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                                 RULES 
                                 OF THE 
                              COMMITTEE ON 
                          EDUCATION AND LABOR 
                                     

                     U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                     

                             111th CONGRESS

                                     

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                                 RULES

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                              COMMITTEE ON
                          EDUCATION AND LABOR

                                     

                     U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                     

                             111th CONGRESS

                                     
                                     
                                     
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                    COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

                  GEORGE MILLER, California, Chairman

Dale E. Kildee, Michigan, Vice       Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon, 
    Chairman                             California,
Donald M. Payne, New Jersey            Senior Republican Member
Robert E. Andrews, New Jersey        Thomas E. Petri, Wisconsin
Robert C. ``Bobby'' Scott, Virginia  Peter Hoekstra, Michigan
Lynn C. Woolsey, California          Michael N. Castle, Delaware
Ruben Hinojosa, Texas                Mark E. Souder, Indiana
Carolyn McCarthy, New York           Vernon J. Ehlers, Michigan
John F. Tierney, Massachusetts       Judy Biggert, Illinois
Dennis J. Kucinich, Ohio             Todd Russell Platts, Pennsylvania
David Wu, Oregon                     Joe Wilson, South Carolina
Rush D. Holt, New Jersey             John Kline, Minnesota
Susan A. Davis, California           Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Washington
Raul M. Grijalva, Arizona            Tom Price, Georgia
Timothy H. Bishop, New York          Rob Bishop, Utah
Joe Sestak, Pennsylvania             Brett Guthrie, Kentucky
David Loebsack, Iowa                 Bill Cassidy, Louisiana
Mazie Hirono, Hawaii                 Tom McClintock, California
Jason Altmire, Pennsylvania          Duncan Hunter, California
Phil Hare, Illinois                  David P. Roe, Tennessee
Yvette D. Clarke, New York           [Vacant]
Joe Courtney, Connecticut
Carol Shea-Porter, New Hampshire
Marcia L. Fudge, Ohio
Jared Polis, Colorado
Paul Tonko, New York
Pedro R. Pierluisi, Puerto Rico
Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan,
  Northern Mariana Islands
Dina Titus, Nevada
[Vacant]

                     Mark Zuckerman, Staff Director
                Sally Stroup, Republican Staff Director


































                            C O N T E N T S

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


                            THE RULES OF THE
                    COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

                         FOR THE 111TH CONGRESS

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           RULE 1. REGULAR, ADDITIONAL, AND SPECIAL MEETINGS

    (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 Chair determines that the Committee will 
not consider any bill or resolution before the Committee and 
that there is no other business to be transacted at a regular 
meeting, he or she will give each member of the Committee, as 
far in advance of the day of the regular meeting as the 
circumstances make practicable, written notice to that effect, 
and no regular Committee meeting shall be held on that day.
    (b) The Chair 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.
    (c) If at least three members of the Committee desire that 
a special meeting of the Committee be called by the Chair, 
those members may file in the offices of the Committee their 
written request to the Chair for that special meeting. 
Immediately upon the filing of the request, the staff director 
of the Committee shall notify the Chair of the filing of the 
request. If, within three calendar days after the filing of the 
request, the Chair 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. 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. The Committee shall meet on that date and hour 
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 the Rules of the 
House. No business meeting of the Committee, other than 
regularly scheduled meetings, may be held without each member 
being given reasonable notice.
    (e) The Chair of the Committee or of a subcommittee, as 
appropriate, shall preside at meetings or hearings. In the 
absence of the Chair of the Committee or of a subcommittee, 
members shall preside as provided in clause 2(d) of Rule XI of 
the Rules of the House of Representatives. 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 Chair.

            RULE 2. STANDING SUBCOMMITTEES AND JURISDICTION

    (a) There shall be five standing subcommittees. In addition 
to conducting oversight in the area of their respective 
jurisdictions as required in clause 2 of Rule X of the House, 
each subcommittee shall have the following jurisdiction:
    Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary 
Education.--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 3. EX OFFICIO MEMBERSHIP

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

                    RULE 4. SUBCOMMITTEE SCHEDULING

    (a) Subcommittee chair shall set meeting or hearing dates 
after consultation with the Chair and other subcommittee chair 
with a view toward avoiding simultaneous scheduling of 
Committee and subcommittee meetings or hearings, wherever 
possible. No such meetings or hearings, however, shall be held 
outside of Washington, D.C., or during a recess or adjournment 
of the House of Representatives without the prior authorization 
of the Committee Chair. Where practicable, 14 days' notice will 
be given of such meeting or hearing.
    (b) Available dates for subcommittee meetings during the 
session shall be assigned by the Chair to the subcommittees as 
nearly as practicable in rotation and in accordance with their 
workloads. As far as practicable, the Chair shall not schedule 
simultaneous subcommittee markups, a subcommittee markup during 
a full Committee markup or any hearing during a markup.

                       RULE 5. SUBCOMMITTEE RULES

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

                 RULE 6. SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT OF MEMBERS

    To facilitate the oversight and other legislative and 
investigative activities of the committee, the Chair 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 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 Chair for that purpose.

                       RULE 7. HEARING PROCEDURE

    (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 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 Chair or the subcommittee chair, as the case may be, shall 
make such public announcement at the earliest possible date. To 
the extent practicable, the Chair or the subcommittee chair 
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 practicable after such public announcement is 
made.
    (b) 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.
    (c) 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 Chair of the Committee or any 
subcommittee determines that one statement from the Chair 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 briefly 
introduce such witness at the hearing.
    (d) 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.
    (e) 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 
Chair 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.
    (f) 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.

                RULE 8. QUESTIONING OF HEARING WITNESSES

    (a) Subject to clauses (b), (c) and (d), a Committee member 
may question hearing witnesses only when the member has 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 questioning of witnesses in both 
Committee and subcommittee hearings shall be initiated by the 
Chair, followed by the ranking minority party member and all 
other members alternating between the majority and minority 
party. The Chair shall exercise discretion in determining the 
order in which members will be recognized. In recognizing 
members to question witnesses in this fashion, the Chair 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 Chair 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 Chair 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.
    (d) In an investigative hearing or in an executive session, 
the Chair's authority to extend questioning under subsection 
(b) and (c) of this rule shall be equal for the majority and 
the minority party and may not exceed one hour in the 
aggregate, and shall only be conducted by counsel for the 
majority and the minority party when authorized under 
subsection (c) of this rule.

                       RULE 9. SUBPOENA AUTHORITY

    The power to authorize and issue subpoenas is delegated to 
the Chair 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 Chair shall notify the ranking minority 
member prior to issuing any subpoena under such authority. To 
the extent practicable, the Chair 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 Chair shall notify in writing all members of the Committee 
of the issuance of the subpoena.

                     RULE 10. DEPOSITION PROCEDURE

    (a) In accordance with the Committee receiving 
authorization by the House of Representatives for the taking of 
depositions in furtherance of a Committee investigation, the 
Chair, upon consultation with the ranking minority member, may 
order the taking of depositions pursuant to notice or subpoena 
as contemplated by this rule.
    (b) The Chair or majority staff shall consult with the 
ranking minority member or minority staff no less than three 
business days before any notice or subpoena for a deposition is 
issued. After such consultation, all members shall receive 
written notice that a notice or subpoena for a deposition will 
be issued.
    (c) A notice or subpoena issued under this rule shall 
specify the date, time, and place of the deposition and the 
method or methods by which the deposition will be recorded. 
Prior to testifying, a deponent shall be provided with a copy 
of the Committee's rules, the House Resolution authorizing the 
taking of the deposition, and Rule X of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives.
    (d)(1) A deposition shall be conducted by one or more 
members or Committee counsel as designated by the Chair or 
ranking minority member.
    (2) A deposition shall be taken under oath or affirmation 
administered by a member or a person otherwise authorized to 
administer oaths and affirmations.
    (e) A deponent may be accompanied at a deposition by 
counsel to advise the deponent of the deponent's rights. Only 
members and Committee counsel, however, may examine the 
deponent. No one may be present at a deposition other than 
members, Committee staff designated by the Chair or ranking 
minority member, such individuals as may be required to 
administer the oath or affirmation and transcribe or record the 
proceedings, the deponent, and the deponent's counsel 
(including personal counsel and counsel for the entity 
employing the deponent if the scope of the deposition is 
expected to cover actions taken as part of the deponent's 
employment). Observers or counsel for other persons or entities 
may not attend.
    (f)(1) Unless the majority, minority, and deponent agree 
otherwise, questions in a 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 counsel conducting the deposition agree to a different 
length of questioning. In each round, a member or Committee 
counsel designated by the Chair shall ask questions first, and 
the member or Committee counsel designated by the ranking 
minority member shall ask questions second.
    (2) Any objection made during a deposition must be stated 
concisely and in a non-argumentative and non-suggestive manner. 
Deponent may refuse to answer a question only to preserve a 
privilege. When the deponent has objected and refused to answer 
a question to preserve a privilege, the Chair may rule on any 
such objection after the deposition has adjourned. If the Chair 
overrules any such objection and thereby orders a deponent to 
answer any question to which a privilege objection was lodged, 
such ruling shall be filed with the clerk of the Committee and 
shall be provided to members and the deponent no less than 
three days before the ruling is enforced at a reconvened 
deposition. If a member of the Committee appeals in writing the 
ruling of the Chair, the appeal shall be preserved for 
Committee consideration. A deponent who refuses to answer a 
question after being directed to answer by the Chair in writing 
may be subject to sanction, except that no sanctions may be 
imposed if the ruling of the Chair is reversed on appeal. In 
all cases, when deposition testimony for which an objection has 
been made is offered for admission in evidence before the 
Committee, all properly lodged objections then made shall be 
timely and shall be considered by the Committee prior to 
admission in evidence before the Committee.
    (g) Deposition testimony shall be transcribed by 
stenographic means and may also be video recorded. The clerk of 
the Committee shall receive the transcript and any video 
recording and promptly forward such to minority staff at the 
same time the clerk distributes such to other majority staff.
    (h) The individual administering the oath shall certify on 
the transcript that the deponent was duly sworn. The 
transcriber shall certify that the transcript is a true, 
verbatim record of the testimony, and the transcript and any 
exhibits shall be filed, as shall any video recording, with the 
clerk of the Committee. In no case shall any video recording be 
considered the official transcript of a deposition or otherwise 
supersede the certified written transcript.
    (i) After receiving the transcript, majority staff shall 
make available the transcript for review by the deponent or 
deponent's counsel. No later than ten business days thereafter, 
the deponent may submit suggested changes to the Chair. 
Committee majority staff may direct the clerk of the Committee 
to note any typographical errors, including any requested by 
the deponent or minority staff, via an errata sheet appended to 
the transcript. Any proposed substantive changes, 
modifications, clarifications, or amendments to the deposition 
testimony must be submitted by the deponent as an affidavit 
that includes the deponent's reasons therefore. Any substantive 
changes, modifications, clarifications, or amendments shall be 
included as an appendix to the transcript, a copy of which 
shall be promptly forwarded to minority staff.
    (j) The Chair and ranking minority member shall consult 
regarding the release of deposition transcript or electronic 
recordings. If either objects in writing to a proposed release 
of a deposition transcript or electronic recording or a portion 
thereof, the matter shall be promptly referred to the Committee 
for resolution.

                            RULE 11. QUORUMS

    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.

       RULE 12. REFERRAL OF BILLS, RESOLUTIONS, AND OTHER MATTERS

    (a) The Chair shall consult with subcommittee chair 
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 Chair 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 chair, at which time 
such proposed referral shall be made unless one or more 
subcommittee chair shall have given written notice to the Chair 
of the full Committee and to the chair 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. 
Upon a majority vote of the Committee, a bill, resolution, or 
other matter referred to a subcommittee in accordance with this 
rule may be recalled at any time 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.
    (d) 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.
    (e) In determining the order in which amendments to a 
matter pending before the Committee or a subcommittee will be 
considered, the Chair may give priority to:
    (1) The Chair'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 13. 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 Rule XI of the House 
of Representatives, the Chair 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 Chair 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 14. 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 and shall be made available on the Committee's 
website not later than 3 business days after conclusion of the 
markup. Information so available for public inspection and on 
the Committee's website 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 of 
Representatives, 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 
15(a)(2) 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 15. REPORTS

    (a) Reports of the Committee: 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.
    (1) 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 of Representatives. No 
material change shall be made in the report distributed to 
members unless agreed to by the ranking minority member; 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.
    (2) 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.
    (3) 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.
    (b) Disclaimers: (1) 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 of Representatives:
    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 of Representatives and 
provision is made for the filing by any member, as part of the 
printed report, of individual, minority, or dissenting views.
    (2) 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.
    (c) Reports of Subcommittees. Whenever a subcommittee has 
ordered a bill, resolution, or other matter to be reported to 
the Committee, the chair 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 chair 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.
    (1) In any event, the report, described in the proviso in 
subsection (c) (2) 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 chair of the subcommittee a 
notice of the filing of that request.
    (2) 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 Chair 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.

 RULE 16. APPOINTMENT OF CONFEREES, NOTICE OF CONFERENCE MEETINGS AND 
                           CONFERENCE MOTION

    (a) Whenever in the legislative process it becomes 
necessary to appoint conferees, the Chair 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 Chair may designate with the approval of the 
majority party members. Recommendations of the Chair 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 Chair 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 Chair 
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 Chair is directed to offer a motion under clause 1 
of rule XXII of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
whenever the Chair considers it appropriate.

          RULE 17. MEASURES TO BE CONSIDERED UNDER SUSPENSION

    A member of the Committee may not seek to suspend the Rules 
of the House of Representatives 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 Chair and ranking minority member of the full Committee.

        RULE 18. BROADCASTING OF COMMITTEE HEARINGS AND MEETINGS

    (a) Television, Radio and Still Photography.--(1) Whenever 
a hearing or meeting conducted by the Committee or any 
subcommittee is open to the public, those proceedings shall be 
open to coverage by television, radio, and still photography 
subject to the requirements of Rule XI, clause 4 of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives and except when the hearing or 
meeting is closed pursuant to the Rules of the House of 
Representatives and of the Committee. The coverage of any 
hearing or meeting of the Committee or any subcommittee thereof 
by television, radio, or still photography shall be under the 
direct supervision of the Chair of the Committee, the 
subcommittee chair, 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 of Representatives.
    (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 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 of 
Representatives and of the Committee. Such coverage shall be 
fair and nonpartisan in accordance with clause 4(b) of Rule XI 
of the House of Representatives 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 19. COMMITTEE STAFF

    (a) The employees of the Committee shall be appointed by 
the Chair in consultation with subcommittee chair 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 20. SUPERVISION AND DUTIES OF COMMITTEE STAFF

    The staff of the Committee shall be under the general 
supervision and direction of the Chair, 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 21. 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 Chair. Travel may 
be authorized by the Chair 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 Chair shall review travel requests to assure the validity 
to Committee business. 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 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 
Chair, or, in the case of a subcommittee, from the subcommittee 
chair and 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 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 Chair or the chair of a subcommittee (except 
that individuals may submit a request to the Chair for the 
purpose of attending a conference or meeting) and shall be 
limited to members and permanent employees of the Committee.
    (3) The Chair 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 Chair 
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 of 
Representatives 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 Chair's authorization for any travel, the 
ranking minority party member shall be given a copy of the 
written request therefore.

                      RULE 22. BUDGET AND EXPENSES

    (a) The Chair 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 Chair 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 Chair shall take whatever action is 
necessary to have the budget as finally approved by the 
Committee duly authorized by the House of Representatives. 
After such budget shall have been adopted, no change shall be 
made in such budget unless approved by the committee. The Chair 
or the chair of any standing subcommittee may initiate 
necessary travel requests as provided in Rule 21 within the 
limits of their portion of the consolidated budget as approved 
by the House, and the Chair 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 Chair 
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 23. CHANGES IN COMMITTEE RULES

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

                                 
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