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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 FIFTEENTH 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 FIFTEENTH CONGRESS

                             FIRST SESSION

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                        Adopted February 1, 2017




                     COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY

                   Michael T. McCaul, Texas, Chairman
Lamar Smith, Texas                   Bennie G. Thompson, Mississippi
Peter T. King, New York              Sheila Jackson Lee, Texas
Mike Rogers, Alabama                 James R. Langevin, Rhode Island
Jeff Duncan, South Carolina          Cedric L. Richmond, Louisiana
Tom Marino, Pennsylvania             William R. Keating, Massachusetts
Lou Barletta, Pennsylvania           Donald M. Payne, Jr., New Jersey
Scott Perry, Pennsylvania            Filemon Vela, Texas
John Katko, New York                 Bonnie Watson Coleman, New Jersey
Will Hurd, Texas                     Kathleen M. Rice, New York
Martha McSally, Arizona              J. Luis Correa, California
John Ratcliffe, Texas                Val Butler Demings, Florida
Daniel M. Donovan, Jr., New York     Nanette Diaz Barragan, California
Mike Gallagher, Wisconsin
Clay Higgins, Louisiana
John H. Rutherford, Florida
Thomas A. Garrett, Jr., Virginia
Brian K. Fitzpatrick, Pennsylvania


                   Brendan P. Shields, Staff Director
                    Joan V. O'Hara, General Counsel
                    Michael S. Twinchek, Chief Clerk
                  Hope Goins, Minority Staff Director

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              Rules of the Committee on Homeland Security

Rule I.--General Provisions......................................     1
Rule II.--Subcommittees..........................................     1
Rule III.--Special Committee Panels..............................     2
Rule IV.--Regular Meetings.......................................     2
Rule V.--Notice and Publication..................................     3
Rule VI.--Open Meetings and Hearings; Broadcasting...............     4
Rule VII.--Procedures for Meetings and Hearings..................     4
Rule VIII.--Witnesses............................................     5
Rule IX.--Quorum.................................................     6
Rule X.--Decorum.................................................     7
Rule XI.--Referrals to Subcommittees.............................     7
Rule XII.--Subponeas; Counsel....................................     7
Rule XIII.--Committee Staff......................................     8
Rule XIV.--Classified and Controlled Unclassified Information....     9
Rule XV.--Committee Records......................................    10
Rule XVI.--Committee Rules.......................................    11

                               Appendices

Committee Policies
    Security Access and Control Policy...........................    15
    Travel Policy and Guidelines for Committee Members and 
      Committee Staff............................................    25

Applicable Provisions of House Rules
    Rule VII--Records of the House...............................    33
    Rule X--Organization of Committees...........................    34
    Rule XI--Procedures of Committees and Unfinished Business....    41
    Rule XII--Receipt and Referral of Measures and Matters.......    47
    Rule XIII--Calendars and Committee Reports...................    48
    Rule XVII--Decorum and Debate................................    52
    Rule XXI--Restrictions on Certain Bills......................    53
    Rule XXIX--General Provisions................................    56

Jurisdictional History
    Legislative History to Accompany Changes to Rule X
        (109th Congress).........................................    57
    Memorandum of Understanding Between the Committee on 
      Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on 
      Homeland Security
        (110th Congress).........................................    60
    Changes to the Standing Rules--Section-By-Section Anaysis
        (113th Congress).........................................    61
    Memorandum Regarding Authorization of the Department of 
      Homeland Security
        (115th Congress).........................................    62
              
              Rules of the Committee on Homeland Security

                             115th Congress

                        Adopted February 1, 2017

                  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) Conferences.--The Chairman is authorized to offer a motion 
under clause 1 of Rule XXII of the Rules of the House whenever 
the Chairman considers it appropriate.

(E) 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.

(F) Activity Report.--The Committee shall submit a report to 
the House on the activities of the Committee in accordance with 
House rule XI 1(d).

                    RULE II.--SUBCOMMITTEES.

(A) Generally.--The Full Committee shall be organized into the 
following six standing subcommittees and each shall have 
specific responsibility for such measures or matters as the 
Chairman refers to it:
         L(1)  Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and 
        Intelligence;
         L(2)  Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security;
         L(3)  Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and, 
        Infrastructure Protection;
         L(4)  Subcommittee on Oversight and Management 
        Efficiency;
         L(5)  Subcommittee on Transportation and Protective 
        Security; and
         L(6)  Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response 
        and Communications.

(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, consistent with the party ratios established by the 
Majority party, 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.

              RULE III.--SPECIAL COMMITTEE PANELS.

(A) Designation.--The Chairman of the Full Committee may 
designate a special 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) Party Ratios and Appointment.--The chairman of a special 
panel shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Full Committee. 
The Ranking Minority Member of the Full Committee may select a 
ranking minority member for a special panel and may appoint 
additional minority members, consistent with the ratio of the 
full committee. The Chairman and Ranking Minority Member may 
serve as ex officio members.

(C) Duration.--No special panel shall continue in existence for 
more than six months.

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

                  RULE IV.--REGULAR 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 V.--NOTICE AND PUBLICATION.

(A) Notice.--
         L(1)  Hearings.--
          L(a)  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.
          L(b)  However, a hearing may begin sooner than 
        specified in (a) if the Chairman of the Committee, with 
        the concurrence of the Ranking Minority Member, 
        determines that there is good cause to begin such 
        hearing sooner, or if the Committee so determines by 
        majority vote, a quorum being present for the 
        transaction of business. If such a determination is 
        made, the Chairman shall make the announcement required 
        under (a) at the earliest possible date. To the extent 
        practicable, 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.
         L(2)  Meetings.-- The Chair shall announce the date, 
        time, place and subject matter of any meeting, which 
        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.
          L(a)  At least 48 hours prior to the commencement of 
        a meeting for the markup of legislation, or at the time 
        of announcement of the meeting, if less than 48 hours 
        under Rule V(A)(2), the text of such legislation to be 
        marked up shall be provided to the Members, made 
        publicly available in electronic form, and posted on 
        the official Committee web site.
          L(b)  Not later than 24 hours after concluding a 
        meeting to consider legislation, the text of such 
        legislation as ordered forwarded or reported, including 
        any amendments adopted or defeated, shall be made 
        publicly available in electronic form.
         L(3)  Briefings.-- The Chairman shall provide notice 
        of the date, time, place, and subject matter of a 
        Member briefing. To the extent practicable, a Member 
        briefing shall not commence earlier than the third day 
        on which Members have notice thereof.
         L(4)  Publication.--House Rule XI 2(g)(3)(C) is hereby 
        incorporated by reference.

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

(A) Open Meetings.--
         L(1)  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.
         L(2)  The Committee or Subcommittee may meet in 
        executive session for up to five additional consecutive 
        days of hearings if agreed to by the same procedure.

(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 VII.--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 and 
may resume proceedings on a postponed vote at any time after 
reasonable notice to Members by the Clerk or other designee of 
the Chairman. 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) Record.--Members may have 10 business days to submit to the 
Chief Clerk of the Committee their statements for the record, 
and, in the case of a hearing, additional questions for the 
hearing record to be directed towards a witness at the hearing.

                     Rule VIII.--WITNESSES.

(A) Questioning of Witnesses.--
         L(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.
         L(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 who are present 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. To the extent practicable, each Member 
        shall be recognized at least once before any Member is 
        given a second opportunity to question a witness.
         L(3)  The Chairman, in consultation with the Ranking 
        Minority Member, or the Committee by motion, may permit 
        a specified number of Members to question a witness for 
        a period longer than 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.
         L(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.-- House Rule XI 2 (j)(1) is hereby 
incorporated by reference.

(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.--
         L(1)  Consistent with the notice given, and to the 
        greatest extent practicable, 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.
         L(2)  In the case of a witness appearing in a non-
        governmental capacity, a written statement of proposed 
        testimony shall include a curriculum vita and a 
        disclosure of any Federal grants or contracts, or 
        contracts or payments originating with a foreign 
        government, received during the current calendar year 
        or either of the two preceding calendar years by the 
        witness or by an entity represented by the witness and 
        related to the subject matter of the hearing. Such 
        disclosures shall include the amount and source of each 
        Federal grant (or subgrant thereof) or contract (or 
        subcontract thereof) related to the subject matter of 
        the hearing, and the amount and country of origin of 
        any payment or contract related to the subject matter 
        jurisdiction of the hearing originating with a foreign 
        government. Such statements, with the appropriate 
        redactions to protect the privacy or security of the 
        witness, shall be made publicly available in electronic 
        form not later than one day after the witness appears.

                       RULE IX.--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) any other action for which 
an actual majority quorum is required by any rule of the House 
of Representatives or by law. The Chairman's staff shall 
consult with the Ranking Minority Member's staff when 
scheduling meetings and hearings, to ensure that a quorum for 
any purpose will include at least one Minority Member of the 
Committee.

                       RULE X.--DECORUM.

(A) Breaches of Decorum.--The Chairman may punish breaches of 
order and decorum, by censure and exclusion from a hearing or 
meeting 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 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; COUNSEL.

(A) Authorization.-- The power to authorize and issue subpoenas 
is delegated to the Chairman of the Full Committee, as provided 
for under clause 2(m)(3)(A)(i) of Rule XI of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives. The Chairman shall notify the Ranking 
Minority Member prior to issuing any subpoena under such 
authority. To the extent practicable, the Chairman shall 
consult with the Ranking Minority Member at least 24 hours in 
advance of a subpoena being issued under such authority, 
excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal holidays. 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) Counsel.--When representing a witness or entity before the 
Committee in response to a document request, request for 
transcribed interview, or subpoena from the Committee, or in 
connection with testimony before the Committee at a hearing, 
counsel for the witness or entity must promptly submit to the 
Committee a notice of appearance specifying the following: (a) 
counsel's name, firm or organization, and contact information; 
and (b) each client represented by the counsel in connection 
with the proceeding. Submission of a notice of appearance 
constitutes acknowledgement that counsel is authorized to 
accept service of process by the Committee on behalf of such 
client(s), and that counsel is bound by and agrees to comply 
with all applicable House and Committee rules and regulations.

                  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, supervise, where applicable 
determine remuneration of, and may remove Majority staff. The 
Ranking Minority Member shall appoint, supervise, where 
applicable determine remuneration of, and may remove Minority 
staff. In consultation with the Ranking Minority Member, the 
Chairman may appoint, supervise, determine remuneration of 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.--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 except for purposes 
of obtaining an official classification of such testimony. 
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 XV.--COMMITTEE RECORDS.

(A) Committee Records.-- House Rule XI 2(e) is hereby 
incorporated by reference.

(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 authorized by the 
Committee, a majority being present. Such information may be 
made available to appropriate government personnel for purposes 
of classification. 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 XVI.--COMMITTEE RULES.

(A) Availability of Committee Rules in Electronic Form.--House 
Rule XI 2(a) is hereby incorporated by reference.

(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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                   Security and Access Control Policy

                             115th Congress

                        Signed February 1, 2017

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    In accordance with Executive Order 12958 (Classified 
National Security Information) and Rule XIV of the Committee on 
Homeland Security (``Committee''), the following Security and 
Access Control Policy is established. It shall apply to Members 
of Congress, as well as all Majority and Minority staff 
members, interagency detailees, fellows, and interns 
(collectively ``Committee personnel''). It is effective from 
the time of this writing through the end of the 115th Congress.

            SECTION 1. COMMITTEE SECURITY DIRECTOR.

                             SUBSECTION A.

    The Committee will designate a staff member to serve as the 
Committee's nonpartisan Security Director. The Security 
Director, appointed by the Chairman with notification to the 
Ranking Minority Member, shall serve as the principle security 
liaison for the Committee with the National Intelligence 
Council, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, 
and other members of the Intelligence Community. The Committee 
Security Director shall be the Committee's Classified Material 
Control Officer (CMCO), and be responsible for ensuring that 
any Committee staff member with a security clearance is briefed 
on the contents of this policy.

                SUBSECTION B. PRINCIPLES OF FAIR ACCESS.

    (1)  LThe Security Director, and those acting in such a 
        capacity, shall carry out his/her duties in a fair and 
        nonpartisan manner, providing the same consideration 
        and right of access to classified Committee holdings to 
        Members of the Committee and Committee staff from both 
        the Majority and Minority parties.
    (2  LThe Security Director shall establish a list of shared 
        security spaces and resources that will be available to 
        all appropriately cleared Committee staff provided 
        that:
      (a)  LSuch shared security spaces shall not include 
        spaces specifically designated as Majority staff 
        spaces;
      (b)  LThe Security Director develops an electronic 
        calendar to schedule shared security spaces on a first 
        come, first served basis (except that priority will be 
        given to the Chairman, then Ranking Member, and then 
        Committee Members based on seniority in the House);
      (c)  LSuch shared security resources shall include access 
        to secure telephone equipment and CAPNET; and
      (d)  LSuch shared security resources shall include access 
        to classified Committee holdings provided an adequate 
        mechanism for tracking access is established.
    (3)  LThe Majority and Minority staff directors shall each 
        designate one alternate CMCO who shall liaise with the 
        Security Director for all clearance and security 
        matters, and who shall be equally responsible for 
        maintaining and auditing the classified material 
        inventory. Such an audit shall be conducted at least 
        bi-annually, with interim periodic inventory checks.
    (4)  LUnescorted access to shared security spaces and 
        resources may only be provided to appropriately cleared 
        staff with a Top Secret clearance who are authorized 
        access to Sensitive Compartmented Information.

                             SUBSECTION C.

    The Committee Security Director shall be the principle 
liaison with the Capitol Police, in coordination with the 
Majority Staff Director, and coordinate security requests for 
classified hearings, briefings, meetings, and travel for the 
Members. In addition, the Security Director shall serve as the 
point of contact regarding threats to Committee Members or 
witnesses, as appropriate, while Committee business is 
occurring, in coordination with the Majority Staff Director 
and, in matters related to a Minority Member, in coordination 
with the Minority Staff Director.

                             SUBSECTION D.

    The Security Director shall provide properly justified 
requests for security clearances to the Sergeant at Arms of the 
House of Representatives, and track the completion of security 
clearances for Committee staff. The Security Director shall 
serve as the point-of-contact for the Sergeant at Arms on all 
security and clearance matters for the Committee.

                             SUBSECTION E.

    The Security Director shall be responsible for receiving, 
inventorying, distributing, tracking, archiving, and destroying 
the Committee's classified holdings, in accordance with 
Department of Defense (DoD) and Central Intelligence Agency 
(CIA) procedures. Responsibilities also include Sensitive 
Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) access controls, 
clearance processing for meetings on and outside Capitol Hill, 
and clearance request processing and tracking.

                             SUBSECTION F.

    The Security Director or his designee shall be available 
from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on days when the House is in 
session, and 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on business days when the 
House is not in session, to receive classified materials. If 
the Security Director or the Chief Clerk is unavailable to 
receive classified materials, a designated alternate identified 
by the Majority Staff Director, with notification to the 
Minority Staff Director, shall be available to receive, log, 
and securely store the materials in the SCIF in either House 
Visitor Center 302 (HVC 302) or H2-176 Ford House Office 
Building (Ford H2-l76).

                             SUBSECTION G.

    The Security Director shall be responsible for the 
enforcement of this Security and Access Control Policy. The 
Security Director is responsible for conducting investigations 
into the mishandling of classified or sensitive materials, 
violations of the Security and Access Control Policy, or any 
other breach of security in cooperation with the Sergeant at 
Arms or other relevant authorities. In this capacity, the 
Security Director shall report to the Chairman any violations 
of the policy, as well as Committee and House Rules relating to 
the protection of classified information.

                             SUBSECTION H.

    The Security Director shall arrange for all staff with 
clearances to receive a yearly mandatory training session on 
the proper use, storage, handling, and destruction of 
classified and sensitive materials, as required by the House 
Sergeant at Arms' Security Awareness Education and Awareness 
Training program.

         SECTION 2. ACCESS TO SECURE COMMITTEE SPACES.

                             SUBSECTION A.

    (1)  LCurrently, the HVC and Ford SCIFs are the only 
        Committee office areas designated as secure for the 
        purpose of processing, storing, discussing, 
        transmitting, reproducing or disposing of classified 
        information for the normal course of day-to-day 
        Committee business.
    (2)  LAny such processing, storing, discussing, 
        transmitting, reproducing or disposing of classified 
        information in the common areas of Committee offices or 
        otherwise outside a SClF or properly secured area is 
        prohibited, except that a) classified information may, 
        as deemed appropriate, be displayed, disseminated, and 
        discussed in a Committee hearing room during closed 
        session pursuant to House Rule Xl, clause 2(g) and 
        Committee Rule VI(A) following a security sweep of the 
        premises, and b) certain classified materials may, as 
        appropriate, be reviewed and discussed in an 
        appropriately secured area or on a secure phone that 
        has been approved and provided by the Sergeant at Arms. 
        Under no circumstances, however, should staff or 
        Members discuss classified information over unsecured 
        telephones, in public conveyances or places, or in any 
        other manner that permits interception by unauthorized 
        persons.
    (3)  LThis policy applies to documents, materials, and 
        information provided to the Committee by Congressional 
        or Executive Branch entities or generated by the 
        Committee in the course of its activities that bear a 
        classification of Confidential, Secret, or Top Secret, 
        including all codeword and special access classified 
        information.
    (4)  LElectronic communication devices (including but not 
        limited to BlackBerries, cellular phones, PDAs and/or 
        pagers) cannot be taken into any designated SCIF. The 
        Security Director will make arrangements for the proper 
        safekeeping of such devices outside the meeting room.

                             SUBSECTION B.

    The Security Director will arrange for the House 
identification cards of the Majority Staff Director, the Chief 
Clerk, the Counterterrorism and Intelligence Subcommittee 
Majority Staff Director, and other staff designated by the 
Chairman, to unlock and access shared security spaces. All 
other Committee staff shall arrange access with the Security 
Director. Access to the shared security spaces will include the 
ability to access and use the equipment, technology, and 
resources (e.g., designated safe(s), STE(s), and classified 
computer(s)) located in the SClF. Any additional Committee 
staff SCIF ID access requests must be approved by the Chairman. 
These individuals will also be provided individual access to 
the Committee's classified computer system for the creation and 
storage of classified Committee documents. The Chairman shall 
designate separate workspace for use by the Majority and 
Minority staff during regular Committee business hours.

                             SUBSECTION C.

    The Security Director shall be provided as much advance 
notice as possible of any classified briefings or meetings 
scheduled to occur in HVC 302 or Ford H2-176. To the maximum 
extent practicable, the Security Director shall be given a 
list, at least 24 hours in advance, of all briefers, non-
Committee Members, staff, detailees, and fellows attending a 
briefing in either the HVC or Ford SClF.

                             SUBSECTION D.

    In the event of an emergency after regular business hours, 
Members and staff may access the HVC or Ford SCIF through the 
Security Director or an appropriate alternate (as outlined in 
section 5).

  SECTION 3. PERSONS ELIGIBLE TO ACCESS CLASSIFIED COMMITTEE 
                           HOLDINGS.

                             SUBSECTION A.

    Access to classified Committee holdings are generally 
limited to Committee Members and staff with appropriate 
security clearances and a ``need-to know,'' as determined by 
the Chairman and Ranking Member and under the direction of the 
Majority and Minority Staff Directors or their designees. 
Before a Member or Committee staff member may have access to 
classified information, they must sign the Oath for Access to 
Classified information (copy attached) in accordance with 
Committee Rule XV and Clause 13 of House Rule XXIII.

                             SUBSECTION B.

    Non-Committee Members having a ``need to know,'' as 
determined by the Chairman, as provided in Clause 2(e)(2)(B) of 
House Rule XI, may access Committee holdings only if they have 
complied with Clause 13 of House Rule XXIII. The Chairman, in 
consultation with the Ranking Member, may place additional 
restrictions on non-Committee Member access to the Committee's 
classified Committee holdings as appropriate and necessary.

SECTION 4. REQUESTS FOR CLASSIFIED MATERIALS TO BE DELIVERED TO 
                         THE COMMITTEE.

                             SUBSECTION A.

    The Security Director shall be responsible for processing 
and logging all requests to other agencies or branches of the 
U.S. Government for classified material to be delivered to the 
Committee. Only the Security Director is authorized to process 
official, written requests for classified material to be 
delivered to the Committee.

                             SUBSECTION B.

    Only the Security Director and designated alternates shall 
be authorized to accept classified holdings delivered to the 
Committee. In the event a staff member inadvertently receives 
or opens an envelope containing classified material, the 
individual will not open the inner, marked envelope but shall 
immediately report the receipt of the envelope to the Committee 
Security Director and await instructions.

                             SUBSECTION C.

    When Committee Members or staff request written, classified 
material from an agency in the normal course of Committee 
business, that person shall notify the Security Director 
immediately of the request. If the material requested is of an 
urgent nature, the Member or staff member shall notify the 
Security Director of that fact. For all materials that are 
deemed urgent, the Security Director shall provide notice to 
the requesting Member or staff member and the appropriate Staff 
Director upon receipt of the materials. Notification for all 
other materials delivered to the Committee shall be handled in 
accordance with Section 6, Subsection E.

     SECTION 5. REQUESTS FOR REVIEW OF CLASSIFIED HOLDINGS.

                             SUBSECTION A.

    All efforts to accommodate requests for review of 
classified Committee holdings in the HVC or Ford SCIF will be 
made during business hours (9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. weekdays, 
excluding holidays). If after-hours access is necessary, the 
relevant staff member shall notify the Security Director and 
appropriate Staff Director in a timely manner to arrange for 
authorized personnel to be present, in accordance with Section 
7 below. If the Security Director is not available to 
accommodate a request, whether during business hours or after-
hours, Section 7 below shall govern.

                             SUBSECTION B.

    Committee Members directly seeking to review classified 
Committee holdings shall contact the Security Director and 
identify the specific Committee holdings requested for review. 
Committee Member requests shall be treated as a priority and 
all reasonable requests shall be accommodated, as allowed by 
law, Executive Order, and the rules and policies of the House 
and the Committee. In order to access a specific holding, 
Committee Members must sign a Committee on Homeland Security 
Signature Record (copy attached). The Security Director will 
maintain the signed Committee on Homeland Security Signature 
Record.

                             SUBSECTION C.

    Non-Committee Members directly seeking to review classified 
Committee holdings should contact the Security Director and 
appropriate Staff Director and identify the specific Committee 
holdings requested for review. Such requests may be 
accommodated, so long as they do not interfere with requests 
from Committee Members, and the non-Committee Member's ``need 
to know'' is determined by the Chairman. In order to access a 
specific holding, non-Committee Members must sign a Committee 
on Homeland Security Signature Record, identifying the material 
and the time of arrival and departure of Members requesting 
access to classified information. The Security Director or a 
designated appropriately cleared Committee staff member will be 
present while a non-Committee Member reviews classified 
information. The Security Director will maintain the signed 
Committee on Homeland Security Signature Record.

                             SUBSECTION D.

    (1)  LAll Committee staff members will inform the Security 
        Director in a timely fashion and provide a brief 
        explanation of his/her ``need-to-know'' and the 
        authorization of the appropriate Staff Director when 
        requesting specific Committee holdings.
    (2)  LIf a Committee staff member is searching for holdings 
        on a specific subject area, the Security Director will 
        be responsible for promptly informing such staff member 
        of all the relevant holdings in the Committee's 
        possession.
    (3)  LGeneral requests from Committee staff members to 
        browse the classified inventory holdings will not be 
        granted, though the Majority and Minority Staff 
        Directors may designate a specific individual on each 
        of their respective staffs to periodically review the 
        inventory list in furtherance of official Committee 
        business.
    (4)  LAll Committee staff members accessing a classified 
        document in the Committee's inventory are required to 
        sign the Committee on Homeland Security Signature 
        Record. The Security Director will maintain the signed 
        Committee on Homeland Security Signature Record.

                             SUBSECTION E.

    The Security Director will keep all requests for access to 
specific classified material confidential and not share any 
requests with any other Committee Members or staff, except 
where it is necessary for the Security Director to consult with 
relevant Staff Directors or designees to resolve any concerns 
with the request.

      SECTION 6. REVIEW OF CLASSIFIED COMMITTEE HOLDINGS.

                             SUBSECTION A.

    (1)  LIt is expected that the storage, production, 
        reproduction, discussion, or review of classified 
        Committee holdings will primarily occur in the 
        Committee's HVC and, occasionally, Ford SClF. Any such 
        storage, production, reproduction, discussion, or 
        review of classified information in the common areas of 
        Committee offices or otherwise outside a SCIF or 
        properly secured area is prohibited, except that a) 
        classified information may, as deemed appropriate, be 
        displayed, disseminated, and discussed in a Committee 
        hearing room during closed session pursuant to House 
        Rule XI(2)(g) and Committee Rule VI, following a 
        security sweep of the premises; and b) certain 
        classified materials may, as appropriate, be reviewed 
        and discussed in an appropriately secured area or on a 
        secure phone that has been approved by the Sergeant at 
        Arms. Under no circumstances, however, should Members 
        or staff discuss classified information over unsecured 
        telephones, in public conveyances or places, or in any 
        other manner that permits interception by unauthorized 
        persons.
    (2)  LIn any event, no classified Committee document will 
        be removed from the inventory without the prior 
        approval of the Security Director, in consultation with 
        the Majority Staff Director. Proper handling procedures 
        must be demonstrated and chain of custody established 
        prior to releasing such documents. It is understood 
        that if classified Committee holdings are approved for 
        removal from the HVC or Ford SCIF, the rooms where the 
        classified material is reviewed or discussed shall be 
        secured to the extent necessary to accommodate the 
        classification level of the most sensitive material 
        being handled.
    (3)  LThis policy applies to documents, material, and 
        information provided to the Committee by Congressional 
        or Executive Branch entities that bear a classification 
        of Confidential, Secret or Top Secret, including all 
        codeword and special access classified information.

                             SUBSECTION B.

    If documents are improperly removed from the SCIF, the 
Security Director and the Majority Staff Director shall be 
notified immediately or upon realization of such a removal. If 
the matter involves the removal of documents by a Minority 
Member or Minority staff member, the Minority Staff Director 
shall also be notified.

                             SUBSECTION C.

    No reproduction or recordings may be made of any portion of 
the classified information reviewed by Members or staff. Any 
notes containing classified information must be maintained by 
the Security Director within either the HVC or Ford SCIF.

                             SUBSECTION D.

    Classified documents newly created within either the HVC or 
Ford SCIF or during closed session pursuant to House Rule 
XI(2)(g) and Committee Rule VI shall be marked according to the 
highest level of classification contained in the documents or 
testimony from which they originated. They are to be designated 
Committee holdings and must be treated as such in accordance 
with Committee rules. The Security Director, in coordination 
with the Majority and Minority Staff Directors, will be the 
only staff member to classify such documents, and shall do so 
with the approval of the Chairman.

                             SUBSECTION E.

    The Security Director shall send a daily, unclassified 
notice of newly arrived documents to the Majority and Minority 
Staff Directors and their designees. As appropriate, the 
Security Director shall also notify the relevant Staff 
Director(s) if specific Committee staff requested such 
documents. In addition, the Majority and Minority Staff 
Directors shall assign an individual from their respective 
offices to review the Committee's inventory with the Security 
Director every December.

    SECTION 7. PROCEDURES FOR WHEN THE SECURITY DIRECTOR IS 
                 UNAVAILABLE/OUT OF THE OFFICE.

                             SUBSECTION A.

    If an appropriately-cleared staff member has contacted the 
Security Director and the Security Director is out of the 
office or unavailable to provide access to the specific 
holdings in a reasonable timeframe, then the requesting staff 
member may inform the Majority or Minority Staff Director of 
his or her need to know and then request from the Majority 
Staff Director timely access to the specific holdings.

                             SUBSECTION B.

    If approved, the staff member shall be accompanied by a 
staff member designated by the Majority Staff Director, who 
shall provide access to the HVC or Ford SCIF and the classified 
holding in question. Only the specified classified holding may 
be reviewed by the requesting staff member.

                             SUBSECTION C.

    The reviewing staff member shall be required to complete, 
and the accompanying staff member to sign, a Committee on 
Homeland Security Signature Record, identifying the material 
and the time of arrival and departure of the reviewing staff 
member and attesting that the Committee's security and access 
control policy was adhered to during the access and review of 
the holding. Such form shall be maintained with the material 
reviewed.

  SECTION 8. PROCEDURES FOR CLASSIFIED HEARINGS AND BRIEFINGS.

                             SUBSECTION A.

    Classified hearings and briefings shall be limited to 
Committee Members and Committee staff members with appropriate 
security clearance and a need-to-know, as determined by the 
Chairman (and also by the Ranking Minority Member regarding 
Minority Members and staff) and under the direction of the 
Majority and Minority Staff Directors. If appropriate and 
necessary, the Chairman, in consultation with the Ranking 
Minority Member, may agree to make exceptions on a case-by-case 
basis to allow attendance by appropriately cleared non-
Committee Members and staff with a need-to-know. All such 
individuals approved for this exception must be in compliance 
with all Committee and House rules regarding access to 
classified information.

                             SUBSECTION B.

    Requests by Committee staff to attend classified hearings 
or briefings held in secure areas of other committees will also 
be governed by the security procedures of the relevant 
committee. To the extent practicable, requests for access to 
such meetings will be made no later than close of business the 
day before the event.

                             SUBSECTION C.

    If Committee staff organize a classified briefing, meeting, 
or hearing for a space outside of the Committee's offices, he/
she shall notify the Security Director. The Security Director 
shall be responsible for ensuring that clearances are passed 
for such classified briefing or hearing.

                             SUBSECTION D.

    No classified material provided at a hearing, briefing, or 
meeting may be removed from the meeting room, except as 
provided in Subsection E of this Section.

                             SUBSECTION E.

    Any classified notes made by a Member or staff during a 
classified hearing, briefing, or meeting must be provided to 
the Security Director for secure storage or proper disposal. If 
such classified hearing, briefing, or meeting occurs in a 
secure setting outside the Committee's offices, notes and 
materials may be transported in an appropriate secure manner to 
the Committee offices for secure storage or proper disposal by 
the Security Director. For each such hearing, briefing, and 
meeting, the Security Director shall designate an appropriately 
cleared staff member to handle the transportation of such 
materials to the Security Director.

    SECTION 9. COMMITTEE STAFF CLEARANCES--ELIGIBILITY AND 
                          PROCESSING.

                             SUBSECTION A.

    It is expected that all Committee staff shall apply for a 
security clearance, the type of which shall be determined by 
the Majority and Minority Staff Directors, respectively for 
their offices. Exceptions may be determined necessary or 
appropriate by the Majority and Minority Staff Directors.

                             SUBSECTION B.

    The Security Director, upon being notified by the Majority 
or Minority Staff Director that a Committee staff member is in 
need of a clearance, shall promptly facilitate the application 
and processing of that staff member's clearance. The Security 
Director shall keep the staff member informed throughout the 
clearance process. Staff whose primary responsibilities include 
press or media communications shall not be given access to 
Sensitive Compartmented Information.

                             SUBSECTION C.

    On at least a monthly basis, the Security Director shall 
notify the Majority and Minority Staff Directors of the status 
of the security clearance reviews for their respective 
Committee personnel.

   SECTION 10. COMMUNICATIONS AND DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT.

    Committee owned equipment including laptops, computers, and 
telecommunications equipment, may not be taken on travel 
outside the United States or its territories. The Majority and 
Minority staffs of the Committee may keep a separate inventory 
of laptops, computers and telecommunications equipment for such 
purpose. Any exceptions to this policy must be approved by the 
Majority Staff Director in coordination with the Security 
Director. If any personally owned equipment is taken abroad, 
upon return to the United States, it may never again be 
connected to Committee owned equipment. Also it is strongly 
recommended that staff do not take Committee owned equipment 
into foreign embassies.

             SECTION 11. VIOLATIONS OF THE POLICY.

    The Chairman shall immediately consider disciplinary action 
in the event any Committee Member or staff member fails to 
conform to this policy. Such disciplinary action may include, 
but shall not be limited to, immediate dismissal from the 
Committee staff, notification of the Speaker of the House, or 
criminal referral to the Department of Justice. With respect to 
a Minority staff member, the Chairman shall consider such 
disciplinary action in consultation with the Ranking Member.

   Travel Policy & Guidelines for Committee Members & Committee Staff

                             115th Congress

                        Signed February 1, 2017

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    In accordance with House and Committee Rules, the Committee 
on Homeland Security establishes the following travel policy. 
The travel policy shall apply to Committee on Homeland Security 
Members, as well as all Majority and Minority staff members, 
interagency detailees, and fellows (collectively ``Committee 
staff ''). The policy shall be effective from the time of its 
adoption by the Chairman and Ranking Member through the end of 
the 115th Congress.

SECTION 1. COMMITTEE MEMBER AND COMMITTEE STAFF REQUEST FOR THE 
      COMMITTEE PAID DOMESTIC TRAVEL AND ASSOCIATED COSTS

                  SUBSECTION A. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.

    (1)  LConsistent 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 by any Committee Member and/or 
        Committee staff shall be paid only upon the prior 
        written authorization of the Chairman.
    (2)  LTravel may be authorized by the Chairman for any 
        Committee Member and/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 and/or subject 
        matter under the general jurisdiction of the Committee.
    (3)  LAll travel shall be bi-partisan and led by a Majority 
        Member or Majority Committee staff. Priority shall be 
        given to Committee Members to participate in all 
        Committee-led travel, except where the Chairman 
        determines that participation by members of other 
        Committees should be prioritized, on a case-by-case 
        basis, in furtherance of the Committees oversight 
        activities. At the discretion of the Chair, these 
        requirements may be waived.

           SUBSECTION B. REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION TO TRAVEL.

    (1)  LAll Majority Members and/or Committee staff seeking 
        approval for travel by the Chairman shall submit the 
        request in writing to the Majority Staff Director with 
        the following information:
      (a)  Lthe purpose of the travel and its nexus to official 
        Committee business;
      (b)  Lthe beginning/end of travel dates and date(s) of 
        the event for which the travel is being made;
      (c)  Lthe location of the event for which the travel is 
        to be made;
      (d)  Lthe names of Committee Members and/or Committee 
        staff seeking authorization;
      (e)  Lcosts associated with travel (e.g.: commercial 
        transportation, rental car, per diem rate http://
        www.gsa.gov/portal/category/21287, conference or other 
        fees associated with travel);
      (f)  Litinerary or agenda attached with travel request; 
        and
      (g)  Lthe Chairman's determination that such travel 
        complies with the other requirements of Committee Rule 
        XIV(A)(1).
    (2)  LIn the case of proposed travel by Minority Members 
        and/or Minority Committee staff, the Ranking Member 
        shall provide to the Chairman a written representation 
        setting forth the following:
      (a)  Lthe purpose of the travel and its nexus to official 
        Committee business;
      (b)  Lthe beginning/end of travel dates and date(s) of 
        the event for which the travel is being made;
      (c)  Lthe location of the event for which the travel is 
        to be made;
      (d)  Lthe names of Minority Committee Members and/or 
        Minority Committee staff seeking authorization;
      (e)  Lcosts associated with travel (e.g.: commercial 
        transportation, rental car, per diem rate http://
        www.gsa.gov/portal/category/21287, conference or other 
        fees associated with travel);
      (f)  Litinerary or agenda attached with travel request; 
        and
      (g)  Lthe Ranking Member's determination that such travel 
        complies with the other requirements of Committee Rule 
        XIV(A)(2).

                 SUBSECTION C. AUTHORIZATION TO TRAVEL.

    Upon receiving written requests for Committee travel, the 
Chairman shall determine if the travel purpose(s) is within the 
jurisdiction of the Committee; how the travel will further the 
official business of the Committee and its Members and/or 
staff; whether the travel is occurring while the House is in/
out of session; that expenses are not excessive for the 
proposed Committee travel; and unless an exception is made in 
consultation with the Ranking Member, as appropriate, is bi-
partisan. The Chairman will only approve travel that has met 
the above requirements. Requests made by the Minority must have 
the approval of the Ranking Member. The Ranking Member will 
also ensure that the above requirements are met.

               SUBSECTION D. RECEIPTS AND REIMBURSEMENTS.

    (1)  LMembers and Committee staff shall submit all receipts 
        and requests for reimbursement within 30 days of the 
        conclusion of the travel to the Chief Financial 
        Officer. The attached Travel Reimbursement Form shall 
        be used to request reimbursements. This form is also 
        found on the Committee's ``S'' Drive and ``T'' Drive.
    (2)  LReimbursements will only be allowed for those 
        expenses that the House has deemed acceptable for 
        reimbursement. Unless authorized by the Chairman, in 
        consultation with the Ranking Member, as appropriate, 
        Members and Committee staff will not receive 
        reimbursement for actual expenses exceeding the 
        published General Services Administration (GSA) Federal 
        per diem rates for the relevant year.
    (3)  LAny Member or Committee staff not submitting their 
        receipts in a timely manner may be denied by the 
        Chairman, in consultation with the Ranking Member, as 
        appropriate, from receiving a reimbursement. In 
        egregious circumstances, the Chairman may refuse to 
        grant any future requests for travel from a Member or 
        Committee staff violating this policy.

                      SUBSECTION E. STAFF SUPPORT.

    Staff support for Committee travel, in accordance with 
House Rules, will be provided by Committee staff only. No 
Committee funds will be authorized or used for travel by non-
Committee staff. However, a Member with a medical condition 
requiring non-Committee staff support may work with the Chief 
Administrative Office and the Committee on House Administration 
to ensure that the Member receives adequate medical staff 
assistance while on travel with the Committee.

 SUBSECTION F. COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE TRAVEL GUIDELINES AND REGULATIONS.

    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.

            SECTION 2. COMMITTEE-LED FOREIGN TRAVEL

                         SUBSECTION A. GENERAL.

    Members interested in specific foreign travel to be taken 
by the Committee as part of its official business should submit 
a request in writing to the Chairman or, in the case of 
Minority Members, the Ranking Member, and their respective 
Staff Directors. All foreign travel must be bi-partisan and led 
by a Majority Member. Priority shall be given to Committee 
Members to participate in all Committee-led travel, except 
where the Chairman determines that participation by members of 
other Committees should be prioritized, on a case-by-case 
basis, in furtherance of the Committees oversight activities.

                SUBSECTION B. REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION.

    (1)  LAll Committee Member and/or Committee staff requests 
        for Committee-led foreign travel must be submitted in 
        writing to the Chairman, through the Majority Staff 
        Director of the Committee, and, to the greatest extent 
        practicable, to the Ranking Minority Member not less 
        than 20 business days, but, absent extenuating 
        circumstances, not less than 10 business days in any 
        case, prior to the proposed start of the travel. Such a 
        request must include:
      (a)  LAn itinerary of the proposed travel (including all 
        cities and countries by date);
      (b)  LA description of the purpose of the trip and its 
        relationship to the Committee's work;
      (c)  LIf commercial travel is contemplated, the estimated 
        cost of airline tickets, the carriers to be used, and 
        the class of service;
      (d)  LConfirmation that the trip is not occurring while 
        the House is in session and will not interfere with a 
        Member's representational duties;
      (e)  LThe name of the Majority Member leading the trip, 
        names of Members and Committee staff seeking 
        authorization; and
      (f)  LWhether authorization for the spouses or adult 
        children of Members to travel is requested for protocol 
        purposes.
    (2)  LIf the foreign travel under this section is requested 
        by a Minority Member, the request must be submitted to 
        and approved by the Ranking Member, prior to submission 
        of the request to the Chairman.
    (3)  LIf the Chairman has authorized the request of foreign 
        travel, the Department of State is responsible for all 
        costs associated with the authorized travel. Any 
        requests for the Committee to pay for foreign travel 
        will be denied.
    (4)  LThe Chairman will authorize actual expenses for 
        lodging. Requests for additional excess per diem will 
        be denied, unless the State Department advises the 
        Chairman it necessary for a particular country.

               SUBSECTION C. AUTHORIZATION AND APPROVAL.

    (1)  LThe Chairman may only approve foreign travel requests 
        that satisfy the requirements in Subsection B above; 
        however, the requirements may be waived or abridged by 
        the Chairman. If, however, the Chairman determines that 
        the travel is excessive in cost in view of the 
        Committee business proposed to be conducted, interferes 
        with the Committee's schedule, or otherwise is not 
        conducive to Committee business, travel will be denied.
    (2)  LAll Committee-led travel must comply with the Fly 
        America Act, which requires that U.S. flag carriers be 
        used for official travel involving trans-oceanic 
        flights.

SUBSECTION D. APPROVAL OF SPOUSES, ADULT CHILDREN, AND NON-RELATIVES TO 
                     TRAVEL WITH COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

    The Chairman may only authorize foreign travel for Members 
and staff of the Committee and, when necessary for protocol 
purposes, spouses of Members. If a Member of the Committee does 
not have a spouse, an adult child of the Member may be 
authorized to travel for protocol purposes only. Authorization 
for an adult who is not the spouse or adult child of a 
Committee Member to travel with a Member for protocol purposes 
may only be approved by the Speaker. Any non-Member traveling 
for protocol purposes will be responsible for all expenses 
incurred (including airfare).

         SUBSECTION E. STAFF SUPPORT AND COVERAGE OF EXPENSES.

    Staff support for Committee travel, in accordance with 
House Rules, will be provided by Committee staff only. No 
Committee funds will be authorized or used for any expenses 
related to foreign travel. However, a Member with a medical 
condition requiring non-Committee staff support may work with 
the Chief Administrative Office and the Committee on House 
Administration to ensure that the Member receives adequate 
medical staff assistance.

 SUBSECTION F. COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE TRAVEL GUIDELINES AND REGULATIONS.

    All Members are reminded that travel must be in accordance 
with House Rules, the Travel Guidelines and Regulations, as 
well as any additional guidance, as set forth by the Committee 
on Ethics and the Committee on House Administration. In 
addition, Members seeking authorization for foreign travel are 
expected to have reviewed the Official Travel Guide for the 
U.S. Congress published by the U.S. Department of State. It is 
expected that Members are familiar with these rules, 
guidelines, and regulations and will follow them in requesting 
and proceeding with any Committee-related travel.

          SUBSECTION G. USE OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AIRCRAFT.

    The availability of Department of Defense aircraft to 
support Congressional foreign travel is extremely limited. The 
Chairman shall have the authority to determine which Committee 
travel requests by Members merit military air support requests. 
The Chairman will also submit a request to the Speaker's Office 
to obtain approval on the use of Military Support.

                   SUBSECTION H. AFTER-ACTION REPORT.

    (1)  LWithin 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.
    (2)  LIn accordance with House Rule X.8.(b)(3), each Member 
        shall submit within 10 business days following the 
        foreign travel to the Chairman an itemized report 
        showing for each country: 1) the dates visited; 2) the 
        amount of per diem received; 3) the cost of 
        transportation furnished; 4) funds expended for any 
        other official purpose; and 5) a summary for each of 
        these categories the total U.S. or foreign currencies 
        or appropriated funds expended.
    Each report shall be filed with the Chairman not later than 
10 days following the completion of travel for use in complying 
with reporting requirements in applicable Federal law and shall 
be open for public inspection. The Chairman may refuse to grant 
any future requests for travel from a Member or Committee staff 
violating this policy.

               SUBSECTION I. RECEIPTS AND REIMBURSEMENTS.

    The use of Committee funds shall not be approved for any 
foreign travel expenses. The Chairman, in consultation with the 
Ranking Member if the travel involves a Minority Member, may, 
however, approve for the Committee to pay for miscellaneous 
expenses related to domestic travel (e.g. parking, cab to 
airport).

  SECTION 3. COMMITTEE MEMBER'S REQUEST FOR THE COMMITTEE TO 
  AUTHORIZE FOREIGN TRAVEL ORGANIZED BY ANOTHER COMMITTEE OR 
                        EXECUTIVE AGENCY

                SUBSECTION A. REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION.

    A Committee Member may request authorization for foreign 
travel organized by another Committee or Executive Agency. A 
written request to the Chairman must be submitted at least 10 
business days in advance stating:
    (1)  Lthe name of the leading Majority Member for the 
        travel;
    (2)  Lthe Committee or Executive Agency organizing the 
        proposed trip;
    (3)  La description of the purpose of the trip and its 
        relationship to the Committee's work; and
    (4)  Lin the case of a Minority Member, verification that 
        the Ranking Member has been consulted regarding the 
        trip and given his approval to submit the request.

                SUBSECTION B. APPROVAL OF AUTHORIZATION.

    After the Chairman authorizes the Member to travel, the 
Chief Financial Officer of the Committee will submit the 
appropriate correspondence to the State Department and the 
Department of Defense (if DOD aircraft will be utilized).
    These letters will then be forwarded to the requesting 
Member.

 SUBSECTION C. USE OF COMMITTEE FUNDS FOR FOREIGN TRAVEL ORGANIZED BY 
                 ANOTHER COMMITTEE OR EXECUTIVE AGENCY.

    The use of Committee funds shall not be approved for 
foreign travel organized by another Committee or Executive 
Agency. The Chairman, in consultation with the Ranking Member 
if the travel involves a Minority Member, may, however, approve 
for the Committee to pay for miscellaneous expenses related to 
domestic travel (e.g. parking, cab to airport).

                   SUBSECTION D. AFTER-ACTION REPORT.

    In accordance with House Rule X.8.(b)(3), each Member shall 
submit to the Chairman an itemized report showing for each 
country: 1) the dates visited; 2) the amount of per diem 
received; 3) the cost of transportation furnished; 4) funds 
expended for any other official purpose; and 5) a summary for 
each of these categories the total U.S. or foreign currencies 
or appropriated funds expended. Each report shall be filed with 
the Chairman not later than 10 days following the completion of 
travel for use in complying with reporting requirements in 
applicable Federal law, including the Foreign Travel Quarterly 
Report, and shall be open for public inspection. The Chairman 
may refuse to grant any future requests for travel from a 
Member or staff member violating this policy.

                  Applicable Provisions of House Rules

                 RULES of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                     ONE HUNDRED FIFTEENTH CONGRESS

                           (January 5, 2017)

                                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.
    L(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.
    L(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.
    L  (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.
    L  (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.
    L(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.
    L(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.
    L(b) The Committee on House Administration may prescribe 
guidelines and regulations governing the applicability and 
implementation of this rule.
    L(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. (a)(a) 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 as 
described in paragraph (b)), including-
    L  (1) 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
    L  (2) 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.
    L(b) Records created, generated, or received by the 
congressional office of a Member, Delegate, or the Resident 
Commissioner in the performance of official duties are 
exclusively the personal property of the individual Member, 
Delegate, or the Resident Commissioner and such Member, 
Delegate, or Resident Commissioner has control over such 
records.

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.
    L(1) Overall homeland security policy.
    L(2) Organization, administration, and general management 
of the Department of Homeland Security.
    L(3) Functions of the Department of Homeland Security 
relating to the following:
    L  (A) Border and port security (except immigration policy 
and non--border enforcement).
    L  (B) Customs (except customs revenue).
    L  (C) Integration, analysis, and dissemination of homeland 
security information.
    L  (D) Domestic preparedness for and collective response to 
terrorism.
    L  (E) Research and development.
    L  (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--
    L(1) its analysis, appraisal, and evaluation of--
    L  (A) the application, administration, execution, and 
effectiveness of Federal laws; and
    L  (B) conditions and circumstances that may indicate the 
necessity or desirability of enacting new or additional 
legislation; and
    L(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--
    L  (A) the application, administration, execution, and 
effectiveness of laws and programs addressing subjects within 
its jurisdiction;
    L  (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;
    L  (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
    L  (D) future research and forecasting on subjects within 
its jurisdiction.
    L(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 (other than the Committee on 
Appropriations, the Committee on Ethics, and the Committee on 
Rules) shall, in a meeting that is open to the public, adopt 
its authorization and oversight plan for that Congress. Such 
plan shall be submitted simultaneously to the Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform, the Committee on House 
Administration, and the Committee on Appropriations.
    L(2) Each such plan shall include, with respect to programs 
and agencies within the committee's jurisdiction, and to the 
maximum extent practicable--
    L  (A) a list of such programs or agencies with lapsed 
authorizations that received funding in the prior fiscal year 
or, in the case of a program or agency with a permanent 
authorization, which has not been subject to a comprehensive 
review by the committee in the prior three Congresses;
    L  (B) a description of each such program or agency to be 
authorized in the current Congress;
    L  (C) a description of each such program or agency to be 
authorized in the next Congress, if applicable;
    L  (D) a description of any oversight to support the 
authorization of each such program or agency in the current 
Congress; and
    L  (E) recommendations for changes to existing law for 
moving such programs or agencies from mandatory funding to 
discretionary appropriations, where appropriate.
    L(3) Each such plan may include, with respect to the 
programs and agencies within the committee's jurisdiction--
    L  (A) recommendations for the consolidation or termination 
of such programs or agencies that are duplicative, unnecessary, 
or inconsistent with the appropriate roles and responsibilities 
of the Federal Government;
    L  (B) recommendations for changes to existing law related 
to Federal rules, regulations, statutes, and court decisions 
affecting such programs and agencies that are inconsistent with 
the authorities of the Congress under Article I of the 
Constitution; and
    L  (C) a description of such other oversight activities as 
the committee may consider necessary.
    L  (4) In the development of such plan, the chair of each 
committee shall coordinate with other committees of 
jurisdiction to ensure that programs and agencies are subject 
to routine, comprehensive authorization efforts.
    L  (5) 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 authorization 
and 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 authorization and 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.
    L  (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.
    L(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--
    L  (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
    L  (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.
    L(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.
    L  (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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    L    (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.
    L(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.
    L  (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.
    L(2)(A) A committee that maintains a subcommittee on 
oversight may have not more than six subcommittees.
    L  (B) The Committee on Appropriations may have not more 
than 13 subcommittees.
    L  (C) The Committee on Armed Services may have not more 
than seven subcommittees.
    L  (D) The Committee on Foreign Affairs may have not more 
than seven subcommittees.
    L  (E) The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform may 
have not more than seven subcommittees.
    L  (F) The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
may have not more than six 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--
    L(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
    L(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--
    L(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
    L(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.
    L  (c) The preceding provisions of this clause do not apply 
to--
    L(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
    L(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.
    L  (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.
    L  (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--
    L(1) each standing and select committee established by 
these rules; and
    L(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--
    L(1) a resolution proposing to reestablish such select 
committee is introduced in the present Congress; and
    L(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.
    L(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.
    L(2) Amounts made available under this clause shall be 
expended in accordance with regulations prescribed by the 
Committee on House Administration.
    L(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:
    L(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.
    L(2) A member or employee shall be reimbursed for the 
expenses of such individual for a day at the lesser of--
    L  (A) the per diem set forth in applicable Federal law; or
    L  (B) the actual, unreimbursed expenses (other than for 
transportation) incurred during that day.
    L(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.
    L(2) A member or employee shall be reimbursed for his 
expenses for a day, at the lesser of--
    L  (A) the per diem set forth in applicable Federal law; or
    L  (B) the actual unreimbursed expenses (other than for 
transportation) he incurred during that day.
    L(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.
    L(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--
    L  (A) may not engage in any work other than committee 
business during congressional working hours; and
    L  (B) may not be assigned a duty other than one pertaining 
to committee business.
    L(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.
    L  (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.
    L  (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.
    L(2)(A) In a committee or subcommittee-
    L    (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
    L    (ii) a motion to dispense with the first reading (in 
full) of a bill or resolution shall be privileged if printed 
copies are available.
    L  (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.
    L(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).
    L(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.
    L(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 January 2 of each year a committee 
shall submit to the House a report on the activities of that 
committee.
    L(2) Such report shall include--
    L  (A) separate sections summarizing the legislative and 
oversight activities of that committee under this rule and rule 
X during the applicable period;
    L  (B) in the case of the first such report in each 
Congress, a summary of the oversight plans submitted by the 
committee under clause 2(d) of rule X;
    L  (C) a summary of the actions taken and recommendations 
made with respect to the oversight plans specified in 
subdivision (B);
    L  (D) a summary of any additional oversight activities 
undertaken by that committee and any recommendations made or 
actions taken thereon; and
    L  (E) a delineation of any hearings held pursuant to 
clauses 2(n), (o), or (p) of this rule.
    L(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 report described in 
subparagraph (1) with the Clerk at any time and without 
approval of the committee, provided that--
    L  (A) a copy of the report has been available to each 
member of the committee for at least seven calendar days; and
    L  (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--
    L  (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;
    L  (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
    L  (C) shall in any event incorporate all of the succeeding 
provisions of this clause to the extent applicable.
    L(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.
    L(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 if notice is given 
pursuant to paragraph (g)(3).

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.
    L(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. Such notice shall also be made publicly available 
in electronic form and shall be deemed to satisfy paragraph 
(g)(3)(A)(ii). 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--
    L    (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
    L    (ii) a record of the votes on any question on which a 
record vote is taken.
    L  (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.
    L    (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.
    L(2)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (B), all 
committee records (including hearings, 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.
    L  (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.
    L(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.
    L(4) Each committee shall make its publications available 
in electronic form to the maximum extent feasible.
    L(5) To the maximum extent practicable, each committee 
shall--
    L  (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
    L  (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).
    L  (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.
    L    (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--
    L  (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
    L  (ii) agree to close the hearing as provided in clause 
2(k)(5).
    L    (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.
    L    (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.
    L(3)(A) The chair of a committee shall announce the date, 
place, and subject matter of-
    L    (i) a committee hearing, which may not commence 
earlier than one week after such notice; or
    L    (ii) a committee meeting, which may not commence 
earlier than the third day on which members have notice 
thereof.
    L  (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):
    L    (i) the chair of the committee, with the concurrence 
of the ranking minority member, determines that there is good 
cause; or
    L    (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.
    L  (C) An announcement made under this subparagraph shall 
be published promptly in the Daily Digest and made publicly 
available in electronic form.
    L  (D) This subparagraph and subparagraph (4) shall not 
apply to the Committee on Rules.
    L(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.
    L  (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.
    L  (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.
    L    (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.
    L  (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.
    L(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.
    L(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.
    L(4)(A) Each committee may adopt a rule authorizing the 
chair of a committee or subcommittee--
    L    (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
    L    (ii) to resume proceedings on a postponed question at 
any time after reasonable notice.
    L  (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.
    L(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.
    L  (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.
    L  (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.
    L(2) A copy of the committee rules and of this clause shall 
be made available to each witness on request.
    L(3) Witnesses at hearings may be accompanied by their own 
counsel for the purpose of advising them concerning their 
constitutional rights.
    L(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.
    L(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--
    L  (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
    L  (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.
    L  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.
    L(6) Except as provided in subparagraph (5), the chair 
shall receive and the committee shall dispose of requests to 
subpoena additional witnesses.
    L(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.
    L(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.
    L(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, all members 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 written and 
signed views 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))--
    L  (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
    L  (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.
    L(2) The chair of the committee, or a member designated by 
the chair, may administer oaths to witnesses.
    L  (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.
    L    (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.
    L  (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.
    L  (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.
    L(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--
    L(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);
    L(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;
    L(3) may refer portions of the matter reflecting different 
subjects and jurisdictions to one or more additional 
committees;
    L(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;
    L(5) may subject a referral to appropriate time 
limitations; and
    L(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.
    L(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.
    L  (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.
    L  (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.
    L  (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.
    L  (5) When a bill or resolution is introduced ``by 
request,'' those words shall be entered on the Journal and 
printed in the Congressional Record.
    L(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.
    L  (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:
    L(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, or 
releasing any liability to the United States for money or 
property.
    L(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.
    L(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.
    L(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.
    L(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--
    L  (A) shall include all supplemental, minority, or 
additional views that have been submitted by the time of the 
filing of the report; and
    L  (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.
    L(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:
    L(1) Oversight findings and recommendations under clause 
2(b)(1) of rule X.
    L(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.
    L(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.
    L(4) A statement of general performance goals and 
objectives, including outcome related goals and objectives, for 
which the measure authorizes funding.
    L(5) On a bill or joint resolution that establishes or 
reauthorizes a Federal program, a statement indicating whether 
any such program is known to be duplicative of another such 
program, including at a minimum an explanation of whether any 
such program was included in a report to Congress pursuant to 
section 21 of Public Law 111-139 or whether the most recent 
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (published pursuant to 
section 6104 of title 31, United States Code) identified other 
programs related to the program established or reauthorized by 
the measure.
  (d) Each report of a committee on a public bill or public 
joint resolution shall contain the following:
    L(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);
    L  (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
    L  (C) when practicable, a comparison of the total 
estimated funding level for the relevant programs with the 
appropriate levels under current law.
    L(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.
    L  (B) Subparagraph (1) does not apply to the Committee on 
Appropriations, the Committee on House Administration, the 
Committee on Rules, or the Committee on Ethics, and does not 
apply when a cost estimate and comparison prepared by the 
Director of the Congressional Budget Office under section 402 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 has been included in 
the report under paragraph (c)(3).
  (e)(1) Whenever a committee reports a bill or joint 
resolution proposing to repeal or amend a statute or part 
thereof, it shall include in its report or in an accompanying 
document (showing by appropriate typographical devices the 
omissions and insertions proposed)--
    L  (A) the entire text of each section of a statute that is 
proposed to be repealed; and
    L  (B) a comparative print of each amendment to the entire 
text of a section of a statute that the bill or joint 
resolution proposes to make.
    L(2) If a committee reports a bill or joint resolution 
proposing to repeal or amend a statute or part thereof with a 
recommendation that the bill or joint resolution be amended, 
the comparative print required by subparagraph (1) shall 
reflect the changes in existing law proposed to be made by the 
bill or joint resolution as proposed to be amended.
  (f)(1) A report of the Committee on Appropriations on a 
general appropriation bill shall include--
    L  (A) a concise statement describing the effect of any 
provision of the accompanying bill that directly or indirectly 
changes the application of existing law; and
    L  (B) a list of all appropriations contained in the bill 
for expenditures not currently authorized by law for the period 
concerned (excepting classified intelligence or national 
security programs, projects, or activities), along with a 
statement of the last year for which such expenditures were 
authorized, the level of expenditures authorized for that year, 
the actual level of expenditures for that year, and the level 
of appropriations in the bill for such expenditures.
    L(2) Whenever the Committee on Appropriations reports a 
bill or joint resolution including matter specified in clause 
1(b)(2) or (3) of rule X, it shall include--
    L  (A) in the bill or joint resolution, separate headings 
for ``Rescissions'' and ``Transfers of Unexpended Balances''; 
and
    L  (B) in the report of the committee, a separate section 
listing such rescissions and transfers.
  (g) Whenever the Committee on Rules reports a resolution 
proposing to repeal or amend a standing rule of the House, it 
shall include in its report or in an accompanying document--
    L(1) the text of any rule or part thereof that is proposed 
to be repealed; and
    L(2) a comparative print of any part of the resolution 
proposing to amend the rule and of the rule or part thereof 
proposed to be amended, showing by appropriate typographical 
devices the omissions and insertions proposed.
  (h) It shall not be in order to consider a bill or joint 
resolution reported by the Committee on Ways and Means that 
proposes to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 unless--
    L(1) the report includes a tax complexity analysis prepared 
by the Joint Committee on Taxation in accordance with section 
4022(b) of the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and 
Reform Act of 1998; or
    L(2) the chair of the Committee on Ways and Means causes 
such a tax complexity analysis to be printed in the 
Congressional Record before consideration of the bill or joint 
resolution.

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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.
    L(2) Subparagraph (1) does not apply to--
    L  (A) a resolution providing a rule, joint rule, or order 
of business reported by the Committee on Rules considered under 
clause 6;
    L  (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;
    L  (C) a resolution presenting a question of the privileges 
of the House reported by any committee;
    L  (D) a measure for the declaration of war, or the 
declaration of a national emergency, by Congress; and
    L  (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 respectfully 
address the 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 seek recognition, 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.

Legislative Proceedings
9. (a) A Member, Delegate, the Resident Commissioner, officer, 
or employee of the House may not engage in disorderly or 
disruptive conduct in the Chamber, including--
    L(1) intentionally obstructing or impeding the passage of 
others in the Chamber;
    L(2) the use of an exhibit to impede, disrupt, or disturb 
the proceedings of the House; and
    L(3) the denial of legislative instruments to others 
seeking to engage in legislative proceedings.
  (b) This clause establishes a standard of conduct within the 
meaning of clause 3(a)(2) of rule XI.

Secret sessions
10. 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.
    L(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--
    L(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;
    L(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;
    L(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
    L(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--
    L(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
    L(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--
    L(1) any revenue-losing provision that--
    L  (A) provides a Federal tax deduction, credit, exclusion, 
or preference to 10 or fewer beneficiaries under the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986, and
    L  (B) contains eligibility criteria that are not uniform 
in application with respect to potential beneficiaries of such 
provision; or
    L(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--
    L  (A) the current year, the budget year, and the four 
fiscal years following that budget year; or
    L  (B) the current year, the budget year, and the nine 
fiscal years following that budget year.
    L(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-
    L  (A) a bill or joint resolution;
    L  (B) an amendment made in order as original text by a 
special order of business;
    L  (C) a conference report; or
    L  (D) an amendment between the Houses.
    L(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.
12. (a)(1) Before a bill or joint resolution proposing to 
repeal or amend a statute or part thereof may be considered, 
there shall be made available on a publicly available website 
of the House an easily searchable electronic comparative print 
that shows how the bill or joint resolution proposes to change 
current law, showing (to the greatest extent practicable) by 
appropriate typographical devices the omissions and insertions 
proposed.
    L(2) Before an amendment in the nature of a substitute may 
be considered if the amendment proposes to repeal or amend a 
statute or part thereof, there shall be made available on a 
publicly available website of the House an easily searchable 
electronic comparative print that shows (to the greatest extent 
practicable) how the amendment proposes to change current law, 
showing by appropriate typographical devices the omissions and 
insertions proposed.
  (b) If a committee reports a bill or joint resolution, before 
the bill or joint resolution may be considered with text 
different from the text reported, there shall be made available 
on a publicly available website of the House a document that 
shows, by appropriate typographical devices, the differences 
between the text of the bill or joint resolution as proposed to 
be considered and the text of the bill or joint resolution as 
reported.\1\
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                               RULE XXIXX

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

1. The provisions of law that constituted the Rules of the 
House at the end of the previous Congress shall govern the 
House in all cases to which they are applicable, and the rules 
of parliamentary practice comprised by Jefferson's Manual shall 
govern the House in all cases to which they are applicable and 
in which they are not inconsistent with the Rules and orders of 
the House.
2. In these rules words importing one gender include the other 
as well.
3. If a measure or matter is publicly available at an 
electronic document repository operated by the Clerk, it shall 
be considered as having been available to Members, Delegates, 
and the Resident Commissioner for purposes of these rules.
4. Authoritative guidance from the Committee on the Budget 
concerning the impact of a legislative proposition on the 
levels of new budget authority, outlays, direct spending, new 
entitlement authority and revenues may be provided by the chair 
of the committee.

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                         JURISDICTIONAL HISTORY

           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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Memorandum of Understanding Between the Committee on Transportation and 
         Infrastructure and the Committee on Homeland Security

              [Congressional Record, H15, January 4, 2007]

    On January 4, 2005, the U.S. House of Representatives 
adoptedH. Res. 5, establishing the Rules of the House for the 
109th Congress. Section 2(a) established the Committee on 
Homeland Security as a standing committee of the House of 
Representatives with specific legislative jurisdiction under 
House Rule X. A legislative history to accompany the changes to 
House Rule X was inserted in the Congressional Record on 
January 4, 2005.
    The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and 
theCommittee on Homeland Security (hereinafter ``Committees'') 
jointly agree to the January 4, 2005 legislative history as the 
authoritative source of legislative history of section 2(a) of 
H. Res. 5 with the following two clarifications.
    First, with regard to the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency's, FEMA, emergency preparedness and response programs, 
theCommittee on Homeland Security has jurisdiction over the 
Department of Homeland Security's responsibilities with regard 
to emergency preparedness and collective response only as they 
relate to terrorism. However, in light of the federal emergency 
management reforms that were enacted as title VI of Public Law 
109(295, a bill amending FEMA's all-hazards emergency 
preparedness programs that necessarily addresses FEMA's 
terrorism preparedness programs would be referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; in addition, 
the Committee on Homeland Security would have a jurisdictional 
interest in such bill. Nothing in this Memorandum of 
Understanding affects the jurisdiction of the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act and the Federal 
Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974.
    Second, with regard to port security, the Committee on 
Homeland Security has jurisdiction over port security, and some 
Coast Guard responsibilities in that area fall within the 
jurisdiction of both Committees. A bill addressing the 
activities, programs, assets, and personnel of the Coast Guard 
as they relate to port security and non-port security missions 
would be referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure; in addition, the Committee on Homeland Security 
would have a jurisdictional interest in such bill.
    This Memorandum of Understanding between the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Homeland 
Security provides further clarification to the January 4, 2005 
legislative history of the jurisdiction of the Committees only 
with regard to these two specific issues. The Memorandum does 
not address any other issues and does not affect the 
jurisdiction of other committees.
                                          JAMES L. OBERSTAR
                                                Chairman-designate,
                       Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure
                                         BENNIE G. THOMPSON
                                                Chairman-designate,
                                     Committee on Homeland Security

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                     Changes to the Standing Rules

                      Section-By-Section Analysis

                             113th Congress

              [Congressional Record, H12 January 3, 2013]

    Clarifications in Rule X. Subsection (c) makes two 
clarifications with respect to clause 1 of rule X. Paragraph 
(1) clarifies that the Committee on Homeland Security's 
jurisdiction includes the general management of the Department 
of Homeland Security. This change is intended to clarify the 
Committee's existing jurisdiction over the organization and 
administration of the department, and is not intended to alter 
the pattern of bill referrals to the Committee on Homeland 
Security, nor is it intended to alter the existing oversight 
jurisdiction of the Committee on Homeland Security. Paragraph 
(2) conforms terminology used in the Committee on Natural 
Resources jurisdiction to terminology recognized by the 
Departments of State and Interior.

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   Memorandum Regarding Authorization of the Department of Homeland 
                                Security

        [Congressional Record, E47 Wednesday, January 11, 2017]

    We, the chairs of the committees with jurisdiction over the 
Department of Homeland Security or its components, are hereby 
recording our agreement on the following principles for the 
115th Congress:
    1. The Department of Homeland Security (``the Department'') 
and its components should be authorized on a regular basis to 
ensure robust oversight and improve its operation.
    2. Committees with jurisdiction over the Department and its 
components will prioritize the authorization of the Department 
and any unauthorized or expiring component in that committee's 
authorization and oversight plan.
    3. To the maximum extent practicable, the committees with 
jurisdiction over unauthorized or expiring components of the 
Department shall coordinate with the Committee on Homeland 
Security to produce a comprehensive authorization bill for the 
Department.
    4. The Committee on Homeland Security shall coordinate with 
the committees with jurisdiction over unauthorized or expiring 
components of the Department in the development of any 
comprehensive authorization bill for the Department.
    5. The Committee on Homeland Security and the committees 
with jurisdiction over components of the Department shall 
jointly develop a process for the vetting and pre-clearing of 
base text and amendments offered at subcommittee and full 
committee markups of a DHS authorization bill in the Committee 
on Homeland Security that fall within the jurisdiction of a 
committee other than or in addition to the Committee on 
Homeland Security.
    6. The committees will expedite consideration of any 
comprehensive authorization bill for the Department, including 
timely resolution of any matters subject to a sequential or 
additional referral.
    7. To the extent that there are policy differences between 
the committees regarding a provision of the comprehensive 
authorization bill for the Department, the committees will make 
best efforts to resolve any such dispute.
    8. The Committee on Homeland Security Committee shall not 
include any provision in a comprehensive authorization bill 
that the chair of the Committee on Ways and Means has 
determined to be a revenue provision or a provision affecting 
revenue. If the chair of the Committee on Ways and Means makes 
such a determination, nothing in this agreement shall be 
construed to preclude that chair from exercising an additional 
or sequential referral over the measure, or a point of order 
under clause 5(a) of Rule XXI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives.
    9. Nothing in this agreement shall be construed as altering 
any committee's jurisdiction under rule X of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives or the referral of any measure 
thereunder.
    10. Further, nothing in this memorandum precludes a further 
agreement between the committees with regard to the 
implementation of a process to ensure regular comprehensive 
authorizations of the Department.
          Signed,
                                       GREGG WALDEN, Chair,
                                  Committee on Energy and Commerce.
                                        DEVIN NUNES, Chair,
                        Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
                                     JASON CHAFFETZ, Chair,
                      Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
                                       BILL SHUSTER, Chair,
                    Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
                                  MICHAEL T. MCCAUL, Chair,
                                    Committee on Homeland Security.
                                      BOB GOODLATTE, Chair,
                                        Committee on the Judiciary.
                                        LAMAR SMITH, Chair,
                        Committee on Science, Space and Technology.
                                        KEVIN BRADY, Chair,
                                       Committee on Ways and Means.

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