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                COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

                U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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                         MANUAL OF RULES

                            of the
                            
                            
                  COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

                               during the

                    ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS

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                        Adopted January 21, 2015

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                      COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

                     PAUL RYAN, Wisconsin, Chairman
SAM JOHNSON, Texas                   SANDER LEVIN, Michigan, Ranking 
KEVIN BRADY, Texas                       Member
DEVIN NUNES, California              CHARLES B. RANGEL, New York
PAT TIBERI, Ohio                     JIM McDERMOTT, Washington
DAVE G. REICHERT, Washington         JOHN LEWIS, Georgia
CHARLES W. BOUSTANY, Jr., Louisiana  RICHARD E. NEAL, Massachusetts
PETER J. ROSKAM, Illinois            XAVIER BECERRA, California
TOM PRICE, Georgia                   LLOYD DOGGETT, Texas
VERN BUCHANAN, Florida               MIKE THOMPSON, California
ADRIAN SMITH, Nebraska               JOHN B. LARSON, Connecticut
AARON SCHOCK, Illinois               EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon
LYNN JENKINS, Kansas                 RON KIND, Wisconsin
ERIK PAULSEN, Minnesota              BILL PASCRELL, Jr., New Jersey
KENNY MARCHANT, Texas                JOSEPH CROWLEY, New York
DIANE BLACK, Tennessee               DANNY DAVIS, Illinois
TOM REED, New York                   LINDA SAANCHEZ, California
TODD YOUNG, Indiana
MIKE KELLY, Pennsylvania
JIM RENACCI, Ohio
PATRICK MEEHAN, Pennsylvania
KRISTI NOEM, South Dakota
GEORGE HOLDING, North Carolina
JASON SMITH, Missouri

                      Joyce Meyer, Staff Director
                  Janice Mays, Minority Chief Counsel
                                FORWARD

    This manual has been prepared to assist Members of the 
Committee on Ways and Means, its staff, and the public. It 
presents various rules that affect the organization and 
procedures of the Committee on Ways and Means. These rules were 
adopted by the Committee for the 114th Congress.


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                RULES OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

                               A. General

Rule 1. Application of House Rules...............................     3
Rule 2. Meeting Data and Quorums.................................     3
Rule 3. Committee Budget.........................................     3
Rule 4. Publication of Committee Documents.......................     3
Rule 5. Official Travel..........................................     4
Rule 6. Availability of Committee Records and Publications.......     5
Rule 7. Committee Website........................................     5

                            B. Subcommittees

Rule 8. Subcommittee Ratios and Jurisdiction.....................     6
    1. The Subcommittee on Trade.................................     6
    2. The Subcommittee on Oversight.............................     6
    3. The Subcommittee on Health................................     7
    4. The Subcommittee on Social Security.......................     7
    5. The Subcommittee on Human Resources.......................     7
    6. The Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures...............     8
Rule 9. Ex-Officio Members of Subcommittees......................     8
Rule 10. Subcommittee Meetings...................................     8
Rule 11. Reference of Legislation and Subcommittee Reports.......     8
Rule 12. Recommendation for Appointment of Conferees.............     9

                              C. Hearings

Rule 13. Witnesses...............................................     9
Rule 14. Questioning of Witnesses................................     9
Rule 15. Subpoena Power..........................................    10
Rule 16. Records of Hearings.....................................    10
Rule 17. Broadcasting of Hearings................................    10

                               D. Markups

Rule 18. Previous Question.......................................    11
Rule 19. Postponement of Proceedings.............................    11
Rule 20. Motion to go to Conference..............................    11
Rule 21. Official Transcripts of Markups and Other Committee 
  Meetings.......................................................    11
Rule 22. Publication of Decisions and Legislative Language.......    12

                                E. Staff

Rule 23. Supervision of Committee Staff..........................    12
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                RULES OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

                     U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             114TH CONGRESS

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