
than 24 hours in advance of presentation. A copy of any such 
prepared statement shall also be submitted to the Committee in 
electronic form. If a prepared statement contains national 
security information bearing a classification of secret or 
higher, the statement shall be made available in the Committee 
rooms to all members of the Committee or subcommittee as soon 
as practicable but not less than 24 hours in advance of 
presentation; however, no such statement shall be removed from 
the Committee offices. The requirement of this rule may be 
waived by a majority vote of the Committee or subcommittee, a 
quorum being present. In cases where a witness does not submit 
a statement by the time required under this rule, the Chairman 
of the Committee or subcommittee, as appropriate, with the 
concurrence of the respective Ranking Minority Member, may 
elect to exclude the witness from the hearing.
    (b) The Committee and each subcommittee shall require each 
witness who is to appear before it to file with the Committee 
in advance of his or her appearance a written statement of the 
proposed testimony and to limit the oral presentation at such 
appearance to a brief summary of the submitted written 
statement.

               Rule 14.--Administering Oaths to Witnesses

    (a) The Chairman, or any member designated by the Chairman, 
may administer oaths to any witness.
    (b) Witnesses, when sworn, shall subscribe to the following 
oath:

          Do you solemnly swear (or affirm) that the testimony 
        you will give before this Committee (or subcommittee) 
        in the matters now under consideration will be the 
        truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so 
        help you God?

                   Rule 15.--Questioning of Witnesses

    (a) When a witness is before the Committee or a 
subcommittee, members of the Committee or subcommittee may put 
questions to the witness only when recognized by the Chairman 
or subcommittee chairman, as appropriate, for that purpose 
according to rule 11 of the Committee.
    (b) Members of the Committee or subcommittee who so desire 
shall have not more than five minutes to question each witness 
or panel of witnesses, the responses of the witness or 
witnesses being included in the five-minute period, until such 
time as each member has had an opportunity to question each 
witness or panel of witnesses. Thereafter, additional rounds 
for questioning witnesses by members are within the discretion 
of the Chairman or subcommittee chairman, as appropriate.
    (c) Questions put to witnesses before the Committee or 
subcommittee shall be pertinent to the measure or matter that 
may be before the Committee or subcommittee for consideration.

        Rule 16.--Publication of Committee Hearings and Markups

    The transcripts of those hearings and mark-ups conducted by 
the Committee, subcommittee, or panel will be published 
officially in verbatim form, with the material requested for 
the record inserted at that place requested, or at the end of 
the record, as appropriate. Any requests to correct any errors, 
other than those in transcription, or disputed errors in 
transcription, will be appended to the record, and the 
appropriate place where the change is requested will be 
footnoted. Any transcript published under this rule shall 
include the results of record votes conducted in the session 
covered by the transcript and shall also include materials that 
have been submitted for the record and are covered under rule 
19. The handling and safekeeping of these materials shall fully 
satisfy the requirements of rule 20. No transcript of an 
executive session conducted under rule 9 shall be published 
under this rule.

                     Rule 17.--Voting and Rollcalls

    (a) Voting on a measure or matter may be by record vote, 
division vote, voice vote, or unanimous consent.
    (b) A record vote shall be ordered upon the request of one-
fifth of those members present.
    (c) No vote by any member of the Committee or a 
subcommittee with respect to any measure or matter shall be 
cast by proxy.
    (d) In the event of a vote or votes, when a member is in 
attendance at any other committee, subcommittee, or conference 
committee meeting during that time, the necessary absence of 
that member shall be so noted in the record vote record, upon 
timely notification to the Chairman by that member.
    (e) The Chairman of the Committee or a subcommittee, as 
appropriate, with the concurrence of the Ranking Minority 
Member or the most senior Minority member who is present at the 
time, may elect to postpone requested record votes until such 
time or point at a mark-up as is mutually decided. When 
proceedings resume on a postponed question, notwithstanding any 
intervening order for the previous question, the underlying 
proposition shall remain subject to further debate or amendment 
to the same extent as when the question was postponed.

                      Rule 18.--Committee Reports

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

           Rule 19.--Public Inspection of Committee Rollcalls

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

         Rule 20.--Protection of National Security Information

    (a) Except as provided in clause 2(g) of rule XI of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives, all national security 
information bearing a classification of secret or higher which 
has been received by the Committee or a subcommittee shall be 
deemed to have been received in executive session and shall be 
given appropriate safekeeping.
    (b) The Chairman of the Committee shall, with the approval 
of a majority of the Committee, establish such procedures as in 
his judgment may be necessary to prevent the unauthorized 
disclosure of any national security information received 
classified as secret or higher. Such procedures shall, however, 
ensure access to this information by any member of the 
Committee or any other Member, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner of the House of Representatives, staff of the 
Committee, or staff designated under rule 9(c) who have the 
appropriate security clearances and the need to know, who has 
requested the opportunity to review such material.

                      Rule 21.--Committee Staffing

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

                      Rule 22.--Committee Records

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

                      Rule 23.--Hearing Procedures

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

    JOHN M. SPRATT, Jr., South 
        Carolina, Chairman

PAUL RYAN, Wisconsin,                ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut,
  Ranking Member                       Vice Chair
JO BONNER, Alabama                   CHET EDWARDS, Texas
SCOTT GARRETT, New Jersey            JIM COOPER, Tennessee
J. GRESHAM BARRETT,                  THOMAS H. ALLEN, Maine
  South Carolina                     ALLYSON Y. SCHWARTZ, Pennsylvania
MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida           MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio
JEB HENSARLING, Texas                XAVIER BECERRA, California
DANIEL E. LUNGREN, California        LLOYD DOGGETT, Texas
MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho            EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon
PATRICK T. McHENRY, North Carolina   MARION BERRY, Arkansas
CONNIE MACK, Florida                 ALLEN BOYD, Florida
K. MICHAEL CONAWAY, Texas            JAMES P. McGOVERN, Massachusetts
JOHN CAMPBELL, California            ROBERT E. ANDREWS, New Jersey
PATRICK J. TIBERI, Ohio              ROBERT C. ``BOBBY'' SCOTT, 
JON C. PORTER, Nevada                Virginia
RODNEY ALEXANDER, Louisiana          BOB ETHERIDGE, North Carolina
ADRIAN SMITH, Nebraska               DARLENE HOOLEY, Oregon
[VACANCY]*                           BRIAN BAIRD, Washington
                                     DENNIS MOORE, Kansas
                                     TIMOTHY H. BISHOP, New York
                                     GWEN MOORE, Wisconsin**
                                     [VACANCY]***

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*Vacancy created by the resignation of Rep. Thaddeus McCotter on May 
15, 2007.
**Appointed to the Budget Committee on March 19, 2007, filling a 
vacancy created by the February 16, 2007 resignation of Rep. Lois 
Capps.
***Vacancy created by the resignation of Rep. Betty Sutton on July 12, 
2007.

                       (Adopted January 18, 2007)

                         GENERAL APPLICABILITY

                 Rule 1.--Applicability of House Rules

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

                                MEETINGS

                       Rule 2.--Regular Meetings

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

                Rule 3.--Additional and Special Meetings

    (a) The chairman may call and convene additional meetings 
of the committee as the chairman considers necessary, or 
special meetings at the request of a majority of the members of 
the committee in accordance with House rule XI, clause 2(c).
    (b) In the absence of exceptional circumstances, the 
chairman shall provide written notice of additional meetings to 
the office of each member at least 24 hours in advance while 
Congress is in session, and at least 3 days in advance when 
Congress is not in session.

                    Rule 4.--Open Business Meetings

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

                            Rule 5.--Quorums

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

                          Rule 6.--Recognition

    Any member, when recognized by the chairman, may address 
the committee on any bill, motion, or other matter under 
consideration before the committee. The time of such member 
shall be limited to 5 minutes until all members present have 
been afforded an opportunity to comment.

                   Rule 7.--Consideration of Business

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

                  Rule 8.--Availability of Legislation

    The committee shall consider no bill, joint resolution, or 
concurrent resolution unless copies of the measure have been 
made available to all committee members at least [4] 6 hours 
prior to the time at which such measure is to be considered. 
When considering concurrent resolutions on the budget, this 
requirement shall be satisfied by making available copies of 
the complete chairman's mark (or such material as will provide 
the basis for committee consideration). The provisions of this 
rule may be suspended with the concurrence of the chairman and 
ranking minority member.

       Rule 9.--Procedure for Consideration of Budget Resolution

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

                        Rule 10.--Rollcall Votes

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

                                HEARINGS


                   Rule 11.--Announcement of Hearings

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

                        Rule 12.--Open Hearings

    (a) Each hearing conducted by the committee or any of its 
task forces shall be open to the public except when the 
committee or task force, in open session and with a quorum 
present, determines by roll call vote that all or part of the 
remainder of that hearing on that day shall be closed to the 
public because disclosure of testimony, evidence, or other 
matters to be considered would endanger the national security, 
or would compromise sensitive law enforcement information, or 
would tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate any person, or 
would violate any law or rule of the House of Representatives. 
The committee or task forces may by the same procedure vote to 
close one subsequent day of hearing.
    (b) For the purposes of House rule XI, clause 2(g)(2), the 
task forces of the committee are considered to be 
subcommittees.

                           Rule 13.--Quorums

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

                    Rule 14.--Questioning Witnesses

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

                     Rule 15.--Subpoenas and Oaths

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

                    Rule 16.--Witnesses' Statements

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

                        PRINTS AND PUBLICATIONS


                       Rule 17.--Committee Prints

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

            Rule 18.--Committee Publications on the Internet

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

                                 STAFF


                       Rule 19.--Committee Staff

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

                      Rule 20.--Staff Supervision

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

                                RECORDS


       Rule 21.--Preparation and Maintenance of Committee Records

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

                 Rule 22.--Access to Committee Records

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

                               OVERSIGHT


                      Rule 23.--General Oversight

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

                                REPORTS


                  Rule 24.--Availability Before Filing

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

               Rule 25.--Report on the Budget Resolution

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

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

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

                       Rule 27.--Activity Report

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

                             MISCELLANEOUS


            Rule 28.--Broadcasting of Meetings and Hearings

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

                   Rule 29.--Appointment of Conferees

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

                           Rule 30.--Waivers

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

    GEORGE MILLER, California, 
             Chairman

HOWARD P. ``BUCK'' McKEON,           DALE E. KILDEE, Michigan
  California, Ranking Member         DONALD M. PAYNE, New Jersey
THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin           ROBERT E. ANDREWS, New Jersey
PETER HOEKSTRA, Michigan             ROBERT C. ``BOBBY'' SCOTT, 
MICHAEL N. CASTLE, Delaware          Virginia
MARK E. SOUDER, Indiana              LYNN C. WOOLSEY, California
VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan           RUBEN HINOJOSA, Texas
JUDY BIGGERT, Illinois               CAROLYN McCARTHY, New York
TODD RUSSELL PLATTS, Pennsylvania    JOHN F. TIERNEY, Massachusetts
RIC KELLER, Florida                  DENNIS J. KUCINICH, Ohio
JOE WILSON, South Carolina           DAVID WU, Oregon
JOHN KLINE, Minnesota                RUSH D. HOLT, New Jersey
CATHY McMORRIS RODGERS,              SUSAN A. DAVIS, California
  Washington                         DANNY K. DAVIS, Illinois
KENNY MARCHANT, Texas                RAUL M. GRIJALVA, Arizona
TOM PRICE, Georgia                   TIMOTHY H. BISHOP, New York
LUIS G. FORTUNO, Puerto Rico         LINDA T. SANCHEZ, California
CHARLES W. BOUSTANY, Jr.,            JOHN P. SARBANES, Maryland
  Louisiana                          JOE SESTAK, Pennsylvania
VIRGINIA FOXX, North Carolina        DAVID LOEBSACK, Iowa
JOHN R. ``RANDY'' KUHL, Jr., New YorkMAZIE K. HIRONO, Hawaii
ROB BISHOP, Utah                     JASON ALTMIRE, Pennsylvania
DAVID DAVIS, Tennessee               JOHN A. YARMUTH, Kentucky
TIMOTHY WALBERG, Michigan            PHIL HARE, Illinois
DEAN HELLER, Nevada*                 YVETTE D. CLARKE, New York
                                     JOE COURTNEY, Connecticut
                                     CAROL SHEA-PORTER, New Hampshire

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*Appointed to the Education and Labor Committee on March 12, 2007, 
filling a vacancy created by the March 9, 2007 resignation of Rep. Bob 
Inglis.

                       (Adopted January 24, 2007)

   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--Quorum

    (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.
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

    JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan, 
             Chairman

JOE BARTON, Texas,                   HENRY A. WAXMAN, California
  Ranking Member                     EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts
RALPH M. HALL, Texas                 RICK BOUCHER, Virginia
J. DENNIS HASTERT, Illinois          EDOLPHUS TOWNS, New York
FRED UPTON, Michigan                 FRANK PALLONE, Jr., New Jersey
CLIFF STEARNS, Florida               BART GORDON, Tennessee
NATHAN DEAL, Georgia                 BOBBY L. RUSH, Illinois
ED WHITFIELD, Kentucky               ANNA G. ESHOO, California
BARBARA CUBIN, Wyoming               BART STUPAK, Michigan
JOHN SHIMKUS, Illinois               ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York
HEATHER WILSON, New Mexico           ALBERT RUSSELL WYNN, Maryland
JOHN B. SHADEGG, Arizona             GENE GREEN, Texas
CHARLES W. ``CHIP'' PICKERING,       DIANA DeGETTE, Colorado, Vice 
  Mississippi                        Chairman
VITO FOSSELLA, New York              LOIS CAPPS, California
STEVE BUYER, Indiana                 MICHAEL F. DOYLE, Pennsylvania
GEORGE RADANOVICH, California        JANE HARMAN, California
JOSEPH R. PITTS, Pennsylvania        THOMAS H. ALLEN, Maine
MARY BONO, California                JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY, Illinois
GREG WALDEN, Oregon                  HILDA L. SOLIS, California
LEE TERRY, Nebraska                  CHARLES A GONZALEZ, Texas
MIKE FERGUSON, New Jersey            JAY INSLEE, Washington
MIKE ROGERS, Michigan                TAMMY BALDWIN, Wisconsin
SUE WILKINS MYRICK,                  MIKE ROSS, Arkansas
  North Carolina                     DARLENE HOOLEY, Oregon
JOHN SULLIVAN, Oklahoma*             ANTHONY D. WEINER, New York
TIM MURPHY, Pennsylvania             JIM MATHESON, Utah
MICHAEL C. BURGESS, Texas            G.K. BUTTERFIELD, North Carolina
MARSHA BLACKBURN, Tennessee**        CHARLIE MELANCON, Louisiana
                                     JOHN BARROW, Georgia
                                     BARON P. HILL, Indiana

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*Appointed to the Energy and Commerce Committee June 27, 2007.
**Appointed to the Energy and Commerce Committee on March 12, 2007, 
filling a vacancy created by the death of Rep. Charlie Norwood on 
February 13, 2007.

                       (Adopted January 10, 2007)

                      Rule 1.--General Provisions

    (a) Rules of the Committee.--The Rules of the House are the 
rules of the Committee on Energy and Commerce (hereinafter the 
``Committee'') and its subcommittees so far as is applicable, 
except that a motion to recess from day to day, and a motion to 
dispense with the first reading (in full) of a bill or 
resolution, if printed copies are available, is nondebatable 
and privileged in the Committee and its subcommittees.
    (b) Rules of the Subcommittees.--Each subcommittee of the 
Committee is part of the Committee and is subject to the 
authority and direction of the Committee and to its rules so 
far as applicable. Written rules adopted by the Committee, not 
inconsistent with the Rules of the House, shall be binding on 
each subcommittee of the Committee.

                  Rule 2.--Time and Place of Meetings

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

                            Rule 3.--Agenda

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

                           Rule 4.--Procedure

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

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

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

                            Rule 6.--Quorum

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

                  Rule 7.--Official Committee Records

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

                         Rule 8.--Subcommittees

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

              Rule 9.--Powers and Duties of Subcommittees

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

          Rule 10.--Reference of Legislation and Other Matters

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

                    Rule 11.--Ratio of Subcommittees

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

                   Rule 12.--Subcommittee Membership

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

           Rule 13.--Managing Legislation on the House Floor

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

    Rule 14.--Committee Professional and Clerical Staff Appointments

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

                 Rule 15.--Supervision, Duties of Staff

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

                       Rule 16.--Committee Budget

    (a) Preparation of Committee Budget.--The chairman of the 
Committee, after consultation with the ranking minority member 
of the Committee and the chairmen of the subcommittees, shall 
for the 110th Congress prepare a preliminary budget for the 
Committee, with such budget including necessary amounts for 
professional and clerical staff, travel, investigations, 
equipment and miscellaneous expenses of the Committee and the 
subcommittees, and which shall be adequate to fully discharge 
the Committee's responsibilities for legislation and oversight. 
Such budget shall be presented by the chairman to the majority 
party caucus of the Committee and thereafter to the full 
Committee for its approval.
    (b) Approval of the Committee Budget.--The chairman shall 
take whatever action is necessary to have the budget as finally 
approved by the Committee duly authorized by the House. No 
proposed Committee budget may be submitted to the Committee on 
House Administration unless it has been presented to and 
approved by the majority party caucus and thereafter by the 
full Committee. The chairman of the Committee may authorize all 
necessary expenses in accordance with these rules and within 
the limits of the Committee's budget as approved by the House.
    (c) Monthly Expenditures Report.--Committee members shall 
be furnished a copy of each monthly report, prepared by the 
chairman for the Committee on House Administration, which shows 
expenditures made during the reporting period and cumulative 
for the year by the Committee and subcommittees, anticipated 
expenditures for the projected Committee program, and detailed 
information on travel.

              Rule 17.--Broadcasting of Committee Hearings

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

                  Rule 18.--Comptroller General Audits

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

                          Rule 19.--Subpoenas

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

                 Rule 20.--Travel of Members and Staff

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

   BARNEY FRANK, Massachusetts, 
             Chairman

SPENCER BACHUS, Alabama,             PAUL E. KANJORKSI, Pennsylvania
  Ranking Member                     MAXINE WATERS, California
RICHARD H. BAKER, Louisiana          CAROLYN B. MALONEY, New York
DEBORAH PRYCE, Ohio                  LUIS V. GUTIERREZ, Illinois
MICHAEL N. CASTLE, Delaware          NYDIA M. VELAZQUEZ, New York
PETER T. KING, New York              MELVIN L. WATT, North Carolina
EDWARD R. ROYCE, California          GARY L. ACKERMAN, New York
FRANK D. LUCAS, Oklahoma             JULIA CARSON, Indiana
RON PAUL, Texas                      BRAD SHERMAN, California
STEVEN C. LaTOURETTE, Ohio           GREGORY W. MEEKS, New York
DONALD A. MANZULLO, Illinois         DENNIS MOORE, Kansas
WALTER B. JONES, North Carolina      MICHAEL E. CAPUANO, Massachusetts
JUDY BIGGERT, Illinois               RUBEN HINOJOSA, Texas
CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, Connecticut       WM. LACY CLAY, Missouri
GARY G. MILLER, California           CAROLYN McCARTHY, New York
SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO,                JOE BACA, California
  West Virginia                      STEPHEN F. LYNCH, Massachusetts
TOM FEENEY, Florida                  BRAD MILLER, North Carolina
JEB HENSARLING, Texas                DAVID SCOTT, Georgia
SCOTT GARRETT, New Jersey            AL GREEN, Texas
GINNY BROWN-WAITE, Florida           EMANUEL CLEAVER, Missouri
J. GRESHAM BARRETT,                  MELISSA L. BEAN, Illinois
  South Carolina                     GWEN MOORE, Wisconsin
JIM GERLACH, Pennsylvania            LINCOLN DAVIS, Tennessee
STEVAN PEARCE, New Mexico            ALBIO SIRES, New Jersey
RANDY NEUGEBAUER, Texas              PAUL W. HODES, New Hampshire
TOM PRICE, Georgia                   KEITH ELLISON, Minnesota
GEOFF DAVIS, Kentucky                RON KLEIN, Florida
PATRICK T. McHENRY, North Carolina   TIM MAHONEY, Florida
JOHN CAMPBELL, California            CHARLES A. WILSON, Ohio
ADAM H. PUTNAM, Florida              ED PERLMUTTER, Colorado
MICHELE BACHMANN, Minnesota          CHRISTOPHER S. MURPHY, Connecticut
PETER J. ROSKAM, Illinois            JOE DONNELLY, Indiana
KENNY MARCHANT, Texas*               ROBERT WEXLER, Florida**
THADDEUS G. McCOTTER,                JIM MARSHALL, Georgia
  Michigan***                        DAN BOREN, Oklahoma
KEVIN McCARTHY****

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*Appointed to the Financial Services Committee on March 12, 2007, 
filling a vacancy created by the resignation of Rep. Marsha Blackburn 
effective on that day.
**Appointed to the Financial Services Committee on January 23, 2007.
***Appointed to the Financial Services Committee on May 10, 2007, 
filling a vacancy created by the April 25, 2007 resignation of Rep. 
Rick Renzi.
****Appointed to the Financial Services Committee on October 2, 2007, 
filling a vacancy created by the death of Rep. Paul E. Gillmor on 
September 5, 2007.

        (Adopted January 31, 2007 as amended February 13, 2007)

                      Rule 1.--General Provisions

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

                           Rule 2.--Meetings

                          CALLING OF MEETINGS

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

                          NOTICE FOR MEETINGS

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

                Rule 3.--Meeting and Hearing Procedures

                               IN GENERAL

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

                                 QUORUM

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

                                 VOTING

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

                           HEARING PROCEDURES

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

                          SUBPOENAS AND OATHS

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

                           SPECIAL PROCEDURES

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

         Rule 4.--Procedures for Reporting Measures or Matters

    (a) No measure or matter shall be reported from the 
Committee unless a majority of the Committee is actually 
present.
    (b) The Chair of the Committee shall report or cause to be 
reported promptly to the House any measure approved by the 
Committee and take necessary steps to bring a matter to a vote.
    (c) The report of the Committee on a measure which has been 
approved by the Committee shall be filed within seven calendar 
days (exclusive of days on which the House is not in session) 
after the day on which there has been filed with the clerk of 
the Committee a written request, signed by a majority of the 
members of the Committee, for the reporting of that measure 
pursuant to the provisions of clause 2(b)(2) of rule XIII of 
the Rules of the House.
    (d) All reports printed by the Committee pursuant to a 
legislative study or investigation and not approved by a 
majority vote of the Committee shall contain the following 
disclaimer on the cover of such report: ``This report has not 
been officially adopted by the Committee on Financial Services 
and may not necessarily reflect the views of its Members.''
    (e) The Chair is directed to offer a motion under clause 1 
of rule XXII of the Rules of the House whenever the Chair 
considers it appropriate.

                         Rule 5.--Subcommittees


          ESTABLISHMENT AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF SUBCOMMITTEES

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

           REFERRAL OF MEASURES AND MATTERS TO SUBCOMMITTEES

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

                      COMPOSITION OF SUBCOMMITTEES

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

                   SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS AND HEARINGS

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

                          EFFECT OF A VACANCY

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

                                RECORDS

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

                             Rule 6.--Staff


                               IN GENERAL

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

                           SUBCOMMITTEE STAFF

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

                         COMPENSATION OF STAFF

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

                       Rule 7.--Budget and Travel


                                 BUDGET

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

                                 TRAVEL

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

                   Rule 8.--Committee Administration


                                RECORDS

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

                 COMMITTEE PUBLICATIONS ON THE INTERNET

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

 TOM LANTOS, California, Chairman

ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida,        HOWARD L. BERMAN, California
  Ranking Member                     GARY L. ACKERMAN, New York
CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, New Jersey     ENI F. H. FALEOMAVAEGA, American 
DAN BURTON, Indiana                  Samoa
ELTON GALLEGLY, California           DONALD M. PAYNE, New Jersey
DANA ROHRABACHER, California         BRAD SHERMAN, California
DONALD A. MANZULLO, Illinois         ROBERT WEXLER, Florida
EDWARD R. ROYCE, California          ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York
STEVE CHABOT, Ohio                   BILL DELAHUNT, Massachusetts
THOMAS G. TANCREDO, Colorado         GREGORY W. MEEKS, New York
RON PAUL, Texas                      DIANE E. WATSON, California
JEFF FLAKE, Arizona                  ADAM SMITH, Washington
MIKE PENCE, Indiana                  RUSS CARNAHAN, Missouri
JOE WILSON, South Carolina           JOHN S. TANNER, Tennessee
JOHN BOOZMAN, Arkansas               GENE GREEN, Texas*
J. GRESHAM BARRETT, South Carolina   LYNN C. WOOLSEY, California
CONNIE MACK, Florida                 SHEILA JACKSON LEE, Texas
JEFF FORTENBERRY, Nebraska           RUBEN HINOJOSA, Texas
MICHAEL T. McCAUL, Texas             JOSEPH CROWLEY, New York*
TED POE, Texas                       DAVID WU, Oregon
BOB INGLIS, South Carolina           BRAD MILLER, North Carolina
LUIS G. FORTUNO, Puerto Rico         LINDA T. SANCHEZ, California
GUS M. BILIRAKIS, Florida**          DAVID SCOTT, Georgia
[VACANCY]***                         JIM COSTA, California
                                     ALBIO SIRES, New Jersey
                                     GABRIELLE GIFFORDS, Arizona
                                     RON KLEIN, Florida

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*Appointed to the Foreign Affairs Committee on April 19, 2007.
**Appointed to the Foreign Affairs Committee on May 10, 2007, filling a 
vacancy created by the May 15, 2007 resignation of Rep. Thaddeus 
McCotter.
***Vacancy created by the death of Rep. Jo Ann Davis on October 6, 
2007.

                      (Adopted January 23, 2007) 

                      Rule 1.--General Provisions

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

                        Rule 2.--Date of Meeting

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

                            Rule 3.--Quorum

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

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

    (a) Meetings.--(1) Each meeting for the transaction of 
business, including the markup of legislation, of the Committee 
or a subcommittee shall be open to the public except when the 
Committee or subcommittee, in open session and with a majority 
present, determines by record vote that all or part of the 
remainder of the meeting on that day shall be closed to the 
public, because disclosure of matters to be considered would 
endanger national security, would compromise sensitive law 
enforcement information, or would tend to defame, degrade or 
incriminate any person or otherwise violate any labor rule of 
the House of Representatives. No person other than Members of 
the Committee and such congressional staff and departmental 
representatives as the Committee or subcommittee may authorize 
shall be present at any business or markup session which has 
been closed to the public. This subsection does not apply to 
open Committee hearings which are provided for by subsection 
(b) of this rule.
    (2) The Chairman may postpone further proceedings when a 
record vote is ordered on the question of approving any measure 
or matter, or adopting an amendment. The Chairman may resume 
proceedings on a postponed request at any time. When exercising 
postponement authority, the Chairman shall take all reasonable 
steps necessary to notify Members on the resumption of 
proceedings on any postponed record vote. When proceedings 
resume on a postponed question, notwithstanding any intervening 
order for the previous question, an underlying proposition 
shall remain subject to further debate or amendment to the same 
extent as when the question was postponed.
    (b) Hearings.--(1) Each hearing conducted by the Committee 
or a subcommittee shall be open to the public except when the 
Committee or subcommittee, in open session and with a majority 
present, determines by record vote that all or part of the 
remainder of that hearing on that day should be closed to the 
public because disclosure of testimony, evidence or other 
matters to be considered would endanger the national security, 
would compromise sensitive law enforcement information, or 
otherwise would violate any law or rule of the House of 
Representatives. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, a 
majority of those present, there being in attendance the 
requisite number required under the rules of the Committee to 
be present for the purpose of taking testimony--
          (A) may vote to close the hearing for the sole 
        purpose of discussing whether testimony or evidence to 
        be received would endanger the national security, would 
        compromise sensitive law enforcement information, or 
        violate paragraph (2) of this subsection; or
          (B) May vote to close the hearing, as provided in 
        paragraph (2) of this subsection.
    (2) Whenever it is asserted by a Member of the Committee 
that the evidence or testimony at a hearing may tend to defame, 
degrade, or incriminate any person, or it is asserted by a 
witness that the evidence or testimony that the witness would 
give at a hearing may tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate 
the witness--
          (A) such testimony or evidence shall be presented in 
        executive session, notwithstanding the provisions of 
        paragraph (1) of this subsection, if by a majority of 
        those present, there being in attendance the requisite 
        number required under the rules of the Committee to be 
        present for the purpose of taking testimony, the 
        Committee or subcommittee determines that such evidence 
        or testimony may tend to defame, degrade, or 
        incriminate any person; and
          (B) The Committee or subcommittee shall proceed to 
        receive such testimony in open session only if the 
        Committee, a majority being present, determines that 
        such evidence or testimony will not tend to defame, 
        degrade, or incriminate any person.
    (3) No Member of the House of Representatives may be 
excluded from non-participatory attendance at any hearing of 
the Committee or a subcommittee unless the House of 
Representatives has by majority vote authorized the Committee 
or subcommittee, for purposes of a particular series of 
hearings, on a particular article of legislation or on a 
particular subject of investigation, to close its hearings to 
Members by the same procedures designated in this subsection 
for closing hearings to the public.
    (4) The Committee or a subcommittee may by the procedure 
designated in this subsection vote to close one (1) subsequent 
day of hearing.
    (5) No congressional staff shall be present at any meeting 
or hearing of the Committee or a subcommittee that has been 
closed to the public, and at which classified information will 
be involved, unless such person is authorized access to such 
classified information in accordance with rule XX of the House 
of Representatives.

             Rule 5.--Announcement of Hearings and Markups

    (a) Hearings.--Public announcement shall be made of the 
date, place, and subject matter of any hearing to be conducted 
by the Committee or a subcommittee at the earliest possible 
date, and in any event at least one (1) week before the 
commencement of that hearing. If the Chairman of the Committee 
or the subcommittee, with the concurrence of the Ranking 
Minority Member, determines that there is good cause to begin a 
hearing sooner, or if the Committee or subcommittee so 
determines by majority vote in the presence of the number of 
members required under the rules of the Committee for the 
taking of action, the Chairman of the Committee shall make the 
announcement at the earliest possible date.
    (b) Markups and Other Meetings To Transact Business.--The 
Chairman or subcommittee chairman may call or convene, as he 
considers necessary, meetings of the Committee or subcommittee 
for the consideration of a bill or resolution pending before 
the Committee or subcommittee, as the case may be, or for the 
conduct of other Committee or subcommittee business. Public 
announcement shall be made of the date, place and subject 
matter of any markup or other meeting to conduct business at 
the earliest possible date, and in any event at least one (1) 
week before the commencement of such markup or meeting, unless 
the Chairman or subcommittee Chairman determines, in 
consultation with the Ranking Minority Member, that there is 
good cause to begin such a markup or meeting on an earlier 
date. If such determination is made, the Chairman of the 
Committee shall make the announcement at the earliest possible 
date. The agenda for each Committee and subcommittee markup or 
other meeting to transact business, setting out all items of 
business to be considered, including whenever possible a copy 
of any bill or other document scheduled for markup, shall be 
furnished to each Committee or subcommittee Member by delivery 
to the Member's office at least 24 hours (excluding Saturdays, 
Sundays, and legal holidays) before the meeting. Bills on 
subjects not listed on such agenda shall be subject to a point 
of order unless their consideration is agreed to by a two-
thirds vote of the Committee or subcommittee, or by the 
Chairman of the Committee or subcommittee, with the concurrence 
of the Ranking Minority Member.
    (c) Publication.--Public announcement of all hearings and 
markups shall be published in the Daily Digest portion of the 
Congressional Record. Members shall be notified by the Chief of 
Staff of all meetings (including markups and hearings) and 
briefings of subcommittees and of the Full Committee.

                           Rule 6.--Witnesses

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

       Rule 7.--Preparation and Maintenance of Committee Records

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

       Rule 8.--Extraneous Material in Committee Hearings Prints

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

            Rule 9.--Public Availability of Committee Votes

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

                           Rule 10.--Proxies

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

                           Rule 11.--Reports

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

               Rule 12.--Reporting Bills and Resolutions

    Except in unusual circumstances, bills and resolutions will 
not be considered by the Committee unless and until the 
appropriate subcommittee has recommended the bill or resolution 
for Committee action, and will not be taken to the House of 
Representatives for action unless and until the Committee has 
ordered reported such bill or resolution, a quorum being 
present.
    Except in unusual circumstances, a bill or resolution 
originating in the House of Representatives that contains 
exclusively findings and policy declarations or expressions of 
the sense of the House of Representatives or the sense of the 
Congress shall not be considered by the Committee or a 
subcommittee unless such bill or resolution has at least 25 
House co-sponsors, at least 10 of whom are Members of the 
Committee.
    For purposes of this rule, unusual circumstances will be 
determined by the Chairman, after consultation with the Ranking 
Minority Member and such other Members of the Committee as the 
Chairman deems appropriate.
    The Chairman is directed to offer a motion under clause 1 
of rule XXII of the Rules of the House whenever the Chairman 
considers it appropriate.

                        Rule 13.--Staff Services

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

           Rule 14.--Number and Jurisdiction of Subcommittees

    (a) Full Committee.--The Full Committee will be responsible 
for oversight and legislation relating to: foreign assistance 
(including development assistance, Millennium Challenge 
Corporation, the Millennium Challenge Account, HIV/AIDS in 
foreign countries, security assistance, and Public Law 480 
programs abroad); the Peace Corps; national security 
developments affecting foreign policy; strategic planning and 
agreements; war powers, treaties, executive agreements, and the 
deployment and use of United States Armed Forces; peacekeeping, 
peace enforcement, and enforcement of United Nations or other 
international sanctions; arms control and disarmament issues; 
the United States Agency for International Development; 
activities and policies of the State, Commerce and Defense 
Departments and other agencies related to the Arms Export 
Control Act, and the Foreign Assistance Act including export 
and licensing policy for munitions items and technology and 
dual-use equipment and technology; international law; promotion 
of democracy; international law enforcement issues, including 
narcotics control programs and activities; Broadcasting Board 
of Governors; embassy security; international broadcasting; 
public diplomacy, including international communication, 
information policy, international education, and cultural 
programs; and all other matters not specifically assigned to a 
subcommittee. The Full Committee will have jurisdiction over 
legislation with respect to the administration of the Export 
Administration Act, including the export and licensing of dual-
use equipment and technology and other matters related to 
international economic policy and trade not otherwise assigned 
to a subcommittee and with respect to the United Nations, its 
affiliated agencies and other international organizations, 
including assessed and voluntary contributions to such 
organizations. The Full Committee may conduct oversight with 
respect to any matter within the jurisdiction of the Committee 
as defined in the Rules of the House of Representatives.
    (b) Subcommittees.--There shall be seven (7) standing 
subcommittees. The names and jurisdiction of those 
subcommittees shall be as follows:
          (1) Functional Subcommittees.--There shall be two 
        subcommittees with functional jurisdiction:
                  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, 
                and Trade.--Oversight and legislative 
                responsibilities over the United States efforts 
                to manage and coordinate international programs 
                to combat terrorism as coordinated by the 
                Department of State and other agencies, 
                including diplomatic, economic, and military 
                assistance programs in areas designed to 
                prevent terrorism, and efforts intended to 
                identify, arrest, and bring international 
                terrorists to justice. Oversight of, and (to 
                the degree applicable to matters outside the 
                Foreign Assistance Act, the Arms Export Control 
                Act, the Export Administration Act, sanctions 
                laws pertaining to individual countries and the 
                provision of foreign assistance) legislation 
                pertaining to: nonproliferation including 
                matters relating to arms transfer policy; 
                export control policy including the transfer of 
                dual-use equipment and technology; matters 
                involving nuclear, chemical, biological and 
                other weapons of mass destruction; and 
                legislation aimed at the promotion of sanctions 
                and other nonproliferation matters generally. 
                Oversight of matters relating to international 
                economic and trade policy; commercial 
                intercourse with foreign countries; 
                international investment policy; the Overseas 
                Private Investment Corporation and the Trade 
                and Development Agency; commodity agreements; 
                and special oversight of international 
                financial and monetary institutions; the 
                Export-Import Bank, and customs. Legislative 
                jurisdiction over measures related to export 
                promotion and measures related to the Overseas 
                Private Investment Corporation and the Trade 
                and Development Agency.
                  Subcommittee on International Organizations, 
                Human Rights, and Oversight.--With the 
                concurrence of the Full Committee Chairman, 
                oversight and investigations of all matters 
                within the jurisdiction of the Committee. 
                Responsibility for oversight of, and (to the 
                degree applicable to matters outside the 
                Foreign Assistance Act, the Arms Export Control 
                Act, the Export Administration Act, and the 
                provision of foreign assistance) legislation 
                pertaining to implementation of the Universal 
                Declaration of Human Rights, and other matters 
                relating to internationally-recognized human 
                rights, including sanctions legislation aimed 
                at the promotion of human rights and democracy 
                generally; parliamentary conferences and 
                exchanges; the American Red Cross; and the 
                United Nations, its affiliated agencies and 
                other international organizations, including 
                assessed and voluntary contributions to such 
                organizations.
          (2) Regional Subcommittees.--There shall be five 
        subcommittees with regional jurisdiction: the 
        Subcommittee on Europe; the Subcommittee on the Middle 
        East and South Asia; the Subcommittee on the Western 
        Hemisphere; the Subcommittee on Africa and Global 
        Health; and the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and 
        the Global Environment (including the Central Asian 
        republics). Two of the regional subcommittees, the 
        Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health and the 
        Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
        Environment, shall also have functional jurisdiction.
          The regional subcommittees shall have jurisdiction 
        over the following within their respective regions:
                  (1) Matters affecting the political relations 
                between the United States and other countries 
                and regions, including resolutions or other 
                legislative measures directed to such 
                relations.
                  (2) Legislation with respect to disaster 
                assistance outside the Foreign Assistance Act, 
                boundary issues, and international claims.
                  (3) Legislation with respect to region- or 
                country-specific loans or other financial 
                relations outside the Foreign Assistance Act.
                  (4) Resolutions of disapproval under section 
                36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, with 
                respect to foreign military sales.
                  (5) Legislation and oversight regarding human 
                rights practices in particular countries.
                  (6) Oversight of regional lending 
                institutions.
                  (7) Oversight of matters related to the 
                regional activities of the United Nations, of 
                its affiliated agencies, and of other 
                multilateral institutions.
                  (8) Identification and development of options 
                for meeting future problems and issues relating 
                to U.S. interests in the region.
                  (9) Base rights and other facilities access 
                agreements and regional security pacts.
                  (10) Oversight of matters relating to 
                parliamentary conferences and exchanges 
                involving the region.
                  (11) Concurrent oversight jurisdiction with 
                respect to matters assigned to the functional 
                subcommittees insofar as they may affect the 
                region.
                  (12) Oversight of all foreign assistance 
                activities affecting the region.
                  (13) Such other matters as the Chairman of 
                the Full Committee may determine.
                  Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health.--In 
                addition to its regional jurisdiction, 
                responsibility for oversight of international 
                health issues, including transboundary 
                infectious diseases and programs related to 
                enhancing global capacity to address health 
                issues.
                  Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the 
                Global Environment.--In addition to its 
                regional jurisdiction, responsibility for 
                oversight of international environmental 
                policy, international fishing agreements and 
                scientific developments affecting foreign 
                policy.

              Rule 15.--Powers and Duties of Subcommittees

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

                Rule 16.--Referral of Bills by Chairman

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

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

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

               Rule 18.--Subcommittee Funding and Records

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

              Rule 19.--Meetings of Subcommittee Chairmen

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

               Rule 20.--Access to Classified Information

    (a) Authorized Persons.--In accordance with the 
stipulations of the Rules of the House of Representatives, all 
Members of the House who have executed the oath required by 
clause 13 of rule XXIII of the House of Representatives shall 
be authorized to have access to classified information within 
the possession of the Committee.
    Members of the Committee staff shall be considered 
authorized to have access to classified information within the 
possession of the Committee when they have the proper security 
clearances, when they have executed the oath required by clause 
13 of rule XXIII of the House of Representatives, and when they 
have a demonstrable need to know. The decision on whether a 
given staff member has a need to know will be made on the 
following basis:
          (1) In the case of the Full Committee majority staff, 
        by the Chairman, acting through the Chief of Staff;
          (2) In the case of the Full Committee minority staff, 
        by the Ranking Minority Member of the Committee, acting 
        through the Minority Chief of Staff;
          (3) In the case of subcommittee majority staff, by 
        the chairman of the subcommittee;
          (4) In the case of the subcommittee minority staff, 
        by the Ranking Minority Member of the subcommittee. No 
        other individuals shall be considered authorized 
        persons, unless so designated by the Chairman.
    (b) Designated Persons.--Each Committee Member is permitted 
to designate one member of his or her staff as having the right 
of access to information classified confidential. Such 
designated persons must have the proper security clearance, 
have executed the oath required by clause 13 of rule XXIII of 
the House of Representatives, and have a need to know as 
determined by his or her principal. Upon request of a Committee 
Member in specific instances, a designated person also shall be 
permitted access to information classified secret which has 
been furnished to the Committee pursuant to section 36 of the 
Arms Export Control Act, as amended. Upon the written request 
of a Committee Member and with the approval of the Chairman in 
specific instances, a designated person may be permitted access 
to other classified materials. Designation of a staff person 
shall be by letter from the Committee Member to the Chairman.
    (c) Location.--Classified information will be stored in 
secure safes in the Committee rooms. All materials classified 
top secret must be stored in a Secure Compartmentalized 
Information Facility (SCIF).
    (d) Handling.--Materials classified confidential or secret 
may be taken from Committee offices to other Committee offices 
and hearing rooms by Members of the Committee and authorized 
Committee staff in connection with hearings and briefings of 
the Committee or its subcommittees for which such information 
is deemed to be essential. Removal of such information from the 
Committee offices shall be only with the permission of the 
Chairman under procedures designed to ensure the safe handling 
and storage of such information at all times. Except as 
provided in this paragraph, top secret materials may not be 
taken from the SCIF for any purpose, except that such materials 
may be taken to hearings and other meetings that are being 
conducted at the top secret level when necessary. Top secret 
materials may otherwise be used under conditions approved by 
the Chairman after consultation with the Ranking Minority 
Member.
    (e) Notice.--Appropriate notice of the receipt of 
classified documents received by the Committee from the 
Executive Branch will be sent promptly to Committee Members 
through the Survey of Activities or by other means.
    (f) Access.--Except as provided for above, access to 
materials classified top secret or otherwise restricted held by 
the Committee will be in the SCIF. The following procedures 
will be observed:
          (1) Authorized or designated persons will be admitted 
        to the SCIF after inquiring of the Chief of Staff or an 
        assigned staff member. Access to the SCIF will be 
        afforded during regular Committee hours.
          (2) Authorized or designated persons will be required 
        to identify themselves, to identify the documents or 
        information they wish to view, and to sign the 
        Classified Materials Log, which is kept with the 
        classified information.
          (3) The assigned staff member will be responsible for 
        maintaining a log which identifies: (1) authorized and 
        designated persons seeking access, (2) the classified 
        information requested, and (3) the time of arrival and 
        departure of such persons. The assigned staff member 
        will also assure that the classified materials are 
        returned to the proper location.
          (4) The Classified Materials Log will contain a 
        statement acknowledged by the signature of the 
        authorized or designated person that he or she has read 
        the Committee rules and will abide by them.
    (g) Divulgence.--Classified information provided to the 
Committee by the Executive Branch shall be handled in 
accordance with the procedures that apply within the Executive 
Branch for the protection of such information. Any classified 
information to which access has been gained through the 
Committee may not be divulged to any unauthorized person. 
Classified material shall not be photocopied or otherwise 
reproduced. In no event shall classified information be 
discussed in a non-secure environment. Apparent violations of 
this rule should be reported as promptly as possible to the 
Chairman for appropriate action.
    (h) Other Regulations.--The Chairman, after consultation 
with the Ranking Minority Member, may establish such additional 
regulations and procedures as in his judgment may be necessary 
to safeguard classified information under the control of the 
Committee. Members of the Committee will be given notice of any 
such regulations and procedures promptly. They may be modified 
or waived in any or all particulars by a majority vote of the 
Full Committee.

       Rule 21.--Broadcasting of Committee Hearings and Meetings

    All Committee and subcommittee meetings or hearings which 
are open to the public may be covered, in whole or in part, by 
television broadcast, radio broadcast, and still photography, 
or by any such methods of coverage in accordance with the 
provisions of clause 3 of House rule XI.
    The Chairman or subcommittee chairman shall determine, in 
his or her discretion, the number of television and still 
cameras permitted in a hearing or meeting room, but shall not 
limit the number of television or still cameras to fewer than 
two (2) representatives from each medium.
    Such coverage shall be in accordance with the following 
requirements contained in section 116(b) of the Legislative 
Reorganization Act of 1970, and clause 4 of XI of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives:
    (a) If the television, Internet or radio coverage of the 
hearing or meeting is to be presented to the public as live 
coverage, that coverage shall be conducted and presented 
without commercial sponsorship.
    (b) No witness served with a subpoena by the Committee 
shall be required against his will to be photographed at any 
hearing or to give evidence or testimony while the broadcasting 
of that hearing, by radio or television is being conducted. At 
the request of any such witness who does not wish to be 
subjected to radio, television, Internet or still photography 
coverage, all lenses shall be covered and all microphones used 
for coverage turned off. This subparagraph is supplementary to 
clause 2(k)(5) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives relating to the protection of the rights of 
witnesses.
    (c) The allocation among cameras permitted by the Chairman 
or subcommittee chairman in a hearing room shall be in 
accordance with fair and equitable procedures devised by the 
Executive Committee of the Radio and Television Correspondents' 
Galleries.
    (d) Television cameras shall be placed so as not to 
obstruct in any way the space between any witness giving 
evidence or testimony and Member of the Committee or its 
subcommittees or the visibility of that witness and that Member 
to each other.
    (e) Television cameras shall operate from fixed positions 
but shall not be placed in positions which obstruct 
unnecessarily the coverage of the hearing by the other media.
    (f) Equipment necessary for coverage by the television and 
radio media shall not be installed in, or removed from, the 
hearing or meeting room while the Committee or subcommittee is 
in session.
    (g) Floodlights, spotlights, strobe lights, and flashguns 
shall not be used in providing any method of coverage of the 
hearing or meeting, except that the television media may 
install additional lighting in the hearing room, without cost 
to the Government, in order to raise the ambient lighting level 
in the hearing room to the lowest level necessary to provide 
adequate television coverage of the hearing or meeting at the 
current state-of-the-art level of television coverage.
    (h) In the allocation of the number of still photographers 
permitted by the Chairman or subcommittee chairman in a hearing 
or meeting room, preference shall be given to photographers 
from Associated Press Photos, United Press International News 
pictures, and Reuters. If requests are made by more of the 
media than will be permitted by the Chairman or subcommittee 
chairman for coverage of the hearing or meeting by still 
photography, that coverage shall be made on the basis of a fair 
and equitable pool arrangement devised by the Standing 
Committee of Press Photographers.
    (i) Photographers shall not position themselves, at any 
time during the course of the hearing or meeting, between the 
witness table and the Members of the Committee or its 
subcommittees.
    (j) Photographers shall not place themselves in positions 
which obstruct unnecessarily the coverage of the hearing by the 
other media.
    (k) Personnel providing coverage by the television and 
radio media shall be currently accredited to the Radio and 
Television Correspondents' Galleries.
    (l) Personnel providing coverage by still photography shall 
be currently accredited to the Press Photographers' Gallery 
Committee of Press Photographers.
    (m) Personnel providing coverage by the television and 
radio media and by still photography shall conduct themselves 
and their coverage activities in an orderly and unobtrusive 
manner.

                       Rule 22.--Subpoena Powers

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

         Rule 23.--Recommendation for Appointment of Conferees

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

                      Rule 24.--General Oversight

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

               Rule 25.--Other Procedures and Regulations

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

 BENNIE G. THOMPSON, Mississippi, 
             Chairman

PETER T. KING, New York,             LORETTA SANCHEZ, California, Vice 
  Ranking Member                     Chairwoman
LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas                EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts
CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, Connecticut       NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington
MARK E. SOUDER, Indiana              JANE HARMAN, California
TOM DAVIS, Virginia                  PETER A. DeFAZIO, Oregon
DANIEL E. LUNGREN, California        NITA M. LOWEY, New York
MIKE ROGERS, Alabama                 ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON,
BOBBY JINDAL, Louisiana                District of Columbia
DAVE G. REICHERT, Washington         ZOE LOFGREN, California
MICHAEL T. McCAUL, Texas             SHEILA JACKSON-LEE, Texas
CHARLIE DENT, Pennsylvania           DONNA M. CHRISTENSEN, US Virgin 
GINNY BROWN-WAITE, Florida           Islands
GUS M. BILIRAKIS, Florida            BOB ETHERIDGE, North Carolina
DAVID DAVIS, Tennessee               JAMES R. LANGEVIN, Rhode Island
PAUL C. BROUN, Georgia*              HENRY CUELLAR, Texas
                                     CHRISTOPHER P. CARNEY, 
                                     Pennsylvania
                                     YVETTE D. CLARKE, New York
                                     AL GREEN, Texas
                                     ED PERLMUTTER, Colorado
                                     BILL PASCRELL, New Jersey***

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*Appointed to the Homeland Security Committee on July 25, 2007 
following his election in a special election.
**Kevin McCarthy was appointed to the Homeland Security Committee on 
March 12, 2007, filling a vacancy created by the resignation of Rep. 
Marsha Blackburn effective that same day. He resigned from the 
Committee July 27, 2007.
***Appointed to the Homeland Security Committee on September 20, 2007.

                       (Adopted January 23, 2007)

                      Rule I.--General Provisions

    (A) Applicability of the Rules of the U.S. House of 
Representatives.--The Rules of the U.S. House of 
Representatives (the ``House'') are the rules of the Committee 
on Homeland Security (the ``Committee'') and its subcommittees 
insofar as applicable.
    (B) Applicability to Subcommittees.--Except where the terms 
``Full Committee'' and ``subcommittee'' are specifically 
mentioned, 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 shall 
designate a Member of the Majority party to serve as Vice 
Chairman of the Full Committee. The Vice Chairman of the Full 
Committee shall preside at any meeting or hearing of the Full 
Committee during the temporary absence of the Chairman. In the 
absence of both the Chairman and Vice Chairman, the Chairman's 
designee shall preside.
    (D) Recommendation of Conferees.--Whenever the Speaker of 
the House is to appoint a conference committee on a matter 
within the jurisdiction of the Full Committee, the Chairman 
shall recommend to the Speaker of the House conferees from the 
Full 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.
    (E) 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.
    (F) Committee Web Site.--The Chairman shall maintain an 
official Committee web site for the purposes of furthering the 
Committee's legislative and oversight responsibilities, 
including communicating information about the Committee's 
activities to Committee Members, other Members and the public 
at large. The Ranking Minority Member may maintain a similar 
web site for the same purposes.

                       Rule II.--Time of Meetings

    (A) Regular Meeting Date.--The regular meeting date and 
time for the transaction of business of the Full Committee 
shall be on the first Wednesday that the House is in Session 
each month, unless otherwise directed by the Chairman.
    (B) Additional Meetings.--At the discretion of the 
Chairman, additional meetings of the Committee may be scheduled 
for the consideration of any bill or other matters pending 
before the Committee or to conduct 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.

                   Rule III.--Notice and Publication

    (A) 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 waived 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 of a meeting to take place on 
        a day the House is in session, and 72 hours in advance 
        of a meeting to take 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 waived by the Chairman with the 
        concurrence of the Ranking Minority Member.
                  (a) Copies of any measure to be considered 
                for approval by the Committee at any meeting, 
                including any mark, print or amendment in the 
                nature of a substitute shall be provided to the 
                Members at least 24 hours in advance.
                  (b) The requirement in subsection (a) may be 
                waived or abridged by the Chairman, with 
                advance notice to the Ranking Minority Member.
    (3) Publication.--The meeting or hearing announcement shall 
be promptly published in the Daily Digest portion of the 
Congressional Record. To the greatest extent practicable, 
meeting announcements shall be entered into the Committee 
scheduling service of the House Information Resources.

           Rule IV.--Open Meetings and Hearings; Broadcasting

    (A) Open Meetings.--All meetings and hearings of the 
Committee shall be open to the public including to radio, 
television and still photography coverage, except as provided 
by rule XI of the Rules of the House or 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, compromise sensitive law 
enforcement information, tend to defame, degrade or incriminate 
a witness, or violate any law or rule of the House of 
Representatives.
    (B) 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, in 
accordance with the provisions of clause 4 of rule XI of the 
Rules of the House. Operation and use of any Committee operated 
broadcast system shall be fair and nonpartisan and in 
accordance with clause 4(b) of rule XI and all other applicable 
rules of the Committee and the House. Priority shall be given 
by the Committee to members of the Press Galleries.
    (C) Transcripts.--A transcript shall be made of the 
testimony of each witness appearing before the Committee during 
a Committee hearing. All transcripts of meetings or hearings 
that are open to the public shall be made available.

             Rule V.--Procedures for Meetings and Hearings

    (A) Opening Statements.--At any meeting of the 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. 
The Chairman presiding over the meeting may permit additional 
opening statements by other Members of the Full Committee or of 
that subcommittee, with the concurrence of the Ranking Minority 
Member.
    (B) 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 extended when 
permitted by unanimous consent.
    (C) 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.
    (D) Contempt Procedures.--No recommendation that a person 
be cited for contempt of Congress shall be forwarded to the 
House unless and until the Full 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 the Full 
Committee, with 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 Full Committee.

                          Rule VI.--Witnesses

    (A) Questioning of Witnesses.--
          (1) Questioning of witnesses by Members will be 
        conducted under the five-minute rule unless the 
        Committee adopts a motion permitted by House rule 
        XI(2)(j)(2).
          (2) In questioning witnesses under the 5-minute rule, 
        the Chairman and the Ranking Minority Member shall 
        first be recognized. In a subcommittee meeting or 
        hearing, the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of 
        the Full Committee are then recognized. All other 
        Members that arrive before the commencement of the 
        meeting or hearing will be recognized in the order of 
        seniority on the Committee, alternating between 
        Majority and Minority Members. Committee Members 
        arriving after the commencement of the hearing shall be 
        recognized in order of appearance, alternating between 
        Majority and Minority Members, after all Members 
        present at the beginning of the hearing have been 
        recognized. Each Member shall be recognized at least 
        once before any Member is given a second opportunity to 
        question a witness.
          (3) The Chairman, in consultation with the Ranking 
        Minority Member, or the Committee by motion may permit 
        an extension of the period of questioning of a witness 
        beyond five minutes but the time allotted must be 
        equally apportioned to the Majority party and the 
        Minority and may not exceed one hour in the aggregate.
          (4) The Chairman, in consultation with the Ranking 
        Minority Member, or the Committee by motion may permit 
        Committee staff of the Majority and Minority to 
        question a witness for a specified, total period that 
        is equal for each side and not longer than 30 minutes 
        for each side.
    (B) 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.
    (C) Oath or Affirmation.--The Chairman of the Committee or 
any Member designated by the Chairman, may administer an oath 
to any witness.
    (D) Statements by Witnesses.--
          (1) Consistent with the notice given, 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 no 
        less than 48 hours in advance of the witness's 
        appearance before the Committee. Unless the 48 hour 
        requirement is waived or otherwise modified by the 
        Chairman after consultation with the Ranking Minority 
        Member, the failure to comply with this requirement may 
        result in the exclusion of the written testimony from 
        the hearing record and/or the barring of an oral 
        presentation of the testimony.
          (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 to the extent that such information is 
        relevant to the subject matter of, and the witness' 
        representational capacity at, the hearing.

                           Rule VII.--Quorum

    Quorum Requirements.--Two Members shall constitute a quorum 
for purposes of taking testimony and receiving evidence. One-
third of the Members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum 
for conducting business, except for (1) reporting a measure or 
recommendation; (2) closing Committee meetings to the public, 
pursuant to Committee rule IV; (3) authorizing the issuance of 
subpoenas; and (4) any other action for which an actual 
majority quorum is required by any rule of the House of 
Representatives or by law. The Chairman shall make reasonable 
efforts, including consultation with the Ranking Minority 
Member when scheduling meetings and hearings, to ensure that a 
quorum for any purpose will include at least one minority 
Member of the Committee.

                          Rule VIII.--Decorum

    (A) 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.
    (B) Access to Dais.--Access to the dais before, during and 
after a hearing, mark up or other meeting of the Committee 
shall be limited to Members and staff of the Committee. Subject 
to availability of space on the dais, a Member may have a 
personal staff present on the dais during periods when the 
Member is seated on the dais at the hearing.
    (C) Wireless Communications Use Prohibited.--During a 
hearing, mark-up, or other meeting of the Committee, ringing or 
audible sounds or conversational use of cellular telephones or 
other electronic devices is prohibited in the Committee room.

                        Rule IX.--Subcommittees

    (A) Generally.--The Full Committee shall be organized into 
the following six standing subcommittees:
          (1) Subcommittee on Border, Maritime and Global 
        Counterterrorism;
          (2) Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, 
        Preparedness, and Response;
          (3) Subcommittee on Transportation Security and 
        Infrastructure Protection;
          (4) Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing 
        and Terrorism Risk Assessment;
          (5) Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, 
        and Science and Technology; and
          (6) Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and 
        Oversight.
    (B) Selection and Ratio of Subcommittee Members.--The 
Chairman and Ranking Member of the Full Committee 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.
    (C) Ex Officio Members.--The Chairman and Ranking Minority 
Member of the Full Committee shall be ex officio members of 
each subcommittee but are not authorized to vote on matters 
that arise before each subcommittee. The Chairman and Ranking 
Minority Member of the Full Committee shall not be counted to 
satisfy the quorum requirement for any purpose other than 
taking testimony unless they are regular members of that 
subcommittee.
    (D) 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 Full 
Committee on all matters within its purview. Subcommittee 
Chairmen shall set hearing and meeting dates only with the 
approval of the Chairman of the Full Committee. To the greatest 
extent practicable, no more than one meeting and hearing should 
be scheduled for a given time.
    (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.
    (F) Task Forces or Select Subcommittees.--The Chairman, 
with the concurrence of the Ranking Minority Member, may create 
task forces of limited duration to carry out specifically 
enumerated duties and functions within the jurisdiction of the 
Committee subject to any limitations provided for in the House 
Rules or other Caucus or Conference Rules. Any task force 
created under this rule shall be subject to all applicable 
Committee and House rules and other laws in the conduct of its 
duties and functions.

                  Rule X.--Referrals to Subcommittees

    Referral of Bills and Other Matters by Chairman.--Except 
for bills and other matters retained by the Chairman for Full 
Committee consideration, each bill or other matters referred to 
the Full Committee shall be referred by the Chairman to one or 
more subcommittees. In referring any measure or matter to a 
subcommittee, the Chair may specify a date by which the 
subcommittee shall report thereon to the Full Committee. Bills 
or other matters referred to subcommittees may be reassigned or 
discharged by the Chairman.

                          Rule XI.--Subpoenas

    (A) Authorization.--Pursuant to clause 2(m) of rule XI of 
the House, a subpoena may be authorized and 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 Full Committee 
for the furtherance of an investigation with authorization by--
          (1) a majority of the Full Committee, a quorum being 
        present; or
          (2) the Chairman of the Full Committee, after 
        consultation with the Ranking Minority Member of the 
        Full Committee, during any period for which the House 
        has adjourned for a period in excess of 3 days when, in 
        the opinion of the Chairman of the Full Committee, 
        authorization and issuance of the subpoena is necessary 
        to obtain the material or testimony set forth in the 
        subpoena. The Chairman of the Full Committee shall 
        notify Members of the Committee of the authorization 
        and issuance of a subpoena under this rule as soon as 
        practicable, but in no event later than one week after 
        service of such subpoena.
    (B) Disclosure.--Provisions may be included in a subpoena 
with the concurrence of the Chairman and the Ranking Minority 
Member of the Full Committee, or by the Committee, to prevent 
the disclosure of the Full Committee's 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 
Full Committee's inquiries.
    (C) Subpoena duces tecum.--Subpoena duces tecum may be 
issued whose return to the Committee Clerk shall occur at a 
time and place other than that of a regularly scheduled 
meeting.
    (D) Affidavits and Depositions.--The Chairman of the Full 
Committee, in consultation with the Ranking Minority Member of 
the Full Committee, 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. 
Notices for the taking of depositions shall specify the date, 
time and place of examination. Depositions shall be taken under 
oath administered by a Member or a person otherwise authorized 
by law to administer oaths. Prior consultation with the Ranking 
Minority Member of the Full Committee shall include written 
notice three business days before any deposition is scheduled 
to provide an opportunity for Minority staff to be present 
during the questioning.

                       Rule XII.--Committee Staff

    (A) Generally.--Committee staff members are subject to the 
provisions of clause 9 of House rule X and must be eligible to 
be considered for routine access to classified information.
    (B) Staff Assignments.--For purposes of these rules, 
Committee staff means the employees of the Committee, 
detailees, fellows or any other person engaged by contract or 
otherwise to perform services for, or at the request of, the 
Committee. All such persons shall be either Majority, Minority, 
or shared staff. The Chairman shall appoint, determine 
remuneration of, supervise and may remove Majority staff. The 
Ranking Minority Member shall appoint, determine remuneration 
of, supervise and may remove Minority staff. In consultation 
with the Ranking Minority Member, the Chairman may appoint, 
determine remuneration of, supervise and may remove shared 
staff that is assigned to service of the Committee. The 
Chairman shall certify Committee staff appointments, including 
appointments by the Ranking Minority Member, as required.
    (C) 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 knowingly 
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 the 
member of the Committee staff has a reasonable expectation that 
such information may alert the subject of a Committee 
investigation to the existence, nature, or substance of such 
investigation, unless authorized to do so by the Chairman or 
the Committee.

                  Rule XIII.--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 Full 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 Full 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).
    (B) Foreign Travel.--All Committee Member and staff 
requests for Committee-funded foreign travel must be submitted 
to the Chairman, through the Chief Financial Officer of the 
Committee, not less than seven business days prior to the start 
of the travel. Within 60 days of the conclusion of any such 
foreign travel authorized under this rule, there shall be 
submitted to the Chairman a written report summarizing the 
information gained as a result of the travel in question, or 
other Committee objectives served by such travel.

        Rule XIV.--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. Classified documents 
and sensitive but unclassified (SBU) documents (including but 
not limited to those marked with dissemination restrictions 
such as Sensitive Security Information (SSI), Law Enforcement 
Sensitive (LES), For Official Use Only (FOUO), or Critical 
Infrastructure Information (CII)) may be examined only in an 
appropriately secure manner. Such documents may be removed from 
the Committee's offices in furtherance of official Committee 
business. Appropriate security procedures shall govern the 
handing of such documents removed from the Committee's offices.
    (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 Chairman and Ranking 
Minority Member and under their direction of 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 and sensitive but 
unclassified (SBU) information (including but not limited to 
documents marked with dissemination restrictions such as 
Sensitive Security Information (SSI), Law Enforcement Sensitive 
(LES), For Official Use Only (FOUO), or Critical Infrastructure 
Information (CII)) 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 Committee Member 
or member of the Committee staff fails to conform to the 
provisions of these rules governing the disclosure of 
classified or unclassified information. Such disciplinary 
action may include, but shall not be limited to, immediate 
dismissal from the Committee staff, criminal referral to the 
Justice Department, and notification of the Speaker of the 
House. With respect to Minority party staff, the Chairman shall 
consider such disciplinary action in consultation with the 
Ranking Minority Member.

                      Rule XV.--Committee Records

    (A) Committee Records.--Committee Records shall constitute 
all data, charts and files in possession of the Committee and 
shall be maintained in accordance with House rule XI, clause 
2(e).
    (B) 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.
    (C) 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 these rules.
    (D) Removal of Committee 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.
    (E) 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.
    (F) 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.
    (G) 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.
    (H) Disposition of Committee Records.--At the conclusion of 
each Congress, non-current 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.
    (I) Archived Records.--The records of the Committee at the 
National Archives and Records Administration shall be made 
available for public use in accordance with rule VII of the 
Rules of the House. The Chairman shall notify the Ranking 
Minority Member of any decision, pursuant to clause 3(b)(3) or 
clause 4(b) of the rule, to withhold a record otherwise 
available, and the matter shall be presented to the Committee 
for a determination on the written request of any member of the 
Committee. The Chairman shall consult with the Ranking Minority 
Member on any communication from the Archivist of the United 
States or the Clerk of the House concerning the disposition of 
noncurrent records pursuant to clause 3(b) of the rule.

                 Rule XVI.--Changes to Committee Rules

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

  ROBERT A. BRADY, Pennsylvania, 
             Chairman*

VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan,          ZOE LOFGREN, California
  Ranking Member                     MICHAEL E. CAPUANO, Massachusetts
DANIEL E. LUNGREN, California        CHARLES A. GONZALEZ, Texas
KEVIN McCARTHY, California           SUSAN A. DAVIS, California
                                     ARTUR DAVIS, Alabama**

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*Elected Chairman of the Committee on House Administration on May 24, 
2007 following the death of Chairwoman Juanita Millender-McDonald on 
April 22, 2007.
**Appointed to the Committee on House Administration on May 3, 2007, 
filling a vacancy created by the death of Chairwoman Juanita Millender-
McDonald on April 22, 2007.

                      (Adopted February 16, 2007)

                     Rule No. 1--General Provisions

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

                Rule No. 2--Regular and Special Meetings

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

                       Rule No. 3--Open Meetings

    As required by Clause 2(g), of House rule XI, each meeting 
for the transaction of business, including the markup of 
legislation of the Committee shall be open to the public except 
when the Committee in open session and with a quorum present 
determines by record vote that all or part of the remainder of 
the meeting on that day shall be closed to the public because 
disclosure of matters to be considered would endanger national 
security, would compromise sensitive law enforcement 
information, or would tend to defame, degrade or incriminate 
any person, or otherwise would violate any law or rule of the 
House: Provided, however, that no person other than members of 
the Committee, and such congressional staff and such other 
persons as the Committee may authorize, shall be present in any 
business or markup session which has been closed to the public.

                   Rule No. 4--Records and Rollcalls

    (a)(1) A record vote shall be held if requested by any 
member of the Committee.
    (a)(2) The result of each record vote in any meeting of the 
Committee shall be made available for inspection by the public 
at reasonable times at the Committee offices, including a 
description of the amendment, motion, order or other 
proposition; the name of each member voting for and against; 
and the members present but not voting.
    (b)(1) Subject to subparagraph (2), the Chair may postpone 
further proceedings when a record vote is ordered on the 
question of approving any measure or matter or adopting an 
amendment. The Chair may resume proceedings on a postponed 
request at any time.
    (2) In exercising postponement authority under subparagraph 
(1), the Chair shall take all reasonable steps necessary to 
notify members on the resumption of proceedings on any 
postponed record vote.
    (3) When proceedings resume on a postponed question, 
notwithstanding any intervening order for the previous 
question, an underlying proposition shall remain subject to 
further debate or amendment to the same extent as when the 
question was postponed.
    (c) All Committee and subcommittee hearings, records, data, 
charts, and files shall be kept separate and distinct from the 
congressional office records of the member serving as Chair; 
and such records shall be the property of the House and all 
members of the House shall have access thereto.
    (d) House records of the Committee which are at the 
National Archives shall be made available pursuant to House 
rule VII. The Chair shall notify the ranking minority member of 
any decision to withhold a record pursuant to the rule, and 
shall present the matter to the Committee upon written request 
of any Committee member.
    (e) To the maximum extent feasible, the Committee shall 
make its publications available in electronic form.

                          Rule No. 5--Proxies

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

            Rule No. 6--Power To Sit and Act; Subpoena Power

    (a) For the purpose of carrying out any of its functions 
and duties under House rules X and XI, the Committee or any 
subcommittee thereof is authorized (subject to subparagraph 
(b)(1) of this paragraph)--
          (1) to sit and act at such times and places within 
        the United States, whether the House is in session, has 
        recessed, or has adjourned, and to hold such hearings; 
        and
          (2) to require, by subpoena or otherwise, the 
        attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the 
        production of such books, records, correspondence, 
        memorandums, papers, documents and other materials as 
        it deems necessary, including materials in electronic 
        form. The Chair, or any member designated by the Chair, 
        may administer oaths to any witness.
    (b)(1) A subpoena may be authorized and issued by the 
Committee or subcommittee in the conduct of any investigation 
or series of investigations or activities, only when authorized 
by a majority of the members voting, a majority being present. 
The power to authorize and issue subpoenas under subparagraph 
(a)(2) may be delegated to the Chair pursuant to such rules and 
under such limitations as the Committee may prescribe. 
Authorized subpoenas shall be signed by the Chair or by any 
member designated by the Committee, and may be served by any 
person designated by the Chair or such member.
    (2) Compliance with any subpoena issued by the Committee or 
a subcommittee may be enforced only as authorized or directed 
by the House.

                          Rule No. 7--Quorums

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

                         Rule No. 8--Amendments

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

                     Rule No. 9--Hearing Procedures

    (a) The Chair, in the case of hearings to be conducted by 
the Committee, and the appropriate subcommittee chair, 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 (1) week before the commencement of that hearing. If the 
Chair, with the concurrence of the ranking minority member, 
determines that there is good cause to begin the hearing 
sooner, or if the Committee so determines by majority vote, a 
quorum being present, the Chair shall make the announcement at 
the earliest possible date. The clerk of the Committee shall 
promptly notify the Daily Digest Clerk of the Congressional 
Record as soon as possible after such public announcement is 
made.
    (b) Unless excused by the Chair, each witness who is to 
appear before the Committee or a subcommittee shall file with 
the clerk of the Committee, at least 48 hours in advance of his 
or her appearance, a written statement of his or her proposed 
testimony and shall limit his or her oral presentation to a 
summary of his or her statement.
    (c) When any hearing is conducted by the Committee upon any 
measure or matter, the minority party members on the Committee 
shall be entitled, upon request to the Chair by a majority of 
those minority members before the completion of such hearing, 
to call witnesses selected by the minority to testify with 
respect to that measure or matter during at least one day of 
hearings thereon.
    (d) All other members of the Committee may have the 
privilege of sitting with any subcommittee during its hearings 
or deliberations and may participate in such hearings or 
deliberations, but no member who is not a member of the 
subcommittee shall count for a quorum or offer any motion or 
amendment or vote on any matter before the subcommittee.
    (e) Committee or subcommittee members may question 
witnesses only when they have been recognized by the Chair for 
that purpose, and only for a 5-minute period until all members 
present have had an opportunity to question a witness. The 5-
minute period for questioning a witness by any one member can 
be extended as provided by House Rules. The questioning of a 
witness in Committee or subcommittee hearings shall be 
initiated by the Chair, followed by the ranking minority member 
and all other members alternating between the majority and 
minority. In recognizing members to question witnesses in this 
fashion, the Chair shall take into consideration the ratio of 
the majority to minority members present and shall establish 
the order of recognition for questioning in such a manner as 
not to disadvantage the members of the majority. The Chair may 
accomplish this by recognizing two majority members for each 
minority member recognized.
    (f) The following additional rules shall apply to hearings 
of the Committee or a subcommittee, as applicable:
          (1) The Chair at a hearing shall announce in an 
        opening statement the subject of the investigation.
          (2) A copy of the Committee rules and this clause 
        shall be made available to each witness as provided by 
        clause 2(k)(2) of rule XI.
          (3) Witnesses at hearings may be accompanied by their 
        own counsel for the purpose of advising them concerning 
        their constitutional rights.
          (4) The Chair may punish breaches of order and 
        decorum, and of professional ethics on the part of 
        counsel, by censure and exclusion from the hearings; 
        and the Committee may cite the offender to the House 
        for contempt.
          (5) If the Committee determines that evidence or 
        testimony at a hearing may tend to defame, degrade, or 
        incriminate any person, it shall--
                  (A) afford such person an opportunity 
                voluntarily to appear as a witness;
                  (B) receive such evidence or testimony in 
                executive session; and
                  (C) receive and dispose of requests from such 
                person to subpoena additional witnesses.
          (6) Except as provided in subparagraph (f)(5), the 
        Chair shall receive and the Committee shall dispose of 
        requests to subpoena additional witnesses.
          (7) No evidence or testimony taken in executive 
        session may be released or used in public sessions 
        without the consent of the Committee.
          (8) In the discretion of the Committee, witnesses may 
        submit brief and pertinent sworn statements in writing 
        for inclusion in the record. The Committee is the sole 
        judge of the pertinence of testimony and evidence 
        adduced at its hearing.
          (9) A witness may obtain a transcript copy of his 
        testimony given at a public session or, if given at an 
        executive session, when authorized by the Committee.

       Rule No. 10--Procedures for Reporting Measures or Matters

    (a)(1) It shall be the duty of the Chair to report or cause 
to be reported promptly to the House any measure approved by 
the Committee and to take or cause to be taken necessary steps 
to bring the matter to a vote.
    (2) In any event, the report of the Committee on a measure 
which has been approved by the Committee shall be filed within 
7 calendar days (exclusive of days on which the House is not in 
session) after the day on which there has been filed with the 
clerk of the Committee a written request, signed by a majority 
of the members of the Committee, for the reporting of that 
measure. Upon the filing of any such request, the clerk of the 
Committee shall transmit immediately to the Chair notice of the 
filing of that request.
    (b)(1) No measure or recommendation shall be reported to 
the House unless a majority of the Committee is actually 
present.
    (2) With respect to each record vote on a motion to report 
any measure or matter of a public character, and on any 
amendment offered to the measure or matter, the total number of 
votes cast for and against, and the names of those members 
voting for and against, shall be included in the Committee 
report on the measure or matter.
    (c) The report of the Committee on a measure or matter 
which has been approved by the Committee shall include the 
matters required by Clause 3(c) of rule XIII of the Rules of 
the House.
    (d) Each report of the Committee on each bill or joint 
resolution of a public character reported by the Committee 
shall include a statement citing the specific powers granted to 
the Congress in the Constitution to enact the law proposed by 
the bill or joint resolution.
    (e) If, at the time any measure or matter is ordered 
reported by the Committee, any member of the Committee gives 
notice of intention to file supplemental, minority, or 
additional views, that member shall be entitled to not less 
than two additional calendar days after the day of such notice, 
commencing on the day on which the measure or matter(s) was 
approved, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, in 
which to file such views, in writing and signed by that member, 
with the clerk of the Committee. All such views so filed by one 
or more members of the Committee shall be included within, and 
shall be a part of, the report filed by the Committee with 
respect to that measure or matter. The report of the Committee 
upon that measure or matter shall be printed in a single volume 
which--
          (1) shall include all supplemental, minority, or 
        additional views, in the form submitted, by the time of 
        the filing of the report, and
          (2) shall bear upon its cover a recital that any such 
        supplemental, minority, or additional views (and any 
        material submitted under subparagraph (c)) are included 
        as part of the report. This subparagraph does not 
        preclude--
                  (A) the immediate filing or printing of a 
                Committee report unless timely request for the 
                opportunity to file supplemental, minority, or 
                additional views has been made as provided by 
                paragraph (c); or
                  (B) the filing of any supplemental report 
                upon any measure or matter which may be 
                required for the correction of any technical 
                error in a previous report made by the 
                Committee upon that measure or matter.
          (3) shall, when appropriate, contain the documents 
        required by Clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of 
        the House.
    (f) The Chair, following consultation with the ranking 
minority member, is directed to offer a motion under clause 1 
of rule XXII of the Rules of the House, relating to going to 
conference with the Senate, whenever the Chair considers it 
appropriate.
    (g) If hearings have been held on any such measure or 
matter so reported, the Committee shall make every reasonable 
effort to have such hearings published and available to the 
members of the House prior to the consideration of such measure 
or matter in the House.
    (h) The Chair may designate any majority member of the 
Committee to act as ``floor manager'' of a bill or resolution 
during its consideration in the House.

                    Rule No. 11--Committee Oversight

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

   Rule No. 12--Review of Continuing Programs; Budget Act Provisions

    (a) The Committee shall, in its consideration of all bills 
and joint resolutions of a public character within its 
jurisdiction, ensure that appropriation for continuing programs 
and activities of the Federal Government will be made annually 
to the maximum extent feasible and consistent with the nature, 
requirement, and objectives of the programs and activities 
involved. For the purposes of this paragraph a Government 
agency includes the organizational units of government listed 
in Clause 4(e) of rule X of House Rules.
    (b) The Committee shall review, from time to time, each 
continuing program within its jurisdiction for which 
appropriations are not made annually in order to ascertain 
whether such program could be modified so that appropriations 
therefore would be made annually.
    (c) The Committee shall, on or before February 25 of each 
year, submit to the Committee on the Budget (1) its views and 
estimates with respect to all matters to be set forth in the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for the ensuing fiscal year 
which are within its jurisdiction or functions, and (2) an 
estimate of the total amounts of new budget authority, and 
budget outlays resulting there from, to be provided or 
authorized in all bills and resolutions within its jurisdiction 
which it intends to be effective during that fiscal year.
    (d) As soon as practicable after a concurrent resolution on 
the budget for any fiscal year is agreed to, the Committee 
(after consulting with the appropriate committee or committees 
of the Senate) shall subdivide any allocation made to it in the 
joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report 
on such resolution, and promptly report such subdivisions to 
the House, in the manner provided by section 302 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
    (e) Whenever the Committee is directed in a concurrent 
resolution on the budget to determine and recommend changes in 
laws, bills, or resolutions under the reconciliation process it 
shall promptly make such determination and recommendations, and 
report a reconciliation bill or resolution (or both) to the 
House or submit such recommendations to the Committee on the 
Budget, in accordance with the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974.

      Rule No. 13--Broadcasting of Committee Hearings and Meetings

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

             Rule No. 14--Committee and Subcommittee Staff

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

                Rule No. 15--Travel of Members and Staff

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

         Rule No. 16--Number and Jurisdiction of Subcommittees

    (a) There shall be two standing subcommittees, with party 
ratios of members as indicated. Subcommittees shall have 
jurisdictions as stated by these rules, may conduct oversight 
over such subject matter, and may consider such legislation as 
may be referred to them by the Chair. The names and 
jurisdiction of the subcommittees shall be:
          (1) Subcommittee on Capitol Security--(2/1).--Matters 
        pertaining to operations and security of the Congress, 
        and of the Capitol complex including the House wing of 
        the Capitol, the House Office Buildings, the Library of 
        Congress, and other policies and facilities supporting 
        congressional operations; the U.S. Capitol Police.
          (2) Subcommittee on Elections--(4/2).--Matters 
        pertaining to the Federal Election Campaign Act, the 
        Federal Contested Elections Act, the Help America Vote 
        Act, the National Voter Registration Act, the Uniformed 
        and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, the Federal 
        Voting Assistance Program, the Bipartisan Campaign 
        Reform Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act 
        (accessibility for voters with disabilities), the 
        Federal Elections Commission (FEC), the Elections 
        Assistance Commission (EAC), and other election related 
        issues.
    (b) The Chair may establish and appoint members to serve on 
task forces of the Committee, to perform specific functions for 
limited periods of time, as she or he deems appropriate.

         Rule No. 17--Referral of Legislation to Subcommittees

    The Chair may refer legislation or other matters to a 
subcommittee, or subcommittees, as she or he considers 
appropriate. The Chair may discharge any subcommittee of any 
matter referred to it.

            Rule No. 18--Powers and Duties of Subcommittees

    Each subcommittee is authorized to meet, hold hearings, 
receive evidence and report to the full committee on all 
matters referred to it. No subcommittee shall meet during any 
Committee meeting.

             Rule No. 19--Other Procedures and Regulations

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

           Rule No. 20--Designation of Clerk of the Committee

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

   JOHN CONYERS, Jr., Michigan, 
             Chairman

LAMAR SMITH, Texas,                  HOWARD L. BERMAN, California
  Ranking Member                     RICK BOUCHER, Virginia
F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, Jr.,         JERROLD NADLER, New York
  Wisconsin                          ROBERT C. ``BOBBY'' SCOTT, 
HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina         Virginia
ELTON GALLEGLY, California           MELVIN L. WATT, North Carolina
BOB GOODLATTE, Virginia              ZOE LOFGREN, California
STEVE CHABOT, Ohio                   SHEILA JACKSON-LEE, Texas
DANIEL E. LUNGREN, California        MAXINE WATERS, California
CHRIS CANNON, Utah                   WILLIAM D. DELAHUNT, Massachusetts
RIC KELLER, Florida                  ROBERT WEXLER, Florida
DARRELL E. ISSA, California          LINDA T. SANCHEZ, California
MIKE PENCE, Indiana                  STEVE COHEN, Tennessee
J. RANDY FORBES, Virginia            HENRY C. ``HANK'' JOHNSON, Jr., 
STEVE KING, Iowa                     Georgia
TOM FEENEY, Florida                  BETTY SUTTON, Ohio*
TRENT FRANKS, Arizona                LUIS V. GUITIERREZ, Illinois
LOUIE GOHMERT, Texas                 BRAD SHERMAN, California
JIM JORDAN, Ohio                     TAMMY BALDWIN, Wisconsin**
                                     ANTHONY D. WEINER, New York
                                     ADAM B. SCHIFF, California
                                     ARTUR DAVIS, Alabama
                                     DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, 
                                     Florida***
                                     KEITH ELLISON, Minnesota

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*Appointed to the Judiciary Committee on July 12, 2007, filling a 
vacancy created by the resignation from Congress of Rep. Martin Meehan 
on July 1, 2007.
**Appointed to the Judiciary Committee on April 17, 2007.
***Appointed to the Judiciary Committee on January 23, 2007.

                       (Adopted January 24, 2007)

                                Rule I.

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

                      Rule II.--Committee Meetings

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

                          Rule III.--Hearings

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

                         Rule IV.--Broadcasting

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

                    Rule V.--Standing Subcommittees

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

              Rule VI.--Powers and Duties of Subcommittees

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

                   Rule VII.--Non-Legislative Reports

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

                     Rule VIII.--Committee Records

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

                 Rule IX.--Official Committee Web Site

    The Chairman shall maintain an official web site on behalf 
of the Committee for the purpose of furthering the Committee's 
legislative and oversight responsibilities, including 
communicating information about the Committee's activities to 
Committee Members and other Members of the House. The Ranking 
Member is authorized to maintain a similar official web site on 
behalf of the Committee Minority for the same purpose, 
including communicating information about the activities of the 
Minority to Committee Members and other Members of the House.
                     Committee on Natural Resources

NICK J. RAHALL, II, West Virginia, 
             Chairman

DON YOUNG, Alaska,                   DALE E. KILDEE, Michigan
  Ranking Member                     ENI F. H. FALEOMAVAEGA, American 
JIM SAXTON, New Jersey               Samoa
ELTON GALLEGLY, California           NEIL ABERCROMBIE, Hawaii
JOHN J. DUNCAN, Jr., Tennessee       SOLOMON P. ORTIZ, Texas
WAYNE T. GILCHREST, Maryland         FRANK PALLONE, Jr., New Jersey
CHRIS CANNON, Utah                   DONNA M. CHRISTENSEN, Virgin 
THOMAS G. TANCREDO, Colorado         Islands
JEFF FLAKE, Arizona                  GRACE F. NAPOLITANO, California
STEVAN PEARCE, New Mexico            RUSH D. HOLT, New Jersey
HENRY E. BROWN, Jr., South Carolina  RAUL M. GRIJALVA, Arizona
LUIS G. FORTUNO, Puerto Rico         MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO, Guam
CATHY McMORRIS RODGERS,              JIM COSTA, California
  Washington                         DAN BOREN, Oklahoma
BOBBY JINDAL, Louisiana              JOHN P. SARBANES, Maryland
LOUIE GOHMERT, Texas                 GEORGE MILLER, California
TOM COLE, Oklahoma                   EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts
ROB BISHOP, Utah                     PETER A. DeFAZIO, Oregon
BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania           MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York
DEAN HELLER, Nevada                  PATRICK J. KENNEDY, Rhode Island
BILL SALI, Idaho                     RON KIND, Wisconsin
DOUG LAMBORN, Colorado               LOIS CAPPS, California
MARY FALLIN, Oklahoma*               JAY INSLEE, Washington
[VACANCY]****                        MARK UDALL, Colorado
                                     JOE BACA, California
                                     HILDA L. SOLIS, California
                                     STEPHANIE HERSETH SANDLIN, South 
                                     Dakota
                                     HEATH SHULER, North Carolina

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*Appointed to the Natural Resources Committee on May 10, 2007.
**Rep. Rick Renzi resigned from the Natural Resources Committee on 
April 25, 2007.
***Rep. Ken Calvert resigned from the Natural Resources Committee on 
May 16, 2007.
****Vacancy created by the resignation of Rep. Kevin McCarthy on 
October 2, 2007.

                       (Adopted February 7, 2007)

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

    (a) Applicability of House Rules.--
          (1) The Rules of the House of Representatives, so far 
        as they are applicable, are the rules of the Committee 
        and its Subcommittees.
          (2) Each Subcommittee is part of the Committee and is 
        subject to the authority, direction and rules of the 
        Committee. References in these rules to ``Committee'' 
        and ``Chairman'' shall apply to each Subcommittee and 
        its Chairman wherever applicable.
          (3) House rule XI is incorporated and made a part of 
        the rules of the Committee to the extent applicable.
    (b) Vice Chairmen.--Unless inconsistent with other rules, 
the Chairman shall appoint a Vice Chairman of the Committee and 
the Subcommittee Chairmen will appoint Vice Chairmen of each of 
the

                      Rule 2.--Meetings in General

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

                     Rule 3.--Procedures in General

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

                      Rule 4.--Hearing Procedures

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

                  Rule 5.--Filing of Committee Reports

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

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

    (a) Subcommittees.--There shall be five standing 
Subcommittees of the Committee, with the following jurisdiction 
and responsibilities:

        SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL PARKS, FORESTS AND PUBLIC LANDS

    (1) Measures and matters related to the National Park 
System and its units, including Federal reserved water rights.
    (2) The National Wilderness Preservation System.
    (3) Wild and Scenic Rivers System, National Trails System, 
national heritage areas and other national units established 
for protection, conservation, preservation or recreational 
development, other than coastal barriers.
    (4) Military parks and battlefields, national cemeteries 
administered by the Secretary of the Interior, parks in and 
within the vicinity of the District of Columbia and the 
erection of monuments to the memory of individuals.
    (5) Federal outdoor recreation plans, programs and 
administration including the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
    (6) Plans and programs concerning non-Federal outdoor 
recreation and land use, including related plans and programs 
authorized by the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 
and the Outdoor Recreation Act of 1963.
    (7) Preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects of 
interest on the public domain and other historic preservation 
programs and activities, including national monuments, historic 
sites and programs for international cooperation in the field 
of historic preservation.
    (8) Matters concerning the following agencies and programs: 
Urban Parks and Recreation Recovery Program, Historic American 
Buildings Survey, Historic American Engineering Record, and 
U.S. Holocaust Memorial.
    (9) Public lands generally, including measures or matters 
relating to entry, easements, withdrawals, grazing and Federal 
reserved water rights.
    (10) Forfeiture of land grants and alien ownership, 
including alien ownership of mineral lands.
    (11) Cooperative efforts to encourage, enhance and improve 
international programs for the protection of the environment 
and the conservation of natural resources otherwise within the 
jurisdiction of the Subcommittee.
    (12) Forest reservations, including management thereof, 
created from the public domain.
    (13) Public forest lands generally, including measures or 
matters related to entry, easements, withdrawals, grazing and 
Federal reserved water rights.
    (14) General and continuing oversight and investigative 
authority over activities, policies and programs within the 
jurisdiction of the Subcommittee.

             SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES, WILDLIFE AND OCEANS

    (1) Fisheries management and fisheries research generally, 
including the management of all commercial and recreational 
fisheries, the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act, interjurisdictional fisheries, international 
fisheries agreements, aquaculture, seafood safety and fisheries 
promotion.
    (2) Wildlife resources, including research, restoration, 
refuges and conservation.
    (3) All matters pertaining to the protection of coastal and 
marine environments, including estuarine protection.
    (4) Coastal barriers.
    (5) Oceanography.
    (6) Ocean engineering, including materials, technology and 
systems.
    (7) Coastal zone management.
    (8) Marine sanctuaries.
    (9) U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea.
    (10) Sea Grant programs and marine extension services.
    (11) Cooperative efforts to encourage, enhance and improve 
international programs for the protection of the environment 
and the conservation of natural resources otherwise within the 
jurisdiction of the Subcommittee.
    (12) General and continuing oversight and investigative 
authority over activities, policies and programs within the 
jurisdiction of the Subcommittee.

                    SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER AND POWER

    (1) Generation and marketing of electric power from Federal 
water projects by Federally chartered or Federal regional power 
marketing authorities.
    (2) All measures and matters concerning water resources 
planning conducted pursuant to the Water Resources Planning 
Act, water resource research and development programs and 
saline water research and development.
    (3) Compacts relating to the use and apportionment of 
interstate waters, water rights and major interbasin water or 
power movement programs.
    (4) All measures and matters pertaining to irrigation and 
reclamation projects and other water resources development and 
recycling programs, including policies and procedures.
    (5) Indian water rights and settlements.
    (6) Cooperative efforts to encourage, enhance and improve 
international programs for the protection of the environment 
and the conservation of natural resources otherwise within the 
jurisdiction of the Subcommittee.
    (7) General and continuing oversight and investigative 
authority over activities, policies and programs within the 
jurisdiction of the Subcommittee.

              SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES

    (1) All measures and matters concerning the U.S. Geological 
Survey, except for the activities and programs of the Water 
Resources Division or its successor.
    (2) All measures and matters affecting geothermal 
resources.
    (3) Conservation of United States uranium supply.
    (4) Mining interests generally, including all matters 
involving mining regulation and enforcement, including the 
reclamation of mined lands, the environmental effects of 
mining, and the management of mineral receipts, mineral land 
laws and claims, long-range mineral programs and deep seabed 
mining.
    (5) Mining schools, experimental stations and long-range 
mineral programs.
    (6) Mineral resources on public lands.
    (7) Conservation and development of oil and gas resources 
of the Outer Continental Shelf.
    (8) Petroleum conservation on the public lands and 
conservation of the radium supply in the United States.
    (9) Measures and matters concerning the transportation of 
natural gas from or within Alaska and disposition of oil 
transported by the trans-Alaska oil pipeline.
    (10) Rights of way over public lands for underground 
energy-related transportation.
    (11) Cooperative efforts to encourage, enhance and improve 
international programs for the protection of the environment 
and the conservation of natural resources otherwise within the 
jurisdiction of the Subcommittee.
    (12) General and continuing oversight and investigative 
authority over activities, policies and programs within the 
jurisdiction of the Subcommittee.

                    SUBCOMMITTEE ON INSULAR AFFAIRS

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

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

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

                  Rule 8.--Recommendation of Conferees

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

                       Rule 9.--Committee Records

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

                Rule 10.--Committee Budget and Expenses

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

                       Rule 11.--Committee Staff

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

                       Rule 12.--Committee Travel

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

                  Rule 13.--Changes to Committee Rules

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

                       Rule 14.--Other Procedures

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

   HENRY A. WAXMAN, California, 
             Chairman

TOM DAVIS, Virginia,                 TOM LANTOS, California
  Ranking Member                     EDOLPHUS TOWNS, New York
DAN BURTON, Indiana                  PAUL E. KANJORSKI, Pennsylvania
CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, Connecticut       CAROLYN B. MALONEY, New York
JOHN M. McHUGH, New York             ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland
JOHN L. MICA, Florida                DENNIS J. KUCINICH, Ohio
MARK E. SOUDER, Indiana              DANNY K. DAVIS, Illinois
TODD RUSSELL PLATTS,                 JOHN F. TIERNEY, Massachusetts
  Pennsylvania                       WM. LACY CLAY, Missouri
CHRIS CANNON, Utah                   DIANE E. WATSON, California
JOHN J. DUNCAN, Jr., Tennessee       STEPHEN F. LYNCH, Massachusetts
MICHAEL R. TURNER, Ohio              BRIAN HIGGINS, New York
DARRELL E. ISSA, California          JOHN A. YARMUTH, Kentucky
KENNY MARCHANT, Texas                BRUCE L. BRALEY, Iowa
LYNN A. WESTMORELAND, Georgia        ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON,
PATRICK T. McHENRY, North Carolina     District of Columbia
 VIRGINIA FOXX, North Carolina       BETTY McCOLLUM, Minnesota
BRIAN P. BILBRAY, California         JIM COOPER, Tennessee
BILL SALI, Idaho                     CHRIS VAN HOLLEN, Maryland
JIM JORDAN, Ohio*                    PAUL W. HODES, New Hampshire
                                     CHRISTOPHER S. MURPHY, Connecticut
                                     JOHN P. SARBANES, Maryland
                                     PETER WELCH, Vermont

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*Appointed to the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on May 10, 
2007.

                       (Adopted January 18, 2007)

                     Rule 1.--Application of Rules

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

                           Rule 2.--Meetings

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

                            Rule 3.--Quorums

    (a) A majority of the members of the committee shall form a 
quorum, except that two members shall constitute a quorum for 
taking testimony and receiving evidence, and one-third of the 
members shall form a quorum for taking any action other than 
for which the presence of a majority of the committee is 
otherwise required. If the chairman is not present at any 
meeting of the committee or subcommittee, the ranking member of 
the majority party on the committee or subcommittee who is 
present shall preside at that meeting.
    (b) The chairman of the committee may, at the request of a 
subcommittee chair, make a temporary assignment of any member 
of the committee to such subcommittee for the purpose of 
constituting a quorum at and participating in any public 
hearing by such subcommittee to be held outside of Washington, 
DC. Members appointed to such temporary positions shall not be 
voting members. The chairman shall give reasonable notice of 
such temporary assignment to the ranking members of the 
committee and subcommittee.
    [See House rule XI, 2(h).]

                       Rule 4.--Committee Reports

    Bills and resolutions approved by the committee shall be 
reported by the chairman following House rule XIII, clauses 2-
4. A proposed report shall not be considered in subcommittee or 
full committee unless the proposed report has been available to 
the members of such subcommittee or full committee for at least 
three calendar days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal 
holidays, unless the House is in session on such days) before 
consideration of such proposed report in subcommittee or full 
committee. Any report will be considered as read if available 
to the members at least 24 hours before consideration, 
excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays unless the 
House is in session on such days. If hearings have been held on 
the matter reported upon, every reasonable effort shall be made 
to have such hearings printed and available to the members of 
the subcommittee or full committee before the consideration of 
the proposed report in such subcommittee or full committee. 
Every investigative report shall be approved by a majority vote 
of the committee at a meeting at which a quorum is present. 
Supplemental, minority, or additional views may be filed 
following House rule XI, clause 2(l) and rule XIII, clause 
3(a)(1). The time allowed for filing such views shall be three 
calendar days, beginning on the day of notice, but excluding 
Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays (unless the House is in 
session on such a day), unless the committee agrees to a 
different time, but agreement on a shorter time shall require 
the concurrence of each member seeking to file such views. An 
investigative or oversight report may be filed after sine die 
adjournment of the last regular session of Congress, provided 
that if a member gives timely notice of intention to file 
supplemental, minority or additional views, that member shall 
be entitled to not less than seven calendar days in which to 
submit such views for inclusion with the report. Only those 
reports approved by a majority vote of the committee may be 
ordered printed, unless otherwise required by the Rules of the 
House of Representatives.

                          Rule 5.--Proxy Votes

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

                         Rule 6.--Record Votes

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

                  Rule 7.--Record of Committee Actions

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

                   Rule 8.--Subcommittees; Referrals

    (a) There shall be five standing subcommittees with 
appropriate party ratios. The chairman shall assign members to 
subcommittees. Minority party assignments shall be made only 
with the concurrence of the ranking minority member. The 
subcommittees shall have the following fixed jurisdictions:
          (1) Subcommittee on Domestic Policy.--Oversight 
        jurisdiction over domestic policies, including matters 
        relating to energy, labor, education, criminal justice, 
        and the economy. The subcommittee also has legislative 
        jurisdiction over the Office of National Drug Control 
        Policy;
          (2) Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal 
        Service, and the District of Columbia.--Federal 
        employee issues, the municipal affairs (other than 
        appropriations) of the District of Columbia, and the 
        Postal Service. The subcommittee's jurisdiction 
        includes postal namings, holidays, and celebrations;
          (3) Subcommittee on Government Management, 
        Organization, and Procurement.--The management of 
        government operations, reorganizations of the executive 
        branch, and Federal procurement;
          (4) Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and 
        National Archives.--Public information and records laws 
        such as the Freedom of Information Act, the 
        Presidential Records Act, and the Federal Advisory 
        Committee Act, the Census Bureau, and the National 
        Archives and Records Administration; and
          (5) Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign 
        Affairs.-- Oversight jurisdiction over national 
        security, homeland security, and foreign affairs.
    (b) Bills, resolutions, and other matters shall be 
expeditiously referred by the chairman to subcommittees for 
consideration or investigation in accordance with their fixed 
jurisdictions. Where the subject matter of the referral 
involves the jurisdiction of more than one subcommittee or does 
not fall within any previously assigned jurisdiction, the 
chairman shall refer the matter as he may deem advisable. 
Bills, resolutions, and other matters referred to subcommittees 
may be reassigned by the chairman when, in his judgment, the 
subcommittee is not able to complete its work or cannot reach 
agreement therein. In a subcommittee having an even number of 
members, if there is a tie vote with all members voting on any 
measure, the measure shall be placed on the agenda for full 
committee consideration as if it had been ordered reported by 
the subcommittee without recommendation. This provision shall 
not preclude further action on the measure by the subcommittee.

                      Rule 9.--Ex Officio Members

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

                            Rule 10.--Staff

    Except as otherwise provided by House rule X, clauses 6, 7 
and 9, the chairman of the full committee shall have the 
authority to hire and discharge employees of the professional 
and clerical staff of the full committee and of subcommittees.

                       Rule 11.--Staff Direction

    Except as otherwise provided by House rule X, clauses 6, 7 
and 9, the staff of the committee shall be subject to the 
direction of the chairman of the full committee and shall 
perform such duties as he may assign.

                 Rule 12.--Hearing Dates and Witnesses

    (a) Each subcommittee of the committee is authorized to 
meet, hold hearings, receive testimony, mark up legislation, 
and report to the full committee on any measure or matter 
referred to it.
    (b) No subcommittee of the committee may meet or hold a 
hearing at the same time as a meeting or hearing of the 
committee.
    (c) The chair of each subcommittee shall set hearing and 
meeting dates only with the approval of the chairman with a 
view toward assuring the availability of meeting rooms and 
avoiding simultaneous scheduling of committee and subcommittee 
meetings or hearings.
    (d) Each subcommittee chair shall notify the chairman of 
any hearing plans at least two weeks before the date of 
commencement of hearings, including the date, place, subject 
matter, and the names of witnesses, willing and unwilling, who 
would be called to testify, including, to the extent the chair 
is advised thereof, witnesses whom the minority members may 
request.
    (e) Witnesses appearing before the committee shall, so far 
as practicable, submit written statements at least 24 hours 
before their appearance and, when appearing in a non-
governmental capacity, provide a curriculum vitae and a listing 
of any Federal Government grants and contracts received in the 
previous fiscal year.
    [See House rules XI, 2(g)(3), (g)(4), (j) and (k).]

                        Rule 13.--Open Meetings

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

                       Rule 14.--Five-Minute Rule

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

               Rule 15.--Investigative Hearing Procedures

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

                     Rule 16.--Stenographic Record

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

      Rule 17.--Audio and Visual Coverage of Committee Proceedings

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

                      Rule 18.--Committee Web Site

    The chairman shall maintain an official committee Web site 
for the purpose of furthering the committee's legislative and 
oversight responsibilities, including communicating information 
about the committee's activities to committee members and other 
members of the House. The ranking minority member may maintain 
an official Web site for the purpose of carrying out official 
responsibilities including but not limited to communicating 
information about the activities of the minority to committee 
members and other members of the House.

        Rule 19.--Additional Duties and Authorities of Chairman

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

                      Rule 20.--Subjects of Stamps

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

                    Rule 21.--Panels and Task Forces

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

                     Rule 22.--Deposition Authority

    The chairman, upon consultation with the ranking minority 
member, may order the taking of depositions, under oath and 
pursuant to notice or subpoena. Notices for the taking of 
depositions shall specify the date, time, and place of 
examination. Depositions shall be taken under oath administered 
by a member or a person otherwise authorized to administer 
oaths. Consultation with the ranking minority member shall 
include three business days written notice before any 
deposition is taken. All members shall also receive three 
business days written notice that a deposition has been 
scheduled. Witnesses may be accompanied at a deposition by 
counsel to advise them of their rights. No one may be present 
at depositions except members, committee staff designated by 
the chairman or ranking minority member, an official reporter, 
the witness, and the witness's counsel. Observers or counsel 
for other persons, or for agencies under investigation, may not 
attend. A deposition shall be conducted by any member or staff 
attorney designated by the chairman or ranking minority member. 
When depositions are conducted by committee staff attorneys, 
there shall be no more than two committee staff attorneys 
permitted to question a witness per round. One of the committee 
staff attorneys shall be designated by the chairman and the 
other by the ranking minority member. Other committee staff 
members designated by the chairman or ranking minority member 
may attend, but may not pose questions to the witness. 
Questions in the deposition shall be propounded in rounds, 
alternating between the majority and minority. A single round 
shall not exceed 60 minutes per side, unless the members or 
staff attorneys conducting the deposition agree to a different 
length of questioning. In each round, a member or committee 
staff attorney designated by the chairman shall ask questions 
first, and the member or committee staff attorney designated by 
the ranking minority member shall ask questions second. The 
chairman may rule on any objections raised during a deposition. 
If a member of the committee appeals in writing the ruling of 
the chairman, the appeal shall be preserved for committee 
consideration. A witness that refuses to answer a question 
after being directed to answer by the chairman may be subject 
to sanction, except that no sanctions may be imposed if the 
ruling of the chairman is reversed on appeal. Committee staff 
shall ensure that the testimony is either transcribed or 
electronically recorded or both. If a witness's testimony is 
transcribed, the witness or the witness's counsel shall be 
afforded an opportunity to review a copy. No later than five 
days thereafter, the witness may submit suggested changes to 
the chairman. Committee staff may make any typographical and 
technical changes requested by the witness. Substantive 
changes, modifications, clarifications, or amendments to the 
deposition transcript submitted by the witness must be 
accompanied by a letter signed by the witness requesting the 
changes and a statement of the witness's reasons for each 
proposed change. Any substantive changes, modifications, 
clarifications, or amendments shall be included as an appendix 
to the transcript conditioned upon the witness signing the 
transcript. The individual administering the oath, if other 
than a member, shall certify on the transcript that the witness 
was duly sworn. The transcriber shall certify that the 
transcript is a true record of the testimony, and the 
transcript shall be filed, together with any electronic 
recording, with the clerk of the committee in Washington, DC. 
Depositions shall be considered to have been taken in 
Washington, DC, as well as the location actually taken once 
filed there with the clerk of the committee for the committee's 
use. The chairman and the ranking minority member shall be 
provided with a copy of the transcripts of the deposition at 
the same time. The chairman and ranking minority member shall 
consult regarding the release of depositions. If either objects 
in writing to a proposed release of a deposition or a portion 
thereof, the matter shall be promptly referred to the committee 
for resolution. A witness shall not be required to testify 
unless the witness has been provided with a copy of the 
committee's rules.
                           Committee on Rules

  LOUISE McINTOSH SLAUGHTER, New 
         York, Chairwoman

DAVID DREIER, California,            JAMES P. McGOVERN, Massachusetts,
  Ranking Member                       Vice Chairman
LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART, Florida         ALCEE L. HASTINGS, Florida
DOC HASTINGS, Washington             DORIS O. MATSUI, California
PETE SESSIONS, Texas                 DENNIS A. CARDOZA, California
                                     PETER WELCH, Vermont
                                     KATHY CASTOR, Florida
                                     MICHAEL A. ARCURI, New York
                                     BETTY SUTTON, Ohio

                       (Adopted January 12, 2007)

                      Rule 1.--General Provisions

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

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

                            REGULAR MEETINGS

    (a)(1) The Committee shall regularly meet at 10:00 a.m. on 
Tuesday of each week when the House is in session.
    (2) A regular meeting of the Committee may be dispensed 
with if, in the judgment of the Chairman of the Committee 
(hereafter in these rules referred to as the ``Chair''), there 
is no need for the meeting.
    (3) Additional regular meetings and hearings of the 
Committee may be called by the Chair.

                      NOTICE FOR REGULAR MEETINGS

    (b) The Chair shall notify in electronic or written form 
each member of the Committee of the agenda of each regular 
meeting of the Committee at least 48 hours before the time of 
the meeting and shall provide to each member of the Committee, 
at least 24 hours before the time of each regular meeting.
          (1) for each bill or resolution scheduled on the 
        agenda for consideration of a rule, a copy of--
                  (A) the bill or resolution;
                  (B) any committee reports thereon; and
                  (C) any letter requesting a rule for the bill 
                or resolution; and
          (2) for each other bill, resolution, report, or other 
        matter on the agenda a copy of--
                  (A) the bill, resolution, report, or 
                materials relating to the other matter in 
                question; and
                  (B) any report on the bill, resolution, 
                report, or any other matter made by any 
                subcommittee of the Committee.

                           EMERGENCY MEETINGS

    (c)(1) The Chair may call an emergency meeting of the 
Committee at any time on any measure or matter which the Chair 
determines to be of an emergency nature; provided, however, 
that the Chair has made an effort to consult the ranking 
minority member, or, in such member's absence, the next ranking 
minority party member of the Committee.
    (2) As soon as possible after calling an emergency meeting 
of the Committee, the Chair shall notify each member of the 
Committee of the time and location of the meeting.
    (3) To the extent feasible, the notice provided under 
paragraph (2) shall include the agenda for the emergency 
meeting and copies of available materials which would otherwise 
have been provided under subsection (b) if the emergency 
meeting was a regular meeting.

                            SPECIAL MEETINGS

    (d) Special meetings shall be called and convened as 
provided in clause 2(c)(2) of rule XI of the Rules of the 
House.

                Rule 3.--Meeting and Hearing Procedures

                               IN GENERAL

    (a)(1) Meetings and hearings of the Committee shall be 
called to order and presided over by the Chair or, in the 
Chair's absence, by the member designated by the Chair as the 
Vice Chair of the Committee, or by the ranking majority member 
of the Committee present as Acting Chair.
    (2) Meetings and hearings of the committee shall be open to 
the public unless closed in accordance with clause 2(g) of rule 
XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives.
    (3) Any meeting or hearing of the Committee that is open to 
the public shall be open to coverage by television, radio, and 
still photography in accordance with the provisions of clause 4 
of rule XI of the rules of the House (which are incorporated by 
reference as part of these rules).
    (4) When a recommendation is made as to the kind of rule 
which should be granted for consideration of a bill or 
resolution, a copy of the language recommended shall be 
furnished to each member of the Committee at the beginning of 
the Committee meeting at which the rule is to be considered or 
as soon thereafter as the proposed language becomes available.

                                 QUORUM

    (b)(1) For the purpose of hearing testimony on requests for 
rules, five members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum.
    (2) For the purpose of taking testimony and receiving 
evidence on measures or matters of original jurisdiction before 
the Committee, three members of the Committee shall constitute 
a quorum.
    (3) A majority of the members of the Committee shall 
constitute a quorum for the purposes of reporting any measure 
or matter, of authorizing a subpoena, of closing a meeting or 
hearing pursuant to clause 2(g) of rule XI of the Rules of the 
House (except as provided in clause 2(g)(2)(A) and (B), or of 
taking any other action).

                                 VOTING

    (c)(1) No vote may be conducted on any measure or motion 
pending before the Committee unless a majority of the members 
of the Committee is actually present for such purpose.
    (2) A record vote of the Committee shall be provided on any 
question before the Committee upon the request of any member.
    (3) No vote by any member of the Committee on any measure 
or matter may be cast by proxy.
    (4) A record of the vote of each Member of the Committee on 
each record vote on any matter before the Committee shall be 
available for public inspection at the offices of the 
Committee, and with respect to any record vote on any motion to 
amend or report, shall be included in the report of the 
Committee showing the total number of votes cast for and 
against and the names of those members voting for and against.

                           HEARING PROCEDURES

    (d)(1) With regard to hearings on matters of original 
jurisdiction, to the greatest extent practicable:
          (A) each witness who is to appear before the 
        Committee shall file with the committee at least 24 
        hours in advance of the appearance a statement of 
        proposed testimony in written and electronic form and 
        shall limit the oral presentation to the Committee to a 
        brief summary thereof; and
          (B) each witness appearing in a non-governmental 
        capacity shall include with the statement of proposed 
        testimony provided in written and electronic form a 
        curriculum vitae and a disclosure of the amount and 
        source (by agency and program) of any Federal grant (or 
        subgrant thereof) or contract (or subcontract thereof) 
        received during the current fiscal year or either of 
        the two preceding fiscal years.
    (2) The five-minute rule shall be observed in the 
interrogation of each witness before the Committee until each 
member of the Committee has had an opportunity to question the 
witness.
    (3) The provisions of clause 2(k) of rule XI of the rules 
of the House shall apply to any hearing conducted by the 
committee.

                          SUBPOENAS AND OATHS

    (e)(1) Pursuant to clause 2(m) of rule XI of the rules of 
the House of Representatives, a subpoena may be authorized and 
issued by the Committee or a subcommittee in the conduct of any 
investigation or series of investigations or activities, only 
when authorized by a majority of the members voting, a majority 
being present.
    (2) The Chair may authorize and issue subpoenas under such 
clause during any period in which the House has adjourned for a 
period of longer than three days.
    (3) Authorized subpoenas shall be signed by the Chair or by 
any member designated by the Committee, and may be served by 
any person designated by the Chair or such member.
    (4) The Chair, or any member of the Committee designated by 
the Chair, may administer oaths to witnesses before the 
Committee.

              Rule 4.--General Oversight Responsibilities

    (a) The Committee shall review and study, on a continuing 
basis, the application, administration, execution, and 
effectiveness of those laws, or parts of laws, the subject 
matter of which is within its jurisdiction.
    (b) Not later than February 15 of the first session of a 
Congress, the committee shall meet in open session, with a 
quorum present, to adopt its oversight plans for that Congress 
for submission to the Committee on House Administration and the 
Committee on Government Reform, in accordance with the 
provisions of clause 2(d) of House rule X.

                         Rule 5.--Subcommittees


          ESTABLISHMENT AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF SUBCOMMITTEES

    (a)(1) There shall be two subcommittees of the Committee as 
follows:
          (A) Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process, 
        which shall have general responsibility for measures or 
        matters related to relations between the Congress and 
        the Executive Branch.
          (B) Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the 
        House, which shall have general responsibility for 
        measures or matters related to process and procedures 
        of the House, relations between the two Houses of 
        Congress, relations between the Congress and the 
        Judiciary, and internal operations of the House.
    (2) In addition, each such subcommittee shall have specific 
responsibility for such other measures or matters as the Chair 
refers to it.
    (3) Each subcommittee of the Committee shall review and 
study, on a continuing basis, the application, administration, 
execution, and effectiveness of those laws, or parts of laws, 
the subject matter of which is within its general 
responsibility.

           REFERRAL OF MEASURES AND MATTERS TO SUBCOMMITTEES

    (b)(1) In view of the unique procedural responsibilities of 
the Committee, no special order providing for the consideration 
of any bill or resolution shall be referred to a subcommittee 
of the Committee.
    (2) The Chair shall refer to a subcommittee such measures 
or matters of original jurisdiction as the Chair deems 
appropriate given its jurisdiction and responsibilities.
    (3) All other measures or matters of original jurisdiction 
shall be subject to consideration by the full Committee.
    (4) In referring any measure or matter of original 
jurisdiction to a subcommittee, the Chair may specify a date by 
which the subcommittee shall report thereon to the Committee.
    (5) The Committee by motion may discharge a subcommittee 
from consideration of any measure or matter referred to a 
subcommittee of the Committee.

                      COMPOSITION OF SUBCOMMITTEES

    (c) The size and ratio of each subcommittee shall be 
determined by the Committee and members shall be elected to 
each subcommittee, and to the positions of chairman and ranking 
minority member thereof, in accordance with the rules of the 
respective party caucuses. The Chair of the full committee 
shall designate a member of the majority party on each 
subcommittee as its vice chairman.

                   SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS AND HEARINGS

    (d)(1) Each subcommittee of the Committee is authorized to 
meet, hold hearings, receive testimony, mark up legislation, 
and report to the full Committee on any measure or matter 
referred to it.
    (2) No subcommittee of the Committee may meet or hold a 
hearing at the same time as a meeting or hearing of the full 
Committee is being held.
    (3) The chairman of each subcommittee shall schedule 
meetings and hearings of the subcommittee only after 
consultation with the Chair.

                                 QUORUM

    (e)(1) For the purpose of taking testimony, two members of 
the subcommittee shall constitute a quorum.
    (2) For all other purposes, a quorum shall consist of a 
majority of the members of a subcommittee.

                          EFFECT OF A VACANCY

    (f) Any vacancy in the membership of a subcommittee shall 
not affect the power of the remaining members to execute the 
functions of the subcommittee.

                                RECORDS

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

                             Rule 6.--Staff


                               IN GENERAL

    (a)(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), the 
professional and other staff of the Committee shall be 
appointed, by the Chair, and shall work under the general 
supervision and direction of the Chair.
    (2) All professional, and other staff provided to the 
minority party members of the Committee shall be appointed, by 
the ranking minority member of the Committee, and shall work 
under the general supervision and direction of such member.
    (3) The appointment of all professional staff shall be 
subject to the approval of the Committee as provided by, and 
subject to the provisions of, clause 9 of rule X of the Rules 
of the House.

                            ASSOCIATE STAFF

    (b) Associate staff for members of the Committee may be 
appointed only at the discretion of the Chair (in consultation 
with the ranking minority member regarding any minority party 
associate staff), after taking into account any staff ceilings 
and budgetary constraints in effect at the time, and any terms, 
limits, or conditions established by the Committee on House 
Administration under clause 9 of rule X of the rules of the 
House.

                           SUBCOMMITTEE STAFF

    (c) From funds made available for the appointment of staff, 
the Chair of the Committee shall, pursuant to clause 6(d) of 
rule X of the rules of the House, ensure that sufficient staff 
is made available to each subcommittee to carry out its 
responsibilities under the rules of the Committee, and, after 
consultation with the ranking minority member of the Committee, 
that the minority party of the Committee is treated fairly in 
the appointment of such staff.

                         COMPENSATION OF STAFF

    (d) The Chair shall fix the compensation of all 
professional and other staff of the Committee, after 
consultation with the ranking minority member regarding any 
minority party staff.

                         CERTIFICATION OF STAFF

    (e)(1) To the extent any staff member of the Committee or 
any of its subcommittees does not work under the direct 
supervision and direction of the Chair, the Member of the 
Committee who supervises and directs the staff member's work 
shall file with the Chief of Staff of the Committee (not later 
than the tenth day of each month) a certification regarding the 
staff member's work for that member for the preceding calendar 
month.
    (2) The certification required by paragraph (1) shall be in 
such form as the Chair may prescribe, shall identify each staff 
member by name, and shall state that the work engaged in by the 
staff member and the duties assigned to the staff member for 
the member of the Committee with respect to the month in 
question met the requirements of clause 9 of rule X of the 
rules of the House.
    (3) Any certification of staff of the Committee, or any of 
its subcommittees, made by the Chair in compliance with any 
provision of law or regulation shall be made--
          (A) on the basis of the certifications filed under 
        paragraph (1) to the extent the staff is not under the 
        Chair's supervision and direction, and
          (B) on his own responsibility to the extent the staff 
        is under the Chair's direct supervision and direction.

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


                                 BUDGET

    (a) The Chair, in consultation with other members of the 
Committee, shall prepare for each Congress a budget providing 
amounts for staff, necessary travel, investigation, and other 
expenses of the Committee and its subcommittees.

                                 TRAVEL

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

                            PAY OF WITNESSES

    (c) Witnesses may be paid from funds made available to the 
Committee in its expense resolution subject to the provisions 
of clause 5 of rule XI of the rules of the House.

                   Rule 8.--Committee Administration


                               REPORTING

    (a) Whenever the Committee authorizes the favorable 
reporting of a bill or resolution from the Committee--
          (1) the Chair or acting Chair shall report it to the 
        House or designate a member of the Committee to do so, 
        and
          (2) in the case of a bill or resolution in which the 
        Committee has original jurisdiction, the Chair shall 
        allow, to the extent that the anticipated floor 
        schedule permits, any member of the Committee a 
        reasonable amount of time to submit views for inclusion 
        in the Committee report on the bill or resolution. Any 
        such report shall contain all matters required by the 
        rules of the House of Representatives (or by any 
        provision of law enacted as an exercise of the 
        rulemaking power of the House) and such other 
        information as the Chair deems appropriate.

                                RECORDS

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

                 COMMITTEE PUBLICATIONS ON THE INTERNET

    (c) To the maximum extent feasible, the Committee shall 
make its publications available in electronic form.

                               CALENDARS

    (d)(1) The Committee shall maintain a Committee Calendar, 
which shall include all bills, resolutions, and other matters 
referred to or reported by the Committee and all bills, 
resolutions, and other matters reported by any other committee 
on which a rule has been granted or formally requested, and 
such other matters as the Chair shall direct. The Calendar 
shall be published periodically, but in no case less often than 
once in each session of Congress.
    (2) The staff of the Committee shall furnish each member of 
the Committee with a list of all bills or resolutions:
          (A) reported from the Committee but not yet 
        considered by the House, and
          (B) on which a rule has been formally requested but 
        not yet granted. The list shall be updated each week 
        when the House is in session.
    (3) For purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), a rule is 
considered as formally requested when the Chairman of a 
committee which has reported a bill or resolution (or a member 
of such committee authorized to act on the Chairman's behalf):
          (A) has requested, in writing to the Chair, that a 
        hearing be scheduled on a rule for the consideration of 
        the bill or resolution, and
          (B) has supplied the Committee with an adequate 
        number of copies of the bill or resolution, as 
        reported, together with the final printed committee 
        report thereon.

                            OTHER PROCEDURES

    (e) The Chair may establish such other Committee procedures 
and take such actions as may be necessary to carry out these 
rules or to facilitate the effective operation of the Committee 
and its subcommittees in a manner consistent with these rules.

                 Rule 9.--Amendments to Committee Rules

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

 BART GORDON, Tennessee, Chairman

RALPH M. HALL, Texas,                JERRY F. COSTELLO, Illinois
  Ranking Member                     EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas
F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER Jr.,          LYNN C. WOOLSEY, California
  Wisconsin                          MARK UDALL, Colorado
LAMAR SMITH, Texas                   DAVID WU, Oregon
DANA ROHRABACHER, California         BRIAN BAIRD, Washington
ROSCOE G. BARTLETT, Maryland         BRAD MILLER, North Carolina
VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan           DANIEL LIPINSKI, Illinois,
FRANK D. LUCAS, Oklahoma               Vice Chairman
JUDY BIGGERT, Illinois               NICK LAMPSON, Texas
W. TODD AKIN, Missouri               GABRIELLE GIFFORDS, Arizona
JO BONNER, Alabama                   JERRY McNERNEY, California
TOM FEENEY, Florida                  LAURA RICHARDSON, California*****
RANDY NEUGEBAUER, Texas              PAUL E. KANJORSKI, Pennsylvania*
BOB INGLIS, South Carolina           DARLENE HOOLEY, Oregon*
DAVID REICHERT, Washington**         STEVEN R. ROTHMAN, New Jersey
MICHAEL T. McCAUL, Texas             MICHAEL M. HONDA, California
MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida           JIM MATHESON, Utah
PHIL GINGREY, Georgia                MIKE ROSS, Arkansas
BRIAN P. BILBRAY, California         BEN CHANDLER, Kentucky
ADRIAN SMITH, Nebraska               RUSS CARNAHAN, Missouri
PAUL C. BROUN, Georgia***            CHARLIE MELANCON, Louisiana
[VACANCY]                            BARON P. HILL, Indiana
[VACANCY]                            HARRY E. MITCHELL, Arizona
                                     CHARLES A. WILSON, Ohio

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*Appointed to the Science and Technology Committee on January 23, 2007.
**Appointed to the Science and Technology Committee on March 12, 2007.
***Appointed to the Science and Technology Committee on July 25, 2007 
following his election in a special election.
****Rep. Ken Calvert resigned from the Science and Technology Committee 
on May 16, 2007.
*****Appointed to the Science and Technology Committee on September 20, 
2007, filling a vacancy created by the resignation of Rep. Michael 
Honda effective that same day.

                       (Adopted January 24, 2007)

                      Rule 1.--General Provisions

                           GENERAL STATEMENT

    (a) The Rules of the House of Representatives, as 
applicable, shall govern the Committee and its Subcommittees, 
except that a motion to recess from day to day and a motion to 
dispense with the first reading (in full) of a bill or 
resolution, if printed copies are available, are privileged 
motions in the Committee and its Subcommittees and shall be 
decided without debate. The rules of the Committee, as 
applicable, shall be the rules of its Subcommittees. The rules 
of germaneness shall be enforced by the Chairman. [XI 1(a)]

                               MEMBERSHIP

    (b) A majority of the majority Members of the Committee 
shall determine an appropriate ratio of majority to minority 
Members of each Subcommittee and shall authorize the Chairman 
to negotiate that ratio with the minority party; Provided, 
however, that party representation on each Subcommittee 
(including any ex-officio Members) shall be no less favorable 
to the majority party than the ratio for the Full Committee. 
Provided, further, that recommendations of conferees to the 
Speaker shall provide a ratio of majority party Members to 
minority party Members which shall be no less favorable to the 
majority party than the ratio of the Full Committee.

                  POWER TO SIT AND ACT; SUBPOENA POWER

    (c)(1) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), a subpoena may be 
authorized and issued in the conduct of any investigation or 
series of investigations or activities to require the 
attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the production 
of such books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers and 
documents as deemed necessary, only when authorized by majority 
vote of the Full Committee or Subcommittee (as the case may 
be), a majority of the Committee or Subcommittee being present. 
Authorized subpoenas shall be signed only by the Chairman of 
the Full Committee, or by any member designated by the 
Chairman. [XI 2(m)]
    (2) The Chairman of the Full Committee, after consultation 
with the Ranking Minority Member of the Full Committee, or if 
the Ranking Member cannot be reached, the Ranking Minority 
Member of the relevant Subcommittee, may authorize and issue 
such subpoenas as described in paragraph (1), during any period 
in which the House has adjourned for a period longer than seven 
(7) days. [XI 2(m)(3)(A)(i)]
    (3) A subpoena duces tecum may specify terms of return 
other than at a meeting or a hearing of the Committee.

  SENSITIVE OR CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION RECEIVED PURSUANT TO SUBPOENA

    (d) Unless otherwise determined by the Committee or 
Subcommittee, certain information received by the Committee or 
Subcommittee pursuant to a subpoena not made part of the record 
at an open hearing shall be deemed to have been received in 
Executive Session when the Chairman of the Full Committee, in 
his judgment and after consultation with the Ranking Minority 
Member, deems that in view of all the circumstances, such as 
the sensitivity of the information or the confidential nature 
of the information, such action is appropriate.

                     NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION

    (e) All national security information bearing a 
classification of secret or higher which has been received by 
the Committee or a Subcommittee shall be deemed to have been 
received in Executive Session and shall be given appropriate 
safekeeping. The Chairman of the Full Committee may establish 
such regulations and procedures as in his judgment are 
necessary to safeguard classified information under the control 
of the Committee. Such procedures shall, however, ensure access 
to this information by any Member of the Committee, or any 
other Member of the House of Representatives who has requested 
the opportunity to review such material.

                               OVERSIGHT

    (f) Not later than February 15 of the first session of a 
Congress, the Committee shall meet in open session, with a 
quorum present, to adopt its oversight plans for that Congress 
for submission to the Committee on Government Reform and the 
Committee on House Administration, in accordance with the 
provisions of clause 2(d) of rule X of the House of 
Representatives.
    (g) The Chairman of the Full Committee may undertake any 
formal investigation in the name of the Committee after 
consultation with the Ranking Minority Member of the Full 
Committee.
    (h) The Chairman of any Subcommittee shall not undertake 
any formal investigation in the name of the Full Committee or 
Subcommittee without formal approval by the Chairman of the 
Full Committee, in consultation with other appropriate 
Subcommittee Chairmen, and after consultation with the Ranking 
Minority Member of the Full Committee. The Chairman of any 
Subcommittee shall also consult with the Ranking Minority 
Member of the Subcommittee before undertaking any investigation 
in the name of the Committee.

                           ORDER OF BUSINESS

    (i) The order of business and procedure of the Committee 
and the subjects of inquiries or investigations will be decided 
by the Chairman, subject always to an appeal to the Committee.

                         SUSPENDED PROCEEDINGS

    (j) During the consideration of any measure or matter, the 
Chairman of the Full Committee, or of any Subcommittee, or any 
Member acting as such, may recess the Committee at any point. 
Additionally, during the consideration of any measure or 
matter, the Chairman of the Full Committee, or of any 
Subcommittee shall suspend further proceedings after a question 
has been put to the Committee at any time when there is a vote 
by electronic device occurring in the House of Representatives. 
Suspension of proceedings after a record vote is ordered on the 
question of approving a measure or matter or on adopting an 
amendment, shall be conducted in compliance with the provisions 
of rule 2(t).

                            OTHER PROCEDURES

    (k) The Chairman of the Full Committee, after consultation 
with the Ranking Minority Member, may establish such other 
procedures and take such actions as may be necessary to carry 
out the foregoing rules or to facilitate the effective 
operation of the Committee.

                          USE OF HEARING ROOMS

    (l) In consultation with the Ranking Minority Member, the 
Chairman of the full Committee shall establish guidelines for 
use of Committee hearing rooms.

               Rule 2.--Committee Meetings and Procedures


                            quorum [xi 2(h)]

    (a)(1) One-third of the Members of the Committee shall 
constitute a quorum for all purposes except as provided in 
paragraphs (2) and (3) of this rule.
    (2) A majority of the Members of the Committee shall 
constitute a quorum in order to: (A) report or table any 
legislation, measure, or matter; (B) close Committee meetings 
or hearings pursuant to rules 2(c) and 2(d); and, (C) authorize 
the issuance of subpoenas pursuant to rule 1(c).
    (3) Two (2) Members of the Committee shall constitute a 
quorum for taking testimony and receiving evidence, which, 
unless waived by the Chairman of the Full Committee after 
consultation with the Ranking Minority Member of the Full 
Committee, shall include at least one (1) Member from each of 
the majority and minority parties.

                             TIME AND PLACE

    (b)(1) Unless dispensed with by the Chairman, the meetings 
of the Committee shall be held on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of 
each month the House is in session at 10:00 a.m. and at such 
other times and in such places as the Chairman may designate. 
[XI 2(b)]
    (2) The Chairman of the Committee may convene, as 
necessary, additional meetings of the Committee for the 
consideration of any bill or resolution pending before the 
Committee or for the conduct of other Committee business 
subject to such rules as the Committee may adopt. The Committee 
shall meet for such purpose under that call of the Chairman. 
[XI 2(c)]
    (3) The Chairman shall make a public announcement of the 
date, time, place and subject matter of any of its hearings, 
and to the extent practicable, a list of witnesses at least one 
(1) week before the commencement of the hearing. If the 
Chairman, with the concurrence of the Ranking Minority Member, 
determines there is good cause to begin the hearing sooner, or 
if the Committee so determines by majority vote, a quorum being 
present for the transaction of business, the Chairman shall 
make the announcement at the earliest possible date. Any 
announcement made under this rule shall be promptly published 
in the Daily Digest, and promptly made available by electronic 
form, including the Committee web site. [XI 2(g)(3)]

                        open meetings [xi 2(g)]

    (c) Each meeting for the transaction of business, including 
the markup of legislation, of the Committee shall be open to 
the public, including to radio, television, and still 
photography coverage, except when the Committee, in open 
session and with a majority present, determines by record vote 
that all or part of the remainder of the meeting on that day 
shall be in executive session because disclosure of matters to 
be considered would endanger national security, would 
compromise sensitive law enforcement information, would tend to 
defame, degrade or incriminate any person or otherwise would 
violate any law or rule of the House. Persons other than 
Members of the Committee and such non-Committee Members, 
Delegates, Resident Commissioner, congressional staff, or 
departmental representatives as the Committee may authorize, 
may not be present at a business or markup session that is held 
in executive session. This rule does not apply to open 
Committee hearings which are provided for by rule 2(d).
    (d)(1) Each hearing conducted by the Committee shall be 
open to the public including radio, television, and still 
photography coverage except when the Committee, in open session 
and with a majority present, determines by record vote that all 
or part of the remainder of that hearing on that day shall be 
closed to the public because disclosure of testimony, evidence, 
or other matters to be considered would endanger national 
security, would compromise sensitive law enforcement 
information, or would violate a law or rule of the House of 
Representatives. Notwithstanding the requirements of the 
preceding sentence, and rule 2(q) a majority of those present, 
there being in attendance the requisite number required under 
the rules of the Committee to be present for the purpose of 
taking testimony:
          (A) may vote to close the hearing for the sole 
        purpose of discussing whether testimony or evidence to 
        be received would endanger the national security, would 
        compromise sensitive law enforcement information or 
        would violate rule XI 2(k)(5) of the Rules of the House 
        of Representatives; or
          (B) may vote to close the hearing, as provided in 
        rule XI 2(k)(5) of the Rules of the House of 
        Representatives. No Member, Delegate, or Resident 
        Commissioner may be excluded from non-participatory 
        attendance at any hearing of any Committee or 
        Subcommittee, unless the House of Representatives shall 
        by majority vote authorize a particular Committee or 
        Subcommittee, for purposes of a particular series of 
        hearings on a particular article of legislation or on a 
        particular subject of investigation, to close its 
        hearings to Members, Delegate, and the Resident 
        Commissioner by the same procedures designated in this 
        rule for closing hearings to the public; Provided, 
        however, that the Committee or Subcommittee may by the 
        same procedure, vote to close one subsequent day of the 
        hearing.

                AUDIO AND VISUAL COVERAGE [XI, CLAUSE 4]

    (e)(1) Whenever a hearing or meeting conducted by the 
Committee is open to the public, these proceedings shall be 
open to coverage by television, radio, and still photography, 
except as provided in rule XI 4(f)(2) of the House of 
Representatives. The Chairman shall not be able to limit the 
number of television, or still cameras to fewer than two (2) 
representatives from each medium (except for legitimate space 
or safety considerations in which case pool coverage shall be 
authorized).
    (2)(A) Radio and television tapes, television film, and 
internet recordings of any Committee hearings or meetings that 
are open to the public may not be used, or made available for 
use, as partisan political campaign material to promote or 
oppose the candidacy of any person for elective public office.
    (B) It is, further, the intent of this rule that the 
general conduct of each meeting or hearing covered under 
authority of this rule by audio or visual means, and the 
personal behavior of the Committee Members and staff, other 
government officials and personnel, witnesses, television, 
radio, and press media personnel, and the general public at the 
meeting or hearing, shall be in strict conformity with and 
observance of the acceptable standards of dignity, propriety, 
courtesy, and decorum traditionally observed by the House in 
its operations, and may not be such as to:
          (i) distort the objects and purposes of the meeting 
        or hearing or the activities of Committee Members in 
        connection with that meeting or hearing or in 
        connection with the general work of the Committee or of 
        the House; or
          (ii) cast discredit or dishonor on the House, the 
        Committee, or a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
        Commissioner or bring the House, the Committee, or a 
        Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner into 
        disrepute.
    (C) The coverage of Committee meetings and hearings by 
audio and visual means shall be permitted and conducted only in 
strict conformity with the purposes, provisions, and 
requirements of this rule.
    (f) The following shall apply to coverage of Committee 
meetings or hearings by audio or visual means:
          (1) If audio or visual coverage of the hearing or 
        meeting is to be presented to the public as live 
        coverage, that coverage shall be conducted and 
        presented without commercial sponsorship.
          (2) The allocation among the television media of the 
        positions or the number of television cameras permitted 
        by a Committee or Subcommittee Chairman in a hearing or 
        meeting room shall be in accordance with fair and 
        equitable procedures devised by the Executive Committee 
        of the Radio and Television Correspondents' Galleries.
          (3) Television cameras shall be placed so as not to 
        obstruct in any way the space between a witness giving 
        evidence or testimony and any member of the Committee 
        or the visibility of that witness and that member to 
        each other.
          (4) Television cameras shall operate from fixed 
        positions but may not be placed in positions that 
        obstruct unnecessarily the coverage of the hearing or 
        meeting by the other media.
          (5) Equipment necessary for coverage by the 
        television and radio media may not be installed in, or 
        removed from, the hearing or meeting room while the 
        Committee is in session.
          (6)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (B), 
        floodlights, spotlights, strobelights, and flashguns 
        may not be used in providing any method of coverage of 
        the hearing or meeting.
          (B) The television media may install additional 
        lighting in a hearing or meeting room, without cost to 
        the Government, in order to raise the ambient lighting 
        level in a hearing or meeting room to the lowest level 
        necessary to provide adequate television coverage of a 
        hearing or meeting at the current state of the art of 
        television coverage.
          (7) In the allocation of the number of still 
        photographers permitted by a Committee or Subcommittee 
        Chairman in a hearing or meeting room, preference shall 
        be given to photographers from Associated Press Photos 
        and United Press International Newspictures. If 
        requests are made by more of the media than will be 
        permitted by a Committee or Subcommittee Chairman for 
        coverage of a hearing or meeting by still photography, 
        that coverage shall be permitted on the basis of a fair 
        and equitable pool arrangement devised by the Standing 
        Committee of Press Photographers.
          (8) Photographers may not position themselves between 
        the witness table and the members of the Committee at 
        any time during the course of a hearing or meeting.
          (9) Photographers may not place themselves in 
        positions that obstruct unnecessarily the coverage of 
        the hearing by the other media.
          (10) Personnel providing coverage by the television 
        and radio media shall be currently accredited to the 
        Radio and Television Correspondents' Galleries.
          (11) Personnel providing coverage by still 
        photography shall be currently accredited to the Press 
        Photographers' Gallery.
          (12) Personnel providing coverage by the television 
        and radio media and by still photography shall conduct 
        themselves and their coverage activities in an orderly 
        and unobtrusive manner.

                            SPECIAL MEETINGS

    (g) Rule XI 2(c) of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is hereby incorporated by reference (Special 
Meetings).

            VICE CHAIRMAN TO PRESIDE IN ABSENCE OF CHAIRMAN

    (h) A Member of the majority party on the Committee, or any 
Subcommittee, 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 the 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. 
[XI 2(d)]

                   OPENING STATEMENTS; 5-MINUTE RULE

    (i) Insofar as is practicable, the Chairman, after 
consultation with the Ranking Minority Member, shall limit the 
total time of opening statements by Members to no more than 10 
minutes, the time to be divided equally between the Chairman 
and Ranking Minority Member. The time any one (1) Member may 
address the Committee on any bill, motion or other matter under 
consideration by the Committee or the time allowed for the 
questioning of a witness at hearings before the Committee will 
be limited to five (5) minutes, and then only when the Member 
has been recognized by the Chairman, except that this time 
limit may be waived by the Chairman or acting Chairman. [XI 
2(j)]
    (j) Notwithstanding rule 2(i), upon a motion the Chairman, 
in consultation with the Ranking Minority Member, may designate 
an equal number of members from each party to question a 
witness for a period not to exceed one (1) hour in the 
aggregate or, upon a motion, may designate staff from each 
party to question a witness for equal specific periods that do 
not exceed one (1) hour in the aggregate. [XI 2(j)]

                                PROXIES

    (k) No Member may authorize a vote by proxy with respect to 
any measure or matter before the Committee. [XI 2(f)]

                               WITNESSES

    (l)(1) Insofar as is practicable, each witness who is to 
appear before the Committee shall file no later than 24 hours 
in advance of his or her appearance, both a statement of the 
proposed testimony and a curriculum vitae in printed copy and 
electronic form. Each witness shall limit his or her 
presentation to a five (5) minute summary, provided that 
additional time may be granted by the Chairman when 
appropriate. [XI 2(g)(4)]
    (2) To the greatest extent practicable, each witness 
appearing before the Committee shall include with the written 
statement of proposed testimony a disclosure of any financial 
interests which are relevant to the subject of his or her 
testimony. These include, but are not limited to, public and 
private research grants, stock or stock options held in 
publicly traded and privately owned companies, and any form of 
payment or compensation from any relevant entity. The source 
and amount of the financial interest should be included in this 
disclosure.
    (3) Members of the Committee have two weeks from the date 
of a hearing to submit additional questions for the record, to 
be answered by witnesses who have appeared in person. The 
letters of transmittal and any responses thereto shall be 
printed in the hearing record.
    (m) Whenever any hearing is conducted by the Committee on 
any measure or matter, the minority Members of the Committee 
shall be entitled, upon request to the Chairman by a majority 
of them before the completion of the hearing, to call witnesses 
selected by the minority to testify with respect to the measure 
or matter during at least one (1) day of hearing thereon. [XI 
2(j)(1)]

                           HEARING PROCEDURES

    (n) Rule XI 2(k) of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is hereby incorporated by reference.

                 BILL AND SUBJECT MATTER CONSIDERATION

    (o) Bills and other substantive matters may be taken up for 
consideration only when called by the Chairman of the Committee 
or by a majority vote of a quorum of the Committee, except 
those matters which are the subject of special-call meetings 
outlined in rule 2(g). [XI 2(c)]

                             PRIVATE BILLS

    (p) No private bill will be reported by the Committee if 
there are two (2) or more dissenting votes. Private bills so 
rejected by the Committee will not be reconsidered during the 
same Congress unless new evidence sufficient to justify a new 
hearing has been presented to the Committee.

                   CONSIDERATION OF MEASURE OR MATTER

    (q)(1) It shall not be in order for the Committee to 
consider any new or original measure or matter unless written 
notice of the date, place and subject matter of consideration 
and to the maximum extent practicable, a written copy of the 
measure or matter to be considered, and to the maximum extent 
practicable the original text for purposes of markup of the 
measure to be considered have been available to each Member of 
the Committee for at least 48 hours in advance of 
consideration, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays. 
To the maximum extent practicable, amendments to the measure or 
matter to be considered, shall be submitted in writing to the 
Clerk of the Committee at least 24 hours prior to the 
consideration of the measure or matter.
    (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this rule, 
consideration of any legislative measure or matter by the 
Committee shall be in order by vote of two-thirds of the 
Members present, provided that a majority of the Committee is 
present.

                      REQUESTS FOR WRITTEN MOTIONS

    (r) Any legislative or non-procedural motion made at a 
regular or special meeting of the Committee and which is 
entertained by the Chairman shall be presented in writing upon 
the demand of any Member present and a copy made available to 
each Member present.

              REQUESTS FOR RECORD VOTES AT FULL COMMITTEE

    (s) A record vote of the Members may be had at the request 
of three (3) or more Members or, in the apparent absence of a 
quorum, by any one (1) Member.

                      POSTPONEMENT OF PROCEEDINGS

    (t) The Chairman of the Full Committee, or of any 
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, and to resume 
proceedings on a postponed question at any time after 
reasonable notice. Upon resuming proceedings 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. [XI (2)(h)(4)]

              REPORT LANGUAGE ON USE OF FEDERAL RESOURCES

    (u) No legislative report filed by the Committee on any 
measure or matter reported by the Committee shall contain 
language which has the effect of specifying the use of federal 
resources more explicitly (inclusively or exclusively) than 
that specified in the measure or matter as ordered reported, 
unless such language has been approved by the Committee during 
a meeting or otherwise in writing by a majority of the Members.

                           COMMITTEE RECORDS

    (v)(1) The Committee shall keep a complete record of all 
Committee action which shall include a record of the votes on 
any question on which a record vote is demanded. The result of 
each record vote shall be made available by the Committee for 
inspection by the public at reasonable times in the offices of 
the Committee. Information so available for public inspection 
shall include a description of the amendment, motion, order, or 
other proposition and the name of each Member voting for and 
each Member voting against such amendment, motion, order, or 
proposition, and the names of those Members present but not 
voting. [XI 2(e)]
    (2) The records of the Committee at the National Archives 
and Records Administration shall be made available for public 
use in accordance with rule VII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives. The Chairman shall notify the Ranking Minority 
Member of any decision, pursuant to clause 3(b)(3) or clause 
4(b) of the rule, to withhold a record otherwise available, and 
the matter shall be presented to the Committee for a 
determination on the written request of any Member of the 
Committee. [XI 2(e)(3)]
    (3) To the maximum extent feasible, the Committee shall 
make its publications available in electronic form, including 
the Committee Web site. [XI 2(e)(4)]
    (4)(A) Except as provided for in subdivision (B), all 
Committee hearings, records, data, charts, and files shall be 
kept separate and distinct from the congressional office 
records of the member serving as its Chairman. Such records 
shall be the property of the House, and each Member, Delegate, 
and the Resident Commissioner, shall have access thereto.
    (B) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, other 
than members of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, 
may not have access to the records of the Committee respecting 
the conduct of a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
officer, or employee of the House without the specific prior 
permission of the Committee.

             PUBLICATION OF COMMITTEE HEARINGS AND MARKUPS

    (w) The transcripts of those hearings conducted by the 
Committee shall be published as 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. Transcripts of markups shall be recorded and 
published in the same manner as hearings before the Committee 
and shall be included as part of the legislative report unless 
waived by the Chairman. [XI 2(e)(1)(A)]

                           COMMITTEE WEB SITE

    (x) The Chairman shall maintain an official Committee Web 
site for the purpose of furthering the Committee's legislative 
and oversight responsibilities, including communicating 
information about the Committee's activities to Committee 
Members and other Members of the House. The Ranking Minority 
Member may maintain a similar Web site for the same purpose, 
including communicating information about the activities of the 
minority to Committee Members and other Members of the House.

                         Rule 3.--Subcommittees


                       STRUCTURE AND JURISDICTION

    (a) The Committee shall have the following standing 
Subcommittees with the jurisdiction indicated.

(1) Subcommittee on Energy and Environment

    Legislative jurisdiction and general oversight and 
investigative authority on all matters relating to energy 
research, development, and demonstration and projects therefor, 
commercial application of energy technology, and environmental 
research including:
           Department of Energy research, development, 
        and demonstration programs;
           Department of Energy laboratories;
           Department of Energy science activities;
           energy supply activities;
           nuclear, solar and renewable energy, and 
        other advanced energy technologies;
           uranium supply and enrichment, and 
        Department of Energy waste management and environment, 
        safety, and health activities as appropriate;
           fossil energy research and development;
           clean coal technology;
           energy conservation research and 
        development;
           energy aspects of climate change;
           pipeline research, development, and 
        demonstration projects;
           energy and environmental standards;
           energy conservation including building 
        performance, alternate fuels for and improved 
        efficiency of vehicles, distributed power systems, and 
        industrial process improvements;
           Environmental Protection Agency research and 
        development programs;
           National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
        Administration, including all activities related to 
        weather, weather services, climate, and the atmosphere, 
        and marine fisheries, and oceanic research;
           risk assessment activities; and
           scientific issues related to environmental 
        policy, including climate change.

(2) Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation

    Legislative jurisdiction and general oversight and 
investigative authority on all matters relating to 
competitiveness, technology, standards, and innovation:
           standardization of weights and measures 
        including technical standards, standardization, and 
        conformity assessment;
           measurement, including the metric system of 
        measurement;
           the Technology Administration of the 
        Department of Commerce;
           the National Institute of Standards and 
        Technology;
           the National Technical Information Service;
           competitiveness, including small business 
        competitiveness;
           tax, antitrust, regulatory and other legal 
        and governmental policies as they relate to 
        technological development and commercialization;
           technology transfer including civilian use 
        of defense technologies;
           patent and intellectual property policy;
           international technology trade;
           research, development, and demonstration 
        activities of the Department of Transportation;
           surface and water transportation research, 
        development, and demonstration programs;
           earthquake programs (except for NSF) and 
        fire research programs including those related to 
        wildfire proliferation research and prevention;
           biotechnology policy;
           research, development, demonstration, and 
        standards related activities of the Department of 
        Homeland Security;
           Small Business Innovation Research and 
        Technology Transfer; and
           voting technologies and standards.

(3) Subcommittee on Research and Science Education

    Legislative jurisdiction and general oversight and 
investigative authority on all matters relating to science 
policy and science education including:
           Office of Science and Technology Policy;
           all scientific research, and scientific and 
        engineering resources (including human resources), 
        math, science and engineering education;
           intergovernmental mechanisms for research, 
        development, and demonstration and cross-cutting 
        programs;
           international scientific cooperation;
           National Science Foundation, including NSF 
        earthquake programs;
           university research policy, including 
        infrastructure and overhead;
           university research partnerships, including 
        those with industry;
           science scholarships;
           issues relating to computers, 
        communications, and information technology;
           research and development relating to health, 
        biomedical, and nutritional programs;
           to the extent appropriate, agricultural, 
        geological, biological and life sciences research; and
           materials research, development, and 
        demonstration and policy.

(4) Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics

    Legislative jurisdiction and general oversight and 
investigative authority on all matters relating to 
astronautical and aeronautical research and development 
including:
           national space policy, including access to 
        space;
           sub-orbital access and applications;
           National Aeronautics and Space 
        Administration and its contractor and government-
        operated laboratories;
           space commercialization including the 
        commercial space activities relating to the Department 
        of Transportation and the Department of Commerce;
           exploration and use of outer space;
           international space cooperation;
           National Space Council;
           space applications, space communications and 
        related matters;
           earth remote sensing policy;
           civil aviation research, development, and 
        demonstration;
           research, development, and demonstration 
        programs of the Federal Aviation Administration; and
           space law.

(5) Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight

    General and special investigative and oversight authority 
on all matters within the jurisdiction of the Committee on 
Science and Technology.

                        REFERRAL OF LEGISLATION

    (b) The Chairman shall refer all legislation and other 
matters referred to the Committee to the Subcommittee or 
Subcommittees of appropriate primary and secondary jurisdiction 
within two (2) weeks unless the Chairman deems consideration is 
to be by the Full Committee. Subcommittee Chairmen may make 
requests for referral of specific matters to their Subcommittee 
within the two (2) week period if they believe Subcommittee 
jurisdictions so warrant.

                           EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS

    (c) The Chairman and Ranking Minority Member shall serve as 
ex-officio Members of all Subcommittees and shall have the 
right to vote and be counted as part of the quorum and ratios 
on all matters before the Subcommittee.

                               PROCEDURES

    (d) No Subcommittee shall meet for markup or approval when 
any other Subcommittee of the Committee or the Full Committee 
is meeting to consider any measure or matter for markup or 
approval.
    (e) Each Subcommittee is authorized to meet, hold hearings, 
receive evidence, and report to the Committee on all matters 
referred to it. For matters within its jurisdiction, each 
Subcommittee is authorized to conduct legislative, 
investigative, forecasting, and general oversight hearings; to 
conduct inquiries into the future; and to undertake budget 
impact studies. Subcommittee Chairmen shall set meeting dates 
after consultation with the Chairman and other Subcommittee 
Chairmen with a view toward avoiding simultaneous scheduling of 
Committee and Subcommittee meetings or hearings wherever 
possible.
    (f) Any Member of the Committee may have the privilege of 
sitting with any Subcommittee during its hearings or 
deliberations and may participate in such hearings or 
deliberations, but no such Member who is not a Member of the 
Subcommittee shall vote on any matter before such Subcommittee, 
except as provided in rule 3(c).
    (g) During any Subcommittee proceeding for markup or 
approval, a record vote may be had at the request of one (1) or 
more Members of that Subcommittee.

                            Rule 4.--Reports


                    SUBSTANCE OF LEGISLATIVE REPORTS

    (a) The report of the Committee on a measure which has been 
approved by the Committee shall include the following, to be 
provided by the Committee:
          (1) the oversight findings and recommendations 
        required pursuant to rule X 2(b)(1) of the Rules of the 
        House of Representatives, separately set out and 
        identified [XIII, 3(c)];
          (2) the statement required by section 308(a) of the 
        Congressional Budget Act of 1974, separately set out 
        and identified, if the measure provides new budget 
        authority or new or increased tax expenditures as 
        specified in [XIII, 3(c)(2)];
          (3) with respect to reports on a bill or joint 
        resolution of a public character, a ``Constitutional 
        Authority Statement'' citing the specific powers 
        granted to Congress by the Constitution pursuant to 
        which the bill or joint resolution is proposed to be 
        enacted.
          (4) with respect to each record vote on a motion to 
        report any measure or matter of a public character, and 
        on any amendment offered to the measure or matter, the 
        total number of votes cast for and against, and the 
        names of those Members voting for and against, shall be 
        included in the Committee report on the measure or 
        matter;
          (5) the estimate and comparison prepared by the 
        Committee under rule XIII, clause 3(d)(2) of the Rules 
        of the House of Representatives, unless the estimate 
        and comparison prepared by the Director of the 
        Congressional Budget Office prepared under subparagraph 
        2 of this rule has been timely submitted prior to the 
        filing of the report and included in the report [ XIII, 
        3(d)(3)(D)];
          (6) in the case of a bill or joint resolution which 
        repeals or amends any statute or part thereof, the text 
        of the statute or part thereof which is proposed to be 
        repealed, and a comparative print of that part of the 
        bill or joint resolution making the amendment and of 
        the statute or part thereof proposed to be amended 
        [rule XIII, clause 3];
          (7) a transcript of the markup of the measure or 
        matter unless waived under rule 2(v); and,
          (8) a statement of general performance goals and 
        objectives, including outcome-related goals and 
        objectives, for which the measure authorizes funding. 
        [XIII, 3(c)]
    (b) The report of the Committee on a measure which has been 
approved by the Committee shall further include the following, 
to be provided by sources other than the Committee:
          (1) the estimate and comparison prepared by the 
        Director of the Congressional Budget Office required 
        under section 403 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
        1974, separately set out and identified, whenever the 
        Director (if timely, and submitted prior to the filing 
        of the report) has submitted such estimate and 
        comparison of the Committee [XIII, clauses 2-4];
          (2) if the Committee has not received prior to the 
        filing of the report the material required under 
        paragraph (1) of this rule, then it shall include a 
        statement to that effect in the report on the measure.

                MINORITY AND ADDITIONAL VIEWS [XI 2(L)]

    (c) If, at the time of approval of any measure or matter by 
the Committee, any Member of the Committee gives notice of 
intention to file supplemental, minority, or additional views, 
that Member shall be entitled to not less than two (2) 
subsequent calendar days after the day of such notice 
(excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) in which to 
file such views, in writing and signed by that Member, with the 
clerk of the Committee. All such views so filed by one (1) or 
more Members of the Committee shall be included within, and 
shall be a part of, the report filed by the Committee with 
respect to that measure or matter. The report of the Committee 
upon that measure or matter shall be printed in a single volume 
which shall include all supplemental, minority, or additional 
views, which have been submitted by the time of the filing of 
the report, and shall bear upon its cover a recital that any 
such supplemental, minority, or additional views (and any 
material submitted under rule 4(b)(1)) are included as part of 
the report. However, this rule does not preclude (1) the 
immediate filing or printing of a Committee report unless 
timely request for the opportunity to file supplemental, 
minority, or additional views has been made as provided by this 
rule or (2) the filing by the Committee of any supplemental 
report upon any measure or matter which may be required for the 
correction of any technical error in a previous report made by 
that Committee upon that measure or matter.
    (d) The Chairman of the Committee or Subcommittee, as 
appropriate, shall advise Members of the day and hour when the 
time for submitting views relative to any given report elapses. 
No supplemental, minority, or additional views shall be 
accepted for inclusion in the report if submitted after the 
announced time has elapsed unless the Chairman of the Committee 
or Subcommittee, as appropriate, decides to extend the time for 
submission of views beyond the two (2) subsequent calendar days 
after the day of notice, in which case he shall communicate 
such fact to Members, including the revised day and hour for 
submissions to be received, without delay.

                 CONSIDERATION OF SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS

    (e) After ordering a measure or matter reported, a 
Subcommittee shall issue a Subcommittee report in such form as 
the Chairman shall specify. Reports and recommendations of a 
Subcommittee shall not be considered by the Full Committee 
until after the intervention of 48 hours, excluding Saturdays, 
Sundays and legal holidays, from the time the report is 
submitted and made available to full Committee membership and 
printed hearings thereon shall be made available, if feasible, 
to the Members, except that this rule may be waived at the 
discretion of the Chairman after consultation with the Ranking 
Minority Member.

             TIMING AND FILING OF COMMITTEE REPORTS [XIII]

    (f) It shall be the duty of the Chairman to report or cause 
to be reported promptly to the House any measure approved by 
the Committee and to take or cause to be taken the necessary 
steps to bring the matter to a vote. To the maximum extent 
practicable, the written report of the Committee on such 
measures shall be made available to the Committee membership 
for review at least 24 hours in advance of filing.
    (g) The report of the Committee on a measure which has been 
approved by the Committee shall be filed within seven (7) 
calendar days (exclusive of days on which the House is not in 
session) after the day on which there has been filed with the 
clerk of the Committee a written request, signed by the 
majority of the Members of the Committee, for the reporting of 
that measure. Upon the filing of any such request, the clerk of 
the Committee shall transmit immediately to the Chairman of the 
Committee notice of the filing of that request.
    (h)(1) Any document published by the Committee as a House 
Report, other than a report of the Committee on a measure which 
has been approved by the Committee, shall be approved by the 
Committee at a meeting, and Members shall have the same 
opportunity to submit views as provided for in rule 4(c).
    (2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), the Chairman may 
approve the publication of any document as a Committee print 
which in his discretion he determines to be useful for the 
information of the Committee.
    (3) Any document to be published as a Committee print which 
purports to express the views, findings, conclusions, or 
recommendations of the Committee or any of its Subcommittees 
must be approved by the Full Committee or its Subcommittees, as 
applicable, in a meeting or otherwise in writing by a majority 
of the Members, and such Members shall have the right to submit 
supplemental, minority, or additional views for inclusion in 
the print within at least 48 hours after such approval.
    (4) Any document to be published as a Committee print other 
than a document described in paragraph (3) of this rule: (A) 
shall include on its cover the following statement: ``This 
document has been printed for informational purposes only and 
does not represent either findings or recommendations adopted 
by this Committee;'' and (B) shall not be published following 
the sine die adjournment of a Congress, unless approved by the 
Chairman of the Full Committee after consultation with the 
Ranking Minority Member of the Full Committee.
    (i) A report of an investigation or study conducted jointly 
by this Committee and one (1) or more other Committee(s) may be 
filed jointly, provided that each of the Committees complies 
independently with all requirements for approval and filing of 
the report.
    (j) After an adjournment of the last regular session of a 
Congress sine die, an investigative or oversight report 
approved by the Committee may be filed with the Clerk at any 
time, provided that if a member gives notice at the time of 
approval of intention to file supplemental, minority, or 
additional views, that member shall be entitled to not less 
than seven (7) calendar days in which to submit such views for 
inclusion with the report.
    (k) After an adjournment sine die of the last regular 
session of a Congress, the Chairman may file the Committee's 
Activity Report for that Congress under clause 1(d)(1) of rule 
XI of the Rules of the House with the Clerk of the House at 
anytime and without the approval of the Committee, provided 
that a copy of the report has been available to each member of 
the Committee for at least seven (7) calendar days and that the 
report includes any supplemental, minority, or additional views 
submitted by a member of the Committee. [XI 1(d), XI 1(d)(4)]

                           OVERSIGHT REPORTS

    (l) A proposed investigative or oversight report shall be 
considered as read if it has been available to the members of 
the Committee for at least 24 hours (excluding Saturdays, 
Sundays, or legal holidays except when the House is in session 
on such day). [XI 1(b)(2)]

LEGISLATIVE AND OVERSIGHT JURISDICTION OF THE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND 
                               TECHNOLOGY


                  Rule X.--Organization of Committees

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

                      SPECIAL OVERSIGHT FUNCTIONS

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

    NYDIA VELAZQUEZ, New York, 
            Chairwoman

STEVE CHABOT, Ohio,                  HEATH SHULER, North Carolina
  Ranking Member                     CHARLES A. GONZALEZ, Texas
ROSCOE G. BARLETT, Maryland          RICK LARSEN, Washington
SAM GRAVES, Missouri                 RAUL M. GRIJALVA, Arizona
W. TODD AKIN, Missouri               MICHAEL H. MICHAUD, Maine
BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania           MELISSA L. BEAN, Illinois
MARILYN N. MUSGRAVE, Colorado        HENRY CUELLAR, Texas
STEVE KING, Iowa                     DANIEL LIPINSKI, Illinois
JEFF A. FORTENBERRY, Nebraska        GWEN MOORE, Wisconsin
LYNN WESTMORELAND, Georgia           JASON ALTMIRE, Pennsylvania
LOUIE GOHMERT, Texas                 BRUCE L. BRALEY, Iowa
DEAN HELLER, Nevada                  YVETTE D. CLARKE, New York
DAVID DAVIS, Tennessee               BRAD ELLSWORTH, Indiana
MARY FALLIN, Oklahoma                HENRY C. ``HANK'' JOHNSON, Jr., 
VERN BUCHANAN, Florida               Georgia
JIM JORDAN, Ohio                     JOE SESTAK, Pennsylvania
                                     BRIAN HIGGINS, New York*
                                     MAZIEK HIRONO, Hawaii**

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*Appointed to the Committee on Small Business on September 20, 2007, 
filling a vacancy created by the death of Rep. Juanita Millender-
McDonald on April 22, 2007.
**Appointed to the Committee on Small Business on September 20, 2007, 
filling a vacancy created by the resignation of Rep. William Jefferson 
on June 5, 2007.

                       (Adopted January 31, 2007)

                      Rule 1.--General Provisions

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

                Rule 2.--Referral of Bills by Chairwoman

    Unless retained for consideration by the committee, all 
legislation and other matters referred to the committee shall 
be referred by the Chairwoman to the subcommittee of 
appropriate jurisdiction within 14 calendar days. Where the 
subject matter of the referral involves the jurisdiction of 
more than one subcommittee or does not fall within any 
previously assigned jurisdictions, the Chairwoman shall refer 
the matter, as she may deem advisable.

                        Rule 3.--Date of Meeting

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

                   Rule 4.--Announcement of Hearings

    Unless the Chairwoman, with the concurrence of the Ranking 
Minority Member, or the committee by majority vote, determines 
that there is good cause to begin a hearing at an earlier date, 
public announcement shall be made of the date, place and 
subject matter of any hearing to be conducted by the committee 
at least 7 calendar days before the commencement of that 
hearing.
    After announcement of a hearing, the committee shall make 
available as soon as practicable to all Members of the 
committee a tentative witness list and to the extent 
practicable a memorandum explaining the subject matter of the 
hearing (including relevant legislative reports and other 
necessary material). In addition, the Chairwoman shall make 
available as soon as practicable to the Members of the 
committee any official reports from departments and agencies on 
the subject matter as they are received.

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

    (A) Meetings.--Each meeting of the committee or its 
subcommittees for the transaction of business, including the 
markup of legislation, shall be open to the public, including 
to radio, television and still photography coverage, except as 
provided by clause 4 of rule XI of the House, except when the 
committee or subcommittee, in open session and with a majority 
present, determines by record vote that all or part of the 
remainder of the meeting on that day shall be closed to the 
public because disclosure of matters to be considered would 
endanger national security, would compromise sensitive law 
enforcement information, or would tend to defame, degrade or 
incriminate any person or otherwise would violate any law or 
rule of the House; Provided, however, that no person other than 
members of the committee, and such congressional staff and such 
executive branch representatives as they may authorize, shall 
be present in any business meeting or markup session which has 
been closed to the public.
    (B) Hearings.--Each hearing conducted by the committee or 
its subcommittees shall be open to the public, including radio, 
television and still photography coverage, except when the 
committee or subcommittee, in open session and with a majority 
present, determines by record vote that all or part of the 
remainder of the hearing on that day shall be closed to the 
public because disclosure of testimony, evidence or other 
matters to be considered would endanger the national security, 
would compromise sensitive law enforcement information, or 
would violate any law or rule of the House; Provided, however, 
that the committee or subcommittee may by the same procedure 
vote to close one subsequent day of hearings. Notwithstanding 
the requirements of the preceding sentence, a majority of those 
present, there being in attendance the requisite number 
required under the rules of the committee to be present for the 
purpose of taking testimony, (i) may vote to close the hearing 
for the sole purpose of discussing whether testimony or 
evidence to be received would endanger the national security, 
would compromise sensitive law enforcement information, or 
violate clause 2(k)(5) of rule XI of the House; or (ii) may 
vote to close the hearing, as provided in clause 2(k)(5) of 
rule XI of the House.
    All members of the committee shall be able to participate 
in any subcommittee hearing.
    No member of the House may be excluded from non-
participatory attendance at any hearing of the committee or any 
subcommittee, unless the House of Representatives shall by 
majority vote authorize the committee or subcommittee, for 
purposes of a particular series of hearings on a particular 
article of legislation or on a particular subject of 
investigation, to close its hearing to members by the same 
procedures designated for closing hearings to the public. Such 
members who would like to participate shall notify the Ranking 
Minority Member and submit a request to the Chairwoman one day 
in advance of such hearing.

                           Rule 6.--Witnesses

    (A) Statement of Witnesses.--Each witness who is to appear 
before the committee or subcommittee shall file with the 
committee at least two business days before the day of his or 
her appearance 75 copies of his or her written statement of 
proposed testimony. Each witness shall also submit to the 
committee a copy of his or her final prepared statement in an 
electronic format at that time.
    At least one copy of the statement of each witness shall be 
furnished directly to the Ranking Minority Member. In addition, 
all witnesses shall be required to submit with their testimony 
a curriculum vitae or other statement describing their 
education, employment, professional affiliations and other 
background information pertinent to their testimony unless 
waived by the Chairwoman. Each witness will complete a 
disclosure form detailing any contracts or business that they 
currently have with the federal government.
    The committee will provide public access to its printed 
materials, including the proposed testimony of witnesses, in 
electronic form.
    (B) Interrogation of Witnesses.--Whenever any hearing is 
conducted by the committee or any subcommittee upon any measure 
or matter, the minority party members on the committee shall be 
entitled, upon request to the Chairwoman by a majority of those 
minority members, to call a witness or witnesses selected by 
the minority to testify with respect to that measure or matter. 
The minority shall be entitled to a ratio of one-third of the 
witnesses testifying. For the purposes of determining this 
ratio, it shall not include testifying government officials. 
The witnesses requested by the minority shall be invited to 
testify by the Chairwoman and must furnish at least one copy of 
his or her statement and any supplementary materials directly 
to the Chairwoman within one business day before the day of his 
or her appearance unless waived by the Chairwoman.
    Except when the committee adopts a motion pursuant to 
subdivisions (B) and (C) of clause 2(j)(2) of rule XI of the 
rules of the House, committee members may question witnesses 
only when they have been recognized by the Chairwoman for that 
purpose, and only for a 5-minute period until all members 
present have had an opportunity to question a witness. The 
Chairwoman and the Ranking Member shall not be subject to the 
5-minute period limitation. For all other Committee Members, 
the 5-minute period for questioning a witness by any one member 
can be extended only with the unanimous consent of all members 
present. The Chairwoman, followed by the Ranking Minority 
Member and all other members alternating between the majority 
and minority, shall initiate the questioning of witnesses in 
both the full and subcommittee hearings. The order for 
questioning by members of each party shall be determined by the 
time in which the member arrived at the hearing after the gavel 
has been struck, with the first arriving having priority over 
members of his or her party. If members arrive at the same 
time, then seniority shall dictate the order.
    In recognizing members to question witnesses, the 
Chairwoman may take into consideration the ratio of majority 
and minority members present in such a manner as not to 
disadvantage the Members of either party. The Chairwoman, in 
consultation with the Ranking Minority Member, may decrease the 
5-minute time period in order to accommodate the needs of all 
the Members present and the schedule of the witnesses.

                           Rule 7.--Subpoenas

    A subpoena may be authorized and issued by the committee in 
the conduct of any investigation or series of investigations or 
activities to require the attendance and testimony of such 
witness and the production of such books, records, 
correspondence, memoranda, papers and documents, as deemed 
necessary. Such a subpoena shall be authorized by a majority 
vote of the full committee. The requirement that the 
authorization of a subpoena require a majority vote may be 
waived by the Ranking Minority Member. The Chairwoman may issue 
a subpoena, in consultation with the Ranking Minority Member, 
when the House is out for more than three legislative days.

                            Rule 8.--Quorum

    No measure or recommendation shall be reported unless a 
majority of the committee was actually present. For purposes of 
taking testimony or receiving evidence, there shall be one 
member from the majority and one member from the minority for 
the purposes of a quorum. Such requirement shall be waived for 
field hearings. For all other purposes, one-third of the 
members (or 11 Members) shall constitute a quorum.

                   Rule 9.--Amendments During Mark-Up

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

                 Rule 10.--Postponement of Proceedings

    The Chairwoman in consultation with the Ranking Minority 
Member may postpone further proceedings when a record vote is 
ordered on the question of approving any measure or matter or 
adopting an amendment. The Chairwoman may resume proceedings 
postponed at any time, but no later than the next meeting day. 
In exercising postponement authority, the Chairwoman shall take 
all reasonable steps necessary to notify members on the 
resumption of proceedings on any postponed recorded vote. When 
proceedings resume on a postponed question, notwithstanding any 
intervening order for the previous question, an underlying 
proposition shall remain subject to further debate or amendment 
to the same extent as when the question was postponed.

           Rule 11.--Number and Jurisdiction of Subcommittees

    There will be five subcommittees as follows:
    Finance and Tax (6 Democratic Members and 5 Republican 
Members); Contracting and Technology (6 Democratic Members and 
5 Republican Members); Regulations, Health Care, and Trade (8 
Democratic Members and 7 Republican Members); Rural and Urban 
Entrepreneurship (7 Democratic Members and 6 Republican 
Members); Investigations and Oversight (4 Democratic Members 
and 3 Republican Members).
    During the 110th Congress, the Chairwoman and Ranking 
Minority Member shall be ex officio members of all 
subcommittees, without vote, and the full committee shall have 
the authority to conduct oversight of all areas of the 
committee's jurisdiction. In addition, all members of the 
committee may participate in hearings of any subcommittee of 
the committee. In addition to conducting oversight in the area 
of their respective jurisdiction, each subcommittee shall have 
the following jurisdiction:

                    SUBCOMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND TAX

    The Small Business Administration (SBA) Lending and 
Investment programs: Section 7(a) loan program, 504 Certified 
Development Company program, Small Business Investment Company 
program, Disaster Loan Assistance programs, and Microloan 
program.
    Access to capital and finance issues generally.
    Oversight over tax policy and retirement/pension matters 
affecting small businesses.

               SUBCOMMITTEE ON CONTRACTING AND TECHNOLOGY

    SBA Contracting programs including the following: Section 
8(a) Business Development program, Small Disadvantaged Business 
(SDB) certification operated by SBA, Women's Procurement 
Program, HUBZone program, Surety Bond program, Service-disabled 
veteran procurement, and Section 7(j) management and technical 
assistance program.
    SBA Technology programs: Small Business Innovation Research 
(SBIR) program, Small Business Technology Transfer program.
    Oversight of government-wide procurement practices and 
programs affecting small businesses.
    Oversight of technology and patent issues.

          SUBCOMMITTEE ON REGULATIONS, HEALTH CARE, AND TRADE

    The Regulatory Flexibility Act, the Small Business 
Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act, and the Paperwork 
Reduction Act.
    SBA's Office of Advocacy, National Ombudsman, and SBA small 
business size standards.
    Oversight of regulations and regulatory issues that affect 
small businesses.
    Oversight of health care coverage issues.
    Oversight over issues affecting small health care 
providers.
    Oversight of trade issues, including SBA's Office of 
International Trade.

            SUBCOMMITTEE ON RURAL AND URBAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP

    SBA entrepreneurial development programs: Women's Business 
Centers, National Veterans Business Development Corporation, 
Small Business Development Centers, SCORE, Drug Free Workplace 
program, Office of Women's Business Ownership, and National 
Women's Business Council (NWBC).
    New Markets Venture Capital (NMVC) program, New Markets Tax 
Credit program, BusinessLINC and the Program for Re-Investment 
in Micro entrepreneurs.
    General oversight of programs targeted toward urban and 
rural economic growth as well as general federal government 
entrepreneurial development programs.
    Oversight of agricultural issues.
    Oversight of energy issues.

              SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS AND OVERSIGHT

    Oversight of SBA Administration, Management, and Agency 
Practices.
    Oversight of activities by the Office of the Inspector 
General at SBA.

                       Rule 12.--Committee Staff

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

              Rule 13.--Powers and Duties of Subcommittees

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

                           Rule 14.--Records

    The committee shall keep a complete record of all actions, 
which shall include a record of the votes on any question on 
which a record vote is demanded. The result of each 
subcommittee record vote, together with a description of the 
matter voted upon, shall promptly be made available to the full 
committee. A record of such votes shall be made available for 
inspection by the public at reasonable times in the offices of 
the committee.
    The committee shall keep a complete record of all committee 
and subcommittee activity which, in the case of any meeting or 
hearing transcript, shall include a substantially verbatim 
account of remarks actually made during the proceedings, 
subject only to technical, grammatical, and typographical 
corrections authorized by the person making the remarks 
involved.
    The records of the committee at the National Archives and 
Records Administration shall be made available in accordance 
with rule VII of the Rules of the House. The Chairwoman of the 
full committee shall notify the Ranking Minority Member of the 
full committee of any decision, pursuant to clause 3(b)(3) or 
clause 4(b) of rule VII of the House, to withhold a record 
otherwise available, and the matter shall be presented to the 
committee for a determination of the written request of any 
member of the committee.

        Rule 15.--Access to Classified or Sensitive Information

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

                       Rule 16.--Other Procedures

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

                Rule 17.--Amendments to Committee Rules

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

                      Rule 18.--Budget and Travel

    (A) From the amount provided to the Committee in the 
primary expense resolution adopted by the U.S. House of 
Representatives for the 110th Congress, the Chairwoman, after 
consultation with the Ranking Minority Member, shall designate 
one-third of the budget under the direction of the Ranking 
Minority Member for the purposes of minority staff, travel 
expenses of minority staff and members, and minority office 
expenses.
    (B) The Chairwoman may authorize travel in connection with 
activities or subject matters under the general jurisdiction of 
the Committee.
    (C) The Ranking Minority Member may authorize travel for 
any minority member or minority committee staff member in 
connection with activities or subject matters under the general 
jurisdiction of the Committee. Before such travel, there shall 
be submitted to the Chairwoman in writing the following at 
least seven calendar days prior:
          (a) The purpose of the travel.
          (b) The dates during which the travel is to occur.
          (c) The names of the States or countries to be 
        visited and the length of time spent in each.
          (d) The names of members and staff of the committee 
        participating in such travel.
    At the conclusion of such travel, a summary of the activity 
and its accomplishments shall be provided to the Chairwoman 
within ten calendar days.

                      Rule 19.--Committee Web Site

    The Chairwoman shall maintain an official Committee Web 
site for the purpose of furthering the Committee's legislative 
and oversight responsibilities, including communicating 
information about the Committee's activities to Committee 
members and other Members of the House. The Ranking Minority 
Members may maintain a similar Web site for the same purpose, 
including communicating information about the activities of the 
minority to Committee members and other Members of the House.

                          Rule 20.--Vice Chair

    Pursuant to House Rules, the Chairwoman shall designate a 
member of the majority party to serve as Vice Chairman of the 
Committee. The Vice Chairman shall preside at any meeting or 
hearing during the temporary absence of the Chairwoman. If the 
Chairwoman and Vice Chairman are not present at any meeting or 
hearing, the ranking member of the majority who is present 
shall preside at the meeting or hearing.
               Committee on Standards of Official Conduct

   STEPHANIE TUBBS JONES, Ohio, 
            Chairwoman

DOC HASTINGS, Washington,            GENE GREEN, Texas
  Ranking Member                     LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California
JO BONNER, Alabama                   MICHAEL F. DOYLE, Pennsylvania
J. GRESHAM BARRETT,                  WILLIAM D. DELAHUNT, Massachusetts
  South Carolina
JOHN KLINE, Minnesota
MICHAEL T. McCAUL, Texas

                      (Adopted February 16, 2007)

                                FOREWORD

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

                    PART I--GENERAL COMMITTEE RULES

                      Rule 1.--General Provisions

    (a) So far as applicable, these rules and the Rules of the 
House of Representatives shall be the rules of the Committee 
and any subcommittee. The Committee adopts these rules under 
the authority of clause 2(a)(1) of rule XI of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, 110th Congress.
    (b) The rules of the Committee may be modified, amended, or 
repealed by a vote of a majority of the Committee.
    (c) When the interests of justice so require, the 
Committee, by a majority vote of its members, may adopt any 
special procedures, not inconsistent with these rules, deemed 
necessary to resolve a particular matter before it. Copies of 
such special procedures shall be furnished to all parties in 
the matter.
    (d) The Chairman and Ranking Minority Member shall have 
access to such information that they request as necessary to 
conduct Committee business.

                          Rule 2.--Definitions

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

                 Rule 3.--Advisory Opinions and Waivers

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

                     Rule 4.--Financial Disclosure

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

                           Rule 5.--Meetings

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

                        Rule 6.--Committee Staff

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

                        Rule 7.--Confidentiality

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

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

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

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

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

              Rule 9.--Quorums and Member Disqualification

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

                      Rule 10.--Vote Requirements

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

                      Rule 11.--Committee Records

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

     Rule 12.--Broadcasts of Committee and Subcommittee Proceedings

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

                    PART II--INVESTIGATIVE AUTHORITY


                       Rule 13.--House Resolution

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

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

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

                          Rule 15.--Complaints

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

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

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

                   Rule 17.--Processing of Complaints

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

                 Rule 18.--Committee-Initiated Inquiry

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

                  Rule 19.--Investigative Subcommittee

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

        Rule 20.--Amendments to Statements of Alleged Violation

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

               Rule 21.--Committee Reporting Requirements

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

                     Rule 22.--Respondent's Answer

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

                    Rule 23.--Adjudicatory Hearings

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

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

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

     Rule 25.--Disclosure of Exculpatory Information to Respondent

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

             Rule 26.--Rights of Respondents and Witnesses

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

                      Rule 27.--Frivolous Filings

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

          Rule 28.--Referrals to Federal or State Authorities

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

  JAMES L. OBERSTAR, Minnesota, 
             Chairman

JOHN L. MICA, Florida,               NICK J. RAHALL II, West Virginia
  Ranking Member                     PETER A. DeFAZIO, Oregon Member
DON YOUNG, Alaska                    JERRY F. COSTELLO, Illinois
THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin           ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON,
HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina           District of Columbia
JOHN J. DUNCAN, Jr., Tennessee       JERROLD NADLER, New York
WAYNE T. GILCHREST, Maryland         CORRINE BROWN, Florida
VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan           BOB FILNER, California
STEVEN C. LaTOURETTE, Ohio           EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas
RICHARD H. BAKER, Louisiana          GENE TAYLOR, Mississippi
FRANK A LoBIONDO, New Jersey         ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland
JERRY MORAN, Kansas                  ELLEN O. TAUSCHER, California
GARY G. MILLER, California           LEONARD L. BOSWELL, Iowa
ROBIN HAYES, North Carolina          TIM HOLDEN, Pennsylvania
HENRY E. BROWN, Jr., South Carolina  BRIAN BAIRD, Washington
TIMOTHY V. JOHNSON, Illinois         RICK LARSEN, Washington
TODD RUSSELL PLATTS,                 MICHAEL E. CAPUANO, Massachusetts
  Pennsylvania                       JULIA CARSON, Indiana
SAM GRAVES, Missouri                 TIMOTHY H. BISHOP, New York
BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania           MICHAEL H. MICHAUD, Maine
JOHN BOOZMAN, Arkansas               BRIAN HIGGINS, New York
SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO,                RUSS CARNAHAN, Missouri
  West Virginia*                     JOHN T. SALAZAR, Colorado
JIM GERLACH, Pennsylvania            GRACE F. NAPOLITANO, California
MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida           DANIEL LIPINSKI, Illinois
CHARLES W. DENT, Pennsylvania        DORIS O. MATSUI, California
TED POE, Texas                       NICK LAMPSON, Texas
DAVID G. REICHERT, Washington        ZACHARY T. SPACE, Ohio
CONNIE MACK, Florida                 MAZIE K. HIRONO, Hawaii
JOHN R. ``RANDY'' KUHL, Jr.,         BRUCE L. BRALEY, Iowa
  New York                           JASON ALTMIRE, Pennsylvania
LYNN A. WESMORELAND, Georgia         TIMOTHY J. WALZ, Minnesota
CHARLES W. BOUSTANY, Jr.,            HEATH SHULER, North Carolina
  Louisiana                          MICHAEL A. ARCURI, New York
JEAN SCHMIDT, Ohio                   HARRY E. MITCHELL, Arizona
CANDICE S. MILLER, Michigan          CHRISTOPHER P. CARNEY, 
THELMA D. DRAKE, Virginia            Pennsylvania
MARY FALLIN, Oklahoma                JOHN J. HALL, New York
VERN BUCHANAN, Florida               STEVE KAGEN, Wisconsin
                                     STEVE COHEN, Tennessee
                                     JERRY McNERNEY, California
                                     LAURA RICHARDSON, California**

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*Appointed to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on March 
12, 2007, filling a vacancy created by the March 9, 2007 resignation of 
Rep. Kenny Marchant.
**Appointed to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on 
September 20, 2007, filling a vacancy created by the death of Rep. 
Juanita Millender-McDonald on April 22, 2007.

                       (Adopted January 17, 2007)

                      Rule I.--General Provisions

    (a) Applicability of House Rules.--
          (1) In General.--The Rules of the House are the rules 
        of the Committee and its subcommittees so far as 
        applicable, except that a motion to recess from day to 
        day, and a motion to dispense with the first reading 
        (in full) of a bill or resolution, if printed copies 
        are available, are non-debatable privileged motions in 
        the Committee and its subcommittees.
          (2) Subcommittees.--Each subcommittee is part of the 
        Committee, and is subject to the authority and 
        direction of the Committee and its rules so far as 
        applicable.
          (3) Incorporation of House Rule on Committee 
        Procedure.--Rule XI of the Rules of the House, which 
        pertains entirely to Committee procedure, is 
        incorporated and made a part of the rules of the 
        Committee to the extent applicable. Pursuant to clause 
        2(a)(3) of rule XI of the Rules of the House, the 
        Chairman is authorized to offer a motion under clause 1 
        of rule XXII of the Rules of the House whenever the 
        Chairman considers it appropriate.
    (b) Publication of Rules.--The Committee's rules shall be 
published in the Congressional Record not later than 30 days 
after the Committee is elected in each odd-numbered year.
    (c) Vice Chairman.--The Chairman shall appoint a vice 
chairman of the Committee and of each subcommittee. If the 
Chairman of the Committee or subcommittee is not present at any 
meeting of the Committee or subcommittee, as the case may be, 
the vice chairman shall preside. If the vice chairman is not 
present, the ranking member of the majority party on the 
Committee or subcommittee who is present shall preside at that 
meeting.

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

    (a) Regular Meetings.--
          (1) In General.--Regular meetings of the Committee 
        shall be held on the first Wednesday of every month to 
        transact its business unless such day is a holiday, or 
        the House is in recess or is adjourned, in which case 
        the Chairman shall determine the regular meeting day of 
        the Committee for that month.
          (2) Notice.--The Chairman shall give each member of 
        the Committee, as far in advance of the day of the 
        regular meeting as the circumstances make practicable, 
        a written notice of such meeting and the matters to be 
        considered at such meeting. To the maximum extent 
        practicable, the Chairman shall provide such notice at 
        least 3 days prior to such meeting.
          (3) Cancellation or Deferral.--If the Chairman 
        believes that the Committee will not be considering any 
        bill or resolution before the full Committee and that 
        there is no other business to be transacted at a 
        regular meeting, the meeting may be canceled or it may 
        be deferred until such time as, in the judgment of the 
        Chairman, there may be matters which require the 
        Committee's consideration.
          (4) Applicability.--This paragraph shall not apply to 
        meetings of any subcommittee.
    (b) Additional Meetings.--The Chairman may call and 
convene, as he or she considers necessary, additional meetings 
of the Committee for the consideration of any bill or 
resolution pending before the Committee or for the conduct of 
other committee business. The Committee shall meet for such 
purpose pursuant to the call of the Chairman.
    (c) Special Meetings.--If at least three members of the 
Committee desire that a special meeting of the Committee be 
called by the Chairman, those members may file in the offices 
of the Committee their written request to the Chairman for that 
special meeting. Such request shall specify the measure or 
matter to be considered. Immediately upon the filing of the 
request, the clerk of the Committee shall notify the Chairman 
of the filing of the request. If, within 3 calendar days after 
the filing of the request, the Chairman does not call the 
requested special meeting to be held within 7 calendar days 
after the filing of the request, a majority of the members of 
the Committee may file in the offices of the Committee their 
written notice that a special meeting of the Committee will be 
held, specifying the date and hour thereof, and the measure or 
matter to be considered at that special meeting. The Committee 
shall meet on that date and hour. Immediately upon the filing 
of the notice, the clerk of the Committee shall notify all 
members of the Committee that such meeting will be held and 
inform them of its date and hour and the measure or matter to 
be considered; and only the measure or matter specified in that 
notice may be considered at that special meeting.
    (d) Prohibition on Sitting During Joint Session.--The 
Committee may not sit during a joint session of the House and 
Senate or during a recess when a joint meeting of the House and 
Senate is in progress.

               Rule III.--Meetings and Hearings Generally

    (a) Open Meetings.--Each meeting for the transaction of 
business, including the markup of legislation, and each hearing 
of the Committee or a subcommittee shall be open to the public, 
except as provided by clause 2(g) of rule XI of the Rules of 
the House.
    (b) Meetings To Begin Promptly.--Each meeting or hearing of 
the Committee shall begin promptly at the time so stipulated in 
the public announcement of the meeting or hearing.
    (c) Addressing the Committee.--A Committee member may 
address the Committee or a subcommittee on any bill, motion, or 
other matter under consideration--
          (1) only when recognized by the Chairman for that 
        purpose; and
          (2) only for 5 minutes until such time as each member 
        of the Committee or subcommittee who so desires has had 
        an opportunity to address the Committee or 
        subcommittee.

A member shall be limited in his or her remarks to the subject 
matter under consideration. The Chairman shall enforce this 
subparagraph.
    (d) Participation of Members in Subcommittee Meetings and 
Hearings.--All members of the Committee who are not members of 
a particular subcommittee may, by unanimous consent of the 
members of such subcommittee, participate in any subcommittee 
meeting or hearing. However, a member who is not a member of 
the subcommittee may not vote on any matter before the 
subcommittee, be counted for purposes of establishing a quorum, 
or raise points of order.
    (e) Broadcasting.--Whenever a meeting for the transaction 
of business, including the markup of legislation, or a hearing 
is open to the public, that meeting or hearing shall be open to 
coverage by television, radio, and still photography in 
accordance with clause 4 of rule XI of the Rules of the House. 
Operation and use of any Committee Internet broadcast system 
shall be fair and nonpartisan and in accordance with clause 
4(b) of rule XI of the Rules of the House and all other 
applicable rules of the Committee and the House.
    (f) Access to the Dais and Lounges.--Access to the hearing 
rooms' daises and to the lounges adjacent to the Committee 
hearing rooms shall be limited to Members of Congress and 
employees of Congress during a meeting or hearing of the 
Committee unless specifically permitted by the Chairman or 
ranking minority member.
    (g) Use of Cellular Telephones.--The use of cellular 
telephones in the Committee hearing room is prohibited during a 
meeting or hearing of the Committee.

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

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

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

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

                      Rule VI.--Hearing Procedures

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

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

    (a) Filing of Reports.--
          (1) In General.--The Chairman of the Committee shall 
        report promptly to the House any measure or matter 
        approved by the Committee and take necessary steps to 
        bring the measure or matter to a vote.
          (2) Requests for Reporting.--The report of the 
        Committee on a measure or matter which has been 
        approved by the Committee shall be filed within 7 
        calendar days (exclusive of days on which the House is 
        not in session) after the day on which there has been 
        filed with the clerk of the Committee a written 
        request, signed by a majority of the members of the 
        Committee, for the reporting of that measure or matter. 
        Upon the filing of any such request, the clerk of the 
        Committee shall transmit immediately to the Chairman of 
        the Committee notice of the filing of that request.
    (b) Quorum; Record Votes.--
          (1) Quorum.--No measure, matter, or recommendation 
        shall be reported from the Committee unless a majority 
        of the Committee was actually present.
          (2) Record Votes.--With respect to each record vote 
        on a motion to report any measure or matter of a public 
        character, and on any amendment offered to the measure 
        or matter, the total number of votes cast for and 
        against, and the names of those members voting for and 
        against, shall be included in the Committee report on 
        the measure or matter.
    (c) Required Matters.--The report of the Committee on a 
measure or matter which has been approved by the Committee 
shall include the items required to be included by clauses 2(c) 
and 3 of rule XIII of the Rules of the House.
    (d) Additional Views.--If, at the time of approval of any 
measure or matter by the Committee, any member of the Committee 
gives notice of intention to file supplemental, minority, or 
additional views, that member shall be entitled to not less 
than two additional calendar days after the day of such notice 
(excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) in which to 
file such views in accordance with clause 2(l) of rule XI of 
the Rules of the House.
    (e) Activities Report.--
          (1) In General.--The Committee shall submit to the 
        House, not later than January 2 of each odd-numbered 
        year, a report on the activities of the Committee under 
        rules X and XI of the Rules of the House during the 
        Congress ending on January 3 of such year.
          (2) Contents.--Such report shall include separate 
        sections summarizing the legislative and oversight 
        activities of the Committee during that Congress.
          (3) Oversight Section.--The oversight section of such 
        report shall include a summary of the oversight plans 
        submitted by the Committee pursuant to clause 2(d) of 
        rule X of the Rules of the House, a summary of the 
        actions taken and recommendations made with respect to 
        each such plan, and a summary of any additional 
        oversight activities undertaken by the Committee, and 
        any recommendations made or actions taken thereon.
    (f) Other Committee Materials.--
          (1) In General.--All Committee and subcommittee 
        prints, reports, documents, or other materials, not 
        otherwise provided for under this rule, that purport to 
        express publicly the views of the Committee or any of 
        its subcommittees or members of the Committee or its 
        subcommittees shall be approved by the Committee or the 
        subcommittee prior to printing and distribution and any 
        member shall be given an opportunity to have views 
        included as part of such material prior to printing, 
        release, and distribution in accordance with paragraph 
        (d) of this rule.
          (2) Documents Containing Views Other Than Member 
        Views.--A Committee or subcommittee document containing 
        views other than those of members of the Committee or 
        subcommittee shall not be published without approval of 
        the Committee or subcommittee.
          (3) Disclaimer.--All Committee or subcommittee 
        reports printed pursuant to legislative study or 
        investigation and not approved by a majority vote of 
        the Committee or subcommittee, as appropriate, shall 
        contain the following disclaimer on the cover of such 
        report: ``This report has not been officially adopted 
        by the Committee on (or pertinent subcommittee thereof) 
        and may not therefore necessarily reflect the views of 
        its members.''.
          (4) Compilations of Laws.--To the maximum extent 
        practicable, the Committee shall publish a compilation 
        of laws under the jurisdiction of each subcommittee.
    (g) Availability of Publications.--Pursuant to clause 
2(e)(4) of rule XI of the Rules of the House, the Committee 
shall make its publications available in electronic form to the 
maximum extent feasible.

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

    (a) Establishment.--There shall be 6 standing 
subcommittees. These subcommittees, with the following sizes 
(including delegates) and majority/minority ratios, are:
          (1) Subcommittee on Aviation (48 Members: 26 Majority 
        and 22 Minority).
          (2) Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime 
        Transportation (16 Members: 9 Majority and 7 Minority).
          (3) Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public 
        Buildings, and Emergency Management (14 Members: 8 
        Majority and 6 Minority).
          (4) Subcommittee on Highways and Transit (53 Members: 
        29 Majority and 24 Minority).
          (5) Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and 
        Hazardous Materials (31 Members: 17 Majority and 14 
        Minority).
          (6) Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment 
        (40 Members: 22 Majority and 18 Minority).
    (b) Ex Officio Members.--The Chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee shall serve as ex officio voting 
members on each subcommittee.
    (c) Ratios.--On each subcommittee there shall be a ratio of 
majority party members to minority party members which shall be 
no less favorable to the majority party than the ratio for the 
full Committee. In calculating the ratio of majority party 
members to minority party members, there shall be included the 
ex officio members of the subcommittees.

              Rule IX.--Powers and Duties of Subcommittees

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

           Rule X.--Referral of Legislation to Subcommittees

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

                 Rule XI.--Recommendation of Conferees

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

                          Rule XII.--Oversight

    (a) Purpose.--The Committee shall carry out oversight 
responsibilities as provided in this rule in order to assist 
the House in--
          (1) its analysis, appraisal, and evaluation of--
                  (A) the application, administration, 
                execution, and effectiveness of the laws 
                enacted by the Congress; or
                  (B) conditions and circumstances which may 
                indicate the necessity or desirability of 
                enacting new or additional legislation; and
          (2) its formulation, consideration, and enactment of 
        such modifications or changes in those laws, and of 
        such additional legislation, as may be necessary or 
        appropriate.
    (b) Oversight Plan.--Not later than February 15 of the 
first session of each Congress, the Committee shall adopt its 
oversight plans for that Congress in accordance with clause 
2(d)(1) of rule X of the Rules of the House.
    (c) Review of Laws and Programs.--The Committee and the 
appropriate subcommittees shall cooperatively review and study, 
on a continuing basis, the application, administration, 
execution, and effectiveness of those laws, or parts of laws, 
the subject matter of which is within the jurisdiction of the 
Committee, and the organization and operation of the Federal 
agencies and entities having responsibilities in or for the 
administration and execution thereof, in order to determine 
whether such laws and the programs thereunder are being 
implemented and carried out in accordance with the intent of 
the Congress and whether such programs should be continued, 
curtailed, or eliminated. In addition, the Committee and the 
appropriate subcommittees shall cooperatively review and study 
any conditions or circumstances which may indicate the 
necessity or desirability of enacting new or additional 
legislation within the jurisdiction of the Committee (whether 
or not any bill or resolution has been introduced with respect 
thereto), and shall on a continuing basis undertake future 
research and forecasting on matters within the jurisdiction of 
the Committee.
    (d) Review of Tax Policies.--The Committee and the 
appropriate subcommittees shall cooperatively review and study 
on a continuing basis the impact or probable impact of tax 
policies affecting subjects within the jurisdiction of the 
Committee.

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

    (a) Ensuring Annual Appropriations.--The Committee shall, 
in its consideration of all bills and joint resolutions of a 
public character within its jurisdiction, ensure that 
appropriations for continuing programs and activities of the 
Federal Government and the District of Columbia government will 
be made annually to the maximum extent feasible and consistent 
with the nature, requirements, and objectives of the programs 
and activities involved.
    (b) Review of Multi-Year Appropriations.--The Committee 
shall review, from time to time, each continuing program within 
its jurisdiction for which appropriations are not made annually 
in order to ascertain whether such program could be modified so 
that appropriations therefore would be made annually.
    (c) Views and Estimates.--In accordance with clause 4(f)(1) 
of rule X of the Rules of the House, the Committee shall submit 
to the Committee on the Budget--
          (1) its views and estimates with respect to all 
        matters to be set forth in the concurrent resolution on 
        the budget for the ensuing fiscal year which are within 
        its jurisdiction or functions; and
          (2) an estimate of the total amount of new budget 
        authority, and budget outlays resulting therefrom, to 
        be provided or authorized in all bills and resolutions 
        within its jurisdiction which it intends to be 
        effective during that fiscal year.
    (d) Budget Allocations.--As soon as practicable after a 
concurrent resolution on the budget for any fiscal year is 
agreed to, the Committee (after consulting with the appropriate 
committee or committees of the Senate) shall subdivide any 
allocations made to it in the joint explanatory statement 
accompanying the conference report on such resolution, and 
promptly report such subdivisions to the House, in the manner 
provided by section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974.
    (e) Reconciliation.--Whenever the Committee is directed in 
a concurrent resolution on the budget to determine and 
recommend changes in laws, bills, or resolutions under the 
reconciliation process, it shall promptly make such 
determination and recommendations, and report a reconciliation 
bill or resolution (or both) to the House or submit such 
recommendations to the Committee on the Budget, in accordance 
with the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

                           Rule XIV.--Records

    (a) Keeping of Records.--The Committee shall keep a 
complete record of all Committee action which shall include--
    (1) in the case of any meeting or hearing transcripts, a 
substantially verbatim account of remarks actually made during 
the proceedings, subject only to technical, grammatical, and 
typographical corrections authorized by the person making the 
remarks involved; and (2) a record of the votes on any question 
on which a record vote is demanded.
    (b) Public Inspection.--The result of each such record vote 
shall be made available by the Committee for inspection by the 
public at reasonable times in the offices of the Committee. 
Information so available for public inspection shall include a 
description of the amendment, motion, order, or other 
proposition and the name of each member voting for and each 
member voting against such amendment, motion, order, or 
proposition, and the names of those members present but not 
voting.
    (c) Property of The House.--All Committee hearings, 
records, data, charts, and files shall be kept separate and 
distinct from the congressional office records of the member 
serving as Chairman of the Committee; and such records shall be 
the property of the House and all members of the House shall 
have access thereto.
    (d) Availability of Archived Records.--The records of the 
Committee at the National Archives and Records Administration 
shall be made available for public use in accordance with rule 
VII of the Rules of the House. The Chairman shall notify the 
ranking minority member of the Committee of any decision, 
pursuant to clause 3(b)(3) or clause 4(b) of such rule, to 
withhold a record otherwise available, and the matter shall be 
presented to the Committee for a determination on written 
request of any member of the Committee.
    (e) Authority To Print.--The Committee is authorized to 
have printed and bound testimony and other data presented at 
hearings held by the Committee. All costs of stenographic 
services and transcripts in connection with any meeting or 
hearing of the Committee shall be paid as provided in clause 
1(c) of rule XI of the House.

                      Rule XV.--Committee Budgets

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

                       Rule XVI.--Committee Staff

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

                Rule XVII.--Travel of Members and Staff

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

 BOB FILNER, California, Chairman 

STEVE BUYER, Indiana, Ranking Member CORRINE BROWN, Florida
CLIFF STEARNS, Florida               VIC SNYDER, Arkansas
JERRY MORAN, Kansas                  MICHAEL H. MICHAUD, Maine
RICHARD H. BAKER, Louisiana          STEPHANIE HERSETH SANDLIN, South 
HENRY E. BROWN, Jr., South Carolina  Dakota
JEFF MILLER, Florida                 HARRY E. MITCHELL, Arizona
JOHN BOOZMAN, Arkansas               JOHN J. HALL, New York
GINNY BROWN-WAITE, Florida           PHIL HARE, Illinois
MICHAEL R. TURNER, Ohio              MICHAEL F. DOYLE, Pennsylvania
BRIAN P. BILBRAY, California         SHELLEY BERKLEY, Nevada
DOUG LAMBORN, Colorado               JOHN T. SALAZAR, Colorado
GUS M. BILIRAKIS, Florida            CIRO D. RODRIGUEZ, Texas
VERN BUCHANAN, Florida*              JOE DONNELLY, Indiana
                                     JERRY McNERNEY, California
                                     ZACHARY T. SPACE, Ohio
                                     TIMOTHY J. WALZ, Minnesota

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*Appointed to the Veterans' Affairs Committee on March 12, 2007, 
filling a vacancy created by the resignation of Rep. Dan Burton 
effective that same day.

                       (Adopted January 30, 2007)

                      Rule 1.--General Provisions

    (a) Applicability of House Rules.--The Rules of the House 
are the rules of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and its 
subcommittees so far as applicable, except that a motion to 
recess from day to day, and a motion to dispense with the first 
reading (in full) of a bill or resolution, if printed copies 
are available, are non-debatable privileged motions in 
Committees and subcommittees.
    (b) Subcommittees.--Each subcommittee of the Committee is a 
part of the Committee and is subject to the authority and 
direction of the Committee and to its rules so far as 
applicable.
    (c) Incorporation of House Rule on Committee Procedure.--
Rule XI of the Rules of the House, which pertains entirely to 
Committee procedure, is incorporated and made part of the rules 
of the Committee to the extent applicable. Pursuant to clause 
2(a)(3) of rule XI of the Rules of the House, the Chairman of 
the full Committee is directed to offer a motion under clause 1 
of rule XXII of the Rules of the House whenever the Chairman 
considers it appropriate.
    (d) Vice Chairman.--Pursuant to clause 2(d) of rule XI of 
the Rules of the House, the Chairman of the full Committee 
shall designate the Vice Chairman of the Committee and a Vice 
Chairman of each subcommittee established under rule 5(a)(1).

                Rule 2.--Regular and Additional Meetings

    (a) Regular Meetings.--The regular meeting day for the 
Committee shall be at 10 a.m. on the second Wednesday of each 
month in such place as the Chairman may designate. However, the 
Chairman may dispense with a regular Wednesday meeting of the 
Committee.
    (b) Additional Meetings.--The Chairman of the Committee may 
call and convene, as he considers necessary, additional 
meetings of the Committee for the consideration of any bill or 
resolution pending before the Committee or for the conduct of 
other Committee business. The Committee shall meet for such 
purpose pursuant to the call of the Chairman.
    (c) Notice.--The Chairman shall notify each member of the 
Committee of the agenda of each regular and additional meeting 
of the Committee at least 24 hours before the time of the 
meeting, except under circumstances the Chairman determines to 
be of an emergency nature. Under such circumstances, the 
Chairman shall make an effort to consult the ranking minority 
member, or in such member's absence, the next ranking minority 
party member of the Committee.

                Rule 3.--Meetings and Hearings Generally

    (a) Open Meetings and Hearings.--Meetings and hearings of 
the Committee and each of its subcommittees shall be open to 
the public unless closed in accordance with clause 2(g) of rule 
XI of the Rules of the House.
    (b) Announcement of Hearing.--The Chairman, in the case of 
a hearing to be conducted by the Committee, and the 
subcommittee Chairman, in the case of a hearing to be conducted 
by a subcommittee, shall make public announcement of the date, 
place, and subject matter of any hearing to be conducted on any 
measure or matter at least one week before the commencement of 
that hearing unless the Committee or the subcommittee 
determines that there is good cause to begin the hearing at an 
earlier date. In the latter event, the Chairman or the 
subcommittee Chairman, as the case may be, shall consult with 
the ranking minority member and make such public announcement 
at the earliest possible date. The clerk of the Committee shall 
promptly notify the Daily Clerk of the Congressional Record and 
the Committee scheduling service of the House Information 
Resources as soon as possible after such public announcement is 
made.
    (c) Wireless Telephone Use Prohibited.--No person may use a 
wireless telephone during a Committee or subcommittee meeting 
or hearing.
    (d) Media Coverage.--Any meeting of the Committee or its 
subcommittees that is open to the public shall be open to 
coverage by radio, television, and still photography in 
accordance with the provisions of clause 4 of rule XI of the 
Rules of the House.
    (e) Requirements for Testimony.--
          (1) Each witness who is to appear before the 
        Committee or a subcommittee shall file with the clerk 
        of the Committee, at least 48 hours in advance of his 
        or her appearance, a written statement of his or her 
        proposed testimony. Each witness shall, to the greatest 
        extent practicable, also provide a copy of such written 
        testimony in an electronic format prescribed by the 
        Chairman. Each witness shall limit any oral 
        presentation to a summary of the written statement.
          (2) Pursuant to clause 4 of rule XI of the Rules of 
        the House, in the case of a witness appearing in a non-
        governmental capacity a written statement of proposed 
        testimony shall include a curriculum vitae and a 
        disclosure of the amount and source (by agency and 
        program) of any Federal grant (or subgrant thereof) or 
        contract (or subcontract thereof) received during the 
        current fiscal year or either of the two preceding 
        fiscal years by the witness or by an entity represented 
        by the witness.
    (f) Calling and Questioning Witnesses.--
          (1) Committee and subcommittee members may question 
        witnesses only when they have been recognized by the 
        Chairman of the Committee or subcommittee for that 
        purpose, and only for a 5-minute period until all 
        members present have had an opportunity to question a 
        witness. The 5-minute period for questioning a witness 
        by any one member may be extended only with the 
        unanimous consent of all members present. The 
        questioning of witnesses in both Committee and 
        subcommittee hearings shall be initiated by the 
        Chairman, followed by the ranking minority party member 
        and all other members alternating between the majority 
        and minority. Except as otherwise announced by the 
        Chairman at the beginning of a hearing, members who are 
        present at the start of the hearing will be recognized 
        before other members who arrive after the hearing has 
        begun. In recognizing members to question witnesses in 
        this fashion, the Chairman shall take into 
        consideration the ratio of the majority to minority 
        members present and shall establish the order of 
        recognition for questioning in such a manner as not to 
        disadvantage the members of the majority.
          (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) 
        regarding the 5-minute rule, the Chairman after 
        consultation with the ranking minority member may 
        designate an equal number of members of the Committee 
        or subcommittee majority and minority party to question 
        a witness for a period not longer than 30 minutes. In 
        no event shall the Chairman allow a member to question 
        a witness for an extended period under this rule until 
        all members present have had the opportunity to ask 
        questions under the 5-minute rule. The Chairman after 
        consultation with the ranking minority member may 
        permit Committee staff for its majority and minority 
        party members to question a witness for equal specified 
        periods of time.
          (3) When a hearing is conducted by the Committee or a 
        subcommittee on any measure or matter, the minority 
        party members on the Committee shall be entitled, upon 
        request to the Chairman of a majority of those minority 
        members before the completion of the hearing, to call 
        witnesses selected by the minority to testify with 
        respect to that measure or matter during at least one 
        day of the hearing thereon.
    (g) Subpoenas.--Pursuant to clause 2(m) of rule XI of the 
Rules of the House, a subpoena may be authorized and issued by 
the Committee or a subcommittee in the conduct of any 
investigation or series of investigations or activities, only 
when authorized by a majority of the members voting, a majority 
being present.

     Rule 4.--Quorum and Record Votes; Postponement of Proceedings

    (a) Working Quorum.--A majority of the members of the 
Committee shall constitute a quorum for business and a majority 
of the members of any subcommittee shall constitute a quorum 
thereof for business, except that two members shall constitute 
a quorum for the purpose of taking testimony and receiving 
evidence.
    (b) Quorum for Reporting.--No measure or recommendation 
shall be reported to the House of Representatives unless a 
majority of the Committee was actually present.
    (c) Record Votes.--A record vote may be demanded by one-
fifth of the members present or, in the apparent absence of a 
quorum, by any one member. With respect to any record vote on 
any motion to amend or report, the total number of votes cast 
for and against, and the names of those members voting for and 
against, shall be included in the report of the Committee on 
the bill or resolution.
    (d) Prohibition Against Proxy Voting.--No vote by any 
member of the Committee or a subcommittee with respect to any 
measure or matter may be cast by proxy.
    (e) Postponing Proceedings.--Committee and subcommittee 
chairmen may postpone further proceedings when a record vote is 
ordered on the question of approving a measure or matter or on 
adopting an amendment, and may resume proceedings within two 
legislative days on a postponed question after reasonable 
notice. When proceedings resume on a postponed question, 
notwithstanding any intervening order for the previous 
question, an underlying proposition shall remain subject to 
further debate or amendment to the same extent as when the 
question was postponed.

                         Rule 5.--Subcommittees

    (a) Establishment and Jurisdiction.--
          (1) There shall be four subcommittees of the 
        Committee as follows:
                  (A) Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and 
                Memorial Affairs, which shall have legislative, 
                oversight and investigative jurisdiction over 
                compensation; general and special pensions of 
                all the wars of the United States; life 
                insurance issued by the Government on account 
                of service in the Armed Forces; cemeteries of 
                the United States in which veterans of any war 
                or conflict are or may be buried, whether in 
                the United States or abroad, except cemeteries 
                administered by the Secretary of the Interior; 
                burial benefits; the Board of Veterans' 
                Appeals; and the United States Court of Appeals 
                for Veterans' Claims.
                  (B) Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, 
                which shall have legislative, oversight and 
                investigative jurisdiction over education of 
                veterans, employment and training of veterans, 
                vocational rehabilitation, veterans' housing 
                programs, readjustment of servicemembers to 
                civilian life, and servicemembers civil relief.
                  (C) Subcommittee on Health, which shall have 
                legislative, oversight and investigative 
                jurisdiction over veterans' hospitals, medical 
                care, and treatment of veterans.
                  (D) Subcommittee on Oversight and 
                Investigations, which shall have oversight and 
                investigative jurisdiction over veterans' 
                matters generally, and over such matters as may 
                be referred to the subcommittee by the Chairman 
                of the full Committee for its oversight or 
                investigation and for its appropriate 
                recommendations. The subcommittee shall only 
                have legislative jurisdiction over such bills 
                or resolutions as may be referred to it by the 
                Chairman of the full Committee.
          (2) Each subcommittee shall have responsibility for 
        such other measures or matters as the Chairman refers 
        to it.
    (b) Vacancies.--Any vacancy in the membership of a 
subcommittee shall not affect the power of the remaining 
members to execute the functions of that subcommittee.
    (c) Ratios.--On each subcommittee, there shall be a ratio 
of majority party members to minority party members which shall 
be consistent with the ratio on the full Committee.
    (d) Referral to Subcommittees.--The Chairman of the 
Committee may refer a measure or matter, which is within the 
general responsibility of more than one of the subcommittees of 
the Committee, as the Chairman deems appropriate. In referring 
any measure or matter to a subcommittee, the Chairman of the 
Committee may specify a date by which the subcommittee shall 
report thereon to the Committee.
    (e) Powers and Duties.--
          (1) Each subcommittee is authorized to meet, hold 
        hearings, receive evidence, and report to the full 
        Committee on all matters referred to it or under its 
        jurisdiction. Subcommittee chairmen shall set dates for 
        hearings and meetings of their respective subcommittees 
        after consultation with the Chairman of the Committee 
        and other subcommittee chairmen with a view toward 
        avoiding simultaneous scheduling of Committee and 
        subcommittee meetings or hearings whenever possible.
          (2) Whenever a subcommittee has ordered a bill, 
        resolution, or other matter to be reported to the 
        Committee, the Chairman of the subcommittee reporting 
        the bill, resolution, or matter to the full Committee, 
        or any member authorized by the subcommittee to do so 
        shall notify the Chairman and the ranking minority 
        party member of the Committee of the Subcommittee's 
        action.
          (3) A member of the Committee who is not a member of 
        a particular subcommittee may sit with the subcommittee 
        during any of its meetings and hearings, but shall not 
        have authority to vote, cannot be counted for a quorum, 
        and cannot raise a point of order at the meeting or 
        hearing.
          (4) Each subcommittee shall provide the Committee 
        with copies of such record votes taken in subcommittee 
        and such other records with respect to the subcommittee 
        as the Chairman of the Committee deems necessary for 
        the Committee to comply with all rules and regulations 
        of the House.

               Rule 6.--General Oversight Responsibility

    (a) Purpose.--Pursuant to clause 2 of rule X of the Rules 
of the House, the Committee shall carry out oversight 
responsibilities. In order to assist the House in--
          (1) Its analysis, appraisal, evaluation of--
                  (A) The application, administration, 
                execution, and effectiveness of the laws 
                enacted by the Congress, or
                  (B) Conditions and circumstances which may 
                indicate the necessity or desirability of 
                enacting new or additional legislation, and
          (2) Its formulation, consideration and enactment of 
        such modifications or changes in those laws, and of 
        such additional legislation, as may be necessary or 
        appropriate, the Committee and its various 
        subcommittees, consistent with their jurisdiction as 
        set forth in rule 5, shall have oversight 
        responsibilities as provided in subsection (b).
    (b) Review of Laws and Programs.--The Committee and its 
subcommittees shall review and study, on a continuing basis, 
the applications, administration, execution, and effectiveness 
of those laws, or parts of laws, the subject matter of which is 
within the jurisdiction of the Committee or subcommittee, and 
the organization and operation of the Federal agencies and 
entities having responsibilities in or for the administration 
and execution thereof, in order to determine whether such laws 
and the programs thereunder are being implemented and carried 
out in accordance with the intent of the Congress and whether 
such programs should be continued, curtailed, or eliminated. In 
addition, the Committee and its subcommittees shall review and 
study any conditions or circumstances which may indicate the 
necessity or desirability of enacting new or additional 
legislation within the jurisdiction of the Committee or 
subcommittee (whether or not any bill or resolution has been 
introduced with respect thereto), and shall on a continuing 
basis undertake future research and forecasting on matters 
within the jurisdiction of the Committee or subcommittee.
    (c) Oversight Plan.--Not later than February 15 of the 
first session of a Congress, the Committee shall meet in open 
session, with a quorum present, to adopt its oversight plans 
for that Congress for submission to the Committee on House 
Administration and the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform, in accordance with the provisions of clause 2(d) of 
rule X of the Rules of the House.
    (d) Oversight by Subcommittees.--The existence and 
activities of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations 
shall in no way limit the responsibility of the other 
subcommittees of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs for 
carrying out oversight duties.

                  Rule 7.--Budget Act Responsibilities

    (a) Budget Act Responsibilities.--Pursuant to clause 
4(f)(1) of rule X of the Rules of the House, the 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--
          (1) Its views and estimates with respect to all 
        matters to be set forth in the concurrent resolution on 
        the budget for the ensuing fiscal year that are within 
        its jurisdiction or functions; and
          (2) An estimate of the total amounts of new budget 
        authority, and budget outlays resulting therefrom, to 
        be provided or authorized in all bills and resolutions 
        within its jurisdiction that it intends to be effective 
        during that fiscal year.

                   Rule 8.--Records and Other Matters

    (a) Transcripts.--There shall be a transcript made of each 
regular and additional meeting and hearing of the Committee and 
its subcommittees. Any such transcript shall be a substantially 
verbatim account of remarks actually made during the 
proceedings, subject only to technical, grammatical, and 
typographical corrections authorized by the person making the 
remarks involved.
    (b) Records.--
          (1) The Committee shall keep a record of all actions 
        of the Committee and each of its subcommittees. The 
        record shall contain all information required by clause 
        2(e)(1) of rule XI of the Rules of the House and shall 
        be available for public inspection at reasonable times 
        in the offices of the Committee.
          (2) There shall be kept in writing a record of the 
        proceedings of the Committee and each of its 
        subcommittees, including a record of the votes on any 
        question on which a recorded vote is demanded. The 
        result of each such record vote shall be made available 
        by the Committee for inspection by the public at 
        reasonable times in the offices of the Committee. 
        Information so available for public inspection shall 
        include a description of the amendment, motion, order 
        or other proposition and the name of each member voting 
        for and each member voting against such amendment, 
        motion, order, or proposition, and the names of those 
        members present but not voting.
    (c) Availability of Archived Records.--The records of the 
Committee at the National Archives and Records Administration 
shall be made available for public use in accordance with rule 
VII of the Rules of the House. The Chairman shall notify the 
ranking minority member of any decision, pursuant to clause 3 
or clause 4 of rule VII of the Rules of the House, to withhold 
a record otherwise available, and the matter shall be presented 
to the Committee for a determination on written request of any 
member of the Committee.
    (d) Availability of Publications.--Pursuant to clause 
2(e)(4) of rule XI of the Rules of the House, the Committee 
shall make its publications available in electronic form to the 
maximum extent feasible.
                      Committee on Ways and Means

   CHARLES B. RANGEL, New York, 
             Chairman

JIM McCRERY, Louisiana,              FORTNEY PETE STARK, California
  Ranking Member                     SANDER M. LEVIN, Michigan
WALLY HERGER, California             JIM McDERMOTT, Washington
DAVE CAMP, Michigan                  JOHN LEWIS, Georgia
JIM RAMSTAD, Minnesota               RICHARD E. NEAL, Massachusetts
SAM JOHNSON, Texas                   MICHAEL R. McNULTY, New York
PHIL ENGLISH, Pennsylvania           JOHN S. TANNER, Tennessee
JERRY WELLER, Illinois               XAVIER BECERRA, California
KENNY C. HULSHOF, Missouri           LLOYD DOGGETT, Texas
RON LEWIS, Kentucky                  EARL POMEROY, North Dakota
KEVIN BRADY, Texas                   STEPHANIE TUBBS JONES, Ohio
THOMAS M. REYNOLDS, New York         MIKE THOMPSON, California
PAUL RYAN, Wisconsin                 JOHN B. LARSON, Connecticut
ERIC CANTOR, Virginia                RAHM EMANUEL, Illinois
JOHN LINDER, Georgia                 EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon
DEVIN NUNES, California              RON KIND, Wisconsin
PATRICK J. TIBERI, Ohio              BILL PASCRELL, Jr., New Jersey
JON C. PORTER, Nevada                SHELLEY BERKLEY, Nevada
                                     JOSEPH CROWLEY, New York
                                     CHRIS VAN HOLLEN, Maryland
                                     KENDRICK B. MEEK, Florida
                                     ALLYSON Y. SCHWARTZ, Pennsylvania
                                     ARTUR DAVIS, Alabama

                       (Adopted January 17, 2007)

    PART I.--RULES OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS FOR THE 110TH 
                                CONGRESS

                               A. GENERAL

                  Rule 1.--Application of House Rules

    The rules of the House are the rules of the Committee on 
Ways and Means and its subcommittees so far as applicable, 
except that a motion to recess from day to day, and a motion to 
dispense with the first reading (in full) of a bill or 
resolution, if printed copies are available, is a non-debatable 
motion of high privilege in the Committee.
    Each subcommittee of the Committee is part of the Committee 
and is subject to the authority and direction of the Committee 
and to its rules so far as applicable. Written rules adopted by 
the Committee, not inconsistent with the Rules of the House, 
shall be binding on each subcommittee of the Committee.
    The provisions of rule XI of the Rules of the House are 
incorporated by reference as the rules of the Committee to the 
extent applicable.

                   Rule 2.--Meeting Date and Quorums

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

                       Rule 3.--Committee Budget

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

              Rule 4.--Publication of Committee Documents

    Any Committee or Subcommittee print, document, or similar 
material prepared for public distribution shall either be 
approved by the Committee or Subcommittee prior to distribution 
and opportunity afforded for the inclusion of supplemental, 
minority or additional views, or such document shall contain on 
its cover the following disclaimer:
    Prepared for the use of Members of the Committee on Ways 
and Means by members of its staff. This document has not been 
officially approved by the Committee and may not reflect the 
views of its Members.
    Any such print, document, or other material not officially 
approved by the Committee or Subcommittee shall not include the 
names of its Members, other than the name of the full Committee 
Chairman or Subcommittee Chairman under whose authority the 
document is released. Any such document shall be made available 
to the full Committee Chairman and Ranking Minority Member not 
less than 3 calendar days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and 
legal holidays) prior to its public release.
    The requirements of this rule shall apply only to the 
publication of policy-oriented, analytical documents, and not 
to the publication of public hearings, legislative documents, 
documents which are administrative in nature or reports which 
are required to be submitted to the Committee under public law. 
The appropriate characterization of a document subject to this 
rule shall be determined after consultation with the Minority.

                        Rule 5.--Official Travel

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

      Rule 6.--Availability of Committee Records and Publications

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

                      Rule 7.--Committee Web Site

    The Chairman shall maintain an official Committee website 
for the purpose of furthering the Committee's legislative and 
oversight responsibilities, including communicating information 
about the Committee's activities to Committee members and other 
members of the House. The ranking minority member may maintain 
a similar website for the same purpose, including communicating 
information about the activities of the minority to Committee 
members and other members of the House.

                            B. SUBCOMMITTEES


             Rule 8.--Subcommittee Ratios and Jurisdiction

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

              Rule 9.--Ex-Officio Members of Subcommittees

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

                    Rule 10.--Subcommittee Meetings

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

      Rule 11.--Reference of Legislation and Subcommittee Reports

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

         Rule 12.--Recommendation for Appointment of Conferees

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

                              C. HEARINGS


                          Rule 13.--Witnesses

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

                   Rule 14.--Questioning of Witnesses

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

                        Rule 15.--Subpoena Power

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

                     Rule 16.--Records of Hearings

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

                   Rule 17.--Broadcasting of Hearings

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

                               D. MARKUPS


                      Rule 18.--Previous Question

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

                 Rule 19.--Postponement of Proceedings

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

                  Rule 20.--Motion To Go to Conference

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

 Rule 21.--Official Transcripts of Markups and Other Committee Meetings

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

      Rule 22.--Publication of Decisions and Legislative Language

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

                                E. STAFF


                Rule 23.--Supervision of Committee Staff

    The staff of the Committee shall be under the general 
supervision and direction of the Chairman of the full Committee 
except as provided in clause 9 of rule X of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives concerning Committee expenses and 
staff.
    Pursuant to clause 6(d) of rule X of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives, the Chairman of the full Committee, from 
the funds made available for the appointment of Committee staff 
pursuant to primary and additional expense resolutions, shall 
ensure that each Subcommittee receives sufficient staff to 
carry out its responsibilities under the rules of the 
Committee, and that the minority party is fairly treated in the 
appointment of such staff.
      
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            PART II--PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE

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              Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 

 SILVESTRE REYES, Texas, Chairman 

PETER HOEKSTRA, Michigan,            ALCEE L. HASTINGS, Florida,
  Ranking Member                       Vice Chairman
TERRY EVERETT, Alabama               LEONARD L. BOSWELL, Iowa
ELTON GALLEGLY, California*          ROBERT E. ``BUD'' CRAMER, Jr., 
HEATHER WILSON, New Mexico           Alabama
MAC THORNBERRY, Texas                ANNA G. ESHOO, California
JOHN M. MCHUGH, New York             RUSH D. HOLT, New Jersey
TODD TIAHRT, Kansas                  C.A. DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER, Maryland
MIKE ROGERS, Michigan                JOHN F. TIERNEY, Massachusetts
DARRELL E. ISSA, California          MIKE THOMPSON, California
                                     JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY, Illinois
                                     JAMES R. LANGEVIN, Rhode Island
                                     PATRICK J. MURPHY, Pennsylvania

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*Appointed to the Intelligence Committee on May 22, 2007, filling a 
vacancy created by the April 23, 2007 resignation of Rep. Rick Renzi.

                       (Adopted January 18, 2007)

                          Rule 1.--Meeting Day

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

                      Rule 2.--Notice for Meetings

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

              Rule 3.--Preparations for Committee Meetings

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

                         Rule 4.--Open Meetings

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

                            Rule 5.--Quorum

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

              Rule 6.--Procedures for Amendments and Votes

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

                         Rule 7.--Subcommittees

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

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

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

                        Rule 9.--Investigations

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

                          Rule 10.--Subpoenas

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

                       Rule 11.--Committee Staff

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

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

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

                     Rule 13.--Classified Material

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

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

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

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

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

                     Rule 15.--Legislative Calendar

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

                      Rule 16.--Committee Web Site

    The Chairman shall maintain an official Committee web site 
for the purpose of furthering the Committee's legislative and 
oversight responsibilities, including communicating information 
about the Committee's activities to Committee Members and other 
Members of the House.

                 Rule 17.--Motions To Go to Conference

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

                       Rule 18.--Committee Travel

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

                     Rule 19.--Disciplinary Actions

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

               Rule 20.--Broadcasting Committee Meetings

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

    Rule 21.--Committee Records Transferred to the National Archives

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

                       Rule 22.--Changes in Rules

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

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       Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming

 EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts, 
             Chairman

F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, Jr.,         EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon
JOHN B. SHADEGG, Arizona             JAY INSLEE, Washington
GREG WALDEN, Oregon                    Wisconsin, Ranking Member
CANDICE S. MILLER, Michigan          JOHN B. LARSON, Connecticut
JOHN SULLIVAN, Oklahoma              HILDA L. SOLIS, California
MARSHA BLACKBURN, Tennessee          STEPHANIE HERSETH SANDLIN, South 
                                     Dakota
                                     EMANUEL CLEAVER, Missouri
                                     JOHN J. HALL, New York
                                     JERRY McNERNEY, California

                        (Adopted March 27, 2007)

                      Rule 1.--General Provisions

    The Rules of the House are the rules of the Select 
Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming 
(hereinafter ``Committee'') so far as they are applicable.

                  Rule 2.--Time and Place of Meetings

    (a) Regular Meeting Days.--The Committee shall meet on the 
first Tuesday of each month at 10 a.m., for the consideration 
of any pending business, if the House is in session on that 
day. If the House is not in session on that day and the 
Committee has not met during such month, the Committee shall 
meet at the earliest practicable opportunity when the House is 
again in session. The Chairman may, at his discretion, cancel, 
delay, or defer any meeting required under this section, after 
consultation with the Ranking Minority Member.
    (b) Additional Meetings.--The Chairman may call and 
convene, as he considers necessary, additional meetings of the 
Committee for the consideration of Committee business. The 
Committee shall meet for such purposes pursuant to that call of 
the Chairman.
    (c) Vice Chairman; Presiding Member.--The Chairman shall 
designate a member of the majority party to serve as Vice 
Chairman of the Committee. The Vice Chairman shall preside at 
any meeting or hearing during the temporary absence of the 
Chairman. If the Chairman and Vice Chairman are not present at 
any meeting or hearing, the most senior present member of the 
majority party shall preside at the meeting or hearing.
    (d) Open Meetings and Hearings.--Each meeting and hearing 
of the Committee for the transaction of business shall be open 
to the public, including to radio, television and still 
photography coverage, consistent with the provisions of rule XI 
of the Rules of the House.

                            Rule 3.--Agenda

    The agenda for each Committee meeting other than a hearing, 
setting out the date, time, place, and all items of business to 
be considered, shall be provided to each member of the 
Committee at least 24 hours in advance of such meeting.

                           Rule 4.--Procedure

    (a) Hearings.--The date, time, place, and subject matter of 
any hearing of the Committee shall be announced at least one 
week in advance of the commencement of such hearing, unless the 
Chairman, with the concurrence of the Ranking Minority Member, 
determines in accordance with clause 2(g)(3) of rule XI of the 
Rules of the House, that there is good cause to begin the 
hearing sooner. In such cases, the Chairman shall make the 
announcement at the earliest possible date.
    (b) Meetings.--The date, time, place, and subject matter of 
any meeting (other than a hearing) scheduled on a Tuesday, 
Wednesday, or Thursday when the House is scheduled to be in 
session shall be announced at least 24 hours (exclusive of 
Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, except when the House 
is in session on such days) in advance of the commencement of 
such meeting.
    (c) Motions.--Pursuant to clause 1(a)(2) of rule XI of the 
Rules of the House, privileged motions to recess from day to 
day, or recess subject to the call of the Chair (within 24 
hours), shall be decided without debate.
    (d)(1) Requirements for Testimony.--Each witness who is to 
appear before the Committee shall file with the clerk of the 
Committee, at least two working days in advance of his or her 
appearance, sufficient copies, as determined by the Chairman, 
of a written statement of his or her proposed testimony to 
provide to members and staff of the Committee, the news media, 
and the general public. Each witness shall, to the greatest 
extent practicable, also provide a copy of such written 
testimony in an electronic format prescribed by the Chairman. 
Each witness shall limit his or her oral presentation to a 
brief summary of the testimony. The Chairman, or the presiding 
member, may waive the requirements of this paragraph or any 
part thereof.
    (2) Additional Requirements for Testimony.--To the greatest 
extent practicable, the written testimony of each witness 
appearing in a non-governmental capacity shall include a 
curriculum vitae and a disclosure of the amount and source (by 
agency and program) of any federal grant (or sub grant 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.
          (A) Questioning Witnesses. The right to question 
        witnesses before the Committee shall alternate between 
        majority and minority members. Each member shall be 
        limited to 5 minutes in the interrogation of witnesses 
        until such time as each member who so desires has had 
        an opportunity to question witnesses. No member shall 
        be recognized for a second period of 5 minutes to 
        interrogate a witness until each member of the 
        Committee present has been recognized once for that 
        purpose. While the Committee is operating under the 5-
        minute rule for the interrogation of witnesses, the 
        Chairman shall recognize, in order of appearance, 
        members who were not present when the meeting was 
        called to order after all members who were present when 
        the meeting was called to order have been recognized in 
        the order of seniority on the Committee.
          (B) Questions for the Record. Subject to the Rules of 
        the House, each member may submit to the Chairman 
        additional questions for the record, to be answered by 
        the witnesses who have appeared. Each member shall 
        provide a copy of the questions in an electronic format 
        to the clerk of the Committee no later than ten 
        business days following a hearing. The Chairman shall 
        transmit all questions received from members of the 
        Committee to the appropriate witness and include the 
        transmittal letter and the responses from the witnesses 
        in the hearing record.
          (C) Opening Statements. (1) All written opening 
        statements at hearings conducted by the Committee shall 
        be made part of the permanent hearing record.
      (2) The Chairman and Ranking Minority Member (or their 
respective designees) are entitled to deliver a 5 minute 
opening statement prior to the recognition of the first witness 
for testimony. Opening statements by other members of the 
Committee are subject to the discretion of the Chairman.

 Rule 5.--Waiver of Agenda, Notice, and Opening Statement Requirements

    Requirements of rules 3, 4(a)(1), 4(a)(2), and 4(d) may be 
waived for good cause by the Chairman, with the concurrence of 
the Ranking Minority Member.

                            Rule 6.--Quorum

    Testimony may be taken and evidence received at any hearing 
at which there are present not fewer than two members of the 
Committee. A majority of the members of the Committee shall 
constitute a quorum when otherwise required by the Rules of the 
House. For the purposes of taking any action other than those 
specified in the preceding sentences, one third of the members 
of the Committee shall constitute a quorum.

                            Rule 7.--Journal

    The proceedings of the Committee shall be recorded in a 
journal which shall, among other things, show those present at 
each meeting and hearing, and shall include a record of the 
votes on any question on which a record vote is demanded, a 
description of the motion, order, or other proposition voted, 
and the name of each member voting for and each member voting 
against such motion, order, or proposition, and the names of 
those members voting present. A copy of the journal shall be 
furnished to the Ranking Minority Member and made available to 
the public in a timely fashion.

           Rule 8.--Committee Professional and Clerical Staff

    (a) Committee staff members are subject to the provisions 
of clause 9 of rule X, as well as any written personnel 
policies the Committee may from time to time adopt. The 
Chairman shall determine the remuneration of legislative and 
administrative employees of the Committee.
    (b) The Chairman shall appoint, and may remove, the 
legislative and administrative employees of the Committee not 
assigned to the minority.
    (c) Minority Professional Staff. Professional staff members 
appointed pursuant to clause 9 of rule X of the House of 
Representatives, who are assigned to the Ranking Minority 
Member, and not to the Chairman, shall be assigned to such 
Committee business as the Ranking Minority Member considers 
advisable.
    (d) Additional Staff Appointments. In addition to the 
professional staff appointed pursuant to clause 9 of rule X of 
the House of Representatives, the Chairman shall be entitled to 
make such appointments to the clerical staff of the Committee 
as may be provided within the budget approved for such purposes 
by the Committee. Such appointees shall be assigned to such 
business of the Committee as the Chairman considers advisable.

                 Rule 9.--Supervision, Duties of Staff

    (a) Committee staff members are subject to the provisions 
of clause 9(b) of rule X.
    (b) Supervision of Majority Staff. The professional and 
clerical staff of the Committee not assigned to the minority 
shall be under the supervision and direction of the Chairman, 
who shall establish and assign the duties and responsibilities 
of such staff members and delegate such authority as he 
determines appropriate.
    (c) Supervision of Minority Staff. The professional and 
clerical staff assigned to the minority shall be under the 
supervision and direction of the Ranking Minority Member, who 
shall establish and assign the duties and responsibilities of 
such staff members and delegate such authority as he determines 
appropriate.

                    Rule 10.--Committee Expenditures

    Copies of each monthly report (prepared by the Chairman of 
the Committee on House Administration and showing expenditures 
made during the reporting period and cumulative for the year by 
the Committee), anticipated expenditures for the projected 
Committee program, and detailed information on travel, shall be 
available to each member.

              Rule 11.--Broadcasting of Committee Hearings

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

                          Rule 12.--Subpoenas

    The Committee may authorize and issue a subpoena under 
clause 2(m) of rule XI of the House.

                 Rule 13.--Travel of Members and Staff

    (a) Approval of Travel. Consistent with the primary expense 
resolution and such additional expense resolutions as may have 
been approved, travel to be reimbursed from funds set aside for 
the Committee for any member or any staff member shall be paid 
only upon the prior authorization of the Chairman. Travel may 
be authorized by the Chairman for any member and any staff 
member in connection with the attendance of hearings conducted 
by the Committee or any subcommittee thereof and meetings, 
conferences, and investigations which involve activities or 
subject matter under the general jurisdiction of the Committee. 
Before such authorization is given there shall be submitted to 
the Chairman, in writing, the following:
          (1) the purpose of the travel;
          (2) the dates during which the travel is to be made 
        and the date or dates of the event for which the travel 
        is being made;
          (3) the location of the event for which the travel is 
        to be made; and
          (4) the names of members and staff seeking 
        authorization.
    (b) Approval of Travel by Minority Members and Staff. In 
the case of travel by minority party members and minority party 
professional staff for the purpose set out in paragraph (a), 
the prior approval, not only of the Chairman but also of the 
Ranking Minority Member, shall be required. Such prior 
authorization shall be given by the Chairman only upon the 
representation by the Ranking Minority Member, in writing, 
setting forth those items enumerated in (1), (2), (3), and (4) 
of paragraph (a).
Select Committee to Investigate the Voting Irregularities of August 2, 
                                  2007

       WILLIAM D. DELAHUNT, 
      Massachusetts, Chairman

MIKE PENCE, Indiana, Ranking Member  ARTUR DAVIS, Alabama
STEVEN C. LaTOURETTE, Ohio           STEPHANIE HERSETH SANDLIN, South 
KENNY C. HULSHOF, Missouri           Dakota

                      (Adopted September 27, 2007)

    Resolved, That the Rules of the Select Committee to 
Investigate the Voting Irregularities of August 2, 2007 shall 
be as follows: Except as provided in paragraphs (1)-(4), rule 
XI and clause 2(c) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives shall be rules of the Select Committee.
    (1) Regular Meeting Days. If the House is in session, the 
Committee shall meet on the first Thursday of each month at 9 
a.m. for the consideration of any pending business. If the 
House is not in session on that day and the Committee has not 
met during such month, the Committee shall meet at the earliest 
practicable opportunity when the House is again in session. The 
Chairman may, at his discretion, cancel, delay, or defer any 
meeting required under this section, after consultation with 
the Ranking Minority Member.
    (2) Questioning Witnesses. The chairman, with the 
concurrence of the ranking minority member, may permit an equal 
number of majority and minority members to question a witness 
for a specified period that is equal for each side and not 
longer than 30 minutes for each side at a time. The chairman 
and ranking minority member shall each determine how to 
allocate this time for their members.
    (3) Views. Supplemental, minority, or additional views may 
be filed under rule XI and rule XIII of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives, and the time allowed for filing of such 
views shall be three calendar days, beginning on the day of 
notice, but excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays 
(unless the House is in session on such a day), unless the 
Committee agrees to a different time.
    (4) Quorum. For the purpose of taking testimony and 
receiving evidence, one Member from the majority and one Member 
from the minority shall constitute a quorum, unless otherwise 
agreed to by the ranking minority member.
      
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                PART IV--CONGRESSIONAL JOINT COMMITTEES

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                        Joint Economic Committee

 CHARLES E. SCHUMER, Senator from 
        New York, Chairman
CAROLYN B. MALONEY, Representative 
     from New York, Vice Chair

              SENATE                                HOUSE
EDWARD M. KENNEDY,                   MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York
  Massachusetts                      BARON P. HILL, Indiana
JEFF BINGAMAN, New Mexico            LORETTA SANCHEZ, California
AMY KLOBUCHAR, Minnesota             ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland
ROBERT P. CASEY, Pennsylvania        LLOYD DOGGETT, Texas
JIM WEBB, Virginia
         Minority Senators                    Minority Members
SAM BROWNBACK, Kansas                JIM SAXTON, New Jersey
JOHN E. SUNUNU, New Hampshire        KEVIN BRADY, Texas
JIM DeMINT, South Carolina           PHIL ENGLISH, Pennsylvania
ROBERT F. BENNETT, Utah              RON PAUL, Texas

                        (Adopted April 5, 2007)

                                 Rule 1

    The rules of the Senate and House, insofar as they are 
applicable, shall govern the committee and its subcommittees. 
The rules of the Committee, insofar as they are applicable, 
shall be the rules of any subcommittee of the Committee.

                                 Rule 2

    The meetings of the Committee shall be held at such times 
and in such places as the Chairman may designate, or at such 
times as a quorum of the Committee may request in writing, with 
adequate advance notice provided to all members of the 
Committee. Subcommittee meetings shall not be held when the 
full Committee is meeting. Where these rules require a vote of 
the members of the Committee, polling of members either in 
writing or by telephone shall not be permitted to substitute 
for a vote taken at a Committee meeting, unless the Ranking 
Minority Member assents to a waiver of this requirement.

                                 Rule 3

    Ten members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum. A 
majority of the members of a subcommittee shall constitute a 
quorum of such subcommittee.

                                 Rule 4

    Written or telegraphic proxies of Committee members will be 
received and recorded on any vote taken by the Committee, 
except at the organization meeting at the beginning of each 
Congress, or for the purpose of creating a quorum.

                                 Rule 5

    The Chairman may name standing or special subcommittees. 
Any member of the Committee shall have the privilege of sitting 
with any subcommittee during its hearings or deliberations, but 
no such member who is not a member of the subcommittee shall 
vote on any matter before such subcommittee.

                                 Rule 6

    The chairmanship and vice chairmanship of the Committee 
shall alternate between the House and Senate by Congresses. The 
senior member of the minority party in the House of Congress 
opposite to that of the Chairman shall be the Ranking Minority 
Member of the Committee. In the event the House and Senate are 
under different party control, the Chairman and Vice Chairman 
shall represent the majority party in the respective Houses.

                                 Rule 7

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

                                 Rule 8

    All hearings conducted by the Committee or its 
subcommittees shall be open to the public except where the 
Committee or subcommittee, as the case may be, by a majority 
vote orders an executive session. Whenever possible, all public 
hearings shall include some sessions held on the Senate side 
and some on the House side. House and Senate members shall 
alternate in order of seating and interrogation.

                                 Rule 9

    So far as practicable all witnesses appearing before the 
Committee shall file advance written statements of their 
proposed testimony, and their oral testimony shall be limited 
to brief summaries. Brief insertions of additional germane 
material will be received for the record, subject to the 
approval of the Chairman.

                                Rule 10

    An accurate stenographic record shall be kept of all 
testimony and each witness provided with a copy thereof. 
Witnesses may make changes in testimony for the purpose of 
correcting grammatical errors, obvious errors of fact, and 
errors of transcription. Brief supplemental materials when 
required to clarify the transcript may be inserted in the 
record subject to the approval of the Chairman. Witnesses shall 
be allowed 3 days within which to correct and return the 
transcript of their testimony. If not so returned, the clerk 
may close the record whenever necessary.

                                Rule 11

    Each member of the Committee shall be provided with a copy 
of the hearings transcript for the purpose of correcting errors 
of transcription and grammar, and clarifying questions or 
remarks. If another person is authorized by a Committee member 
to make his corrections, the clerk shall be so notified.
    Members who have received unanimous consent to submit 
written questions to witnesses shall be allowed 2 days within 
which to submit these to the executive director for 
transmission to the witnesses. The record may be held open for 
a period not to exceed 1 week awaiting responses by witnesses.

                                Rule 12

    Testimony received in executive hearings shall not be 
released or included in any report without the approval of a 
majority of the Committee.

                                Rule 13

    The Chairman shall provide adequate time for questioning of 
witnesses by all members, and the rule of germaneness shall be 
enforced in all hearings.

                                Rule 14

    None of the hearings of the Committee shall be telecast or 
broadcast, whether directly or through such devices as 
recordings, tapes, motion pictures, or other mechanical means, 
if in conflict with a rule or practice of the House on the side 
of the Capitol where hearings are being held. If no general 
rule or practice prevails in regard to such telecasts or 
broadcasts, none of the hearings of the Committee shall be 
telecast or broadcast unless approved by a majority of the 
members of the Committee.
    Telecasts or broadcasts of any such portion of hearings of 
the Committee as may include testimony of a witness, shall not 
be authorized if such witness objects to such telecast or 
broadcast: Provided, That such witness shall be afforded the 
opportunity to make such objection, if any, to the Committee at 
a time when the proceedings are not being telecast or 
broadcast.

                                Rule 15

    No Committee report shall be made public or transmitted to 
the Congress without the approval of a majority of the 
Committee except that when the Congress has adjourned, 
subcommittees may by majority vote and with the express 
permission of the full Committee submit reports to the full 
Committee and simultaneously release same to the public: 
Provided, That any member of the Committee may make a report 
supplementary to or dissenting from the majority report. Such 
supplementary or dissenting reports should be as brief as 
possible. Factual reports by the Committee staff may be printed 
for the distribution to Committee members and the public only 
upon authorization of the Chairman of the full Committee either 
with the approval of a majority of the Committee or with the 
consent of the Ranking Minority Member.

                                Rule 16

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

                                Rule 17

    There shall be kept a complete record of all Committee 
proceedings and actions. The clerk of the Committee, or a 
designated member of the Committee staff, shall act as 
recording secretary of all proceedings before the Committee and 
shall prepare and circulate to all members of the Committee the 
minutes of such proceedings. Minutes circulated will be 
considered approved unless objection is registered prior to the 
next Committee meeting. The records of the Committee shall be 
open to all members of the Committee.

                                Rule 18

    The Committee shall have a professional and clerical staff 
under the supervision of an executive director. The Committee 
shall appoint and remove the executive director with the 
approval of not less than 10 members of the Committee. Staff 
operating procedures shall be determined by the executive 
director, with the approval of the Chairman of the Committee, 
and after notification to the Ranking Minority Member with 
respect to basic revisions. The executive director under the 
general supervision of the Chairman is authorized to deal 
directly with agencies of the Government and with non-
Government groups and individuals on behalf of the Committee.
    The professional members of the Committee staff shall be 
appointed and removed on the recommendation of the executive 
director with approval by a majority vote of the Committee. The 
professional staff members, including the executive director, 
shall be persons selected without regard to political 
affiliations who, as a result of training, experience, and 
attainments, are exceptionally qualified to analyze and 
interpret economic developments and programs. The clerical and 
temporary staff shall be appointed and removed by the executive 
director with the approval of the Chairman, and after 
notification to the Ranking Minority Member. The Committee 
staff shall serve all members of the Committee in an objective, 
non partisan manner. From time to time, upon request the 
executive director shall designate individual members of the 
staff to assist subcommittees, individual Committee members, 
and the minority members. The staff, to the extent possible, 
shall be organized along functional lines to permit 
specialization.

                                Rule 19

    Attendance at executive sessions shall be limited to 
members of the Committee and of the Committee staff. Other 
persons whose presence is requested or consented to by the 
Committee may be admitted to such sessions.

                                Rule 20

    Selection of witnesses for Committee hearings shall be made 
by the Committee staff under the direction of the Chairman. A 
list of proposed witnesses shall be submitted to the members of 
the Committee for review sufficiently in advance of the 
hearings to permit suggestions by the Committee members to 
receive appropriate consideration.

                                Rule 21

    The Chairman of the Committee shall have the overall 
responsibility for preparing and carrying out the Committee's 
program, including staff duties, subject to prior approval of 
each item on the program by a majority of the Committee or, 
alternatively, by the Ranking Minority Member. Prior to and 
during the transition from one Congress to another, the 
outgoing Committee shall prepare and have ready a plan for the 
consideration of the President's Economic Report and the 
preparation of the Committee's report thereon in order to meet 
the March 1 deadline established by Public Law 304 (79th 
Cong.), as amended.

                                Rule 22

    Proposals for amending Committee rules shall be sent to all 
members at least 1 week before final action is taken thereon, 
unless the amendment is made by unanimous consent. Approval by 
at least 11 members of the Committee shall be required to amend 
these rules.

                                Rule 23

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

  DIANE FEINSTEIN, Senator from 
       California, Chairman
 ROBERT A. BRADY, Representative 
  from Pennsylvania, Vice Chair*

              SENATE                                HOUSE
CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, Connecticut     ZOE LOFGREN, California
CHARLES E. SCHUMER, New York         DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Florida
         Minority Senators                    Minority Members
ROBERT F. BENNETT, Utah              VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan
TED STEVENS, Alaska                  DANIEL E. LUNGREN, California

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*Elected Vice Chair of the Joint Committee on the Library following the 
death of Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald on April 22, 2007.

                        (Adopted April 18, 2007)

                  Title I.--Meeetings of the Committee

    (1) Regular meetings may be called by the chairman, with 
the concurrence of the vice-chairman, as may be deemed 
necessary or pursuant to the provision of paragraph 3 of rule 
XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
    (2) Meetings of the committee, including meetings to 
conduct hearings, shall be open to the public, except that a 
meeting or series of meetings by the committee on the same 
subject for a period of no more than 14 calendar days may be 
closed to the public on a motion made and seconded to go into 
closed session to discuss only whether the matters enumerated 
in subparagraphs (A) through (F) would require the meeting to 
be closed followed immediately by a recorded vote in open 
session by a majority of the members of the committee when it 
is determined that the matters to be discussed or the testimony 
to be taken at such meeting or meetings--
          (A) will disclose matters necessary to be kept secret 
        in the interests of national defense or the 
        confidential conduct of the foreign relations of the 
        United States;
          (B) will relate solely to matters of the committee 
        staff personnel or internal staff management or 
        procedures;
          (C) will tend to charge an individual with a crime or 
        misconduct, to disgrace or injure the professional 
        standing of an individual, or otherwise to expose an 
        individual to public contempt or obloquy, or will 
        represent a clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy of 
        an individual;
          (D) will disclose the identity of any informer or law 
        enforcement agent or will disclose any information 
        relating to the investigation or prosecution of a 
        criminal offense that is required to be kept secret in 
        the interest of effective law enforcement;
          (E) will disclose information relating to the trade 
        secrets or financial or commercial information 
        pertaining specifically to a given person if--
                  1. an Act of Congress requires the 
                information to be kept confidential by 
                Government officers and employees; or
                  2. the information has been obtained by the 
                Government on a confidential basis, other than 
                through an application by such person for a 
                specific Government financial or other benefit, 
                and is required to be kept secret in order to 
                prevent undue injury to the benefit, and is 
                required to be kept secret in order to prevent 
                undue injury to the competitive position of 
                such person; or
          (F) may divulge matters required to be kept 
        confidential under the provisions of law or Government 
        regulation. (Paragraph 5(b) of rule XXVI of the 
        Standing Rules of the Senate.)
    (3) Written notices of committee meetings will normally be 
sent by the committee's staff director to all members at least 
3 days in advance. In addition, the committee staff will email 
or telephone reminders of committee meetings to all members of 
the committee or to the appropriate staff assistants in their 
offices.
    (4) A copy of the committee's intended agenda enumerating 
separate items of committee business will normally be sent to 
all members of the committee by the staff director at least 1 
day in advance of all meetings. This does not preclude any 
member of the committee from raising appropriate non-agenda 
topics.
    (5) Any witness who is to appear before the committee in 
any hearing shall file with the clerk of the committee at least 
3 business days before the date of his or her appearance, a 
written statement of his or her proposed testimony and an 
executive summary thereof, in such form as the chairman may 
direct, unless the chairman waived such a requirement for good 
cause.

                           Title II.--Quorums

    (1) Pursuant to paragraph 7(a)(1) of rule XXVI of the 
Standing Rules, 4 members of the committee shall constitute a 
quorum.
    (2) Pursuant to paragraph 7(a)(2) of rule XXVI of the 
Standing Rules, 2 members of the committee shall constitute a 
quorum for the purpose of taking testimony; provided, however, 
once a quorum is established, any one member can continue to 
take such testimony.
    (3) Under no circumstance may proxies be considered for the 
establishment of a quorum.

                           Title III.--Voting

    (1) Voting in the committee on any issue will normally be 
by voice vote.
    (2) If a third of the members present so demand, a recorded 
vote will be taken on any question by rollcall.
    (3) The results of the rollcall votes taken in any meeting 
upon a measure, or any amendment thereto, shall be stated in 
the committee report on that measure unless previously 
announced by the committee, and such report or announcement 
shall include a tabulation of the votes cast in favor and the 
votes cast in opposition to each measure and amendment by each 
member of the committee. (Paragraph 7(b) and (c) of rule XXVI 
of the Standing Rules.)
    (4) Proxy voting shall be allowed on all measures and 
matters before the committee. However, the vote of the 
committee to report a measure or matters shall require the 
concurrence of a majority of the members of the committee who 
are physically present at the time of the vote. Proxies will be 
allowed in such cases solely for the purpose of recording a 
member's position on the question and then only in those 
instances when the absentee committee member has been informed 
of the question and has affirmatively requested that he be 
recorded. (Paragraph 7(a)(3) of rule XXVI of the Standing 
Rules.)

  Title IV.--Delegation of Authority to the Chairman and Vice Chairman

    (1) The chairman and vice chairman are authorized to sign 
all necessary vouchers and routine papers for which the 
committee's approval is required and to decide on the 
committee's behalf on all routine business.
    (2) The chairman is authorized to engage commercial 
reporters for the preparation of transcripts of committee 
meetings and hearings.
    (3) The chairman is authorized to issue, on behalf of the 
committee, regulations normally promulgated by the committee at 
the beginning of each session.
                      Joint Committee on Printing

 ROBERT A. BRADY, Representative 
    from Pennsylvania, Chairman
  DIANE FEINSTEIN, Senator from 
     California, Vice Chairman

              SENATE                                HOUSE
DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii             MICHAEL E. CAPUANO, Massachusetts
PATTY MURRAY, Washington             SUSAN A. DAVIS, California
         Minority Senators                    Minority Members
ROBERT F. BENNETT, Utah              VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan
SAXBY CHAMBLISS, Georgia             KEVIN McCARTHY, California

                        (Adopted April 18, 2007)

                        Rule 1.--Committee Rules

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

                  Rule 2.--Regular Committee Meetings

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

                            Rule 3.--Quorum

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

                            Rule 4.--Proxies

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

                   Rule 5.--Open and Closed Meetings

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

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

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

                    Rule 7.--Parliamentary Questions

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

         Rule 8.--Hearings: Public Announcements and Witnesses

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

                    Rule 9.--Official Hearing Record

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

               Rule 10.--Witnesses for Committee Hearings

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

     Rule 11.--Confidential Information Furnished to the Committee

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

              Rule 12.--Broadcasting of Committee Hearings

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

                      Rule 13.--Committee Reports

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

             Rule 14.--Confidentiality of Committee Reports

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

                       Rule 15.--Committee Staff

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

                      Rule 16.--Committee Chairman

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

CHARLES B. RANGEL, Representative 
      from New York, Chairman
MAX BAUCUS, Senator from Montana, 
           Vice Chairman

              SENATE                                HOUSE
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER IV,              FORTNEY PETE STARK, California
  West Virginia                      SANDER M. LEVIN, Michigan
KENT CONRAD, North Dakota
         Minority Senators                    Minority Members
CHUCK GRASSLEY, Iowa                 JIM MCCRERY, Louisiana
ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah                 WALLY HERGER, California

    A description of the Joint Committee on Taxation and the 
rules by which it functions can be found in the United States 
of America Internal Revenue Code, Title 26. Therefore, the 
Joint Committee does not adopt written rules.
      
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                                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:
    (a) Committee on Agriculture. 
    (1) Adulteration of seeds, insect pests, and protection of 
birds and animals in forest reserves.
    (2) Agriculture generally.
    (3) Agricultural and industrial chemistry.
    (4) Agricultural colleges and experiment stations.
    (5) Agricultural economics and research.
    (6) Agricultural education extension services.
    (7) Agricultural production and marketing and stabilization 
of prices of agricultural products, and commodities (not 
including distribution outside of the United States).
    (8) Animal industry and diseases of animals.
    (9) Commodity exchanges.
    (10) Crop insurance and soil conservation.
    (11) Dairy industry.
    (12) Entomology and plant quarantine.
    (13) Extension of farm credit and farm security.
    (14) Inspection of livestock, poultry, meat products, and 
seafood and seafood products.
    (15) Forestry in general and forest reserves other than 
those created from the public domain.
    (16) Human nutrition and home economics.
    (17) Plant industry, soils, and agricultural engineering.
    (18) Rural electrification.
    (19) Rural development.
    (20) Water conservation related to activities of the 
Department of Agriculture.
    (b) Committee on Appropriations. 
    (1) Appropriation of the revenue for the support of the 
Government.
    (2) Rescissions of appropriations contained in 
appropriation Acts.
    (3) Transfers of unexpended balances.
    (4) Bills and joint resolutions reported by other 
committees that provide new entitlement authority as defined in 
section 3(9) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and 
referred to the committee under clause 4(a)(2).
    (c) Committee on Armed Services. 
    (1) Ammunition depots; forts; arsenals; and Army, Navy, and 
Air Force reservations and establishments.
    (2) Common defense generally.
    (3) Conservation, development, and use of naval petroleum 
and oil shale reserves.
    (4) The Department of Defense generally, including the 
Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, generally.
    (5) Interoceanic canals generally, including measures 
relating to the maintenance, operation, and administration of 
interoceanic canals.
    (6) Merchant Marine Academy and State Maritime Academies.
    (7) Military applications of nuclear energy.
    (8) Tactical intelligence and intelligence-related 
activities of the Department of Defense.
    (9) National security aspects of merchant marine, including 
financial assistance for the construction and operation of 
vessels, maintenance of the U.S. shipbuilding and ship repair 
industrial base, cabotage, cargo preference, and merchant 
marine officers and seamen as these matters relate to the 
national security.
    (10) Pay, promotion, retirement, and other benefits and 
privileges of members of the armed forces.
    (11) Scientific research and development in support of the 
armed services.
    (12) Selective service.
    (13) Size and composition of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, 
and Air Force.
    (14) Soldiers' and sailors' homes.
    (15) Strategic and critical materials necessary for the 
common defense.
    (d) Committee on the Budget. 
    (1) Concurrent resolutions on the budget (as defined in 
section 3(4) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974), other 
matters required to be referred to the committee under titles 
III and IV of that Act, and other measures setting forth 
appropriate levels of budget totals for the United States 
Government.
    (2) Budget process generally.
    (3) Establishment, extension, and enforcement of special 
controls over the Federal budget, including the budgetary 
treatment of off budget Federal agencies and measures providing 
exemption from reduction under any order issued under part C of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    (e) Committee on Education and Labor. 
    (1) Child labor.
    (2) Gallaudet University and Howard University and 
Hospital.
    (3) Convict labor and the entry of goods made by convicts 
into interstate commerce.
    (4) Food programs for children in schools.
    (5) Labor standards and statistics.
    (6) Education or labor generally.
    (7) Mediation and arbitration of labor disputes.
    (8) Regulation or prevention of importation of foreign 
laborers under contract.
    (9) Workers' compensation.
    (10) Vocational rehabilitation.
    (11) Wages and hours of labor.
    (12) Welfare of miners.
    (13) Work incentive programs.
    (f) Committee on Energy and Commerce. 
    (1) Biomedical research and development.
    (2) Consumer affairs and consumer protection.
    (3) Health and health facilities (except health care 
supported by payroll deductions).
    (4) Interstate energy compacts.
    (5) Interstate and foreign commerce generally.
    (6) Exploration, production, storage, supply, marketing, 
pricing, and regulation of energy resources, including all 
fossil fuels, solar energy, and other unconventional or 
renewable energy resources.
    (7) Conservation of energy resources.
    (8) Energy information generally.
    (9) The generation and marketing of power (except by 
federally chartered or Federal regional power marketing 
authorities); reliability and interstate transmission of, and 
ratemaking for, all power; and siting of generation facilities 
(except the installation of interconnections between Government 
waterpower projects).
    (10) General management of the Department of Energy and 
management and all functions of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission.
    (11) National energy policy generally.
    (12) Public health and quarantine.
    (13) Regulation of the domestic nuclear energy industry, 
including regulation of research and development reactors and 
nuclear regulatory research.
    (14) Regulation of interstate and foreign communications.
    (15) Travel and tourism.
    The committee shall have the same jurisdiction with respect 
to regulation of nuclear facilities and of use of nuclear 
energy as it has with respect to regulation of nonnuclear 
facilities and of use of nonnuclear energy.
    (g) Committee on Financial Services. 
    (1) Banks and banking, including deposit insurance and 
Federal monetary policy.
    (2) Economic stabilization, defense production, 
renegotiation, and control of the price of commodities, rents, 
and services.
    (3) Financial aid to commerce and industry (other than 
transportation).
    (4) Insurance generally.
    (5) International finance.
    (6) International financial and monetary organizations.
    (7) Money and credit, including currency and the issuance 
of notes and redemption thereof; gold and silver, including the 
coinage thereof; valuation and revaluation of the dollar.
    (8) Public and private housing.
    (9) Securities and exchanges.
    (10) Urban development.
    (h) Committee on Foreign Affairs. 
    (1) Relations of the United States with foreign nations 
generally.
    (2) Acquisition of land and buildings for embassies and 
legations in foreign countries.
    (3) Establishment of boundary lines between the United 
States and foreign nations.
    (4) Export controls, including nonproliferation of nuclear 
technology and nuclear hardware.
    (5) Foreign loans.
    (6) International commodity agreements (other than those 
involving sugar), including all agreements for cooperation in 
the export of nuclear technology and nuclear hardware.
    (7) International conferences and congresses.
    (8) International education.
    (9) Intervention abroad and declarations of war.
    (10) Diplomatic service.
    (11) Measures to foster commercial intercourse with foreign 
nations and to safeguard American business interests abroad.
    (12) International economic policy.
    (13) Neutrality.
    (14) Protection of American citizens abroad and 
expatriation.
    (15) The American National Red Cross.
    (16) Trading with the enemy.
    (17) United Nations organizations.
    (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.
    (j) Committee on House Administration. 
    (1) Appropriations from accounts for committee salaries and 
expenses (except for the Committee on Appropriations); House 
Information Resources; and allowance and expenses of Members, 
Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, officers, and 
administrative offices of the House.
    (2) Auditing and settling of all accounts described in 
subparagraph (1).
    (3) Employment of persons by the House, including staff for 
Members, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, and committees; 
and reporters of debates, subject to rule VI.
    (4) Except as provided in paragraph (r)(11), the Library of 
Congress, including management thereof; the House Library; 
statuary and pictures; acceptance or purchase of works of art 
for the Capitol; the Botanic Garden; and purchase of books and 
manuscripts.
    (5) The Smithsonian Institution and the incorporation of 
similar institutions (except as provided in paragraph (r)(11)).
    (6) Expenditure of accounts described in subparagraph (1).
    (7) Franking Commission.
    (8) Printing and correction of the Congressional Record.
    (9) Accounts of the House generally.
    (10) Assignment of office space for Members, Delegates, the 
Resident Commissioner, and committees.
    (11) Disposition of useless executive papers.
    (12) Election of the President, Vice President, Members, 
Senators, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner; corrupt 
practices; contested elections; credentials and qualifications; 
and Federal elections generally.
    (13) Services to the House, including the House Restaurant, 
parking facilities, and administration of the House Office 
Buildings and of the House wing of the Capitol.
    (14) Travel of Members, Delegates, and the Resident 
Commissioner.
    (15) Raising, reporting, and use of campaign contributions 
for candidates for office of Representative, of Delegate, and 
of Resident Commissioner.
    (16) Compensation, retirement, and other benefits of the 
Members, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, officers, and 
employees of Congress.
    (k) Committee on the Judiciary. 
    (1) The judiciary and judicial proceedings, civil and 
criminal.
    (2) Administrative practice and procedure.
    (3) Apportionment of Representatives.
    (4) Bankruptcy, mutiny, espionage, and counterfeiting.
    (5) Civil liberties.
    (6) Constitutional amendments.
    (7) Criminal law enforcement.
    (8) Federal courts and judges, and local courts in the 
Territories and possessions.
    (9) Immigration policy and nonborder enforcement.
    (10) Interstate compacts generally.
    (11) Claims against the United States.
    (12) Meetings of Congress; attendance of Members, 
Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner; and their acceptance 
of incompatible offices.
    (13) National penitentiaries.
    (14) Patents, the Patent and Trademark Office, copyrights, 
and trademarks.
    (15) Presidential succession.
    (16) Protection of trade and commerce against unlawful 
restraints and monopolies.
    (17) Revision and codification of the Statutes of the 
United States.
    (18) State and territorial boundary lines.
    (19) Subversive activities affecting the internal security 
of the United States.
    (l) Committee on Natural Resources.
    (1) Fisheries and wildlife, including research, 
restoration, refuges, and conservation.
    (2) Forest reserves and national parks created from the 
public domain.
    (3) Forfeiture of land grants and alien ownership, 
including alien ownership of mineral lands.
    (4) Geological Survey.
    (5) International fishing agreements.
    (6) Interstate compacts relating to apportionment of waters 
for irrigation purposes.
    (7) Irrigation and reclamation, including water supply for 
reclamation projects and easements of public lands for 
irrigation projects; and acquisition of private lands when 
necessary to complete irrigation projects.
    (8) Native Americans generally, including the care and 
allotment of Native American lands and general and special 
measures relating to claims that are paid out of Native 
American funds.
    (9) Insular possessions of the United States generally 
(except those affecting the revenue and appropriations).
    (10) Military parks and battlefields, national cemeteries 
administered by the Secretary of the Interior, parks within the 
District of Columbia, and the erection of monuments to the 
memory of individuals.
    (11) Mineral land laws and claims and entries thereunder.
    (12) Mineral resources of public lands.
    (13) Mining interests generally.
    (14) Mining schools and experimental stations.
    (15) Marine affairs, including coastal zone management 
(except for measures relating to oil and other pollution of 
navigable waters).
    (16) Oceanography.
    (17) Petroleum conservation on public lands and 
conservation of the radium supply in the United States.
    (18) Preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects of 
interest on the public domain.
    (19) Public lands generally, including entry, easements, 
and grazing thereon.
    (20) Relations of the United States with Native Americans 
and Native American tribes.
    (21) Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline (except ratemaking).
    (m) Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
    (1) Federal civil service, including intergovernmental 
personnel; and the status of officers and employees of the 
United States, including their compensation, classification, 
and retirement.
    (2) Municipal affairs of the District of Columbia in 
general (other than appropriations).
    (3) Federal paperwork reduction.
    (4) Government management and accounting measures 
generally.
    (5) Holidays and celebrations.
    (6) Overall economy, efficiency, and management of 
government operations and activities, including Federal 
procurement.
    (7) National archives.
    (8) Population and demography generally, including the 
Census.
    (9) Postal service generally, including transportation of 
the mails.
    (10) Public information and records.
    (11) Relationship of the Federal Government to the States 
and municipalities generally.
    (12) Reorganizations in the executive branch of the 
Government.
    (n) Committee on Rules.
    (1) Rules and joint rules (other than those relating to the 
Code of Official Conduct) and the order of business of the 
House.
    (2) Recesses and final adjournments of Congress.
    (o) Committee on Science and Technology.
    (1) All energy research, development, and demonstration, 
and projects therefor, and all federally owned or operated 
nonmilitary energy laboratories.
    (2) Astronautical research and development, including 
resources, personnel, equipment, and facilities.
    (3) Civil aviation research and development.
    (4) Environmental research and development.
    (5) Marine research.
    (6) Commercial application of energy technology.
    (7) National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
standardization of weights and measures, and the metric system.
    (8) National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
    (9) National Space Council.
    (10) National Science Foundation.
    (11) National Weather Service.
    (12) Outer space, including exploration and control 
thereof.
    (13) Science scholarships.
    (14) Scientific research, development, and demonstration, 
and projects therefor.
    (p) Committee on Small Business.
    (1) Assistance to and protection of small business, 
including financial aid, regulatory flexibility, and paperwork 
reduction.
    (2) Participation of small-business enterprises in Federal 
procurement and Government contracts.
    (q) Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.
    The Code of Official Conduct.
    (r) Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
    (1) Coast Guard, including lifesaving service, lighthouses, 
lightships, ocean derelicts, and the Coast Guard Academy.
    (2) Federal management of emergencies and natural 
disasters.
    (3) Flood control and improvement of rivers and harbors.
    (4) Inland waterways.
    (5) Inspection of merchant marine vessels, lights and 
signals, lifesaving equipment, and fire protection on such 
vessels.
    (6) Navigation and laws relating thereto, including 
pilotage.
    (7) Registering and licensing of vessels and small boats.
    (8) Rules and international arrangements to prevent 
collisions at sea.
    (9) The Capitol Building and the Senate and House Office 
Buildings.
    (10) Construction or maintenance of roads and post roads 
(other than appropriations therefor).
    (11) Construction or reconstruction, maintenance, and care 
of buildings and grounds of the Botanic Garden, the Library of 
Congress, and the Smithsonian Institution.
    (12) Merchant marine (except for national security aspects 
thereof).
    (13) Purchase of sites and construction of post offices, 
customhouses, Federal courthouses, and Government buildings 
within the District of Columbia.
    (14) Oil and other pollution of navigable waters, including 
inland, coastal, and ocean waters.
    (15) Marine affairs, including coastal zone management, as 
they relate to oil and other pollution of navigable waters.
    (16) Public buildings and occupied or improved grounds of 
the United States generally.
    (17) Public works for the benefit of navigation, including 
bridges and dams (other than international bridges and dams).
    (18) Related transportation regulatory agencies (except the 
Transportation Security Administration).
    (19) Roads and the safety thereof.
    (20) Transportation, including civil aviation, railroads, 
water transportation, transportation safety (except automobile 
safety and transportation security functions of the Department 
of Homeland Security), transportation infrastructure, 
transportation labor, and railroad retirement and unemployment 
(except revenue measures related thereto).
    (21) Water power.
    (s) Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
    (1) Veterans' measures generally.
    (2) Cemeteries of the United States in which veterans of 
any war or conflict are or may be buried, whether in the United 
States or abroad (except cemeteries administered by the 
Secretary of the Interior).
    (3) Compensation, vocational rehabilitation, and education 
of veterans.
    (4) Life insurance issued by the Government on account of 
service in the Armed Forces.
    (5) Pensions of all the wars of the United States, general 
and special.
    (6) Readjustment of servicemembers to civil life.
    (7) Servicemembers' civil relief.
    (8) Veterans' hospitals, medical care, and treatment of 
veterans.
    (t) Committee on Ways and Means.
    (1) Customs revenue, collection districts, and ports of 
entry and delivery.
    (2) Reciprocal trade agreements.
    (3) Revenue measures generally.
    (4) Revenue measures relating to insular possessions.
    (5) Bonded debt of the United States, subject to the last 
sentence of clause 4(f).
    (6) Deposit of public monies.
    (7) Transportation of dutiable goods.
    (8) Tax exempt foundations and charitable trusts.
    (9) National social security (except health care and 
facilities programs that are supported from general revenues as 
opposed to payroll deductions and except work incentive 
programs).

                   GENERAL OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITIES

    2. (a) The various standing committees shall have general 
oversight responsibilities as provided in paragraph (b) in 
order to assist the House in--
          (1) its analysis, appraisal, and evaluation of--
                  (A) the application, administration, 
                execution, and effectiveness of Federal laws; 
                and
                  (B) conditions and circumstances that may 
                indicate the necessity or desirability of 
                enacting new or additional legislation; and
          (2) its formulation, consideration, and enactment of 
        changes in Federal laws, and of such additional 
        legislation as may be necessary or appropriate.
    (b)(1) In order to determine whether laws and programs 
addressing subjects within the jurisdiction of a committee are 
being implemented and carried out in accordance with the intent 
of Congress and whether they should be continued, curtailed, or 
eliminated, each standing committee (other than the Committee 
on Appropriations) shall review and study on a continuing 
basis--
          (A) the application, administration, execution, and 
        effectiveness of laws and programs addressing subjects 
        within its jurisdiction;
          (B) the organization and operation of Federal 
        agencies and entities having responsibilities for the 
        administration and execution of laws and programs 
        addressing subjects within its jurisdiction;
          (C) any conditions or circumstances that may indicate 
        the necessity or desirability of enacting new or 
        additional legislation addressing subjects within its 
        jurisdiction (whether or not a bill or resolution has 
        been introduced with respect thereto); and
          (D) future research and forecasting on subjects 
        within its jurisdiction.
    (2) Each committee to which subparagraph (1) applies having 
more than 20 members shall establish an oversight subcommittee, 
or require its subcommittees to conduct oversight in their 
respective jurisdictions, to assist in carrying out its 
responsibilities under this clause. The establishment of an 
oversight subcommittee does not limit the responsibility of a 
subcommittee with legislative jurisdiction in carrying out its 
oversight responsibilities.
    (c) Each standing committee shall review and study on a 
continuing basis the impact or probable impact of tax policies 
affecting subjects within its jurisdiction as described in 
clauses 1 and 3.
    (d)(1) Not later than February 15 of the first session of a 
Congress, each standing committee shall, in a meeting that is 
open to the public and with a quorum present, adopt its 
oversight plan for that Congress. Such plan shall be submitted 
simultaneously to the Committee on Oversight and 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 Oversight and 
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. (a) The Committee on Appropriations shall conduct such 
studies and examinations of the organization and operation of 
executive departments and other executive agencies (including 
an agency the majority of the stock of which is owned by the 
United States) as it considers necessary to assist it in the 
determination of matters within its jurisdiction.
    (b) The Committee on Armed Services shall review and study 
on a continuing basis laws, programs, and Government activities 
relating to international arms control and disarmament and the 
education of military dependents in schools.
    (c) The Committee on the Budget shall study on a continuing 
basis the effect on budget outlays of relevant existing and 
proposed legislation and report the results of such studies to 
the House on a recurring basis.
    (d) The Committee on Education and Labor shall review, 
study, and coordinate on a continuing basis laws, programs, and 
Government activities relating to domestic educational programs 
and institutions and programs of student assistance within the 
jurisdiction of other committees.
    (e) The Committee on Energy and Commerce shall review and 
study on a continuing basis laws, programs, and Government 
activities relating to nuclear and other energy and nonmilitary 
nuclear energy research and development including the disposal 
of nuclear waste.
    (f) The Committee on Foreign Affairs shall review and study 
on a continuing basis laws, programs, and Government activities 
relating to customs administration, intelligence activities 
relating to foreign policy, international financial and 
monetary organizations, and international fishing agreements.
    (g) 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.
    (h) The Committee on Natural Resources shall review and 
study on a continuing basis laws, programs, and Government 
activities relating to Native Americans.
    (i) The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform shall 
review and study on a continuing basis the operation of 
Government activities at all levels with a view to determining 
their economy and efficiency.
    (j) The Committee on Rules shall review and study on a 
continuing basis the congressional budget process, and the 
committee shall report its findings and recommendations to the 
House from time to time.
    (k) The Committee on Science and Technology shall review 
and study on a continuing basis laws, programs, and Government 
activities relating to nonmilitary research and development.
    (l) The Committee on Small Business shall study and 
investigate on a continuing basis the problems of all types of 
small business.
    (m) The Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence shall 
review and study on a continuing basis laws, programs, and 
activities of the intelligence community and shall review and 
study on an exclusive basis the sources and methods of entities 
described in clause 11(b)(1)(A).

                   ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS OF COMMITTEES

    4. (a)(1)(A) The Committee on Appropriations shall, within 
30 days after the transmittal of the Budget to Congress each 
year, hold hearings on the Budget as a whole with particular 
reference to--
          (i) the basic recommendations and budgetary policies 
        of the President in the presentation of the Budget; and
          (ii) the fiscal, financial, and economic assumptions 
        used as bases in arriving at total estimated 
        expenditures and receipts.
    (B) In holding hearings under subdivision (A), the 
committee shall receive testimony from the Secretary of the 
Treasury, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 
the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, and such 
other persons as the committee may desire.
    (C) A hearing under subdivision (A), or any part thereof, 
shall be held in open session, except when the committee, in 
open session and with a quorum present, determines by record 
vote that the testimony to be taken at that hearing on that day 
may be related to a matter of national security. The committee 
may by the same procedure close one subsequent day of hearing. 
A transcript of all such hearings shall be printed and a copy 
thereof furnished to each Member, Delegate, and the Resident 
Commissioner.
    (D) A hearing under subdivision (A), or any part thereof, 
may be held before a joint meeting of the committee and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate in accordance with 
such procedures as the two committees jointly may determine.
    (2) Pursuant to section 401(b)(2) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, when a committee reports a bill or joint 
resolution that provides new entitlement authority as defined 
in section 3(9) of that Act, and enactment of the bill or joint 
resolution, as reported, would cause a breach of the 
committee's pertinent allocation of new budget authority under 
section 302(a) of that Act, the bill or joint resolution may be 
referred to the Committee on Appropriations with instructions 
to report it with recommendations (which may include an 
amendment limiting the total amount of new entitlement 
authority provided in the bill or joint resolution). If the 
Committee on Appropriations fails to report a bill or joint 
resolution so referred within 15 calendar days (not counting 
any day on which the House is not in session), the committee 
automatically shall be discharged from consideration of the 
bill or joint resolution, and the bill or joint resolution 
shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.
    (3) In addition, the Committee on Appropriations shall 
study on a continuing basis those provisions of law that (on 
the first day of the first fiscal year for which the 
congressional budget process is effective) provide spending 
authority or permanent budget authority and shall report to the 
House from time to time its recommendations for terminating or 
modifying such provisions.
    (4) In the manner provided by section 302 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Committee on 
Appropriations (after consulting with the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate) shall subdivide any allocations 
made to it in the joint explanatory statement accompanying the 
conference report on such concurrent resolution, and promptly 
report the subdivisions to the House as soon as practicable 
after a concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal year 
is agreed to.
    (5)(A) There is established a Select Intelligence Oversight 
Panel of the Committee on Appropriations (hereinafter in this 
paragraph referred to as the ``select panel''). The select 
panel shall be composed of not more than 13 Members, Delegates, 
or the Resident Commissioner appointed by the Speaker, of whom 
not more than eight may be from the same political party. The 
select panel shall include the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Appropriations, the chairman and 
ranking minority member of its Subcommittee on Defense, six 
additional members of the Committee on Appropriations, and 
three members of the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence.
    (B) The Speaker shall designate one member of the select 
panel as its chairman and one member as its ranking minority 
member.
    (C) Each member on the select panel shall be treated as 
though a member of the Committee on Appropriations for purposes 
of the select panel.
    (D) The select panel shall review and study on a continuing 
basis budget requests for and execution of intelligence 
activities; make recommendations to relevant subcommittees of 
the Committee on Appropriations; and, on an annual basis, 
prepare a report to the Defense Subcommittee of the Committee 
on Appropriations containing budgetary and oversight 
observations and recommendations for use by such subcommittee 
in preparation of the classified annex to the bill making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense.
    (E) Rule XI shall apply to the select panel in the same 
manner as a subcommittee (except for clause 2(m)(1)(B) of that 
rule).
    (F) A subpoena of the Committee on Appropriations or its 
Subcommittee on Defense may specify terms of return to the 
select panel.
    (b) The Committee on the Budget shall--
          (1) review on a continuing basis the conduct by the 
        Congressional Budget Office of its functions and 
        duties;
          (2) hold hearings and receive testimony from Members, 
        Senators, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, and 
        such appropriate representatives of Federal departments 
        and agencies, the general public, and national 
        organizations as it considers desirable in developing 
        concurrent resolutions on the budget for each fiscal 
        year;
          (3) make all reports required of it by the 
        Congressional Budget Act of 1974;
          (4) study on a continuing basis those provisions of 
        law that exempt Federal agencies or any of their 
        activities or outlays from inclusion in the Budget of 
        the United States Government, and report to the House 
        from time to time its recommendations for terminating 
        or modifying such provisions;
          (5) study on a continuing basis proposals designed to 
        improve and facilitate the congressional budget 
        process, and report to the House from time to time the 
        results of such studies, together with its 
        recommendations; and
          (6) request and evaluate continuing studies of tax 
        expenditures, devise methods of coordinating tax 
        expenditures, policies, and programs with direct budget 
        outlays, and report the results of such studies to the 
        House on a recurring basis.
    (c)(1) The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
shall--
          (A) receive and examine reports of the Comptroller 
        General of the United States and submit to the House 
        such recommendations as it considers necessary or 
        desirable in connection with the subject matter of the 
        reports;
          (B) evaluate the effects of laws enacted to 
        reorganize the legislative and executive branches of 
        the Government; and
          (C) study intergovernmental relationships between the 
        United States and the States and municipalities and 
        between the United States and international 
        organizations of which the United States is a member.
    (2) In addition to its duties under subparagraph (1), the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform may at any time 
conduct investigations of any matter without regard to clause 
1, 2, 3, or this clause conferring jurisdiction over the matter 
to another standing committee. The findings and recommendations 
of the committee in such an investigation shall be made 
available to any other standing committee having jurisdiction 
over the matter involved.
    (3)(A) The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform may 
adopt a rule authorizing and regulating the taking of 
depositions by a member or counsel of the committee, including 
pursuant to subpoena under clause 2(m) of rule XI (which hereby 
is made applicable for such purpose).
    (B) A rule adopted by the committee pursuant to this 
subparagraph--
          (i) may provide that a deponent be directed to 
        subscribe an oath or affirmation before a person 
        authorized by law to administer the same; and
          (ii) shall ensure that the minority members and staff 
        of the committee are accorded equitable treatment with 
        respect to notice of and a reasonable opportunity to 
        participate in any proceeding conducted thereunder.
    (C) Information secured pursuant to the authority described 
in subdivision (A) shall retain the character of discovery 
until offered for admission in evidence before the committee, 
at which time any proper objection shall be timely.
    (d)(1) The Committee on House Administration shall--
          (A) provide policy direction for the Inspector 
        General and oversight of the Clerk, Sergeant-at-Arms, 
        Chief Administrative Officer, and Inspector General;
          (B) have the function of accepting on behalf of the 
        House a gift, except as otherwise provided by law, if 
        the gift does not involve a duty, burden, or condition, 
        or is not made dependent on some future performance by 
        the House; and
          (C) promulgate regulations to carry out subdivision 
        (B).
    (2) An employing office of the House may enter into a 
settlement of a complaint under the Congressional 
Accountability Act of 1995 that provides for the payment of 
funds only after receiving the joint approval of the chairman 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on House 
Administration concerning the amount of such payment.
    (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.

             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.
    (2)(A) The Committee on the Budget shall be composed of 
members as follows:
          (i) Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner 
        who are members of other standing committees, including 
        five from the Committee on Appropriations, five from 
        the Committee on Ways and Means, and one from the 
        Committee on Rules;
          (ii) one Member designated by the elected leadership 
        of the majority party; and
          (iii) one Member designated by the elected leadership 
        of the minority party.
    (B) Except as permitted by subdivision (C), a member of the 
Committee on the Budget other than one described in subdivision 
(A)(ii) or (A)(iii) may not serve on the committee during more 
than four Congresses in a period of six successive Congresses 
(disregarding for this purpose any service for less than a full 
session in a Congress).
    (C) In the case of a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner elected to serve as the chairman or the ranking 
minority member of the committee, tenure on the committee shall 
be limited only by paragraph (c)(2) of this clause.
    (3)(A) The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct shall 
be composed of 10 members, five from the majority party and 
five from the minority party.
    (B) Except as permitted by subdivision (C), a member of the 
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct may not serve on the 
committee during more than three Congresses in a period of five 
successive Congresses (disregarding for this purpose any 
service for less than a full session in a Congress).
    (C) A member of the Committee on Standards of Official 
Conduct may serve on the committee during a fourth Congress in 
a period of five successive Congresses only as either the 
chairman or the ranking minority member of the committee.
    (4)(A) At the beginning of a Congress, the Speaker or his 
designee and the Minority Leader or his designee each shall 
name 10 Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner from 
his respective party who are not members of the Committee on 
Standards of Official Conduct to be available to serve on 
investigative subcommittees of that committee during that 
Congress. The lists of Members, Delegates, or the Resident 
Commissioner so named shall be announced to the House.
    (B) Whenever the chairman and the ranking minority member 
of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct jointly 
determine that Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner 
named under subdivision (A) should be assigned to serve on an 
investigative subcommittee of that committee, each of them 
shall select an equal number of such Members, Delegates, or 
Resident Commissioner from his respective party to serve on 
that subcommittee.
    (b)(1) Membership on a standing committee during the course 
of a Congress shall be contingent on continuing membership in 
the party caucus or conference that nominated the Member, 
Delegate, or Resident Commissioner concerned for election to 
such committee. Should a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner cease to be a member of a particular party caucus 
or conference, that Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
shall automatically cease to be a member of each standing 
committee to which he was elected on the basis of nomination by 
that caucus or conference. The chairman of the relevant party 
caucus or conference shall notify the Speaker whenever a 
Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner ceases to be a 
member of that caucus or conference. The Speaker shall notify 
the chairman of each affected committee that the election of 
such Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to the 
committee is automatically vacated under this subparagraph.
    (2)(A) Except as specified in subdivision (B), a Member, 
Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not serve simultaneously 
as a member of more than two standing committees or more than 
four subcommittees of the standing committees.
    (B)(i) Ex officio service by a chairman or ranking minority 
member of a committee on each of its subcommittees under a 
committee rule does not count against the limitation on 
subcommittee service.
    (ii) Service on an investigative subcommittee of the 
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct under paragraph 
(a)(4) does not count against the limitation on subcommittee 
service.
    (iii) Any other exception to the limitations in subdivision 
(A) may be approved by the House on the recommendation of the 
relevant party caucus or conference.
    (C) In this subparagraph the term subcommittee'' includes a 
panel (other than a special oversight panel of the Committee on 
Armed Services), task force, special subcommittee, or other 
subunit of a standing committee that is established for a 
cumulative period longer than six months in a Congress.
    (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 Oversight and 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, 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.

                      SELECT AND JOINT COMMITTEES

    10. (a) Membership on a select or joint committee appointed 
by the Speaker under clause 11 of rule I during the course of a 
Congress shall be contingent on continuing membership in the 
party caucus or conference of which the Member, Delegate, or 
Resident Commissioner concerned was a member at the time of 
appointment. Should a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner cease to be a member of that caucus or conference, 
that Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner shall 
automatically cease to be a member of any select or joint 
committee to which he is assigned. The chairman of the relevant 
party caucus or conference shall notify the Speaker whenever a 
Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner ceases to be a 
member of a party caucus or conference. The Speaker shall 
notify the chairman of each affected select or joint committee 
that the appointment of such Member, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner to the select or joint committee is automatically 
vacated under this paragraph.
    (b) Each select or joint committee, other than a conference 
committee, shall comply with clause 2(a) of rule XI unless 
specifically exempted by law.

               PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE

    11. (a)(1) There is established a Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence (hereafter in this clause referred to 
as the ``select committee''). The select committee shall be 
composed of not more than 21 Members, Delegates, or the 
Resident Commissioner, of whom not more than 12 may be from the 
same party. The select committee shall include at least one 
Member, Delegate, or the Resident Commissioner from each of the 
following committees:
          (A) the Committee on Appropriations;
          (B) the Committee on Armed Services;
          (C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs; and
          (D) the Committee on the Judiciary.
    (2) The Speaker and the Minority Leader shall be ex officio 
members of the select committee but shall have no vote in the 
select committee and may not be counted for purposes of 
determining a quorum thereof.
    (3) The Speaker and Minority Leader each may designate a 
member of his leadership staff to assist him in his capacity as 
ex officio member, with the same access to committee meetings, 
hearings, briefings, and materials as employees of the select 
committee and subject to the same security clearance and 
confidentiality requirements as employees of the select 
committee under this clause.
    (4)(A) Except as permitted by subdivision (B), a Member, 
Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, other than the Speaker or 
the Minority Leader, may not serve as a member of the select 
committee during more than four Congresses in a period of six 
successive Congresses (disregarding for this purpose any 
service for less than a full session in a Congress).
    (B) In the case of a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner appointed to serve as the chairman or the ranking 
minority member of the select committee, tenure on the select 
committee shall not be limited.
    (b)(1) There shall be referred to the select committee 
proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other 
matters relating to the following:
          (A) The Central Intelligence Agency, the Director of 
        National Intelligence, and the National Intelligence 
        Program as defined in section 3(6) of the National 
        Security Act of 1947.
          (B) Intelligence and intelligence-related activities 
        of all other departments and agencies of the 
        Government, including the tactical intelligence and 
        intelligence-related activities of the Department of 
        Defense.
          (C) The organization or reorganization of a 
        department or agency of the Government to the extent 
        that the organization or reorganization relates to a 
        function or activity involving intelligence or 
        intelligence-related activities.
          (D) Authorizations for appropriations, both direct 
        and indirect, for the following:
                  (i) The Central Intelligence Agency, the 
                Director of National Intelligence, and the 
                National Intelligence Program as defined in 
                section 3(6) of the National Security Act of 
                1947.
                  (ii) Intelligence and intelligence-related 
                activities of all other departments and 
                agencies of the Government, including the 
                tactical intelligence and intelligence-related 
                activities of the Department of Defense.
                  (iii) A department, agency, subdivision, or 
                program that is a successor to an agency or 
                program named or referred to in (i) or (ii).
    (2) Proposed legislation initially reported by the select 
committee (other than provisions solely involving matters 
specified in subparagraph (1)(A) or subparagraph (1)(D)(i)) 
containing any matter otherwise within the jurisdiction of a 
standing committee shall be referred by the Speaker to that 
standing committee. Proposed legislation initially reported by 
another committee that contains matter within the jurisdiction 
of the select committee shall be referred by the Speaker to the 
select committee if requested by the chairman of the select 
committee.
    (3) Nothing in this clause shall be construed as 
prohibiting or otherwise restricting the authority of any other 
committee to study and review an intelligence or intelligence-
related activity to the extent that such activity directly 
affects a matter otherwise within the jurisdiction of that 
committee.
    (4) Nothing in this clause shall be construed as amending, 
limiting, or otherwise changing the authority of a standing 
committee to obtain full and prompt access to the product of 
the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of a 
department or agency of the Government relevant to a matter 
otherwise within the jurisdiction of that committee.
    (c)(1) For purposes of accountability to the House, the 
select committee shall make regular and periodic reports to the 
House on the nature and extent of the intelligence and 
intelligence-related activities of the various departments and 
agencies of the United States. The select committee shall 
promptly call to the attention of the House, or to any other 
appropriate committee, a matter requiring the attention of the 
House or another committee. In making such report, the select 
committee shall proceed in a manner consistent with paragraph 
(g) to protect national security.
    (2) The select committee shall obtain annual reports from 
the Director of National Intelligence, the Director of the 
Central Intelligence Agency, the Secretary of Defense, the 
Secretary of State, and the Director of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation. Such reports shall review the intelligence and 
intelligence-related activities of the agency or department 
concerned and the intelligence and intelligence-related 
activities of foreign countries directed at the United States 
or its interests. An unclassified version of each report may be 
made available to the public at the discretion of the select 
committee. Nothing herein shall be construed as requiring the 
public disclosure in such reports of the names of persons 
engaged in intelligence or intelligence-related activities for 
the United States or the divulging of intelligence methods 
employed or the sources of information on which the reports are 
based or the amount of funds authorized to be appropriated for 
intelligence and intelligence-related activities.
    (3) Within six weeks after the President submits a budget 
under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, or at 
such time as the Committee on the Budget may request, the 
select committee shall submit to the Committee on the Budget 
the views and estimates described in section 301(d) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 regarding matters within the 
jurisdiction of the select committee.
    (d)(1) Except as specified in subparagraph (2), clauses 
8(a), (b), and (c) and 9(a), (b), and (c) of this rule, and 
clauses 1, 2, and 4 of rule XI shall apply to the select 
committee to the extent not inconsistent with this clause.
    (2) Notwithstanding the requirements of the first sentence 
of clause 2(g)(2) of rule XI, in the presence of the number of 
members required under the rules of the select committee for 
the purpose of taking testimony or receiving evidence, the 
select committee may vote to close a hearing whenever a 
majority of those present determines that the testimony or 
evidence would endanger the national security.
    (e) An employee of the select committee, or a person 
engaged by contract or otherwise to perform services for or at 
the request of the select committee, may not be given access to 
any classified information by the select committee unless such 
employee or person has--
          (1) agreed in writing and under oath to be bound by 
        the Rules of the House, including the jurisdiction of 
        the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct and of 
        the select committee concerning the security of 
        classified information during and after the period of 
        his employment or contractual agreement with the select 
        committee; and
          (2) received an appropriate security clearance, as 
        determined by the select committee in consultation with 
        the Director of National Intelligence, that is 
        commensurate with the sensitivity of the classified 
        information to which such employee or person will be 
        given access by the select committee.
    (f) The select committee shall formulate and carry out such 
rules and procedures as it considers necessary to prevent the 
disclosure, without the consent of each person concerned, of 
information in the possession of the select committee that 
unduly infringes on the privacy or that violates the 
constitutional rights of such person. Nothing herein shall be 
construed to prevent the select committee from publicly 
disclosing classified information in a case in which it 
determines that national interest in the disclosure of 
classified information clearly outweighs any infringement on 
the privacy of a person.
    (g)(1) The select committee may disclose publicly any 
information in its possession after a determination by the 
select committee that the public interest would be served by 
such disclosure. With respect to the disclosure of information 
for which this paragraph requires action by the select 
committee--
          (A) the select committee shall meet to vote on the 
        matter within five days after a member of the select 
        committee requests a vote; and
          (B) a member of the select committee may not make 
        such a disclosure before a vote by the select committee 
        on the matter, or after a vote by the select committee 
        on the matter except in accordance with this paragraph.
    (2)(A) In a case in which the select committee votes to 
disclose publicly any information that has been classified 
under established security procedures, that has been submitted 
to it by the executive branch, and that the executive branch 
requests be kept secret, the select committee shall notify the 
President of such vote.
    (B) The select committee may disclose publicly such 
information after the expiration of a five-day period following 
the day on which notice of the vote to disclose is transmitted 
to the President unless, before the expiration of the five-day 
period, the President, personally in writing, notifies the 
select committee that he objects to the disclosure of such 
information, provides his reasons therefor, and certifies that 
the threat to the national interest of the United States posed 
by the disclosure is of such gravity that it outweighs any 
public interest in the disclosure.
    (C) If the President, personally in writing, notifies the 
select committee of his objections to the disclosure of 
information as provided in subdivision (B), the select 
committee may, by majority vote, refer the question of the 
disclosure of such information, with a recommendation thereon, 
to the House. The select committee may not publicly disclose 
such information without leave of the House.
    (D) Whenever the select committee votes to refer the 
question of disclosure of any information to the House under 
subdivision (C), the chairman shall, not later than the first 
day on which the House is in session following the day on which 
the vote occurs, report the matter to the House for its 
consideration.
    (E) If the chairman of the select committee does not offer 
in the House a motion to consider in closed session a matter 
reported under subdivision (D) within four calendar days on 
which the House is in session after the recommendation 
described in subdivision (C) is reported, then such a motion 
shall be privileged when offered by a Member, Delegate, or 
Resident Commissioner. In either case such a motion shall be 
decided without debate or intervening motion except one that 
the House adjourn.
    (F) Upon adoption by the House of a motion to resolve into 
closed session as described in subdivision (E), the Speaker may 
declare a recess subject to the call of the Chair. At the 
expiration of the recess, the pending question, in closed 
session, shall be, ``Shall the House approve the recommendation 
of the select committee?''
    (G) Debate on the question described in subdivision (F) 
shall be limited to two hours equally divided and controlled by 
the chairman and ranking minority member of the select 
committee. After such debate the previous question shall be 
considered as ordered on the question of approving the 
recommendation without intervening motion except one motion 
that the House adjourn. The House shall vote on the question in 
open session but without divulging the information with respect 
to which the vote is taken. If the recommendation of the select 
committee is not approved, then the question is considered as 
recommitted to the select committee for further recommendation.
    (3)(A) Information in the possession of the select 
committee relating to the lawful intelligence or intelligence-
related activities of a department or agency of the United 
States that has been classified under established security 
procedures, and that the select committee has determined should 
not be disclosed under subparagraph (1) or (2), may not be made 
available to any person by a Member, Delegate, Resident 
Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House except as 
provided in subdivision (B).
    (B) The select committee shall, under such regulations as 
it may prescribe, make information described in subdivision (A) 
available to a committee or a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner, and permit a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner to attend a hearing of the select committee that 
is closed to the public. Whenever the select committee makes 
such information available, it shall keep a written record 
showing, in the case of particular information, which committee 
or which Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner received 
the information. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
who, and a committee that, receives information under this 
subdivision may not disclose the information except in a closed 
session of the House.
    (4) The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct shall 
investigate any unauthorized disclosure of intelligence or 
intelligence-related information by a Member, Delegate, 
Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House in 
violation of subparagraph (3) and report to the House 
concerning any allegation that it finds to be substantiated.
    (5) Upon the request of a person who is subject to an 
investigation described in subparagraph (4), the Committee on 
Standards of Official Conduct shall release to such person at 
the conclusion of its investigation a summary of its 
investigation, together with its findings. If, at the 
conclusion of its investigation, the Committee on Standards of 
Official Conduct determines that there has been a significant 
breach of confidentiality or unauthorized disclosure by a 
Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee 
of the House, it shall report its findings to the House and 
recommend appropriate action. Recommendations may include 
censure, removal from committee membership, or expulsion from 
the House, in the case of a Member, or removal from office or 
employment or punishment for contempt, in the case of an 
officer or employee.
    (h) The select committee may permit a personal 
representative of the President, designated by the President to 
serve as a liaison to the select committee, to attend any 
closed meeting of the select committee.
    (i) Subject to the Rules of the House, funds may not be 
appropriated for a fiscal year, with the exception of a bill or 
joint resolution continuing appropriations, or an amendment 
thereto, or a conference report thereon, to, or for use of, a 
department or agency of the United States to carry out any of 
the following activities, unless the funds shall previously 
have been authorized by a bill or joint resolution passed by 
the House during the same or preceding fiscal year to carry out 
such activity for such fiscal year:
          (1) The activities of the Director of National 
        Intelligence and the Office of the Director of National 
        Intelligence.
          (2) The activities of the Central Intelligence 
        Agency.
          (3) The activities of the Defense Intelligence 
        Agency.
          (4) The activities of the National Security Agency.
          (5) The intelligence and intelligence-related 
        activities of other agencies and subdivisions of the 
        Department of Defense.
          (6) The intelligence and intelligence-related 
        activities of the Department of State.
          (7) The intelligence and intelligence-related 
        activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
          (8) The intelligence and intelligence-related 
        activities of all other departments and agencies of the 
        executive branch.
    (j)(1) In this clause the term ``intelligence and 
intelligence-related activities'' includes--
          (A) the collection, analysis, production, 
        dissemination, or use of information that relates to a 
        foreign country, or a government, political group, 
        party, military force, movement, or other association 
        in a foreign country, and that relates to the defense, 
        foreign policy, national security, or related policies 
        of the United States and other activity in support of 
        the collection, analysis, production, dissemination, or 
        use of such information;
          (B) activities taken to counter similar activities 
        directed against the United States;
          (C) covert or clandestine activities affecting the 
        relations of the United States with a foreign 
        government, political group, party, military force, 
        movement, or other association;
          (D) the collection, analysis, production, 
        dissemination, or use of information about activities 
        of persons within the United States, its territories 
        and possessions, or nationals of the United States 
        abroad whose political and related activities pose, or 
        may be considered by a department, agency, bureau, 
        office, division, instrumentality, or employee of the 
        United States to pose, a threat to the internal 
        security of the United States; and
          (E) covert or clandestine activities directed against 
        persons described in subdivision (D).
    (2) In this clause the term ``department or agency'' 
includes any organization, committee, council, establishment, 
or office within the Federal Government.
    (3) For purposes of this clause, reference to a department, 
agency, bureau, or subdivision shall include a reference to any 
successor department, agency, bureau, or subdivision to the 
extent that a successor engages in intelligence or 
intelligence-related activities now conducted by the 
department, agency, bureau, or subdivision referred to in this 
clause.
    (k) Clause 12(a) of rule XXII does not apply to meetings of 
a conference committee respecting legislation (or any part 
thereof) reported by the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence.

                                Rule XI


            Procedures of Committees and Unfinished Business


                               IN GENERAL

    1. (a)(1)(A) The Rules of the House are the rules of its 
committees and subcommittees so far as applicable.
    (B) Each subcommittee is a part of its committee and is 
subject to the authority and direction of that committee and to 
its rules, so far as applicable.
    (2)(A) In a committee or subcommittee--
          (i) a motion to recess from day to day, or to recess 
        subject to the call of the Chair (within 24 hours), 
        shall be privileged; and
          (ii) a motion to dispense with the first reading (in 
        full) of a bill or resolution shall be privileged if 
        printed copies are available.
    (B) A motion accorded privilege under this subparagraph 
shall be decided without debate.
    (b)(1) Each committee may conduct at any time such 
investigations and studies as it considers necessary or 
appropriate in the exercise of its responsibilities under rule 
X. Subject to the adoption of expense resolutions as required 
by clause 6 of rule X, each committee may incur expenses, 
including travel expenses, in connection with such 
investigations and studies.
    (2) A proposed investigative or oversight report shall be 
considered as read in committee if it has been available to the 
members for at least 24 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or 
legal holidays except when the House is in session on such a 
day).
    (3) A report of an investigation or study conducted jointly 
by more than one committee may be filed jointly, provided that 
each of the committees complies independently with all 
requirements for approval and filing of the report.
    (4) After an adjournment sine die of the last regular 
session of a Congress, an investigative or oversight report may 
be filed with the Clerk at any time, provided that a member who 
gives timely notice of intention to file supplemental, 
minority, or additional views shall be entitled to not less 
than seven calendar days in which to submit such views for 
inclusion in the report.
    (c) Each committee may have printed and bound such 
testimony and other data as may be presented at hearings held 
by the committee or its subcommittees. All costs of 
stenographic services and transcripts in connection with a 
meeting or hearing of a committee shall be paid from the 
applicable accounts of the House described in clause 1(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 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 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.

               COMMITTEE ON STANDARDS OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT

    3. (a) The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct has 
the following functions:
          (1) The committee may recommend to the House from 
        time to time such administrative actions as it may 
        consider appropriate to establish or enforce standards 
        of official conduct for Members, Delegates, the 
        Resident Commissioner, officers, and employees of the 
        House. A letter of reproval or other administrative 
        action of the committee pursuant to an investigation 
        under subparagraph (2) shall only be issued or 
        implemented as a part of a report required by such 
        subparagraph.
          (2) The committee may investigate, subject to 
        paragraph (b), an alleged violation by a Member, 
        Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee 
        of the House of the Code of Official Conduct or of a 
        law, rule, regulation, or other standard of conduct 
        applicable to the conduct of such Member, Delegate, 
        Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee in the 
        performance of his duties or the discharge of his 
        responsibilities. After notice and hearing (unless the 
        right to a hearing is waived by the Member, Delegate, 
        Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee), the 
        committee shall report to the House its findings of 
        fact and recommendations, if any, for the final 
        disposition of any such investigation and such action 
        as the committee may consider appropriate in the 
        circumstances.
          (3) The committee may report to the appropriate 
        Federal or State authorities, either with the approval 
        of the House or by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of 
        the members of the committee, any substantial evidence 
        of a violation by a Member, Delegate, Resident 
        Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House, of a 
        law applicable to the performance of his duties or the 
        discharge of his responsibilities that may have been 
        disclosed in a committee investigation.
          (4) The committee may consider the request of a 
        Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
        employee of the House for an advisory opinion with 
        respect to the general propriety of any current or 
        proposed conduct of such Member, Delegate, Resident 
        Commissioner, officer, or employee. With appropriate 
        deletions to ensure the privacy of the person 
        concerned, the committee may publish such opinion for 
        the guidance of other Members, Delegates, the Resident 
        Commissioner, officers, and employees of the House.
          (5) The committee may consider the request of a 
        Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
        employee of the House for a written waiver in 
        exceptional circumstances with respect to clause 4 of 
        rule XXIII.
          (6)(A) The committee shall offer annual ethics 
        training to each Member, Delegate, Resident 
        Commissioner, officer, and employee of the House. Such 
        training shall--
                  (i) involve the classes of employees for whom 
                the committee determines such training to be 
                appropriate; and
                  (ii) include such knowledge of the Code of 
                Official Conduct and related House rules as may 
                be determined appropriate by the committee.
          (B)(i) A new officer or employee of the House shall 
        receive training under this paragraph not later than 60 
        days after beginning service to the House.
          (ii) Not later than January 31 of each year, each 
        officer and employee of the House shall file a 
        certification with the committee that the officer or 
        employee attended ethics training in the last year as 
        established by this subparagraph.
    (b)(1)(A) Unless approved by an affirmative vote of a 
majority of its members, the Committee on Standards of Official 
Conduct may not report a resolution, report, recommendation, or 
advisory opinion relating to the official conduct of a Member, 
Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the 
House, or, except as provided in subparagraph (2), undertake an 
investigation of such conduct.
    (B)(i) Upon the receipt of information offered as a 
complaint that is in compliance with this rule and the rules of 
the committee, the chairman and ranking minority member jointly 
may appoint members to serve as an investigative subcommittee.
    (ii) The chairman and ranking minority member of the 
committee jointly may gather additional information concerning 
alleged conduct that is the basis of a complaint or of 
information offered as a complaint until they have established 
an investigative subcommittee or either of them has placed on 
the agenda of the committee the issue of whether to establish 
an investigative subcommittee.
    (2) Except in the case of an investigation undertaken by 
the committee on its own initiative, the committee may 
undertake an investigation relating to the official conduct of 
an individual Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, 
or employee of the House only--
          (A) upon receipt of information offered as a 
        complaint, in writing and under oath, from a Member, 
        Delegate, or Resident Commissioner and transmitted to 
        the committee by such Member, Delegate, or Resident 
        Commissioner; or
          (B) upon receipt of information offered as a 
        complaint, in writing and under oath, from a person not 
        a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner provided 
        that a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
        certifies in writing to the committee that he believes 
        the information is submitted in good faith and warrants 
        the review and consideration of the committee. If a 
        complaint is not disposed of within the applicable 
        periods set forth in the rules of the Committee on 
        Standards of Official Conduct, the chairman and ranking 
        minority member shall establish jointly an 
        investigative subcommittee and forward the complaint, 
        or any portion thereof, to that subcommittee for its 
        consideration. However, if at any time during those 
        periods either the chairman or ranking minority member 
        places on the agenda the issue of whether to establish 
        an investigative subcommittee, then an investigative 
        subcommittee may be established only by an affirmative 
        vote of a majority of the members of the committee.
    (3) The committee may not undertake an investigation of an 
alleged violation of a law, rule, regulation, or standard of 
conduct that was not in effect at the time of the alleged 
violation. The committee may not undertake an investigation of 
such an alleged violation that occurred before the third 
previous Congress unless the committee determines that the 
alleged violation is directly related to an alleged violation 
that occurred in a more recent Congress.
    (4) A member of the committee shall be ineligible to 
participate as a member of the committee in a committee 
proceeding relating to the member's official conduct. Whenever 
a member of the committee is ineligible to act as a member of 
the committee under the preceding sentence, the Speaker shall 
designate a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner from the 
same political party as the ineligible member to act in any 
proceeding of the committee relating to that conduct.
    (5) A member of the committee may disqualify himself from 
participating in an investigation of the conduct of a Member, 
Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the 
House upon the submission in writing and under oath of an 
affidavit of disqualification stating that the member cannot 
render an impartial and unbiased decision in the case in which 
the member seeks to be disqualified. If the committee approves 
and accepts such affidavit of disqualification, the chairman 
shall so notify the Speaker and request the Speaker to 
designate a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner from the 
same political party as the disqualifying member to act in any 
proceeding of the committee relating to that case.
    (6) Information or testimony received, or the contents of a 
complaint or the fact of its filing, may not be publicly 
disclosed by any committee or staff member unless specifically 
authorized in each instance by a vote of the full committee.
    (7) The committee shall have the functions designated in 
titles I and V of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, in 
sections 7342, 7351, and 7353 of title 5, United States Code, 
and in clause 11(g)(4) of rule X.
    (c)(1) Notwithstanding clause 2(g)(1) of rule XI, each 
meeting of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct or a 
subcommittee thereof shall occur in executive session unless 
the committee or subcommittee, by an affirmative vote of a 
majority of its members, opens the meeting to the public.
    (2) Notwithstanding clause 2(g)(2) of rule XI, each hearing 
of an adjudicatory subcommittee or sanction hearing of the 
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct shall be held in 
open session unless the committee or subcommittee, in open 
session by an affirmative vote of a majority of its members, 
closes all or part of the remainder of the hearing on that day 
to the public.
    (d) Before a member, officer, or employee of the Committee 
on Standards of Official Conduct, including members of a 
subcommittee of the committee selected under clause 5(a)(4) of 
rule X and shared staff, may have access to information that is 
confidential under the rules of the committee, the following 
oath (or affirmation) shall be executed: ``I do solemnly swear 
(or affirm) that I will not disclose, to any person or entity 
outside the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, any 
information received in the course of my service with the 
committee, except as authorized by the committee or in 
accordance with its rules.'' Copies of the executed oath shall 
be retained by the Clerk as part of the records of the House. 
This paragraph establishes a standard of conduct within the 
meaning of paragraph (a)(2). Breaches of confidentiality shall 
be investigated by the Committee on Standards of Official 
Conduct and appropriate action shall be taken.
    (e)(1) If a complaint or information offered as a complaint 
is deemed frivolous by an affirmative vote of a majority of the 
members of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, the 
committee may take such action as it, by an affirmative vote of 
a majority of its members, considers appropriate in the 
circumstances.
    (2) Complaints filed before the One Hundred Fifth Congress 
may not be deemed frivolous by the Committee on Standards of 
Official Conduct.

                           COMMITTEE AGENDAS

    (f) The committee shall adopt rules providing that the 
chairman shall establish the agenda for meetings of the 
committee, but shall not preclude the ranking minority member 
from placing any item on the agenda.

                            COMMITTEE STAFF

    (g)(1) The committee shall adopt rules providing that--
          (A) the staff be assembled and retained as a 
        professional, nonpartisan staff;
          (B) each member of the staff shall be professional 
        and demonstrably qualified for the position for which 
        he is hired;
          (C) the staff as a whole and each member of the staff 
        shall perform all official duties in a nonpartisan 
        manner;
          (D) no member of the staff shall engage in any 
        partisan political activity directly affecting any 
        congressional or presidential election;
          (E) no member of the staff or outside counsel may 
        accept public speaking engagements or write for 
        publication on any subject that is in any way related 
        to his or her employment or duties with the committee 
        without specific prior approval from the chairman and 
        ranking minority member; and
          (F) no member of the staff or outside counsel may 
        make public, unless approved by an affirmative vote of 
        a majority of the members of the committee, any 
        information, document, or other material that is 
        confidential, derived from executive session, or 
        classified and that is obtained during the course of 
        employment with the committee.
    (2) Only subdivisions (C), (E), and (F) of subparagraph (1) 
shall apply to shared staff.
    (3)(A) All staff members shall be appointed by an 
affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the committee. 
Such vote shall occur at the first meeting of the membership of 
the committee during each Congress and as necessary during the 
Congress.
    (B) Subject to the approval of the Committee on House 
Administration, the committee may retain counsel not employed 
by the House of Representatives whenever the committee 
determines, by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members 
of the committee, that the retention of outside counsel is 
necessary and appropriate.
    (C) If the committee determines that it is necessary to 
retain staff members for the purpose of a particular 
investigation or other proceeding, then such staff shall be 
retained only for the duration of that particular investigation 
or proceeding.
    (D) Outside counsel may be dismissed before the end of a 
contract between the committee and such counsel only by an 
affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the committee.
    (4) In addition to any other staff provided for by law, 
rule, or other authority, with respect to the committee, the 
chairman and ranking minority member each may appoint one 
individual as a shared staff member from his or her personal 
staff to perform service for the committee. Such shared staff 
may assist the chairman or ranking minority member on any 
subcommittee on which he serves.

                         MEETINGS AND HEARINGS

    (h)(1) The committee shall adopt rules providing that--
          (A) all meetings or hearings of the committee or any 
        subcommittee thereof, other than any hearing held by an 
        adjudicatory subcommittee or any sanction hearing held 
        by the committee, shall occur in executive session 
        unless the committee or subcommittee by an affirmative 
        vote of a majority of its members opens the meeting or 
        hearing to the public; and
          (B) any hearing held by an adjudicatory subcommittee 
        or any sanction hearing held by the committee shall be 
        open to the public unless the committee or subcommittee 
        by an affirmative vote of a majority of its members 
        closes the hearing to the public.

                           PUBLIC DISCLOSURE

    (i) The committee shall adopt rules providing that, unless 
otherwise determined by a vote of the committee, only the 
chairman or ranking minority member, after consultation with 
each other, may make public statements regarding matters before 
the committee or any subcommittee thereof.

                 REQUIREMENTS TO CONSTITUTE A COMPLAINT

    (j) The committee shall adopt rules regarding complaints to 
provide that whenever information offered as a complaint is 
submitted to the committee, the chairman and ranking minority 
member shall have 14 calendar days or five legislative days, 
whichever is sooner, to determine whether the information meets 
the requirements of the rules of the committee for what 
constitutes a complaint.

DUTIES OF CHAIRMAN AND RANKING MINORITY MEMBER REGARDING PROPERLY FILED 
                               COMPLAINTS

    (k)(1) The committee shall adopt rules providing that 
whenever the chairman and ranking minority member jointly 
determine that information submitted to the committee meets the 
requirements of the rules of the committee for what constitutes 
a complaint, they shall have 45 calendar days or five 
legislative days, whichever is later, after that determination 
(unless the committee by an affirmative vote of a majority of 
its members votes otherwise) to--
          (A) recommend to the committee that it dispose of the 
        complaint, or any portion thereof, in any manner that 
        does not require action by the House, which may include 
        dismissal of the complaint or resolution of the 
        complaint by a letter to the Member, officer, or 
        employee of the House against whom the complaint is 
        made;
          (B) establish an investigative subcommittee; or
          (C) request that the committee extend the applicable 
        45-calendar day or five-legislative day period by one 
        additional 45-calendar day period when they determine 
        more time is necessary in order to make a 
        recommendation under subdivision (A).
    (2) The committee shall adopt rules providing that if the 
chairman and ranking minority member jointly determine that 
information submitted to the committee meets the requirements 
of the rules of the committee for what constitutes a complaint, 
and the complaint is not disposed of within the applicable time 
periods under subparagraph (1), then they shall establish an 
investigative subcommittee and forward the complaint, or any 
portion thereof, to that subcommittee for its consideration. 
However, if, at any time during those periods, either the 
chairman or ranking minority member places on the agenda the 
issue of whether to establish an investigative subcommittee, 
then an investigative subcommittee may be established only by 
an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the 
committee.

 DUTIES OF CHAIRMAN AND RANKING MINORITY MEMBER REGARDING INFORMATION 
                      NOT CONSTITUTING A COMPLAINT

    (l) The committee shall adopt rules providing that whenever 
the chairman and ranking minority member jointly determine that 
information submitted to the committee does not meet the 
requirements of the rules of the committee for what constitutes 
a complaint, they may--
          (1) return the information to the complainant with a 
        statement that it fails to meet the requirements of the 
        rules of the committee for what constitutes a 
        complaint; or
          (2) recommend to the committee that it authorize the 
        establishment of an investigative subcommittee.

              INVESTIGATIVE AND ADJUDICATORY SUBCOMMITTEES

    (m) The committee shall adopt rules providing that--
          (1)(A) an investigative subcommittee shall be 
        composed of four Members (with equal representation 
        from the majority and minority parties) whenever such a 
        subcommittee is established pursuant to the rules of 
        the committee;
          (B) an adjudicatory subcommittee shall be composed of 
        the members of the committee who did not serve on the 
        pertinent investigative subcommittee (with equal 
        representation from the majority and minority parties) 
        whenever such a subcommittee is established pursuant to 
        the rules of the committee; and
          (C) notwithstanding any other provision of this 
        clause, the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
        committee may consult with an investigative 
        subcommittee either on their own initiative or on the 
        initiative of the subcommittee, shall have access to 
        information before a subcommittee with which they so 
        consult, and shall not thereby be precluded from 
        serving as full, voting members of any adjudicatory 
        subcommittee;
          (2) at the time of appointment, the chairman shall 
        designate one member of a subcommittee to serve as 
        chairman and the ranking minority member shall 
        designate one member of the subcommittee to serve as 
        the ranking minority member; and
          (3) the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
        committee may serve as members of an investigative 
        subcommittee, but may not serve as non-voting, ex 
        officio members.

    STANDARD OF PROOF FOR ADOPTION OF STATEMENT OF ALLEGED VIOLATION

    (n) The committee shall adopt rules to provide that an 
investigative subcommittee may adopt a statement of alleged 
violation only if it determines by an affirmative vote of a 
majority of the members of the subcommittee that there is 
substantial reason to believe that a violation of the Code of 
Official Conduct, or of a law, rule, regulation, or other 
standard of conduct applicable to the performance of official 
duties or the discharge of official responsibilities by a 
Member, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives, 
has occurred.

                          SUBCOMMITTEE POWERS

    (o)(1) The committee shall adopt rules providing that an 
investigative subcommittee or an adjudicatory subcommittee may 
authorize and issue subpoenas only when authorized by an 
affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the 
subcommittee.
    (2) The committee shall adopt rules providing that an 
investigative subcommittee may, upon an affirmative vote of a 
majority of its members, expand the scope of its investigation 
approved by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of 
the committee.
    (3) The committee shall adopt rules to provide that--
          (A) an investigative subcommittee may, upon an 
        affirmative vote of a majority of its members, amend 
        its statement of alleged violation anytime before the 
        statement of alleged violation is transmitted to the 
        committee; and
          (B) if an investigative subcommittee amends its 
        statement of alleged violation, the respondent shall be 
        notified in writing and shall have 30 calendar days 
        from the date of that notification to file an answer to 
        the amended statement of alleged violation.

                   DUE PROCESS RIGHTS OF RESPONDENTS

    (p) The committee shall adopt rules to provide that--
          (1) not less than 10 calendar days before a scheduled 
        vote by an investigative subcommittee on a statement of 
        alleged violation, the subcommittee shall provide the 
        respondent with a copy of the statement of alleged 
        violation it intends to adopt together with all 
        evidence it intends to use to prove those charges which 
        it intends to adopt, including documentary evidence, 
        witness testimony, memoranda of witness interviews, and 
        physical evidence, unless the subcommittee by an 
        affirmative vote of a majority of its members decides 
        to withhold certain evidence in order to protect a 
        witness; but if such evidence is withheld, the 
        subcommittee shall inform the respondent that evidence 
        is being withheld and of the count to which such 
        evidence relates;
          (2) neither the respondent nor his counsel shall, 
        directly or indirectly, contact the subcommittee or any 
        member thereof during the period of time set forth in 
        paragraph (1) except for the sole purpose of settlement 
        discussions where counsel for the respondent and the 
        subcommittee are present;
          (3) if, at any time after the issuance of a statement 
        of alleged violation, the committee or any subcommittee 
        thereof determines that it intends to use evidence not 
        provided to a respondent under paragraph (1) to prove 
        the charges contained in the statement of alleged 
        violation (or any amendment thereof), such evidence 
        shall be made immediately available to the respondent, 
        and it may be used in any further proceeding under the 
        rules of the committee;
          (4) evidence provided pursuant to paragraph (1) or 
        (3) shall be made available to the respondent and his 
        or her counsel only after each agrees, in writing, that 
        no document, information, or other materials obtained 
        pursuant to that paragraph shall be made public until--
                  (A) such time as a statement of alleged 
                violation is made public by the committee if 
                the respondent has waived the adjudicatory 
                hearing; or
                  (B) the commencement of an adjudicatory 
                hearing if the respondent has not waived an 
                adjudicatory hearing; but the failure of 
                respondent and his counsel to so agree in 
                writing, and their consequent failure to 
                receive the evidence, shall not preclude the 
                issuance of a statement of alleged violation at 
                the end of the period referred to in paragraph 
                (1);
          (5) a respondent shall receive written notice 
        whenever--
                  (A) the chairman and ranking minority member 
                determine that information the committee has 
                received constitutes a complaint;
                  (B) a complaint or allegation is transmitted 
                to an investigative subcommittee;
                  1(C) an investigative subcommittee votes to 
                authorize its first subpoena or to take 
                testimony under oath, whichever occurs first; 
                or
                  (D) an investigative subcommittee votes to 
                expand the scope of its investigation;
          (6) whenever an investigative subcommittee adopts a 
        statement of alleged violation and a respondent enters 
        into an agreement with that subcommittee to settle a 
        complaint on which that statement is based, that 
        agreement, unless the respondent requests otherwise, 
        shall be in writing and signed by the respondent and 
        respondent's counsel, the chairman and ranking minority 
        member of the subcommittee, and the outside counsel, if 
        any;
          (7) statements or information derived solely from a 
        respondent or his counsel during any settlement 
        discussions between the committee or a subcommittee 
        thereof and the respondent shall not be included in any 
        report of the subcommittee or the committee or 
        otherwise publicly disclosed without the consent of the 
        respondent; and
          (8) whenever a motion to establish an investigative 
        subcommittee does not prevail, the committee shall 
        promptly send a letter to the respondent informing him 
        of such vote.

                    COMMITTEE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

    (q) The committee shall adopt rules to provide that--
          (1) whenever an investigative subcommittee does not 
        adopt a statement of alleged violation and transmits a 
        report to that effect to the committee, the committee 
        may by an affirmative vote of a majority of its members 
        transmit such report to the House of Representatives;
          (2) whenever an investigative subcommittee adopts a 
        statement of alleged violation, the respondent admits 
        to the violations set forth in such statement, the 
        respondent waives his or her right to an adjudicatory 
        hearing, and the respondent's waiver is approved by the 
        committee--
                  (A) the subcommittee shall prepare a report 
                for transmittal to the committee, a final draft 
                of which shall be provided to the respondent 
                not less than 15 calendar days before the 
                subcommittee votes on whether to adopt the 
                report;
                  (B) the respondent may submit views in 
                writing regarding the final draft to the 
                subcommittee within seven calendar days of 
                receipt of that draft;
                  (C) the subcommittee shall transmit a report 
                to the committee regarding the statement of 
                alleged violation together with any views 
                submitted by the respondent pursuant to 
                subdivision (B), and the committee shall make 
                the report together with the respondent's views 
                available to the public before the commencement 
                of any sanction hearing; and
                  (D) the committee shall by an affirmative 
                vote of a majority of its members issue a 
                report and transmit such report to the House of 
                Representatives, together with the respondent's 
                views previously submitted pursuant to 
                subdivision (B) and any additional views 
                respondent may submit for attachment to the 
                final report; and
          (3) members of the committee shall have not less than 
        72 hours to review any report transmitted to the 
        committee by an investigative subcommittee before both 
        the commencement of a sanction hearing and the 
        committee vote on whether to adopt the report.

           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.

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

                        AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS

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

                     PRIVILEGED REPORTS, GENERALLY

    5. (a) The following committees shall have leave to report 
at any time on the following matters, respectively:
          (1) The Committee on Appropriations, on general 
        appropriation bills and on joint resolutions continuing 
        appropriations for a fiscal year after September 15 in 
        the preceding fiscal year.
          (2) The Committee on the Budget, on the matters 
        required to be reported by such committee under titles 
        III and IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
          (3) The Committee on House Administration, on 
        enrolled bills, on contested elections, on matters 
        referred to it concerning printing for the use of the 
        House or the two Houses, on expenditure of the 
        applicable accounts of the House described in clause 
        1(j)(1) of rule X, and on matters relating to 
        preservation and availability of noncurrent records of 
        the House under rule VII.
          (4) The Committee on Rules, on rules, joint rules, 
        and the order of business.
          (5) The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, 
        on resolutions recommending action by the House with 
        respect to a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
        officer, or employee of the House as a result of an 
        investigation by the committee relating to the official 
        conduct of such Member, Delegate, Resident 
        Commissioner, officer, or employee.
    (b) A report filed from the floor as privileged under 
paragraph (a) may be called up as a privileged question by 
direction of the reporting committee, subject to any 
requirement concerning its availability to Members, Delegates, 
and the Resident Commissioner under clause 4 or concerning the 
timing of its consideration under clause 6.

              PRIVILEGED REPORTS BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES

    6. (a) A report by the Committee on Rules on a rule, joint 
rule, or the order of business may not be called up for 
consideration on the same day it is presented to the House 
except--
          (1) when so determined by a vote of two-thirds of the 
        Members voting, a quorum being present;
          (2) in the case of a resolution proposing only to 
        waive a requirement of clause 4 or of clause 8 of rule 
        XXII concerning the availability of reports; or
          (3) during the last three days of a session of 
        Congress.
    (b) Pending the consideration of a report by the Committee 
on Rules on a rule, joint rule, or the order of business, the 
Speaker may entertain one motion that the House adjourn but may 
not entertain any other dilatory motion until the report shall 
have been disposed of.
    (c) The Committee on Rules may not report--
          (1) a rule or order proposing that business under 
        clause 6 of rule XV be set aside by a vote of less than 
        two-thirds of the Members voting, a quorum being 
        present; or
          (2) a rule or order that would prevent the motion to 
        recommit a bill or joint resolution from being made as 
        provided in clause 2(b) of rule XIX, including a motion 
        to recommit with instructions to report back an 
        amendment otherwise in order, if offered by the 
        Minority Leader or a designee, except with respect to a 
        Senate bill or resolution for which the text of a 
        House-passed measure has been substituted.
    (d) The Committee on Rules shall present to the House 
reports concerning rules, joint rules, and the order of 
business, within three legislative days of the time when they 
are ordered. If such a report is not considered immediately, it 
shall be referred to the calendar. If such a report on the 
calendar is not called up by the member of the committee who 
filed the report within seven legislative days, any member of 
the committee may call it up as a privileged question on the 
day after the calendar day on which the member announces to the 
House his intention to do so. The Speaker shall recognize a 
member of the committee who rises for that purpose.
    (e) An adverse report by the Committee on Rules on a 
resolution proposing a special order of business for the 
consideration of a public bill or public joint resolution may 
be called up as a privileged question by a Member, Delegate, or 
Resident Commissioner on a day when it is in order to consider 
a motion to discharge committees under clause 2 of rule XV.
    (f) If the House has adopted a resolution making in order a 
motion to consider a bill or resolution, and such a motion has 
not been offered within seven calendar days thereafter, such a 
motion shall be privileged if offered by direction of all 
reporting committees having initial jurisdiction of the bill or 
resolution.
    (g) Whenever the Committee on Rules reports a resolution 
providing for the consideration of a measure, it shall (to the 
maximum extent possible) specify in the resolution the object 
of any waiver of a point of order against the measure or 
against its consideration.

                         Resolutions of inquiry

    7. A report on a resolution of inquiry addressed to the 
head of an executive department may be filed from the floor as 
privileged. If such a resolution is not reported to the House 
within 14 legislative days after its introduction, a motion to 
discharge a committee from its consideration shall be 
privileged.

                                  
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