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RULES GOVERNING PROCEDURE
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COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
HON. BART GORDON, Tennessee, Chair
JERRY F. COSTELLO, Illinois RALPH M. HALL, Texas
EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER JR.,
LYNN C. WOOLSEY, California Wisconsin
DAVID WU, Oregon LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas
BRIAN BAIRD, Washington DANA ROHRABACHER, California
BRAD MILLER, North Carolina ROSCOE G. BARTLETT, Maryland
DANIEL LIPINSKI, Illinois VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan
GABRIELLE GIFFORDS, Arizona FRANK D. LUCAS, Oklahoma
DONNA F. EDWARDS, Maryland JUDY BIGGERT, Illinois
MARCIA L. FUDGE, Ohio W. TODD AKIN, Missouri
BEN R. LUJAN, New Mexico RANDY NEUGEBAUER, Texas
PAUL D. TONKO, New York BOB INGLIS, South Carolina
PARKER GRIFFITH, Alabama MICHAEL T. MCCAUL, Texas
STEVEN R. ROTHMAN, New Jersey MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida
JIM MATHESON, Utah BRIAN P. BILBRAY, California
LINCOLN DAVIS, Tennessee ADRIAN SMITH, Nebraska
BEN CHANDLER, Kentucky PAUL C. BROUN, Georgia
RUSS CARNAHAN, Missouri PETE OLSON, Texas
BARON P. HILL, Indiana
HARRY E. MITCHELL, Arizona
CHARLES A. WILSON, Ohio
KATHLEEN DAHLKEMPER, Pennsylvania
ALAN GRAYSON, Florida
SUZANNE M. KOSMAS, Florida
GARY C. PETERS, Michigan
VACANCY
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Rule 1. General Provisions....................................... 1
(a) In General................................................ 1
(b) Subcommittees............................................. 1
(c) Vice Chair................................................ 1
(d) Order of Business......................................... 1
(e) Use of Hearing Rooms...................................... 1
(f) National Security Information............................. 1
(g) Availability of Publications.............................. 1
(h) Committee Website......................................... 2
(i) Motion To Go To Conference................................ 2
(j) Conference Committees..................................... 2
(k) Other Procedures.......................................... 2
Rule 2. Regular, Additional, and Special Meetings................ 2
(a) Regular Meetings.......................................... 2
(b) Additional Meetings....................................... 2
(c) Special Meetings.......................................... 2
Rule 3. Meetings and Hearings Generally.......................... 2
(a) Opening Statements........................................ 2
(b) Addressing the Committee.................................. 3
(c) Requests for Written Motions.............................. 3
(d) Open Meetings and Hearings................................ 3
(e) Audio and Visual Coverage................................. 3
Rule 4. Consideration of Measure or Matter....................... 5
(a) In General................................................ 5
(b) Notice.................................................... 5
(c) Submission of Amendments.................................. 5
(d) Suspended Proceedings..................................... 6
(e) Investigative or Oversight Reports........................ 6
(f) Germaneness............................................... 6
Rule 5. Power to Sit and Act; Subpoena Power..................... 6
(a) In General................................................ 6
(b) Sensitive or Confidential Information..................... 6
Rule 6. Quorums and Voting....................................... 7
(a) Quorums................................................... 7
(b) Voting by Proxy........................................... 7
(c) Requests for Record Vote.................................. 7
(d) Postponement of Proceedings............................... 7
Rule 7. Hearing Procedures....................................... 8
(a) Announcement of Hearing................................... 8
(b) Witness Statement; Testimony.............................. 8
(c) Minority Witnesses........................................ 8
(d) Extended Questioning of Witnesses by Members.............. 8
(e) Additional Questions for the Record....................... 9
(f) Additional Hearing Procedures............................. 9
Rule 8. Procedures for Reporting Measures or Matters............. 9
(a) Filing of Reports......................................... 9
(b) Supplemental, Minority, or Additional Views............... 9
(c) Contents of Report........................................ 10
(d) Immediate Printing; Supplemental Reports.................. 11
(e) Private Bills............................................. 11
(f) Report Language on Use of Federal Resources............... 11
Rule 9. Other Committee Publications............................. 12
(a) House Reports............................................. 12
(b) Other Documents........................................... 12
(c) Joint investigation or Study.............................. 12
(d) Post Adjournment Filing of Committee Reports.............. 12
Rule 10. General Oversight and Investigative Responsibilities.... 13
(a) In General................................................ 13
(b) Oversight................................................. 13
(c) Investigations............................................ 13
Rule 11. Subcommittees........................................... 14
(a) Establishment and Jurisdiction of Subcommittees........... 14
(b) Ratios.................................................... 16
(c) Ex-Officio Members........................................ 16
(d) Referral of Legislation................................... 17
(e) Procedures................................................ 17
(f) Consideration of Subcommittee Reports..................... 17
Rule 12. Committee Records....................................... 18
(a) Transcripts............................................... 18
(b) Keeping of Records........................................ 18
(c) Availability of Archived Records.......................... 18
(d) Property of House......................................... 18
RULE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
(a) IN GENERAL.--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. [House Rule XI 1(a)]
(b) SUBCOMMITTEES.--The rules of the Committee, as
applicable, shall be the rules of its Subcommittees.
[House Rule XI 1(a)]
(c) LVICE CHAIR.--A Member of the majority party on the
Committee or Subcommittee shall be designated by the
Chair of the Committee as the Vice Chair of the
Committee or Subcommittee, as the case maybe, and shall
preside during the absence of the Chair from any
meeting. If the Chair and Vice Chair 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. [House
Rule XI 2(d)]
(d) ORDER OF BUSINESS.--The order of business and
procedure of the Committee and the subjects of
inquiries or investigations will be decided by the
Chair, subject always to an appeal to the Committee.
(e) USE OF HEARING ROOMS.--In consultation with the
Ranking Minority Member, the Chair of the Committee
shall establish guidelines for the use of Committee
hearing rooms.
(f) NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION.--All national
security information bearing a classification of secret
or higher which has been received by the Committee or a
Subcommittee shall be deemed to have been received in
Executive Session and shall be given appropriate
safekeeping. The Chair of the Committee may establish
such regulations and procedures as in the Chair's
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.
(g) AVAILABILITY OF PUBLICATIONS.--To the maximum
extent feasible, the Committee shall make its
publications available in electronic form, including on
the Committee website. [House Rule XI 2(e)(4)]
(h) COMMITTEE WEBSITE.--The Chair of the Committee
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 of the Committee 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.
(i) MOTION TO GO TO CONFERENCE.--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. [House Rule XI 2(a)(3)]
(j) CONFERENCE COMMITTEES.--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 Committee.
(k) OTHER PROCEDURES.--The Chair of the Committee,
after consultation with the Ranking Minority Member of
the Committee, may establish such other procedures and
take such actions as may be necessary to carry out
these rules or to facilitate the effective operation of
the Committee.
Rule 2. REGULAR, ADDITIONAL, AND SPECIAL MEETINGS
(a) REGULAR MEETINGS.--Unless dispensed with by the
Chair of the Committee, the meetings of the Committee
shall be held on the second (2nd) and fourth (4th)
Wednesdays of each month the House is in session at
10:00 a.m. [House Rule XI 2(b)]
(b) ADDITIONAL MEETINGS.--The Chair of the Committee
may call and convene, as the Chair 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
under that call of the Chair. [House Rule XI 2(c)(1)]
(c) SPECIAL MEETINGS.--Rule XI 2(c) of the Rules of
the House of Representatives is hereby incorporated by
reference. [House Rule XI 2(c)(2)]
Rule 3. MEETINGS AND HEARINGS GENERALLY
(a) OPENING STATEMENTS.--Insofar as is practicable,
the Chair, 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 Chair and
Ranking Minority Member.
(b) ADDRESSING THE COMMITTEE.--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 Chair, except that this time limit
may be waived by the Chair. [House Rule XI 2(j)(2)]
(c) REQUESTS FOR WRITTEN MOTIONS.--Any motion made at
a meeting of the Committee and which is entertained by
the Chair of the Committee or the Subcommittee shall be
presented in writing upon the demand of any Member
present and a copy made available to each Member
present.
(d) OPEN MEETINGS AND HEARINGS.--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, including to
radio, television, and still photography, unless closed
in accordance with clause 2(g) of Rule XI of the Rules
of the House of Representatives. [House Rule XI 2(g)]
(e) AUDIO AND VISUAL COVERAGE.
(1) Whenever a hearing or meeting conducted by
the Committee is open to the public, these
proceedings shall be open to coverage by audio
and visual means, except as provided in Rule XI
4(f)(2) of the House of Representatives. The
Chair of the Committee or Subcommittee may not
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) Radio and television tapes, television
films, 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.
(3) 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:
L(A) 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
L(B) 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.
(4) 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.
(5) The following shall apply to coverage of
Committee meetings or hearings by audio or
visual means:
L(A) 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.
L(B) The allocation among the
television media of the positions or
the number of television cameras
permitted by a Committee or
Subcommittee Chair 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.
L(C) 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.
L(D) 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.
L(E) 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.
L(F) (i) Except as provided in
subdivision (ii), floodlights,
spotlights, strobe lights, and
flashguns may not be used in providing
any method of coverage of the hearing
or meeting.
L(ii) 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.
L(G) In the allocation of the number
of still photographers permitted by a
Committee or Subcommittee Chair 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 Chair 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.
L(H) 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.
L(I) Photographers may not place
themselves in positions that obstruct
unnecessarily the coverage of the
hearing by the other media.
L(J) Personnel providing coverage by
the television and radio media shall be
currently accredited to the Radio and
Television Correspondents' Galleries.
L(K) Personnel providing coverage by
still photography shall be currently
accredited to the Press Photographers'
Gallery.
L(L) 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. [House Rule XI (4)]
Rule 4. CONSIDERATION OF MEASURE OR MATTER
(a) IN GENERAL.--Bills and other substantive matters
may be taken up for consideration only when called by
the Chair 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(c).
(b) NOTICE.--
(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 of the measure to be considered for
purposes of markup have been available to each
Member of the Committee for at least 48 hours
in advance of consideration, excluding
Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1),
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.
(c) SUBMISSION OF AMENDMENTS.--To the maximum extent
practicable, amendments to a measure or matter shall be
submitted in writing to the Clerk of the Committee at
least 24 hours prior to the consideration of the
measure or matter.
(d) SUSPENDED PROCEEDINGS.--During the consideration
of any measure or matter, the Chair of the Committee,
or of any Subcommittee, may recess the Committee or
Subcommittee, as the case may be, at any point.
Additionally, during the consideration of any measure
or matter, the Chair of the Committee, or of any
Subcommittee, shall suspend further proceedings after a
question has been put to the Committee or Subcommittee
at anytime 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 6(d).
(e) INVESTIGATIVE OR OVERSIGHT REPORTS.--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). [House Rule XI 1(b)(2)]
(f) GERMANENESS.--The rules of germeneness shall be
enforced by the Chair of the Committee or Subcommittee,
as the case may be.
Rule 5. POWER TO SIT AND ACT; SUBPOENA POWER
(a) IN GENERAL.--
(1) Nothwithstanding 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 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 Chair of
the Committee, or by any Member designated by
the Chair. [House Rule XI 2(m)(3)(A)]
(2) The Chair of the Committee, after
consultation with the Ranking Minority Member
of the 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. [House Rule XI 2(m)(3)(A)]
(3) A subpoena duces tecum may specify terms
of return other than at a meeting or a hearing
of the Committee. [House Rule XI 2(m)(3)(B)]
(b) SENSITIVE OR CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.--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 Chair of
the Committee, in the Chair's judgment and after
consultation with the Ranking Minority Member of the
Committee, deems that in view of all of the
circumstances, such as the sensitivity of the
information or the confidential nature of the
information, such action is appropriate.
Rule 6. QUORUMS AND VOTING
(a) QUORUMS.--
(1) One-third (1/3) of the Members of the
Committee shall constitute a quorum for all
purposes except as provided in paragraphs (2)
and (3) of this Rule. [House Rule XI 2(h)(3)]
(2) A majority of the Members of the Committee
shall constitute a quorum in order to: (A)
report any legislation, measure, or matter; (B)
close Committee meetings or hearings pursuant
to Rule 3(d); and (C) authorize the issuance of
subpoenas pursuant to Rule 5(a). [House Rule XI
2(h)(1); House Rule XI 2(g); House Rule XI
2(m)(3)(A)]
(3) Two (2) Members of the Committee shall
constitute a quorum for taking testimony and
receiving evidence, which, unless waived by the
Chair of the Committee after consultation with
the Ranking Minority Member of the Committee,
shall include at least one (1) Member from each
of the majority and minority parties. [House
Rule XI 2(h)(2)]
(b) VOTING BY PROXY.--No Member may authorize a vote
by proxy with respect to any measure or matter before
the Committee. [House Rule XI 2(f)]
(c) REQUESTS FOR RECORD VOTE AT COMMITTEE.--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.
(d) POSTPONEMENT OF PROCEEDINGS.--The Chair of the
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. [House Rule XI 2(h)(4)]
Rule 7. HEARING PROCEDURES
(a) ANNOUNCEMENT OF HEARING.--The Chair shall make a
public announcement of the date, time, place, and
subject matter of a hearing, and to the extent
practicable, a list of witnesses at least one (1) week
before the commencement of the hearing. If the Chair,
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 Chair 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 in electronic form,
including on the Committee website. [House Rule XI
2(g)(3)]
(b) WITNESS STATEMENT; TESTIMONY.--
(1) Insofar as is practicable, no later than
48 hours in advance of his or her appearance,
each witness who is to appear before the
Committee shall file in printed copy and in
electronic form a written statement of his or
her proposed testimony and a curriculum vitae.
[House Rule 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,
government contracts with the witness or the
witness' employer, and any form of payment of
compensation from any relevant entity. The
source and amount of the financial interest
should be included in this disclosure. [House
Rule XI 2(g)(4)]
(3) Each witness shall limit his or her
presentation to a five (5) minute summary,
provided that additional time may be granted by
the Chair of the Committee or Subcommittee when
appropriate.
(c) MINORITY WITNESSES.--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 Chair 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. [House Rule XI 2(j)(1)]
(d) EXTENDED QUESTIONING OF WITNESSES BY MEMBERS.--
Notwithstanding Rule 3(b), upon a motion, the Chair, in
consultation with the Ranking Minority Member, may
designate an equal number of Members from each party to
question a witness for a period of time equally divided
between the majority party and the minority party, 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. [House Rule XI 2(j)(2)]
(e) ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE RECORD.--Members of
the Committee have two (2) 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.
(f) ADDITIONAL HEARING PROCEDURES.--Rule XI 2(k) of
the Rules of the House of Representatives is hereby
incorporated by reference. [House Rule XI 2(k)]
Rule 8. PROCEDURES FOR REPORTING MEASURES OR MATTERS
(a) FILING OF REPORTS.--
(1) It shall be the duty of the Chair of the
Committee to report or cause to be reported
promptly to the House any measure approved by
the Committee and to take or cause to be taken
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. [House Rule XIII
2(b)(1)]
(2) 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 Chair of the Committee
notice of the filing of that request. [House
Rule XIII 2(b)(2)]
(b) 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 have 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. No supplemental,
minority, or additional views shall be accepted for
inclusion in the report if submitted after two (2)
subsequent calendar days have elapsed unless the Chair
of the Committee or Subcommittee, as appropriate,
decides to extend the time for submission of views, in
which case the Chair shall communicate such fact,
including the revised day and hour for submissions to
be received, to the Members of the Committee without
delay. 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. [House Rule XI
2(I)]
(c) CONTENTS OF REPORT.--
(1) The report of the Committee on a measure
or matter shall be printed in a single volume
that shall--
(A) include all supplemental,
minority, or additional views that have
been submitted by the time of the
filing of the report on that measure or
matter; and
(B) bear on its cover a recital that
any such supplemental, minority, or
additional views (and any material
submitted under Rule 8(c)(3)(A) ) are
included as part of the report.
(2) 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:
(A) 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; [House Rule
XIII 3(c)(1)]
(B) 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 Rule
XIII 3(c)(2); [House Rule XIII 3(c)(2)]
(C) 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;
[House Rule XIII 3(d)(1)]
(D) with respect to each recorded 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;
(E) 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 3 of this Rule has been
timely submitted prior to the filing of
the report and included in the report;
[House Rule XIII 3(d)(2)]
(F) 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; [House
Rule XIII 3(e)]
(G) a transcript of the markup of the
measure or matter unless waived under
Rule 12(a); and
(H) a statement of general performance
goals and objectives, including
outcome-related goals and objectives,
for which the measure authorizes
funding. [House Rule XIII 3(e)(4)]
(3) 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:
(A) 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; [House Rule XIII 3(c)(3)]
(B) if the Committee has not received
prior to the filing of the report the
material required under subparagraph
(A) of this Rule, then it shall include
a statement to that effect in the
report on the measure.
(d) IMMEDIATE PRINTING; SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTS.--This
Rule does not preclude--
(1) the immediate filing or printing of a
Committee report unless a 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.
(e) PRIVATE BILLS.--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.
(f) REPORT LANGUAGE ON USE OF FEDERAL RESOURCES.--No
legislative report filed by the Committee on any
measure or matter reported by the Committee shall
contain language which has the effect of specifying the
use of federal resources more explicitly (inclusively
or exclusively) than that specified in the measure or
matter as ordered reported, unless such language has
been approved by the Committee during a meeting or
otherwise in writing by a majority of the Members.
Rule 9. OTHER COMMITTEE PUBLICATIONS
(a) HOUSE REPORTS.--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 8(b).
(b) OTHER DOCUMENTS.--
(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and (3), the
Chair of the Committee may approve the
publication of any document as a Committee
print which in the Chair's discretion the Chair
determines to be useful for the information of
the Committee.
(2) 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, other than a report of the
Committee on a measure which has been approved
by the Committee, must be approved by the
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.
(3) Any document to be published as a
Committee print, other than a document
described in subsection (2) of this Rule,
shall--
(A) 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) not be published following the
sine die adjournment of a Congress,
unless approved by the Chair of the
Committee after consultation with the
Ranking Minority Member of the
Committee.
(c) JOINT INVESTIGATION OR STUDY.--A report of an
investigation or study conducted jointly by the
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. [House Rule XI
1(b)(2)]
(d) 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 (7) calendar days in which to
submit such views for inclusion with the
report. [House Rule XI 1(b)(4)]
(2) After an adjournment sine die of the last
regular session of a Congress, the Chair of the
Committee 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. [House
Rule XI 1(d)(1)]
Rule 10. GENERAL OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
(a) OVERSIGHT.--
(1) IN GENERAL.--The Committee shall review
and study on a continuing basis laws, programs,
and Government activities relating to
nonmilitary research and development. [House
Rule X 3(k)]
(2) 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 Oversight and 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.
[House Rule X 2(d)].
(b) INVESTIGATIONS.--
(1) IN GENERAL.--The Chair of the Committee
may undertake any formal investigation in the
name of the Committee after consultation with
the Ranking Minority Member of the Committee.
(2) SUBCOMMITTEE INVESTIGATIONS.--The Chair of
any Subcommittee shall not undertake any formal
investigation in the name of the Committee or
Subcommittee without formal approval by the
Chair of the Committee, in consultation with
other appropriate Subcommittee Chairs, and
after consultation with the Ranking Minority
Member of the Committee. The Chair of any
Subcommittee shall also consult with the
Ranking Minority Member of the Subcommittee
before undertaking any investigation in the
name of the Committee.
Rule 11. SUBCOMMITTEES
(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND JURISDICTION OF SUBCOMMITTEES.--
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:
L(A) Department of Energy research,
development, and demonstration
programs;
L(B) Department of Energy
laboratories;
L(C) Department of Energy science
activities;
L(D) energy supply activities;
L(E) nuclear, solar and renewable
energy, and other advanced energy
technologies;
L(F) uranium supply and enrichment,
and Department of Energy waste
management and environment, safety, and
health activities, as appropriate;
L(G) fossil energy research and
development;
L(H) clean coal technology;
L(I) energy conservation research and
development;
L(J) energy aspects of climate change;
L(K) pipeline research, development,
and demonstration projects;
L(L) energy and environmental
standards;
L(M) energy conservation, including
building performance, alternate fuels
for and improved efficiency of
vehicles, distributed power systems,
and industrial process improvements;
L(N) Environmental Protection Agency
research and development programs;
L(O) the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, including
all activities related to weather,
weather services, climate, the
atmosphere, marine fisheries, and
oceanic research;
L(P) risk assessment activities; and
L(Q) 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,
including:
L(A) standardization of weights and
measures, including technical
standards, standardization, and
conformity assessment;
L(B) measurement, including the metric
system of measurement;
L(C) the Technology Administration of
the Department of Commerce;
L(D) the National Institute of
Standards and Technology;
L(E) the National Technical
Information Service;
L(F) competitiveness, including small
business competitiveness;
L(G) tax; antitrust, regulatory and
other legal and governmental policies
as they relate to technological
development and commercialization;
L(H) technology transfer, including
civilian use of defense technologies;
L(I) patent and intellectual property
policy;
L(J) international technology trade;
L(K) research, development, and
demonstration activities of the
Department of Transportation;
L(L) surface and water transportation
research, development, and
demonstration programs;
L(M) earthquake programs (except for
NSF) and fire research programs,
including those related to wildfire
proliferation research and prevention;
L(N) biotechnology policy;
L(O) research, development,
demonstration, and standards-related
activities of the Department of
Homeland Security;
L(P) Small Business Innovation
Research and Technology Transfer; and
L(Q) 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:
L(A) the Office of Science and
Technology Policy;
L(B) all scientific research, and
scientific and engineering resources
(including human resources), math,
science and engineering education;
L(C) intergovernmental mechanisms for
research, development, and
demonstration and cross-cutting
programs;
L(D) international scientific
cooperation;
L(E) National Science Foundation,
including earthquake programs;
L(F) university research policy,
including infrastructure and overhead;
L(G) university research partnerships,
including those with industry;
L(H) science scholarships;
L(I) computing, communications, and
information technology;
L(J) research and development relating
to health, biomedical, and nutritional
programs;
L(K) to the extent appropriate,
agricultural, geological, biological
and life sciences research; and
L(L) 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:
L(A) national space policy, including
access to space;
L(B) sub-orbital access and
applications;
L(C) National Aeronautics and Space
Administration and its contractor and
government-operated labs;
L(D) space commercialization,
including commercial space activities
relating to the Department of
Transportation and the Department of
Commerce;
L(E) exploration and use of outer
space;
L(F) international space cooperation;
L(G) the National Space Council;
L(H) space applications, space
communications and related matters;
L(I) Earth remote sensing policy;
L(J) civil aviation research,
development, and demonstration;
L(K) research, development; and
demonstration programs of the Federal
Aviation Administration; and
L(L) space law.
(5) SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS AND
OVERSIGHT.--General and special investigative
authority on all matters within the
jurisdiction of the Committee on Science and
Technology.
(b) RATIOS.--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 Chair of the Committee to negotiate
that ratio with the minority party; Provided, however,
that the ratio of majority Members to minority Members
on each Subcommittee (including any ex-officio Members)
shall be no less favorable to the majority party than
the ratio for the Committee.
(c) EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS.--The Chair of the Committee
and Ranking Minority Member of the Committee shall
serve as ex-officio Members of all Subcommittees and
shall have the right to vote and be counted as part of
the quorum and ratios on all matters before the
Subcommittee.
(d) REFERRAL OF LEGISLATION.--The Chair of the
Committee 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 of the matters being
referred to the Committee, unless the Chair of the
Committee deems consideration is to be by the
Committee. Subcommittee Chairs may make requests for
referral of specific matters to their Subcommittee
within the two (2) week period if they believe
Subcommittee jurisdictions so warrant.
(e) PROCEDURES.--
(1) No Subcommittee shall meet to consider for
markup or approval any measure or matter when
the Committee or any other Subcommittee of the
Committee is meeting to consider any measure or
matter for markup or approval.
(2) Each Subcommittee is authorized to meet,
hold hearings, receive testimony or evidence,
mark up legislation, 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.
(3) Subcommittee Chairs shall set meeting
dates after consultation with the Chair of the
Committee and other Subcommittee Chairs with a
view toward avoiding simultaneous scheduling of
Committee and Subcommittee meetings or hearings
wherever possible.
(4) 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 Member who is not a Member of the
Subcommittee shall vote on any matter before
such Subcommittee, except as provided in
subsection (c) of this Rule.
(5) During consideration of any measure or
matter for markup or approval in a Subcommittee
proceeding, a record vote may be had at the
request of one (1) or more Members of that
Subcommittee.
(f) CONSIDERATION OF SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS.--After
ordering a measure or matter reported, a Subcommittee
shall issue a Subcommittee report in such form as the
Chair of the Committee shall specify. Reports and
recommendations of a Subcommittee shall not be
considered by the 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 the Members of the
Committee and printed hearings thereon shall be made
available, if feasible, to the Members of the
Committee, except that this Rule may be waived at the
discretion of the Chair of the Committee after
consultation with the Ranking Minority Member of the
Committee.
Rule 12. COMMITTEE RECORDS
(a) TRANSCRIPTS.--The transcripts of those hearings
conducted by the Committee and Subcommittees 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 Chair of the
Committee. [House Rule XI 2(e)(1)(A)]
(b) KEEPING OF RECORDS.--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.
[House Rule XI 2(e)(1)]
(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
of Representatives. The Chair of the Committee shall
notify the Ranking Minority Member of the Committee of
any decision, pursuant to Rule VII 3(b)(3) or clause
4(b) of the Rules of the House of Representatives, 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.
[House Rule XI 2(e)(3)]
(d) PROPERTY OF HOUSE.--
(1) Except as provided for in paragraph (2),
all Committee hearings, records, data, charts,
and files shall be kept separate and distinct
from the congressional office records of the
Member serving as its Chair. Such records shall
be the property of the House, and each Member,
Delegate, and the Resident Commissioner, shall
have access thereto.
(2) 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. [House Rule XI 2(e)(2)]