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                     COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY 
                     U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

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                           RULES AND APPENDIX

                                for the

                     COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY

                               during the

                      ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS

                             FIRST SESSION

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                     COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY
                     U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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                           RULES AND APPENDIX

                                for the

                     COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY

                               during the

                      ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS

                             FIRST SESSION

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                     COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY

                   Peter T. King, New York, Chairman
Lamar Smith, Texas                   Bennie G. Thompson, Mississippi,
Daniel E. Lungren, California        Loretta Sanchez, California
Mike Rogers, Alabama                 Jane Harman, California
Michael T. McCaul, Texas             Sheila Jackson Lee, Texas
Gus M. Bilirakis, Florida            Henry Cuellar, Texas
Paul C. Broun, Georgia               Yvette D. Clarke, New York
Candice S. Miller, Michigan          Laura Richardson, California
Tim Walberg, Michigan                Donna M. Christensen, U.S. Virgin 
Chip Cravaack, Minnesota                 Islands
Joe Walsh, Illinois                  Danny K. Davis, Illinois
Patrick Meehan, Pennsylvania         Brian Higgins, New York
Ben Quayle, Arizona                  Jackie Speier, California
Scott Rigell, Virginia               Cedric L. Richmond, Louisiana
Billy Long, Missouri                 Hansen Clarke, Michigan
Jeff Duncan, South Carolina          William R. Keating, Massachusetts
Tom Marino, Pennsylvania
Blake Farenthold, Texas
Mo Brooks, Alabama

            Michael Russell, Staff Director & Chief Counsel
                  Mandy Bowers, Senior Policy Director
                     Michael Twinchek, Chief Clerk
                I. Lanier Avant, Minority Staff Director

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              Rules of the Committee on Homeland Security

Rule I.--General Provisions......................................     1
Rule II.--Time of Meetings.......................................     2
Rule III.--Notice and Publication................................     2
Rule IV.--Open Meetings and Hearings; Broadcasting...............     3
Rule V.--Procedures for Meetings and Hearings....................     4
Rule VI.--Witnesses..............................................     4
Rule VII.--Quorum................................................     6
Rule VIII.--Decorum..............................................     6
Rule IX.--Subcommittees..........................................     6
Rule X.--Committee Panels........................................     7
Rule XI.--Referrals to Subcommittees.............................     8
Rule XII.--Subponeas.............................................     8
Rule XIII.--Committee Staff......................................     9
Rule XIV.--Committee Member and Committee Staff Travel...........    10
Rule XV.--Classified and Controlled Unclassified Information.....    11
Rule XVI.--Committee Records.....................................    12
Rule XVII.--Committee Rules......................................    13

                               Appendices

Applicable Provisions of House Rules                                 17
    Rule VII--Records of the House...............................    17
    Rule X--Organization of Committees...........................    19
    Rule XI--Procedures of Committees and Unfinished Business....    29
    Rule XII--Receipt and Referral of Measures and Matters.......    38
    Rule XII--Calendars and Committee Reports....................    41
    Rule XVII--Decorum and Debate................................    45
    Rule XXI--Restrictions on Certain Bills......................    47
    Rule XXIII--Code of Official Conduct.........................    51
    Rule XXV--Limitations on Outside Earned Income and Acceptance 
      of Gifts...................................................    55
    Rule XXIV--Limitations on Use of Official Funds..............    56
    Rule XXVI--Financial Disclosure..............................    70
    Rule XXVI--Disclosure by Members and Staff of Employment 
      Negotiations...............................................    92
Legislative History to Accompany Changes to Rule X (109th 
  Congress)                                                          95
                            Committee Rules

                        Adopted January 26, 2011

RULE I.--GENERAL PROVISIONS.

        (A) Applicability of the Rules of the U.S. House of 
        Representatives.--The Rules of the U.S. House of 
        Representatives (the ``House'') are the rules of the 
        Committee on Homeland Security (the ``Committee'') and 
        its subcommittees insofar as applicable.

        (B) Applicability to Subcommittees.--Except where the 
        terms ``Full Committee'' and ``subcommittee'' are 
        specifically mentioned, the following rules shall apply 
        to the Committee's subcommittees and their respective 
        Chairmen and Ranking Minority Members to the same 
        extent as they apply to the Full Committee and its 
        Chairman and Ranking Minority Member.

        (C) Appointments by the Chairman.--Clause 2(d) of Rule 
        XI of the House shall govern the designation of a Vice 
        Chairman of the Full Committee.

        (D) Recommendation of Conferees.--Whenever the Speaker 
        of the House is to appoint a conference committee on a 
        matter within the jurisdiction of the Full Committee, 
        the Chairman shall recommend to the Speaker of the 
        House conferees from the Full Committee. In making 
        recommendations of Minority Members as conferees, the 
        Chairman shall do so with the concurrence of the 
        Ranking Minority Member of the Committee.

        (E) Motions to Disagree.--The Chairman is directed to 
        offer a motion under clause 1 of Rule XXII of the Rules 
        of the House whenever the Chairman considers it 
        appropriate.

        (F) Committee Website.--The Chairman shall maintain an 
        official Committee web site for the purposes of 
        furthering the Committee's legislative and oversight 
        responsibilities, including communicating information 
        about the Committee's activities to Committee Members, 
        other Members, and the public at large. The Ranking 
        Minority Member may maintain a similar web site for the 
        same purposes. The official Committee web site shall 
        display a link on its home page to the web site 
        maintained by the Ranking Minority Member.

        (G) Activity Report.--Not later than the 30th day after 
        June 1 and December 1, the Committee shall submit to 
        the House a semiannual report on the activities of the 
        Committee. After adjournment sine die of a regular 
        session of Congress, or after December 15, whichever 
        occurs first, the Chair may file the second or fourth 
        semiannual report with the Clerk at any time and 
        without approval of the Committee provided that a copy 
        of the report has been available to each Member of the 
        Committee for at least seven calendar days and the 
        report includes any supplemental, minority, or 
        additional views submitted by a Member of the 
        Committee.

RULE II.--TIME OF MEETINGS.

        (A) Regular Meeting Date.--The regular meeting date and 
        time for the transaction of business of the Full 
        Committee shall be at 10:00 a.m. on the first Wednesday 
        that the House is in Session each month, unless 
        otherwise directed by the Chairman.

        (B) Additional Meetings.--At the discretion of the 
        Chairman, additional meetings of the Committee may be 
        scheduled for the consideration of any legislation or 
        other matters pending before the Committee or to 
        conduct other Committee business. The Committee shall 
        meet for such purposes pursuant to the call of the 
        Chairman.

        (C) Consideration.--Except in the case of a special 
        meeting held under clause 2(c)(2) of House Rule XI, the 
        determination of the business to be considered at each 
        meeting of the Committee shall be made by the Chairman.

RULE III.--NOTICE AND PUBLICATION.

        (A) Notice.--

                (1) Hearings.--Pursuant to clause 2(g)(3) of 
                rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
                Representatives, the Chairman of the Committee 
                shall make public announcement of the date, 
                place, and subject matter of any hearing before 
                the Full Committee or subcommittee, which may 
                not commence earlier than one week after such 
                notice. However, if the Chairman of the 
                Committee, with the concurrence of the Ranking 
                Minority Member, determines that there is good 
                cause to begin the hearing sooner, or if the 
                Committee so determines by majority vote, a 
                quorum being present for the transaction of 
                business, the Chairman shall make the 
                announcement at the earliest possible date. The 
                names of all witnesses scheduled to appear at 
                such hearing shall be provided to Members no 
                later than 48 hours prior to the commencement 
                of such hearing.

                (2) Meetings.--The date, time, place and 
                subject matter of any meeting, other than a 
                hearing or a regularly scheduled meeting, may 
                not commence earlier than the third day on 
                which Members have notice thereof except in the 
                case of a special meeting called under clause 
                2(c)(2) of House Rule XI. These notice 
                requirements may be waived if the Chairman with 
                the concurrence of the Ranking Minority Member, 
                determines that there is good cause to begin 
                the meeting sooner or if the Committee so 
                determines by majority vote, a quorum being 
                present for the transaction of business.

                        (a) Copies of any measure or matter to 
                        be considered for approval by the 
                        Committee at any meeting, including any 
                        mark, print or amendment in the nature 
                        of a substitute shall be provided to 
                        the Members at least 24 hours in 
                        advance.

                        (b) At least 24 hours prior to the 
                        commencement of a meeting for the 
                        markup of a measure or matter, the text 
                        of such measure or matter, including 
                        any mark, print or amendment in the 
                        nature of a substitute, shall be made 
                        publicly available in electronic form 
                        and, to the extent practicable, posted 
                        on the official Committee web site.

                        (c) Not later than 24 hours after 
                        concluding a meeting to consider a 
                        measure or matter, the text of such 
                        measure or matter as ordered forwarded 
                        or reported, including any adopted 
                        amendments, shall be made publicly 
                        available in electronic form and, to 
                        the extent practicable, posted on the 
                        official Committee web site.

                (3) Publication.--The meeting or hearing 
                announcement shall be promptly published in the 
                Daily Digest portion of the Congressional 
                Record. To the greatest extent practicable, 
                meeting announcements shall be entered into the 
                Committee scheduling service of the House 
                Information Resources.

RULE IV.--OPEN MEETINGS AND HEARINGS; BROADCASTING.

        (A) Open Meetings.--All meetings and hearings of the 
        Committee shall be open to the public including to 
        radio, television, and still photography coverage, 
        except as provided by Rule XI of the Rules of the House 
        or when the Committee, in open session and with a 
        majority present, determines by recorded vote that all 
        or part of the remainder of that hearing on that day 
        shall be closed to the public because disclosure of 
        testimony, evidence, or other matters to be considered 
        would endanger the national security, compromise 
        sensitive law enforcement information, tend to defame, 
        degrade or incriminate a witness, or violate any law or 
        rule of the House of Representatives.

        (B) Broadcasting.--Whenever any hearing or meeting 
        conducted by the Committee is open to the public, the 
        Committee shall permit that hearing or meeting to be 
        covered by television broadcast, internet broadcast, 
        print media, and still photography, or by any of such 
        methods of coverage, in accordance with the provisions 
        of clause 4 of Rule XI of the Rules of the House. 
        Operation and use of any Committee operated broadcast 
        system shall be fair and nonpartisan and in accordance 
        with clause 4(b) of Rule XI and all other applicable 
        rules of the Committee and the House. Priority shall be 
        given by the Committee to members of the Press 
        Galleries. Pursuant to clause 2(e) of rule XI of the 
        Rules of the House of Representatives, the Committee 
        shall, to the greatest extent practicable, provide 
        audio and video coverage of each hearing or meeting in 
        a manner that allows the public to easily listen to and 
        view the proceedings and shall maintain the recordings 
        of such coverage in a manner that is easily accessible 
        to the public.

        (C) Transcripts.--A transcript shall be made of the 
        testimony of each witness appearing before the 
        Committee during a Committee hearing. All transcripts 
        of meetings or hearings that are open to the public 
        shall be made available.

RULE V.--PROCEDURES FOR MEETINGS AND HEARINGS.

        (A) Opening Statements.--At any meeting of the 
        Committee, the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member 
        shall be entitled to present oral opening statements of 
        five minutes each. Other Members may submit written 
        opening statements for the record. The Chairman 
        presiding over the meeting may permit additional 
        opening statements by other Members of the Full 
        Committee or of that subcommittee, with the concurrence 
        of the Ranking Minority Member.

        (B) The Five--Minute Rule.--The time any one Member may 
        address the Committee on any bill, motion, or other 
        matter under consideration by the Committee shall not 
        exceed five minutes, and then only when the Member has 
        been recognized by the Chairman, except that this time 
        limit may be extended when permitted by unanimous 
        consent.

        (C) Postponement of Vote.--The Chairman may postpone 
        further proceedings when a record vote is ordered on 
        the question of approving any measure or matter or 
        adopting an amendment. The Chairman may resume 
        proceedings on a postponed vote at any time, provided 
        that all reasonable steps have been taken to notify 
        Members of the resumption of such proceedings, 
        including, when practicable, circulation of notice by 
        the Clerk of the Committee. When proceedings resume on 
        a postponed question, notwithstanding any intervening 
        order for the previous question, an underlying 
        proposition shall remain subject to further debate or 
        amendment to the same extent as when the question was 
        postponed.

        (D) Contempt Procedures.--No recommendation that a 
        person be cited for contempt of Congress shall be 
        forwarded to the House unless and until the Full 
        Committee has, upon notice to all its Members, met and 
        considered the alleged contempt. The person to be cited 
        for contempt shall be afforded, upon notice of at least 
        72 hours, an opportunity to state why he or she should 
        not be held in contempt prior to a vote of the Full 
        Committee, with a quorum being present, on the question 
        whether to forward such recommendation to the House. 
        Such statement shall be, in the discretion of the 
        Chairman, either in writing or in person before the 
        Full Committee.

RULE VI.--WITNESSES.

        (A) Questioning of Witnesses.--

                (1) Questioning of witnesses by Members will be 
                conducted under the five--minute rule unless 
                the Committee adopts a motion permitted by 
                clause 2(j)(2) of House Rule XI.

                (2) In questioning witnesses under the five--
                minute rule, the Chairman and the Ranking 
                Minority Member shall first be recognized. In a 
                subcommittee meeting or hearing, the Chairman 
                and Ranking Minority Member of the Full 
                Committee are then recognized. All other 
                Members that arrive before the commencement of 
                the meeting or hearing will be recognized in 
                the order of seniority on the Committee, 
                alternating between Majority and Minority 
                Members. Committee Members arriving after the 
                commencement of the hearing shall be recognized 
                in order of appearance, alternating between 
                Majority and Minority Members, after all 
                Members present at the beginning of the hearing 
                have been recognized. Each Member shall be 
                recognized at least once before any Member is 
                given a second opportunity to question a 
                witness.

                (3) The Chairman, in consultation with the 
                Ranking Minority Member, or the Committee by 
                motion, may permit an extension of the period 
                of questioning of a witness beyond five minutes 
                but the time allotted must be equally 
                apportioned to the Majority party and the 
                Minority and may not exceed one hour in the 
                aggregate.

                (4) The Chairman, in consultation with the 
                Ranking Minority Member, or the Committee by 
                motion, may permit Committee staff of the 
                Majority and Minority to question a witness for 
                a specified period of time, but the time 
                allotted must be equally apportioned to the 
                Majority and Minority staff and may not exceed 
                one hour in the aggregate.

        (B) Minority Witnesses.--Whenever a hearing is 
        conducted by the Committee upon any measure or matter, 
        the Minority party Members on the Committee shall be 
        entitled, upon request to the Chairman by a majority of 
        those Minority Members before the completion of such 
        hearing, to call witnesses selected by the Minority to 
        testify with respect to that measure or matter during 
        at least one day of hearing thereon.

        (C) Oath or Affirmation.--The Chairman of the Committee 
        or any Member designated by the Chairman, may 
        administer an oath to any witness.

        (D) Statements by Witnesses.--

                (1) Consistent with the notice given, witnesses 
                shall submit a prepared or written statement 
                for the record of the proceedings (including, 
                where practicable, an electronic copy) with the 
                Clerk of the Committee no less than 48 hours in 
                advance of the witness's appearance before the 
                Committee. Unless the 48 hour requirement is 
                waived or otherwise modified by the Chairman, 
                after consultation with the Ranking Minority 
                Member, the failure to comply with this 
                requirement may result in the exclusion of the 
                written testimony from the hearing record and/
                or the barring of an oral presentation of the 
                testimony. The Clerk of the Committee shall 
                provide any such prepared or written statement 
                submitted to the Clerk prior to the hearing to 
                the Members of the Committee prior to the 
                commencement of the hearing.

                (2) To the greatest extent practicable, the 
                written testimony of each witness appearing in 
                a non--governmental capacity shall include a 
                curriculum vita and a disclosure of the amount 
                and source (by agency and program) of any 
                Federal grant (or subgrant thereof) or contract 
                (or subcontract thereof) received during the 
                current fiscal year or either of the two 
                preceding fiscal years by the witness or by an 
                entity represented by the witness. Such 
                disclosures shall be made publicly available, 
                with appropriate redactions to protect the 
                privacy of the witness, in electronic form not 
                later than one day after the witness appears.

RULE VII.--QUORUM.

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

RULE VIII.--DECORUM.

        (A) Breaches of Decorum.--The Chairman may punish 
        breaches of order and decorum, by censure and exclusion 
        from the hearing; and the Committee may cite the 
        offender to the House for contempt.

        (B) Access to Dais.----Access to the dais before, 
        during, and after a hearing, markup, or other meeting 
        of the Committee shall be limited to Members and staff 
        of the Committee. Subject to availability of space on 
        the dais, Committee Members' personal staff may be 
        present on the dais during a hearing if their employing 
        Member is seated on the dais and during a markup or 
        other meeting if their employing Member is the author 
        of a measure or amendment under consideration by the 
        Committee, but only during the time that the measure or 
        amendment is under active consideration by the 
        Committee, or otherwise at the discretion of the 
        Chairman, or of the Ranking Minority Member for 
        personal staff employed by a Minority Member.

        (C) Wireless Communications Use Prohibited.--During a 
        hearing, mark--up, or other meeting of the Committee, 
        ringing or audible sounds or conversational use of 
        cellular telephones or other electronic devices is 
        prohibited in the Committee room.

RULE IX.--SUBCOMMITTEES.

        (A) Generally.--The Full Committee shall be organized 
        into the following six standing subcommittees and shall 
        have specific responsibility for such measures or 
        matters as the Chairman refers to it:

                (1)  Subcommittee on Border and Maritime 
                Security

                (2)  Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, 
                Response and Communications

                (3)  Subcommittee on Transportation Security

                (4)  Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and 
                Intelligence

                (5)  Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, 
                Infrastructure Protection, and Security 
                Technologies

                (6)  Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, 
                and Management

        (B) Selection and Ratio of Subcommittee Members.--The 
        Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the Full 
        Committee shall select their respective Members of each 
        subcommittee. The ratio of Majority to Minority Members 
        shall be comparable to the Full Committee, except that 
        each subcommittee shall have at least two more Majority 
        Members than Minority Members.

        (C) Ex Officio Members.--The Chairman and Ranking 
        Minority Member of the Full Committee shall be ex 
        officio members of each subcommittee but are not 
        authorized to vote on matters that arise before each 
        subcommittee. The Chairman and Ranking Minority Member 
        of the Full Committee shall only be counted to satisfy 
        the quorum requirement for the purpose of taking 
        testimony and receiving evidence.

        (D) Powers and Duties of Subcommittees.--Except as 
        otherwise directed by the Chairman of the Full 
        Committee, each subcommittee is authorized to meet, 
        hold hearings, receive testimony, mark up legislation, 
        and report to the Full Committee on all matters within 
        its purview. Subcommittee Chairmen shall set hearing 
        and meeting dates only with the approval of the 
        Chairman of the Full Committee. To the greatest extent 
        practicable, no more than one meeting and hearing 
        should be scheduled for a given time.

        (E) Special Voting Provision.--If a tie vote occurs in 
        a Subcommittee on the question of forwarding any 
        measure to the Full Committee, the measure shall be 
        placed on the agenda for Full Committee consideration 
        as if it had been ordered reported by the Subcommittee 
        without recommendation.

RULE X.--COMMITTEE PANELS.

        (A) Designation.--The Chairman of the Full Committee, 
        with the concurrence of the Ranking Minority Member, 
        may designate a panel of the Committee consisting of 
        Members of the Committee to inquire into and take 
        testimony on a matter or matters that warrant enhanced 
        consideration and to report to the Committee.

        (B) Duration.--No panel appointed by the Chairman shall 
        continue in existence for more than six months after 
        the appointment.

        (C) Party Ratios and Appointment.--Consistent with the 
        party ratios established by the Majority party, all 
        Majority members of the panels shall be appointed by 
        the Chairman of the Committee, and all Minority members 
        shall be appointed by the Ranking Minority Member of 
        the Committee. The Chairman of the Committee shall 
        choose one of the Majority Members so appointed who 
        does not currently chair another Subcommittee of the 
        Committee to serve as Chairman of the panel. The 
        Ranking Minority Member of the Committee shall 
        similarly choose the Ranking Minority Member of the 
        panel.

        (D) Ex Officio Members.--The Chairman and Ranking 
        Minority Member of the Full Committee may serve as ex--
        officio Members of each committee panel but are not 
        authorized to vote on matters that arise before a 
        committee panel and shall not be counted to satisfy the 
        quorum requirement for any purpose other than taking 
        testimony.

        (E) Jurisdiction.--No panel shall have legislative 
        jurisdiction.

        (F) Applicability of Committee Rules.--Any designated 
        panel shall be subject to all Committee Rules herein.

RULE XI.--REFERRALS TO SUBCOMMITTEES.

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

RULE XII.--SUBPOENAS.

        (A) Authorization.--Pursuant to clause 2(m) of Rule XI 
        of the House, a subpoena may be authorized and issued 
        under the seal of the House and attested by the Clerk 
        of the House, and may be served by any person 
        designated by the Full Committee for the furtherance of 
        an investigation with authorization by--

                (1) a majority of the Full Committee, a quorum 
                being present; or

                (2) the Chairman of the Full Committee, after 
                consultation with the Ranking Minority Member 
                of the Full Committee, during any period for 
                which the House has adjourned for a period in 
                excess of 3 days pursuant to a concurrent 
                resolution when, in the opinion of the Chairman 
                of the Full Committee, authorization and 
                issuance of the subpoena is necessary to obtain 
                the material or testimony set forth in the 
                subpoena. The Chairman of the Full Committee 
                shall notify Members of the Committee of the 
                authorization and issuance of a subpoena under 
                this rule as soon as practicable, but in no 
                event later than one week after service of such 
                subpoena.

        (B) Disclosure.--Provisions may be included in a 
        subpoena with the concurrence of the Chairman and the 
        Ranking Minority Member of the Full Committee, or by 
        the Committee, to prevent the disclosure of the Full 
        Committee's demands for information when deemed 
        necessary for the security of information or the 
        progress of an investigation, including but not limited 
        to prohibiting the revelation by witnesses and their 
        counsel of Full Committee's inquiries.

        (C) Subpoena duces tecum.--A subpoena duces tecum may 
        be issued whose return to the Committee Clerk shall 
        occur at a time and place other than that of a 
        regularly scheduled meeting.

        (D) Affidavits and Depositions.--The Chairman of the 
        Full Committee, in consultation with the Ranking 
        Minority Member of the Full Committee, or the Committee 
        may authorize the taking of an affidavit or deposition 
        with respect to any person who is subpoenaed under 
        these rules but who is unable to appear in person to 
        testify as a witness at any hearing or meeting. Notices 
        for the taking of depositions shall specify the date, 
        time and place of examination. Depositions shall be 
        taken under oath administered by a Member or a person 
        otherwise authorized by law to administer oaths. Prior 
        consultation with the Ranking Minority Member of the 
        Full Committee shall include written notice three 
        business days before any deposition is scheduled to 
        provide an opportunity for Minority staff to be present 
        during the questioning.

RULE XIII.--COMMITTEE STAFF.

        (A) Generally.--Committee staff members are subject to 
        the provisions of clause 9 of House Rule X and must be 
        eligible to be considered for routine access to 
        classified information.

        (B) Staff Assignments.--For purposes of these rules, 
        Committee staff means the employees of the Committee, 
        detailees, fellows, or any other person engaged by 
        contract or otherwise to perform services for, or at 
        the request of, the Committee. All such persons shall 
        be either Majority, Minority, or shared staff. The 
        Chairman shall appoint, determine remuneration of, 
        supervise, and may remove Majority staff. The Ranking 
        Minority Member shall appoint, determine remuneration 
        of, supervise, and may remove Minority staff. In 
        consultation with the Ranking Minority Member, the 
        Chairman may appoint, determine remuneration of, 
        supervise and may remove shared staff that is assigned 
        to service of the Committee. The Chairman shall certify 
        Committee staff appointments, including appointments by 
        the Ranking Minority Member, as required.

        (C) Divulgence of Information.--Prior to the public 
        acknowledgement by the Chairman or the Committee of a 
        decision to initiate an investigation of a particular 
        person, entity, or subject, no member of the Committee 
        staff shall knowingly divulge to any person any 
        information, including non--classified information, 
        which comes into his or her possession by virtue of his 
        or her status as a member of the Committee staff, if 
        the member of the Committee staff has a reasonable 
        expectation that such information may alert the subject 
        of a Committee investigation to the existence, nature, 
        or substance of such investigation, unless authorized 
        to do so by the Chairman or the Committee.

RULE XIV.--COMMITTEE MEMBER AND COMMITTEE STAFF TRAVEL.

        (A) Approval of Travel.--Consistent with the primary 
        expense resolution and such additional expense 
        resolutions as may have been approved, travel to be 
        reimbursed from funds set aside for the Committee for 
        any Committee Member or Committee staff shall be paid 
        only upon the prior authorization of the Chairman. 
        Travel may be authorized by the Chairman for any 
        Committee Member or Committee staff only in connection 
        with official Committee business, such as the 
        attendance of hearings conducted by the Committee and 
        meetings, conferences, site visits, and investigations 
        that involve activities or subject matters under the 
        general jurisdiction of the Full Committee.

                (1) Proposed Travel by Majority Party Committee 
                Members and Committee Staff.--In the case of 
                proposed travel by Majority party Committee 
                Members or Committee staff, before such 
                authorization is given, there shall be 
                submitted to the Chairman in writing the 
                following: (a) the purpose of the travel; (b) 
                the dates during which the travel is to be made 
                and the date or dates of the event for which 
                the travel is being made; (c) the location of 
                the event for which the travel is to be made; 
                (d) the estimated total cost of the travel; and 
                (e) the names of Members and staff seeking 
                authorization. On the basis of that 
                information, the Chairman shall determine 
                whether the proposed travel is for official 
                Committee business, concerns a subject matter 
                under the jurisdiction of the Full Committee, 
                and is not excessively costly in view of the 
                Committee business proposed to be conducted.

                (2) Proposed Travel by Minority Party Committee 
                Members and Committee Staff.--In the case of 
                proposed travel by Minority party Committee 
                Members or Committee staff, the Ranking 
                Minority Member shall provide to the Chairman a 
                written representation setting forth the 
                information specified in items (a), (b), (c), 
                (d) and (e) of subparagraph (1) and his or her 
                determination that such travel complies with 
                the other requirements of subparagraph (1).

        (B) Foreign Travel.--All Committee Members and 
        Committee staff requests for foreign travel must 
        include a written representation setting forth the 
        information specified in items (a), (b), (c), (d) and 
        (e) of subparagraph (A)(1) and be submitted to the 
        Chairman not fewer than ten business days prior to the 
        start of the travel. Within thirty days of the 
        conclusion of any such foreign travel authorized under 
        this rule, there shall be submitted to the Chairman a 
        written report summarizing the information gained as a 
        result of the travel in question, or other Committee 
        objectives served by such travel. The requirements of 
        this section may be waived or abridged by the Chairman.

        (C) Compliance with Committee Travel Policy and 
        Guidelines.--Travel must be in accordance with the 
        Committee Travel Policy and Guidelines, as well as with 
        House Rules, the Travel Guidelines and Regulations and 
        any additional guidance set forth by the Committee on 
        Ethics and the Committee on House Administration. 
        Committee Members and staff shall follow these rules, 
        policies, guidelines, and regulations in requesting and 
        proceeding with any Committee--related travel.

RULE XV.--CLASSIFIED AND CONTROLLED UNCLASSIFIED INFORMATION.

        (A) Security Precautions.--Committee staff offices, 
        including Majority and Minority offices, shall operate 
        under strict security precautions administered by the 
        Security Officer of the Committee. A security officer 
        shall be on duty at all times during normal office 
        hours. Classified documents and controlled unclassified 
        information (CUI)-- formerly known as sensitive but 
        unclassified (SBU) information-- may be destroyed, 
        discussed, examined, handled, reviewed, stored, 
        transported and used only in an appropriately secure 
        manner in accordance with all applicable laws, 
        executive orders, and other governing authorities. Such 
        documents may be removed from the Committee's offices 
        only in furtherance of official Committee business. 
        Appropriate security procedures, as determined by the 
        Chairman in consultation with the Ranking Minority 
        Member, shall govern the handling of such documents 
        removed from the Committee's offices.

        (B) Temporary Custody of Executive Branch Material.--
        Executive branch documents or other materials 
        containing classified information in any form that were 
        not made part of the record of a Committee hearing, did 
        not originate in the Committee or the House, and are 
        not otherwise records of the Committee shall, while in 
        the custody of the Committee, be segregated and 
        maintained by the Committee in the same manner as 
        Committee records that are classified. Such documents 
        and other materials shall be returned to the Executive 
        branch agency from which they were obtained at the 
        earliest practicable time.

        (C) Access by Committee Staff.--Access to classified 
        information supplied to the Committee shall be limited 
        to Committee staff members with appropriate security 
        clearances and a need--to--know, as determined by the 
        Chairman or Ranking Minority Member, and under the 
        direction of the Majority or Minority Staff Directors.

        (D) Maintaining Confidentiality.--No Committee Member 
        or Committee staff shall disclose, in whole or in part 
        or by way of summary, to any person who is not a 
        Committee Member or authorized Committee staff for any 
        purpose or in connection with any proceeding, judicial 
        or otherwise, any testimony given before the Committee 
        in executive session. Classified information and 
        controlled unclassified information (CUI) shall be 
        handled in accordance with all applicable laws, 
        executive orders, and other governing authorities and 
        consistently with the provisions of these rules and 
        Committee procedures.

        (E) Oath.--Before a Committee Member or Committee staff 
        may have access to classified information, the 
        following oath (or affirmation) shall be executed:

                I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will not 
                disclose any classified information received in 
                the course of my service on the Committee on 
                Homeland Security, except as authorized by the 
                Committee or the House of Representatives or in 
                accordance with the Rules of such Committee or 
                the Rules of the House.

        Copies of the executed oath (or affirmation) shall be 
        retained by the Clerk of the Committee as part of the 
        records of the Committee.

        (F) Disciplinary Action.--The Chairman shall 
        immediately consider disciplinary action in the event 
        any Committee Member or Committee staff member fails to 
        conform to the provisions of these rules governing the 
        disclosure of classified or unclassified information. 
        Such disciplinary action may include, but shall not be 
        limited to, immediate dismissal from the Committee 
        staff, criminal referral to the Justice Department, and 
        notification of the Speaker of the House. With respect 
        to Minority staff, the Chairman shall consider such 
        disciplinary action in consultation with the Ranking 
        Minority Member.

RULE XVI.--COMMITTEE RECORDS.

        (A) Committee Records.--Committee Records shall 
        constitute all data, charts and files in possession of 
        the Committee and shall be maintained in accordance 
        with clause 2(e) of House Rule XI .

        (B) Legislative Calendar.--The Clerk of the Committee 
        shall maintain a printed calendar for the information 
        of each Committee Member showing any procedural or 
        legislative measures considered or scheduled to be 
        considered by the Committee, and the status of such 
        measures and such other matters as the Committee 
        determines shall be included. The calendar shall be 
        revised from time to time to show pertinent changes. A 
        copy of such revisions shall be made available to each 
        Member of the Committee upon request.

        (C) Members Right To Access.--Members of the Committee 
        and of the House shall have access to all official 
        Committee Records. Access to Committee files shall be 
        limited to examination within the Committee offices at 
        reasonable times. Access to Committee Records that 
        contain classified information shall be provided in a 
        manner consistent with these rules.

        (D) Removal of Committee Records.--Files and records of 
        the Committee are not to be removed from the Committee 
        offices. No Committee files or records that are not 
        made publicly available shall be photocopied by any 
        Member.

        (E) Executive Session Records.--Evidence or testimony 
        received by the Committee in executive session shall 
        not be released or made available to the public unless 
        agreed to by the Committee. Members may examine the 
        Committee's executive session records, but may not make 
        copies of, or take personal notes from, such records.

        (F) Availability of Committee Records.--The Committee 
        shall keep a complete record of all Committee action 
        including recorded votes and attendance at hearings and 
        meetings. Information so available for public 
        inspection shall include a description of each 
        amendment, motion, order, or other proposition, 
        including the name of the Member who offered the 
        amendment, motion, order, or other proposition, and the 
        name of each Member voting for and each Member voting 
        against each such amendment, motion, order, or 
        proposition, as well as the names of those Members 
        present but not voting. Such record shall be made 
        available to the public at reasonable times within the 
        Committee offices and also made publicly available in 
        electronic form and posted on the official Committee 
        web site within 48 hours of such record vote.

        (G) Separate and Distinct.--All Committee records and 
        files must be kept separate and distinct from the 
        office records of the Members serving as Chairman and 
        Ranking Minority Member. Records and files of Members' 
        personal offices shall not be considered records or 
        files of the Committee.

        (H) Disposition of Committee Records.--At the 
        conclusion of each Congress, non--current records of 
        the Committee shall be delivered to the Archivist of 
        the United States in accordance with Rule VII of the 
        Rules of the House.

        (I) Archived Records.--The records of the Committee at 
        the National Archives and Records Administration shall 
        be made available for public use in accordance with 
        Rule VII of the Rules of the House. The Chairman shall 
        notify the Ranking Minority Member of any decision, 
        pursuant to clause 3(b)(3) or clause 4(b) of the Rule, 
        to withhold a record otherwise available, and the 
        matter shall be presented to the Committee for a 
        determination on the written request of any member of 
        the Committee. The Chairman shall consult with the 
        Ranking Minority Member on any communication from the 
        Archivist of the United States or the Clerk of the 
        House concerning the disposition of noncurrent records 
        pursuant to clause 3(b) of the Rule.

RULE XVII.-- COMMITTEE RULES.

        (A) Availability of Committee Rules in Electronic 
        Form.--Pursuant to clause 2(a) of rule XI of the Rules 
        of the House of Representatives, the Committee shall 
        make its rules publicly available in electronic form 
        and posted on the official Committee web site and shall 
        submit such rules for publication in the Congressional 
        Record not later than 30 days after the Chairman of the 
        Committee is elected in each odd--numbered year.

        (B) Changes to Committee Rules.--These rules may be 
        modified, amended, or repealed by the Full Committee 
        provided that a notice in writing of the proposed 
        change has been given to each Member at least 48 hours 
        prior to the meeting at which action thereon is to be 
        taken and such changes are not inconsistent with the 
        Rules of the House of Representatives.


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                  Applicable Provisions of House Rules

                 RULES of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                      ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS

                           (January 5, 2011)

                                RULE VII

                          RECORDS OF THE HOUSE

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

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

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

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

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                                 RULE X

                       ORGANIZATION OF COMMITTEES

Committees and their legislative jurisdictions
        1. There shall be in the House the following standing 
        committees, each of which shall have the jurisdiction 
        and related functions assigned by this clause and 
        clauses 2, 3, and 4. All bills, resolutions, and other 
        matters relating to subjects within the jurisdiction of 
        the standing committees listed in this clause shall be 
        referred to those committees, in accordance with clause 
        2 of rule XII, as follows:

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

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General oversight responsibilities
        2. (a) The various standing committees shall have 
        general oversight responsibilities as provided in 
        paragraph (b) in order to assist the House in--
                (1) its analysis, appraisal, and evaluation 
                of--
                        (A) the application, administration, 
                        execution, and effectiveness of Federal 
                        laws; and
                        (B) conditions and circumstances that 
                        may indicate the necessity or 
                        desirability of enacting new or 
                        additional legislation; and
                (2) its formulation, consideration, and 
                enactment of changes in Federal laws, and of 
                such additional legislation as may be necessary 
                or appropriate.
        (b)(1) In order to determine whether laws and programs 
        addressing subjects within the jurisdiction of a 
        committee are being implemented and carried out in 
        accordance with the intent of Congress and whether they 
        should be continued, curtailed, or eliminated, each 
        standing committee (other than the Committee on 
        Appropriations) shall review and study on a continuing 
        basis--
                        (A) the application, administration, 
                        execution, and effectiveness of laws 
                        and programs addressing subjects within 
                        its jurisdiction;
                        (B) the organization and operation of 
                        Federal agencies and entities having 
                        responsibilities for the administration 
                        and execution of laws and programs 
                        addressing subjects within its 
                        jurisdiction;
                        (C) any conditions or circumstances 
                        that may indicate the necessity or 
                        desirability of enacting new or 
                        additional legislation addressing 
                        subjects within its jurisdiction 
                        (whether or not a bill or resolution 
                        has been introduced with respect 
                        thereto); and
                        (D) future research and forecasting on 
                        subjects within its jurisdiction.
                (2) Each committee to which subparagraph (1) 
                applies having more than 20 members shall 
                establish an oversight subcommittee, or require 
                its subcommittees to conduct oversight in their 
                respective jurisdictions, to assist in carrying 
                out its responsibilities under this clause. The 
                establishment of an oversight subcommittee does 
                not limit the responsibility of a subcommittee 
                with legislative jurisdiction in carrying out 
                its oversight responsibilities.
        (c) Each standing committee shall review and study on a 
        continuing basis the impact or probable impact of tax 
        policies affecting subjects within its jurisdiction as 
        described in clauses 1 and 3.
        (d)(1) Not later than February 15 of the first session 
        of a Congress, each standing committee shall, in a 
        meeting that is open to the public and with a quorum 
        present, adopt its oversight plan for that Congress. 
        Such plan shall be submitted simultaneously to the 
        Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and to the 
        Committee on House Administration. In developing its 
        plan each committee shall, to the maximum extent 
        feasible--
                        (A) consult with other committees that 
                        have jurisdiction over the same or 
                        related laws, programs, or agencies 
                        within its jurisdiction with the 
                        objective of ensuring maximum 
                        coordination and cooperation among 
                        committees when conducting reviews of 
                        such laws, programs, or agencies and 
                        include in its plan an explanation of 
                        steps that have been or will be taken 
                        to ensure such coordination and 
                        cooperation;
                        (B) review specific problems with 
                        Federal rules, regulations, statutes, 
                        and court decisions that are ambiguous, 
                        arbitrary, or nonsensical, or that 
                        impose severe financial burdens on 
                        individuals;
                        (C) give priority consideration to 
                        including in its plan the review of 
                        those laws, programs, or agencies 
                        operating under permanent budget 
                        authority or permanent statutory 
                        authority;
                        (D) have a view toward ensuring that 
                        all significant laws, programs, or 
                        agencies within its jurisdiction are 
                        subject to review every 10 years;
                        (E) have a view toward insuring against 
                        duplication of Federal programs; and
                        (F) include proposals to cut or 
                        eliminate programs, including mandatory 
                        spending programs, that are 
                        inefficient, duplicative, outdated, or 
                        more appropriately administered by 
                        State or local governments.
                (2) Not later than March 31 in the first 
                session of a Congress, after consultation with 
                the Speaker, the Majority Leader, and the 
                Minority Leader, the Committee on Oversight and 
                Government Reform shall report to the House the 
                oversight plans submitted by committees 
                together with any recommendations that it, or 
                the House leadership group described above, may 
                make to ensure the most effective coordination 
                of oversight plans and otherwise to achieve the 
                objectives of this clause.
        (e) The Speaker, with the approval of the House, may 
        appoint special ad hoc oversight committees for the 
        purpose of reviewing specific matters within the 
        jurisdiction of two or more standing committees.

Special oversight functions

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        3. (g)(1) The Committee on Homeland Security shall 
        review and study on a continuing basis all Government 
        activities relating to homeland security, including the 
        interaction of all departments and agencies with the 
        Department of Homeland Security.
                        (2) In addition, the committee shall 
                        review and study on a primary and 
                        continuing basis all Government 
                        activities, programs and organizations 
                        related to homeland security that fall 
                        within its primary legislative 
                        jurisdiction.

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Additional functions of committees

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

Budget Act responsibilities
        (f)(1) Each standing committee shall submit to the 
        Committee on the Budget not later than six weeks after 
        the President submits his budget, or at such time as 
        the Committee on the Budget may request--
                        (A) its views and estimates with 
                        respect to all matters to be set forth 
                        in the concurrent resolution on the 
                        budget for the ensuing fiscal year that 
                        are within its jurisdiction or 
                        functions; and
                        (B) an estimate of the total amounts of 
                        new budget authority, and budget 
                        outlays resulting therefrom, to be 
                        provided or authorized in all bills and 
                        resolutions within its jurisdiction 
                        that it intends to be effective during 
                        that fiscal year.

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Election and membership of standing committees
        5. (a)(1) The standing committees specified in clause 1 
        shall be elected by the House within seven calendar 
        days after the commencement of each Congress, from 
        nominations submitted by the respective party caucus or 
        conference. A resolution proposing to change the 
        composition of a standing committee shall be privileged 
        if offered by direction of the party caucus or 
        conference concerned.

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        (4)(A) At the beginning of a Congress, the Speaker or 
        his designee and the Minority Leader or his designee 
        each shall name 10 Members, Delegates, or the Resident 
        Commissioner from his respective party who are not 
        members of the Committee on Ethics to be available to 
        serve on investigative subcommittees of that committee 
        during that Congress. The lists of Members, Delegates, 
        or the Resident Commissioner so named shall be 
        announced to the House.

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        (b)(1) Membership on a standing committee during the 
        course of a Congress shall be contingent on continuing 
        membership in the party caucus or conference that 
        nominated the Member, Delegate, or Resident 
        Commissioner concerned for election to such committee. 
        Should a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
        cease to be a member of a particular party caucus or 
        conference, that Member, Delegate, or Resident 
        Commissioner shall automatically cease to be a member 
        of each standing committee to which he was elected on 
        the basis of nomination by that caucus or conference. 
        The chair of the relevant party caucus or conference 
        shall notify the Speaker whenever a Member, Delegate, 
        or Resident Commissioner ceases to be a member of that 
        caucus or conference. The Speaker shall notify the 
        chair of each affected committee that the election of 
        such Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to the 
        committee is automatically vacated under this 
        subparagraph.
                (2)(A) Except as specified in subdivision (B), 
                a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
                may not serve simultaneously as a member of 
                more than two standing committees or more than 
                four subcommittees of the standing committees.
                        (B) (i) Ex officio service by a chair 
                        or ranking minority member of a 
                        committee on each of its subcommittees 
                        under a committee rule does not count 
                        against the limitation on subcommittee 
                        service.

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                                (iii) Any other exception to 
                                the limitations in subdivision 
                                (A) may be approved by the 
                                House on the recommendation of 
                                the relevant party caucus or 
                                conference.
                (C) In this subparagraph the term 
                ``subcommittee'' includes a panel (other than a 
                special oversight panel of the Committee on 
                Armed Services), task force, special 
                subcommittee, or other subunit of a standing 
                committee that is established for a cumulative 
                period longer than six months in a Congress.
                        (c)(1) One of the members of each 
                        standing committee shall be elected by 
                        the House, on the nomination of the 
                        majority party caucus or conference, as 
                        chair thereof. In the temporary absence 
                        of the chair, the member next in rank 
                        (and so on, as often as the case shall 
                        happen) shall act as chair. Rank shall 
                        be determined by the order members are 
                        named in resolutions electing them to 
                        the committee. In the case of a 
                        permanent vacancy in the elected 
                        chairmanship of a committee, the House 
                        shall elect another chair.

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        (d)(1) Except as permitted by subparagraph (2), a 
        committee may have not more than five subcommittees.
                (2) A committee that maintains a subcommittee 
                on oversight may have not more than six 
                subcommittees. The Committee on Appropriations 
                may have not more than 13 subcommittees. The 
                Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
                may have not more than seven subcommittees.
        (e) The House shall fill a vacancy on a standing 
        committee by election on the nomination of the 
        respective party caucus or conference.

Expense resolutions
        6. (a) Whenever a committee, commission, or other 
        entity (other than the Committee on Appropriations) is 
        granted authorization for the payment of its expenses 
        (including staff salaries) for a Congress, such 
        authorization initially shall be procured by one 
        primary expense resolution reported by the Committee on 
        House Administration. A primary expense resolution may 
        include a reserve fund for unanticipated expenses of 
        committees. An amount from such a reserve fund may be 
        allocated to a committee only by the approval of the 
        Committee on House Administration. A primary expense 
        resolution reported to the House may not be considered 
        in the House unless a printed report thereon was 
        available on the previous calendar day. For the 
        information of the House, such report shall--
                (1) state the total amount of the funds to be 
                provided to the committee, commission, or other 
                entity under the primary expense resolution for 
                all anticipated activities and programs of the 
                committee, commission, or other entity; and
                (2) to the extent practicable, contain such 
                general statements regarding the estimated 
                foreseeable expenditures for the respective 
                anticipated activities and programs of the 
                committee, commission, or other entity as may 
                be appropriate to provide the House with basic 
                estimates of the expenditures contemplated by 
                the primary expense resolution.
        (b) After the date of adoption by the House of a 
        primary expense resolution for a committee, commission, 
        or other entity for a Congress, authorization for the 
        payment of additional expenses (including staff 
        salaries) in that Congress may be procured by one or 
        more supplemental expense resolutions reported by the 
        Committee on House Administration, as necessary. A 
        supplemental expense resolution reported to the House 
        may not be considered in the House unless a printed 
        report thereon was available on the previous calendar 
        day. For the information of the House, such report 
        shall--
                (1) state the total amount of additional funds 
                to be provided to the committee, commission, or 
                other entity under the supplemental expense 
                resolution and the purposes for which those 
                additional funds are available; and
                (2) state the reasons for the failure to 
                procure the additional funds for the committee, 
                commission, or other entity by means of the 
                primary expense resolution.
                        (c) The preceding provisions of this 
                        clause do not apply to--
                (1) a resolution providing for the payment from 
                committee salary and expense accounts of the 
                House of sums necessary to pay compensation for 
                staff services performed for, or to pay other 
                expenses of, a committee, commission, or other 
                entity at any time after the beginning of an 
                odd numbered year and before the date of 
                adoption by the House of the primary expense 
                resolution described in paragraph (a) for that 
                year; or
                (2) a resolution providing each of the standing 
                committees in a Congress additional office 
                equipment, airmail and special-delivery postage 
                stamps, supplies, staff personnel, or any other 
                specific item for the operation of the standing 
                committees, and containing an authorization for 
                the payment from committee salary and expense 
                accounts of the House of the expenses of any of 
                the foregoing items provided by that 
                resolution, subject to and until enactment of 
                the provisions of the resolution as permanent 
                law.
                        (d) From the funds made available for 
                        the appointment of committee staff by a 
                        primary or additional expense 
                        resolution, the chair of each committee 
                        shall ensure that sufficient staff is 
                        made available to each subcommittee to 
                        carry out its responsibilities under 
                        the rules of the committee and that the 
                        minority party is treated fairly in the 
                        appointment of such staff.
                        (e) Funds authorized for a committee 
                        under this clause and clauses 7 and 8 
                        are for expenses incurred in the 
                        activities of the committee.

Interim funding
7. (a) For the period beginning at noon on January 3 and ending 
at midnight on March 31 in each odd-numbered year, such sums as 
may be necessary shall be paid out of the committee salary and 
expense accounts of the House for continuance of necessary 
investigations and studies by--
                (1) each standing and select committee 
                established by these rules; and
                (2) except as specified in paragraph (b), each 
                select committee established by resolution.
        (b) In the case of the first session of a Congress, 
        amounts shall be made available for a select committee 
        established by resolution in the preceding Congress 
        only if--
                (1) a resolution proposing to reestablish such 
                select committee is introduced in the present 
                Congress; and
                (2) the House has not adopted a resolution of 
                the preceding Congress providing for 
                termination of funding for investigations and 
                studies by such select committee.
        (c) Each committee described in paragraph (a) shall be 
        entitled for each month during the period specified in 
        paragraph (a) to 9 percent (or such lesser percentage 
        as may be determined by the Committee on House 
        Administration) of the total annualized amount made 
        available under expense resolutions for such committee 
        in the preceding session of Congress.
        (d) Payments under this clause shall be made on 
        vouchers authorized by the committee involved, signed 
        by the chair of the committee, except as provided in 
        paragraph (e), and approved by the Committee on House 
        Administration.
        (e) Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule of the 
        House, or other authority, from noon on January 3 of 
        the first session of a Congress until the election by 
        the House of the committee concerned in that Congress, 
        payments under this clause shall be made on vouchers 
        signed by the ranking member of the committee as it was 
        constituted at the expiration of the preceding Congress 
        who is a member of the majority party in the present 
        Congress.
                (f)(1) The authority of a committee to incur 
                expenses under this clause shall expire upon 
                adoption by the House of a primary expense 
                resolution for the committee.
                (2) Amounts made available under this clause 
                shall be expended in accordance with 
                regulations prescribed by the Committee on 
                House Administration.
                (3) This clause shall be effective only insofar 
                as it is not inconsistent with a resolution 
                reported by the Committee on House 
                Administration and adopted by the House after 
                the adoption of these rules.

Travel
        8.(a) Local currencies owned by the United States shall 
        be made available to the committee and its employees 
        engaged in carrying out their official duties outside 
        the United States or its territories or possessions. 
        Appropriated funds, including those authorized under 
        this clause and clauses 6 may not be expended for the 
        purpose of defraying expenses of members of a committee 
        or its employees in a country where local currencies 
        are available for this purpose.
        (b) The following conditions shall apply with respect 
        to travel outside the United States or its territories 
        or possessions:
                (1) A member or employee of a committee may not 
                receive or expend local currencies for 
                subsistence in a country for a day at a rate in 
                excess of the maximum per diem set forth in 
                applicable Federal law.
                (2) A member or employee shall be reimbursed 
                for the expenses of such individual for a day 
                at the lesser of--
                        (A) the per diem set forth in 
                        applicable Federal law; or
                        (B) the actual, unreimbursed expenses 
                        (other than for transportation) 
                        incurred during that day.
                (3) Each member or employee of a committee 
                shall make to the chair of the committee an 
                itemized report showing the dates each country 
                was visited, the amount of per diem furnished, 
                the cost of transportation furnished, and funds 
                expended for any other official purpose and 
                shall summarize in these categories the total 
                foreign currencies or appropriated funds 
                expended. Each report shall be filed with the 
                chair of the committee not later than 60 days 
                following the completion of travel for use in 
                complying with reporting requirements in 
                applicable Federal law and shall be open for 
                public inspection.
        (c)(1) In carrying out the activities of a committee 
        outside the United States in a country where local 
        currencies are unavailable, a member or employee of a 
        committee may not receive reimbursement for expenses 
        (other than for transportation) in excess of the 
        maximum per diem set forth in applicable Federal law.
                (2) A member or employee shall be reimbursed 
                for his expenses for a day, at the lesser of--
                        (A) the per diem set forth in 
                        applicable Federal law; or
                        (B) the actual unreimbursed expenses 
                        (other than for transportation) he 
                        incurred during that day.
                (3) A member or employee of a committee may not 
                receive reimbursement for the cost of any 
                transportation in connection with travel 
                outside the United States unless the member or 
                employee actually paid for the transportation.
        (d) The restrictions respecting travel outside the 
        United States set forth in paragraph (c) also shall 
        apply to travel outside the United States by a Member, 
        Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee 
        of the House authorized under any standing rule.

Committee staffs
        9. (a)(1) Subject to subparagraph (2) and paragraph 
        (f), each standing committee may appoint, by majority 
        vote, not more than 30 professional staff members to be 
        compensated from the funds provided for the appointment 
        of committee staff by primary and additional expense 
        resolutions. Each professional staff member appointed 
        under this subparagraph shall be assigned to the chair 
        and the ranking minority member of the committee, as 
        the committee considers advisable.
                (2) Subject to paragraph (f) whenever a 
                majority of the minority party members of a 
                standing committee (other than the Committee on 
                Ethics or the Permanent Select Committee on 
                Intelligence) so request, not more than 10 
                persons (or one-third of the total professional 
                committee staff appointed under this clause, 
                whichever is fewer) may be selected, by 
                majority vote of the minority party members, 
                for appointment by the committee as 
                professional staff members under subparagraph 
                (1). The committee shall appoint persons so 
                selected whose character and qualifications are 
                acceptable to a majority of the committee. If 
                the committee determines that the character and 
                qualifications of a person so selected are 
                unacceptable, a majority of the minority party 
                members may select another person for 
                appointment by the committee to the 
                professional staff until such appointment is 
                made. Each professional staff member appointed 
                under this subparagraph shall be assigned to 
                such committee business as the minority party 
                members of the committee consider advisable.
        (b)(1) The professional staff members of each standing 
        committee--
                        (A) may not engage in any work other 
                        than committee business during 
                        congressional working hours; and
                        (B) may not be assigned a duty other 
                        than one pertaining to committee 
                        business.
                (2)(A) Subparagraph (1) does not apply to staff 
                designated by a committee as ``associate'' or 
                ``shared'' staff who are not paid exclusively 
                by the committee, provided that the chair 
                certifies that the compensation paid by the 
                committee for any such staff is commensurate 
                with the work performed for the committee in 
                accordance with clause 8 of rule XXIII.
                        (B) The use of any ``associate'' or 
                        ``shared'' staff by a committee other 
                        than the Committee on Appropriations 
                        shall be subject to the review of, and 
                        to any terms, conditions, or 
                        limitations established by, the 
                        Committee on House Administration in 
                        connection with the reporting of any 
                        primary or additional expense 
                        resolution.
        (c) Each employee on the professional or investigative 
        staff of a standing committee shall be entitled to pay 
        at a single gross per annum rate, to be fixed by the 
        chair and that does not exceed the maximum rate of pay 
        as in effect from time to time under applicable 
        provisions of law.
        (d) Subject to appropriations hereby authorized, the 
        Committee on Appropriations may appoint by majority 
        vote such staff as it determines to be necessary (in 
        addition to the clerk of the committee and assistants 
        for the minority). The staff appointed under this 
        paragraph, other than minority assistants, shall 
        possess such qualifications as the committee may 
        prescribe.
        (e) A committee may not appoint to its staff an expert 
        or other personnel detailed or assigned from a 
        department or agency of the Government except with the 
        written permission of the Committee on House 
        Administration.
        (f) If a request for the appointment of a minority 
        professional staff member under paragraph (a) is made 
        when no vacancy exists for such an appointment, the 
        committee nevertheless may appoint under paragraph (a) 
        a person selected by the minority and acceptable to the 
        committee. A person so appointed shall serve as an 
        additional member of the professional staff of the 
        committee until such a vacancy occurs (other than a 
        vacancy in the position of head of the professional 
        staff, by whatever title designated), at which time 
        that person is considered as appointed to that vacancy. 
        Such a person shall be paid from the applicable 
        accounts of the House described in clause 1(j)(1) of 
        rule X. If such a vacancy occurs on the professional 
        staff when seven or more persons have been so appointed 
        who are eligible to fill that vacancy, a majority of 
        the minority party members shall designate which of 
        those persons shall fill the vacancy.
        (g) Each staff member appointed pursuant to a request 
        by minority party members under paragraph (a), and each 
        staff member appointed to assist minority members of a 
        committee pursuant to an expense resolution described 
        in clause 6(a), shall be accorded equitable treatment 
        with respect to the fixing of the rate of pay, the 
        assignment of work facilities, and the accessibility of 
        committee records.
        (h) Paragraph (a) may not be construed to authorize the 
        appointment of additional professional staff members of 
        a committee pursuant to a request under paragraph (a) 
        by the minority party members of that committee if 10 
        or more professional staff members provided for in 
        paragraph (a)(1) who are satisfactory to a majority of 
        the minority party members are otherwise assigned to 
        assist the minority party members.
        (i) Notwithstanding paragraph (a)(2), a committee may 
        employ nonpartisan staff, in lieu of or in addition to 
        committee staff designated exclusively for the majority 
        or minority party, by an affirmative vote of a majority 
        of the members of the majority party and of a majority 
        of the members of the minority party.

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                                RULE XI

            PROCEDURES OF COMMITTEES AND UNFINISHED BUSINESS

In general
1. (a)(1)(A) The Rules of the House are the rules of its 
committees and subcommittees so far as applicable.
                        (B) Each subcommittee is a part of its 
                        committee and is subject to the 
                        authority and direction of that 
                        committee and to its rules, so far as 
                        applicable.
                (2)(A) In a committee or subcommittee-
                                (i) a motion to recess from day 
                                to day, or to recess subject to 
                                the call of the Chair (within 
                                24 hours), shall be privileged; 
                                and
                                (ii) a motion to dispense with 
                                the first reading (in full) of 
                                a bill or resolution shall be 
                                privileged if printed copies 
                                are available.
                        (B) A motion accorded privilege under 
                        this subparagraph shall be decided 
                        without debate.
        (b)(1) Each committee may conduct at any time such 
        investigations and studies as it considers necessary or 
        appropriate in the exercise of its responsibilities 
        under rule X. Subject to the adoption of expense 
        resolutions as required by clause 6 of rule X, each 
        committee may incur expenses, including travel 
        expenses, in connection with such investigations and 
        studies.
                (2) A proposed investigative or oversight 
                report shall be considered as read in committee 
                if it has been available to the members for at 
                least 24 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, 
                or legal holidays except when the House is in 
                session on such a day).
                (3) A report of an investigation or study 
                conducted jointly by more than one committee 
                may be filed jointly, provided that each of the 
                committees complies independently with all 
                requirements for approval and filing of the 
                report.
                (4) After an adjournment sine die of the last 
                regular session of a Congress, an investigative 
                or oversight report may be filed with the Clerk 
                at any time, provided that a member who gives 
                timely notice of intention to file 
                supplemental, minority, or additional views 
                shall be entitled to not less than seven 
                calendar days in which to submit such views for 
                inclusion in the report.
        (c) Each committee may have printed and bound such 
        testimony and other data as may be presented at 
        hearings held by the committee or its subcommittees. 
        All costs of stenographic services and transcripts in 
        connection with a meeting or hearing of a committee 
        shall be paid from the applicable accounts of the House 
        described in clause 1(k)(1) of rule X.
        (d)(1) Not later than the 30th day after June 1 and 
        December 1, a committee shall submit to the House a 
        semiannual report on the activities of that committee.
                (2) Such report shall include--
                        (A) separate sections summarizing the 
                        legislative and oversight activities of 
                        that committee under this rule and rule 
                        X during the applicable period;
                        (B) in the case of the first such 
                        report, a summary of the oversight 
                        plans submitted by the committee under 
                        clause 2(d) of rule X;
                        (C) a summary of the actions taken and 
                        recommendations made with respect to 
                        the oversight plans specified in 
                        subdivision (B);
                        (D) a summary of any additional 
                        oversight activities undertaken by that 
                        committee and any recommendations made 
                        or actions taken thereon; and
                        (E) a delineation of any hearings held 
                        pursuant to clauses 2(n), (o), or (p) 
                        of this rule.
                (3) After an adjournment sine die of a regular 
                session of a Congress, or after December 15, 
                whichever occurs first, the chair of a 
                committee may file the second or fourth 
                semiannual report described in subparagraph (1) 
                with the Clerk at any time and without approval 
                of the committee, provided that--
                        (A) a copy of the report has been 
                        available to each member of the 
                        committee for at least seven calendar 
                        days; and
                        (B) the report includes any 
                        supplemental, minority, or additional 
                        views submitted by a member of the 
                        committee.

Adoption of written rules
        2. (a)(1) Each standing committee shall adopt written 
        rules governing its procedure. Such rules--
                        (A) shall be adopted in a meeting that 
                        is open to the public unless the 
                        committee, in open session and with a 
                        quorum present, determines by record 
                        vote that all or part of the meeting on 
                        that day shall be closed to the public;
                        (B) may not be inconsistent with the 
                        Rules of the House or with those 
                        provisions of law having the force and 
                        effect of Rules of the House; and
                        (C) shall in any event incorporate all 
                        of the succeeding provisions of this 
                        clause to the extent applicable.
                (2) Each committee shall makes its rules 
                publically available in electronic form and 
                submit such rules for publication in the 
                Congressional Record not later than 30 days 
                after the chair of the committee is elected in 
                each odd-numbered year.
                (3) A committee may adopt a rule providing that 
                the chair be directed to offer a motion under 
                clause 1 of rule XXII whenever the chair 
                considers it appropriate.

Regular meeting days
        (b) Each standing committee shall establish regular 
        meeting days for the conduct of its business, which 
        shall be not less frequent than monthly. Each such 
        committee shall meet for the consideration of a bill or 
        resolution pending before the committee or the 
        transaction of other committee business on all regular 
        meeting days fixed by the committee unless otherwise 
        provided by written rule adopted by the committee.

Additional and special meetings
        (c)(1) The chair of each standing committee may call 
        and convene, as he considers necessary, additional and 
        special meetings of the committee for the consideration 
        of a bill or resolution pending before the committee or 
        for the conduct of other committee business, subject to 
        such rules as the committee may adopt. The committee 
        shall meet for such purpose under that call of the 
        chair.
                (2) Three or more members of a standing 
                committee may file in the offices of the 
                committee a written request that the chair call 
                a special meeting of the committee. Such 
                request shall specify the measure or matter to 
                be considered. Immediately upon the filing of 
                the request, the clerk of the committee shall 
                notify the chair of the filing of the request. 
                If the chair does not call the requested 
                special meeting within three calendar days 
                after the filing of the request (to be held 
                within seven calendar days after the filing of 
                the request) a majority of the members of the 
                committee may file in the offices of the 
                committee their written notice that a special 
                meeting of the committee will be held. The 
                written notice shall specify the date and hour 
                of the special meeting and the measure or 
                matter to be considered. The committee shall 
                meet on that date and hour. Immediately upon 
                the filing of the notice, the clerk of the 
                committee shall notify all members of the 
                committee that such special meeting will be 
                held and inform them of its date and hour and 
                the measure or matter to be considered. Only 
                the measure or matter specified in that notice 
                may be considered at that special meeting.

Temporary absence of chair
        (d) A member of the majority party on each standing 
        committee or subcommittee thereof shall be designated 
        by the chair of the full committee as the vice chair of 
        the committee or subcommittee, as the case may be, and 
        shall preside during the absence of the chair from any 
        meeting. If the chair and vice chair of a committee or 
        subcommittee are not present at any meeting of the 
        committee or subcommittee, the ranking majority member 
        who is present shall preside at that meeting.

Committee records
        (e)(1)(A) Each committee shall keep a complete record 
        of all committee action which shall include--
                                (i) in the case of a meeting or 
                                hearing transcript, a 
                                substantially verbatim account 
                                of remarks actually made during 
                                the proceedings, subject only 
                                to technical, grammatical, and 
                                typographical corrections 
                                authorized by the person making 
                                the remarks involved; and
                                (ii) a record of the votes on 
                                any question on which a record 
                                vote is demanded.
                        (B)(i) Except as provided in 
                        subdivision (B)(ii) and subject to 
                        paragraph (k)(7), the result of each 
                        such record vote shall be made 
                        available by the committee for 
                        inspection by the public at reasonable 
                        times in its offices and also made 
                        publicly available in electronic form 
                        within 48 hours of such record vote. 
                        Information so available shall include 
                        a description of the amendment, motion, 
                        order, or other proposition, the name 
                        of each member voting for and each 
                        member voting against such amendment, 
                        motion, order, or proposition, and the 
                        names of those members of the committee 
                        present but not voting.
                                (ii) The result of any record 
                                vote taken in executive session 
                                in the Committee on Ethics may 
                                not be made available for 
                                inspection by the public 
                                without an affirmative vote of 
                                a majority of the members of 
                                the committee.
                (2)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (B), 
                all committee hearings, records, data, charts, 
                and files shall be kept separate and distinct 
                from the congressional office records of the 
                member serving as its chair. Such records shall 
                be the property of the House, and each Member, 
                Delegate, and the Resident Commissioner shall 
                have access thereto.
                        (B) A Member, Delegate, or Resident 
                        Commissioner, other than members of the 
                        Committee on Ethics, may not have 
                        access to the records of that committee 
                        respecting the conduct of a Member, 
                        Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
                        officer, or employee of the House 
                        without the specific prior permission 
                        of that committee.
                (3) Each committee shall include in its rules 
                standards for availability of records of the 
                committee delivered to the Archivist of the 
                United States under rule VII. Such standards 
                shall specify procedures for orders of the 
                committee under clause 3(b)(3) and clause 4(b) 
                of rule VII, including a requirement that 
                nonavailability of a record for a period longer 
                than the period otherwise applicable under that 
                rule shall be approved by vote of the 
                committee.
                (4) Each committee shall make its publications 
                available in electronic form to the maximum 
                extent feasible.
                (5) To the maximum extent practicable, each 
                committee shall--
                        (A) provide audio and video coverage of 
                        each hearing or meeting for the 
                        transaction of business in a manner 
                        that allows the public to easily listen 
                        to and view the proceedings; and
                        (B) maintain the recordings of such 
                        coverage in a manner that is easily 
                        accessible to the public.

Prohibition against proxy voting
        (f) A vote by a member of a committee or subcommittee 
        with respect to any measure or matter may not be cast 
        by proxy.

Open meetings and hearings
        (g)(1) Each meeting for the transaction of business, 
        including the markup of legislation, by a standing 
        committee or subcommittee thereof (other than the 
        Committee on Ethics or its subcommittees) shall be open 
        to the public, including to radio, television, and 
        still photography coverage, except when the committee 
        or subcommittee, in open session and with a majority 
        present, determines by record vote that all or part of 
        the remainder of the meeting on that day shall be in 
        executive session because disclosure of matters to be 
        considered would endanger national security, would 
        compromise sensitive law enforcement information, would 
        tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate any person, or 
        otherwise would violate a law or rule of the House. 
        Persons, other than members of the committee and such 
        noncommittee Members, Delegates, Resident Commissioner, 
        congressional staff, or departmental representatives as 
        the committee may authorize, may not be present at a 
        business or markup session that is held in executive 
        session. This subparagraph does not apply to open 
        committee hearings, which are governed by clause 
        4(a)(1) of rule X or by subparagraph (2).
                        (2)(A) Each hearing conducted by a 
                        committee or subcommittee (other than 
                        the Committee on Ethics or its 
                        subcommittees) shall be open to the 
                        public, including to radio, television, 
                        and still photography coverage, except 
                        when the committee or subcommittee, in 
                        open session and with a majority 
                        present, determines by record vote that 
                        all or part of the remainder of that 
                        hearing on that day shall be closed to 
                        the public because disclosure of 
                        testimony, evidence, or other matters 
                        to be considered would endanger 
                        national security, would compromise 
                        sensitive law enforcement information, 
                        or would violate a law or rule of the 
                        House.
                                (B) Notwithstanding the 
                                requirements of subdivision 
                                (A), in the presence of the 
                                number of members required 
                                under the rules of the 
                                committee for the purpose of 
                                taking testimony, a majority of 
                                those present may--
                        (i) agree to close the hearing for the 
                        sole purpose of discussing whether 
                        testimony or evidence to be received 
                        would endanger national security, would 
                        compromise sensitive law enforcement 
                        information, or would violate clause 
                        2(k)(5); or
                        (ii) agree to close the hearing as 
                        provided in clause 2(k)(5).
                                (C) A Member, Delegate, or 
                                Resident Commissioner may not 
                                be excluded from 
                                nonparticipatory attendance at 
                                a hearing of a committee or 
                                subcommittee (other than the 
                                Committee on Ethics or its 
                                subcommittees) unless the House 
                                by majority vote authorizes a 
                                particular committee or 
                                subcommittee, for purposes of a 
                                particular series of hearings 
                                on a particular article of 
                                legislation or on a particular 
                                subject of investigation, to 
                                close its hearings to Members, 
                                Delegates, and the Resident 
                                Commissioner by the same 
                                procedures specified in this 
                                subparagraph for closing 
                                hearings to the public.
                                (D) The committee or 
                                subcommittee may vote by the 
                                same procedure described in 
                                this subparagraph to close one 
                                subsequent day of hearing, 
                                except that the Committee on 
                                Appropriations, the Committee 
                                on Armed Services, and the 
                                Permanent Select Committee on 
                                Intelligence, and the 
                                subcommittees thereof, may vote 
                                by the same procedure to close 
                                up to five additional, 
                                consecutive days of hearings.
                (3)(A) The chair of a committee shall announce 
                the date, place, and subject matter of-
                                (i) a committee hearing, which 
                                may not commence earlier than 
                                one week after such notice; or
                                (ii) a committee meeting, which 
                                may not commence earlier than 
                                the third day on which members 
                                have notice thereof.
                        (B) A hearing or meeting may begin 
                        sooner than specified in subdivision 
                        (A) in either of the following 
                        circumstances (in which case the chair 
                        shall make the announcement specified 
                        in subdivision (A) at the earliest 
                        possible time):
                                (i) the chair of the committee, 
                                with the concurrence of the 
                                ranking minority member, 
                                determines that there is good 
                                cause; or
                                (ii) the committee so 
                                determines by majority vote in 
                                the presence of the number of 
                                members required under the 
                                rules of the committee for the 
                                transaction of business.
                        (C) An announcement made under this 
                        subparagraph shall be published 
                        promptly in the Daily Digest and made 
                        publicly available in electronic form.
                        (D) This subparagraph and subparagraph 
                        (4) shall not apply to the Committee on 
                        Rules.
                (4) At least 24 hours prior to the commencement 
                of a meeting for the markup of legislation, or 
                at the time of an announcement under 
                subparagraph (3)(B) made within 24 hours before 
                such meeting, the chair of the committee shall 
                cause the text of such legislation to be made 
                publicly available in electronic form.
                        (5) Each committee shall, to the 
                        greatest extent practicable, require 
                        witnesses who appear before it to 
                        submit in advance written statements of 
                        proposed testimony and to limit their 
                        initial presentations to the committee 
                        to brief summaries thereof. In the case 
                        of a witness appearing in a 
                        nongovernmental capacity, a written 
                        statement of proposed testimony shall 
                        include a curriculum vitae and a 
                        disclosure of the amount and source (by 
                        agency and program) of each Federal 
                        grant (or subgrant thereof) or contract 
                        (or subcontract thereof) received 
                        during the current fiscal year or 
                        either of the two previous fiscal years 
                        by the witness or by an entity 
                        represented by the witness. Such 
                        statements, with appropriate redactions 
                        to protect the privacy of the witness, 
                        shall be made publicly available in 
                        electronic form not later than one day 
                        after the witness appears.
                        (6)(A) Except as provided in 
                        subdivision (B), a point of order does 
                        not lie with respect to a measure 
                        reported by a committee on the ground 
                        that hearings on such measure were not 
                        conducted in accordance with this 
                        clause.
                                (B) A point of order on the 
                                ground described in subdivision 
                                (A) may be made by a member of 
                                the committee that reported the 
                                measure if such point of order 
                                was timely made and improperly 
                                disposed of in the committee.
                        (7) This paragraph does not apply to 
                        hearings of the Committee on 
                        Appropriations under clause 4(a)(1) of 
                        rule X.

Quorum requirements
        (h)(1) A measure or recommendation may not be reported 
        by a committee unless a majority of the committee is 
        actually present.
                (2) Each committee may fix the number of its 
                members to constitute a quorum for taking 
                testimony and receiving evidence, which may not 
                be less than two.
                (3) Each committee (other than the Committee on 
                Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, 
                and the Committee on Ways and Means) may fix 
                the number of its members to constitute a 
                quorum for taking any action other than one for 
                which the presence of a majority of the 
                committee is otherwise required, which may not 
                be less than one-third of the members.
                (4)(A) Each committee may adopt a rule 
                authorizing the chair of a committee or 
                subcommittee--
                                (i) to postpone further 
                                proceedings when a record vote 
                                is ordered on the question of 
                                approving a measure or matter 
                                or on adopting an amendment; 
                                and
                                (ii) to resume proceedings on a 
                                postponed question at any time 
                                after reasonable notice.
                        (B) A rule adopted pursuant to this 
                        subparagraph shall provide that when 
                        proceedings resume on a postponed 
                        question, notwithstanding any 
                        intervening order for the previous 
                        question, an underlying proposition 
                        shall remain subject to further debate 
                        or amendment to the same extent as when 
                        the question was postponed.

Limitation on committee sittings
        (i) A committee may not sit during a joint session of 
        the House and Senate or during a recess when a joint 
        meeting of the House and Senate is in progress.

Calling and questioning of witnesses
        (j)(1) Whenever a hearing is conducted by a committee 
        on a measure or matter, the minority members of the 
        committee shall be entitled, upon request to the chair 
        by a majority of them before the completion of the 
        hearing, to call witnesses selected by the minority to 
        testify with respect to that measure or matter during 
        at least one day of hearing thereon.
                (2)(A) Subject to subdivisions (B) and (C), 
                each committee shall apply the five-minute rule 
                during the questioning of witnesses in a 
                hearing until such time as each member of the 
                committee who so desires has had an opportunity 
                to question each witness.
                        (B) A committee may adopt a rule or 
                        motion permitting a specified number of 
                        its members to question a witness for 
                        longer than five minutes. The time for 
                        extended questioning of a witness under 
                        this subdivision shall be equal for the 
                        majority party and the minority party 
                        and may not exceed one hour in the 
                        aggregate.
                        (C) A committee may adopt a rule or 
                        motion permitting committee staff for 
                        its majority and minority party members 
                        to question a witness for equal 
                        specified periods. The time for 
                        extended questioning of a witness under 
                        this subdivision shall be equal for the 
                        majority party and the minority party 
                        and may not exceed one hour in the 
                        aggregate.

Hearing procedures
        (k)(1) The chair at a hearing shall announce in an 
        opening statement the subject of the hearing.
                (2) A copy of the committee rules and of this 
                clause shall be made available to each witness 
                on request.
                (3) Witnesses at hearings may be accompanied by 
                their own counsel for the purpose of advising 
                them concerning their constitutional rights.
                (4) The chair may punish breaches of order and 
                decorum, and of professional ethics on the part 
                of counsel, by censure and exclusion from the 
                hearings; and the committee may cite the 
                offender to the House for contempt.
                (5) Whenever it is asserted by a member of the 
                committee that the evidence or testimony at a 
                hearing may tend to defame, degrade, or 
                incriminate any person, or it is asserted by a 
                witness that the evidence or testimony that the 
                witness would give at a hearing may tend to 
                defame, degrade, or incriminate the witness--
                        (A) notwithstanding paragraph (g)(2), 
                        such testimony or evidence shall be 
                        presented in executive session if, in 
                        the presence of the number of members 
                        required under the rules of the 
                        committee for the purpose of taking 
                        testimony, the committee determines by 
                        vote of a majority of those present 
                        that such evidence or testimony may 
                        tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate 
                        any person; and
                        (B) the committee shall proceed to 
                        receive such testimony in open session 
                        only if the committee, a majority being 
                        present, determines that such evidence 
                        or testimony will not tend to defame, 
                        degrade, or incriminate any person.
                        In either case the committee shall 
                        afford such person an opportunity 
                        voluntarily to appear as a witness, and 
                        receive and dispose of requests from 
                        such person to subpoena additional 
                        witnesses.
                (6) Except as provided in subparagraph (5), the 
                chair shall receive and the committee shall 
                dispose of requests to subpoena additional 
                witnesses.
                (7) Evidence or testimony taken in executive 
                session, and proceedings conducted in executive 
                session, may be released or used in public 
                sessions only when authorized by the committee, 
                a majority being present.
                (8) In the discretion of the committee, 
                witnesses may submit brief and pertinent sworn 
                statements in writing for inclusion in the 
                record. The committee is the sole judge of the 
                pertinence of testimony and evidence adduced at 
                its hearing.
                (9) A witness may obtain a transcript copy of 
                his testimony given at a public session or, if 
                given at an executive session, when authorized 
                by the committee.

Supplemental, minority, or additional views
        (l) If at the time of approval of a measure or matter 
        by a committee (other than the Committee on Rules) a 
        member of the committee gives notice of intention to 
        file supplemental, minority, or additional views for 
        inclusion in the report to the House thereon, that 
        member shall be entitled to not less than two 
        additional calendar days after the day of such notice 
        (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays 
        except when the House is in session on such a day) to 
        file such views, in writing and signed by that member, 
        with the clerk of the committee.

Power to sit and act; subpoena power
        (m)(1) For the purpose of carrying out any of its 
        functions and duties under this rule and rule X 
        (including any matters referred to it under clause 2 of 
        rule XII), a committee or subcommittee is authorized 
        (subject to subparagraph (3)(A))--
                        (A) to sit and act at such times and 
                        places within the United States, 
                        whether the House is in session, has 
                        recessed, or has adjourned, and to hold 
                        such hearings as it considers 
                        necessary; and
                        (B) to require, by subpoena or 
                        otherwise, the attendance and testimony 
                        of such witnesses and the production of 
                        such books, records, correspondence, 
                        memoranda, papers, and documents as it 
                        considers necessary.
                (2) The chair of the committee, or a member 
                designated by the chair, may administer oaths 
                to witnesses.
                        (3)(A)(i) Except as provided in 
                        subdivision (A)(ii), a subpoena may be 
                        authorized and issued by a committee or 
                        subcommittee under subparagraph (1)(B) 
                        in the conduct of an investigation or 
                        series of investigations or activities 
                        only when authorized by the committee 
                        or subcommittee, a majority being 
                        present. The power to authorize and 
                        issue subpoenas under subparagraph 
                        (1)(B) may be delegated to the chair of 
                        the committee under such rules and 
                        under such limitations as the committee 
                        may prescribe. Authorized subpoenas 
                        shall be signed by the chair of the 
                        committee or by a member designated by 
                        the committee.
                                (ii) In the case of a 
                                subcommittee of the Committee 
                                on Ethics, a subpoena may be 
                                authorized and issued only by 
                                an affirmative vote of a 
                                majority of its members.
                        (B) A subpoena duces tecum may specify 
                        terms of return other than at a meeting 
                        or hearing of the committee or 
                        subcommittee authorizing the subpoena.
                        (C) Compliance with a subpoena issued 
                        by a committee or subcommittee under 
                        subparagraph (1)(B) may be enforced 
                        only as authorized or directed by the 
                        House.
        (n)(1) Each standing committee, or a subcommittee 
        thereof, shall hold at least one hearing during each 
        120-day period following the establishment of the 
        committee on the topic of waste, fraud, abuse, or 
        mismanagement in Government programs which that 
        committee may authorize.
                (2) A hearing described in subparagraph (1) 
                shall include a focus on the most egregious 
                instances of waste, fraud, abuse, or 
                mismanagement as documented by any report the 
                committee has received from a Federal Office of 
                the Inspector General or the Comptroller 
                General of the United States.
        (o) Each committee, or a subcommittee thereof, shall 
        hold at least one hearing in any session in which the 
        committee has received disclaimers of agency financial 
        statements from auditors of any Federal agency that the 
        committee may authorize to hear testimony on such 
        disclaimers from representatives of any such agency.
        (p) Each standing committee, or a subcommittee thereof, 
        shall hold at least one hearing on issues raised by 
        reports issued by the Comptroller General of the United 
        States indicating that Federal programs or operations 
        that the committee may authorize are at high risk for 
        waste, fraud, and mismanagement, known as the ``high-
        risk list'' or the ``high-risk series.''

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                                RULE XII

              RECEIPT AND REFERRAL OF MEASURES AND MATTERS

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Referral
        2.(a) The Speaker shall refer each bill, resolution, or 
        other matter that relates to a subject listed under a 
        standing committee named in clause 1 of rule X in 
        accordance with the provisions of this clause.
        (b) The Speaker shall refer matters under paragraph (a) 
        in such manner as to ensure to the maximum extent 
        feasible that each committee that has jurisdiction 
        under clause 1 of rule X over the subject matter of a 
        provision thereof may consider such provision and 
        report to the House thereon. Precedents, rulings, or 
        procedures in effect before the Ninety-Fourth Congress 
        shall be applied to referrals under this clause only to 
        the extent that they will contribute to the achievement 
        of the objectives of this clause.
        (c) In carrying out paragraphs (a) and (b) with respect 
        to the referral of a matter, the Speaker--
                (1) shall designate a committee of primary 
                jurisdiction (except where the Speaker 
                determines that extraordinary circumstances 
                justify review by more than one committee as 
                though primary);
                (2) may refer the matter to one or more 
                additional committees for consideration in 
                sequence, either initially or after the matter 
                has been reported by the committee of primary 
                jurisdiction;
                (3) may refer portions of the matter reflecting 
                different subjects and jurisdictions to one or 
                more additional committees;
                (4) may refer the matter to a special, ad hoc 
                committee appointed by the Speaker with the 
                approval of the House, and including members of 
                the committees of jurisdiction, for the 
                specific purpose of considering that matter and 
                reporting to the House thereon;
                (5) may subject a referral to appropriate time 
                limitations; and
                (6) may make such other provision as may be 
                considered appropriate.
        (d) A bill for the payment or adjudication of a private 
        claim against the Government may not be referred to a 
        committee other than the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
        or the Committee on the Judiciary, except by unanimous 
        consent.

Petitions, memorials, and private bills
3. If a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner has a 
petition, memorial, or private bill to present, he shall 
endorse his name, deliver it to the Clerk, and may specify the 
reference or disposition to be made thereof. Such petition, 
memorial, or private bill (except when judged by the Speaker to 
be obscene or insulting) shall be entered on the Journal with 
the name of the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
presenting it and shall be printed in the Congressional Record.
4. A private bill or private resolution (including an omnibus 
claim or pension bill), or amendment thereto, may not be 
received or considered in the House if it authorizes or 
directs--
        (a) the payment of money for property damages, for 
        personal injuries or death for which suit may be 
        instituted under the Tort Claims Procedure provided in 
        title 28, United States Code, or for a pension (other 
        than to carry out a provision of law or treaty 
        stipulation);
        (b) the construction of a bridge across a navigable 
        stream; or
        (c) the correction of a military or naval record.

Prohibition on commemorations
5. (a) A bill or resolution, or an amendment thereto, may not 
be introduced or considered in the House if it establishes or 
expresses a commemoration.
        (b) In this clause the term ``commemoration'' means a 
        remembrance, celebration, or recognition for any 
        purpose through the designation of a specified period 
        of time.

Excluded matters
6. A petition, memorial, bill, or resolution excluded under 
this rule shall be returned to the Member, Delegate, or 
Resident Commissioner from whom it was received. A petition or 
private bill that has been inappropriately referred may, by 
direction of the committee having possession of it, be properly 
referred in the manner originally presented. An erroneous 
reference of a petition or private bill under this clause does 
not confer jurisdiction on a committee to consider or report 
it.

Sponsorship
7. (a) Bills, memorials, petitions, and resolutions, endorsed 
with the names of Members, Delegates, or the Resident 
Commissioner introducing them, may be delivered to the Speaker 
to be referred. The titles and references of all bills, 
memorials, petitions, resolutions, and other documents referred 
under this rule shall be entered on the Journal and printed in 
the Congressional Record. An erroneous reference may be 
corrected by the House in accordance with rule X on any day 
immediately after the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag by 
unanimous consent or motion. Such a motion shall be privileged 
if offered by direction of a committee to which the bill has 
been erroneously referred or by direction of a committee 
claiming jurisdiction and shall be decided without debate.
                (b)(1) The primary sponsor of a public bill or 
                public resolution may name cosponsors. The name 
                of a cosponsor added after the initial printing 
                of a bill or resolution shall appear in the 
                next printing of the bill or resolution on the 
                written request of the primary sponsor. Such a 
                request may be submitted to the Speaker at any 
                time until the last committee authorized to 
                consider and report the bill or resolution 
                reports it to the House or is discharged from 
                its consideration.
                        (2) The name of a cosponsor of a bill 
                        or resolution may be deleted by 
                        unanimous consent. The Speaker may 
                        entertain such a request only by the 
                        Member, Delegate, or Resident 
                        Commissioner whose name is to be 
                        deleted or by the primary sponsor of 
                        the bill or resolution, and only until 
                        the last committee authorized to 
                        consider and report the bill or 
                        resolution reports it to the House or 
                        is discharged from its consideration. 
                        The Speaker may not entertain a request 
                        to delete the name of the primary 
                        sponsor of a bill or resolution. A 
                        deletion shall be indicated by date in 
                        the next printing of the bill or 
                        resolution.
                        (3) The addition or deletion of the 
                        name of a cosponsor of a bill or 
                        resolution shall be entered on the 
                        Journal and printed in the 
                        Congressional Record of that day.
                        (4) A bill or resolution shall be 
                        reprinted on the written request of the 
                        primary sponsor. Such a request may be 
                        submitted to the Speaker only when 20 
                        or more cosponsors have been added 
                        since the last printing of the bill or 
                        resolution.
                        (5) When a bill or resolution is 
                        introduced ``by request,'' those words 
                        shall be entered on the Journal and 
                        printed in the Congressional Record.
                (c)(1) A bill or joint resolution may not be 
                introduced unless the sponsor submits for 
                printing in the Congressional Record a 
                statement citing as specifically as practicable 
                the power or powers granted to Congress in the 
                Constitution to enact the bill or joint 
                resolution. The statement shall appear in a 
                portion of the Record designated for that 
                purpose and be made publicly available in 
                electronic form by the Clerk.
                        (2) Before consideration of a Senate 
                        bill or joint resolution, the chair of 
                        a committee of jurisdiction may submit 
                        the statement required under 
                        subparagraph (1) as though the chair 
                        were the sponsor of the Senate bill or 
                        joint resolution.

Executive communications
8. Estimates of appropriations and all other communications 
from the executive departments intended for the consideration 
of any committees of the House shall be addressed to the 
Speaker for referral as provided in clause 2 of rule XIV.

                               RULE XIII

                    CALENDARS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS

Calendars
1. (a) All business reported by committees shall be referred to 
one of the following three calendars:
                (1) A Calendar of the Committee of the Whole 
                House on the state of the Union, to which shall 
                be referred public bills and public resolutions 
                raising revenue, involving a tax or charge on 
                the people, directly or indirectly making 
                appropriations of money or property or 
                requiring such appropriations to be made, 
                authorizing payments out of appropriations 
                already made, releasing any liability to the 
                United States for money or property, or 
                referring a claim to the Court of Claims.
                (2) A House Calendar, to which shall be 
                referred all public bills and public 
                resolutions not requiring referral to the 
                Calendar of the Committee of the Whole House on 
                the state of the Union.
                (3) A Private Calendar as provided in clause 5 
                of rule XV, to which shall be referred all 
                private bills and private resolutions.
        (b) There is established a Calendar of Motions to 
        Discharge Committees as provided in clause 2 of rule 
        XV.

Filing and printing of reports
        2.(a)(1) Except as provided in subparagraph (2), all 
        reports of committees (other than those filed from the 
        floor as privileged) shall be delivered to the Clerk 
        for printing and reference to the proper calendar under 
        the direction of the Speaker in accordance with clause 
        1. The title or subject of each report shall be entered 
        on the Journal and printed in the Congressional Record.
                (2) A bill or resolution reported adversely 
                shall be laid on the table unless a committee 
                to which the bill or resolution was referred 
                requests at the time of the report its referral 
                to an appropriate calendar under clause 1 or 
                unless, within three days thereafter, a Member, 
                Delegate, or Resident Commissioner makes such a 
                request.
        (b)(1) It shall be the duty of the chair of each 
        committee to report or cause to be reported promptly to 
        the House a measure or matter approved by the committee 
        and to take or cause to be taken steps necessary to 
        bring the measure or matter to a vote.
                (2) In any event, the report of a committee on 
                a measure that has been approved by the 
                committee shall be filed within seven calendar 
                days (exclusive of days on which the House is 
                not in session) after the day on which a 
                written request for the filing of the report, 
                signed by a majority of the members of the 
                committee, has been filed with the clerk of the 
                committee. The clerk of the committee shall 
                immediately notify the chair of the filing of 
                such a request. This subparagraph does not 
                apply to a report of the Committee on Rules 
                with respect to a rule, joint rule, or order of 
                business of the House, or to the reporting of a 
                resolution of inquiry addressed to the head of 
                an executive department.
        (c) All supplemental, minority, or additional views 
        filed under clause 2(l) of rule XI by one or more 
        members of a committee shall be included in, and shall 
        be a part of, the report filed by the committee with 
        respect to a measure or matter. When time guaranteed by 
        clause 2(l) of rule XI has expired (or, if sooner, when 
        all separate views have been received), the committee 
        may arrange to file its report with the Clerk not later 
        than one hour after the expiration of such time. This 
        clause and provisions of clause 2(l) of rule XI do not 
        preclude the immediate filing or printing of a 
        committee report in the absence of a timely request for 
        the opportunity to file supplemental, minority, or 
        additional views as provided in clause 2(l) of rule XI.

Content of reports
        3. (a)(1) Except as provided in subparagraph (2), the 
        report of a committee on a measure or matter shall be 
        printed in a single volume that--
                        (A) shall include all supplemental, 
                        minority, or additional views that have 
                        been submitted by the time of the 
                        filing of the report; and
                        (B) shall bear on its cover a recital 
                        that any such supplemental, minority, 
                        or additional views (and any material 
                        submitted under paragraph (c)(3)) are 
                        included as part of the report.
                (2) A committee may file a supplemental report 
                for the correction of a technical error in its 
                previous report on a measure or matter. A 
                supplemental report only correcting errors in 
                the depiction of record votes under paragraph 
                (b) may be filed under this subparagraph and 
                shall not be subject to the requirement in 
                clause 4 or clause 6 concerning the 
                availability of reports.
        (b) With respect to each record vote on a motion to 
        report a measure or matter of a public nature, and on 
        any amendment offered to the measure or matter, the 
        total number of votes cast for and against, and the 
        names of members voting for and against, shall be 
        included in the committee report. The preceding 
        sentence does not apply to a report by the Committee on 
        Rules on a rule, joint rule, or the order of business 
        or to votes taken in executive session by the Committee 
        on Ethics.
        (c) The report of a committee on a measure that has 
        been approved by the committee shall include, 
        separately set out and clearly identified, the 
        following:
                (1) Oversight findings and recommendations 
                under clause 2(b)(1) of rule X.
                (2) The statement required by section 308(a) of 
                the Congressional Bud get Act of 1974, except 
                that an estimate of new budget authority shall 
                include, when practicable, a comparison of the 
                total estimated funding level for the relevant 
                programs to the appropriate levels under 
                current law.
                (3) An estimate and comparison prepared by the 
                Director of the Congressional Budget Office 
                under section 402 of the Congressional Budget 
                Act of 1974 if timely submitted to the 
                committee before the filing of the report.
                (4) A statement of general performance goals 
                and objectives, including outcome related goals 
                and objectives, for which the measure 
                authorizes funding.
        (d) Each report of a committee on a public bill or 
        public joint resolution shall contain the following:
                (1)(A) An estimate by the committee of the 
                costs that would be incurred in carrying out 
                the bill or joint resolution in the fiscal year 
                in which it is reported and in each of the five 
                fiscal years following that fiscal year (or for 
                the authorized duration of any program 
                authorized by the bill or joint resolution if 
                less than five years);
                        (B) a comparison of the estimate of 
                        costs described in subdivision (A) made 
                        by the committee with any estimate of 
                        such costs made by a Government agency 
                        and submitted to such committee; and
                        (C) when practicable, a comparison of 
                        the total estimated funding level for 
                        the relevant programs with the 
                        appropriate levels under current law.
                (2)(A) In subparagraph (1) the term 
                ``Government agency'' includes any department, 
                agency, establishment, wholly owned Government 
                corporation, or instrumentality of the Federal 
                Government or the government of the District of 
                Columbia.

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        (e)(1) Whenever a committee reports a bill or joint 
        resolution proposing to repeal or amend a statute or 
        part thereof, it shall include in its report or in an 
        accompanying document--
                        (A) the text of a statute or part 
                        thereof that is proposed to be 
                        repealed; and
                        (B) a comparative print of any part of 
                        the bill or joint resolution proposing 
                        to amend the statute and of the statute 
                        or part thereof proposed to be amended, 
                        showing by appropriate typographical 
                        devices the omissions and insertions 
                        proposed.
                (2) If a committee reports a bill or joint 
                resolution proposing to repeal or amend a 
                statute or part thereof with a recommendation 
                that the bill or joint resolution be amended, 
                the comparative print required by subparagraph 
                (1) shall reflect the changes in existing law 
                proposed to be made by the bill or joint 
                resolution as proposed to be amended.

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

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

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                               RULE XVII

                           DECORUM AND DEBATE

Decorum
1. (a) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who desires 
to speak or deliver a matter to the House shall rise and 
respectfully address himself to ``Mr. Speaker'' and, on being 
recognized, may address the House from any place on the floor. 
When invited by the Chair, a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner may speak from the Clerk's desk.
        (b) Remarks in debate (which may include references to 
        the Senate or its Members) shall be confined to the 
        question under debate, avoiding personality.

Recognition
2. When two or more Members, Delegates, or the Resident 
Commissioner rise at once, the Speaker shall name the Member, 
Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who is first to speak. A 
Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not occupy more 
than one hour in debate on a question in the House or in the 
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union except 
as otherwise provided in this rule.

Managing debate
3. (a) The Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who calls 
up a measure may open and close debate thereon. When general 
debate extends beyond one day, that Member, Delegate, or 
Resident Commissioner shall be entitled to one hour to close 
without regard to the time used in opening.
        (b) Except as provided in paragraph (a), a Member, 
        Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not speak more 
        than once to the same question without leave of the 
        House.
        (c) A manager of a measure who opposes an amendment 
        thereto is entitled to close controlled debate thereon.

Call to order
4. (a) If a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, in 
speaking or otherwise, transgresses the Rules of the House, the 
Speaker shall, or a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
may, call to order the offending Member, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner, who shall immediately sit down unless permitted 
on motion of another Member, Delegate, or the Resident 
Commissioner to explain. If a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner is called to order, the Member, Delegate, or 
Resident Commissioner making the call to order shall indicate 
the words excepted to, which shall be taken down in writing at 
the Clerk's desk and read aloud to the House.
        (b) The Speaker shall decide the validity of a call to 
        order. The House, if appealed to, shall decide the 
        question without debate. If the decision is in favor of 
        the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner called 
        to order, the Member, Delegate, or Resident 
        Commissioner shall be at liberty to proceed, but not 
        otherwise. If the case requires it, an offending 
        Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner shall be 
        liable to censure or such other punishment as the House 
        may consider proper. A Member, Delegate, or Resident 
        Commissioner may not be held to answer a call to order, 
        and may not be subject to the censure of the House 
        therefor, if further debate or other business has 
        intervened.

Comportment
5. When the Speaker is putting a question or addressing the 
House, a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not 
walk out of or across the Hall. When a Member, Delegate, or 
Resident Commissioner is speaking, a Member, Delegate, or 
Resident Commissioner may not pass between the person speaking 
and the Chair. During the session of the House, a Member, 
Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not wear a hat or remain 
by the Clerk's desk during the call of the roll or the counting 
of ballots. A person on the floor of the House may not smoke or 
use a mobile electronic device that impairs decorum. The 
Sergeant-at-Arms is charged with the strict enforcement of this 
clause.

Exhibits
6. When the use of an exhibit in debate is objected to by a 
Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, the Chair, in his 
discretion, may submit the question of its use to the House 
without debate.

Galleries
7. During a session of the House, it shall not be in order for 
a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to introduce to or 
to bring to the attention of the House an occupant in the 
galleries of the House. The Speaker may not entertain a request 
for the suspension of this rule by unanimous consent or 
otherwise.

Congressional Record
8. (a) The Congressional Record shall be a substantially 
verbatim account of remarks made during the proceedings of the 
House, subject only to technical, grammatical, and 
typographical corrections authorized by the Member, Delegate, 
or Resident Commissioner making the remarks.
        (b) Unparliamentary remarks may be deleted only by 
        permission or order of the House.
        (c) This clause establishes a standard of conduct 
        within the meaning of clause 3(a)(2) of rule XI.

Secret sessions
9. When confidential communications are received from the 
President, or when the Speaker or a Member, Delegate, or 
Resident Commissioner informs the House that he has 
communications that he believes ought to be kept secret for the 
present, the House shall be cleared of all persons except the 
Members, Delegates, Resident Commissioner, and officers of the 
House for the reading of such communications, and debates and 
proceedings thereon, unless otherwise ordered by the House.

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                                RULE XXI

                     RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN BILLS

Reservation of certain points of order
1. At the time a general appropriation bill is reported, all 
points of order against provisions therein shall be considered 
as reserved.

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Appropriations on legislative bills
4. A bill or joint resolution carrying an appropriation may not 
be reported by a committee not having jurisdiction to report 
appropriations, and an amendment proposing an appropriation 
shall not be in order during the consideration of a bill or 
joint resolution reported by a committee not having that 
jurisdiction. A point of order against an appropriation in such 
a bill, joint resolution, or amendment thereto may be raised at 
any time during pendency of that measure for amendment.

Tax and tariff measures and amendments
5. (a)(1) A bill or joint resolution carrying a tax or tariff 
measure may not be reported by a committee not having 
jurisdiction to report tax or tariff measures, and an amendment 
in the House or proposed by the Senate carrying a tax or tariff 
measure shall not be in order during the consideration of a 
bill or joint resolution reported by a committee not having 
that jurisdiction. A point of order against a tax or tariff 
measure in such a bill, joint resolution, or amendment thereto 
may be raised at any time during pendency of that measure for 
amendment.
                (2) For purposes of paragraph (1), a tax or 
                tariff measure includes an amendment proposing 
                a limitation on funds in a general 
                appropriation bill for the administration of a 
                tax or tariff.

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9. (a) It shall not be in order to consider--
                (1) a bill or joint resolution reported by a 
                committee unless the report includes a list of 
                congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, 
                and limited tariff benefits in the bill or in 
                the report (and the name of any Member, 
                Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who 
                submitted a request to the committee for each 
                respective item included in such list) or a 
                statement that the proposition contains no 
                congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, 
                or limited tariff benefits;
                (2) a bill or joint resolution not reported by 
                a committee unless the chair of each committee 
                of initial referral has caused a list of 
                congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, 
                and limited tariff benefits in the bill (and 
                the name of any Member, Delegate, or Resident 
                Commissioner who submitted a request to the 
                committee for each respective item included in 
                such list) or a statement that the proposition 
                contains no congressional earmarks, limited tax 
                benefits, or limited tariff benefits to be 
                printed in the Congressional Record prior to 
                its consideration;
                (3) an amendment to a bill or joint resolution 
                to be offered at the outset of its 
                consideration for amendment by a member of a 
                committee of initial referral as designated in 
                a report of the Committee on Rules to accompany 
                a resolution prescribing a special order of 
                business unless the proponent has caused a list 
                of congressional earmarks, limited tax 
                benefits, and limited tariff benefits in the 
                amendment (and the name of any Member, 
                Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who 
                submitted a request to the proponent for each 
                respective item included in such list) or a 
                statement that the proposition contains no 
                congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, 
                or limited tariff benefits to be printed in the 
                Congressional Record prior to its 
                consideration; or
                (4) a conference report to accompany a bill or 
                joint resolution unless the joint explanatory 
                statement prepared by the managers on the part 
                of the House and the managers on the part of 
                the Senate includes a list of congressional 
                earmarks, limited tax benefits, and limited 
                tariff benefits in the conference report or 
                joint statement (and the name of any Member, 
                Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or Senator who 
                submitted a request to the House or Senate 
                committees of jurisdiction for each respective 
                item included in such list) or a statement that 
                the proposition contains no congressional 
                earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited 
                tariff benefits.
        (b) It shall not be in order to consider a conference 
        report to accompany a regular general appropriation 
        bill unless the joint explanatory statement prepared by 
        the managers on the part of the House and the managers 
        on the part of the Senate includes--
                (1) a list of congressional earmarks, limited 
                tax benefits, and limited tariff benefits in 
                the conference report or joint statement (and 
                the name of any Member, Delegate, Resident 
                Commissioner, or Senator who submitted a 
                request to the House or Senate committees of 
                jurisdiction for each respective item included 
                in such list) that were neither committed to 
                the conference committee by either House nor in 
                a report of a committee of either House on such 
                bill or on a companion measure; or
                (2) a statement that the proposition contains 
                no such congressional earmarks, limited tax 
                benefits, or limited tariff benefits.
        (c) It shall not be in order to consider a rule or 
        order that waives the application of paragraph (a) or 
        (b). As disposition of a point of order under this 
        paragraph or paragraph (b), the Chair shall put the 
        question of consideration with respect to the rule or 
        order or conference report, as applicable. The question 
        of consideration shall be debatable for 10 minutes by 
        the Member initiating the point of order and for 10 
        minutes by an opponent, but shall otherwise be decided 
        without intervening motion except one that the House 
        adjourn.
        (d) In order to be cognizable by the Chair, a point of 
        order raised under paragraph (a) may be based only on 
        the failure of a report, submission to the 
        Congressional Record, or joint explanatory statement to 
        include a list required by paragraph (a) or a statement 
        that the proposition contains no congressional 
        earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff 
        benefits.
        (e) For the purpose of this clause, the term 
        ``congressional earmark'' means a provision or report 
        language included primarily at the request of a Member, 
        Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or Senator providing, 
        authorizing or recommending a specific amount of 
        discretionary budget authority, credit authority, or 
        other spending authority for a contract, loan, loan 
        guarantee, grant, loan authority, or other expenditure 
        with or to an entity, or targeted to a specific State, 
        locality or Congressional district, other than through 
        a statutory or administrative formula driven or 
        competitive award process.
        (f) For the purpose of this clause, the term ``limited 
        tax benefit'' means--
                (1) any revenue-losing provision that--
                        (A) provides a Federal tax deduction, 
                        credit, exclusion, or preference to 10 
                        or fewer beneficiaries under the 
                        Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and
                        (B) contains eligibility criteria that 
                        are not uniform in application with 
                        respect to potential beneficiaries of 
                        such provision; or
                (2) any Federal tax provision which provides 
                one beneficiary temporary or permanent 
                transition relief from a change to the Internal 
                Revenue Code of 1986.
        (g) For the purpose of this clause, the term ``limited 
        tariff benefit'' means a provision modifying the 
        Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States in a 
        manner that benefits 10 or fewer entities.
10.(a)(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c), it 
shall not be in order to consider a bill or joint resolution, 
or an amendment thereto or a conference report thereon, if the 
provisions of such measure have the net effect of increasing 
mandatory spending for the period of either--
                        (A) the current year, the budget year, 
                        and the four fiscal years following 
                        that budget year; or
                        (B) the current year, the budget year, 
                        and the nine fiscal years following 
                        that budget year.
                (2) For the purpose of this clause, the terms 
                `budget year' and `current year' have the 
                meanings specified in section 250 of the 
                Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
                Act of 1985, and the term `mandatory spending' 
                has the meaning of `direct spending' specified 
                in such section 250 except that such term shall 
                also include provisions in appropriation Acts 
                that make outyear modifications to substantive 
                law as described in section 3(4)(C) of the 
                Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.
        (b) If a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment 
        thereto, is considered pursuant to a special order of 
        the House directing the Clerk to add as new matter at 
        the end of such bill or joint resolution the entire 
        text of a separate measure or measures as passed by the 
        House, the new matter proposed to be added shall be 
        included in the evaluation under paragraph (a) of the 
        bill, joint resolution, or amendment.
        (c)(1) Except as provided in subparagraph (2), the 
        evaluation under paragraph (a) shall exclude a 
        provision expressly designated as an emergency for the 
        Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, in the case of a 
        point of order under this clause against consideration 
        of-
                        (A) a bill or joint resolution;
                        (B) an amendment made in order as 
                        original text by a special order of 
                        business;
                        (C) a conference report; or
                        (D) an amendment between the Houses.
                (2) In the case of an amendment (other than one 
                specified in subparagraph (1)) to a bill or 
                joint resolution, the evaluation under 
                paragraph (a) shall give no cognizance to any 
                designation of emergency.
11. It shall not be in order to consider a bill or joint 
resolution which has not been reported by a committee until the 
third calendar day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or legal 
holidays except when the House is in session on such a day) on 
which such measure has been available to Members, Delegates, 
and the Resident Commissioner.

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                               RULE XXIII

                        CODE OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT

There is hereby established by and for the House the following 
code of conduct, to be known as the ``Code of Official 
Conduct'':

1. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
employee of the House shall behave at all times in a manner 
that shall reflect creditably on the House.
2. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
employee of the House shall adhere to the spirit and the letter 
of the Rules of the House and to the rules of duly constituted 
committees thereof.
3. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
employee of the House may not receive compensation and may not 
permit compensation to accrue to the beneficial interest of 
such individual from any source, the receipt of which would 
occur by virtue of influence improperly exerted from the 
position of such individual in Congress.
4. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
employee of the House may not accept gifts except as provided 
by clause 5 of rule XXV.
5. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
employee of the House may not accept an honorarium for a 
speech, a writing for publication, or other similar activity, 
except as otherwise provided under rule XXV.
6. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner--
        (a) shall keep the campaign funds of such individual 
        separate from the personal funds of such individual;
        (b) may not convert campaign funds to personal use in 
        excess of an amount representing reimbursement for 
        legitimate and verifiable campaign expenditures; and
        (c) except as provided in clause 1(b) of rule XXIV, may 
        not expend funds from a campaign accounts of such 
        individual that are not attributable to bona fide 
        campaign or political purposes.
7. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner shall treat as 
campaign contributions all proceeds from testimonial dinners or 
other fundraising events.
8. (a) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or officer of 
the House may not retain an employee who does not perform 
duties for the offices of the employing authority commensurate 
with the compensation such employee receives.
        (b) In the case of a committee employee who works under 
        the direct supervision of a member of the committee 
        other than a chair, the chair may require that such 
        member affirm in writing that the employee has complied 
        with clause 8(a) (subject to clause 9 of rule X) as 
        evidence of compliance by the chair with this clause 
        and with clause 9 of rule X.
        (c)(1) Except as specified in subparagraph (2)--
                        (A) a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
                        Commissioner may not retain the spouse 
                        of such individual in a paid position; 
                        and
                        (B) an employee of the House may not 
                        accept compensation for work for a 
                        committee on which the spouse of such 
                        employee serves as a member.
                (2) Subparagraph (1) shall not apply in the 
                case of a spouse whose pertinent employment 
                predates the One Hundred Seventh Congress.
9. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
employee of the House may not discharge and may not refuse to 
hire an individual, or otherwise discriminate against an 
individual with respect to compensation, terms, conditions, or 
privileges of employment, because of the race, color, religion, 
sex (including marital or parental status), disability, age, or 
national origin of such individual, but may take into 
consideration the domicile or political affiliation of such 
individual.
10. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who has been 
convicted by a court of record for the commission of a crime 
for which a sentence of two or more years' imprisonment may be 
imposed should refrain from participation in the business of 
each committee of which such individual is a member, and a 
Member should refrain from voting on any question at a meeting 
of the House or of the Committee of the Whole House on the 
state of the Union, unless or until judicial or executive 
proceedings result in reinstatement of the presumption of the 
innocence of such Member or until the Member is reelected to 
the House after the date of such conviction.
11. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not 
authorize or otherwise allow an individual, group, or 
organization not under the direction and control of the House 
to use the words ``Congress of the United States,'' ``House of 
Representatives,'' or ``Official Business,'' or any combination 
of words thereof, on any letterhead or envelope.
12. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), an employee of the 
House who is required to file a report under rule XXVI may not 
participate personally and substantially as an employee of the 
House in a contact with an agency of the executive or judicial 
branches of Government with respect to nonlegislative matters 
affecting any nongovernmental person in which the employee has 
a significant financial interest.
        (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply if an employee first 
        advises the employing authority of such employee of a 
        significant financial interest described in paragraph 
        (a) and obtains from such employing authority a written 
        waiver stating that the participation of the employee 
        in the activity described in paragraph (a) is 
        necessary. A copy of each such waiver shall be filed 
        with the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.
13. Before a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, 
or employee of the House may have access to classified 
information, the following oath (or affirmation) shall be 
executed:
                ``I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will 
                not disclose any classified information 
                received in the course of my service with the 
                House of Representatives, except as authorized 
                by the House of Representatives or in 
                accordance with its Rules.''
Copies of the executed oath (or affirmation) shall be retained 
by the Clerk as part of the records of the House. The Clerk 
shall make signatures a matter of public record, causing the 
names of each Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who 
has signed the oath during a week (if any) to be published in a 
portion of the Congressional Record designated for that purpose 
on the last legislative day of the week and making cumulative 
lists of such names available each day for public inspection in 
an appropriate office of the House.
14. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not, with 
the intent to influence on the basis of partisan political 
affiliation an employment decision or employment practice of 
any private entity--
        (a) take or withhold, or offer or threaten to take or 
        withhold, an official act; or
        (b) influence, or offer or threaten to influence, the 
        official act of another.
15. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a Member, 
Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not use personal funds, 
official funds, or campaign funds for a flight on an aircraft.
        (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply if--
                (1) the aircraft is operated by an air carrier 
                or commercial operator certificated by the 
                Federal Aviation Administration and the flight 
                is required to be conducted under air carrier 
                safety rules, or, in the case of travel which 
                is abroad, by an air carrier or commercial 
                operator certificated by an appropriate foreign 
                civil aviation authority and the flight is 
                required to be conducted under air carrier 
                safety rules;
                (2) the aircraft is owned or leased by a 
                Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner or a 
                family member of a Member, Delegate, or 
                Resident Commissioner (including an aircraft 
                owned by an entity that is not a public 
                corporation in which the Member, Delegate, 
                Resident Commissioner or a family member of a 
                Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner has 
                an ownership interest, provided that such 
                Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner does 
                not use the aircraft any more than the Member, 
                Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or family 
                member's proportionate share of ownership 
                allows);
                (3) the flight consists of the personal use of 
                an aircraft by a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
                Commissioner that is supplied by an individual 
                on the basis of personal friendship; or
                (4) the aircraft is operated by an entity of 
                the Federal government or an entity of the 
                government of any State.
        (c) In this clause--
                (1) the term ``campaign funds'' includes funds 
                of any political committee under the Federal 
                Election Campaign Act of 1971, without regard 
                to whether the committee is an authorized 
                committee of the Member, Delegate, or Resident 
                Commissioner involved under such Act;
                (2) the term ``family member'' means an 
                individual who is related to the Member, 
                Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, as father, 
                mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, 
                husband, wife, father-in-law, or mother-in-law; 
                and
                (3) the term ``on the basis of personal 
                friendship'' has the same meaning as in clause 
                5 of rule XXV and shall be determined as under 
                clause 5(a)(3)(D)(ii) of rule XXV.
16. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not 
condition the inclusion of language to provide funding for a 
congressional earmark, a limited tax benefit, or a limited 
tariff benefit in any bill or joint resolution (or an 
accompanying report) or in any conference report on a bill or 
joint resolution (including an accompanying joint explanatory 
statement of managers) on any vote cast by another Member, 
Delegate, or Resident Commissioner. For purposes of this clause 
and clause 17, the terms ``congressional earmark,'' ``limited 
tax benefit,'' and ``limited tariff benefit'' shall have the 
meanings given them in clause 9 of rule XXI.
17. (a) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who 
requests a congressional earmark, a limited tax benefit, or a 
limited tariff benefit in any bill or joint resolution (or an 
accompanying report) or in any conference report on a bill or 
joint resolution (or an accompanying joint statement of 
managers) shall provide a written statement to the chair and 
ranking minority member of the committee of jurisdiction, 
including--
                (1) the name of the Member, Delegate, or 
                Resident Commissioner;
                (2) in the case of a congressional earmark, the 
                name and address of the intended recipient or, 
                if there is no specifically intended recipient, 
                the intended location of the activity;
                (3) in the case of a limited tax or tariff 
                benefit, identification of the individual or 
                entities reasonably anticipated to benefit, to 
                the extent known to the Member, Delegate, or 
                Resident Commissioner;
                (4) the purpose of such congressional earmark 
                or limited tax or tariff benefit; and
                (5) a certification that the Member, Delegate, 
                or Resident Commissioner or spouse has no 
                financial interest in such congressional 
                earmark or limited tax or tariff benefit.
        (b) Each committee shall maintain the information 
        transmitted under paragraph (a), and the written 
        disclosures for any congressional earmarks, limited tax 
        benefits, or limited tariff benefits included in any 
        measure reported by the committee or conference report 
        filed by the chair of the committee or any subcommittee 
        thereof shall be open for public inspection.
18. (a) In this Code of Official Conduct, the term ``officer or 
employee of the House'' means an individual whose compensation 
is disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer.
        (b) An individual whose services are compensated by the 
        House pursuant to a consultant contract shall be 
        considered an employee of the House for purposes of 
        clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, and 13 of this rule. An 
        individual whose services are compensated by the House 
        pursuant to a consultant contract may not lobby the 
        contracting committee or the members or staff of the 
        contracting committee on any matter. Such an individual 
        may lobby other Members, Delegates, or the Resident 
        Commissioner or staff of the House on matters outside 
        the jurisdiction of the contracting committee. In the 
        case of such an individual who is a member or employee 
        of a firm, partnership, or other business organization, 
        the other members and employees of the firm, 
        partnership, or other business organization shall be 
        subject to the same restrictions on lobbying that apply 
        to the individual under this paragraph.

                               RULE XXIV

                  LIMITATIONS ON USE OF OFFICIAL FUNDS

Limitations on use of official and unofficial accounts
1. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a Member, Delegate, 
or Resident Commissioner may not maintain, or have maintained 
for the use of such individual, an unofficial office account. 
Funds may not be paid into an unofficial office account.
        (b)(1) Except as provided in subparagraph (2), a 
        Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may defray 
        official expenses with funds of the principal campaign 
        committee of such individual under the Federal Election 
        Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.).
                (2) The funds specified in subparagraph (1) may 
                not be used to defray official expenses for 
                mail or other communications, compensation for 
                services, office space, office furniture, 
                office equipment, or any associated information 
                technology services (excluding handheld 
                communications devices).
2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this rule, if an 
amount from the Official Expenses Allowance of a Member, 
Delegate, or Resident Commissioner is paid into the House 
Recording Studio revolving fund for telecommunications 
satellite services, the Member, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner may accept reimbursement from nonpolitical 
entities in that amount for transmission to the Clerk for 
credit to the Official Expenses Allowance.
3. In this rule the term ``unofficial office account'' means an 
account or repository in which funds are received for the 
purpose of defraying otherwise unreimbursed expenses allowable 
under section 162(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as 
ordinary and necessary in the operation of a congressional 
office, and includes a newsletter fund referred to in section 
527(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

Limitations on use of the frank
4. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner shall mail 
franked mail under section 3210(d) of title 39, United States 
Code at the most economical rate of postage practicable.
5. Before making a mass mailing, a Member, Delegate, or 
Resident Commissioner shall submit a sample or description of 
the mail matter involved to the House Commission on 
Congressional Mailing Standards for an advisory opinion as to 
whether the proposed mailing is in compliance with applicable 
provisions of law, rule, or regulation.
6. A mass mailing that is otherwise frankable by a Member, 
Delegate, or Resident Commissioner under the provisions of 
section 3210(e) of title 39, United States Code, is not 
frankable unless the cost of preparing and printing it is 
defrayed exclusively from funds made available in an 
appropriation Act.
7. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not send a 
mass mailing outside the congressional district from which 
elected.
8. In the case of a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, 
a mass mailing is not frankable under section 3210 of title 39, 
United States Code, when it is postmarked less than 90 days 
before the date of a primary or general election (whether 
regular, special, or runoff) in which such individual is a 
candidate for public office. If the mail matter is of a type 
that is not customarily postmarked, the date on which it would 
have been postmarked, if it were of a type customarily 
postmarked, applies.
9. In this rule the term ``mass mailing'' means, with respect 
to a session of Congress, a mailing of newsletters or other 
pieces of mail with substantially identical content (whether 
such pieces of mail are deposited singly or in bulk, or at the 
same time or different times), totaling more than 500 pieces of 
mail in that session, except that such term does not include a 
mailing--
        (a) of matter in direct response to a communication 
        from a person to whom the matter is mailed;
        (b) from a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
        to other Members, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, 
        or Senators, or to Federal, State, or local government 
        officials; or
        (c) of a news release to the communications media.

Prohibition on use of funds by Members not elected to 
succeeding Congress
10. Funds from the applicable accounts described in clause 
1(k)(1) of rule X, including funds from committee expense 
resolutions, and funds in any local currencies owned by the 
United States may not be made available for travel by a Member, 
Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or Senator after the date of a 
general election in which such individual was not elected to 
the succeeding Congress or, in the case of a Member, Delegate, 
or Resident Commissioner who is not a candidate in a general 
election, after the earlier of the date of such general 
election or the adjournment sine die of the last regular 
session of the Congress.

                                RULE XXV

      LIMITATIONS ON OUTSIDE EARNED INCOME AND ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS

Outside earned income; honoraria
1. (a) Except as provided by paragraph (b), a Member, Delegate, 
Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House may 
not--
                (1) have outside earned income attributable to 
                a calendar year that exceeds 15 percent of the 
                annual rate of basic pay for level II of the 
                Executive Schedule under section 5313 of title 
                5, United States Code, as of January 1 of that 
                calendar year; or
                (2) receive any honorarium, except that an 
                officer or employee of the House who is paid at 
                a rate less than 120 percent of the minimum 
                rate of basic pay for GS-15 of the General 
                Schedule may receive an honorarium unless the 
                subject matter is directly related to the 
                official duties of the individual, the payment 
                is made because of the status of the individual 
                with the House, or the person offering the 
                honorarium has interests that may be 
                substantially affected by the performance or 
                nonperformance of the official duties of the 
                individual.
        (b) In the case of an individual who becomes a Member, 
        Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee 
        of the House, such individual may not have outside 
        earned income attributable to the portion of a calendar 
        year that occurs after such individual becomes a 
        Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
        employee that exceeds 15 percent of the annual rate of 
        basic pay for level II of the Executive Schedule under 
        section 5313 of title 5, United States Code, as of 
        January 1 of that calendar year multiplied by a 
        fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days 
        the individual is a Member, Delegate, Resident 
        Commissioner, officer, or employee during that calendar 
        year and the denominator of which is 365.
        (c) A payment in lieu of an honorarium that is made to 
        a charitable organization on behalf of a Member, 
        Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee 
        of the House may not be received by that Member, 
        Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee. 
        Such a payment may not exceed $2,000 or be made to a 
        charitable organization from which the Member, 
        Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee 
        or a parent, sibling, spouse, child, or dependent 
        relative of the Member, Delegate, Resident 
        Commissioner, officer, or employee, derives a financial 
        benefit.
2. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
employee of the House may not--
        (a) receive compensation for affiliating with or being 
        employed by a firm, partnership, association, 
        corporation, or other entity that provides professional 
        services involving a fiduciary relationship except for 
        the practice of medicine;
        (b) permit the name of such individual to be used by 
        such a firm, partnership, association, corporation, or 
        other entity;
        (c) receive compensation for practicing a profession 
        that involves a fiduciary relationship except for the 
        practice of medicine;
        (d) serve for compensation as an officer or member of 
        the board of an association, corporation, or other 
        entity; or
        (e) receive compensation for teaching, without the 
        prior notification and approval of the Committee on 
        Standards of Official Conduct.

Copyright royalties
3. (a) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
employee of the House may not receive an advance payment on 
copyright royalties. This paragraph does not prohibit a 
literary agent, researcher, or other individual (other than an 
individual employed by the House or a relative of a Member, 
Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee) working 
on behalf of a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
officer, or employee with respect to a publication from 
receiving an advance payment of a copyright royalty directly 
from a publisher and solely for the benefit of that literary 
agent, researcher, or other individual.
        (b) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, 
        or employee of the House may not receive copyright 
        royalties under a contract entered into on or after 
        January 1, 1996, unless that contract is first approved 
        by the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct as 
        complying with the requirement of clause 4(d)(1)(E) 
        (that royalties are received from an established 
        publisher under usual and customary contractual terms).

Definitions
4. (a)(1) In this rule, except as provided in subparagraph (2), 
the term ``officer or employee of the House'' means an 
individual (other than a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner) whose pay is disbursed by the Chief 
Administrative Officer, who is paid at a rate equal to or 
greater than 120 percent of the minimum rate of basic pay for 
GS-15 of the General Schedule, and who is so employed for more 
than 90 days in a calendar year.
                (2)(A) When used with respect to an honorarium, 
                the term ``officer or employee of the House'' 
                means an individual (other than a Member, 
                Delegate, or Resident Commissioner) whose 
                salary is disbursed by the Chief Administrative 
                Officer.
                        (B) When used in clause 5 of this rule, 
                        the terms ``officer'' and ``employee'' 
                        have the same meanings as in rule 
                        XXIII.
        (b) In this rule the term ``honorarium'' means a 
        payment of money or a thing of value for an appearance, 
        speech, or article (including a series of appearances, 
        speeches, or articles) by a Member, Delegate, Resident 
        Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House, 
        excluding any actual and necessary travel expenses 
        incurred by that Member, Delegate, Resident 
        Commissioner, officer, or employee (and one relative) 
        to the extent that such expenses are paid or reimbursed 
        by any other person. The amount otherwise determined 
        shall be reduced by the amount of any such expenses to 
        the extent that such expenses are not so paid or 
        reimbursed.
        (c) In this rule the term ``travel expenses'' means, 
        with respect to a Member, Delegate, Resident 
        Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House, or a 
        relative of such Member, Delegate, Resident 
        Commissioner, officer, or employee, the cost of 
        transportation, and the cost of lodging and meals while 
        away from the residence or principal place of 
        employment of such individual.
        (d)(1) In this rule the term ``outside earned income'' 
        means, with respect to a Member, Delegate, Resident 
        Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House, wages, 
        salaries, fees, and other amounts received or to be 
        received as compensation for personal services actually 
        rendered, but does not include--
                        (A) the salary of a Member, Delegate, 
                        Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
                        employee;
                        (B) any compensation derived by a 
                        Member, Delegate, Resident 
                        Commissioner, officer, or employee of 
                        the House for personal services 
                        actually rendered before the adoption 
                        of this rule or before such individual 
                        became a Member, Delegate, Resident 
                        Commissioner, officer, or employee;
                        (C) any amount paid by, or on behalf 
                        of, a Member, Delegate, Resident 
                        Commissioner, officer, or employee of 
                        the House to a tax-qualified pension, 
                        profit-sharing, or stock bonus plan and 
                        received by such individual from such a 
                        plan;
                        (D) in the case of a Member, Delegate, 
                        Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
                        employee of the House engaged in a 
                        trade or business in which such 
                        individual or the family of such 
                        individual holds a controlling interest 
                        and in which both personal services and 
                        capital are income-producing factors, 
                        any amount received by the Member, 
                        Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
                        officer, or employee, so long as the 
                        personal services actually rendered by 
                        such individual in the trade or 
                        business do not generate a significant 
                        amount of income; or(E) copyright 
                        royalties received from established 
                        publishers under usual and customary 
                        contractual terms; and
                (2) outside earned income shall be determined 
                without regard to community property law.
        (e) In this rule the term ``charitable organization'' 
        means an organization described in section 170(c) of 
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

Gifts
5. (a)(1)(A)(i) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
officer, or employee of the House may not knowingly accept a 
gift except as provided in this clause.
                                        (ii) A Member, 
                                        Delegate, Resident 
                                        Commissioner, officer, 
                                        or employee of the 
                                        House may not knowingly 
                                        accept a gift from a 
                                        registered lobbyist or 
                                        agent of a foreign 
                                        principal or from a 
                                        private entity that 
                                        retains or employs 
                                        registered lobbyists or 
                                        agents of a foreign 
                                        principal except as 
                                        provided in 
                                        subparagraph (3) of 
                                        this paragraph.
                                (B)(i) A Member, Delegate, 
                                Resident Commissioner, officer, 
                                or employee of the House may 
                                accept a gift (other than cash 
                                or cash equivalent) not 
                                prohibited by subdivision 
                                (A)(ii) that the Member, 
                                Delegate, Resident 
                                Commissioner, officer, or 
                                employee reasonably and in good 
                                faith believes to have a value 
                                of less than $50 and a 
                                cumulative value from one 
                                source during a calendar year 
                                of less than $100. A gift 
                                having a value of less than $10 
                                does not count toward the $100 
                                annual limit. The value of 
                                perishable food sent to an 
                                office shall be allocated among 
                                the individual recipients and 
                                not to the Member, Delegate, or 
                                Resident Commissioner. Formal 
                                recordkeeping is not required 
                                by this subdivision, but a 
                                Member, Delegate, Resident 
                                Commissioner, officer, or 
                                employee of the House shall 
                                make a good faith effort to 
                                comply with this subdivision.
                                        (ii) A gift of a ticket 
                                        to a sporting or 
                                        entertainment event 
                                        shall be valued at the 
                                        face value of the 
                                        ticket or, in the case 
                                        of a ticket without a 
                                        face value, at the 
                                        highest cost of a 
                                        ticket with a face 
                                        value for the event. 
                                        The price printed on a 
                                        ticket to an event 
                                        shall be deemed its 
                                        face value only if it 
                                        also is the price at 
                                        which the issuer offers 
                                        that ticket for sale to 
                                        the public.
                (2)(A) In this clause the term ``gift'' means a 
                gratuity, favor, discount, entertainment, 
                hospitality, loan, forbearance, or other item 
                having monetary value. The term includes gifts 
                of services, training, transportation, lodging, 
                and meals, whether provided in kind, by 
                purchase of a ticket, payment in advance, or 
                reimbursement after the expense has been 
                incurred.
                        (B)(i) A gift to a family member of a 
                        Member, Delegate, Resident 
                        Commissioner, officer, or employee of 
                        the House, or a gift to any other 
                        individual based on that individual's 
                        relationship with the Member, Delegate, 
                        Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
                        employee, shall be considered a gift to 
                        the Member, Delegate, Resident 
                        Commissioner, officer, or employee if 
                        it is given with the knowledge and 
                        acquiescence of the Member, Delegate, 
                        Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
                        employee and the Member, Delegate, 
                        Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
                        employee has reason to believe the gift 
                        was given because of the official 
                        position of such individual.
                                (ii) If food or refreshment is 
                                provided at the same time and 
                                place to both a Member, 
                                Delegate, Resident 
                                Commissioner, officer, or 
                                employee of the House and the 
                                spouse or dependent thereof, 
                                only the food or refreshment 
                                provided to the Member, 
                                Delegate, Resident 
                                Commissioner, officer, or 
                                employee shall be treated as a 
                                gift for purposes of this 
                                clause.
                (3) The restrictions in subparagraph (1) do not 
                apply to the following:
                        (A) Anything for which the Member, 
                        Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
                        officer, or employee of the House pays 
                        the market value, or does not use and 
                        promptly returns to the donor.
                        (B) A contribution, as defined in 
                        section 301(8) of the Federal Election 
                        Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431) 
                        that is lawfully made under that Act, a 
                        lawful contribution for election to a 
                        State or local government office, or 
                        attendance at a fundraising event 
                        sponsored by a political organization 
                        described in section 527(e) of the 
                        Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
                        (C) A gift from a relative as described 
                        in section 109(16) of title I of the 
                        Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 
                        U.S.C. App. 109(16)).
                        (D)(i) Anything provided by an 
                        individual on the basis of a personal 
                        friendship unless the Member, Delegate, 
                        Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
                        employee of the House has reason to 
                        believe that, under the circumstances, 
                        the gift was provided because of the 
                        official position of such individual 
                        and not because of the personal 
                        friendship.
                                (ii) In determining whether a 
                                gift is provided on the basis 
                                of personal friendship, the 
                                Member, Delegate, Resident 
                                Commissioner, officer, or 
                                employee of the House shall 
                                consider the circumstances 
                                under which the gift was 
                                offered, such as:
                                        (I) The history of the 
                                        relationship of such 
                                        individual with the 
                                        individual giving the 
                                        gift, including any 
                                        previous exchange of 
                                        gifts between them.
                                        (II) Whether to the 
                                        actual knowledge of 
                                        such individual the 
                                        individual who gave the 
                                        gift personally paid 
                                        for the gift or sought 
                                        a tax deduction or 
                                        business reimbursement 
                                        for the gift.
                                        (III) Whether to the 
                                        actual knowledge of 
                                        such individual the 
                                        individual who gave the 
                                        gift also gave the same 
                                        or similar gifts to 
                                        other Members, 
                                        Delegates, the Resident 
                                        Commissioners, 
                                        officers, or employees 
                                        of the House.
                        (E) Except as provided in paragraph 
                        (e)(3), a contribution or other payment 
                        to a legal expense fund established for 
                        the benefit of a Member, Delegate, 
                        Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
                        employee of the House that is otherwise 
                        lawfully made in accordance with the 
                        restrictions and disclosure 
                        requirements of the Committee on 
                        Standards of Official Conduct.
                        (F) A gift from another Member, 
                        Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
                        officer, or employee of the House or 
                        Senate.
                        (G) Food, refreshments, lodging, 
                        transportation, and other benefits--
                                (i) resulting from the outside 
                                business or employment 
                                activities of the Member, 
                                Delegate, Resident 
                                Commissioner, officer, or 
                                employee of the House (or other 
                                outside activities that are not 
                                connected to the duties of such 
                                individual as an officeholder), 
                                or of the spouse of such 
                                individual, if such benefits 
                                have not been offered or 
                                enhanced because of the 
                                official position of such 
                                individual and are customarily 
                                provided to others in similar 
                                circumstances;
                                (ii) customarily provided by a 
                                prospective employer in 
                                connection with bona fide 
                                employment discussions; or
                                (iii) provided by a political 
                                organization described in 
                                section 527(e) of the Internal 
                                Revenue Code of 1986 in 
                                connection with a fundraising 
                                or campaign event sponsored by 
                                such organization.
                        (H) Pension and other benefits 
                        resulting from continued participation 
                        in an employee welfare and benefits 
                        plan maintained by a former employer.
                        (I) Informational materials that are 
                        sent to the office of the Member, 
                        Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
                        officer, or employee of the House in 
                        the form of books, articles, 
                        periodicals, other written materials, 
                        audiotapes, videotapes, or other forms 
                        of communication.
                        (J) Awards or prizes that are given to 
                        competitors in contests or events open 
                        to the public, including random 
                        drawings.
                        (K) Honorary degrees (and associated 
                        travel, food, refreshments, and 
                        entertainment) and other bona fide, 
                        nonmonetary awards presented in 
                        recognition of public service (and 
                        associated food, refreshments, and 
                        entertainment provided in the 
                        presentation of such degrees and 
                        awards).
                        (L) Training (including food and 
                        refreshments furnished to all attendees 
                        as an integral part of the training) if 
                        such training is in the interest of the 
                        House.
                        (M) Bequests, inheritances, and other 
                        transfers at death.
                        (N) An item, the receipt of which is 
                        authorized by the Foreign Gifts and 
                        Decorations Act, the Mutual Educational 
                        and Cultural Exchange Act, or any other 
                        statute.
                        (O) Anything that is paid for by the 
                        Federal Government, by a State or local 
                        government, or secured by the 
                        Government under a Government contract.
                        (P) A gift of personal hospitality (as 
                        defined in section 109(14) of the 
                        Ethics in Government Act) of an 
                        individual other than a registered 
                        lobbyist or agent of a foreign 
                        principal.
                        (Q) Free attendance at an event 
                        permitted under subparagraph (4).
                        (R) Opportunities and benefits that 
                        are--
                                (i) available to the public or 
                                to a class consisting of all 
                                Federal employees, whether or 
                                not restricted on the basis of 
                                geographic consideration;
                                (ii) offered to members of a 
                                group or class in which 
                                membership is unrelated to 
                                congressional employment;
                                (iii) offered to members of an 
                                organization, such as an 
                                employees' association or 
                                congressional credit union, in 
                                which membership is related to 
                                congressional employment and 
                                similar opportunities are 
                                available to large segments of 
                                the public through 
                                organizations of similar size;
                                (iv) offered to a group or 
                                class that is not defined in a 
                                manner that specifically 
                                discriminates among Government 
                                employees on the basis of 
                                branch of Government or type of 
                                responsibility, or on a basis 
                                that favors those of higher 
                                rank or rate of pay;
                                (v) in the form of loans from 
                                banks and other financial 
                                institutions on terms generally 
                                available to the public; or
                                (vi) in the form of reduced 
                                membership or other fees for 
                                participation in organization 
                                activities offered to all 
                                Government employees by 
                                professional organizations if 
                                the only restrictions on 
                                membership relate to 
                                professional qualifications.
                        (S) A plaque, trophy, or other item 
                        that is substantially commemorative in 
                        nature and that is intended for 
                        presentation.
                        (T) Anything for which, in an unusual 
                        case, a waiver is granted by the 
                        Committee on Standards of Official 
                        Conduct.
                        (U) Food or refreshments of a nominal 
                        value offered other than as a part of a 
                        meal.
                        (V) Donations of products from the 
                        district or State that the Member, 
                        Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
                        represents that are intended primarily 
                        for promotional purposes, such as 
                        display or free distribution, and are 
                        of minimal value to any single 
                        recipient.
                        (W) An item of nominal value such as a 
                        greeting card, baseball cap, or a T-
                        shirt.
                (4)(A) A Member, Delegate, Resident 
                Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House 
                may accept an offer of free attendance at a 
                widely attended convention, conference, 
                symposium, forum, panel discussion, dinner, 
                viewing, reception, or similar event, provided 
                by the sponsor of the event, if--
                                (i) the Member, Delegate, 
                                Resident Commissioner, officer, 
                                or employee of the House 
                                participates in the event as a 
                                speaker or a panel participant, 
                                by presenting information 
                                related to Congress or matters 
                                before Congress, or by 
                                performing a ceremonial 
                                function appropriate to the 
                                official position of such 
                                individual; or
                                (ii) attendance at the event is 
                                appropriate to the performance 
                                of the official duties or 
                                representative function of the 
                                Member, Delegate, Resident 
                                Commissioner, officer, or 
                                employee of the House.
                        (B) A Member, Delegate, Resident 
                        Commissioner, officer, or employee of 
                        the House who attends an event 
                        described in subdivision (A) may accept 
                        a sponsor's unsolicited offer of free 
                        attendance at the event for an 
                        accompanying individual.
                        (C) A Member, Delegate, Resident 
                        Commissioner, officer, or employee of 
                        the House, or the spouse or dependent 
                        thereof, may accept a sponsor's 
                        unsolicited offer of free attendance at 
                        a charity event, except that 
                        reimbursement for transportation and 
                        lodging may not be accepted in 
                        connection with the event unless--
                                (i) all of the net proceeds of 
                                the event are for the benefit 
                                of an organization described in 
                                section 501(c)(3) of the 
                                Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
                                and exempt from taxation under 
                                section 501(a) of such Code;
                                (ii) reimbursement for the 
                                transportation and lodging in 
                                connection with the event is 
                                paid by such organization; and
                                (iii) the offer of free 
                                attendance at the event is made 
                                by such organization.
                (D) In this paragraph the term ``free 
                attendance'' may include waiver of all or part 
                of a conference or other fee, the provision of 
                local transportation, or the provision of food, 
                refreshments, entertainment, and instructional 
                materials furnished to all attendees as an 
                integral part of the event. The term does not 
                include entertainment collateral to the event, 
                nor does it include food or refreshments taken 
                other than in a group setting with all or 
                substantially all other attendees.
                (5) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
                officer, or employee of the House may not 
                accept a gift the value of which exceeds $250 
                on the basis of the personal friendship 
                exception in subparagraph (3)(D) unless the 
                Committee on Standards of Official Conduct 
                issues a written determination that such 
                exception applies. A determination under this 
                subparagraph is not required for gifts given on 
                the basis of the family relationship exception 
                in subparagraph (3)(C).
                (6) When it is not practicable to return a 
                tangible item because it is perishable, the 
                item may, at the discretion of the recipient, 
                be given to an appropriate charity or 
                destroyed.
        (b)(1)(A) A reimbursement (including payment in kind) 
        to a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, 
        or employee of the House for necessary transportation, 
        lodging, and related expenses for travel to a meeting, 
        speaking engagement, factfinding trip, or similar event 
        in connection with the duties of such individual as an 
        officeholder shall be considered as a reimbursement to 
        the House and not a gift prohibited by this clause when 
        it is from a private source other than a registered 
        lobbyist or agent of a foreign principal or a private 
        entity that retains or employs registered lobbyists or 
        agents of a foreign principal (except as provided in 
        subdivision (C)), if the Member, Delegate, Resident 
        Commissioner, officer, or employee--
                                (i) in the case of an employee, 
                                receives advance authorization, 
                                from the Member, Delegate, 
                                Resident Commissioner, or 
                                officer under whose direct 
                                supervision the employee works, 
                                to accept reimbursement; and 
                                (ii) discloses the expenses 
                                reimbursed or to be reimbursed 
                                and the authorization to the 
                                Clerk within 15 days after the 
                                travel is completed.
                        (B) For purposes of subdivision (A), 
                        events, the activities of which are 
                        substantially recreational in nature, 
                        are not considered to be in connection 
                        with the duties of a Member, Delegate, 
                        Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
                        employee of the House as an 
                        officeholder.
                        (C) A reimbursement (including payment 
                        in kind) to a Member, Delegate, 
                        Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
                        employee of the House for any purpose 
                        described in subdivision (A) also shall 
                        be considered as a reimbursement to the 
                        House and not a gift prohibited by this 
                        clause (without regard to whether the 
                        source retains or employs registered 
                        lobbyists or agents of a foreign 
                        principal) if it is, under regulations 
                        prescribed by the Committee on 
                        Standards of Official Conduct to 
                        implement this provision--
                                (i) directly from an 
                                institution of higher education 
                                within the meaning of section 
                                101 of the Higher Education Act 
                                of 1965; or
                                (ii) provided only for 
                                attendance at or participation 
                                in a one-day event (exclusive 
                                of travel time and an overnight 
                                stay).
                        Regulations prescribed to implement 
                        this provision may permit a two-night 
                        stay when determined by the committee 
                        on a case-by-case basis to be 
                        practically required to participate in 
                        the one-day event.
                (2) Each advance authorization to accept 
                reimbursement shall be signed by the Member, 
                Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or officer of 
                the House under whose direct supervision the 
                employee works and shall include--
                        (A) the name of the employee;
                        (B) the name of the person who will 
                        make the reimbursement;
                        (C) the time, place, and purpose of the 
                        travel; and
                        (D) a determination that the travel is 
                        in connection with the duties of the 
                        employee as an officeholder and would 
                        not create the appearance that the 
                        employee is using public office for 
                        private gain.
                (3) Each disclosure made under subparagraph 
                (1)(A) shall be signed by the Member, Delegate, 
                Resident Commissioner, or officer (in the case 
                of travel by that Member, Delegate, Resident 
                Commissioner, or officer) or by the Member, 
                Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or officer 
                under whose direct supervision the employee 
                works (in the case of travel by an employee) 
                and shall include--
                        (A) a good faith estimate of total 
                        transportation expenses reimbursed or 
                        to be reimbursed;
                        (B) a good faith estimate of total 
                        lodging expenses reimbursed or to be 
                        reimbursed;
                        (C) a good faith estimate of total meal 
                        expenses reimbursed or to be 
                        reimbursed;
                        (D) a good faith estimate of the total 
                        of other expenses reimbursed or to be 
                        reimbursed;
                        (E) a determination that all such 
                        expenses are necessary transportation, 
                        lodging, and related expenses as 
                        defined in subparagraph (4);
                        (F) a description of meetings and 
                        events attended; and
                        (G) in the case of a reimbursement to a 
                        Member, Delegate, Resident 
                        Commissioner, or officer, a 
                        determination that the travel was in 
                        connection with the duties of such 
                        individual as an officeholder and would 
                        not create the appearance that the 
                        Member, Delegate, Resident 
                        Commissioner, or officer is using 
                        public office for private gain.
                (4) In this paragraph the term ``necessary 
                transportation, lodging, and related 
                expenses''--
                        (A) includes reasonable expenses that 
                        are necessary for travel for a period 
                        not exceeding four days within the 
                        United States or seven days exclusive 
                        of travel time outside of the United 
                        States unless approved in advance by 
                        the Committee on Standards of Official 
                        Conduct;
                        (B) is limited to reasonable 
                        expenditures for transportation, 
                        lodging, conference fees and materials, 
                        and food and refreshments, including 
                        reimbursement for necessary 
                        transportation, whether or not such 
                        transportation occurs within the 
                        periods described in subdivision (A);
                        (C) does not include expenditures for 
                        recreational activities, nor does it 
                        include entertainment other than that 
                        provided to all attendees as an 
                        integral part of the event, except for 
                        activities or entertainment otherwise 
                        permissible under this clause; and
                        (D) may include travel expenses 
                        incurred on behalf of a relative of the 
                        Member, Delegate, Resident 
                        Commissioner, officer, or employee.
                (5) The Clerk of the House shall make all 
                advance authorizations, certifications, and 
                disclosures filed pursuant to this paragraph 
                available for public inspection as soon as 
                possible after they are received.
        (c)(1)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (B), a 
        Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
        employee of the House may not accept a reimbursement 
        (including payment in kind) for transportation, 
        lodging, or related expenses for a trip on which the 
        traveler is accompanied on any segment by a registered 
        lobbyist or agent of a foreign principal.
                        (B) Subdivision (A) does not apply to a 
                        trip for which the source of 
                        reimbursement is an institution of 
                        higher education within the meaning of 
                        section 101 of the Higher Education Act 
                        of 1965.
                (2) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
                officer, or employee of the House may not 
                accept a reimbursement (including payment in 
                kind) for transportation, lodging, or related 
                expenses under the exception in paragraph 
                (b)(1)(C)(ii) of this clause for a trip that is 
                financed in whole or in part by a private 
                entity that retains or employs registered 
                lobbyists or agents of a foreign principal 
                unless any involvement of a registered lobbyist 
                or agent of a foreign principal in the 
                planning, organization, request, or arrangement 
                of the trip is de minimis under rules 
                prescribed by the Committee on Standards of 
                Official Conduct to implement paragraph 
                (b)(1)(C) of this clause.
                (3) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
                officer, or employee of the House may not 
                accept a reimbursement (including payment in 
                kind) for transportation, lodging, or related 
                expenses for a trip (other than a trip 
                permitted under paragraph (b)(1)(C) of this 
                clause) if such trip is in any part planned, 
                organized, requested, or arranged by a 
                registered lobbyist or agent of a foreign 
                principal.
        (d) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, 
        or employee of the House shall, before accepting travel 
        otherwise permissible under paragraph (b)(1) of this 
        clause from any private source--
                (1) provide to the Committee on Standards of 
                Official Conduct before such trip a written 
                certification signed by the source or (in the 
                case of a corporate person) by an officer of 
                the source--
                        (A) that the trip will not be financed 
                        in any part by a registered lobbyist or 
                        agent of a foreign principal;
                        (B) that the source either--
                                (i) does not retain or employ 
                                registered lobbyists or agents 
                                of a foreign principal; or
                                (ii) is an institution of 
                                higher education within the 
                                meaning of section 101 of the 
                                Higher Education Act of 1965; 
                                or
                                (iii) certifies that the trip 
                                meets the requirements 
                                specified in rules prescribed 
                                by the Committee on Standards 
                                of Official Conduct to 
                                implement paragraph 
                                (b)(1)(C)(ii) of this clause 
                                and specifically details the 
                                extent of any involvement of a 
                                registered lobbyist or agent of 
                                a foreign principal in the 
                                planning, organization, 
                                request, or arrangement of the 
                                trip considered to qualify as 
                                de minimis under such rules;
                        (C) that the source will not accept 
                        from another source any funds earmarked 
                        directly or indirectly for the purpose 
                        of financing any aspect of the trip;
                        (D) that the traveler will not be 
                        accompanied on any segment of the trip 
                        by a registered lobbyist or agent of a 
                        foreign principal (except in the case 
                        of a trip for which the source of 
                        reimbursement is an institution of 
                        higher education within the meaning of 
                        section 101 of the Higher Education Act 
                        of 1965); and
                        (E) that (except as permitted in 
                        paragraph (b)(1)(C) of this clause) the 
                        trip will not in any part be planned, 
                        organized, requested, or arranged by a 
                        registered lobbyist or agent of a 
                        foreign principal; and
                (2) after the Committee on Standards of 
                Official Conduct has promulgated the 
                regulations mandated in paragraph (i)(1)(B) of 
                this clause, obtain the prior approval of the 
                committee for such trip.
        (e) A gift prohibited by paragraph (a)(1) includes the 
        following:
                (1) Anything provided by a registered lobbyist 
                or an agent of a foreign principal to an entity 
                that is maintained or controlled by a Member, 
                Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or 
                employee of the House.
                (2) A charitable contribution (as defined in 
                section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
                1986) made by a registered lobbyist or an agent 
                of a foreign principal on the basis of a 
                designation, recommendation, or other 
                specification of a Member, Delegate, Resident 
                Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House 
                (not including a mass mailing or other 
                solicitation directed to a broad category of 
                persons or entities), other than a charitable 
                contribution permitted by paragraph (f).
                (3) A contribution or other payment by a 
                registered lobbyist or an agent of a foreign 
                principal to a legal expense fund established 
                for the benefit of a Member, Delegate, Resident 
                Commissioner, officer, or employee of the 
                House.
                (4) A financial contribution or expenditure 
                made by a registered lobbyist or an agent of a 
                foreign principal relating to a conference, 
                retreat, or similar event, sponsored by or 
                affiliated with an official congressional 
                organization, for or on behalf of Members, 
                Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, officers, 
                or employees of the House.
        (f)(1) A charitable contribution (as defined in section 
        170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) made by a 
        registered lobbyist or an agent of a foreign principal 
        in lieu of an honorarium to a Member, Delegate, 
        Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the 
        House is not considered a gift under this clause if it 
        is reported as provided in subparagraph (2).
                (2) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
                officer, or employee who designates or 
                recommends a contribution to a charitable 
                organization in lieu of an honorarium described 
                in subparagraph (1) shall report within 30 days 
                after such designation or recommendation to the 
                Clerk--
                        (A) the name and address of the 
                        registered lobbyist who is making the 
                        contribution in lieu of an honorarium;
                        (B) the date and amount of the 
                        contribution; and
                        (C) the name and address of the 
                        charitable organization designated or 
                        recommended by the Member, Delegate, or 
                        Resident Commissioner. The Clerk shall 
                        make public information received under 
                        this subparagraph as soon as possible 
                        after it is received.
        (g) In this clause--
                (1) the term ``registered lobbyist'' means a 
                lobbyist registered under the Federal 
                Regulation of Lobbying Act or any successor 
                statute;
                (2) the term ``agent of a foreign principal'' 
                means an agent of a foreign principal 
                registered under the Foreign Agents 
                Registration Act; and
                (3) the terms ``officer'' and ``employee'' have 
                the same meanings as in rule XXIII.
        (h) All the provisions of this clause shall be 
        interpreted and enforced solely by the Committee on 
        Standards of Official Conduct. The Committee on 
        Standards of Official Conduct is authorized to issue 
        guidance on any matter contained in this clause.
        (i)(1) Not later than 45 days after the date of 
        adoption of this paragraph and at annual intervals 
        thereafter, the Committee on Standards of Official 
        Conduct shall develop and revise, as necessary--
                        (A) guidelines on judging the 
                        reasonableness of an expense or 
                        expenditure for purposes of this 
                        clause, including the factors that tend 
                        to establish--
                                (i) a connection between a trip 
                                and official duties;
                                (ii) the reasonableness of an 
                                amount spent by a sponsor;
                                (iii) a relationship between an 
                                event and an officially 
                                connected purpose; and
                                (iv) a direct and immediate 
                                relationship between a source 
                                of funding and an event; and
                        (B) regulations describing the 
                        information it will require individuals 
                        subject to this clause to submit to the 
                        committee in order to obtain the prior 
                        approval of the committee for any 
                        travel covered by this clause, 
                        including any required certifications.
                (2) In developing and revising guidelines under 
                subparagraph (1)(A), the committee shall take 
                into account the maximum per diem rates for 
                official Government travel published annually 
                by the General Services Administration, the 
                Department of State, and the Department of 
                Defense.

Claims against the Government
6. A person may not be an officer or employee of the House, or 
continue in its employment, if acting as an agent for the 
prosecution of a claim against the Government or if interested 
in such claim, except as an original claimant or in the proper 
discharge of official duties.
7. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner shall prohibit 
all staff employed by that Member, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner (including staff in personal, committee, and 
leadership offices) from making any lobbying contact (as 
defined in section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995) 
with that individual's spouse if that spouse is a lobbyist 
under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 or is employed or 
retained by such a lobbyist for the purpose of influencing 
legislation.
8. During the dates on which the national political party to 
which a Member (including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner) 
belongs holds its convention to nominate a candidate for the 
office of President or Vice President, the Member may not 
participate in an event honoring that Member, other than in the 
capacity as a candidate for such office, if such event is 
directly paid for by a registered lobbyist under the Lobbying 
Disclosure Act of 1995 or a private entity that retains or 
employs such a registered lobbyist.

                               RULE XXVI

                          FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

1. The Clerk shall send a copy of each report filed with the 
Clerk under title I of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 
within the seven-day period beginning on the date on which the 
report is filed to the Committee on Standards of Official 
Conduct. By August 1 of each year, the Clerk shall compile all 
such reports sent to the Clerk by Members within the period 
beginning on January 1 and ending on June 15 of each year and 
have them printed as a House document, which shall be made 
available to the public.
2. For the purposes of this rule, the provisions of title I of 
the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 shall be considered Rules 
of the House as they pertain to Members, Delegates, the 
Resident Commissioner, officers, and employees of the House.
3. Members of the board of the Office of Congressional Ethics 
shall file annual financial disclosure reports with the Clerk 
of the House on or before May 15 of each calendar year after 
any year in which they perform the duties of that position. 
Such reports shall be on a form prepared by the Clerk that is 
substantially similar to form 450 of the Office of Government 
Ethics. The Clerk shall send a copy of each such report filed 
with the Clerk within the seven day period beginning on the 
date on which the report is filed to the Committee on Standards 
of Official Conduct and shall have them printed as a House 
document and made available to the public pursuant to clause 1.

  [Pertinent provisions of Title I of the Ethics in Government Act of 
                1978 (5 U.S.C. App.  101-111) follow:]

                      TITLE I-FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

                   REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL PERSONNEL

Persons Required to File
SEC. 101. (a) Within thirty days of assuming the position of an 
officer or employee described in subsection (f), an individual 
shall file a report containing the information described in 
section 102(b) unless the individual has left another position 
described in subsection (f) within thirty days prior to 
assuming such new position or has already filed a report under 
this title with respect to nomination for the new position or 
as a candidate for the position. * * *
        (c) Within thirty days of becoming a candidate as 
        defined in section 301 of the Federal Campaign Act of 
        1971, in a calendar year for nomination or election to 
        the office of President, Vice President, or Member of 
        Congress, or on or before May 15 of that calendar year, 
        whichever is later, but in no event later than 30 days 
        before the election, and on or before May 15 of each 
        successive year an individual continues to be a 
        candidate, an individual other than an incumbent 
        President, Vice President, or Member of Congress shall 
        file a report containing the information described in 
        section 102(b). Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, 
        in any calendar year in which an individual continues 
        to be a candidate for any office but all elections for 
        such office relating to such candidacy were held in 
        prior calendar years, such individual need not file a 
        report unless he becomes a candidate for another 
        vacancy in that office or another office during that 
        year.
        (d) Any individual who is an officer or employee 
        described in subsection (f) during any calendar year 
        and performs the duties of his position or office for a 
        period in excess of sixty days in that calendar year 
        shall file on or before May 15 of the succeeding year a 
        report containing the information described in section 
        102(a).
        (e) Any individual who occupies a position described in 
        subsection (f) shall, on or before the thirtieth day 
        after termination of employment in such position, file 
        a report containing the information described in 
        section 102(a) covering the preceding calendar year if 
        the report required by subsection (d) has not been 
        filed and covering the portion of the calendar year in 
        which such termination occurs up to the date the 
        individual left such office or position, unless such 
        individual has accepted employment in another position 
        described in subsection (f).
        (f) The officers and employees referred to in 
        subsections (a), (d), and (e) are-- * * *
                (9) a Member of Congress as defined under 
                section 109(12);
                (10) an officer or employee of the Congress as 
                defined under section 109(13); * * *
        (g)(1) Reasonable extensions of time for filing any 
        report may be granted under procedures prescribed by 
        the supervising ethics office for each branch, but the 
        total of such extensions shall not exceed ninety days. 
        * * *
        (h) The provisions of subsections (a), (b), and (e) 
        shall not apply to an individual who, as determined by 
        the designated agency ethics official or Secretary 
        concerned (or in the case of a Presidential appointee 
        under subsection (b), the Director of the Office of 
        Government Ethics), the congressional ethics 
        committees, or the Judicial Conference, is not 
        reasonably expected to perform the duties of his office 
        or position for more than sixty days in a calendar 
        year, except that if such individual performs the 
        duties of his office or position for more than sixty 
        days in a calendar year--
                (1) the report required by subsections (a) and 
                (b) shall be filed within fifteen days of the 
                sixtieth day, and
                (2) the report required by subsection (e) shall 
                be filed as provided in such subsection.
        (i) The supervising ethics office for each branch may 
        grant a publicly available request for a waiver of any 
        reporting requirement under this section for an 
        individual who is expected to perform or has performed 
        the duties of his office or position less than one 
        hundred and thirty days in a calendar year, but only if 
        the supervising ethics office determines that--
                (1) such individual is not a fulltime employee 
                of the Government,
                (2) such individual is able to provide services 
                specially needed by the Government,
                (3) it is unlikely that the individual's 
                outside employment or financial interests will 
                create a conflict of interest, and
                (4) public financial disclosure by such 
                individual is not necessary in the 
                circumstances.

Contents of Reports
SEC. 102. (a) Each report filed pursuant to section 101 (d) and 
(e) shall include a full and complete statement with respect to 
the following:
                (1)(A) The source, type, and amount or value of 
                income (other than income referred to in 
                subparagraph (B)) from any source (other than 
                from current employment by the United States 
                Government), and the source, date, and amount 
                of honoraria from any source, received during 
                the preceding calendar year, aggregating $200 
                or more in value and, effective January 1, 
                1991, the source, date, and amount of payments 
                made to charitable organizations in lieu of 
                honoraria, and the reporting individual shall 
                simultaneously file with the applicable 
                supervising ethics office, on a confidential 
                basis, a corresponding list of recipients of 
                all such payments, together with the dates and 
                amounts of such payments.
                        (B) The source and type of income which 
                        consists of dividends, rents, interest, 
                        and capital gains, received during the 
                        preceding calendar year which exceeds 
                        $200 in amount or value, and an 
                        indication of which of the following 
                        categories the amount or value of such 
                        item of income is within:
                                (i) not more than $1,000,
                                (ii) greater than $1,000 but 
                                not more than $2,500,
                                (iii) greater than $2,500 but 
                                not more than $5,000,
                                (iv) greater than $5,000 but 
                                not more than $15,000,
                                (v) greater than $15,000 but 
                                not more than $50,000,
                                (vi) greater than $50,000 but 
                                not more than $100,000,
                                (vii) greater than $100,000 but 
                                not more than $1,000,000,
                                (viii) greater than $1,000,000 
                                but not more than $5,000,000, 
                                or
                                (ix) greater than $5,000,000.
                (2)(A) The identity of the source, a brief 
                description, and the value of all gifts 
                aggregating more than the minimal value as 
                established by section 7342(a)(5) of title 5, 
                United States Code, or $250, whichever is 
                greater, received from any source other than a 
                relative of the reporting individual during the 
                preceding calendar year, except that any food, 
                lodging, or entertainment received as personal 
                hospitality of an individual need not be 
                reported, and any gift with a fair market value 
                of $100 or less, as adjusted at the same time 
                and by the same percentage as the minimal value 
                is adjusted, need not be aggregated for 
                purposes of this subparagraph.
                        (B) The identity of the source and a 
                        brief description (including a travel 
                        itinerary, dates, and nature of 
                        expenses provided) of reimbursements 
                        received from any source aggregating 
                        more than the minimal value as 
                        established by section 7342(a)(5) of 
                        title 5, United States Code, or $250, 
                        whichever is greater, and received 
                        during the preceding calendar year.
                        (C) In an unusual case, a gift need not 
                        be aggregated under subparagraph (A) if 
                        a publicly available request for a 
                        waiver is granted.
                (3) The identity and category of value of any 
                interest in property held during the preceding 
                calendar year in a trade or business, or for 
                investment or the production of income, which 
                has a fair market value which exceeds $1,000 as 
                of the close of the preceding calendar year, 
                excluding any personal liability owed to the 
                reporting individual by a spouse, or by a 
                parent, brother, sister, or child of the 
                reporting individual or of the reporting 
                individual's spouse, or any deposits 
                aggregating $5,000 or less in a personal 
                savings account. For purposes of this 
                paragraph, a personal savings account shall 
                include any certificate of deposit or any other 
                form of deposit in a bank, savings and loan 
                association, credit union, or similar financial 
                institution.
                (4) The identity and category of value of the 
                total liabilities owed to any creditor other 
                than a spouse, or a parent, brother, sister, or 
                child of the reporting individual or of the 
                reporting individual's spouse which exceed 
                $10,000 at any time during the preceding 
                calendar year, excluding--
                        (A) any mortgage secured by real 
                        property which is a personal residence 
                        of the reporting individual or his 
                        spouse; and
                        (B) any loan secured by a personal 
                        motor vehicle, household furniture, or 
                        appliances, which loan does not exceed 
                        the purchase price of the item which 
                        secures it. With respect to revolving 
                        charge accounts, only those with an 
                        outstanding liability which exceeds 
                        $10,000 as of the close of the 
                        preceding calendar year need be 
                        reported under this paragraph.
                (5) Except as provided in this paragraph, a 
                brief description, the date, and category of 
                value of any purchase, sale or exchange during 
                the preceding calendar year exceeds $1,000--
                        (A) in real property, other than 
                        property used solely as a personal 
                        residence of the reporting individual 
                        or his spouse; or
                        (B) in stocks, bonds, commodities 
                        futures, and other forms of securities.
                Reporting is not required under this paragraph 
                of any transaction solely by and between the 
                reporting individual, his spouse, or dependent 
                children.
                (6)(A) The identity of all positions held on or 
                before the date of filing during the current 
                calendar year (and, for the first report filed 
                by an individual, during the two-year period 
                preceding such calendar year) as an officer, 
                director, trustee, partner, proprietor, 
                representative, employee, or consultant of any 
                corporation, company, firm, partnership, or 
                other business enterprise, any nonprofit 
                organization, any labor organization, or any 
                educational or other institution other than the 
                United States. This subparagraph shall not 
                require the reporting of positions held in any 
                religious, social, fraternal, or political 
                entity and positions solely of an honorary 
                nature.
                        (B) If any person, other than the 
                        United States Government, paid a 
                        nonelected reporting individual 
                        compensation in excess of $5,000 in any 
                        of the two calendar years prior to the 
                        calendar year during which the 
                        individual files his first report under 
                        this title, the individual shall 
                        include in the report--
                                (i) the identity of each source 
                                of such compensation; and
                                (ii) a brief description of the 
                                nature of the duties performed 
                                or services rendered by the 
                                reporting individual for each 
                                such source. The preceding 
                                sentence shall not require any 
                                individual to include in such 
                                report any information which is 
                                considered confidential as a 
                                result of a privileged 
                                relationship, established by 
                                law, between such individual 
                                and any person nor shall it 
                                require an individual to report 
                                any information with respect to 
                                any person for whom services 
                                were provided by any firm or 
                                association of which such 
                                individual was a member, 
                                partner, or employee unless 
                                such individual was directly 
                                involved in the provision of 
                                such services.
                (7) A description of the date, parties to, and 
                terms of any agreement or arrangement with 
                respect to (A) future employment; (B) a leave 
                of absence during the period of the reporting 
                individual's Government service; (C) 
                continuation of payments by a former employer 
                other than the United States Government; and 
                (D) continuing participation in an employee 
                welfare or benefit plan maintained by a former 
                employer.
                (8) The category of the total cash value of any 
                interest of the reporting individual in a 
                qualified blind trust, unless the trust 
                instrument was executed prior to July 24, 1995 
                and precludes the beneficiary from receiving 
                information on the total cash value of any 
                interest in the qualified blind trust.
        (b)(1) Each report filed pursuant to subsections (a), 
        (b), and (c) of section 101 shall include a full and 
        complete statement with respect to the information 
        required by-
                        (A) paragraph (1) of subsection (a) for 
                        the year of filing and the preceding 
                        calendar year,
                        (B) paragraphs (3) and (4) of 
                        subsection (a) as of the date specified 
                        in the report but which is less than 
                        thirty-one days before the filing date, 
                        and
                        (C) paragraphs (6) and (7) of 
                        subsection (a) as of the filing date 
                        but for periods described in such 
                        paragraphs.
                (2)(A) In lieu of filling out one or more 
                schedules of a financial disclosure form, an 
                individual may supply the required information 
                in an alternative format, pursuant to either 
                rules adopted by the supervising ethics office 
                for the branch in which such individual serves 
                or pursuant to a specific written determination 
                by such office for a reporting individual.
                        (B) In lieu of indicating the category 
                        of amount or value of any item 
                        contained in any report filed under 
                        this title, a reporting individual may 
                        indicate the exact dollar amount of 
                        such item.
        (c) In the case of any individual described in section 
        101(e), any reference to the preceding calendar year 
        shall be considered also to include that part of the 
        calendar year of filing up to the date of the 
        termination of employment.
        (d)(1) The categories for reporting the amount or value 
        of the items covered in paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and 
        (8) of subsection (a) are as follows:
                        (A) not more than $15,000;
                        (B) greater than $15,000 but not more 
                        than $50,000;
                        (C) greater than $50,000 but not more 
                        than $100,000;
                        (D) greater than $100,000 but not more 
                        than $250,000;
                        (E) greater than $250,000 but not more 
                        than $500,000;
                        (F) greater than $500,000 but not more 
                        than $1,000,000;
                        (G) greater than $1,000,000 but not 
                        more than $5,000,000;
                        (H) greater than $5,000,000 but not 
                        more than $25,000,000;
                        (I) greater than $25,000,000 but not 
                        more than $50,000,000; and
                        (J) greater than $50,000,000.
                (2) For the purposes of paragraph (3) of 
                subsection (a) if the current value of an 
                interest in real property (or an interest in a 
                real estate partnership) is not ascertainable 
                without an appraisal, an individual may list 
                (A) the date of purchase and the purchase price 
                of the interest in the real property, or (B) 
                the assessed value of the real property for tax 
                purposes, adjusted to reflect the market value 
                of the property used for the assessment if the 
                assessed value is computed at less than 100 
                percent of such market value, but such 
                individual shall include in his report a full 
                and complete description of the method used to 
                determine such assessed value, instead of 
                specifying a category of value pursuant to 
                paragraph (1) of this subsection. If the 
                current value of any other item required to be 
                reported under paragraph (3) of subsection (a) 
                is not ascertainable without an appraisal, such 
                individual may list the book value of a 
                corporation whose stock is not publicly traded, 
                the net worth of a business partnership, the 
                equity value of an individually owned business, 
                or with respect to other holdings, any 
                recognized indication of value, but such 
                individual shall include in his report a full 
                and complete description of the method used in 
                determining such value. In lieu of any value 
                referred to in the preceding sentence, an 
                individual may list the assessed value of the 
                item for tax purposes, adjusted to reflect the 
                market value of the item used for the 
                assessment if the assessed value is computed at 
                less than 100 percent of such market value, but 
                a full and complete description of the method 
                used in determining such assessed value shall 
                be included in the report.
        (e)(1) Except as provided in the last sentence of this 
        paragraph, each report required by section 101 shall 
        also contain information listed in paragraphs (1) 
        through (5) of subsection (a) of this section 
        respecting the spouse or dependent child of the 
        reporting individual as follows:
                        (A) The source of items of earned 
                        income earned by a spouse from any 
                        person which exceed $1,000 and the 
                        source and amount of any honoraria 
                        received by a spouse, except that, with 
                        respect to earned income (other than 
                        honoraria), if the spouse is 
                        selfemployed in business or a 
                        profession, only the nature of such 
                        business or profession need be 
                        reported.
                        (B) All information required to be 
                        reported in subsection (a)(1)(B) with 
                        respect to income derived by a spouse 
                        or dependent child from any asset held 
                        by the spouse or dependent child and 
                        reported pursuant to subsection (a)(3).
                        (C) In the case of any gifts received 
                        by a spouse or dependent child which 
                        are not received totally independent of 
                        the relationship of the spouse or 
                        dependent child to the reporting 
                        individual, the identity of the source 
                        and a brief description of gifts of 
                        transportation, lodging, food, or 
                        entertainment and a brief description 
                        and the value of other gifts.
                        (D) In the case of any reimbursements 
                        received by a spouse or dependent child 
                        which are not received totally 
                        independent of the relationship of the 
                        spouse or dependent child to the 
                        reporting individual, the identity of 
                        the source and a brief description of 
                        each such reimbursement.
                        (E) In the case of items described in 
                        paragraphs (3) through (5) of 
                        subsection (a), all information 
                        required to be reported under these 
                        paragraphs other than items (i) which 
                        the reporting individual certifies 
                        represent the spouse's or dependent 
                        child's sole financial interest or 
                        responsibility and which the reporting 
                        individual has no knowledge of, (ii) 
                        which are not in any way, past or 
                        present, derived from the income, 
                        assets, or activities of the reporting 
                        individual, and (iii) from which the 
                        reporting individual neither derives, 
                        nor expects to derive, any financial or 
                        economic benefit.
                        (F) For purposes of this section, 
                        categories with amounts or values 
                        greater than $1,000,000 set forth in 
                        sections 102(a)(1)(B) and 102(d)(1) 
                        shall apply to the income, assets, or 
                        liabilities of spouses and dependent 
                        children only if the income, assets, or 
                        liabilities are held jointly with the 
                        reporting individual. All other income, 
                        assets, or liabilities of the spouse or 
                        dependent children required to be 
                        reported under this section in an 
                        amount or value greater than $1,000,000 
                        shall be categorized only as an amount 
                        or value greater than $1,000,000. 
                        Reports required by subsections (a), 
                        (b), and (c) of section 101 shall, with 
                        respect to the spouse and dependent 
                        child of the reporting individual, only 
                        contain information listed in 
                        paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of 
                        subsection (a), as specified in this 
                        paragraph.
                (2) No report shall be required with respect to 
                a spouse living separate and apart from the 
                reporting individual with the intention of 
                terminating the marriage or providing for 
                permanent separation; or with respect to any 
                income or obligations of an individual arising 
                from the dissolution of his marriage or the 
                permanent separation from his spouse.
        (f)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), each 
        reporting individual shall report the information 
        required to be reported pursuant to subsections (a), 
        (b), and (c) of this section with respect to the 
        holdings of and the income from a trust or other 
        financial arrangement from which income is received by, 
        or with respect to which a beneficial interest in 
        principal or income is held by, such individual, his 
        spouse, or any dependent child.
                (2) A reporting individual need not report the 
                holdings of or the source of income from any of 
                the holdings of--
                        (A) any qualified blind trust (as 
                        defined in paragraph (3));
                        (B) a trust--
                                (i) which was not created 
                                directly by such individual, 
                                his spouse, or any dependent 
                                child, and
                                (ii) the holdings or sources of 
                                income of which such 
                                individual, his spouse, and any 
                                dependent child have no 
                                knowledge of; or
                        (C) an entity described under the 
                        provisions of paragraph (8), but such 
                        individual shall report the category of 
                        the amount of income received by him, 
                        his spouse, or any dependent child from 
                        the trust or other entity under 
                        subsection (a)(1)(B) of this section.
                (3) For purpose of this subsection, the term 
                ``qualified blind trust'' includes any trust in 
                which a reporting individual, his spouse, or 
                any minor or dependent child has a beneficial 
                interest in the principal or income, and which 
                meets the following requirements:
                        (A)(i) The trustee of the trust and any 
                        other entity designated in the trust 
                        instrument to perform fiduciary duties 
                        is a financial institution, an 
                        attorney, a certified public 
                        accountant, a broker, or an investment 
                        advisor who--
                                (I) is independent of and not 
                                associated with any interested 
                                party so that the trustee or 
                                other person cannot be 
                                controlled or influenced in the 
                                administration of the trust by 
                                any interested party;
                                (II) is not and has not been an 
                                employee of or affiliated with 
                                any interested party and is not 
                                a partner of, or involved in 
                                any joint venture or other 
                                investment with, any interested 
                                party; and
                                (III) is not a relative of any 
                                interested party.
                                (ii) Any officer or employee of 
                                a trustee or other entity who 
                                is involved in the management 
                                or control of the trust--
                                (I) is independent of and not 
                                associated with any interested 
                                party so that such officer or 
                                employee cannot be controlled 
                                or influenced in the 
                                administration of the trust by 
                                any interested party;
                                (II) is not a partner of, or 
                                involved in any joint venture 
                                or other investment with, any 
                                interested party; and
                                (III) is not a relative of any 
                                interested party.
                        (B) Any asset transferred to the trust 
                        by an interested party is free of any 
                        restriction with respect to its 
                        transfer or sale unless such 
                        restriction is expressly approved by 
                        the supervising ethics office of the 
                        reporting individual.
                        (C) The trust instrument which 
                        establishes the trust provides that--
                                (i) except to the extent 
                                provided in subparagraph (B) of 
                                this paragraph, the trustee in 
                                the exercise of his authority 
                                and discretion to manage and 
                                control the assets of the trust 
                                shall not consult or notify any 
                                interested party;
                                (ii) the trust shall not 
                                contain any asset the holding 
                                of which by an interested party 
                                is prohibited by any law or 
                                regulation;
                                (iii) the trustee shall 
                                promptly notify the reporting 
                                individual and his supervising 
                                ethics office when the holdings 
                                of any particular asset 
                                transferred to the trust by any 
                                interested party are disposed 
                                of or when the value of such 
                                holding is less than $1,000;
                                (iv) the trust tax return shall 
                                be prepared by the trustee or 
                                his designee, and such return 
                                and any information relating 
                                thereto (other than the trust 
                                income summarized in 
                                appropriate categories 
                                necessary to complete an 
                                interested party's tax return), 
                                shall not be disclosed to any 
                                interested party;
                                (v) an interested party shall 
                                not receive any report on the 
                                holdings and sources of income 
                                of the trust, except a report 
                                at the end of each calendar 
                                quarter with respect to the 
                                total cash value of the 
                                interest of the interested 
                                party in the trust or the net 
                                income or loss of the trust or 
                                any reports necessary to enable 
                                the interested party to 
                                complete an individual tax 
                                return required by law or to 
                                provide the information 
                                required by subsection (a)(1) 
                                of this section, but such 
                                report shall not identify any 
                                asset or holding;
                                (vi) except for communications 
                                which solely consist of 
                                requests for distributions of 
                                cash or other unspecified 
                                assets of the trust, there 
                                shall be no direct or indirect 
                                communication between the 
                                trustee and an interested party 
                                with respect to the trust 
                                unless such communication is in 
                                writing and unless it relates 
                                only (I) to the general 
                                financial interest and needs of 
                                the interested party 
                                (including, but not limited to, 
                                an interest in maximizing 
                                income or long-term capital 
                                gain), (II) to the notification 
                                of the trustee of a law or 
                                regulation subsequently 
                                applicable to the reporting 
                                individual which prohibits the 
                                interested party from holding 
                                an asset, which notification 
                                directs that the asset not be 
                                held by the trust, or (III) to 
                                directions to the trustee to 
                                sell all of an asset initially 
                                placed in the trust by an 
                                interested party which in the 
                                determination of the reporting 
                                individual creates a conflict 
                                of interest or the appearance 
                                thereof due to the subsequent 
                                assumption of duties by the 
                                reporting individual (but 
                                nothing herein shall require 
                                any such direction); and
                                (vii) the interested parties 
                                shall make no effort to obtain 
                                information with respect to the 
                                holdings of the trust, 
                                including obtaining a copy of 
                                any trust tax return filed or 
                                any information relating 
                                thereto except as otherwise 
                                provided in this subsection.
                        (D) The proposed trust instrument and 
                        the proposed trustee is approved by the 
                        reporting individual's supervising 
                        ethics office.
                        (E) For purposes of this subsection, 
                        ``interested party'' means a reporting 
                        individual, his spouse, and any minor 
                        or dependent child; ``broker'' has the 
                        meaning set forth in section 3(a)(4) of 
                        the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 
                        (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(4)); and ``investment 
                        adviser'' includes any investment 
                        adviser who, as determined under 
                        regulations prescribed by the 
                        supervising ethics office, is generally 
                        involved in his role as such an adviser 
                        in the management or control of trusts.
                        (F) Any trust qualified by a 
                        supervising ethics office before the 
                        effective date of title II of the 
                        Ethics Reform Act of 1989 shall 
                        continue to be governed by the law and 
                        regulations in effect immediately 
                        before such effective date.
                (4)(A) An asset placed in a trust by an 
                interested party shall be considered a 
                financial interest of the reporting individual, 
                for the purposes of any applicable conflict of 
                interest statutes, regulations, or rules of the 
                Federal Government (including section 208 of 
                title 18, United States Code), until such time 
                as the reporting individual is notified by the 
                trustee that such asset has been disposed of, 
                or has a value of less than $1,000.
                        (B)(i) The provisions of subparagraph 
                        (A) shall not apply with respect to a 
                        trust created for the benefit of a 
                        reporting individual, or the spouse, 
                        dependent child, or minor child of such 
                        a person, if the supervising ethics 
                        office for such reporting individual 
                        finds that--
                                (I) the assets placed in the 
                                trust consist of a well-
                                diversified portfolio of 
                                readily marketable securities;
                                (II) none of the assets consist 
                                of securities of entities 
                                having substantial activities 
                                in the area of the reporting 
                                individual's primary area of 
                                responsibility;
                                (III) the trust instrument 
                                prohibits the trustee, 
                                notwithstanding the provisions 
                                of paragraphs (3)(C) (iii) and 
                                (iv) of this subsection, from 
                                making public or informing any 
                                interested party of the sale of 
                                any securities;
                                (IV) the trustee is given power 
                                of attorney, notwithstanding 
                                the provisions of paragraph 
                                (3)(C)(v) of this subsection, 
                                to prepare on behalf of any 
                                interested party the personal 
                                income tax returns and similar 
                                returns which may contain 
                                information relating to the 
                                trust; and
                                (V) except as otherwise 
                                provided in this paragraph, the 
                                trust instrument provides (or 
                                in the case of a trust 
                                established prior to the 
                                effective date of this Act 
                                which by its terms does not 
                                permit amendment, the trustee, 
                                the reporting individual, and 
                                any other interested party 
                                agree in writing) that the 
                                trust shall be administered in 
                                accordance with the 
                                requirements of this subsection 
                                and the trustee of such trust 
                                meets the requirements of 
                                paragraph (3)(A). * * *
                (5)(A) The reporting individual shall, within 
                thirty days after a qualified blind trust is 
                approved by his supervising ethics office, file 
                with such office a copy of--
                                (i) the executed trust 
                                instrument of such trust (other 
                                than those provisions which 
                                relate to the testamentary 
                                disposition of the trust 
                                assets), and
                                (ii) a list of the assets which 
                                were transferred to such trust, 
                                including the category of value 
                                of each asset as determined 
                                under subsection (d) of this 
                                section. This subparagraph 
                                shall not apply with respect to 
                                a trust meeting the 
                                requirements for being 
                                considered a qualified blind 
                                trust under paragraph (7) of 
                                this subsection.
                        (B) The reporting individual shall, 
                        within thirty days of transferring an 
                        asset (other than cash) to a previously 
                        established qualified blind trust, 
                        notify his supervising ethics office of 
                        the identity of each such asset and the 
                        category of value of each asset as 
                        determined under subsection (d) of this 
                        section.
                        (C) Within thirty days of the 
                        dissolution of a qualified blind trust, 
                        a reporting individual shall--
                                (i) notify his supervising 
                                ethics office of such 
                                dissolution, and
                                (ii) file with such office a 
                                copy of a list of the assets of 
                                the trust at the time of such 
                                dissolution and the category of 
                                value under subsection (d) of 
                                this section of each such 
                                asset.
                        (D) Documents filed under subparagraphs 
                        (A), (B), and (C) of this paragraph and 
                        the lists provided by the trustee of 
                        assets placed in the trust by an 
                        interested party which have been sold 
                        shall be made available to the public 
                        in the same manner as a report is made 
                        available under section 105 and the 
                        provisions of that section shall apply 
                        with respect to such documents and 
                        lists.
                        (E) A copy of each written 
                        communication with respect to the trust 
                        under paragraph (3)(C)(vi) shall be 
                        filed by the person initiating the 
                        communication with the reporting 
                        individual's supervising ethics office 
                        within five days of the date of the 
                        communication.
                (6)(A) A trustee of a qualified blind trust 
                shall not knowingly and willfully, or 
                negligently, (i) disclose any information to an 
                interested party with respect to such trust 
                that may not be disclosed under paragraph (3) 
                of this subsection; (ii) acquire any holding 
                the ownership of which is prohibited by the 
                trust instrument; (iii) solicit advice from any 
                interested party with respect to such trust, 
                which solicitation is prohibited by paragraph 
                (3) of this subsection or the trust agreement; 
                or (iv) fail to file any document required by 
                this subsection.
                        (B) A reporting individual shall not 
                        knowingly and willfully, or 
                        negligently, (i) solicit or receive any 
                        information with respect to a qualified 
                        blind trust of which he is an 
                        interested party that may not be 
                        disclosed under paragraph (3)(C) of 
                        this subsection or (ii) fail to file 
                        any document required by this 
                        subsection.
                        (C)(i) The Attorney General may bring a 
                        civil action in any appropriate United 
                        States district court against any 
                        individual who knowingly and willfully 
                        violates the provisions of subparagraph 
                        (A) or (B) of this paragraph. The court 
                        in which such action is brought may 
                        assess against such individual a civil 
                        penalty in any amount not to exceed 
                        $10,000.
                                (ii) The Attorney General may 
                                bring a civil action in any 
                                appropriate United States 
                                district court against any 
                                individual who negligently 
                                violates the provisions of 
                                subparagraph (A) or (B) of this 
                                paragraph. The court in which 
                                such action is brought may 
                                assess against such individual 
                                a civil penalty in any amount 
                                not to exceed $5,000.
                (7) Any trust may be considered to be a 
                qualified blind trust if--
                        (A) the trust instrument is amended to 
                        comply with the requirements of 
                        paragraph (3) or, in the case of a 
                        trust instrument which does not by its 
                        terms permit amendment, the trustee, 
                        the reporting individual, and any other 
                        interested party agree in writing that 
                        the trust shall be administered in 
                        accordance with the requirements of 
                        this subsection and the trustee of such 
                        trust meets the requirements of 
                        paragraph (3)(A); except that in the 
                        case of any interested party who is a 
                        dependent child, a parent or guardian 
                        of such child may execute the agreement 
                        referred to in this subparagraph;
                        (B) a copy of the trust instrument 
                        (except testamentary provisions) and a 
                        copy of the agreement referred to in 
                        subparagraph (A), and a list of the 
                        assets held by the trust at the time of 
                        approval by the supervising ethics 
                        office, including the category of value 
                        of each asset as determined under 
                        subsection (d) of this section, are 
                        filed with such office and made 
                        available to the public as provided 
                        under paragraph (5)(D) of this 
                        subsection; and
                        (C) the supervising ethics office 
                        determines that approval of the trust 
                        arrangement as a qualified blind trust 
                        is in the particular case appropriate 
                        to assure compliance with applicable 
                        laws and regulations.
                (8) A reporting individual shall not be 
                required to report the financial interests held 
                by a widely held investment fund (whether such 
                fund is a mutual fund, regulated investment 
                company, pension or deferred compensation plan, 
                or other investment fund), if--
                        (A)(i) the fund is publicly traded; or
                                (ii) the assets of the fund are 
                                widely diversified; and
                        (B) the reporting individual neither 
                        exercises control over nor has the 
                        ability to exercise control over the 
                        financial interests held by the fund.
        (g) Political campaign funds, including campaign 
        receipts and expenditures, need not be included in any 
        report filed pursuant to this title.
        (h) A report filed pursuant to subsection (a), (d), or 
        (e) of section 101 need not contain the information 
        described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of 
        subsection (a)(2) with respect to gifts and 
        reimbursements received in a period when the reporting 
        individual was not an officer or employee of the 
        Federal Government.
        (i) A reporting individual shall not be required under 
        this title to report--
                (1) financial interests in or income derived 
                from--
                        (A) any retirement system under title 
                        5, United States Code (including the 
                        Thrift Savings Plan under subchapter 
                        III of chapter 84 of such title); or
                        (B) any other retirement system 
                        maintained by the United States for 
                        officers or employees of the United 
                        States, including the President, or for 
                        members of the uniformed services; or
                (2) benefits received under the Social Security 
                Act.

Filing of Reports
SEC. 103. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the 
reports required under this title shall be filed by the 
reporting individual with the designated agency ethics official 
at the agency by which he is employed (or in the case of an 
individual described in section 101(e), was employed) or in 
which he will serve. The date any report is received (and the 
date of receipt of any supplemental report) shall be noted on 
such report by such official. * * *
        (g) Each supervising Ethics Office shall develop and 
        make available forms for reporting the information 
        required by this title.
        (h)(1) The reports required under this title shall be 
        filed by a reporting individual with--
                (A)(i)(I) the Clerk of the House of 
                Representatives, in the case of a 
                Representative in Congress, a Delegate to 
                Congress, the Resident Commissioner from Puerto 
                Rico, an officer or employee of the Congress 
                whose compensation is disbursed by the Clerk of 
                the House of Representatives, an officer or 
                employee of the Architect of the Capitol, 
                United States Capitol Police, the United States 
                Botanic Garden, the Congressional Budget 
                Office, the Government Printing Office, the 
                Library of Congress, or the Copyright Royalty 
                Tribunal (including any individual terminating 
                service, under section 101(e), in any office or 
                position referred to in this subclause), or an 
                individual described in section 101(c) who is a 
                candidate for nomination or election as a 
                Representative in Congress, a Delegate to 
                Congress, or the Resident Commissioner from 
                Puerto Rico; * * *
                        (ii) in the case of an officer or 
                        employee of the Congress as described 
                        under section 101(f)(10) who is 
                        employed by an agency or commission 
                        established in the legislative branch 
                        after the date of the enactment of the 
                        Ethics Reform Act of 1989--
                                (I) the Secretary of the Senate 
                                or the Clerk of the House of 
                                Representatives, as the case 
                                may be, as designated in the 
                                statute establishing such 
                                agency or commission; or
                                (II) if such statute does not 
                                designate such committee, the 
                                Secretary of the Senate for 
                                agencies and commissions 
                                established in even numbered 
                                calendar years, and the Clerk 
                                of the House of Representatives 
                                for agencies and commissions 
                                established in odd numbered 
                                calendar years; * * *
                (2) The date any report is received (and the 
                date of receipt of any supplemental report) 
                shall be noted on such report by such 
                committee.
                        (i) A copy of each report filed under 
                        this title by a Member or an individual 
                        who is a candidate for the office of 
                        Member shall be sent by the Clerk of 
                        the House of Representatives or 
                        Secretary of the Senate, as the case 
                        may be, to the appropriate State 
                        officer designated under section 316(a) 
                        of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
                        1971 of the State represented by the 
                        Member or in which the individual is a 
                        candidate, as the case may be, within 
                        the 30-day period beginning on the day 
                        the report is filed with the Clerk or 
                        Secretary.
        (j)(1) A copy of each report filed under this title 
        with the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall be 
        sent by the Clerk to the Committee on Standards of 
        Official Conduct of the House of Representatives within 
        the 7-day period beginning on the day the report is 
        filed. * * *
        (k) In carrying out their responsibilities under this 
        title with respect to candidates for office, the Clerk 
        of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of 
        the Senate shall avail themselves of the assistance of 
        the Federal Election Commission. The Commission shall 
        make available to the Clerk and the Secretary on a 
        regular basis a complete list of names and addresses of 
        all candidates registered with the Commission, and 
        shall cooperate and coordinate its candidate 
        information and notification program with the Clerk and 
        the Secretary to the greatest extent possible.

Failure to File or Filing False Reports
SEC. 104. (a) The Attorney General may bring a civil action in 
any appropriate United States district court against any 
individual who knowingly and willfully falsifies or who 
knowingly and willfully fails to file or report any information 
that such individual is required to report pursuant to section 
102. The court in which such action is brought may assess 
against such individual a civil penalty in any amount, not to 
exceed $10,000.
        (b) The head of each agency, each Secretary concerned, 
        the Director of the Office of Government Ethics, each 
        congressional ethics committee, or the Judicial 
        Conference, as the case may be, shall refer to the 
        Attorney General the name of any individual which such 
        official or committee has reasonable cause to believe 
        has willfully failed to file a report or has willfully 
        falsified or willfully failed to file information 
        required to be reported.
        (c) The President, the Vice President, the Secretary 
        concerned, the head of each agency, the Office of 
        Personnel Management, a congressional ethics committee, 
        and the Judicial Conference of the United States, may 
        take any appropriate personnel or other action in 
        accordance with applicable law or regulation against 
        any individual failing to file a report or falsifying 
        or failing to report information required to be 
        reported.
        (d)(1) Any individual who files a report required to be 
        filed under this title more than 30 days after the 
        later of-
                        (A) the date such report is required to 
                        be filed pursuant to the provisions of 
                        this title and the rules and 
                        regulations promulgated thereunder; or
                        (B) if a filing extension is granted to 
                        such individual under section 101(g), 
                        the last day of the filing extension 
                        period, shall, at the direction of and 
                        pursuant to regulations issued by the 
                        supervising ethics office, pay a filing 
                        fee of $200. All such fees shall be 
                        deposited in the miscellaneous receipts 
                        of the Treasury. The authority under 
                        this paragraph to direct the payment of 
                        a filing fee may be delegated by the 
                        supervising ethics office in the 
                        executive branch to other agencies in 
                        the executive branch.
                (2) The supervising ethics office may waive the 
                filing fee under this subsection in 
                extraordinary circumstances.

Custody of and Public Access to Reports
SEC. 105. (a) Each agency, each supervising ethics office in 
the executive or judicial branch, the Clerk of the House of 
Representatives, and the Secretary of the Senate shall make 
available to the public, in accordance with subsection (b), 
each report filed under this title with such agency or office 
or with the Clerk or the Secretary of the Senate. * * *
        (b)(1) Except as provided in the second sentence of 
        this subsection, each agency, each supervising ethics 
        office in the executive or judicial branch, the Clerk 
        of the House of Representatives, and the Secretary of 
        the Senate shall, within thirty days after any report 
        is received under this title by such agency or office 
        or by the Clerk or the Secretary of the Senate, as the 
        case may be, permit inspection of such report by or 
        furnish a copy of such report to any person requesting 
        such inspection or copy. With respect to any report 
        required to be filed by May 15 of any year, such report 
        shall be made available for public inspection within 30 
        calendar days after May 15 of such year or within 30 
        days of the date of filing of such a report for which 
        an extension is granted pursuant to section 101(g). The 
        agency, office, Clerk, or Secretary of the Senate, as 
        the case may be may require a reasonable fee to be paid 
        in any amount which is found necessary to recover the 
        cost of reproduction or mailing of such report 
        excluding any salary of any employee involved in such 
        reproduction or mailing. A copy of such report may be 
        furnished without charge or at a reduced charge if it 
        is determined that waiver or reduction of the fee is in 
        the public interest.
                (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a report may 
                not be made available under this section to any 
                person nor may any copy thereof be provided 
                under this section to any person except upon a 
                written application by such person stating--
                        (A) that person's name, occupation and 
                        address;
                        (B) the name and address of any other 
                        person or organization on whose behalf 
                        the inspection or copy is requested; 
                        and
                        (C) that such person is aware of the 
                        prohibitions on the obtaining or use of 
                        the report. Any such application shall 
                        be made available to the public 
                        throughout the period during which the 
                        report is made available to the public.
                (3)(A) This section does not require the 
                immediate and unconditional availability of 
                reports filed by an individual described in 
                section 109(8) or 109(10) of this Act if a 
                finding is made by the Judicial Conference, in 
                consultation with United States Marshall 
                Service, that revealing personal and sensitive 
                information could endanger that individual.
                        (B) A report may be redacted pursuant 
                        to this paragraph only--
                                (i) to the extent necessary to 
                                protect the individual who 
                                filed the report; and
                                (ii) for as long as the danger 
                                to such individual exists.
                        (C) The Administrative Office of the 
                        United States Courts shall submit to 
                        the Committees on the Judiciary of the 
                        House of Representatives and of the 
                        Senate an annual report with respect to 
                        the operation of this paragraph 
                        includinga--
                                (i) the total number of reports 
                                redacted pursuant to this 
                                paragraph;
                                (ii) the total number of 
                                individuals whose reports have 
                                been redacted pursuant to this 
                                paragraph; and
                                (iii) the types of threats 
                                against individuals whose 
                                reports are redacted, if 
                                appropriate.
                        (D) The Judicial Conference, in 
                        consultation with the Department of 
                        Justice, shall issue regulations 
                        setting forth the circumstances under 
                        which redaction is appropriate under 
                        this paragraph and the procedures for 
                        redaction.
                        (E) This paragraph shall expire on 
                        December 31, 2005, and apply to filings 
                        through calendar year 2005.
        (c)(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to obtain or 
        use a report-
                        (A) for any unlawful purpose;
                        (B) for any commercial purpose, other 
                        than by news and communications media 
                        for dissemination to the general 
                        public;
                        (C) for determining or establishing the 
                        credit rating of any individual; or
                        (D) for use, directly or indirectly, in 
                        the solicitation of money for any 
                        political, charitable, or other 
                        purpose.
                (2) The Attorney General may bring a civil 
                action against any person who obtains or uses a 
                report for any purpose prohibited in paragraph 
                (1) of this subsection. The court in which such 
                action is brought may assess against such 
                person a penalty in any amount not to exceed 
                $10,000. Such remedy shall be in addition to 
                any other remedy available under statutory or 
                common law.
        (d) Any report filed with or transmitted to an agency 
        or supervising ethics office or to the Clerk of the 
        House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate 
        pursuant to this title shall be retained by such agency 
        or office or by the Clerk or the Secretary of the 
        Senate, as the case may be. Such report shall be made 
        available to the public for a period of six years after 
        receipt of the report. After such six-year period the 
        report shall be destroyed unless needed in an ongoing 
        investigation, except that in the case of an individual 
        who filed the report pursuant to section 101(b) and was 
        not subsequently confirmed by the Senate, or who filed 
        the report pursuant to section 101(c) and was not 
        subsequently elected, such reports shall be destroyed 
        one year after the individual either is no longer under 
        consideration by the Senate or is no longer a candidate 
        for nomination or election to the Office of President, 
        Vice President, or as a Member of Congress, unless 
        needed in an ongoing investigation.

Review of Reports
SEC. 106. (a)(1) Each designated agency ethics official or 
Secretary concerned shall make provisions to ensure that each 
report filed with him under this title is reviewed within sixty 
days after the date of such filing, except that the Director of 
the Office of Government Ethics shall review only those reports 
required to be transmitted to him under this title within sixty 
days after the date of transmittal.
                (2) Each congressional ethics committee and the 
                Judicial Conference shall make provisions to 
                ensure that each report filed under this title 
                is reviewed within sixty days after the date of 
                such filing.
        (b)(1) If after reviewing any report under subsection 
        (a), the Director of the Office of Government Ethics, 
        the Secretary concerned, the designated agency ethics 
        official, a person designated by the congressional 
        ethics committee, or a person designated by the 
        Judicial Conference, as the case may be, is of the 
        opinion that on the basis of information contained in 
        such report the individual submitting such report is in 
        compliance with applicable laws and regulations, he 
        shall state such opinion on the report, and shall sign 
        such report.
                (2) If the Director of the Office of Government 
                Ethics, the Secretary concerned, the designated 
                agency ethics official, a person designated by 
                the congressional ethics committee, or a person 
                designated by the Judicial Conference, after 
                reviewing any report under subsection (a)-
                        (A) believes additional information is 
                        required to be submitted, he shall 
                        notify the individual submitting such 
                        report what additional information is 
                        required and the time by which it must 
                        be submitted, or (B) is of the opinion, 
                        on the basis of information submitted, 
                        that the individual is not in 
                        compliance with applicable laws and 
                        regulations, he shall notify the 
                        individual, afford a reasonable 
                        opportunity for a written or oral 
                        response, and after consideration of 
                        such response, reach an opinion as to 
                        whether or not, on the basis of 
                        information submitted, the individual 
                        is in compliance with such laws and 
                        regulations.
                (3) If the Director of the Office of Government 
                Ethics, the Secretary concerned, the designated 
                agency ethics official, a person designated by 
                a congressional ethics committee, or a person 
                designated by the Judicial Conference, reaches 
                an opinion under paragraph (2)(B) that an 
                individual is not in compliance with applicable 
                laws and regulations, the official or committee 
                shall notify the individual of that opinion 
                and, after an opportunity for personal 
                consultation (if practicable), determine and 
                notify the individual of which steps, if any, 
                would in the opinion of such official or 
                committee be appropriate for assuring 
                compliance with such laws and regulations and 
                the date by which such steps should be taken. 
                Such steps may include, as appropriate-
                        (A) divestiture,
                        (B) restitution,
                        (C) the establishment of a blind trust,
                        (D) request for an exemption under 
                        section 208(b) of title 18, United 
                        States Code, or
                        (E) voluntary request for transfer, 
                        reassignment, limitation of duties, or 
                        resignation. The use of any such steps 
                        shall be in accordance with such rules 
                        or regulations as the supervising 
                        ethics office may prescribe.
                (4) If steps for assuring compliance with 
                applicable laws and regulations are not taken 
                by the date set under paragraph (3) by an 
                individual in a position in the executive 
                branch (other than in the Foreign Service or 
                the uniformed services), appointment to which 
                requires the advice and consent of the Senate, 
                the matter shall be referred to the President 
                for appropriate action.
                (5) If steps for assuring compliance with 
                applicable laws and regulations are not taken 
                by the date set under paragraph (3) by a member 
                of the Foreign Service or the uniformed 
                services, the Secretary concerned shall take 
                appropriate action.
                (6) If steps for assuring compliance with 
                applicable laws and regulations are not taken 
                by the date set under paragraph (3) by any 
                other officer or employee, the matter shall be 
                referred to the head of the appropriate agency, 
                the congressional ethics committee, or the 
                Judicial Conference, for appropriate action; 
                except that in the case of the Postmaster 
                General or Deputy Postmaster General, the 
                Director of the Office of Government Ethics 
                shall recommend to the Governors of the Board 
                of Governors of the United States Postal 
                Service the action to be taken.
                (7) Each supervising ethics office may render 
                advisory opinions interpreting this title 
                within its respective jurisdiction. 
                Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
                individual to whom a public advisory opinion is 
                rendered in accordance with this paragraph, and 
                any other individual covered by this title who 
                is involved in a fact situation which is 
                indistinguishable in all material aspects, and 
                who acts in good faith in accordance with the 
                provisions and findings of such advisory 
                opinion shall not, as a result of such act, be 
                subject to any penalty or sanction provided by 
                this title.

Confidential Reports and Other Additional Requirements
SEC. 107. (a)(1) Each supervising ethics office may require 
officers and employees under its jurisdiction (including 
special Government employees as defined in section 202 of title 
18, United States Code) to file confidential financial 
disclosure reports, in such form as the supervising ethics 
office may prescribe. The information required to be reported 
under this subsection by the officers and employees of any 
department or agency shall be set forth in rules or regulations 
prescribed by the supervising ethics office, and may be less 
extensive than otherwise required by this title, or more 
extensive when determined by the supervising ethics office to 
be necessary and appropriate in light of sections 202 through 
209 of title 18, United States Code, regulations promulgated 
thereunder, or the authorized activities of such officers or 
employees. Any individual required to file a report pursuant to 
section 101 shall not be required to file a confidential report 
pursuant to this subsection, except with respect to information 
which is more extensive than information otherwise required by 
this title. Subsections (a), (b), and (d) of section 105 shall 
not apply with respect to any such report.
                (2) Any information required to be provided by 
                an individual under this subsection shall be 
                confidential and shall not be disclosed to the 
                public.
                (3) Nothing in this subsection exempts any 
                individual otherwise covered by the requirement 
                to file a public financial disclosure report 
                under this title from such requirement.
        (b) The provisions of this title requiring the 
        reporting of information shall supersede any general 
        requirement under any other provision of law or 
        regulation with respect to the reporting of information 
        required for purposes of preventing conflicts of 
        interest or apparent conflicts of interest. Such 
        provisions of this title shall not supersede the 
        requirements of section 7342 of title 5, United States 
        Code.
        (c) Nothing in this Act requiring reporting of 
        information shall be deemed to authorize the receipt of 
        income, gifts, or reimbursements; the holding of 
        assets, liabilities, or positions; or the participation 
        in transactions that are prohibited by law, Executive 
        order, rule, or regulation.

Authority of Comptroller General
SEC. 108. (a) The Comptroller General shall have access to 
financial disclosure reports filed under this title for the 
purposes of carrying out his statutory responsibilities.
        (b) No later than December 31, 1992, and regularly 
        thereafter, the Comptroller General shall conduct a 
        study to determine whether the provisions of this title 
        are being carried out effectively.

Definitions
SEC. 109. For the purposes of this title, the term-
        (1) ``congressional ethics committees'' means the 
        Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate and the 
        Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the House 
        of Representatives;
        (2) ``dependent child'' means, when used with respect 
        to any reporting individual, any individual who is a 
        son, daughter, stepson, or stepdaughter and who-
                (A) is unmarried and under age 21 and is living 
                in the household of such reporting individual; 
                or
                (B) is a dependent of such reporting individual 
                within the meaning of section 152 of the 
                Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
        (3) ``designated agency ethics official'' means an 
        officer or employee who is designated to administer the 
        provisions of this title within an agency; * * *
        (5) ``gift'' means a payment, advance, forbearance, 
        rendering, or deposit of money, or any thing of value, 
        unless consideration of equal or greater value is 
        received by the donor, but does not include-
                (A) bequest and other forms of inheritance;
                (B) suitable mementos of a function honoring 
                the reporting individual;
                (C) food, lodging, transportation, and 
                entertainment provided by a foreign government 
                within a foreign country or by the United 
                States Government, the District of Columbia, or 
                a State or local government or political 
                subdivision thereof;
                (D) food and beverages which are not consumed 
                in connection with a gift of overnight lodging;
                (E) communications to the offices of a 
                reporting individual, including subscriptions 
                to newspapers and periodicals; or
                (F) consumable products provided by home-State 
                businesses to the offices of a reporting 
                individual who is an elected official, if those 
                products are intended for consumption by 
                persons other than such reporting individual;
        (6) ``honoraria'' has the meaning given such term in 
        section 505 of this Act;
        (7) ``income'' means all income from whatever source 
        derived, including but not limited to the following 
        items: compensation for services, including fees, 
        commissions, and similar items; gross income derived 
        from business (and net income if the individual elects 
        to include it); gains derived from dealings in 
        property; interest; rents; royalties; dividends; 
        annuities; income from life insurance and endowment 
        contracts; pensions; income from discharge of 
        indebtedness; distributive share of partnership income; 
        and income from an interest in an estate or trust; * * 
        *
        (11) ``legislative branch'' includes-
                (A) the Architect of the Capitol;
                (B) the Botanic Gardens;
                (C) the Congressional Budget Office;
                (D) the Government Accountability Office;
                (E) the Government Printing Office;
                (F) the Library of Congress;
                (G) the United States Capitol Police;
                (H) the Office of Technology Assessment; and
                (I) any other agency, entity, office, or 
                commission established in the legislative 
                branch;
        (12) ``Member of Congress'' means a United States 
        Senator, a Representative in Congress, a Delegate to 
        Congress, or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto 
        Rico;
        (13) ``officer or employee of the Congress'' means-
                (A) any individual described under subparagraph 
                (B), other than a Member of Congress or the 
                Vice President, whose compensation is disbursed 
                by the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of 
                the House of Representatives;
                (B)(i) each officer or employee of the 
                legislative branch who, for at least 60 days, 
                occupies a position for which the rate of basic 
                pay is equal to or greater than 120 percent of 
                the minimum rate of basic pay payable for GS-15 
                of the General Schedule; and
                        (ii) at least one principal assistant 
                        designated for purposes of this 
                        paragraph by each Member who does not 
                        have an employee who occupies a 
                        position for which the rate of basic 
                        pay is equal to or greater than 120 
                        percent of the minimum rate of basic 
                        pay payable for GS-15 of the General 
                        Schedule;
        (14) ``personal hospitality of any individual'' means 
        hospitality extended for a nonbusiness purpose by an 
        individual, not a corporation or organization, at the 
        personal residence of that individual or his family or 
        on property or facilities owned by that individual or 
        his family;
        (15) ``reimbursement'' means any payment or other thing 
        of value received by the reporting individual, other 
        than gifts, to cover travel-related expenses of such 
        individual other than those which are-
                (A) provided by the United States Government, 
                the District of Columbia, or a State or local 
                government or political subdivision thereof;
                (B) required to be reported by the reporting 
                individual under section 7342 of title 5, 
                United States Code; or
                (C) required to be reported under section 304 
                of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
                U.S.C. 434);
        (16) ``relative'' means an individual who is related to 
        the reporting individual, as father, mother, son, 
        daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, great aunt, 
        great uncle, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, 
        wife, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, 
        granddaughter, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-
        law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, 
        stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, 
        stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, half sister, or 
        who is the grandfather or grandmother of the spouse of 
        the reporting individual, and shall be deemed to 
        include the fiance or fiancee of the reporting 
        individual; * * *
        (18) ``supervising ethics office'' means-
                (A) the Senate Committee on Ethics of the 
                Senate, for Senators, officers and employees of 
                the Senate, and other officers or employees of 
                the legislative branch required to file 
                financial disclosure reports with the Secretary 
                of the Senate pursuant to section 103(h) of 
                this title;
                (B) the Committee on Standards of Official 
                Conduct of the House of Representatives, for 
                Members, officers and employees of the House of 
                Representatives and other officers or employees 
                of the legislative branch required to file 
                financial disclosure reports with the Clerk of 
                the House of Representatives pursuant to 
                section 103(h) of this title;
                (C) the Judicial Conference for judicial 
                officers and judicial employees; and
                (D) the Office of Government Ethics for all 
                executive branch officers and employees; and
        (19) ``value'' means a good faith estimate of the 
        dollar value if the exact value is neither known nor 
        easily obtainable by the reporting individual.

Notice of Actions Taken to Comply with Ethics Agreements
SEC. 110. (a) In any case in which an individual agrees with 
that individual's designated agency ethics official, the Office 
of Government Ethics, a Senate confirmation committee, a 
congressional ethics committee, or the Judicial Conference, to 
take any action to comply with this Act or any other law or 
regulation governing conflicts of interest of, or establishing 
standards of conduct applicable with respect to, officers or 
employees of the Government, that individual shall notify in 
writing the designated agency ethics official, the Office of 
Government Ethics, the appropriate committee of the Senate, the 
congressional ethics committee, or the Judicial Conference, as 
the case may be, of any action taken by the individual pursuant 
to that agreement. Such notification shall be made not later 
than the date specified in the agreement by which action by the 
individual must be taken, or not later than three months after 
the date of the agreement, if no date for action is so 
specified.
(b) If an agreement described in subsection (a) requires that 
the individual recuse himself or herself from particular 
categories of agency or other official action, the individual 
shall reduce to writing those subjects regarding which the 
recusal agreement will apply and the process by which it will 
be determined whether the individual must recuse himself or 
herself in a specific instance. An individual shall be 
considered to have complied with the requirements of subsection 
(a) with respect to such recusal agreement if such individual 
files a copy of the document setting forth the information 
described in the preceding sentence with such individual's 
designated agency ethics official or the appropriate 
supervising ethics office within the time prescribed in the 
last sentence of subsection (a).

Administration of Provisions
SEC. 111. The provisions of this title shall be administered by 
* * *
(2) the Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate and the 
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the House of 
Representatives, as appropriate, with regard to officers and 
employees described in paragraphs (9) and (10) of section 
101(f). * * *

                               RULE XXVII

       DISCLOSURE BY MEMBERS AND STAFF OF EMPLOYMENT NEGOTIATIONS

1. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner shall not 
directly negotiate or have any agreement of future employment 
or compensation unless such Member, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner, within 3 business days after the commencement of 
such negotiation or agreement of future employment or 
compensation, files with the Committee on Standards of Official 
Conduct a statement, which must be signed by the Member, 
Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, regarding such negotiations 
or agreement, including the name of the private entity or 
entities involved in such negotiations or agreement, and the 
date such negotiations or agreement commenced.
2. An officer or an employee of the House earning in excess of 
75 percent of the salary paid to a Member shall notify the 
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct that such individual 
is negotiating or has any agreement of future employment or 
compensation.
3. The disclosure and notification under this rule shall be 
made within 3 business days after the commencement of such 
negotiation or agreement of future employment or compensation.
4. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, and an officer 
or employee to whom this rule applies, shall recuse himself or 
herself from any matter in which there is a conflict of 
interest or an appearance of a conflict for that Member, 
Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee under 
this rule and shall notify the Committee on Standards of 
Official Conduct of such recusal. A Member, Delegate, or 
Resident Commissioner making such recusal shall, upon such 
recusal, submit to the Clerk for public disclosure the 
statement of disclosure under clause 1 with respect to which 
the recusal was made.

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           Legislative History To Accompany Changes to Rule X

                             109th Congress

               [Congressional Record H25 January 4, 2005]

             Rule X and the Committee on Homeland Security

                          Legislative history

    Overall homeland security policy--The jurisdiction of the 
Committee on Homeland Security over ``overall homeland security 
policy'' is to be interpreted on a government-wide or multi-
agency basis similar to the Committee on Government Reform's 
jurisdiction over ``overall economy, efficiency, and management 
of government operations and activities. . . .'' Surgical 
addresses of homeland security policy in sundry areas of 
jurisdiction occupied by other committees would not be referred 
to the Committee on Homeland Security on the basis of 
``overall'' homeland security policy jurisdiction. For example, 
the Committee on Homeland Security shall have jurisdiction over 
a bill coordinating the homeland security efforts by all of the 
critical infrastructure protection sectors. Jurisdiction over a 
bill addressing the protection of a particular sector would lie 
with the committee otherwise having jurisdiction over that 
sector. Organization and administration of the Department of 
Homeland Security--The jurisdiction of the Committee on 
Homeland Security would apply only to organizational or 
administrative aspects of the Department where another 
committee's jurisdiction did not clearly apply. The Committee's 
jurisdiction is to be confined to organizational and 
administrative efforts and would not apply to programmatic 
efforts within the Department of Homeland Security within the 
jurisdiction of other committees. Homeland Security Oversight--
this would vest the Committee on Homeland Security with 
oversight jurisdiction over the homeland security community of 
the United States. Nothing in this clause shall be construed as 
prohibiting or otherwise restricting the authority of any other 
committee to study and review homeland security activities to 
the extent that such activity directly affects a matter 
otherwise within the jurisdiction of that committee.

Individual committee concerns
    Agriculture--The jurisdiction of the Committee on Homeland 
Security over ``border and port security'' shall be limited to 
agricultural importation and entry inspection activities of the 
Department of Homeland Security under section 421 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002. The Committee on Agriculture 
shall retain jurisdiction over animal and plant disease policy 
including the authority reserved to the Department of 
Agriculture to regulate policy under section 421 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002, and the Animal Health Protection 
Act, the Plant Protection Act, the Plant Quarantine Act, and 
the Agriculture Quarantine Inspection User Fee Account. The 
Committee on Agriculture shall retain jurisdiction over the 
agricultural research and diagnosis mission at the Plum Island 
Animal Disease Center.
    Armed Services--The Committee on Armed Services shall 
retain jurisdiction over warfighting, the military defense of 
the United States, and other military activities, including any 
military response to terrorism, pursuant to section 876 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002.
    Energy and Commerce--The Committee on Homeland Security 
shall have jurisdiction over measures that address the 
Department of Homeland Security's activities for domestic 
preparedness and collective response to terrorism. The words 
``to terrorism'' require a direct relation to terrorism. The 
Committee on Homeland Security's jurisdiction over ``collective 
response to terrorism'' means that it shall receive referrals 
of bills addressing the Department of Homeland Security's 
responsibilities for, and assistance to, first responders as a 
whole. The Committee on Energy and Commerce (and other relevant 
committees) shall retain their jurisdiction over bills 
addressing the separate entities that comprise the first 
responders. For example, the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
shall retain its jurisdiction over a bill directing the 
Department of Health and Human Services to train emergency 
medical personnel.
    Financial Services--The Committee on Financial Services 
shall retain jurisdiction over the National Flood Insurance 
Program and Emergency Food and Shelter Program of FEMA, and the 
Defense Production Act. The Committee on Financial Services 
shall retain its jurisdiction over the anti-money laundering, 
terrorist financing, and anti-counterfeiting activities within 
the Department of the Treasury and the financial regulators.
    Government Reform--The Committee on Homeland Security shall 
have jurisdiction over ``the organization and administration of 
the Department of Homeland Security.'' The Committee on 
Government Reform shall retain jurisdiction over federal civil 
service, the overall economy, efficiency, and management of 
government operations and activities, including Federal 
procurement, and federal paperwork reduction. The Committee on 
Government Reform shall retain jurisdiction over government-
wide information management efforts including the Federal 
Information Security Management Act. The Committee on Homeland 
Security shall have jurisdiction over integration, analysis, 
and dissemination of homeland security information by the 
Department of Homeland Security, and the Committee on 
Government Reform shall retain jurisdiction over measures 
addressing public information and records generally including 
the Privacy Act and the Freedom of Information Act. The 
Committee on Government Reform shall have jurisdiction over the 
policy coordination responsibilities of the Office of 
Counternarcotics Enforcement.
    Intelligence--The Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence shall retain jurisdiction over the intelligence 
and intelligence-related activities of all departments and 
agencies of the Federal Government, including the Office of the 
Director of National Intelligence and the National 
Counterterrorism Center as defined in the Intelligence Reform 
and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004.
    Judiciary--The Committee on the Judiciary shall retain 
jurisdiction over immigration policy and non-border enforcement 
of the immigration laws. Its jurisdiction over immigration 
policy shall include matters such as the immigration and 
naturalization process, numbers of aliens (including immigrants 
and non-immigrants) allowed, classifications and lengths of 
allowable stay, the adjudication of immigration petitions and 
the requirements for the same, the domestic adjudication of 
immigration petitions and applications submitted to the 
Department of Labor or the Department of Homeland Security and 
setting policy with regard to visa issuance and acceptance. Its 
jurisdiction over non-border enforcement shall be limited to 
those aspects of immigration enforcement not associated with 
the immediate entry of individuals into the country, including 
those aspects of the Bureau of Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement. The Committee on Homeland Security shall have 
jurisdiction over border and port security including the 
immigration responsibilities of inspectors at ports of entry 
and the border patrol. As used in the new Rule X(1)(l)(9) and 
this legislative history, the word ``immigration'' shall be 
construed to include ``naturalization'' and no substantive 
change is intended by the new rule's not containing the word 
``naturalization.''
    Science--The Committee on Science shall retain some 
jurisdiction over the research and development activities of 
the Department of Homeland Security as such matters are 
incidental to the Committee on Science's existing jurisdiction 
(except where those activities are in the jurisdiction of 
another committee).
    Transportation and Infrastructure--The Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure shall retain jurisdiction 
over the Coast Guard. However, the Committee on Homeland 
Security has jurisdiction over port security, and some Coast 
Guard responsibilities in that area will fall within the 
jurisdiction of both committees. Jurisdiction over emergency 
preparedness will be split between the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Homeland 
Security. The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
shall retain its jurisdiction under clause 1(r)(2) over 
``federal management of emergencies and natural disasters.'' 
This means that the committee retains its general jurisdiction 
over the emergency preparedness and response operations of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Bills addressing 
FEMA's general preparation for disaster from any cause shall be 
referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 
The Committee on Homeland Security shall have jurisdiction over 
the Department of Homeland Security's responsibilities with 
regard to emergency preparedness only as they relate to acts of 
terrorism. Thus, the Committee on Homeland Security shall have 
jurisdiction over the responsibilities of the Office for 
Domestic Preparedness, in accordance with section 430 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002. As indicated earlier, the 
Committee on Homeland Security's jurisdiction over ``collective 
response to terrorism'' means that it would receive referrals 
of bills addressing the Department of Homeland Security's 
responsibilities for, and assistance to, first responders as a 
whole and not over measures addressing first responder 
communities individually. The Committee on Homeland Security 
shall have jurisdiction over the functions of the Department of 
Homeland Security relating to transportation security, while 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure shall retain 
its jurisdiction over transportation safety. In general, the 
Committee on Homeland Security would have jurisdiction over 
bills addressing the Transportation Security Administration and 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure would have 
jurisdiction over bills addressing the various entities within 
the Department of Transportation having responsibility for 
transportation safety, such as the Federal Aviation 
Administration and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration. The jurisdiction of the Committee on Homeland 
Security does not include expenditures from trust funds under 
the jurisdiction of other committees, including but not limited 
to the Highway Trust Fund, the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, 
the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, the Federal Buildings Fund, 
and the Inland Waterways Trust Fund.
    Ways and Means--The jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways 
and Means over ``customs revenue'' is intended to include those 
functions contemplated in section 412(b)(2) of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 and includes those functions as carried 
out in collection districts and ports of entry and delivery.
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