[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 12 (Tuesday, February 4, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H260-H264]
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 RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE, 
                             105TH CONGRESS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Goodling] is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. GOODLING. Mr. Speaker, Pursuant to rule XI, clause 2(a) of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives, I respectfully submit the rules 
for the 105th Congress for the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
for publication in the Congressional Record.

 Rules of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 105th Congress


    rule 1. regular, additional, and special meetings: vice chairman

       (a) Regular meetings of the committee shall be held on the 
     second Wednesday of each month at 9:30 a.m., while the House 
     is in session. When the Chairman believes that the committee 
     will not be considering any

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     bill or resolution before the committee and that there is no 
     other business to be transacted at a regular meeting, he will 
     give each member of the committee, as far in advance of the 
     day of the regular meeting as the circumstances make 
     practicable, a written notice to that effect; and no 
     committee meeting shall be held on that day.
       (b) The Chairman may call and convene, as he considers 
     necessary, additional meetings of the committee for the 
     consideration of any bill or resolution pending before the 
     committee or for the conduct of other committee business. The 
     committee shall meet for such purposes pursuant to the call 
     of the Chairman.
       (c) If at least three members of the committee desire that 
     a special meeting of the committee be called by the Chairman, 
     those members may file in the offices of the committee their 
     written request to the Chairman for that special meeting. 
     Immediately upon the filing of the request, the staff 
     director of the committee shall notify the Chairman of the 
     filing of the request. If, within three calendar days after 
     the filing of the request, the Chairman does not call the 
     requested special meeting to be held within seven calendar 
     days after the filing of the request, a majority of the 
     members of the committee may file in the offices of the 
     committee their written notice that a special meeting of the 
     committee will be held, specifying the date and hour thereof, 
     and the measure or matter to be considered at that special 
     meeting. The committee shall meet on that date and hour. 
     Immediately upon the filing of the notice, the staff director 
     of the committee shall notify all members of the committee 
     that such meeting will be held and inform them of its date 
     and hour and the measure or matter to be considered; and only 
     the measure or matter specified in that notice may be 
     considered at that special meeting.
       (d) All legislative meetings of the committee and its 
     subcommittees shall be open to the public, including radio, 
     television, and still photography coverage. No business 
     meeting of the committee, other than regularly scheduled 
     meetings, may be held without each member being given 
     reasonable notice. Such meeting shall be called to order and 
     presided over by the Chairman, or in the absence of the 
     Chairman, by the vice chairman, or the Chairman's designee.
       (e)(1) The Chairman of the committee and of each of the 
     subcommittees shall designate a vice chairman of the 
     committee or subcommittee, as the case may be.
       (2) The Chairman of the committee or of a subcommittee, as 
     appropriate, shall preside at meetings or hearings, or, in 
     the absence of the chairman, the vice chairman, or the 
     Chairman's designee shall preside.


                    rule 2. questioning of witnesses

       Committee members may question witnesses only when they 
     have been recognized by the Chairman for that purpose, and 
     only for a 5-minute period until all members present have had 
     an opportunity to question a witness. The questioning of 
     witnesses in both committee and subcommittee hearings shall 
     be initiated by the Chairman, followed by the ranking 
     minority party members and all other members alternating 
     between the majority and minority party in order of the 
     member's appearance at the hearing. In recognizing members to 
     question witnesses in this fashion, the Chairman shall take 
     into consideration the ratio of the majority to minority 
     party members present and shall establish the order of 
     recognition for questioning in such a manner as not to place 
     the members of the majority party in a disadvantageous 
     position.


                     rule 3. records and rollcalls

       (a) Written records shall be kept of the proceedings of the 
     committee and of each subcommittee, including a record of the 
     votes on any question on which a rollcall is demanded. The 
     result of each such rollcall vote shall be made available by 
     the committee or subcommittee for inspection by the public at 
     reasonable times in the offices of the committee or 
     subcommittee. Information so available for public inspection 
     shall include a description of the amendment, motion, order, 
     or other proposition and the name of each member voting for 
     and each member voting against such amendment, motion, order, 
     or proposition, and the names of those members present but 
     not voting. A record vote may be demanded by one-fifth of the 
     members present or, in the apparent absence of a quorum, by 
     any one member.
       (b) In accordance with Rule XXXVI of the Rules of the House 
     of Representatives, any official permanent record of the 
     committee (including any record of a legislative, oversight, 
     or other activity of the committee or any subcommittee) shall 
     be made available for public use if such record has been in 
     existence for 30 years, except that--
       (1) any record that the committee (or a subcommittee) makes 
     available for public use before such record is delivered to 
     the Archivist under clause 2 of Rule XXXVI of the Rules of 
     the House of Representatives shall be made available 
     immediately, including any record described in subsection (a) 
     of this Rule
       (s) any investigative record that contains personal data 
     relating to a specific living individual (the disclosure of 
     which would be an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy), 
     any administrative record with respect to personnel, and any 
     record with respect to a hearing closed pursuant to clause 
     2(g)(2) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
     Representatives shall be available if such record has been in 
     existence for 50 years; or
       (3) except as otherwise provided by order of the House, any 
     record of the committee for which a time, schedule, or 
     condition for availability is specified by order of the 
     committee (entered during the Congress in which the record is 
     made or acquired by the committee) shall be made available in 
     accordance with the order of the committee.
       (c) The official permanent records of the committee include 
     noncurrent records of the committee (including subcommittees) 
     delivered by the Clerk of the House of Representatives to the 
     Archivist of the United States for preservation at the 
     National Archives and Records Administration, which are the 
     property of and remain subject to the rules and orders of the 
     House of Representatives.
       (d)(1) Any order of the committee will respect to any 
     matter described in paragraph (2) of this subsection shall be 
     adopted only if the notice requirements of committee Rule 
     18(d) have been met, a quorum consisting of a majority of the 
     members of the committee is present at the time of the vote, 
     and a majority of those present and voting approve the 
     adoption of the order, which shall be submitted to the Clerk 
     of the House of Representatives, together with any 
     accompanying report.
       (2) This subsection applies to any order of the committee 
     which--
       (A) provides for the nonavailability of any record subject 
     to subsection (b) of this rule for a period longer than the 
     period otherwise applicable; or
       (B) is subsequent to, and constitutes a later order under 
     clause 4(b) of Rule XXXVI of the Rules of the House of 
     Representatives, regarding a determination of the Clerk of 
     the House of Representatives with respect to authorizing the 
     Archivist of the United States to make available for public 
     use the records delivered to the Archivist under clause 2 of 
     Rule XXXVI of the Rules of the House of Representatives; or
       (C) specifies a time, schedule, or condition for 
     availability pursuant to subsection (b)(3) of this Rule.


            rule 4. standing subcommittees and jurisdiction

       (a) There shall be five standing subcommittees with the 
     following jurisdictions:
       Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth, and Families.--
     Education from preschool through the high school level 
     including, but not limited to, elementary and secondary 
     education generally, school lunch and child nutrition, 
     vocational education and overseas dependent schools; all 
     matters dealing with programs and services for the care and 
     treatment of children, including the Head Start Act, the 
     Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, and the 
     Runaway Youth Act; all matters dealing with programs and 
     services for the elderly, including nutrition programs and 
     the Older Americans Act; special education programs 
     including, but not limited to, alcohol and drug abuse, 
     education of the disabled, environmental education, Office of 
     Educational Research and Improvement, migrant and 
     agricultural labor education, daycare, child adoption, child 
     abuse and domestic violence; poverty programs, including the 
     Community Services Block Grant Act and the Low Income Home 
     Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP); and programs related 
     to the arts and humanities, museum services, and arts and 
     artifacts indemnity.
       Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training, and 
     Life-Long Learning.--Education beyond the high school level 
     including, but not limited to, higher education generally, 
     training and apprenticeship (including the Job Training 
     Partnership Act, the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act, 
     displaced homemakers, Work Incentive Program, welfare work 
     requirements), adult basic education (family literacy), 
     rehabilitation, professional development, and postsecondary 
     student assistance; all domestic volunteer programs, library 
     services and construction, the Robert A. Taft Institute, and 
     the Institute for Peace.
       Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.--Wages and hours of 
     labor including, but not limited to, Davis-Bacon Act, Walsh-
     Healey Act, Fair Labor Standards Act (including child labor), 
     workers' compensation generally, Longshore and Harbor 
     Workers' Compensation Act, Federal Employees' Compensation 
     Act, Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, 
     Service Contract Act, workers' health and safety including, 
     but not limited to, occupational safety and health, mine 
     health and safety, youth camp safety, and migrant and 
     agricultural labor health and safety and the U.S. Employment 
     Service.
       Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.--All matters 
     dealing with relationships between employers and employees 
     generally including, but not limited to, the National Labor 
     Relations Act, Bureau of Labor Statistics, pension, health, 
     and other employee benefits, including the Employee 
     Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA); and all matters 
     related to equal employment opportunity and civil rights in 
     employment.
       Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.--All matters 
     related to oversight and investigations of activities of all 
     Federal departments and agencies dealing with issues of 
     education, human resources or workplace policy. This 
     subcommittee will not have legislative jurisdiction and no 
     bills or resolutions will be referred to it.
       (b) The majority party members of the committee may provide 
     for such temporary, ad hoc subcommittees as determined to be 
     appropriate.


                     Rule 5. Ex Officio Membership

       The Chairman of the committee and the ranking minority 
     party member shall be ex

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     officio members, but not voting members, of each subcommittee 
     to which such Chairman or ranking minority party member has 
     not been assigned.


                 rule 6. special assignment of members

       To facilitate the oversight and other legislative and 
     investigative activities of the committee, the Chairman of 
     the committee may, at the request of a subcommittee chairman, 
     make a temporary assignment of any member of the committee to 
     such subcommittee for the purpose of enabling such member to 
     participate in any public hearing, investigation, or study by 
     such subcommittee to be held outside of Washington, DC. Any 
     member of the committee may attend public hearings of any 
     subcommittee and shall be afforded an opportunity by the 
     subcommittee chairman to question witnesses.


                   rule 7. subcommittee chairmanships

       The method for selection of chairmen of the subcommittees 
     shall be at the discretion of the full committee Chairman, 
     unless a majority of the majority party members of the full 
     committee disapprove of the action of the Chairman.


                    rule 8. subcommittee scheduling

       Subcommittee chairmen shall set meeting dates after 
     consultation with the Chairman and other subcommittee 
     chairmen with a view toward avoiding simultaneous scheduling 
     of committee and subcommittee meetings or hearings, wherever 
     possible. Available dates for subcommittee meetings during 
     the session shall be assigned by the Chairman to the 
     subcommittees as nearly as practicable in rotation and in 
     accordance with their workloads. As far as practicable, the 
     Chairman of the committee shall seek to assure that 
     subcommittees are not scheduled to meet for markup or 
     approval of any measure or matter when the committee is 
     meeting to consider any measure or matter for markup or 
     approval. No markups shall be scheduled simultaneously by the 
     subcommittees.


                       rule 9. subcommittee rules

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


                        rule 10. committee staff

       (a) The employees of the committee shall be appointed by 
     the Chairman in consultation with subcommittee chairmen and 
     other majority party members of the committee within the 
     budget approved for such purposes by the committee.
       (b) The staff appointed by the minority shall have their 
     remuneration determined in such manner as the minority party 
     members of the committee shall determine within the budget 
     approved for such purposes by the committee.


           rule 11. supervision and duties of committee staff

       The staff of the committee shall be under the general 
     supervision and direction of the Chairman, who shall 
     establish and assign the duties and responsibilities of such 
     staff members and delegate authority as he determines 
     appropriate. The staff appointed by the minority shall be 
     under the general supervision and direction of the minority 
     party members of the committee, who may delegate such 
     authority as they determine appropriate. All committee staff 
     shall be assigned to committee business and no other duties 
     may be assigned to them.


                      rule 12. hearings procedure

       (a) The Chairman, in the case of hearings to be conducted 
     by the committee, and the appropriate subcommittee chairman, 
     in the case of hearings to be conducted by a subcommittee, 
     shall make public announcement of the date, place, and 
     subject matter of any hearing to be conducted on any measure 
     or matter at least one week before the commencement of that 
     hearing unless the committee or subcommittee determines that 
     there is good cause to begin such hearing at an earlier date. 
     In the latter event, the Chairman or the subcommittee 
     chairman, as the case may be, shall make such public 
     announcement at the earliest possible date. To the extent 
     practicable, the Chairman or the subcommittee chairman shall 
     make public announcement of the final list of witnesses 
     scheduled to testify at least 48 hours before the 
     commencement of the hearing. The staff director of the 
     committee shall promptly notify the Daily Digest Clerk of the 
     Congressional Record as soon as possible after such public 
     announcement is made.
       (b) All hearings conducted by the committee or any 
     subcommittee shall begin at 9:30 a.m. on the scheduled date 
     and shall end at 12:15 p.m., unless there is good cause to 
     schedule a hearing at a different time or to extend the 
     length of the hearing. All opening statements at hearings 
     conducted by the committee or any subcommittee will be made 
     part of the permanent written record. Opening statements by 
     members may not be presented orally, unless the Chairman of 
     the committee or any subcommittee determines that one 
     statement from the Chairman or a designee will be presented, 
     in which case the ranking minority party member or a designee 
     may also make a statement. If a witness scheduled to 
     testify at any hearing of the Committee or any 
     subcommittee is a constituent of a member of the committee 
     or subcommittee, such member shall be entitled to 
     introduce such witness at the hearing.
       (c) To the extent practicable, witnesses who are to appear 
     before the committee or a subcommittee shall file with the 
     staff director of the committee, at least 48 hours in advance 
     of their appearance, a written statement of their proposed 
     testimony, together with a brief summary thereof, and shall 
     limit their oral presentation to a summary thereof. The staff 
     director of the committee shall promptly furnish to the staff 
     director of the minority a copy of such testimony submitted 
     to the committee pursuant to this rule.
       (d) When any hearing is conducted by the committee or any 
     subcommittee upon any measure or matter, the minority party 
     members on the committee shall be entitled, upon request to 
     the Chairman by a majority of those minority party members 
     before the completion of such hearing, to call witnesses 
     selected by the minority to testify with respect to that 
     measure or matter during at least one day of hearing thereon. 
     The minority party may waive this right by calling at least 
     one witness during a committee hearing or subcommittee 
     hearing.


                   rule 13. meetings-hearings-quorums

       (a) Subcommittees are authorized to hold hearings, receive 
     exhibits, hear witnesses, and report to the committee for 
     final action, together with such recommendations as may be 
     agreed upon by the subcommittee. No such meetings or 
     hearings, however, shall be held outside of Washington, DC, 
     or during a recess or adjournment of the House without the 
     prior authorization of the committee Chairman. Where feasible 
     and practicable, 14 days' notice will be given of such 
     meeting or hearing.
       (b) One-third of the members of the committee or 
     subcommittee shall constitute a quorum for taking any action 
     other than amending committee rules, closing a meeting from 
     the public, reporting a measure or recommendation, or in the 
     case of the committee authorizing a subpoena. For the 
     enumerated actions, a majority of the committee or 
     subcommittee shall constitute a quorum. Any two members shall 
     constitute a quorum for the purpose of taking testimony and 
     receiving evidence.
       (c) When a bill or resolution is being considered by the 
     committee or a subcommittee, members shall provide the clerk 
     in a timely manner a sufficient number of written copies of 
     any amendment offered, so as to enable each member present to 
     receive a copy thereof prior to taking action. A point of 
     order may be made against any amendment not reduced to 
     writing. A copy of each such amendment shall be maintained in 
     the public records of the committee or subcommittee, as the 
     case may be.
       (d) In the conduct of hearings of subcommittees sitting 
     jointly, the rules otherwise applicable to all subcommittees 
     shall likewise apply to joint subcommittee hearings for 
     purposes of such shared consideration.
       (e) No person other than a Member of Congress or 
     Congressional staff may walk in, stand in, or be seated at 
     the rostrum area during a meeting or hearing of the Committee 
     or Subcommittee unless authorized by the Chairman.


                           rule 14. subpoenas

       A subpoena may be authorized and issued by the committee or 
     subcommittee in the conduct of any investigation or series of 
     investigations or activities, only when authorized by a 
     majority of the members of the full committee voting, a 
     majority being present. Authorized subpoenas shall be signed 
     by the Chairman of the committee or by any member designated 
     by the committee.


                   rule 15. reports of subcommittees

       (a) Whenever a subcommittee has ordered a bill, resolution, 
     or other matter to be reported to the committee, the chairman 
     of the subcommittee reporting the bill, resolution, or matter 
     to the committee, or any member authorized by the 
     subcommittee to do so, may report such bill, resolution, or 
     matter to the committee. It shall be the duty of the chairman 
     of the subcommittee to report or cause to be reported 
     promptly such bill, resolution, or matter, and to take or 
     cause to be taken the necessary steps to bring such bill, 
     resolution, or matter to a vote.
       (b) In any event, the report, described in the proviso in 
     subsection (d) of this rule, of any subcommittee on a measure 
     which has been approved by the subcommittee shall be filed 
     within seven calendar days (exclusive of days on which the 
     House is not in session) after the day on which there has 
     been filed with the staff director of the committee a written 
     request, signed by a majority of the members of the 
     subcommittee, for the reporting of that measure. Upon the 
     filing of any such request, the staff director of the 
     committee shall transmit immediately to the chairman of the 
     subcommittee a notice of the filing of that request.
       (c) All committee or subcommittee reports printed pursuant 
     to legislative study or investigation and not approved by a 
     majority vote of the committee or subcommittee, as 
     appropriate, shall contain the following disclaimer on the 
     cover of such report:
       ``This report has not been officially adopted by the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce (or pertinent 
     subcommittee thereof) and may not therefore necessarily 
     reflect the views of its members.''
       The minority party members of the committee or subcommittee 
     shall have three calendar days, excluding weekends and 
     holidays, to file, as part of the printed report, 
     supplemental, minority, or additional views.
       (d) Bills, resolutions, or other matters favorably reported 
     by a subcommittee shall automatically be placed upon the 
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     the committee as of the time they are reported and shall be 
     considered by the full committee in the order in which they 
     were reported unless the committee shall by majority vote 
     otherwise direct. No bill or resolution or other matter 
     reported by a subcommittee shall be considered by the full 
     committee unless it has been in the hands of all members at 
     least 48 hours prior to such consideration. When a bill is 
     reported from a subcommittee, such measure shall be 
     accompanied by a section-by-section analysis; and, if the 
     Chairman of the committee so requires (in response to a 
     request from the ranking minority member of the committee or 
     for other reasons), a comparison showing proposed changes in 
     existing law.
       (e) To the extent practicable, any report prepared pursuant 
     to a committee or subcommittee study or investigation shall 
     be available to members no later than 48 hours prior to 
     consideration of any such report by the committee or 
     subcommittee, as the case may be.


                             rule 16. votes

       (a) No vote by any member of the committee or any 
     subcommittee with respect to any measure or matter may be 
     cast by proxy.
       (b) With respect to each rollcall vote on a motion to 
     report any bill, resolution or matter of a public character, 
     and on any amendment offered thereto, the total number of 
     votes cast for and against, and the names of those members 
     voting for and against, shall be included in the committee 
     report on the measure or matter.


                   rule 17. authorization for travel

       (a) Consistent with the primary expense resolution and such 
     additional expense resolutions as may have been approved, the 
     provisions of this rule shall govern travel of committee 
     members and staff. Travel to be paid from funds set aside for 
     the full committee for any member or any staff member shall 
     be paid only upon the prior authorization of the Chairman. 
     Travel may be authorized by the Chairman for any member and 
     any staff member in connection with the attendance of 
     hearings conducted by the committee or any subcommittee 
     thereof and meetings, conferences, and investigations which 
     involve activities or subject matter under the general 
     jurisdiction of the committee. The Chairman shall review 
     travel requests to assure the validity to committee business. 
     Before such authorization is given, there shall be submitted 
     to the Chairman in writing the following:
       (1) the purpose of the travel;
       (2) the dates during which the travel is to be made and the 
     date or dates of the event for which the travel is being 
     made;
       (3) the location of the event for which the travel is to be 
     made; and
       (4) the names of members and staff seeking authorization.
       (b)(1) In the case of travel outside the United States of 
     members and staff of the committee for the purpose of 
     conducting hearings, investigations, studies, or attending 
     meetings and conferences involving activities or subject 
     matter under the legislative assignment of the committee or 
     pertinent subcommittees, prior authorization must be obtained 
     from the Chairman, or, in the case of a subcommittee, from 
     the subcommittee chairman and the Chairman. Before such 
     authorization is given, there shall be submitted to the 
     Chairman, in writing, a request for such authorization. Each 
     request, which shall be filed in a manner that allows for a 
     reasonable period of time for review before such travel is 
     scheduled to begin, shall include the following:
       (A) the purpose of travel;
       (B) the dates during which the travel will occur;
       (C) the names of the countries to be visited and the length 
     of time to be spent in each;
       (D) an agenda of anticipated activities for each country 
     for which travel is authorized together with a description of 
     the purpose to be served and the areas of committee 
     jurisdiction involved; and
       (E) the names of members and staff for whom authorization 
     is sought.
       (2) Requests for travel outside the United States may be 
     initiated by the Chairman or the chairman of a subcommittee 
     (except that individuals may submit a request to the Chairman 
     for the purpose of attending a conference or meeting) and 
     shall be limited to members and permanent employees of the 
     committee.
       (3) The Chairman shall not approve a request involving 
     travel outside the United States while the House is in 
     session (except in the case of attendance at meetings and 
     conferences or where circumstances warrant an exception).
       (4) At the conclusion of any hearing, investigation, study, 
     meeting, or conference for which travel outside the United 
     States has been authorized pursuant to this rule, each 
     subcommittee (or members and staff attending meetings or 
     conferences) shall submit a written report to the Chairman 
     covering the activities of the subcommittee and containing 
     the results of these activities and other pertinent 
     observations or information gained as a result of such 
     travel.
       (c) Members and staff of the committee performing 
     authorized travel on official business shall be governed by 
     applicable laws, resolutions, or regulations of the House and 
     of the Committee on House Oversight pertaining to such 
     travel, including rules, procedures, and limitations 
     prescribed by the Committee on House Oversight with respect 
     to domestic and foreign expense allowances.
       (d) Prior to the Chairman's authorization for any travel, 
     the ranking minority party member shall be given a copy of 
     the written request therefor.


       rule 18. referral of bills, resolutions, and other matters

       (a) The Chairman shall consult with subcommittee chairmen 
     regarding referral, to the appropriate subcommittees, of such 
     bills, resolutions, and other matters which have been 
     referred to the committee. Once printed copies of a bill, 
     resolution, or other matter are available to the Committee, 
     the Chairman shall, within three weeks of such availability, 
     provide notice of referral, if any, to the appropriate 
     subcommittee.
       (b) Referral to a subcommittee shall not be made until 
     three days shall have elapsed after written notification of 
     such proposed referral to all subcommittee chairmen, at which 
     time such proposed referral shall be made unless one or more 
     subcommittee chairmen shall have given written notice to the 
     Chairman of the full committee and to the chairman of each 
     subcommittee that he intends to question such proposed 
     referral at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the 
     committee, or at a special meeting of the committee called 
     for that purpose, at which time referral shall be made by the 
     majority members of the committee. All bills shall be 
     referred under this rule to the subcommittee, or at a special 
     meeting of the committee called for that purpose, at which 
     time referral shall be made by the majority members of the 
     committee. All bills shall be referred under this rule to the 
     subcommittee of proper jurisdiction without regard to whether 
     the author is or is not a member of the subcommittee. A bill, 
     resolution, or other matter referred to a subcommittee in 
     accordance with this rule may be recalled therefrom at any 
     time by a vote of the majority members of the committee for 
     the committee's direct consideration or for reference to 
     another subcommittee.
       (c) All members of the committee shall be given at least 24 
     hours' notice prior to the direct consideration of any bill, 
     resolution, or other matter by the committee; but this 
     requirement may be waived upon determination, by a majority 
     of the members voting, that emergency or urgent circumstances 
     require immediate consideration thereof.


                       rule 19. committee reports

       (a) All committee reports on bills or resolutions shall 
     comply with the provisions of clause 2 of Rule Xi and clauses 
     3 and 7(a) of Rule XII of the Rules of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (b) No such report shall be filed until copies of the 
     proposed report have been available to all members at least 
     36 hours prior to such filing in the House. No material 
     change shall be made in the report, individual, minority, or 
     dissenting views, without regard to the preceding provisions 
     of this rule.
       (c) Such 36-hour period shall not conclude earlier than the 
     end of the period provided under clause 2, paragraph (1)(5) 
     of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives after 
     the committee approves a measure or matter if a member at the 
     time of such approval, gives notice of intention to file 
     supplemental, minority, or additional views for inclusion as 
     part of the printed report.
       (d) The report on activities of the committee required 
     under clause 1 of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
     Representatives, shall include the following disclaimer in 
     the document transmitting the report to the Clerk of the 
     House:
       ``This report has not been officially adopted by the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce or any subcommittee 
     thereof and therefore may not necessarily reflect the views 
     of its members.''

     Such disclaimer need not be included if the report was 
     circulated to all members of the committee at least 10 days 
     prior to its submission to the House and provision is made 
     for the filing by any member, as part of the printed report, 
     of individual, minority, or dissenting views.


          RULE 20. MEASURES TO BE CONSIDERED UNDER SUSPENSION

       A member of the committee may not seek to suspend the Rules 
     of the House on any bill, resolution, or other matter which 
     has been modified after such measure is ordered report, 
     unless notice of such action has been given to the Chairman 
     and ranking minority member of the full committee.


                      RULE 21. BUDGET AND EXPENSES

       (a) The Chairman in consultation with the majority party 
     members of the committee shall, for each session of the 
     Congress, prepare a preliminary budget. Such budget shall 
     include necessary amounts for staff personnel, for necessary 
     travel, investigation, and other expenses of the committee; 
     and, after consultation with the minority party membership, 
     the Chairman shall include amounts budgeted to the minority 
     party members for staff personnel to be under the direction 
     and supervision of the minority party, travel expenses of 
     minority party members and staff, and minority party office 
     expenses. All travel expenses of minority party members and 
     staff shall be paid for out of the amounts so set aside and 
     budgeted. The Chairman shall take whatever action is 
     necessary to have the budget as finally approved by the 
     committee duly authorized by the House. After such budget 
     shall have been adopted, no change shall be made in such 
     budget unless approved by the committee. The Chairman or the 
     chairman of any standing subcommittee may initiate necessary 
     travel requests as provided in Rule 17 within the limits of 
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     portion of the consolidated budget as approved by the House, 
     and the Chairman may execute necessary vouchers therefor.
       (b) Subject to the rules of the House of Representatives 
     and procedures prescribed by the Committee on House 
     Oversight, and with the prior authorization of the Chairman 
     of the committee in each case, there may be expended in any 
     one session of Congress for necessary travel expenses of 
     witnesses attending hearings in Washington, DC:
       (1) out of funds budgeted and set aside for each 
     subcommittee, not to exceed $3,000 for expenses of witnesses 
     attending hearings of each subcommittee;
       (2) out of funds budgeted for the full committee majority, 
     not to exceed $3,000 for expenses of witnesses attending full 
     committee hearings; and
       (3) out of funds set aside to the minority party members,
       (A) not to exceed, for each of the subcommittees, $3,000 
     for expenses of witnesses attending subcommittee hearings, 
     and
       (B) not to exceed $3,000 for expenses of witnesses 
     attending full committee hearings.
       (c) A full and detailed monthly report accounting for all 
     expenditures of committee funds shall be maintained in the 
     committee office, where it shall be available to each member 
     of the committee. Such report shall show the amount and 
     purpose of each expenditure, and the budget to which such 
     expenditure is attributed.


  rule 22. appointment of conferees and notice of conference meetings

       (a) Whenever in the legislative process it becomes 
     necessary to appoint conferees, the Chairman shall recommend 
     to the Speaker as conferees the names of those members of the 
     subcommittee which handled the legislation in the order of 
     their seniority upon such subcommittee and such other 
     committee members as the Chairman may designate with the 
     approval of the majority party members. Recommendations of 
     the Chairman to the Speaker shall provide a ratio of majority 
     party members to minority party members no less favorable to 
     the majority party than the ratio of majority members to 
     minority party members on the full committee. In making 
     assignments of minority party members as conferees, the 
     Chairman shall consult with the ranking minority party member 
     of the committee.
       (b) After the appointment of conferee pursuant to clause 
     6(f) of Rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
     for matters within the jurisdiction of the committee, the 
     Chairman shall notify all members appointed to the conference 
     of meetings at least 48 hours before the commencement of the 
     meeting. If such notice is not possible, then notice shall be 
     given as soon as possible.


        rule 23. broadcasting of committee hearings and meetings

       (a) The general conduct of each hearing or meeting covered 
     under authority of this clause and the personal behavior of 
     committee members, staff, other government officials and 
     personnel, witnesses, television, radio and press media 
     personnel, and the general public at the hearing or other 
     meeting, shall be in strict conformity with and observance of 
     the acceptable standards of dignity, propriety, courtesy, and 
     decorum traditionally observed by the House.
       (b) Persons undertaking to cover committee hearings or 
     meetings under authority of this rule shall be governed by 
     the following limitations:
       (1) If the television or radio coverage of the hearing or 
     meeting is to be presented to the public as live coverage, 
     that coverage shall be conducted and presented without 
     commercial sponsorship.
       (2) No witnesses served with a subpoena by the committee 
     shall be required against their will to be photographed at 
     any hearing or to give evidence or testimony while the 
     broadcasting of that hearing, by radio or television, is 
     being conducted. At the request of any such witness who does 
     not wish to be subjected to radio, television, or still 
     photography coverage, all lenses shall be covered and all 
     microphones used for coverage turned off. This paragraph is 
     supplemental to clause 2(k)(5) of Rule XI of the Rules of the 
     House of Representatives, relating to the protection of the 
     rights of witnesses.
       (3) The number of television and still cameras permitted in 
     a hearing or meeting room shall be determined in the 
     discretion of the Chairman of the committee or subcommittee 
     holding such hearing or meeting subject to cause 3(e) of Rule 
     XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives.
       (4) Television cameras shall be placed so as not to 
     obstruct in any way the space between any witness giving 
     evidence or testimony and any member of the committee or the 
     visibility of that witness and that member to each other.
       (5) Television cameras shall operate from fixed positions 
     but shall not be placed in positions which obstruct 
     unnecessarily the coverage of the hearing or meeting by the 
     other media.
       (6) Equipment necessary for coverage by the television and 
     radio media shall not be installed in, or removed from, the 
     hearing or meeting room while the committee is in session.
       (7) Floodlights, spotlights, strobelights, and flash 
     photography shall not be used in providing any method of 
     coverage of the hearing or meeting, except that the 
     television media may install additional lighting in the 
     hearing or meeting room, without cost to the government, in 
     order to raise the ambient lighting level in the hearing or 
     meeting room to the lowest level necessary to provide 
     adequate television coverage of the hearing or meeting at the 
     then current state of the art of television coverage.
       (8) In the allocation of the number of still photographers 
     permitted by the committee or subcommittee chairman in a 
     hearing or meeting room, preference shall be given to 
     photographers from Associated Press Photos and United Press 
     International Newspictures. If requests are made by more of 
     the media than will be permitted by the committee or 
     subcommittee chairman for coverage of the hearing or meeting 
     by still photography, that coverage shall be made on the 
     basis of a fair and equitable pool arrangement devised by the 
     Standing Committee of Press Photographers.
       (9) Photographers shall not position themselves, at any 
     time during the course of the hearing or meeting, between the 
     witness table and the members of the committee.
       (10) Photographers shall not place themselves in positions 
     which obstruct unnecessarily the coverage of the hearing by 
     the other media.
       (11) Personnel providing coverage by the television and 
     radio media shall be then currently accredited to the Radio 
     and Television Correspondents' Galleries.
       (12) Personnel providing coverage by still photography 
     shall be then currently accredited to the Press 
     Photographers' Gallery.
       (13) Personnel providing coverage by the television and 
     radio media and by still photography shall conduct themselves 
     and their coverage activities in an orderly and unobtrusive 
     manner.


                  rule 24. changes in committee rules

       A proposed change in these rules shall not be considered by 
     the committee unless the text of such change has been in the 
     hands of all members at least 48 hours prior to the meeting 
     in which the matter is considered.

       Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, 104th Congress


                          rule xi, clause 2(k)

     Investigative hearing procedures
       (k)(1) The chairman at an investigative hearing shall 
     announce in the opening statement the subject of the 
     investigation.
       (2) A copy of the committee rules and this clause shall be 
     made available to each witness.
       (3) Witnesses at investigative hearings may be accompanied 
     by their own counsel for the purpose of advising them 
     concerning their constitutional rights.
       (4) The chairman may punish breaches of order and decorum, 
     and of professional ethics on the part of counsel, by censure 
     and exclusion from the hearings; and the committee may cite 
     the offender to the House for contempt.
       (5) Whenever it is asserted that the evidence or testimony 
     at an investigatory hearing may tend to defame, degrade, or 
     incriminate any person,
       (A) such testimony or evidence shall be presented in 
     executive session, notwithstanding the provisions of clause 
     2(g)(2) of this Rule, if by a majority of those present, 
     there being in attendance the requisite number required under 
     the rules of the committee to be present for the purpose of 
     taking testimony, the committee determines that such evidence 
     or testimony may tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate any 
     person; and
       (B) the committee shall proceed to receive such testimony 
     in open session only if a majority of the members of the 
     committee, a majority being present, determine that such 
     evidence or testimony will not tend to defame, degrade, or 
     incriminate any person.

     In either case the committee shall afford such person an 
     opportunity voluntarily to appear as a witness, and receive 
     and dispose of requests from such person to subpoena 
     additional witnesses.
       (6) Except as provided in subparagraph (5), the chairman 
     shall receive and the committee shall dispose of requests to 
     subpoena additional witnesses.
       (7) No evidence or testimony taken in executive session may 
     be released or used in public sessions without the consent of 
     the committee.
       (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 pertinency of testimony and evidence adduced at its 
     hearing.
       (9) A witness may obtain a transcript copy of his testimony 
     given at a public session or, if given at an executive 
     session, when authorized by the committee.

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