[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 85 (Thursday, June 25, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H5397-H5401]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON MILITARY/
        COMMERCIAL CONCERNS WITH THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

  The Hon. CHRISTOPHER COX, Chairman of the Select Committee on U.S. 
National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People's 
Republic of China, submitted the following rules of procedure:

  Select Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial 
    Concerns with the People's Republic of China--Rules of Procedure

                        (Adopted June 25, 1998)


                        1. convening of meetings

       The regular meeting date and time for the transaction of 
     committee business shall be at 8 o'clock a.m. Wednesday of 
     each week, unless otherwise directed by the chairman.
       In the case of any meeting of the committee, other than a 
     regularly scheduled meeting, the clerk of the committee shall 
     notify

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     every member of the committee of the time and place of the 
     meeting and shall give reasonable notice which, except in 
     extraordinary circumstances, shall be at least 24 hours in 
     advance of any meeting held in Washington, D.C., and at least 
     48 hours in the case of any meeting held outside Washington, 
     D.C.


                 2. preparations for committee meetings

       Under direction of the chairman, designated committee staff 
     members shall brief members of the committee at a time 
     sufficiently prior to any committee meeting to assist the 
     committee members in preparation for such meeting and to 
     determine any matter which the committee members might wish 
     considered during the meeting. Such briefing shall, at the 
     request of a member, include a list of all pertinent papers 
     and other materials that have been obtained by the committee 
     that bear on matters to be considered at the meeting.
       The staff director shall recommend to the chairman the 
     testimony, papers, and other materials to be presented to the 
     committee at any meeting. The determination whether such 
     testimony, papers, and other materials shall be presented in 
     open or executive session shall be made by the Chairman in 
     conformity with the Rules of the House and these rules.


                         3. meeting procedures

       Meetings of the committee shall be open to the public 
     except that a portion or portions of any such meeting may be 
     closed to the public if the committee determines by record 
     vote in open session and with a majority present that the 
     matters to be discussed or the testimony to be taken on such 
     matters would endanger national security, would compromise 
     sensitive law enforcement information, or would tend to 
     defame, degrade or incriminate any person, or otherwise would 
     violate any law or rule of the House.
       Quorum.--One-third of the members of the Select Committee 
     shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business 
     other than the reporting of a matter, which shall require a 
     majority of the committee to be actually present, except that 
     2 members shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of 
     holding hearings to take testimony and receive evidence. 
     Decisions of the committee shall be by majority vote of the 
     members present and voting.
       Whenever the committee by rollcall vote reports any measure 
     or matter, the report of the committee upon such measure or 
     matter shall include a tabulation of the votes cast in favor 
     of and the votes cast in opposition to such measure or 
     matter.


            4. Procedures related to the taking of testimony

       Notice. Reasonable notice shall be given to all witnesses 
     appearing before the committee.
       Oath or Affirmation. Testimony of witnesses shall be given 
     under oath or affirmation which may be administered by any 
     member of the committee, except that the chairman of the 
     committee shall not require an oath or affirmation where the 
     chairman determines that it would not be appropriate under 
     the circumstances.
       Interrogation. Committee interrogation shall be conducted 
     by members of the committee and such committee staff as are 
     authorized by the chairman or the presiding member.
       Counsel for the Witness. (A) Any witness may be accompanied 
     by counsel. A witness who is unable to obtain counsel may 
     inform the committee of such fact. If the witness informs the 
     committee of this fact at least 24 hours prior to the 
     witness' appearance before the committee, the committee shall 
     then endeavor to obtain voluntary counsel for the witness. 
     Failure to obtain such counsel will not excuse the witness 
     from appearing and testifying.
       (B) Counsel shall conduct themselves in an ethical and 
     professional manner. Failure to do so shall, upon a finding 
     to that effect by a majority of the members of the committee, 
     a majority being present, subject such counsel to 
     disciplinary action which may include censure, removal, or a 
     recommendation of contempt proceedings, except that the 
     chairman of the committee may temporarily remove counsel 
     during proceedings before the committee unless a majority of 
     the members of the committee, a majority being present, vote 
     to reverse the ruling of the chair.
       (C) There shall be no direct or cross-examination by 
     counsel for a witness. However, counsel may submit in writing 
     any question counsel wishes propounded to a client or to any 
     other witness and may, at the conclusion of such testimony, 
     suggest the presentation of other evidence or the calling of 
     other witnesses. The committee may use such questions and 
     dispose of such suggestions as it deems appropriate.
       Statements by Witnesses. A witness may make a statement, 
     which shall be brief and relevant, at the beginning and 
     conclusion of the witness' testimony. Such statements shall 
     not exceed a reasonable period of time as determined by the 
     chairman, or other presiding member. Any witness desiring 
     to make a prepared or written statement for the record of 
     the proceedings shall file a copy with the clerk of the 
     committee, and insofar as practicable and consistent with 
     the notice given, shall do so at least 72 hours in advance 
     of the witness' appearance before the committee.
       Objections and Ruling. Any objection raised by a witness or 
     counsel shall be ruled upon by the chairman or other 
     presiding member, and such ruling shall be the ruling of the 
     committee unless a majority of the committee present 
     overrules the ruling of the chair.
       Transcripts. A transcript shall be made of the testimony of 
     each witness appearing before the committee during a 
     committee hearing.
       Inspection and Correction. All witnesses testifying before 
     the committee shall be given a reasonable opportunity to 
     inspect the transcript of their testimony to determine 
     whether such testimony was correctly transcribed. The witness 
     may be accompanied by counsel. Any corrections the witness 
     desires to make in the transcript shall be submitted in 
     writing to the committee within 5 days from the date when the 
     transcript was made available to the witness. Corrections 
     shall be limited to grammar and minor editing, and may not be 
     made to change the substance of the testimony. Any questions 
     arising with respect to such corrections shall be decided by 
     the chairman. Upon request, those parts of testimony given by 
     a witness in executive session which are subsequently quoted 
     or made part of a public record shall be made available to 
     that witness at the witness' expense.
       Requests to Testify. The committee will consider requests 
     to testify on any matter or measure pending before the 
     committee. A person who believes that testimony or other 
     evidence presented at a public hearing, or any comment made 
     by a committee member or a member of the committee staff may 
     tend to affect adversely that person's reputation, may 
     request to appear personally before the committee to testify 
     on his or her own behalf, or may file a sworn statements of 
     facts relevant to the testimony, evidence, or comment, or may 
     submit to the chairman proposed questions in writing for the 
     cross-examination of other witnesses. The committee shall 
     take such actions as it deems appropriate.
       Contempt Procedures. No recommendations that a person be 
     cited for contempt of Congress shall be forwarded to the 
     House unless and until the committee has, upon notice to all 
     its members, met and considered the alleged contempt, 
     afforded the person an opportunity to state in writing or in 
     person why he or she should not be held in contempt, and 
     agreed, by majority vote of the committee, a quorum being 
     present, to forward such recommendation to the House.
       Release of Name of Witness. At the request of any witness, 
     the name of that witness scheduled to be heard by the 
     committee shall not be released prior to, or after, the 
     witness' appearance before the committee, unless otherwise 
     authorized by the chairman.
       Closing Hearings. A vote to close a committee hearing may 
     be taken 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 or receiving evidence; provided, that such a vote 
     may not be taken by less than a majority of the committee 
     members unless at least one member of the minority is present 
     to vote upon the motion to close the hearing.


   5. Subpoenas, Interrogatories, Letters Rogatory, Depositions and 
                               Affidavits

           A. Subpoenas, Interrogatories and Letters Rogatory

       Committee subpoenas issued in accordance with House 
     Resolution 463 may be served by any person designated by the 
     chairman. Each subpoena shall have attached thereto a copy of 
     these rules and of House Resolution 463.
       Unless otherwise determined by the select committee the 
     chairman, upon consultation with the ranking minority member, 
     shall authorize and issue subpoenas. In addition, the select 
     committee may itself vote to authorize and issue subpoenas. 
     Subpoenas shall be issued under the seal of the House and 
     attested by the Clerk, and may be served by any persons 
     designated by the chairman or any member. Subpoenas shall be 
     issued upon the chairman's signature or that of a member 
     designated by the Chairman or by the committee.
       A subpoena duces tecum may be issued whose return shall 
     occur at a time and place other than that of a regularly 
     scheduled meeting. Upon the return of such a subpoena, the 
     chairman or in his absence the ranking member of the majority 
     party who is present, on two hours' telephonic notice to all 
     other committee members, may convene a hearing for the sole 
     purpose of elucidating further information about the return 
     on the subpoena and deciding any objections to the subpoena.
       Orders for the furnishing of information by interrogatory, 
     the inspecting of locations and systems of records upon 
     notice except in exigent circumstances, the obtaining of 
     evidence in other countries by means of letters rogatory or 
     otherwise, and the other process for obtaining information 
     available to the committee, shall be authorized and issued by 
     the chairman, upon consultation with the ranking minority 
     member, or by the select committee. Requests for 
     investigations, reports, and other assistance from any agency 
     of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the 
     federal government, shall be made by the chairman, upon 
     consultation with the ranking minority member, or by the 
     committee.
       Provisions may be included in the process of the committee 
     to prevent the disclosure of committee demands for 
     information, when deemed necessary for the security of 
     information or the progress of the investigation

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     by the chairman or member designated by him or the committee, 
     such as requiring that companies receiving subpoenas for 
     financial or toll records make no disclosure to customers 
     regarding the subpoena for ninety days or prohibiting the 
     revelation by witnesses and their counsel of committee 
     inquiries.

                     B. Depositions and Affidavits

       Unless otherwise determined by the select committee the 
     chairman, upon consultation with the ranking minority member, 
     or the select committee, may authorize the taking of 
     affidavits, and of depositions pursuant to notice or 
     subpoena. Such authorization may occur on a case-by-case 
     basis, or by instructions to take a series of affidavits of 
     depositions. The chairman may either issue the deposition 
     notices himself, or direct the appropriate member of the 
     staff to do so. Notices for the taking of depositions shall 
     specify a time and place for examination. Affidavits and 
     depositions shall be taken under oath administered by a 
     member or a person otherwise authorized by law to administer 
     oaths. The minority shall be afforded an opportunity to 
     participate in all depositions.
       The committee shall not initiate procedures leading to 
     contempt proceedings in the event a witness fails to appear 
     at a deposition unless the deposition notice was accompanied 
     by a committee subpoena authorized and issued by the chairman 
     or the committee.
       Witnesses may be accompanied at a deposition by personal 
     counsel to advise them of their rights, subject to the 
     provisions of Rule 4 hereof. Absent special permission or 
     instructions from the chairman, no one may be present in 
     depositions except members, staff designated by the chairman, 
     an official reporter, the witness and any personal counsel; 
     observers or counsel for other persons or for the agencies 
     under investigation may not attend.
       Witnesses shall be examined in depositions by a member or 
     members or by staff designated by the chairman. Objections by 
     the witness as to the form of questions shall be noted for 
     the record. If a witness objects to a question and refuses to 
     answer, the members or staff may proceed with the deposition, 
     or may obtain, at that time or at a subsequent time, a ruling 
     on the objection by telephone or otherwise from the chairman 
     or his designee. The committee shall not initiate procedures 
     leading to contempt for refusals to answer questions at a 
     deposition unless the witness refuses to testify after his 
     objection has been overruled and after he has been ordered 
     and directed to answer by the chairman or his designee upon 
     consultation with the ranking minority member or his 
     designee.
       The committee staff shall insure that the testimony is 
     either transcribed or electronically recorded, or both. If a 
     witness' testimony is transcribed, then the witness shall be 
     furnished with an opportunity to review a copy. No later than 
     five days thereafter, the staff shall enter the changes, if 
     any, requested by the witness, with a statement of the 
     witness' reasons for the changes, and the witness shall be 
     instructed to sign the transcript. The individual 
     administering the oath, if other than a Member, shall certify 
     on the transcript that the witness was duly sworn in the 
     administering individual's presence, the transcriber shall 
     certify that the transcript is a true record of the 
     testimony, and the transcript shall be filed, together with 
     any electronic recording, with the clerk of the committee in 
     Washington, D.C. Affidavits and depositions shall be deemed 
     to have been taken in Washington, D.C. once filed there with 
     the clerk of the committee for the committee's use.
       All depositions, affidavits, and other materials obtained 
     under the authority of Section 9 of House Resolution 463 
     shall be considered to be taken in executive session. Such 
     material may be released or used in public sessions with the 
     consent of the committee, which shall, unless otherwise 
     directed by the committee, meet in executive session to 
     consider and grant or withhold such consent, provided, that 
     classified information shall be handled in accordance with 
     Rule 7.


                                6. staff

       Members of the committee staff shall work collegially, with 
     discretion, and always with the best interests of the 
     national security foremost in mind. Committee business shall, 
     whenever possible, take precedence over other official and 
     personal business. For the purpose of these rules, committee 
     staff means the persons described in Sec. 14(a) of House 
     Resolution 463, including detailees to the extent necessary 
     to fulfill their designated roles. All such persons shall be 
     subject to the same security clearance and confidentiality 
     requirements as employees of the select committee under this 
     rule. Committee staff shall be either majority, minority, or 
     joint. The appointment of joint committee staff shall be by 
     the chairman in consultation with the ranking minority 
     member. A small number of majority and minority staff may be 
     appointed by the chairman and ranking minority member, 
     respectively, without such consultation, the total number of 
     such staff to be fixed by the chairman. After confirmation, 
     the chairman shall certify all committee staff appointments, 
     including appointments by the ranking minority member, to the 
     Clerk of the House in writing.
       The joint committee staff works for the committee as a 
     whole, under the supervision of the chairman of the 
     committee. Except as otherwise provided by the committee, the 
     duties of joint committee staff shall be performed and 
     committee staff personnel affairs and day-to-day operations, 
     including security and control of classified documents and 
     material, shall be administered under the direct supervision 
     and control of the staff director. Majority and minority 
     staff appointed by the chairman and ranking member, 
     respectively, shall be subject to the same operational 
     control and supervision concerning security and classified 
     documents and material as are joint committee staff.
       The joint committee staff shall assist the minority as 
     fully as the majority in all matters of committee business 
     and in the preparation and filing of additional, separate and 
     minority views, to the end that all points of view may be 
     fully considered by the committee and the House.
       The members of the committee staff shall not discuss either 
     the classified substance or procedure of the work of the 
     committee with any person not a member of the committee or 
     the committee staff for any purpose or in connection with any 
     proceeding, judicial or otherwise, either during that 
     person's tenure as a member of the committee staff or at any 
     time thereafter except as directed by the committee, or, 
     after the termination of the committee, in such a manner as 
     may be determined by the House.
       Each member of the committee, and each member of the 
     committee staff, as a condition of employment, shall agree in 
     writing not to divulge any classified information which comes 
     into such person's possession while a member of the committee 
     or the committee staff or any classified information which 
     comes into such person's possession by virtue of his or her 
     position as a member of the committee or the committee staff 
     to any person not a member of the committee or the committee 
     staff, either while a member of the committee staff or at any 
     time thereafter except as directed by the committee, or, 
     after the termination of the committee, in such manner as may 
     be determined by the House.
       No member of the committee staff shall be employed by the 
     committee unless and until such person agrees in writing, as 
     a condition of employment, to notify the committee, or, after 
     the committee's termination, the House, of any request for 
     testimony, either while a member of the committee staff or at 
     any time thereafter, with respect to classified information 
     which came into the staff member's possession by virtue of 
     his or her position as a member of the committee staff. Such 
     classified information shall not be disclosed in response to 
     such request except as directed by the committee, or, after 
     the termination of the committee, in such manner as may be 
     determined by the House.
       No member of the committee, and no member of the committee 
     staff, shall divulge to any person information which comes 
     into his or her possession by virtue of his or her as member 
     of the committee or of the committee staff, if such 
     information may alert the subject of a committee 
     investigation to the existence, nature, or substance of such 
     investigation, unless directed to do so by the chairman, the 
     committee, or the House.
       The committee shall immediately consider disciplinary 
     action to be taken in case any member of the committee staff 
     fails to conform to any of these rules, including 
     specifically, confidentiality, security, and classified 
     information obligations imposed by House Resolution 463, and 
     these rules, and the oath executed pursuant to section 8(e) 
     of these rules. Such disciplinary action may include, but 
     shall not be limited to, immediate dismissal from the 
     committee staff and criminal referral to the Justice 
     Department.


                   7. Receipt of Classified Material

       In the case of any information classified under established 
     security procedures and submitted to the committee by the 
     executive or legislative branch, the committee's acceptance 
     of such information shall constitute a decision by the 
     committee that it is executive session material and shall not 
     be disclosed publicly or released unless the committee, by 
     roll call vote, determines, in a manner consistent House 
     Resolution 463, that it should be disclosed publicly or 
     otherwise released. For purposes of receiving information 
     from either the executive or legislative branch, the 
     committee staff may accept information on behalf of the 
     committee.


  8. Procedures Related to Classified or Sensitive Material and other 
                              Information

       (a) Committee staff offices, including majority and 
     minority offices, shall operate under strict security 
     precautions. At least one security officer shall be on duty 
     at all times by the entrance to control entry. Before 
     entering the office all persons shall identify themselves.
       Sensitive or classified documents and material shall be 
     segregated in a security storage area under the supervision 
     of appropriate joint committee staff. They may be examined 
     only at secure reading facilities. Copying, duplicating, or 
     removal from the joint committee offices of such documents 
     and other materials are prohibited except with leave of the 
     chairman and ranking member for use in, or preparation for, 
     interviews, depositions or committee meetings, including the 
     taking of testimony in conformity with these rules. No 
     classified documents shall be maintained or stored in the 
     majority or minority offices.
       Each member of the committee shall at all times have access 
     to all papers and the staff director shall be responsible for 
     the maintenance, under appropriate security procedures, of a 
     registry which will number and

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     identify all classified papers and other classified materials 
     in the possession of the committee and such registry shall be 
     available to any member of the committee.
       Pursuant to clause (2)(e)(2) and clause (2)(g)(2) of House 
     Rule XI, members who are not members of the committee shall 
     be granted access to such transcripts, records, data, charts 
     and files of the committee and be admitted on a 
     nonparticipatory basis to hearings or briefings of the 
     committee which involve classified material on the basis of 
     the following provisions:
       (1) Members who desire to examine materials in the 
     possession of the committee or to attend committee hearings 
     or briefings on a nonparticipatory basis should notify the 
     clerk of the committee in writing.
       (2) Each such request by a member must be considered by the 
     committee, a quorum being present, at the earliest 
     practicable opportunity. The committee must determine by 
     record vote whatever action it deems necessary in light of 
     all circumstances of each individual request. The committee 
     shall take into account, in its deliberations, such 
     considerations as the sensitivity of the information sought 
     to the national defense or the confidential conduct of the 
     foreign relations of the United States, the likelihood of its 
     being directly or indirectly disclosed, the jurisdictional 
     interest of the member making the request and such other 
     concerns--constitutional or otherwise--as affect the public 
     interest of the United States. Such actions as the committee 
     may take include, but are not limited to: (i) approving the 
     request, in whole or part; (ii) denying the request; (iii) 
     providing in different form than requested information or 
     material which is the subject of the request.
       (3) In matters touching on such requests, the committees 
     may, in its discretion, consult the Director of Central 
     Intelligence and such other officials as it may deem 
     necessary.
       (4) In the event that the member making the request in 
     question does not accede to the determination or any part 
     thereof of the committee as regards the request, that member 
     should notify the committee in writing of the grounds for 
     such disagreement. The committee shall subsequently consider 
     the matter and decide, by record vote, what further action or 
     recommendation, if any, it will take.
       (b) The committee shall call to the attention of the House 
     or to any other appropriate committee or committees of the 
     House any matters requiring the attention of the House or 
     such other committee or committees of the House on the basis 
     of the following provisions:
       (1) At the request of any member of the committee, the 
     committee shall meet at the earliest practicable opportunity 
     to consider a suggestion that the committee call to the 
     attention of the House or any other committee or committees 
     of the House executive session material.
       (2) In determining whether any matter requires the 
     attention of the House or any other committee or committees 
     of the House, the committee shall consider, among such other 
     matters it deems appropriate--
       (A) the effect of the matter in question upon the national 
     defense or the foreign relations of the United States;
       (B) whether the matter in question involves sensitive 
     intelligence sources and methods;
       (C) whether the matter in question otherwise raises serious 
     questions about the national interest; and
       (D) whether the matter in question affects matters within 
     the jurisdiction of another committee or committees of the 
     House.
       (3) In examining the considerations described in paragraph 
     (2), the committee may seek the opinion of members of the 
     committee appointed from standing committees of the House 
     with jurisdiction over the matter in question or to 
     submissions from such other committees. Further, the 
     committee may seek the advice in its deliberations of any 
     executive branch official.
       (4) If the committee, with a quorum present, by record vote 
     decides that a matter requires the attention of the House or 
     a committee or committees of the House which the committee 
     deems appropriate, it shall make arrangements to notify the 
     House or committee or committees promptly.
       (5) In bringing a matter to the attention of another 
     committee or committees of the House, the committee, with due 
     regard for the protection of intelligence sources and 
     methods, shall take all necessary steps to safeguard 
     materials or information relating to the matter in question.
       (6) The method of communicating matters to other committees 
     of the House shall insure that information or material 
     designated by the committee is promptly made available to the 
     chairman and ranking minority member of such other 
     committees.
       (7) The committee may bring a matter to the attention of 
     the House when it considers the matter in question so grave 
     that it requires the attention of all members of the House, 
     if time is of the essence, or for any other reason which the 
     committee finds compelling. In such case, the committee shall 
     consider whether to request an immediate secret session of 
     the House (with time equally divided between the majority and 
     the minority) or to publicly disclose the matter in question 
     in conformity with the procedures set forth in clause 7 of 
     House Rule XLVIII, governing release of such information by 
     the Select Committee on Intelligence.
       (c) Whenever the committee makes classified material 
     available to any other committee of the House or to any 
     member of the House not a member of the committee, the clerk 
     of the committee shall be notified. The clerk shall at that 
     time provide a copy of the applicable portions of these rules 
     and of House Resolution 463 and other pertinent Rules of the 
     House to such members or such committee and insure that the 
     conditions contained therein under which the classified 
     materials provided are clearly presented to the recipient. 
     The clerk of the committee shall also maintain a written 
     record identifying the particular information transmitted, 
     the reasons agreed upon by the committee for approving such 
     transmission and the committee or members of the House 
     receiving such information. The staff director of the 
     committee is further empowered to provide for such additional 
     measures as he or she deems necessary in providing material 
     which the committee has determined to make available to a 
     member of the House or a committee of the House.
       (d) Access to classified information supplied to the 
     committee shall be limited to those committee staff members 
     with appropriate security clearance and a need-to-know, as 
     determined by the committee, and under the committee's 
     direction, the staff director.
       No member of the committee or of the committee staff shall 
     disclose, in whole or in part or by way of summary, to any 
     person not a member of the committee or the committee staff 
     for any purpose or in connection with any proceeding, 
     judicial or otherwise, any testimony given before the 
     committee in executive session, or the contents of any 
     classified papers or other classified materials or other 
     classified information received by the committee except as 
     authorized by the committee in a manner consistent with House 
     Resolution 463 and the provisions of these rules, or, after 
     the termination of the committee, in such a manner as may be 
     determined by the House.
       Before the committee makes any decision regarding a request 
     for access to any testimony, papers or other materials in its 
     possession or a proposal to bring any matter to the attention 
     of the House or a committee or committees of the House, 
     committee members shall have a reasonable opportunity to 
     examine all pertinent testimony, papers, and other materials 
     that have been obtained by the committee.
       (e) Before any member of the committee or the committee 
     staff may have access to classified information the following 
     oath 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 Select Committee on Military/Commercial 
     Concerns With the People's Republic of China, except when 
     authorized to do so by the committee or the House of 
     Representatives.''
       Copies of the executed oath shall be retained in the files 
     of the committee.


                        9. 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 each 
     such revision shall be furnished to each member of the 
     committee.


                          10. committee travel

       No member of the committee or committee staff shall travel 
     on committee business unless specifically authorized by the 
     chairman. Requests for authorization of such travel shall 
     state the purpose and extent of the trip, together with 
     itemized expenses anticipated thereon. No preliminary 
     arrangements for foreign travel shall be undertaken by any 
     committee member or staff unless such travel has been 
     authorized in writing by the chairman. A full report shall be 
     filed with the committee when any travel, foreign or 
     domestic, is completed.
       A report on all foreign travel shall be filed with the 
     committee clerk within 60 calendar days of the completion of 
     said travel. The report shall contain a description of all 
     issues discussed during the trip and the persons with whom 
     the discussion were conducted. If an individual with the 
     committee staff fails to comply with this requirement, he or 
     she shall be subject to the disciplinary procedures set forth 
     in Rule 6.
       A report on all foreign travel shall be filed with the 
     committee clerk within 60 calendar days of the completion of 
     said travel. The report shall contain a description of all 
     issues discussed during the trip and the persons with whom 
     the discussions were conducted. If an individual with the 
     committee staff fails to comply with this requirement, he or 
     she shall be subject to the disciplinary procedures set forth 
     in Rule 6.
       When the chairman approves the foreign travel of a member 
     of the committee staff not accompanying a member of the 
     committee, all members of the committee are to be advised, 
     prior to the commencement of such travel, of its extent, 
     nature and purpose. The report referred to in the previous 
     paragraph shall be furnished to all members of the committee 
     and shall not be otherwise disseminated with the express 
     authorization of the committee pursuant to the rules of the 
     committee.

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                  11. broadcasting committee meetings

       Whenever any hearing or meeting conducted by the committee 
     is open to the public, a majority of the committee or 
     subcommittee, as the case may be, may permit that hearing or 
     meeting to be covered, in whole or in part, by television 
     broadcast, radio broadcast, and still photography, or by any 
     of such methods of coverage, subject to the provisions and in 
     accordance with the spirit of the purposes enumerated in 
     clause 3 of Rule XI of the Rules of the House.


       12. committee records transferred to the national archives

       The records of the committee at the National Archives and 
     Records Administration shall be made available for public use 
     in accordance with rule XXXVI of the rules of the House of 
     Representatives. 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.


                          13. changes in rules

       These rules may be modified, amended, or repealed by the 
     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.

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